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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 4, 2024 11:21:06 GMT -5
Power came on at 11 last night and it went off an hour ago, so I will be losing internet again soon storms all night and this morning. In Marshall Hwy 59 is seat deep in water and we have flooding on the SE side of town from Black Water Bayou. Staying home.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 4, 2024 12:21:39 GMT -5
Power came on at 11 last night and it went off an hour ago, so I will be losing internet again soon storms all night and this morning. In Marshall Hwy 59 is seat deep in water and we have flooding on the SE side of town from Black Water Bayou. Staying home. Sounds like the prudent thing to do, I hope the rain stops and the electricity starts.
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Post by Silver on Jun 4, 2024 12:30:43 GMT -5
Power came on at 11 last night and it went off an hour ago, so I will be losing internet again soon storms all night and this morning. In Marshall Hwy 59 is seat deep in water and we have flooding on the SE side of town from Black Water Bayou. Staying home. Stay safe and dry.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 4, 2024 16:47:15 GMT -5
Power's back on. Now I'm debating whether to change the plug and box for the generator connection or try again to get an electrician.
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Post by urbino on Jun 4, 2024 16:59:52 GMT -5
Power's back on. Now I'm debating whether to change the plug and box for the generator connection or try again to get an electrician. Glad you got your juice back. My default setting on electrical stuff has always been that unless it’s dead simple, I want a pro to handle it. But I think you said they wanted $10 grand to hook this thing up. That makes it tough.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 4, 2024 21:00:09 GMT -5
Power's back on. Now I'm debating whether to change the plug and box for the generator connection or try again to get an electrician. Glad you got your juice back. My default setting on electrical stuff has always been that unless it’s dead simple, I want a pro to handle it. But I think you said they wanted $10 grand to hook this thing up. That makes it tough. Yeah, it is solid gold if you had close friends, a plumber, electrician, and an auto mechanic. I am with you, unless it is simple, I just don’t do any of the three anymore. A 10K electrical job tells me it is far out of my skill set.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 4, 2024 21:10:51 GMT -5
Power's back on. Now I'm debating whether to change the plug and box for the generator connection or try again to get an electrician. Glad you got your juice back. My default setting on electrical stuff has always been that unless it’s dead simple, I want a pro to handle it. But I think you said they wanted $10 grand to hook this thing up. That makes it tough. They wanted $10k for installation on a whole-house generator. It was 14,800 all together. There was a plug on the house when we moved in for a portable generator, but it's not the right plug. Only 20 amps and it's a 120 plug wired into 220. Not the worst problem we have found here. If I can get the electrician to do it, it would only be a hundred bucks. I'm perfectly capable of doing the job, I just don't want to. I have a list of things to do 30 pages long. I have to prioritize the list.
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Post by urbino on Jun 4, 2024 23:45:04 GMT -5
Glad you got your juice back. My default setting on electrical stuff has always been that unless it’s dead simple, I want a pro to handle it. But I think you said they wanted $10 grand to hook this thing up. That makes it tough. They wanted $10k for installation on a whole-house generator. It was 14,800 all together. There was a plug on the house when we moved in for a portable generator, but it's not the right plug. Only 20 amps and it's a 120 plug wired into 220. Not the worst problem we have found here. If I can get the electrician to do it, it would only be a hundred bucks. I'm perfectly capable of doing the job, I just don't want to. I have a list of things to do 30 pages long. I have to prioritize the list. Oh, that's much more reasonable. Sounds like it's worth doing.
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Post by urbino on Jun 4, 2024 23:46:50 GMT -5
Busy, busy workday for me. We've got a VP in town who usually works remote, and she disrupted everybody's day. She's only here once every few months, but, man, it is not hard to tell when she is.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 5, 2024 9:37:23 GMT -5
The seeds I sowed in the raised bed tubs showing signs of life. With our short growing season, planted ten days ago, they might grow into edible vegetables some time before Fall. So, no more seeds. Plant starts are the way to go here. I planted one Chile start, just to see how it does. The potatoes I planted a month ago are looking good above ground. The garlic shows signs of growth. I like having the time now to tend a small garden and will add another raised tub and plant more.
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Post by Silver on Jun 5, 2024 9:42:38 GMT -5
The seeds I sowed in the raised bed tubs showing signs of life. With our short growing season, planted ten days ago, they might grow into edible vegetables some time before Fall. So, no more seeds. Plant starts are the way to go here. I planted one Chile start, just to see how it does. The potatoes I planted a month ago are looking good above ground. The garlic shows signs of growth. I like having the time now to tend a small garden and will add another raised tub and plant more. Happy gardening, John!
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 5, 2024 10:06:48 GMT -5
Wife’s tomatoes in planter box her son in law had made for her.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 5, 2024 10:12:27 GMT -5
A more flattering picture of her showing her son in law the difference between the river silt and reg soil, river silt on the left!
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 5, 2024 10:35:49 GMT -5
Last wk, power went off, Gen did not come on, 20 yrs old, repair man says over speed and reset it, Gen surgeing, could be fixed but don’t want to put money on old equipment, tommorow Kohler people will install a 20kw to replace a 17 kw, won’t be without power I Garronte!
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Post by Silver on Jun 5, 2024 10:45:51 GMT -5
A more flattering picture of her showing her son in law the difference between the river silt and reg soil, river silt on the left! I like it. Happy gardening, Mrs. Brad!
