Good morning!!!!

[gstrom99]

A couple weeks ago, I had guys out to upgrade my electric feed and panels. They trenched a 150 amp feed and replaced the panels in the house. I knew it was needed, but power washing the house resulted in pops and sparks! We upgraded the issue to "NEED IT NOW!", they were there the next day. Boy I'm glad I got this done, and am amazed it functioned (and didn't burn the place down) as bad as it was. These were the feed lines, and just as bad in a couple of other spots...

 

[Looking4new]

I got the front and north field cut and mower refueled and washed. Got chased inside by a sun shower while I was cutting the front. Got ambitious and fired up the tractor and swapped buckets, pushed up the wood pile and turned the compost pile over. I'm going to leave the wood bucket on until after the wood goes into the basement in October. Since I've been chewing the metformin pills the mosquitoes leave me alone. This is the ONLY good thing about the pills.
If there is no wind, I use a Thermacell mosquito repellent system. The mosquitoes and black flies can smell it but I cannot.
Amazon.com

 

[Thomas]

Twins checking out one of two Mrs. flower garden.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Thomas,
Beautiful pictures my friend!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Got a whopping .03" of rain from the storms that came thru.... Had to water the garden. At least temps dropped, but upstairs still hot.

 

[sodamo]

Drew, sounds like a nice truck
I’m sometimes curious as to how much sand is left, but just can’t tell.

 

[sodamo]

Wngsprd, Della sure seems to have enjoyed that.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Thursday) morning. Overnight Low of 0.3C and it's presently 12.1C, mostly sunny with a breeze.

Yesterday's town trip was successful for scripts & groceries. I also stopped off at the medical clinic to make a future appointment for script renewal... I could've done that over the phone but I know that my Doctor always wants a blood/urine test of some sort.

I did check in at "Services Tasmania" to inquire about the OAP, who said that it was a "Centrelink" (Federal gov) thing. This being a small town, I'd have to go into Launceston, however they had a computer link that I could use. They also said that perhaps our Veteran's Centre could assist, so I took a wander over there. All that they could do was provide a phone number to call.

That's OK. This is why I'm making all of these inquiries now as opposed to a month before.

Nothing really planned for today. That's about it, take care all.

Well the urologist appointment was yesterday morning, and unfortunately I am not emptying my bladder, after my pee rest they said I still had 100ml of urine in my bladder ! I just have a feeling this is not going to end well for me ! The idea of self catheter each time I need to pee is not too appealing!

Of course 'I am not a Doctor', but I have personal experience with this and it led to the discovery of kidney cancer. I went in for an ultrasound of my bladder which confirmed that I was retaining urine... the technician then said that, "seeing as you're here, lets check your kidneys as they're part of the urinary system." She didn't have to do this but it resulted in finding that my left kidney was double the size of normal. I had no symptoms, other than the retention of urine in my bladder. That kidney was cancerous and was removed within a week.

