Good morning!!!!

[PJSprog]

72°F and rain this morning, then more rain all day. Wait ... "rain" isn't really accurate. Deluge is a better word. We got 3.5" of it here today. Lots of flooding everywhere. Lots of water rescues everywhere, because even after thousands of years of learning, some still haven't retained the knowledge that driving into moving water is a bad idea. A dam broke over in Nashville IL, and they had to evacuate the town. Haven't seen that much rain at once since the flood of 1993.

The original forecast was for scattered showers in the early morning. "Missed it by THAT much."

On the bright side, it only got up to 85° today, which is 10° cooler than the previous few days.

While I was asleep at 01:40 this morning, someone in Ca Mau Vietnam was figuring out how to reset my password and change everything on my LinkedIn account. Great. They certainly seem to make it easier to do that than it is to recover the hacked account. Been wondering for several years why I still have it, as I rarely ever use it. Once I get back control of it, it will be deleted.

I somehow got logged out of my Google (YouTube) account last weekend, and it took three days to get back into that.

This technology stuff is too much work.

Hope everyone is well.

Good evening, gents.

 

[Looking4new]

Oh, and L4N, I'm reminded of an adage; "You only need a licence if you're caught."

I went down that road about 56 years ago. Co$t me two nights in the can and an additional 6 months suspension. No thanks. I will do it the legal way or not at all.

 

[Looking4new]

Understand this, in the link the measurements they talk of are in metric. 50 mm=5 centimeters. There are 2.54 centimeters in one inch. You do the math.

 

[Popgadget]

I think weather underground is also over rated. I'll be shopping for a new weather site when I move the Davis weather station down here. What are you folks using?

I still have both of my weather stations, a Davis and a Tempest upload to weather underground, but I view the data using “PWS Monitor” app. I also use the Tempest app, and “My Radar Pro” for storm tracking. I also have some aviation specific apps and use aviationweather.gov

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Windy, Sky became overcast, and high temp was 100ºF, HI 105ºF. made coffee to start day grief share, bike ride, lunch & cool off, watch Tour de France for stage 7 and 8, napped, got take out to dinner for birthday.
Resuming July 15 3:50 PM CDT posts:
Dennis some plans jut don't work out. Sorry about t-storm tease, you know it was that close.
Scott(vt) sorry about cutting the grass in the heat of the day, I really try to avoid that during 95+ temps
Don good luck with Eufy camera. Good luck with extender search.
Dennis hope deck replacement goes well.
Randy(wag) good to hear some more rain, and shed tank system behaving.
Drew hope the shed works out for you. will be nice to put car in garage during winter.
Juy 16 1:00 AM
David thanks for user report on Eero.
Ron glad dentist appointment was good. Nice no cavities. hope you got flail on tractor and tractor ready to mow. Hope Miss Sassy groomed up nice, and good PT session.Pretty flower
NHBX sorry not much rain. Hope watering and staying cool and shopping all went well.
Bill hope you got sign off on medical or potential time frame.
Frits glad you got haircut. Sorry about insurance price increases.
Billy sorry store rain water got so hot.
Buppies hope good trip back home. prayers sent.
Ron CYA happens far too often.
Bill neat video, lot went into wheel making.
Bill if he expects performance of 20YO then he is a quack.
Thomas hope day went well.
Drew hope shopping went well.
Dennis hope telehealth went well. We tried it and instructions were incomplete, such as using chrome for browser. Glad room cool good luck with diagnosing geo.
Paul glad you worked out to do cabless work first . Sorry about bad battery on generator. 5 thermostats wow.
Drew not very familiar all that stuff.
RNG glad trailer unloaded, hope you can continue to find room for stuff.
Plowhog will be something to see Bigboy at speed.
Don glad pool filters changed out.
Ken glad weed whacking and cleanup plus watering went well. Pretty pic.
Scott(vt) hope it cools off so you can enjoy your "A".
Drew used to have trouble with old batteries and boiling with full batteries.
Ron thanks for user report.
Drew the joys of less than 200 amp service.
Ted sorry weather didn't read the script. At leat you are getting cool start to day, we are starting closer to 80 . Glad to hear cooling soon.Hope you can get to tractor soon
Dennis sorry about the new water fountain. Sorry telehealth did work out well.Hope you can fix fountain.
Bill sorry to hear no performance based requirements but time base. Hope you win lottery.
David hope Sophie passed preop check. Sorry about big price increase for HH
Drew I would think any kind of thunderstorm alert is cause to alter course.
Dennis hope oring fixes "fountain". Good luck with softener.
RS sorry no shot on rodent. Would love to have rain like that here. Sorry about the overfilling of oil Congrats on getting 2 today. Hope you can get toothbar and mounting for grapple done.
Dennis sorry about upstarts geo not performing well and no diagnostics to help. Sorry about tax payment, and water softener still acting up.
NHBX thanks for sharing.
David have a A & D BP machine with arm cuff was getting results consistent with Dr numbers.
Don nice looking cabinets. Sorry about all the work to get the glass out.
Randy(wag) hope town run went well and transition to Ola Age Pension goes smoothly. Glad you can get discounts.
Ted sorry about items leaping in you cart. Sorry wallet got hammered so bad. Good to hear GS only 1 semester left! Sorry about BIL prayers for him.
PJ good to hear from you. Sorry to hear about dam break and bad flooding. Have to wonder if hacker had access to your email account.
Bill sorry about learning the hard way.
Ketchup is now complete.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Bird /aging issues, Ron /heart, Billy /mom hypertension & congestive heart failure, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid,blood sugar /wife healing, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad possible dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, Lou /eye issues, /heart issues, /wife hip replacement, Doug and wife/health issues, / hand nerve and surgery, /fall and recovery, / wife headaches and heart eval, / David(sadamo)/Sophie's hip or leg pain, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /land development, /favorable winds not in the forecast there, /dad surgery recovery, Drew /back operation issues, /friend's wife cancer diagnosis and recovery, Scotty /back pain, Helogabals /wife's friend situation, Fatjay /father broken hip, ******, Ukraine war, and Country.

