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Post by Ronv69 on May 28, 2024 14:00:27 GMT -5
Good morning fellow Patches! I was woken up this morning by a thunderclap that sounded like the house exploded. Stormy and windy day, down to 65 from 97 degrees yesterday.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 28, 2024 14:02:54 GMT -5
Thank you for that video Ron, no words can convey what bravery, LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND! You're welcome. From the drone point of view it looks like a video game, but it's anything but. Death is real. Heroes exist.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 28, 2024 18:36:34 GMT -5
Day turned out really nice. Cool and dry with a light breeze. Earlier the wind was blowing so hard I was sure we were going lose the hollow sweet gum tree after the top was bent over about 8 feet, but amazingly, it sprang back. I wish it would dry up enough for the tree guy to take it down. I get nervous when I have to mow under it.
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Post by toshtego on May 28, 2024 19:37:02 GMT -5
Warm today, hit 88 and then cooled down with cloud cover. Watered the planters twice. Hoping my seeds sprout into something.
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Post by urbino on May 28, 2024 21:07:02 GMT -5
Very pleasant day here, too. Low humidity. Reasonable temps. And I'm feeling some better, though still not 100%.
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Post by trailboss on May 28, 2024 21:09:13 GMT -5
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Post by lizardonarock on May 28, 2024 21:49:43 GMT -5
I need that door mat, who does not love civil disobedience.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 29, 2024 9:34:13 GMT -5
Bad storm yesterday, my generator did not come on when we lost power, Gen man coming today. Another question, is Bob home?
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Post by Plainsman on May 29, 2024 10:31:37 GMT -5
Finally home, guys, after 8 days. hope to stat here for a while. Thanks for all the support.
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Post by coalsmoke on May 29, 2024 11:06:39 GMT -5
Finally home, guys, after 8 days. hope to stat here for a while. Thanks for all the support. Welcome home, Bob. How are you doing?
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Post by Ronv69 on May 29, 2024 12:09:43 GMT -5
Finally home, guys, after 8 days. hope to stat here for a while. Thanks for all the support. Hope you are all better. I'll bet the pup is all over you.
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Post by toshtego on May 29, 2024 12:53:30 GMT -5
Finally home, guys, after 8 days. hope to stat here for a while. Thanks for all the support. That is good news, Bob.
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Post by coalsmoke on May 29, 2024 13:03:19 GMT -5
It's 56° here with a grey sky and rain, so I decided not to go out and do some small things in order to earn my meals. Doesn't look good for a pipe break later on, either.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 29, 2024 16:08:16 GMT -5
You made my day Bob, so glad you're home, if my typing is bad, went to eye Dr and my eyes are dilated, fuzzy vision, good news though only need drops.
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Post by urbino on May 29, 2024 19:27:51 GMT -5
Long day at the office. Still working, just not at the office.
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Post by Gypo on May 29, 2024 20:22:09 GMT -5
Briar Fox in green cob water on the side. Got home early enough to put a new idler pulley on riding lawnmower for the drive belt. Broke the deck belt last weekend and the drive belt has never been changed in about 15 years so I got them both but upon changing them I figured out that the idler was bad but the store was closed till Tuesday so Mil picked it up for me 15 min to install hook the front bracket on the mower deck and back in business and no more annoying squeal from a smoked idler pulley. Mowed front yard and irrigating half of it now.
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Post by urbino on May 29, 2024 20:22:17 GMT -5
Finally home, guys, after 8 days. hope to stat here for a while. Thanks for all the support. Very glad to hear it, Bob. Let us know how you're doing.
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Post by toshtego on May 29, 2024 23:50:11 GMT -5
Long day at the office. Still working, just not at the office. You have my sympathy. I recall long days. We labor on!
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Post by lizardonarock on May 29, 2024 23:52:38 GMT -5
Goy a giant box of medical supplies enough to keep me looking good in gauze for a week or two. The contents of the boxes are getting better loaded with useful stuff for a change of pace.