All I'm saying is, be thorough, Mate.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 78ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, sky stayed overcast but no rain, and high temp was 88ºF, HI 93ºF. Made coffee to start day, Men's meeting, bike ride, watch you tube nap. Stepdaughter called ab BIL cancer surgery postponed for 4-6 weeks to get his upper body strength up.
Buppies glad you made it home safe. prayers sent.
Ron interesting too much grab by the Titans. Good to know Carlyle Multi-track don't pull grass. Glad Sassy grooming successful and PT has foot feeling better. Hope field cutting goes well. Nice squirrel pic
Drew sorry no joy finding converter. Sorry RV wiring not as neat than boat wiring.
Bill sorry stroke Dr no real help. Enjoy day off.
Billy thanks for birthday wishes. Hope you and Della enjoyed hike and swim.
Billy Della sure getting big.
Drew hope the Tahoe works out.
Plowhog glad fridge upgrade went well.
NHBX glad to hear you got some rain. Hope you could stay cool.
Drew glad you found more veggies to take to breakfast.
Don good to hear Hospice has you trained. Again my condolences on you mom.
Paul glad you got some rain, none here inspite of forecast and the way sky looked. Hope you made good progress on today's agenda.
Lou nice rain. Big rock!
Buppies nice couple to have dinner with. Hope you got some rain.
RNG sorry about the DMV password woes. Sorry about email from solar finance people. Good to hear unloading continues.
Ken sorry you had to work late. Thanks for birthday wishes. Sorry to hear Aunt has cancer again. While hoping you dad gets better if memory issues not caused by medical interactions, not likely he can get better. Prayers sent.
Scott(vt) sorry about humidity. Glad swimming was good. Sorry about urologist visit. Your garage looks more organized than my garage.
Ted hope you get rain. Hope diags on tractor were straight forward. Sorry neighbor hasn't decided to sell yet.
Dennis glad you go rain last night.
Gstrom sorry skeeters are so bad.
Billy glad you are keeping skills sharp.
Thomas good progress this morning, hope nap was good. Thanks for birthday wished.
Scott(vt) the challenge to proper assembly is understanding the instructions. Thanks for the birthday wishes.
Scott(vt) sorry about part ID tags coming off parts
Dennis hope you can find good source for ceiling boards.Hope you find issue with upstairs geo. Good looking cantaloupes
RNG thanks for loan explanation.
RS nice rain. Nice progress on toothbar/grapple. Sorry to hear deer inside fence, was the the monofilament fence line? Sorry to hear still have groundhogs. New hosta ring looks good.
Drew hope parking lot not crowed when you go there.
Gstrom glad you got electric feed upgraded, lines look bad.
Bill glad you got mowing done, and wood and compost piles turned.
Thomas thanks for nice pics.
Dennis sorry minimal rain. Sorry upstairs still hot.
Randy(wag) glad good town trip and getting info to make smooth transition to OAP. Thanks for story about the kidney cancer.
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.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 56° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 73° with mix of sun and clouds. Got 2 fields cut yesterday morning. Had plans to do it in afternoon after they dried out. Good thing I did it in morning. If I had waited I would have got caught in a stray rain burst. Dropped .25" of rain in a few minutes. Grocery shopping this morning. Then mow grass in afternoon. Amazon package got delivered at 4:30am this morning. Why do they put packages in front of door so it cannot be opened?
Did not take long after cutting field for cleanup crew to show up.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.

 

[Looking4new]

Good morning, the low temp is 53 and the high to 72°F. Wind NNW 8 mph. 30% chance of showers.

The hardest part of these lawns to cut is the back. It is over a 'Class 4 Whitby filter system' septic field. You cannot cut along the face of the slopes but up and over. I'll leave that for another week.

I think today will be an energy conservation day.

Go ahead Ron, fatten those birds up! Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

Have a safe day all

 

[daugen]

good morning all
rain gauge says over an inch total since yesterday, that should help
grey and sticky looking outside

up early, today is going to be ten degrees cooler than yesterday, what a relief.
off to breakfast with older friend and his new wife (they are early 90's)
should be interesting. My friend's son is my oncologist and I don't think the kids are too thrilled with
who Dad married so quickly after his wife died. But his wife died of something terrible, frontal lobe dementia, and he took
care of a completely demented wife for over a year at the end. He's a doc, knew how to do it, but clearly he didn't want to be alone
in his final years. I can appreciate that.

when I married an RN, I thought that would be a good skill for old folks. Unfortunately my built in care giver became the patient, and that's just part of the deal, you don't know who will get sick first. Worse is when you are both ill.
Guys always want to fix things, and from experience, there sure are things you can't fix. But you sure try.

Bill, is that a fancy name for a sand mound?

 

[wngsprd]

71 going to 87. BEF, you beat us...we got only .02 inches from that storm...but at least it cooled things off for a short while.

Wife came home yesterday evening from babysitting for son and DIL since Sunday and Della was excited to see her...I thought I had worn her out on an afternoon hike in the heat, but she recharges quickly.

