Good morning!!!!

[daugen]

couldn't finish without a tractor pic...nice Massey he used to build his home.

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Friday) morning. Overnight Low of 9.8C and it's presently 15.6C, overcast with a gentle breeze. Rain predicted this arvo.

Nothing planned for today and that's OK by me.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[Buppies]

Part came in today truck ready to go will pickup in morning I hope

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 65ºF for the start, mostly clear sky, light breeze. Light wind, sky partly cloudy, and high temp was 92ºF, HI 95ºF. Made coffee to start day, bike ride, added extra lap to help make up missed riding days. Nap after lunch, A/C quit during nap so awaiting call back in morning.
Ron glad fields cut yesterday, hope you got to the grass today. Nice buzzard pic
Bill may the last time to turn wood pile over?
Thomas hope rest of day went well.
Billy knee is fine except for skin abrasions. Pride may take longer Glad you and Della got hike in to swimming river.
Drew glad you are enjoying cool mornings. Hope you get the pins to stay in better. Glad good dinner last night. hope you get permission to take pics of fireplace.
Hay Dude hope you can fix damage to hay.
Paul siding and roofing look good. What will you finish the siding with? Hope wiring goes as expected.
Frits glad no rain. Hope infusion went well. Enjoy the oil changing
Drew how funny.
Drew interesting story.
Scott(vt) hope work went well. nice stove pic
Drew glad heater has plenty capacity to keep you warm. Probably wont need heater in Texas, low temp around 60ºF. I second the motion to visit Royal Gorge
Frits thank for info on stoves.
Drew thanks for follow up hope you get the pics.
Buppies glad wife sleeping, sorry about wiring harness, If you can leave engine hood up, in laws that I dog sat for do that to minimize wire chewing.
Drew sorry you will miss Gorge. Nice pics
Ken sorry pool is closed. Glad tire done. Hope college tours go well. nice pics
Ted I wish my temps were only 83ºF, and that's the average temp for this time of year. Hope PT doesn't aggravate nerves. Hope tire repair holds up.
RNG hope you can get some items of the list.
David hope the weather cooperates for mowing.Hope the freezer is maintaining temp.
Masseyrider glad you have the time to enjoy the GT.
Dennis and to think I thought Coney Island was in the North East
Dennis neat pics.
Dennis Lamberts, home of the throwd roll.
Dennis thanks for trip recap. Nice pics, glad tree got taken out.
Drew thanks for the pics.
Drew recognized all but the yellow bench with the 5 heads. nice.
Drew love the last 3, small caboose, nice vice.
Randy enjoy the slow day.
Buppies hope truck ready in morning.
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]

Waiting on coffee to cool a little. 47° with clear skies this morning. Heading to 70° with mix of sun and clouds. Grocery shopping went good. No shortages of anything. Did not see anyone with TP in their cart. Never got to mowing grass. Top of the list today. Need to power wash Flail Mower and put it away for the year.
Sedums are a darker color this year.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[wngsprd]

64 going to 78.

Buppies, glad your sugar level is back to good. Glad part is in and truck ready to go.

Ken, enjoy the NYC college tour. Maybe he'll want to tour a college in Hawaii...that would be a fun tour.

Ron, our sedums are darker this year, too.

Our electric company announced a rate increase...talked about inflation affecting costs...was thinking it would be increases in fuel and wages, but never thought about these items:

 

[wngsprd]

Hiked up in the mountains yesterday. Never seen the water levels so high, especially after drought all summer. In and out of cool misty clouds all day. Autumn is in full swing. Found the most unique hiking companion. 17 year old parrot.

 

[Thomas]

44F mostly cloudy day low 70's for high.

Outside chores done.
Plans for today...4 hours at part store afterwards stop for critter food,afternoon curl up with kittens go back to bed not waken until tomorrow morning.


Enjoy your day all.

 

[mpham]

Morning all!
51 going to 72.
Just popped in to say another year of retirement for @Thomas and I! Seems like only yesterday not 4 and 5 years ago!
Got the wife's car washed and waxed yesterday. Should be set for a while. Need to do my truck now. Did a little more leaf cleanup and then decided my body had enough! Was in bed by 7 pm. and didn't wake up till 5 am this morning!
Hopefully get in the shop for a while today. Or not....might just relax.
Hope everyone stays safe and healthy!

 

[Buppies]

A parrot that’s cool wngsprd

60 this morning going to 74 later today maybe storms this afternoon. Much cooler weather is coming high 70 low 40s.

Prayers for all our Country people in Appalachia

 

[daugen]

good morning all
a nippy 37 in Salida CO, put the heat on when I got up, one small electric one wasn't doing the job. Besides I'm getting propane tank topped off at 8:30am here before I leave so why not burn a little and stay warmer.
This morning I head up 285 to Boulder area, actually meeting my brother's granddaughter in Walmart in Broomfield for lunch, then headed to Golden to campground.

