Wish you could send some of that rain my way. We've only had a couple of light showers the last few weeks and the pollen here is pretty bad. I can hose it off the trucks, porch, etc and the next day everything is back to juice green.
The Watering Hole
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WELCOME TO THE WATERING HOLE
A stress-free place to gather and share whatever is on your mind! A fun place of mutual respect where you can hang your hat, vent, relax and shoot the bull for a while!
Happy Easter to all who celebrate that faith.
To all others, Happy Spring!
Easter symbolizes a new beginning, so it is fitting that TWH has a new beginning as well!
Along with RFC, TWH has been remodeled!
Actually, it can be anything you imagine it to be!
I am happy to announce that due to the increased bandwidth of the new RFC, there is no longer a need for the weekly closing and re-opening of TWH!!! After 10+ years of weekly "flipping" we now get to keep the doors open continuously! My sincere thanks to our moderators, especially Sophia, for making this possible!
I would also like to thank all the members who have kept this boat afloat for so long! We have become like family here, and now have a permanent residence!
While we have many long-time members who have been enjoying the company found in this amazing virtual bar, we also welcome all new folks. Jump right in! The first drink is always on the house and Veterans always have an open bar!Al The Infidel (Tubby Slayer extraordinaire) is the bar manager.
So, let's get this re-opening celebration going! Set 'em up, Al! Drinks all around!!!
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My son-in-law has a nice pick-up that someone sprayed with bed liner from new. Very little rust for its age, and he really doesn't care if one of my grandkids throws a ball or a frisbee at it.
Ran up to Walmart and the pharmacy this morning and gave them all some money. Carried Mom to the doctor this afternoon to get blood drawn for the 6 month recheck on the benign monoclonal gammopathy test. Go back in a week to see the doctor for a results consult. Then over to the optometrist to pick up her new glasses. They must have gotten the prescription very close as she could read down to the 20/25 line and read up close very well. She was happy with them. At the same distance I could read down to the 20/13 line so I know my lens prescription is perfect! Got home and fired up the older lawn mower and mowed grass until it got too dark to see well enough to go any further. That older Craftsman mower has a single cylinder 20 HP Kohler engine on it and gets better fuel economy than the newer mower of mine with the B&S V twin 24 horse engine. Used up all the gas that I had on hand anyways, so I had to go to the store and spend some more money. Four bucks a gallon this year is going to eat some dollars up to keep everything mowed.
Mom had a broken ballcock on a toilet last month and didn't know about it for a while; I replaced it for her but a lot of water had already gotten gone. Got the water bill: $180.00! Our water bills are usually the minimum of $21.41. We got a letter from the water department, rates going up 11%.
Carried Mom to the doctor this afternoon to get blood drawn for the 6 month recheck on the benign monoclonal gammopathy test. Go back in a week to see the doctor for a results consult. Then over to the optometrist to pick up her new glasses. They must have gotten the prescription very close as she could read down to the 20/25 line and read up close very well. She was happy with them. At the same distance I could read down to the 20/13 line so I know my lens prescription is perfect! Got home and fired up the older lawn mower and mowed grass until it got too dark to see well enough to go any further. That older Craftsman mower has a single cylinder 20 HP Kohler engine on it and gets better fuel economy than the newer mower of mine with the B&S V twin 24 horse engine. Used up all the gas that I had on hand anyways, so I had to go to the store and spend some more money. Four bucks a gallon this year is going to eat some dollars up to keep everything mowed.Mom had a broken ballcock on a toilet last month and didn't know about it for a while; I replaced it for her but a lot of water had already gotten gone. Got the water bill: $180.00! Our water bills are usually the minimum of $21.41. We got a letter from the water department, rates going up 11%.
Phil, If you will send the Water Dept. a note regarding your mom's condition/circumstances along w/a copy of the receipt for the causative culprit, they will likely make a substantive adjustment in her favor.Ran up to Walmart and the pharmacy this morning and gave them all some money.
Mom had a broken ballcock on a toilet last month and didn't know about it for a while; I replaced it for her but a lot of water had already gotten gone. Got the water bill: $180.00! Our water bills are usually the minimum of $21.41. We got a letter from the water department, rates going up 11%.
Were I younger I'd give some thought to hiring migrants to sow and harvest.
Going to the top;
when in VN one of the options was putting my wages "on the books", taking whatever pocket change, then collecting it all when going home while thinking positive in the meat grinder eh? If ya couldn't trust Uncle I mean who could ya trust yano? Silly boy, while still hospitalized I requested my hard earned wages that mysteriously went poof according to REMFs.
Gonna be buggy again Lon.... 40º on the button
We had a 1920's International harvester "H", a 30's "M", a 40's "M" and not sure of the vintage of the 300. Two bottom plows, 6 foot disks, a pull behind Allis Chalmers 6 foot combine....
Since we are leasing the tilled ground this year, different equipment comes and goes on the farm. Yesterday, I had to move a Challenger (originally a Caterpillar company, now AGCO) hooked to a 40 foot vertical tillage tool. Duals front and back, air ride, shuttle shift - talk about time warp. Hopefully he learned not to park in on the grass and leave the key in it. 😲
Mornin',
55 and showers, remains humid, some sun, thunderstorms and rain this afternoon from a passing front. May reach 76 degrees.
Got the grass cut at the farm, moved some tractors around so the lease guy can get his planter without having to move anything. Boss showed up for a bit, more things to do as weather and time allows.
Tires for the car finally arrived. Take care of that after work, if weather hasn't gotten too bad by then.
Have a good day.
For you and others who appreciate older Brownings.Very nice.
No salt, Sako action, great trigger, nice wood, funky 2-step barrel profile and it sports an almost era-correct Lyman All American 10X with dot.
BIL needs a bit more shelving Szumi.
Oops, ETA- Flicker or woodpecker is really having at our living room chimney bugging the snot out of the Finn. Will the gas fireplace' sleeved insert up there look like a hammered nickel finish when mating season is over? Al wondered to himself.
Speaking of which Wook, its time for the purveyors of the big lake Yooper Stone fields once again as its a fresh crop tilled up by winter storms and ice.
sunny 34ºF
EETA~ Nice one Gunfriend.
Oops, ETA- Flicker or woodpecker is really having at our living room chimney bugging the snot out of the Finn. Will the gas fireplace' sleeved insert up there look like a hammered nickel finish when mating season is over? Al wondered to himself.
Speaking of which Wook, its time for the purveyors of the big lake Yooper Stone fields once again as its a fresh crop tilled up by winter storms and ice.
sunny 34ºF
EETA~ Nice one Gunfriend.
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