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What are you doing today, II

My arms are now about 3" longer than they were. Lol. I went out with a couple of the scouts leaders to clear a 3 mile trail in to our cabin yesterday. I was carrying 2 chainsaws. We're not talking a nice flat easy trail either. All bedrock with hills and swamps in the low sections. We have a camp next weekend for the kids out there and didn't want to be spending half the time cutting our way into the camp. We only encountered a few trees down on the trail but there were a couple near the cabin that needed to come down.

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Woke up to some serious rheumatoid arthritis pain this morning. Joints all over my body hurt, even my hands and fingers. R.A. sucks. I was diagnosed at age 24, so been dealing with it for almost 40 years. Mostly well controlled. But some days suck. I coach at the high school today, that could be fun???

Yesterday was coaching at Purdue. This pain is not muscle pain from coaching/giving lessons. This is much worse.

The lovely Mrs_Bob is on the way to the doctor with Kobe for a follow up visit to his cold/cough. He is getting better, but it still lingers. He acts fine, plenty of energy, just a lingering cough. He goes to 'school' (daycare) after the doctor, then will come back home to us afterwards because his grandmother is still sick. He is fun to have around but we've had him for 10 or 11 straight days and honestly I could use a rest!

Since the start of the school year we have been gettin Kobe on Friday and we drop him off at daycare on Monday morning so we have the weekdays to recover!!!
 
Physio this morning then I stopped by a used car lot to check out a couple vehicles. Took them each for a test drive. First, for me. A '17 ram 2500 with a 5.7 hemi. Not as many options as my current '17 f150 but I can at least mount a plow for the winter as well as being able to tow both the fifth wheel and boat behind. My f150 is a touch light for it despite having the power.
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The second is a downsize for her. When currently have a '18 ford expedition. It's been great with plenty of power to pull the camper and fit our 5 kids. The thing is, we don't foresee ever traveling with the bigger ball hitch camper again as we also have an older fifth wheel which tows so much nicer and fits everyone. She still wants to be able to transport kids. We don't need to be able to tow 8000lbs anymore bit still want to have the option of towing the boat. We also want 4x4. The same dealership also has an '18 vw atlas. Nice midsized suv that seats 7. Can tow 5000lbs. And should be better on gas than the expedition. I was impressed. No decision has been made yet as we're doing the numbers dance. We should come out about even as far as dollars goes.

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62nd birthday and opened a new bottle of O.F. Birthday Bourbon. It is released 1 time a year, typically mid-late September. Been opening a new bottle every year for many years. This stuff is considered expensive, rare and scarce now but it used to be pretty common and modestly priced. Local shop saves me a bottle every year, charges me MSRP but I’ve seen this for $1200/bottle elsewhere!?!

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NorthernRedneck said:
Physio this morning then I stopped by a used car lot to check out a couple vehicles. Took them each for a test drive. First, for me. A '17 ram 2500 with a 5.7 hemi. Not as many options as my current '17 f150 but I can at least mount a plow for the winter as well as being able to tow both the fifth wheel and boat behind. My f150 is a touch light for it despite having the power.
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The second is a downsize for her. When currently have a '18 ford expedition. It's been great with plenty of power to pull the camper and fit our 5 kids. The thing is, we don't foresee ever traveling with the bigger ball hitch camper again as we also have an older fifth wheel which tows so much nicer and fits everyone. She still wants to be able to transport kids. We don't need to be able to tow 8000lbs anymore bit still want to have the option of towing the boat. We also want 4x4. The same dealership also has an '18 vw atlas. Nice midsized suv that seats 7. Can tow 5000lbs. And should be better on gas than the expedition. I was impressed. No decision has been made yet as we're doing the numbers dance. We should come out about even as far as dollars goes.

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My experience, you won't go wrong with a RAM but that HEMI will guzzle gas.

It is really hard to go wrong with any VW made today.

Frankly, as much as I favor the RAM trucks ( I own three of them), the VW would be my choice in your situation.
 
Yesterday the lovely Mrs_Bob found some bulk packs of bone-in pork loin for 99-cents a pound.

Today I put 2 nice size loins in the smoker. One with a garlic/bourbon/maple dry rub. The other with a maple/brown sugar dry rub. Took them out and wrapped them in foil when they hit 140 degrees internal temp, which is on the rare side for pork, but considered safe. Since we have Kobe in the house we have been doing a lot of heat and eat meals, meal prep, etc. Smaller one will likely be dinner, the larger one will likely be frozen and used for a thaw and warm future meal.