 

[Buppies]

Made it home safe and sound went thru several good thunderstorms

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is done brewing. 66° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 79° with partly cloudy skies. Got flail mower put on tractor. Changed front tires on the 2 tractors. Titan tires grab into grass and cause grass to pull out of ground. Carlyle Muti-track tires do not do this. Took tractor and did 2 runs on field. Grass/weeds were to wet to do the cutting. Sassy grooming went good. I am sure she will be much cooler with shorter hair. Physical Therapy went good. Foot already feels better this morning. When things dry up today will start cutting fields.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[ronjhall]

Yes, upper arm gives a better reading, more accurate.

I use my wrist BP reader most of the time. If I get an out of normal reading. Then I use upper arm BP reader. I ordered same one Sodamo ordered. Hoping it will be more convenient to use like the cuff reader.

 

[ronjhall]

Got a couple of items from Amazon Prime days. A Shark cordless vacuum and Apple Series 9 watch. Both were delivered before 9am yesterday. My old Apple Watch Series 6 has taken a beating over the last 4 years.
BP reader I ordered should be delivered early this morning.
Edit: Whoops tomorrow morning.

 

[daugen]

good morning all
73 going up to 94 today and likely more showers
rain gauge shows about half an inch

heading out early to have breakfast with a friend at Peddlers Village nearby
then no plans other than house work

I looked for converter in the rv and could not find it. The thing under the bed is not a converter but
rather a transfer switch and fuse box. Apparently the converter is hidden behind a false panel underneath the sink.
now the question is do I need a spare...probably not

on my older Bertram boat, all the wiring was in perfect straight lines, all organized, supported and heavy duty.
Rv wiring is a bird's nest, speed won out over neatness.

a good gift for someone with an rv is a large tube of Loctite. Everything vibrates loose.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low is 61 and only going to a high of 72°F. Wind NNW 2 mph. 40% chance of showers. Scotch mist now.

I guess I am not doing anything today.

That stroke quack didn't tell me anything other than the hiatus from driving for 6 months that I didn't already know. A waste of my time and money going to him.

Tomorrow and Friday supposed to be sunny and in the 70s, so I will most likely get after the grass then. Might turn the wood pile too. The wood gets dumped from a dump truck and the driver doesn't try to keep the piles tight. I know why. He doesn't want to tear his mudflaps off. He also knows I have the equipment to tighten up the piles.

I guess today is an energy conservation day.

Have a safe day all

 

[wngsprd]

76 going to 97. Hit 101.1 yesterday.

Happy Birthday, Mostly!

Sodamo, I like that eufy camera...I'll read more to see how to access its photo/videos, and maybe order one.

LS, you must not buy tires at Costco if your biggest ticket is $500+. I've been very happy with their tire service, prices, and warranty fidelity...free regular rotations and balancing.

Buppies, glad you had a nice trip to the beach and now safely home.

Took Della back to a mountain stream for a swim to cool off yesterday.

 

[wngsprd]

Della in a pool on the Rapidan...and looking back not wanting to leave.

 

[daugen]

made a big expensive decision
going to order a new Tahoe with small diesel and Supercruise.
They now offer Supercruise in an LT, not just highest end model.
hoping that will make it a little more affordable, though it will cost more
than my first house. But still, no cloth seats with Supercruise.
I really like cloth seats, aviator's fleece seats are the supreme best, but
that new Volvo wool like material really looks nice. Not if you have a dog I'm sure.
Japanese have used wool seating in their top Crown models for a long time.

the real question is what happens when that big blob of mustard mixed with ketchup drips down
from your burger and lands on that cloth. I often forget to use a lap towel, and I have them right in the
car door pocket.

