Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

The M12 system is usually lighter and easier to handle. I have several tools using them as well as the M18 system The M18 impact that I have is very heavy but it is powerful. I have several lighter impacts and drills that are Bosch and Milwaukee. Used the Makita chain saw yesterday on the fallen tree. Worked really well. Could use a cordless string trimmer. Thinking a Makita would be good since I have the batteries. Any suggestions?

 

[jbrumberg]

61 high in 80s no rain no humidity

Got home late last night very tired, on the way home wife forgot who I was would not let me in house or bed for two hours had to try and jog memory at 12:30 finally remembered.

Prayers for scaredy all others silent or spoken our Country

Buppies- I've seen "it" professionally and I am seeing "it" starting here as well. My + thoughts, wishes, and prayers.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Guys,

Thomas you are a good neighbor fixing all those drive ways ! Good work brother !!

TxDon, I feel your pain, my neighbors free range chickens are eating my blueberry patch !

Wngsprd,
Beautiful view there !

Grass finally dried out enough to attempt mowing part of the lawn !
Hooray ! Have a blessed evening guys !
,

 

[Popgadget]

Thinking a Makita would be good since I have the batteries. Any suggestions?

I’m very pleased with the LXT 18v with the single battery and the motor at the bottom.

 

[daugen]

7 at night and still 87 out
need to go out and turn off exhaust fan in rv but might just let it run.
another hot sunny day tomorrow. After a 4.5 inch rain, this sun is really cranking up the garden.
Every day I have to inspect carefully anyway for strawberries. Not many of them, a disappointing 2nd try at growing them.
First try in NC was a bust. Neem oil managed to get rid of most of chomping bugs.
need to spray again after that heavy rain.

went out this afternoon to small restaurant/ice cream place in Stockton and treated my
first wife and her husband of 30 years to an ice cream cone. They brought their new labrodoodle or some small doodle
and little dog was very nice. I always wonder about feeding sweets to animals. I guess cats do fine with ice cream, but somehow thought
sweet stuff wasn't good for critter digestive systems.

what foods are most dogs supposed to NOT eat?
other than chicken bones...

rv repair shop did not call back. Not promising.
there is another place in Souderton I'm going to try.
The first guy would come to my house for 160 bucks. ++++
but to do Swintek slide repair you need the parts and need to have some experience with them.
They break a lot and are constantly being repaired.
There is an another company called Zoom that makes a replacement system that is supposed to be way more reliable.

problem is almost always the motor retaining screw coming loose. What a terrible design to have a set screw on an rv that vibrates constantly.
at least I know the motors still work, so the wires must not have ripped off like they do sometimes when the motor totally falls off its mount.
Did I say this was a terrible design?.......

cleaned out fridge in rv and turned it off, but keep rv plugged in to keep house batteries charged.
I run lights and fans pretty regularly and they are all 12VDC.
will keep running the exhaust fan in bathroom, big cover on that fan, which draws air from an small open window on far side
of sofa.
on hot rainy days, I will run the a/c for a little while mostly to dry out the air.
I can set it up pretty high like 82 or 84, which I think I'll do. Does not have a dehumidify cycle.

 

[kenmbz]

I have the M18 string trimmer, I use it all the time.
With 3 8AH batteries I can do 2x600 feet of driveway with tall grass and using a .095 line
The self feeding head is great, cut 20' of line, feed it through and turn the head to load.
I do a few thousand feet of tall grass and weeds every few weeks, so far it's only overheated once, yesterday, but it was 93 and humid and I was running ti straight for over an hour.

I have the M12 impact and drill/driver and use them all the time. THe stubby M12 impact is pretty tough and I have not thought about getting the bigger M28 one. It is light and takes a while sometimes to break the wheel lugs, but it does.

I now have the M28 inflator, which I think I have used 20 times already around the yard and I have had it a week or so. It is kinda weird on the gauge, but it is fast enough to blow up a flat lawntractor tire without having to jack it up and strap it. Works well on the larger truck and tractor tires and does not weigh much.
I also have one of the M18 lights for working in the garage while redoing the electrical. Lights up the 2bay plus garage really well.