I was planning to do some crack sealing of the driveway this afternoon but just too sore to do that today. Hoping that tomorrow works out better and I can get it done. Unseasonably warm temps predicted for tomorrow so that works in my favor too.
 
I had planned to go back to cut some firewood this morning until she who must be obeyed gave me the suggestion that I go hunting. Decision made! Hunting it is. I put on 100km on the side by side and around 80km on the truck getting to and from the area I went hunting down.
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NorthernRedneck said:
I had planned to go back to cut some firewood this morning until she who must be obeyed gave me the suggestion that I go hunting. Decision made! Hunting it is. I put on 100km on the side by side and around 80km on the truck getting to and from the area I went hunting down. View attachment 156404
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Before long you will be traveling 1000's of km, looking for birds, I'm pretty sure your taking them faster than they can hatch. Never go hunting with Northern Red Neck unless you like to be humiliated. This guy has taken more birds in the last couple years that I've been here than I've seen, let alone shot.
 
It's unreal the amount of birds out there this year. I saw 12 before getting my first one today. Minutes later, 2 more. I saw over 20 birds today. I figure that I'm only 45 and have the luxury of free time to myself throughout the week, I may as well put some miles on the side by side exploring a whole new to me area to hunt.
 
Gym and then I had coffee friend this morning with a friend and his wife. I went to the Moose Lodge, which I'm a member of and then over to a bar. Interesting that lady came in and sat next to me with her fiance. Her fiance was in the Navy and so was I. Her dad was in the Military so she calls herself a Military brat. Her dad is the sheriff and I know him from the VFW and some other events. Ended up being a very nice conversation. Now I'm home.
 
Waiting to get my iPhone 13 serviced. I've had it since January and the battery inexplicably died this morning - and it's a business phone no less. I had no choice but to come back for a little while until a dealer opens up in an hour. Gotta love Monday :mad:
 
It's a pd day for all schools so the kids are home. She is still working though so it's my job to keep them quiet. I had planned on putting them to work piling firewood while I cut more however a 7am thunderstorm kinda made things wet outside.
 
Jumpin' Jack McDaniels said:
Waiting to get my iPhone 13 serviced. I've had it since January and the battery inexplicably died this morning - and it's a business phone no less. I had no choice but to come back for a little while until a dealer opens up in an hour. Gotta love Monday :mad:
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Who is your carrier?
 
Suffering shoulder pain from installing insulation bats into the ceiling of the Hippie Ridge cabin. No pictures sorry.

The bats were precut R-13 for the stud walls. But since the roof rafters are 2X4's on 116" centers, and the eave to peak was 91", the precut bats worked perfectly. Just hard to work into the trusses. I used a mechanical staple gun hence the sore hands and shoulders.

Next week we do the walls leaving a few areas open for wiring and new doors and windows.

The back wall has none and we will be installing a double slab glass door and two floor to ceiling windows. Later the small front windows (cheap, single pane crap) with two 60" X 78" sliders. I hope to get that done by Thanksgiving.

I still have no answer about replacing the damaged roof panels. The roof does not leak but the front eaves are totally destroyed. I did have to resecure the rafters to the top plates. I also added hurricane clips to keep the roof on during high winds. Amazing little pieces of bent metal that cost less than a buck and will often hold the building together in a tornado or earthquake. I never build without them.

This week at home, I plan to finish the roofing over the new deck. At least painting and installing the rafters. I can cover with a tarp temporarily. Next, much needed yard work with all the leaves and overgrown ivy in the flower beds.

Busy is good right?
 
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Sounds like you have your work cut out for you.

So far I spent an hour searching for my wallet this morning. Even went and searched all 3 vehicles I was in yesterday. Eventually found it in a dresser drawer it fell in last night. Voted in our municipal election. Easy online voting. Took 2 minutes.

We put in an application for a puppy from a rescue yesterday. One of the adoption conditions is that we must have a vet already in place and have an appointment booked for the second round of vaccines as none of the vet clinics in the city are accepting new clients. So we called our vet and got that done. Now we wait. They already said the pups can't go to new homes until October 29th.
 
Just talked with my rock guy. I've been trying to get three 12-ton loads of ballast and minus rock out to Hippie Ridge for a month now. Need it to shore up the house foundation and set my retaining wall of "H" blocks. I fear he will deliver when the fall rain starts thus making it impossible for me not to make a huge mess moving rock with my Backhoe,

Later, I will need two more 12-ton loads of ballast for the barn site.

