so waht ya doin today?

[Mitty38]

I think there is some new ailment Going around. A new type of psychotic dyslexia.
Where people read a post skipping or inserting words by association. Making up a totally different statement in their mind. Then what was written. Think age might be a factor
Not cracking on one individual person here.
I just did it myself. Read the above post by Dale as.
"When I was high in school In the 50's. I used to sell marijuana at $16 a bag."


...But then the rest of it, did not make sense. So I had to back up and read it again. LOL

 

[Rick]

Madrone/marijuana? Well, they are both plants and ya do burn both but . . .

I'll bet the pot heads would love to see a marijuana plant the size of a Madrone tree.

 

[Rick]

When I was in high school in the 50s, I sold madrone for $16 a cord.
I guess that you haven`t bought dry madrone lately.
The average price here is $300-$350.
I have half of it stacked.
I need to get back at it.
I got invited to fish for spring chinook tomorrow with my neighbor and his dad.

Haven't bought any Madrone since I left SW Oregon, completely unobtanium here. In fact, most people here have never heard of it. Pity, sure is great firewood. Around here people think the oak is made of gold. I haven't bought any and never will, I get more than I can use just for the going and getting it.

No Chinook either.

 

[fiver]

bet most people here never heard of it either.

light rain off and on all day.
mostly on every time i went outside, and off when i come back in.

i'm still not scared of weeds from the horse poop.
if his weeds are tougher than mine,,, i'll most certainly be shocked, especially since i can pet his horse by asking it to come to my fence.

 

[Rick]

bet most people here never heard of it either.

light rain off and on all day.
mostly on every time i went outside, and off when i come back in.

i'm still not scared of weeds from the horse poop.
if his weeds are tougher than mine,,, i'll most certainly be shocked, especially since i can pet his horse by asking it to come to my fence.

It is native to the Pacific Northwest, a broadleaf evergreen. A very confused tree as tree's go. In the winter it keeps it's leaves and sheds it's bark.

 

[fiver]

it'd freeze to death here... LOL.

 

[Brad]

Watching the weather. Multiple tornados between Lincoln and Omaha.
Hoping Bob in Lincoln is safe.
No damage near me but I know a few people with some property damage.

 

[Rick]

Not good . . .

Today's TV weather was simple enough, simply said to expect every type of severe weather. Huh? Say what?

 

[JWFilips]

Well one more cold night ahead ! Was another beautiful sunny day temps in the upper 60's Seedling are loving their outside move
Will only get into the mid to upper 3o's tonight so most of the potted seedling went in to my Jeep Patriot ( My overnight cold frame as I call it) Basil and the smaller chili plants went back into the basement! Hope it will be the last night of transferring plants in and out!

 

[fiver]

it's supposed to be 35 tonight.
i opened all the boxes to let the Brassicas have the rain and see how they handle it.

had to move my Basil to the top row where they have about 20"s of room to the light, they've doubled their height in the last week.

it's clearly obvious the potting mix i started with is the problem now.
i kept some of my plants in it and transferred some others into the new mix.
in 10 days the moved ones are more than double the size of the struggling ones in the old mix.

it was giving me fits figuring out what was going on.
you do stuff the same way using the same materials and finally have excellent results for a few years in a row then poof,,, crap results.
at least i know it isn't my process that let me down.

 

[Ian]

We got Madrone here but I'm not sure it's the same stuff. Texas Madrone is in fact my favoritist tree ever, simply beautiful things. They're endangered, very rare, and protected like the Screwbean Mesquite. Anyway, they rarely get over a foot in diameter at the base, have pink, smooth bark that sheds like Texas Persimmon or Crepe Myrtle, brilliant dark green waxy leaves that grow in clusters, and make red berries in early summer. The big ones grow at altitude in the Chisos, Davis, and Guadalupe mountains of Texas and considerably smaller ones here in the Hill Country. I've had two on my property that both died small due to drought and the next nearest one I know of is about five miles to the south along the highway near the highest point in the county, nearly 3K feet.

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[462]

To explain the entire episode would take at least an hour to compose, so will simply and quickly say that the truck needs a new 31X10.5R15LT left-front tire. Possibly the new-in-'95 spare, as well.

