Good morning!!!!

[sodamo]

Sitting in the waiting room at the Toyota dealership getting my annual free state inspection. Already walked around and drooled on the new models...new, same model Tundra is $22K more than mine 9 years ago. I'm in no hurry to change.

Stopped at our favorite Chinese for lunch.

Almost criminal the price of new vehicles.

 

[kenmbz]

I never buy new, not sure how anyone affords them, I guess why 72 month loans?

 

[txdon]

Cards was cut short last night by the threat of Hail. And it did hail a little, no damage to the garaged pickup. But more important it rained an inch which helped the grass and refilled the pool.

Today was a trip to the "Farm" with the Germans. Apple cannons and pig races were the top entertainers. took a walk to the San Gabriel river which runs on the back side of the Farm.

The Tractor driver was a girl from the petting zoo who give rides once an hour. My tractor rides are more informative as I give information about the farm before each ride and tell the passengers what we are going to pass by and what to look for. The sunflowers are about 50% bloomed and the strawberries are finished. Starting the summer hunker down mode after this weekend's Wine through the sunflowers and unicorns.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Almost criminal the price of new vehicles.

Got a RAM ad in the mail today. Only $895 a month for 72 months plus so much down Picture shows crew cab, but description is 2wd regular cab. So almost $70k. Not happening.
.15” rain so far

 

[Wagtail]

Good (Wednesday) morning. Overnight Low of 6.4C and it's presently 12.2C, clear with a bit of a breeze at times. There was 2.2mm in the gauge @ 0900, from yesterday's mid-day showers.

First up today is the monthly Veteran's coffee gathering @ 1000, followed by my weekly "Senior Shopping" grocery 5% discount. This arvo will be spent preparing for a paddock transfer from #1 to #2, which will occur later on.

That's about it, take care all.

 

[rswyan]

58F and cloudy @ 21:00, heading down to around 51F for the overnight low.

Got hay wagon cleared off and brought it over to house and started loading the 4 x 4 posts on it.

Woman came out about halfway and saw the half loaded wagon and said "Oh ... that will be great for your back ..."

I used the forks to put most of them on ...

Took it over and parked it in the barn once I got it all loaded up.

Then moved the boards and saw horses for the raised beds over there as well.

Next item to go over was the new saw horses.

And after that the four 6" round posts.

Once that was done I set the deck height on the Cub to 4.5" and started mowing down the grass on the bottom end of the front lawn where it had been so wet. Still wet but at least no standing water.

Took a little break after that and came inside for a little snack.

Then started loading the dump cart with tomato plants and got around 16 of those moved around back onto the high shelves where the deer can't get at them.

After that I dropped the deck on the Cub down to 3.5" and went over the parts that I had mowed earlier. That got everything out front down to roughly the same height.

Woman's peach trees really needed sprayed with fungicide so loaded up the sprayer and hit both trees.

Need to find the peach pits I saved from last year and get those potted up.

Once that was finished I gathered all the stuff for post coating project and hauled that over to the barn.

Then parked to the Cub up by the house and went into the garage and looked for a new oil filter. As luck would have it, I had one ... so I started the oil draining.

Went inside once I got that going and dished up some of those pork chops and scalloped potatoes which had been simmering in the crock pot all day.

After I ate I went out and got the new filter put on, drain plug installed, and filled it up with Mobil 1 10w30. Still need to service the air filter.

Downloaded the owners manual for the engine to verify oil capacity and noticed on at least this latest version Kohler was talking a 300 hour service interval using their premium filter and their synthetic oil.

Don't feel quite as bad about my extending the drain intervals to 150 hours using Mobil 1. Probably could easily to 200 hours.

Final item for the day was taking the drain pan and old oil up to the shop and draining it into the 55 gallon drum of used oil.

Then back down to the house to finish off the last of the strawberries with some shortbread, whipped cream and half and half.

All in all, a reasonably productive day.

Hope everyone had a great day ...

 

[mostly_gas]

