Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

David, when you post this comes up for some reason


I’d be thinking maybe a plug.

David

And this using Tapatalk under IOS18

 

[Thomas]

68F partly cloudy.

Been good day got everything done i wanted and little more.

While mowing the front lawn UPS stop in the middle of the driveway and started waving yelling seems Boo was checking the him/truck and did not permit him to continue,as droving to truck Boo walk of into the woods stop and stare,UPS driver said "That's best watch dog I ever seen 17 years of driving.

Plans for the evening...deck feet up enjoy smooth cigar wait for the critters and stars.

Enjoy your evening all.

 

[Looking4new]

David, Happy Anniversary to you and your bride.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Good Morning!!!! 61F@11:15AM Mostly sunny. High 71F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Friends were in the area for a high school reunion over the weekend and took me to a steakhouse for dinner. He an I swapped motorcycle ride stories while his wife giggled. I also leaned he had open heart triple bypass surgery last year. Kaiser hospital sent him home when he first went to the emergency room, but there was a phone message for them when they got there telling them to return to the hospital. Six days later he got the procedure, and he was home three days after that. Good ol' Kaiser...

Had a nice bike ride along the Santa Maria river Sunday, but ended up with three flat tires after running over some burrs. Now shopping for knobbie tires for both bikes.

Another Public Safety Power Shutoff started at the house up north this morning at five o'clock. Now PG&E is saying the weather is improving and the power will be back on as soon as they run the lines via helicopter. If not for the monitoring system on the solar power system up there, I wouldn't have been able to tell the power was off.

Heading north tomorrow.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evening Frits,

Any recommendations for wood filler compound to use for 2x2 inch hole?

Frits, have you thought about making a plug using a hole saw ! A 2 1/8” hole saw should give you a plug close to 2” OD !!
Then if there is a slight gap you could use a good wood putty or sealer and then paint ! JMO

 

[m7040]

Good Evening Frits,

Frits, have you thought about making a plug using a hole saw ! A 2 1/8” hole saw should give you a plug close to 2” OD !!
Then if there is a slight gap you could use a good wood putty or sealer and then paint ! JMO

Thanks Scott and others. Will have to have a center for the pilot bit. Maybe wedge a piece of wood into the irregular shaped hole and hole saw it big enough to cover the hole and then use a 1/8 inch over to make the plug
Good suggestion

 

[daugen]

travel safe RNG
David congratulations on your anniversary.

wow what a day. Excellent adventures we certainly had.
went to Santa Fe and walked around, then back for lunch at
a funky restaurant in Madrid. And the manager there had a home near New Hope Pa... small world for sure. what a cool restaurant, check out the 1942 IH? crawler
was that a military piece?
And they had an old steam locomotive there, with a few big tears in the boiler.
That girl will never see steam again.
and I believe that's a model A pickup.
might be a little past due on its inspection sticker...

I have about 50 pictures, lots of Santa Fe. Very artistic area
will post some now, some later

I don't think Ted's knee is going to recover for a week.
He really put in the effort to make this fun for me.
And I met his wife and son which was great.
Another very well stocked repair shop surrounding his LS tractor.
Very impressive and very neatly arranged

Santa Fe pics to follow

 

[buckeyefarmer]

David, happy anniversary.

 

[NHBX]

Happy anniversary David and Sophie

Happy birthday tomorrow Popgadget

 

[daugen]

Santa Fe NM
and a cool metal sculpture place along the way
it is very educational to see the sign for the first commercial building in the United States.
1610. Right here by the Spaniards. Long before the East Coast...
this area has some serious history
and a lot of dead Indians I'm sure

I bought two hanging wind walker (?) ornaments as little gifties for the two ladies who have been faithfully watering my home's gardens while I'm away. The Native American lady behind the table took five dollars off for two, and bowed and prayed for me.
that sure was nice.

an observation on the local roads.
There is little to no trash. Folks don't seem to throw things out of their cars
around here. When we passed the big batwing mower being pulled by a 5 or 6 series JD, it left a perfectly clean cut. No trash, no chopped up white stuff at all.
I was impressed. Maybe the strong winds here blows it away...but even out on public roads, they seemed cleaner. Poorly paved and bumpy but cleaner.
seeing clean roadsides is a real plus for the community. I never saw any trash in Santa Fe, including in the park. And only one homeless. You could spend days in Santa Fe seeing things including three or four museums.

