Asleep at the wheel this morning…
Found the aforementioned Oriole feeder, about 10 clicks into the woods, and mangled. I straightened the metal cage as good as I could, so that it will hold the suet balls once again. Birdies probably aren’t that picky.
Wow! Almost six o’clock and nobody’s responded yet? Y’all must have spring fever! [;)]
They’re still posting in the April thread
Evening all.
Howdy all!
Lazy day today. Haven’t done very much at all.
I was up very late last night, around 2’ish with Corey. I almost started the Pot thread.
Over on the RU boards I moderate, there’s a handful of people on each board who orgasm over watching the NFL Draft. To me, I just don’t see the allure of watching what used to be a single day event spread out over 3 days. All I did was pull up a draft tracker for my Pittsburgh Steelers so I could keep track of who they selected. No interest at all in all the friggin’ drama they try to make out of this.
One of my projects which never got past the design phase because it was based on the need for the table saw and dado blade was my transformer console. Perhaps I could get some advice here on what kind of wood I should use. As I intend to stain this once it’s built and then seal it with several coats of polyurethane, it’ll almost be furniture grade when it’s finished. Should I go with just pine, or should I look at using hardwood for it? Whaddaya all think?
Got salmon marinating in the fridge for tonight’s dinner. That plus noodles plus green beans should work.
Have a good one!
Mornin’ boys. Mornin’ Becky. Rather balmy and sunny, temps in the 60’s already. A slight breeze is wafting through the yellow-green trees. That’s right, we’re in hayfever Hades.
We have baby doody, or duty, today. Wifey already over nurse princess home, and she wants me to bring her breakfast afterwhile. May skip watching the Kansas race, as it’s usually boring, at least to these eyes.
The Derby was pretty good, as there was a 4 horse neck-and-neck finish at the line.
70 and sunny. Mid to high 80’s.
Wifey went to BoJ’s for chicken biscuits this AM. Resting and doing TV Church. Could have slept later if I had known that. Last night, she said we were going to in person Church.
Award presentation was great. Lady was in tears.
Train show was OK. Bought small transformer for some lights at $5. Some like it but needed cords was $25. ??
Have a great week ahead.
Hope this ain’t an indication of things to come this summer. We have our first brushfire of the season already. They said someone was cutting a metal post with a grinder that started it which just happened to be followed up overnite with 50+ mph winds. Last I heard, a couple hours ago, it was at about 3k acres and a few structures up in snoke.
Howdy all!
Walked the hill and did a chest and back workout to start the day. Not that that involves very much, just various types of pushups and pullups, but without the use of a gym that’s the best I can do. This is one of the driving forces for me getting the vaccine, so I can go back to the gym. My health has suffered without that.
Interesting that I went to Home Depot last night to look for wood for this console project. Short and to the point, they have crap for hardwood, barely any selection. So I’m looking for a lumber yard near me now. Although I may check Lowe’s. But the interesting part was that I went into tools to look at the dado blades they sell, and their Diablo blades are now prefaced by Freud. So it looks very similar to the set I want to buy online, the model is DD208H at Home Depot and SD208S online. The price is the same.
I’ve also noticed that the Home Depot set seems to match the older version from Freud, the SD208 (minus the -S) at the end.
Here’s the pictures I pulled online of each, starting with what appears to be the newer version SD208S:
The older SD208:
And the DD208H from Home Depot:
Now I get that manufacturers produce specific versions of products for big store chains who have a lot of pull, but it’s always difficult to know whether you’re getting the best version or a quick and dirty knockoff. The electronics manufacturers are famous for that. I also notice the blade difference between the newer version and the two others. I really have no idea if that makes any difference or not.
Have a good one!
Afternoon folks!
Nice sunny and warm today - 80’s - nice after days of being 10-15 below normal.
Another slow start to my day - but gathered some energy and worked on reparing a cover to the control panel on the pool/spa heater. Plastic hinge and Texess summer heat = busted hinge. Went to ACE and got some small brass hinges and modified the cover and the control panel bezel for the hinges and SS screws. While at ACE also picked up a 4" shoulder bolt to replace the missing pivot bolt for the El Cam AIR pump. Then stopped at O’Reilly Auto and picked up some rattle can auto primer, some paint that pretty closely matches the El Cam roof, and the V-Belt for the AIR pump.
Tomorrow the auto glass guys come out to pull the windshield. Onward!..
DJ - around here the lumber stores carry garbage wood as compared to HD and Lowes - and charge more for it. To get good wood for furniture grade there are two woodworker hobbyist stores nearby (one is Rockler) - but both of these places require one to take out a loan to buy anything [:P]
Happy May all!
Green tea in the mug.
Decent weekend. Spent the day Saturday at the Curve and Altoona. Saw a few trains but not many. Enjoy a video from the day. Stay safe everyone!
Mornin’ boys. Raining and 58 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Good day with the baby. Put together one of those floor mobiles with a keyboard thingie. I wonder if that’s how church organ players got their start…?[^o)] Daughter has Disney+, so I finally got to watch the Star Wars IX. Had some good moments,and some woke moments. Next…
What do you with a child that has artistic talent, but doesn’t want to pursue it…?
Marty - Looks like you picked a good day for the Curve. Have they finally opened up the incline, or are they still forcing folks ro hike that stairway?
Fife let the child pursue what they want. It’s their life, but there is no problem having that child do artwork for you and hope that child sees the ability they have. Wouldn’t hurt to have someone over there when that child is there and point out some work that child has done and get compliments on their work. Even if you happen to know somebody who would use their work and see if they would do it for that person. I wish I had someone around here that I could get to help from time to time.
Slept till 8:30. Wifey slept later. 
75 and partly cloudy. May or may not have a shower of rain this afternoon. Need rain [remember when we couldn’t get it to stop raining]. Cooked red hot sausages and egg. Probably mow [growing grass and clover with it dry. Honey bees around ].
Caddy back to dealer [yes again] for a reprograming of park assist. Probably 30 min wait.
Sunny and nice M.85 T. 86 W. 88
Noisy trash trucks today, big day for my border Collie.
I plan to mow the front today, always tiring at my age, many have gardners and I should get one.
I let my subscription laps and my sister renewed it for my birthday at the beginning of April. Still no magazine or haven’t heard from CTT. Is this normal or late?
Still hiking. We would have had a couple more people with us if it was open but they can’t do the stairs.
Afternoon gang!
Presently 86 and headed towards 90 - another front tonight/tomorrow will pull us back to normal. Hooooomid+
Waiting on the windshield guy…[8D]
Mornin’ Dudes & Dudettes.
Wanted Alive, not dead of course. I have looked EVERYWHERE imagineable with no luck, would probably come across the Abominable Snowman at the Iditarod races ahead of this.
MTH Railking Pullman Coach, #30-69018.
Any and all help in the hunt for this part of the Holy Grail is appreciated.
Morning. 78 and sunny. Chance of thunderstorms later. Got .14 inches of rain yesterday. Mow today. Go pickup conduit and etc. to repair deer feeder and hope make it bear proof.
Sam crossing the concrete from one of Wifey’s garden to the house. Finn walks right by him and he ignores Finn. Finn ignores him. Buddies. Our only concern is all the bird houses and nests full of little ones.
Wifey off to work.
Slept till 8. Cherry turnover for breakfast
Have a good one.
Chief - You have “Sam”. We have Ssssssid. And we leave Ssssssid be, as he munches on rodents, and fends off cottonmouths.
Wiped all the track down with mineral spirits yesterday. The tube sock I used was totally black by the time I was done. Trains running good today. However, one of the Generals threw a traction tire.
