Good morning!!!!

[Popgadget]

Was working in the shop, and all of a sudden it looked like a rain shower was approaching, I ran out to put some things away, and realized it was smoke.
Visibility Dropped from better than 10 to no more than 2 miles in about 5 minutes. I have never seen anything like it.

 

[KilroyJC]

thanks txdon, and others
- two of my friends, and my cousin, were / are all prepared to assist me in the event that I need to hide my own equipment for a time. One friend has a flat deck tow truck and the other friend lives 10 minutes away and has space to put everything. that would be a quick solution HOWEVER, the consequences of her draining all the funds etc are a concern and I don't want to aggravate things. (she currently has chosen to live on the property, with the tenants, and until there is a Separation Agreement - in the works, I can't even isolate accounts, - that ends soon)
- the fact that BOTH LAWYERS are aware of this incident, now means that anything done to the tractor or equipment (SALES - my concern, relocation, damages, punctured tires etc) it is easily directed back at her.
- I've thought of a kill switch generally, but this matter brings it more front and centre. that will be done yet, along with some metal stamping of my initials.
-my immediate solution for additional security / personal identification of pieces ... RANDOM stickers from various Brands (Arctic Cat etc) strategically placed out of sight ... on the tractor, loader, bucket, backhoe, grapple, auger, auger bit, rotary mower, box blade, ATV, vintage Jacobsen, zero-turn cub cadet. Photos of stickers as placed. Everything is identified by serial number with the dealership at purchase, and now if needed I can specifically identify items.


This is a case where the Battle is the Lords, and I am carefully dealing with some mental health / instability issues. Also a case after 27-28 years, where it gets filed under "never would I ever have thought this would happen"

One day at a time.

Apple AirTags are cheap, too.

Hang in there!!!!

 

[KilroyJC]

Morning all, 52 when I went to walk the dog, going up too 80.
WU says rain of up to 0.0" today.....

Did a lot of watering and cleaned up some weeds, all I felt like doing as day job getting busy.

BEF - pain not good, hope your better now.
Accidents with youngsters so sad.

KC - looks like you could use some suitcase weights up front. Nice Wheelies.

Scaredy - Happy belated birthday. Good to hear you are trying to stay positive, definitely praying for a good outcome and can get moving on.

Chair broke, emailed the people we bought it from almost 20 years ago. Clip snapped on spring. They told me they will send a new set in the mail, no charge.

A little hazy here yesterday,
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Be well,

Yeah - that harrow does have some leverage hanging off the back. Especially heading uphill. Good thing the tires are loaded! Finding the proper weights cheap will likely be difficult, I may end up casing something out of concrete?

 

[KilroyJC]

Good morning! Low of 48°, heading up to 72°. Very good chance of a shower / t-storm. Had a storm glance by last evening, put a 1/4" in the gauge. About 4 miles south, there was accumulating 1/2"-3/4" hail. There are some reports of damage.

Glad we just got rain..... Hopefully, more rain will arrive this afternoon. Heavy cloud cover, higher dew point, higher humidity.... we should get some more....

Dennis, hope you are felling better and you're able to get some sleep.

Fritz, we would take that pup in a minute..... but how could we.... being 3/4 the way across the country.....
Beautiful pup.

Drew, good to hear that there is some good customer service still out there.

RS, your making me up our game.... nice shelving/ plant holder.

Scaredy, so sorry to hear about the ongoing drama. Hope you can get to a turning point. Keep the faith, prayers sent for you.

RNG, sorry about the run around with the dealer. Did he give you any excuses when you contradicted his lies?
For some strange reason, I enjoy making salesman sqirm.

David, try to enjoy the painting..... it's hard, but any little positive thoughts might help.....
I/we will be undertaking painting the house sometime this summer.... not looking forward to it....

Jay, that's a nice cart.... definitely need to keep it in service. Probably nothing built like that today....

Being it's damp and mucky outside, not sure what I'll get into. I'm sure I can find something to do....

Everyone have a great day!

Ya know… when Drew finishes his repair, he could swing by and visit Frits and go on a cross-country trip to “make sure” the repair holds up

 

[Rich B1]

It was hazy here all day from the smoke. Started yesterday afternoon.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Was working in the shop, and all of a sudden it looked like a rain shower was approaching, I ran out to put some things away, and realized it was smoke.
Visibility Dropped from better than 10 to no more than 2 miles in about 5 minutes. I have never seen anything like it.

Was just out watering the garden and it looked like clouds going over, maybe it’s smoke, but I can’t smell any smoke.

 

[KilroyJC]

GM Update:

Went up to woodlot, Bailey had a good walk, Mrs was raking up roots in newly-plowed area (many more need treatment with loppers) and picked up about three bushels-worth, with plenty more to go. I took the excavator and opened/re-opened up a path for about another 30-40 yards until I got to a culvert that I need to add some dirt over before I can cross it and continue, but I found that doing a “reverse rake” technique (pushing away from machine instead of pulling in toward the machine) works really well and by the end of the run I was getting marginally good at it. Also managed to clear out about a 400 sq ft patch of thorny bramble and knocked over a rotted tree stump about 2’ diameter/15’ high. It was punky and sorta hollow, but it make a satisfying thump when it came down.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Another balmy overnight Low of 11.2C and it's presently 18C! A heavy fog to start the AM, now calm & clear. There was 1.0mm in the gauge at 0900.