The M18 head works well, but not quite as happy with the pole saw, a little too slow and does not oil well enough. Usable, and I have trimmed hundreds of tall thick bushes, but will probably buy a gas one in the future.

I have not had a single battery failure on the M12 which i have had for about 8 years, or the M18s which I have only had for about 2 years. I buy the batteries usually when they have a tool with free battery or some other kind of sale.

 

[Thomas]

The rats come out at night

4 bucks.
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Know wonder you have so many fawns.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. The 'warm' overnight Low's continue with a 12.6C. Presently it's 15.7C, mostly cloudy with a steady wind. There was 0.3mm in the gauge @ 0900.

A successful trip into town yesterday, especially at the hardware shop. After I returned from grocery shopping I got stuck-into repairing/extending the two gate chains... one of which had been an "I'll get to that" task for over ten years.

I'll get to chain-harrowing Paddock #1 (& #6) this arvo, then I have an evening supper/meeting to attend.

In the meantime I've received notification that a couple of cases of wine has 'mysteriously' appeared for collection at the PO.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Thomas]

That's great news Ken. and speedy recovery for your uncle.

 

[Thomas]

71F clear sky

Got call late morning asking if I would dig out 90' drainage ditch,couple hours later happy customer headed home with extra coins in my pocket...guess I also buy desert on date night.

Heading out wait for critters and stars...2 deer just shown up.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I’ve fortunately never had a slide out issue. Course we don’t go out but 1 or 2 times a year. Have no idea what brand it is. It sits up on top and pulls a cable out or in.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thomas, think you found a new job.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 77ºF for the start. mostly clear, light breeze. Moderate wind with brisk gusts, partly cloudy sky, and high temp was 101ºF, HI 112ºF. Men's meeting to start day, then went to friends to help him pull big block V8 from his boat. He had lot of the prep work done, so job went quickly. Got nap in, then went to town for mower drive belt, meds, groceries and dinner. Watch some of stage 11 of Tour de France.
Ron glad visit went so good. Hope you made progress on chicken coop today. Neat bee pic
Drew Hope A/C working better today. Hope washing RV was successful. You might consider the replacement path since Swintek has such poor reputation. Hope haircut happened.
Buppies glad you are getting to dry out. Sorry to hear no improvement on home front. prayers sent. I am being careful in heat, amazing what ice can do in the right place.
Thomas glad you have a less demanding day.
RNG sorry about the heat. Good luck with new listing. Have to wonder how better speaker will work in the van. Hope weed spraying was successful and completed.
Billy glad you are getting break from humidity. Glad you got to spend some time in mountains yesterday. nice berry and wild flower and view pics.
Don sorry about the heat, our heat index will drop after tomorrow.
Paul sorry about the downed trees and interruptions on the speaker work. Glad the trees were easy. Glad you got some GS time. Hope meeting goes well, and offer figures in all repairs, bound to be more repairs lurking on transit.
Ken good luck with clutch repair. Good to hear Uncle doing well after surgery prayers for both recoveries.
Kilroy good to hear Harry's assessment went well. Glad serior dog got a solo woodlot treat. Hope your filter works out.
Don cantaloupe looking good, garden doing well in the heat.
Dennis plenty deer. nice pics
David sorry about weather data MIA. Hope Sophie's Dr has good news.
Dennis sorry about the card inspections. Hope visit not too painful to wallet.
Ken sorry about delay to surgery. Glad son not involved in stealing.
David most of my rides are loop rides, meaning start and end same place.
Frits those rocks plenty big, Hope rocks help with erosion. Nice pics
David glad you had a successful Prime day.
Dennis I hate those kinds of problems.
RS lot of watering and mowing going on there. Hope trap works.
Jay sorry Peg is not always there with you. Glad no wreck from hydroplaning. Hope you can get some good firefly pics.
Mark god idea to work on office stuff at 92ºF.
Don much easier to see this time.
Frits dumping those rocks was not nice!
Scott(vt) glad you can start mowing again.
Drew hope A/C working ok. Sorry about strawberries. I had a vet for a neighbor in STL and he was not a fan of feeding people food to pets, period. Hope you can get slide on RV fixed.
Ken thanks for tool review.
Randy(wag) glad good trip into town.
Thomas sounds like you have a new side job.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /learning new job, /friends upcoming new baby, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /new skin cancer spot and treatment, /back surgery healing, /wife knee healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /loss of brother, /heart issues, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's and David's new eye surgery recovery, Chris /neighbor's granddaughter and Covid issues, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Paul/ wife's healing from back surgery, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there "alligallyitus" and back in hospital, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, mike /wife's healing from surgery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /second opinion, /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[two_bit_score]