Mostly, the odd yellow one was a somewhat custom line boring machine, or part of it. Something about working on Bugatti crankshafts? He often has to make parts from scratch. Poor guy's back hurt so bad last night we had to cancel dinner. He is coming over for coffee at 8am to see me off.

received a tip about free covid tests available again, and I ordered four

https://www.covidtests.gov/

I think it's interesting they must be giving them away because they have too many from before, apparently some of them being sent out have past dates. But oh we have extended those dates. Really? how does that work...

 

[txdon]

Good morning! A tad cooler this morning as the wind is coming from the North. 59˚F heading to the upper 80s. PT today and whatever else I can get into. The grocery store still had toilet paper yesterday but limited choice and only about 25% of stock. Maybe since the strike is on hold the panic buying will stop.

Mostly EGO does not require return shipping on the defective battery, they suggest recycling it.

Drew thanks for the link to the covid test. Wife got vaccination last week but I am delaying till after full shoulder recovery.

 

[daugen]

I would have preferred this to be black or brown but brass is ok
you can't see it unless you stick your head under the table anyway and this way
it's strong for good.

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, 56 going to 77 and cloudy.
Got rest of pool stuff stowed, pool house is very full.
Today into NYC to look at colleges.

Drew - that is an amazing stove, and house.

BEF - that was some trip, thanks for sharing

Be well,

Sedum here is deer chewed, but color seems same as last year.
Never a day I don't see a herd of deer and have had to cage up more plants than ever.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

We stopped at Costco on way home yesterday down I81, as ours has been out of water. Got water. No TP in stock. Just a few paper towels left.

Saw lots of power co trucks, some heading home.
The disaster relief org we support is sending semi trucks of food and supplies. Most of their work is volunteers, very little overhead.
Need to pick up meds today, and mow grass.

 

[Popgadget]

Good Morning.
It’s 58° and sunny, now that the early fog burned off.

Progress continues, Cedar is almost finished, the concrete contractors are here prepping and forming the patio and walk.
There is a lot of complicated cuts in this small area, you can also see the new cedar against the over 40 year old stuff. It is not treated in any way, I used all VG grade, which is all vertical grain heartwood, it holds up to the test of time, as you can see.

In today’s market, it is breathtakingly expensive though.

I might be overly ambitious, but I’m hoping to get the big mowing done with the progressive mower and tractor later this afternoon after the digging for the walk is complete, and before this evenings rehearsal and pack up for tomorrow’s gig at a winery.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Morning,
Ct,50 to start going to 73 ! Another beautiful fall day on tap ! Although I’m sitting in Walgreens waiting for my Covid shot along with the flu shot !

Our electric company announced a rate increase...talked about inflation affecting costs.

GM, Wngsprd in Ct they have seen fit to charge all the Eversource electric customers an additional rate for those that can’t or won’t pay for their electricity! Last month my bill was $240 but with the additional fee added in I went up to $314 which is crazy IMO ! Oh well just pay it I guess!

Drew, that heating stove is absolutely amazing along with all the beautiful post and beam construction!

Dennis, some very interesting shots of the old locks !

Plans for today are to put some deck furniture away for the winter etc !
Hope all have a good day !

 

[Buppies]

My power bill went up even though I was without power for almost a day and a half

 

[LouNY]

Good Morning,
Ct,50 to start going to 73 ! Another beautiful fall day on tap ! Although I’m sitting in Walgreens waiting for my Covid shot along with the flu shot !


GM, Wngsprd in Ct they have seen fit to charge all the Eversource electric customers an additional rate for those that can’t or won’t pay for their electricity! Last month my bill was $240 but with the additional fee added in I went up to $314 which is crazy IMO ! Oh well just pay it I guess!

Drew, that heating stove is absolutely amazing along with all the beautiful post and beam construction!

Dennis, some very interesting shots of the old locks !

Plans for today are to put some deck furniture away for the winter etc !
Hope all have a good day !

It's even more interesting when you think that the early canals were actually dug by hand, the locks were hand laid up stone and animals towed the barges.
The early canals in NY the Erie and Champlain were only 3 feet deep and either 5 or 8 feet wide depending on who you believe.
One of the roads that I drive on parallels much of the canal, Rt.4 and in several locations you can see remnants of the older system.
They look like shallow drainage ditches now, almost all filled in over the years.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning! Low of 48°, going up to 80°. Sunny.

Drew, that soapstone stove is big! Beautiful home, love the post and beam construction.
You will probably not see any balloons or deal with any traffic if you're going off on 87. Too far north.

Dennis, that's one good trip, covered a lot of ground for sure!

Buppies, hope they get the truck fixed and back to you asap.--- no excuses from them now....

Wng, neat companion for hiking. Not everyday you can see that.

Off to the university shortly, will make a Costco run too. Short list, so shouldn't be too bad.

PT is interesting to say the least.... doesn't feel like they are doing much of anything, then about 4 hours later, the nerves let me know that they were messed with. Strange that there is such a long delay. Not a good night sleeping last night.

Everyone have a great day!