What are you doing today?

[muleman]

Was picking raspberries when the neighbor came to start cutting hay. First turn he made in front of the house the hydraulic cylinder blew apart and it wedged the pto shaft hard enough to break one of the clutch dog pins. He got a new cylinder but is looking for a new pin now. Too damn hot and muggy out there for me. 88 now and miserable to even walk around. I needed a towel to dry the sweat while picking the berries.

 

[RNE228]

Helping a friend get an old Type-3 fire engine started so he can take it home and fix it up

 

[EastTexFrank]

Spent the morning piddling around in the shop, tidying up my mess from working on the yard sprinkler system yesterday.

This aftenoon I worked on the rose garden, still got more to do there. I mixed and sprayed 4 gallons of glyphosphate. Went down to the veggie garden and worked on the irrigation system. I've got it working good (for a little while). Did some weeding while I was down there.

Then I remembered that it was Sunday and even God rested on Sunday so I quit. To be honest, it was already close to 6 o'clock and time to quit anyway. It was 94° here today. That "cool" front that passed through last week didn't stay long enough.

 

[Leni]

It's going up to the 100's today. In fact it's already 87. What ever I do today will be indoors.

 

[muleman]

Was planning on baling this till the thunderstorm hit about 1/2 hour ago. Glad we got most of the front field baled last night and in the barn. This was to be dry round bales but we will see how it dries out over the next day or two.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Oh man, I hope that thunderstorm didn't last too long.

That happened to us five or six years ago. It rained for days after we cut. It turned to trash. The only reason we ended up baling it was to get it off the ground so as to give the grass a chance to grow and get a second cutting. The bales were so wet and heavy and it was so dangerous trying to move them with the tractor that we ended up pushing them off to the side of the pasture. When we did get around to moving them, running the forks into them gave off huge clouds of black mould. I was sick for a week after that.

Got my fingers crossed for you. Tell us how it goes.

 

[luvs]

i'm shopping. buying food & tees. if i can get there, i'm going to this consignment shop to sell/trade items. then, who's to say if i'll get there.
maybe i'll cook that strip steak i'm thawing, & remember to buy new salad ingredients.
oh, wait....... that's wednesday..
i'll drink & clean tuesday.
& nap.

 

[Leni]

I'll be freezing a lot of yellow beans today. Tom picked another 30 tomatoes yesterday so I'l have to do something with them. Thank God for air conditioning. It's going to go up to 108 today.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Thank God for air conditioning. It's going to go up to 108 today.

That's getting hot even by Texas standards. It sounds like a good time to stay inside.

It's 94° here right now and supposed to reach 98°. Up above 100° tomorrow though and I've got to mow all day. Crap!!!!

 

[Leni]

Believe me, I am staying inside except for when I have to go pick up my daughter from Adult Day Care.

 

[muleman]

Two more hard storms today.

 

[luvs]

headed over to my friend's. she rang me a few ago.

 

[luvs]

p.s. (p.m.s.~) I said, gimme an hour or 2.

 

[muleman]

Heading out to weed eat along fence line now. Will hide in the a/c later.

 

[luvs]

to my friend's again. cooking. reading. cleaning. i hafta return a catalog my other friend lent me, too.

 

[muleman]

Ran out of string and was worn out after making it 3/4 way around the pasture. Came in and jumped in the shower to cool down. Need to mow yard but it may be too hot today.

 

[bczoom]

Need to mow yard but it may be too hot today.

That's what I'm thinking. That sucks when it's so hot/humid you can't even sit on a mower without being miserable.

 

[muleman]

That's what I'm thinking. That sucks when it's so hot/humid you can't even sit on a mower without being miserable.

It was 66 when I went out to weed whack the fence line about 6am. Came in and showered and put on all new clothes and just cut some lumber for planter boxes in the barn. It is already 84 at 10:30 and they have heat warnings running for today thru Thursday. I don't do well with heat anymore and would sooner fight the cold.

 

[Melensdad]

ALMOST got the '67 Jeepster started. Seems starved for fuel, not sure if its the fuel pump or a bad float in the carb, etc. Cleaned up the carb with Carb cleaner and hit the starter, it fired up but then died. Just didn't have time to keep playing with it, but it wanted to run.