I looked over the Traverse, less expensive way to get Supercruise but I want to be able to easily tow a 7k trailer.
That takes a truck frame. And that diesel gets way better mileage than my car. Since I have to buy premium anyway,
the price difference is not that large any more.

I've owned three suburbans. I've ridden in Buppies' new one with super nice interior.
Just rode in a new Tahoe in NC, my friend's fire company staff car. It was quieter than my car.
I think that's when I knew I was going to get one. Would prefer to have rv sold first, so jumping the gun a little.
But good friend told me not to wait.
a very good friend.

and maybe for once I won't wack my head on the door frame getting in. I really miss that from my Ram trucks.
Big doors are wonderful, I don't mind stepping up.

Dealer told me 2025 software not in so they can't price yet.
I'm waiting for that new soft green color. Or maybe silver. No dark colors.
don't want to look like SWAT vehicle...
tan or light interior
and I want zero percent financing for ten years please

back into debt I go, I usually try to put down half.

so second expensive decision in one week. When I get back end of October from trip, I hope to pick up my new suv and
my new garden shed. That will make this a very expensive year but hopefully one to remember and enjoy.
Only so much sand in the glass.

 

[plowhog]

BIL had another PET scan.... he lit up like a Christmas tree.

Very sorry to learn this LS. Been down that road, not as severe, but it's a tough journey. Prayers for his quality treatment and recovery.

Wngs, Della is getting huge! Nice water pix! Same for Rigby-- we have had him a little over a month and he has gone from 12lbs to 26lbs.

Buppies-- glad your trip ended safely!

Yesterday I completed a project to modify my RV refrigerator. This POS Norcold unit never worked right-- if at all. Paid diagnostic fees twice only to hear "it works fine." Then go camping-- it won't cool below 60F-- so we use ice chests instead.

Kept the Norcold "box," but removed all the "guts" on the back that was the original ammonia/absorption unit. Replaced it with a pre-fab kit with 12V compressor and condensor. Woohoo! Refer now at 38F and freezer is -7F. Finally a useable refer/freezer-- at least as long as I keep the 12V batteries charged.

Everyone have a great day!!!

 

[NHBX]

Good morning all,
69° now highs in the low 90’s and sunny with clouds this evening and possible storms later this afternoon/evening. Dew point 67° staying around 70° today. Winds SW 5-10 mph. We were spared the strong storms from yesterday evening and overnight, most of the damage was west and north of us. A few sticks to pickup this morning and we did get 0.32” rain.

No real plans for today, need to get back to trimming and mowing if it is dry enough and can stay in the shade. Dump run this afternoon and keep cool is about it.

Prayers for those dealing with storm damage

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, converter in my Motorhome was under stove. What is black box under transfer switch?

 

[daugen]

Drew, converter in my Motorhome was under stove. What is black box under transfer switch?

main panel, opens other side
yes, they say it may be in one of three locations...one of which was under stove. Not on mine...we had different chassis.
since most both convert to DC and charge your batteries, makes sense it would be close to battery box.
no...

I just finished filling up the under counter area where converter is hidden with spare water filters.
Not sure I'm curious enough to pull it all out.

I gave all my best tomatoes to Popgadget yesterday, then remembered I was having breakfast with
a friend this morning I always take veggies to.
oh dear.
but not to worry
I found enough overnighters and hiders to make
a nice take a long bag.
I get the runts and dented ones for myself.
I don't need a huge tomato to make a sandwich happy.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! 77˚F even with cloudy skies we will be in the upper 90s today. I hope the garage cabinet installers finish before noon to take advantage of the 80s temp.

Hospice has me trained, after his breakfast he leads me to the veranda to watch the sun rise while I drink my coffee and read TractorNet.

Today is the one year Anniversary of my Mothers death. May she RIP.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning
72°, 98% humidity, high of 90 with chance of late afternoon thunderstorms. Yesterday’s showers left us a half inch of badly needed rain.

I didn’t get anything done on the old folks home yesterday, nor do I get the pastures mowed.
I did get my son’s generator running, and the pool chlorinator working again as well as a welding project for a neighbor.
Also met with the engineer at the airport to inspect a paving project and discuss increasing the size of the car parking lot.

Today I hope to mow the pastures, and get to work on the boiler room plumbing. I made a drawing of how I wanted to do it, and gave it to a buddy that works for Honeywell, he had their hydronic radiant heat expert review it and gave me the go ahead.
Ductwork is being delivered today, I’ll get that right up into the attic so it’s out of the way.

Drew’s tomatoes were excellent we had grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches for dinner last night.