Ted lives in the great outdoors and he has built a little oasis for himself.
the care that went in that landscaping just makes you smile.
but you'd better have a good well if you live here because there's not much water and everyone wants it. 7 inches of rain a year makes gardening challenging without irrigation.

the water you put on plants is subject to the same drying, though of course reduced, the whole idea of drip, but as an example, I put a sopping wet bathroom size towel out on a chair outside in the sun and wind. I was worried about the wind and went to check in 45 minutes, though it was pretty heavy and stuck on the chair.
It was bone dry.
every bit of moisture sucked out of it.
you sure can dry clothes outside fast here, really fast.

 

[daugen]

the last one
a nice family pic of Ted and his wife and dog Max

 

[daugen]

found more bar pics
what a fun place
Ted, would you explain what this strange critter is?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

 

[Popgadget]

found more bar pics
what a fun place
Ted, would you explain what this strange critter is?

Looks like a jackalope to me……

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Tuesday) morning. Overnight Low of 9.1C and it's presently 22.6C, clear with a breeze.

A very successful day yesterday; tip run followed by a PO stop. Yep, the wine faeries again.

Then it was over to the tyre shop with the Left front Z-turn tyre = short story is that it was, indeed, the bead. 15 minutes later he (a former Navy Cadet of mine) handed it back to me, "No charge".

During the 15 minutes, I went next door to "Buster's" (Auto parts & more) and bought a new air line + male/female fittings. Also picked up a roll(?) of white Teflon tape for the threads... I know, I know, I'm sure that I'm not the only one who gets a new roll of tape knowing that I've 'probably' got a few somewhere around the shop. [Sure enough, there was one within easy reach on my bench]

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

thanks for the birthday wishes. Tomorrow is the actual big day.

... which means that it actually IS the big day, down here.

Happy BD, Mate!

 

[daugen]

Looks like a jackalope to me……

bingo

Jackalope - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Looking4new]

We've got Jackalopes in Western Canada, too. You can find them in Alberta and Saskatchewan in the south. Not so much in the northern parts of the Provinces.

I got the one portable shelter rearranged. Everything I said I was going to put in there is in and with room to spare.

The Dodge goes in for its' snow tires swap tomorrow. The garage will pick it up and deliver it.

The mobile mechanic from my dealer is coming later in the week to change the thermostat (12 years old) in the tractor.

 

[masseyrider]

We're having some nice weather. Humid but low 70s daytime, 50s overnight.
Lots of morning fog warnings but clears by 10-11am.
Taking advantage in the afternoons of the nice weather.
Took the GT out for some cruise time before she goes into hibernation.
Filled her up with the best premium and burned off 3/4 tank.
Met up with a newer Corvette that wanted a go with my sweetheart.
I'm beyond that on the street.
We did stop for a coffee and fries at a chip truck. He didn't know Ford built a GT in 05/06.
Took a bit of a highway excursion and got into 5th.
Considering 1st is good to 60mph and 4th, 5th and 6th are ODs I was moving pretty good.
Our Thanksgiving is on October 14th. She goes in for winterizing after that. Fluid changes and put on different wheels and tires that don't matter if they flat spot sitting out the winter.
Hope to have a repeat of today's cruise Tuesday.