 

[Bazoo]

I ended up going fishing a spell caught a sunfish while trying to coax largemouth into biting. Hungry little guy.

 

[JonB]

Bazoo, I think that's a green sunfish. They are more aggressive around their spawning areas then Bluegills.

 

[popper]

Killing opps, attempting to kill a fire ant nest. Got a text last night, youngest GS, graduation senior, got awarded best offensive (highest scorer) and MVP for RHS soccer team. Actually wore a sport coat to the ceremony! He didn't make the semi-pro Ultimate Frisbee team, parents are glad. Intends to study robotics at some Univ. next yr.

 

[JonB]

Gold $$$ is up.
Yesterday, I went to visit the one trustworthy fella I know, that handles precious metals. I hoped to sell one piece, and get a estimate value on another one...info for my Mom. Guess what, both were worth more than gold value, so I sold nothing, but I did have a great meal at the Asian restaurant in Willmar.
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Did you know, people collect vintage eyeglass frames? That's a new one to me.

 

[Ian]

I did not know that, but not much surprises me about 'people' anymore. Fashion and trend object collectors are actually a vital part of our culture, particularly when it comes to things that are usually discarded after use. I heard of a person who has pristine examples of disposable drinking cups from a certain international food chain going back to the beginning, kinda weird, kinda neat if you think about it.

Today is a slow day for me. We've had a 20-35 knot dang, muggy southeast wind for over a week and I'm allergic to everything that blows in from the sticky, muggy, hazy, icky Texas coast.

 

[RicinYakima]

Feel your pain, Ian. Rain this week has everything blooming, the fruit trees and walnuts are blooming and everything sex, sex and sex. Eyes almost shut this morning, and had to run the windshield washer to get the green pollen off the windshield.

 

[Snakeoil]

Finished the Horror Fright trailer today. Primed and finish coated with Rustoleum. Used a brush and roller because I truly believe the brush-on paint is tougher than the rattle can paint. And the guy in the local hardware store where I bought i said they use the same paint on their floors and it lasts 2 years which is pretty good considering the foot traffic as well as carts and hand trucks. Fenders were primed with Rustoleum and then shot with Duplicolor automotive silver that I had in the paint cabinet. I thought the silver fenders would look good with the white trailer. I can't believe I'm treating this trailer like I were painting a Ferrari. Geesh...

Here is what the trailer looked like the day I picked it up for $50. It was sold in 1996 based upon the VIN tag. Appears to have spent its life outdoors.



Original tires still hold air. Rust was minimal for an outdoor trailer made in China by prisoners. But this trailer could have been made in Taiwan. The Duro tires were from Taiwan.

I tossed the soggy plywood and added some cross and angular bracing made from a old Sealy bed frame. If you can put to lard-assed Amurcans on a bed frame, that steel can hold anything I'm going to put on it.

Here is the finished trailer. Probably will not be opening the camp for another couple of weeks so plenty of time for the paint to fully harden. Should probably outlive me, now. The trailer is in the folded position, by the way. Top half folds back to make it a 4x8. I might make the brackets (I have the caster) so I can stand it up and store it in the barn out of the way during the summer. You can see where they mount in the photo taken from the rear. Good summer therapy project.


It ain't perfect. But for hauling my dock decking back and forth once a year, it looks GREAT!! I know that when I tell my neighbor at the lake that I bought the trailer for $50, he's gonna poop himself. That guy still has his first communion money.

 

[JWinAZ]

One of those days . . . Electrician was here to replace some substandard wiring. In the above ceiling crawl space he saw a sweated copper elbow that was dripping, such a slow drip that most was evaporating. Shut off the water and took a look at it, decided to call a plumber and were able to get one. The plumber replaced the section using the pressure type solderless connectors, no torch used and much surer with wet pipes than sweating. The electrical work went well until they found that the bedroom circuit was tied to a bathroom GFI outlet. Overloaded circuit among other things. He will be back to run a new circuit to the bedroom. We are fortunate to have found a really good electrician and plumber. I knew that there were some suspect things in this house, it is good to get them fixed, the $$$ hurts though.