I want to keep it mowed.
It has been hayed before, but yesterday learned the guys who previously hayed it and neighbors fields won’t be doing it, they found bigger fields. Neighbors were gripping they need to find someone to mow their fields now.

Entirely understandable.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, Chocolate, especially dark, and grapes a no no for dogs.
Also cooked chicken and pork bones, raw supposed to be ok as they aren’t prone to splintering.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 58° with cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 76° with partly cloudy skies. .5" rain over night. Got rafters in chicken coop finished. Need to start removing old shingles need. But need some good weather for a couple of days to get that done. Grocery shopping this morning. Then see what rest of the day brings.
There was a Fawn with Doe. But weeds were to tall to get a picture.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[sodamo]

Interesting day. Sophie had good ophthalmologist appointment. Change in drop regimen, back in 6 weeks.

This bed shopping is nuts. Visited a couple local stores. 1 guy very helpful. Not only were prices crazy, prices for adjustable bases even more so, more than cost of mattress. I told Sophie I’d have to rank mattress shopping right up there with car shopping.

That said, I continued my internet research, now I had better feedback from Sophie. Biggest challenge for us is shipping. Some great choices at Costco, but won’t ship to Hawaii. Appears this is because item actually comes from the manufacturer. Really have to delve into the fine print, but by far the majority just don’t ship here, many exude their ignorance when questioned. One manufacturer was very up front about their willingness - almost $2800 just shipping. Have to keep in mind shipping cost is based on volume/weight, not quality of the product.

But I did get lucky. Nectarsleep.com. Actually saw and experienced their low end offering at one of the local stores. On a whim I accessed their chat feature and linked up with one of the most helpful CS guys ever. Bet I spent half an hour with him. Just as helpful and knowledgeable as the in person guy earlier. Free shipping conus, but to Hawaii via FedEx at $250 per box. Not really unreasonable especially compared to $2800. I would be 4 boxes. Ended up with a locked in shopping cart with some options good for 48 hours. Did significantly more research, learned that I could get a 40% military discount. Emailed the CS guy and my cart was updated with the better discount. More discussion with my supervisor.
Bottomline I was able to get higher quality mattresses ( Split King) and better adjustable bases than quoted at local store for almost $2k less than local store even after shipping and taxes. Pulled trigger. Phew

 

[two_bit_score]

Emailed the CS guy and my cart was updated with the better discount. More discussion with my supervisor.
Bottomline I was able to get higher quality mattresses ( Split King) and better adjustable bases than quoted at local store for almost $2k less than local store even after shipping and taxes. Pulled trigger. Phew

Glad to hear it worked out for you. That extra research paid off!

 

[Buppies]

Nice score sodamo

69 high of 94 maybe storms after 9:00 PM

Got all clear for doctor on last two surgeries infection gone. Really tired nerves are rattled must keep on

Prayers for all our Country

 

[Thomas]

Grass finally dried out enough to attempt mowing part of the lawn !
Hooray ! Have a blessed evening guys !
,

Looks like you have nice view more so in autumn.