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 65ºF for the start in St Ann, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Conditions at Miami OK, light wind, Mostly clear sky, and high temp was 86ºF. Trip to St Louis successful. Got to visit lots of family, Lot of time with GD and GGD although GD work did it's best to interfere with her time. Had lunch with them then headed to Miami, finish driving tomorrow.
Resuming Thursday night 7:37 post 197,201:
Drew sorry about heart stoppage over the seeing the wrong New Hope weather.
Randy(wag) glad you have more wine from the Wine faeries, wish the motivational faeries would visit me
PJ sorry Jimmy Johns not as fast as advertised. Hope clean up of back fence goes well. Glad switch in "new" amp replaced, hope power led easy fix. Glad dinner good.
Buppies sorry about tornado hope no storm damage. Prayers sent.
Friday morning 3:48 AM CDT:
Ron glad shopping good. Sorry rocky start to removable brackets for Trak Vac. Hope grass mow went well.
Bill sorry about no find for cube lights. Hope install went well.
Newbury nice to be able to miss bad weather.
Ron nice pic of GGD and tractors, not much older than my GGD.
Thomas hope backpack blower hike went well.
Drew hope walk went well, and you got some pics.
Buppies sorry about mess from power company.
Drew hope great niece heeds warning.
Don good to hear bots working hard to get pool cleaned. Hope PT went well and Garage sale went well for for both buying and selling.
Paul glad ground traffic light. Sorry about low IFR weather. Hope music went well and was fun.
Billy hope you didn't get washed away from rain. glad you got vines and shrub trimmed back.
Scott(vt) sorry about raining on you during work. Hope you get pics of mushrooms.
Friendwithtractor hope snow-pusher works out. Hope not too wet for chainsaw work Saturday. Great grandchildren are, well great
Ken glad your dad and uncle both home, hope your dad's in home care adequate. don't know if laugh or cry is correct response to $6 medicine episode.
Frits hope your wallet survives trip to tire shop. Good luck with car wash timing.
Bill glad you got rear lights installed. Disappointed about no pics
Drew hope RV wash and laundry both went well.
RNG sorry all the work to clean up grease. Hope you were able to get ready for Chainsaw work up north.
David sorry rain hampering your efforts to mow. Glad you were able to get new fan, sorry no install help.
Drew thanks for pics, nice sunset.
Drew sorry you are stuck back inside.
Phil congrats on getting shelf space at a store hope your wood work sells well. Hope breakfast with family went well.
Newbury good point on insurance affecting which/when procedures done.
Drew glad blanket worked slowing heat coming in. Sorry about heat overachieving.
Drew hope Saturday drive went well.
Scott(vt) pretty dense clusters. Nice mushroom pics
David hope you find someone at LS who will do something.
Ted glad you are cooling off for Drew.
Randy(wag) glad fuel burn went well since it was so close by. Sorry you were shorted by the faeries. Hope they get the rest to you soon. Hope tire gets fixed before mow season, and air compressor works.
Ted glad repaired bead holding for now.
Buppies glad you are out of harms way.
Dennis cool lighthouse pic.
Saturday morning 3:41 AM CDT:
Ron hope golf cart charger install passes the tests, glad grass mowed. Hope bracket work got finished. Nice sunrise.
Thomas hope backpack blower hike went well.
Billy excellent visit with GD and GGD, wedding went well and good family visit there too.
Bill sorry Billy do list on hold another day. Thanks for reponse on drug tests.
Don glad bots working so hard to clean pool. Hope Wurst festival goes well.
Drew glad you could shorten the drive a bit. Hope it cools off for you.
Bill had to laugh at thought somebody going round and round cause they can't get in right lane to exit
Buppies thanks for round about story, hope pants ok after that.
Bill sorry about the 100 drive and then get to pay for it.
Frit glad tires are good on van. Hope appt to get exhaust leak fixed not too far out. Hope kitchen door went well.
Ted hope car oil change went well. Hope landscape maintenance and tree branch went well.
Ken sounds like all rain soaked in. Very Sorry about panic, too bad you can't get dad's GF replaced. As of this spring next generation Robertsons still running mine tours.
David hope you got some mowing done. Hope you can get seeds to start sprouting.
Scott(vt) my GGD turned 3 recently, hope party went well.
Drew glad Saturday leg went well. Glad you have shade.
Drew hope train noise didn't bother you. Train engineers has button that has to be pushed if no controls moved ever so often, also conductor now rides in locomotive cab, and engineer has to call signals as they are encountered. Thanks for pics.
Randy(wag) glad you were able in inflate flat tires. Hope they hold air. Hope Church was good.
Ted glad good Saturday. Sorry about the mouse damage to truck wirering. Glad you were able to repair wires. 100 trains per day, WOW!
Scott(vt) glad party went well.
Enginerrs glad you could extract bolt in 20 minutes. And could finish oil change
Buppies good to hear you got to watch some football and wife happy!
Dennis nice sunset.
Sunday morning posts:
Ron glad phone upgrades went well and only problem solved easily by support. Good to hear brackets made for trak vac. Hope son picked up mo problem. Nice cardinal pic
Billy glad good 1st birthday for granddaughter. Nice pics
Scott hope church good, and cleanup from party went well.
Thomas glad good game between Ga and Al. Hope you got leaves taken care of on banks and field edges, and got to watch football.
Paul sorry you are getting so little rain. Nice frame for mirror. Hope getting TV went well. Nice to see good progress on home .
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 has finished brewing. 59° with partly cloudy skies. Heading to 73° with peeks of sunshine. Got pond maintainace completed. Then weeded flower gardens. Took tractor to neighbors to move some tree stumps to burn pile. Got them moved. Also moved grass and leaf pile into one large pile. Some yard maintainace today.

Everyone stay well and safe.

Good Morning All.