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Post by toshtego on Jun 5, 2024 11:11:17 GMT -5
Wife’s tomatoes in planter box her son in law had made for her. That is one advantage of living in Louisiana! Another advantage is the cool and lovely women who live there.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2024 13:41:40 GMT -5
High was only 76 today in Cass County. Got another 3 inches last night and this morning. That brings us to 47 inches for the year. The ground is saturated. Our average rain is 52 inches for the year so that leaves us 5 inches for the rest of the year. Of course, we have that much forcast for the next 10 days. In Houston in 2017 we had 81 inches.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 5, 2024 14:35:04 GMT -5
I am trying to decide if I am fit enough to make the 90 miles round trip to Taos. I started another cycle of Chemo last night. I need to get to the bank to deposit the checks from members of the irrigation special district. I am still Treasurer. Not looking good for today, I have good days and not so good days. The dizziness, confusion, and coordination impairment.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2024 15:34:38 GMT -5
I am trying to decide if I am fit enough to make the 90 miles round trip to Taos. I started another cycle of Chemo last night. I need to get to the bank to deposit the checks from members of the irrigation special district. I am still Treasurer. Not looking good for today, I have good days and not so good days. The dizziness, confusion, and coordination impairment. Yep, sounds like you shouldn't be driving. I have days like that with no explanation.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2024 15:36:26 GMT -5
Now they're saying no rain for the week, except for a possible thunderstorm Saturday. I hope they are right.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2024 19:31:40 GMT -5
It got pretty warm today, feeling like 98. That was still 20 degrees cooler than it felt in Gilbert AZ. 😁 Also, we have shade.
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Post by lizardonarock on Jun 5, 2024 20:04:05 GMT -5
After a weather report of clear skies for the next 8 days a deluge of rain washing more trash into the Houston ship channel. More excitement at the cardiologist next up repairing leaking veins in my legs to make it so I have a better chance when hitch hiking because no stops to give a ride to fellow with ugly legs. In office repair for this next round I cant wait to see the needle and they will miss me over at the hospital. The big ticker checks out all good so I do have a heart after all, if the word gets out it will ruin my reputation and I will need a better nickname besides heartless bass-tard. Word and peace out.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 5, 2024 20:06:00 GMT -5
It got pretty warm today, feeling like 98. That was still 20 degrees cooler than it felt in Gilbert AZ. 😁 Also, we have shade. I dont know… I’m in Vegas, baby! Kinda toasty, bit wasn’t miserable. A patient handed me a gift bag today, she will be traveling and will not see me before father’s day. The gift bag had a bag of quality jerky, pepperoni sticks, pringles, candy bars, cashews, a ice slushygatorade and water. A nicely worded card and a $100 bill inside.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 5, 2024 21:32:50 GMT -5
It got pretty warm today, feeling like 98. That was still 20 degrees cooler than it felt in Gilbert AZ. 😁 Also, we have shade. I dont know… I’m in Vegas, baby! Kinda toasty, bit wasn’t miserable. A patient handed me a gift bag today, she will be traveling and will not see me before father’s day. The gift bag had a bag of quality jerky, pepperoni sticks, pringles, candy bars, cashews, a ice slushygatorade and water. A nicely worded card and a $100 bill inside. That's so nice! I enjoyed the regular people when I was in Vegas, completely different than the strip.
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Post by urbino on Jun 5, 2024 21:56:50 GMT -5
Use your best judgement, toshtego . I know things need to get done, but sometimes you just gotta let 'em ride for a while. Learned that from my bad back. We're about ready to break out the hip waders to go to the mailbox, here, too, Ronv69. I haven't seen any official, cumulative numbers, but we've had a lot of rain over the past 6 weeks or so. Another busy, busy workday for me, so not much to report.
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Post by lizardonarock on Jun 6, 2024 0:07:13 GMT -5
John will be ok he can always hitch a ride or hang tires around the perimeter of that Ford truck and play bumper cars. As for rain just wear shorts because hip waders are too hot unless your are trout fishing the White river in Arkansas below the dam where the water is consistently around 50° Fahrenheit year-round. Stay safe Urb.
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Post by urbino on Jun 6, 2024 0:21:37 GMT -5
John will be ok he can always hitch a ride or hang tires around the perimeter of that Ford truck and play bumper cars. As for rain just wear shorts because hip waders are too hot unless your are trout fishing the White river in Arkansas below the dam where the water is consistently around 50° Fahrenheit year-round. Stay safe Urb. The White or the Little Red, which comes straight off the bottom of Greer's Ferry Lake. I've known fishermen to have to stop, get out on the bank, and pour the water out of their jon boat because so much condensation formed on the inside of it in the summer.
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Post by toshtego on Jun 6, 2024 8:42:55 GMT -5
"You are about to embark on a great crusade..." Dwight David Eisenhower, 6/6/44.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jun 6, 2024 10:36:19 GMT -5
Use your best judgement, toshtego . I know things need to get done, but sometimes you just gotta let 'em ride for a while. Learned that from my bad back. We're about ready to break out the hip waders to go to the mailbox, here, too, Ronv69. I haven't seen any official, cumulative numbers, but we've had a lot of rain over the past 6 weeks or so. Another busy, busy workday for me, so not much to report. Well, it's drying up here so you should be too. I walked out to the middle of the front yard yesterday, about 10 feet below the house, and it was like walking on a trampoline. There's quicksand during wet weather about 20 feet south of our property, I hope it stays there. When I was little I had nightmares about quicksand, probably from watching too many Tarzan movies. My brother almost died in some in the woods near the San Jacinto River when he was 13. I never actually saw any until a couple of years ago when I was investigating the woods on the other side of the fence. I was wondering why it hadn't been developed. Turns out that besides the quicksand there's a washout in the middle that's like a 1:2400 scale model of the Grand Canyon. Dynamic dirt sucks.
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Post by lizardonarock on Jun 6, 2024 14:18:11 GMT -5
Quicksand and giant snakes you never told us you lived on a Tarzan set are you hiding Jane in the workshop your wife will be pissed if she finds out.
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