He says I'll have it by the weekend.


yeah right!
 
FrancSevin said:
Just talked with my rock guy. I've been trying to get three 12-ton loads of ballast and minus rock out to Hippie Ridge for a month now. Need it to shore up the house foundation and set my retaining wall of "H" blocks. I fear he will deliver when the fall rain starts thus making it impossible for me not to make a huge mess moving rock with my Backhoe,

Later, I will need two more 12-ton loads of ballast for the barn site.

He says I'll have it by the weekend.


yeah right!
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I think nowadays getting what you paid for costs extra.
 
Lenny said:
I use US Cellular because they have good customer service. Verizon did away with helping their clients transferring data to new phones so I told them to shove it.
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I need to tell AT&T where to stick it, but I’ve fixed it for now on my own. I’m still going to need to run it by and see what the issue is. But it had no functionality of any kind for hours today.
 
Saturday we took Kobe to the Hesston Steam Museum where they run several different steam engines around their 190 acre property. Had a great time looking at the old equipment; the steam sawmill was not operating but the blacksmiths were hard at work too. Kobe was active, happy, running around and playing. Drove into New Buffalo, MI for a late lunch/early dinner and Kobe started to get a fever. Vomited on the dinner table at the restaurant. Headed for the nearest Walgreens as he was starting to feel really warm. Picked up baby ibuprofen and gave him a dose. Drove toward home and saw a "doc in a box" that was closing in 10 minutes so we pulled in and they were kind enough to tell us they really were not equipped to help him, but they did take his temperature. 103.5. We were about a mile from the hospital in Michigan City so off we went to the emergency room . . . which was PACKED and standing room only. . . back into the car and off to the urgent care facility in Chesterton . . . basically heading back toward home and hoping to find a place that could help him. Got lucky, the urgent care facility was nearly empty and the took him right in for an exam, ran tests, RSV came back positive. Then he started to do some stomach contractions and belly breathing. Those put him into the children's hospital with long ambulance rides 2 prior times but we they immediately put him on an albuterol breathing treatment, then we sat for a few hours, breathing returned to normal and they released him.

We have a nebulizer at home, with albuterol and know the drill. Needless to say it has been an exhausting few days but he is doing better.

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Went to a Kiwanis meeting at noon, two cavities filled at two o'clock and a meeting at the Moose Lodge early this evening. That's about all.
 
Just got done vacuum packing a bunch of ribeye's and trips tip. Local IGA grocer has meat sales each week.
This week was ribeye- $12.99 # and Tri tip- $5.99 # topped off the garage freezer again. They said in a couple weeks it will be Fillets, I will be there for those too.
 
Melonsdad
Have you ever dined at Heston supper club. It's right down the street from the museum.
 
waybomb said:
Melonsdad
Have you ever dined at Heston supper club. It's right down the street from the museum.
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Many years ago (decades) but Dasha & I are celebrating our birthdays (both Oct 18, but 41 years apart) this Friday evening and we are debating on Heston Supper Club or the Corndance Tavern in Mishawaka.
 
Was there the other day. House cut prime rib. I are the whole thing. Damn.
Bought a tub of their cheddar spread to bring home. Wife had ribs.
Was during the week when they weren't busy; a much better experience than on a Friday night.
 
A soft slow rain today. Much needed but it interrupts my plans to paint the rafters for the new deck. At 16' they are too big to do inside
 
No clue what I am doing.

Rain all day. Glad I finished crack filling and seal coating the driveway before noon yesterday.

Kobe is still sick. The lovely Mrs_Bob is exhausted. I'm crabby and tired. It was chaos in the house at 6:30am but things seem to have calmed down a bit.

Going to try to get in a workout for about 30 minutes while he is resting.
 
Bob. If you wanted a workout, it wasn't raining here and I could've used help with the firewood. 🤣

I went to the shop to grab my chainsaws to cut wood. My husky 450 had a problem with the recoil starting rope jamming up. I threw the chain on the electric saw last week and discovered that it mangled the teeth that ride on the bar. So that one was out. My husky 350 started though and cut through two 50ft balsam trees that had fallen. I hauled them back to the shop where I split and piled them inside for the winter. I ended up with a half a face cord. Then I did some yard cleanup putting things away for winter and organized a corner of the shop. It's been a work in progress trying to get it organized.
 
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