Fixed a couple of bad garden hoses by cutting them and replacing the ends.

Pumped 350 gallons of diesel fuel into the steel diesel tank from the back-up storage tank. Down to the last 650-700 gallons of diesel. I have about $1 invested in each gallon, started using it when the price of diesel hit $3.50. Its taxed 'road' fuel so I use it in my Jetta and my tractor. Of course, it did NOT go smoothly. Started up the transfer pump and fuel started spilling out around one of the hose fittings . . . lost about a gallon of fuel onto the ground . . . semi-cleaned up the mess, went to the store to buy some new hose fittings, repaired them and continued pumping.

Hauled a bunch of stuff out to the 'burn pile' down in the valley.

Did a very little bit of cleaning in the workshop, got a lot more to do, but its a start!

Cleaned up the chain saw and replaced the old dull blade with a new replacement.

Actually feel like I accomplished something today, and its still EARLY.

BUT NOW THE FUEL PUMP ON MY OUTDOOR DIESEL TANK DIED. The pump died mid-fillup while pumping fuel. One second it was fine, the next second it was DEAD. So I have a full tank but can't get the fuel out of it! Is a new pump. Changed it in the fall of last year (probably November). Got a 2 year warranty so I know it will be fixed/replaced, just a PITA to have to deal with.

 

[muleman]

That sucks about the pump. Hope it is something simple. My old hand crank keeps on working for me. It is slow but pretty bullet proof. I have been weeding the garden most of the morning but the humidity is so bad I gave and am waiting for the rain to start. Closed the windows after 3 days and fired up the a/c. Got it down to 75 in here and it feels good.

 

[Leni]

My tale of woe.

Got home from vacation on Sunday and the hot water heater had died. Took three days to get it fixed by Sears.

Thursday went to go shopping and the car battery was dead. Called AAA and they would not change the battery because they said it could be recharged. Going to call them again because I was going to run errands yesterday and guess what? Yep! Dead as a doornail.

 

[EastTexFrank]

I got up at the crack of dawn and drove to a friend's place to help pick white grapes. The temperature was 70°. This isn't East Texas in July. The lady of the house had cooked a good breakfast for us all before we started. The picking didn't take too long as the electric fence had failed and the racoons had done a lot of the picking for us. When we finished , we adjourned to the deck for a tasting of last years wines, followed by lunch and beer. Came home mid-afternoon and took a nap. It was a GOOD day.

 

[Danang Sailor]

Went to the range with my son and sent some rounds down range. We definitely killed the paper today, with Aaron
doing his best groups ever! Nice day.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Went to the range with my son and sent some rounds down range. We definitely killed the paper today, with Aaron
doing his best groups ever! Nice day.

Sounds like a good one. My question is, where are you getting the ammo???

I haven't been shooting in months because I don't want to burn up my small supply.

 

[Danang Sailor]

Sounds like a good one. My question is, where are you getting the ammo???

I haven't been shooting in months because I don't want to burn up my small supply.

A couple of local gun stores, and the KC Cabelas. Ammo is getting easier to find now, and even bunches of Evil Black Rifles are back on the racks!

 

[luvs]

chattin' w/ a bartender via phone msgs. sorting stuff. cleaned, snacked, & i'm gonna get exercise later.
think i'll cook tonite, too.

 

[Leni]

I'm playing Mrs Housewife. I did some laundry but mostly repair sewing and worked on crochet purses that my girlfriend and I plan to sell on Etsy. My son came by and picked up my nephew for a day at the beach. I'm babysitting his cute little doxie dog.

 

[luvs]

i decided to leave fer a few. weather is calm & it's early, yet.

 

[JEV]

Going to a funeral this morning, then baking bread the rest of the day to take to the county fair this evening. Judging will be Tuesday morning at 0900. Making English muffins right now.

 

[luvs]

spoke to my Dad. that conversation began a competition. he began testing my linguistics. he knew not that i now speak 4 languages. that ended in a hushed harmony, of sorts. we both kind of silently said, .

i put him to shame.