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Post by urbino on May 29, 2024 23:52:48 GMT -5
Long day at the office. Still working, just not at the office. You have my sympathy. I recall long days. We labor on! Thanks, John. I'm lucky to have a job that pays well and includes benefits. Hope you've had a good day.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 11:18:00 GMT -5
When I was 20 I was working an average of 106 hours a week, with over half of it on my feet. Always worked overtime and spent years on the night shift. My last job before I retired started at 12 hours a day and got worse, with many 36 hour days. Last couple of years I was down to 8-10 hours a day with only rare 18 hour emergencies. Y'all have my sympathy. My dad and granddad had it worse than me. But, somehow, we baby boomers had it easy.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 11:19:31 GMT -5
More thunderstorm and tornado alerts today with 6 inches of rain forcast between now and Sunday morning. That should put us over our annual average for rain.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 11:27:56 GMT -5
Just noticed that I have gone over 28k posts. That's ridiculous.
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 30, 2024 11:54:43 GMT -5
Bushed, cut 5 acres, as I said eye appointment yesterday, was fearful about the exam, Dr and his helper worked on me for an hour and a half, Dr said drops would cure the wet eyes and my eyes were fine for an 81 yr old man, dilated my eyes and they were fuzzy till late last night. This morning sight was clear and we don’t realize how sight is probably the best gift from God, I watched the birds, tractors on the road and fields, sounds and smells, if you have your health it’s better than money. Thank you Gentleman for listening to an old fart!
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Post by toshtego on May 30, 2024 13:43:26 GMT -5
Always interested in what you have to say, Brad.
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Post by toshtego on May 30, 2024 13:44:22 GMT -5
Just noticed that I have gone over 28k posts. That's ridiculous. Not really. Your comments are worth reading. Perhaps they can be serialized in The Saturday Evening Post?
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 14:59:52 GMT -5
Had to be in Longview this afternoon for an ultrasound. It was like drinking through a car wash most of the way. All the creeks, rivers, and bayous are full. My wife's client in Dallas that serves food to kids got hit by a tornado this morning and it tore the kitchen off the front of their building. Plus all the apartments they deliver food to are without power. It might not be too much, but it's a lot.
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Post by urbino on May 30, 2024 18:01:42 GMT -5
It is darn nice outside right now. Low 80s. Low humidity. Sunshine galore. We're getting another several days of rain and storms after this, though, presumably the ones Ron's dealing with right now, so I'm out enjoying a pipe while I can.
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Post by toshtego on May 30, 2024 18:30:47 GMT -5
Had a nighbor over who is a genuine Forester of 20 years. We will be taking down about 15 trees. Many are dead or dying Aspens. There is a blight affecting them. Also a few Black Locust, aka False Accia. Then thining a Siberian Elm which has progogated into a gigantic bush to make a real tree mini grove. Thinning deadwood off other trees. All the material except the large blocks going into a chipper which will spew wood chips all over the drier part of the yard. I do not want to plant and water more grass. Weeds are what has come up and they are not the good ones. So, chipping might supress. If I can manage it, a weed blanket first.
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Post by Ronv69 on May 30, 2024 18:41:22 GMT -5
Had a nighbor over who is a genuine Forester of 20 years. We will be taking down about 15 trees. Many are dead or dying Aspens. There is a blight affecting them. Also a few Black Locust, aka False Accia. Then thining a Siberian Elm which has progogated into a gigantic bush to make a real tree mini grove. Thinning deadwood off other trees. All the material except the large blocks going into a chipper which will spew wood chips all over the drier part of the yard. I do not want to plant and water more grass. Weeds are what has come up and they are not the good ones. So, chipping might supress. If I can manage it, a weed blanket first. When the tree guy finally can get into the yard, the big tree is 87k pounds, plus another 10k pounds of assorted limbs. I'm going to watch.
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