 

[daugen]

had to chuckle trying to give away a pair of New Hope auto show tickets for next month.
I offered them to Paul and Ken.
Paul considered it, remembered his 50th wedding anniversary was that day, and figured the last place he should
be is at a car show. I wonder what creative thing he will do...
So Ken and his wife will go to the car show.

my local older brother, just took him to his 76th birthday lunch yesterday, has been on community association most of his life.
the head guys there always get some free tickets, huge event, I think 30,000 people come into a town of less than 3000 all on the ball fields
of the high school I went to. I promise plenty of pictures. Big auto flea market also there, a fun place to meander.
I think my legs will have given out on me long before then, will need to find a place to sit for a few minutes.

my brother's son has four cars being exhibited under a small tent. I bet he has a chair for Uncle Drew.
my friends who are coming into town for this are avid hikers; the utter opposite of me.

our late Randy/Toppop loved cars, worked on them most of his life, and owned a modest show car with a friend.
When I see late 70's Cutlasses at a show, I think of him.
He loved showing that car and meeting up with others. Too bad he was in such poor health, always was struggling.
Hope we all figure out a way to avoid that some day.

 

[Thomas]

68F partly cloudy day low side of 80's for high little less humidity.

Outside chores done E muffin time.
Plans for today... 8 hours at part store,afterwards yet to decide.

Enjoy your day all.

 

[NHBX]

Good morning all,
71° now highs in the upper 80’s and cloudy with some sun later today. Dew point 70° and supposed to drop down into the high 50’s by afternoon. Winds WNW 5-10 mph. We got some good boomers last night didn’t see any real damage just some more sticks to pick up and we did get 0.6” rain. No need to water this morning.

Headed out to drop off truck for brake job and see what rest of day brings. Probably to wet to mow until later, just to darn hot yesterday for any serious outside work.

Enjoy your day everyone
Stay safe and healthy

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
Currently 69 going to a raining 83. We've had 4 days of gully washing afternoon rain storms! Lost power one night for over 5 hours. Humidity is supposed to drop here in the next couple days. Hope it last a while.
Here's what 16,000 dollars looks like in New England!! New fuel tank is not in the pic.
Work in the shop was halted while the boiler work was installed. Had to move everything into the shop to get it out of the way.

Did manage to make a few small boxes out of a birch branch I grabbed off of the wood pile. Sister is leaving back for home today. Always nice to see people but even nicer to have the house to ourselves again too!
Not much planned for the coming week. Hope to get everything put back in place downstairs and maybe work on the wagon wheel some more. Time for more coffee!
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Looking4new]

good morning all
rain gauge says over an inch total since yesterday, that should help
grey and sticky looking outside

up early, today is going to be ten degrees cooler than yesterday, what a relief.
off to breakfast with older friend and his new wife (they are early 90's)
should be interesting. My friend's son is my oncologist and I don't think the kids are too thrilled with
who Dad married so quickly after his wife died. But his wife died of something terrible, frontal lobe dementia, and he took
care of a completely demented wife for over a year at the end. He's a doc, knew how to do it, but clearly he didn't want to be alone
in his final years. I can appreciate that.

when I married an RN, I thought that would be a good skill for old folks. Unfortunately my built in care giver became the patient, and that's just part of the deal, you don't know who will get sick first. Worse is when you are both ill.
Guys always want to fix things, and from experience, there sure are things you can't fix. But you sure try.

Bill, is that a fancy name for a sand mound?

Yes.

 

[txdon]

Good morning! Woke up to rain which is diminishing quickly. Total rain .24"
72˚F heading to only the mid 90s.

A little sore this morning after taking out a 15' holly tree yesterday evening and digging out the stump. It was dead so I replaced it with a redbud tree. Friends from the farm are coming out today so I'll have to wait a bit to put away the stuff in the new garage cabinets.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct, 68 to start going to 84 ! Humidity still here but Will supposedly start to drop this afternoon! Work today so hopefully I will be able to enjoy the later part of the day !

Phil, good luck with your new system, looks like it was nicely done !

All I'm saying is, be thorough, Mate

Randy, thanks for that heads up, I’m waiting for some urine tests to come back today ! Hopefully no infection but I doubt it ! Do you remember what test they used to discover that cancer?

Hope all have a blessed day !