Well, the phone data transfer (yesterday) was a bust... as I suspected it would be. Nothing is ever 'simple' for me and it became a cavalcade of technical hick-ups and cursing rage! (I'm proud of myself for not flinging either of the bloody things across the room) So, I'll head into Launceston on Thursday to visit a mobile phone 'repair' shop to have it done properly.

So, today is 'into town' day for mail & groceries... hopefully I'll continue with the branch/tree clean-up this arvo.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[sodamo]

Another good day of painting progress, done for the day. All the wood structure and concrete columns painted on master suite box.

Soak in hot tub felt well earned.

Also had my last televideo appointment with surgeon that did my floppy eyelids and he is pleased with the healing results.

Time for a fresh drawn porter and conserve energy..

 

[Buppies]

All of you are really helpful to those in need, very knowledgeable in many things, quite the community. The world could learn a lot from you all and I sincerely mean that.

Scaredy you will get thru this I promise

The smoke here today was worse than usual very Smokey all day almost blotting the sun out. My sinuses will not stop running and the itching eyes no relief.

Hope mostly is having fun, glad you and family are ok wngsprd

Thomas bear came by today while we were out another unscolded attack, safe travels Drew. Terrible plane crash north of here by about 1.5 hours but I believe they were dead long before due to loss of cabin pressure and O2

Sodamo you are truly living the dream

Hope L4Ns trip was safe, keep on trucking big guy

 

[scaredychicken]

The Canadian fire smoke made its way here, too, today. Never seen it so bad except if there was a nearby forest fire.

Canadian Apologies - we're sorry - from BC regarding Quebec's fires, and possibly smoke from Alberta also. BC's smoke is a ways off yet. Stay safe

 

[Buppies]

Nice mini trac hoe work Kilroy

 

[Buppies]

Nice work rswyan you could be in Better Homes and Garden or any other like publication

 

[ronjhall]

Drinking first cup of coffee. 39° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 73° with sunny skies. Loaded Mule on trailer and did a 10 mile drive to check out how trailer did behind car. No problems. Unloaded and put trailer back under lean-to. Then went with neighbor to get cans filled with offroad diesel. It took awhile to get to station. All east bound access to freeway were closed. On return same type of closures. Did stop at a very good ice cream shop on way home. In the end it was not worth going there to save $.20 a gallon. Helped plant a tree and cut down another one when we got home.
No sure what I will get into today. Maybe try to conserve energy.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Mule loaded on trailer.

 

[daugen]

nice looking trailer Ron and perfectly sized
Good Morning
busy morning, lots of plants to water before leaving.
Popgadget's description of the smoke was like here
whoa, where did that come from?

my eyes were itching when I went to bed and itching now
more eye drops
guess I'd better pack some face masks, sure have plenty left over

now let's see what I can forget this time...

 

[ronjhall]

nice looking trailer Ron and perfectly sized
Good Morning
busy morning, lots of plants to water before leaving.
Popgadget's description of the smoke was like here
whoa, where did that come from?

my eyes were itching when I went to bed and itching now
more eye drops
guess I'd better pack some face masks, sure have plenty left over

now let's see what I can forget this time...

I do not have the smoke that everyone east and north of me is reporting. Did have it 2 weeks ago. To add to the Canadian fire smoke. Michigan had a large forest fire near Grayling, MI. over the weekend.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
50 going to a high of 64.
Smoke here has kept us mostly indoors as nose and throats are being bombarded. Wife can barely talk if she's outside to long. I started PT yesterday and must say I am very sore this morning!
Need to head to the apartment early as I'm meeting up with the owner of the company that installed the garage door and opener. You would think a 4000 dollar door would open and close without breaking 3 times in 4 months. Found a few issues where his help cut corners in the install!
After that out to lunch with friends and then a quick stop at the store to find out when my 4 tons of pellets will be delivered. Heading out Friday to check out a used pellet stove to install in the woodshop to keep from freezing next winter. I had one in there before I got sick so the hook up is all still there.
Grabbed a quick pic of the morning sun blocked by the smoke. Phone doesn't show the redness correctly.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[wngsprd]

61 and just had a sprinkle, but smoky/hazy sky still here.

Yep, Phil, that's what our sunset looked like.

Thanks, Buppies. That plane tragedy was mysterious. Popgadget, do small jets like a Cessna Citation have a "return to home" feature like a drone, after the cabin pressure fails, or due to a time limit with no input from the pilot. Strange it made a 180 and returned south in the direction where it started after flying hundreds of miles, and even past the destination airport.

Had a nice hike yesterday before it got smoky, and then took wife to doctor and grocery store. Stopped at Mission BBQ and nice D-Day crowd, but food not up to snuff.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 67˚F, heading to the upper 80s, mostly sunny skies breeze starting from the W, then NW, then N, then NE then E then SE Then E by this afternoon. Woke up too early with 6 sneezes in a row, how far South did that smoke go?

Tomorrow is the last morning in the 60s and then the 70s to 100s start, at least we had a nice Spring.

I need to weed the garden and take a swim today.

Hope all up North can breath filtered air.