Good evening all. 67ºF for the start, overcast, light breeze. Light wind, up to moderate gusts, some clearing in afternoon, and high temp was 78ºF. Made coffee to start day, Grief Share, go pick up truck, problem reoccurred on way home, back to dealer, service guy drove car with me in it for about 30 miles in 45 minutes, no problem, no problem second time drive home . Bike ride then mow, no nap, work on dinner, hamburgers, green beans and lettuce from staepdaughters garden.
Resuming Thursday morning 6:09 AM CDT post 207,051:
Buppies Good to hear house food restocked, laundry done and house clean. Glad you are ready Hope landscape rake works to get branches up. Sorry tree guy was a no show. prayers sent.
Massey rider sorry so wet, rain lowers your temp. Hope brekky was good.
Dennis nice rain. nice train pic.
Ken hope son's choir concert was good. Hope grass sprouts. Nice pic of twins.
Lou I try not to ingest as much fat as I used to.
RS glad tote out of van. Glad both saw horses welded and braced. Hope you got ends closed off.
Ken I didn't know people used wild strawberries in pies.
Paul hope the Citation pickup went better this time. Thanks for Ospreys pics.
Dennis nice video. Map show the line is a branch line so not as many trains.
David sorry so long at vets and Makana needs more shots. Sorry you missed the boat .
Bill sad that the add-ons more than the actual charge for power :9.
Masseyrider it will warm some at some point.
Frits sorry about all the rain. Glad the app is working out for you. Hope you can use welding shop soon.
Drew now you know how to get it in 4Lo. Glad coolant changed. Hope good afternoon.
Drew nice pics, glad no problems with DEP.
Ken glad pic pics brought back good memories.
Phil glad you still have power. Cool that you got to work wit wood thousands of years old. Nice results and pics!
Randy(wag) glad you got some rain.Hope Bee keepers got good presentation. Glad you are recovering from last couple of months.
Dennis very good trip. got to visit family that was there to go to funeral.
Friday morning 3:36 AM CDT:
Ron glad laundry done, folded and put away, and concrete repair work. Hope you got grass cut on Friday. Nice black squirrel pic.
Bill hope tire rotation went well.
Buppies glad you are getting some rain. Good trip no damage to car or occupants
Drew glad lettuce is doing well. Hope ribs turn out. Glad you having fun with squirrels and BB gun. Home safe from trip
Thomas hope rain paused and let you work on gravel recovery.
Happy(nc) hope you made progress on Friday.
Billy glad Della got released to go hiking again. Glad good hike and mow session.
Frits glad good graduation for GD. Hope plans work out for college. Raccoons wont leave until attitude adjustment.
Paul hope you get all the lockable lug nut off and replaced with standard lug nuts. Hope trip to Burlington went well. Hope you got to play music.
Frits glad you were able to help GD along in life. Hope you can do same in her college life.
Friend(trac) glad rain over. And parents made it back from beach. Hope land works out, and you made out on gold course. Travel was safe.
Ken hope you were able to work on swale. Hope concert was good. Sorry to hear you cousin's wife sister died. Had a safe trip.
Drew thanks for memory and pic. Hope veggie picking went well.
RS sounds like you got green house setup better. Glad surgery went well. Hope they got good margins on test specimens. Hope blood work shows good. Hope you got tank swapped out. Hope you got more work in on posts.
David glad haircuts squeezed in, and Makana got pool lesson. Nice pic.
RS glad blood drawn and you got cup of good coffee. Hope you get tomatoes refinished repotted. Hope good time in shop.
Drew sorry grill ran out of gas then neighbor shows up. Glad you got lunch finished Glad fewer hiding places for squirrels.
Bill glad doge not pulling to left now.
Dennis hope you got lumber home ok.
Don thanks for sharing the wood boots.
Dennis glad supper was good. Nice sun came out, hope dry enough for deck work.
More catch up tomorrow.
prayer for all, especially Jay/Peg, Kyle /Daughter, /mom's breathing, /son's migraines, Mike /BIL in FL, Ron /heart, David(moss) /remodel, /divorce, Buppies /cancer, parathyroid, blood sugar /wife, Thomas /gout, Phil /reflux, Frits /veteran son with mental issues, /granddaughter with Evans Syndrome, Ken /dad dementia, /chronic fatigue, Diet not working, Randy(wag) /sister stoke, Steppenwolfe /son-auto immune disorder, Grev /wife's eye, Ted /knee recovery, /retirement & disability red tape, /family issues, /wife back issues and cancer, 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, /back issue, Scaredy/shoulder dislocation, /marriage dissolving, / friend stop drinking, Dennis /retirement, /neighbor issues, /brother's lymphoma, /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, Israel, Ukraine war, hurricane victims, and Country.

 

[ronjhall]

Coffee is brewing. 50° with partly cloudy skies this morning. Heading to 60° with off and on rain in late afternoon. Got all windows washed inside and out. No time left for conserve energy. Going to give it another try today. Need to see why neighbors Kawasaki Mule will not start.
Yesterday's Sunrise.

Everyone stay safe and well.

Good Morning All.

 

[Tinhack]

It got noisy enough to wake me and to see what was happening outside. Light show is pretty much over now. Rain came in fast and left fast. I was worried I'd have to get dressed and run out and move the truck under a tree. Radio kept saying there was a chance of large hail but it looks like we dodged a bullet here. North of the big city must be getting hit really hard. All purple on the radar.

I'm going to lay back down. Gotta rearrange the shop today. New tire machine is taking up a lot of space with the added tire lift.

 

[wngsprd]

56 and steady rain, hard at times. Going to 66.

Glad I took Della for a hike and swim yesterday before this rain got here.