Mornin boys...Tuesday...

57° and it sure feels comfortable outside. I took a day off from work yesterday and took delivery of the new Kioti subcompact tractor.
Mowed some grass, smoothed some gravel, scooped up a big pile of ashes and dumped them in the woods. I also moved some large rocks that were uncovered when I cleared off the hillside last month. I think it’s really going to come in handy moving firewood but it’s primary job will be mowing grass. Even my little sister took it for a ride around Mom’s house.

The new tractor was good news but the BIG news was when Mom called to tell me she had cooked sauerkraut for supper.

All in all, it was a good day. Back to work for now. Be careful and stay out of the way of half-drunk tire repairmen.

Good Morning from SC PA!

Today we're starting at 56 heading for a high of 78 degrees. Should be sunny and beautiful this morning with increasing clouds in the afternoon.

Our Boy Scout Troop will be replacing flags on veteran's graves on our last cemetery today. We'll start a little early because this is a big one with a long list. It's an old church with graves going back all the way to the Revolution. Hope we can find them all. Some of the headstones are so weathered you can barely read them!

I didn't do much yesterday. Went to the range and sighted in my old Savage/Anschutz model 164 Sporter, and shot my Taurus model 94 at the pistol range. Weather was pleasant and it was fun. I got home and my landlady said she was reading on the porch and a groundhog walked right up on the porch beside her and then continued into the backyard. She was quietly reading and didn't make a sound as he walked by her. She could have kicked him! Anyway, I'll keep a lookout for him. She also got a new burn barrel and asked me to shoot holes in it to let air in. I used the Taurus TX 22 with the suppressor. You could barely hear the gun and then a big loud "WHAM!!" as the bullet penetrated the steel barrel. I put a magazine through it and then 4 or 5 in the bottom so water can drain out. After that I threw some sticks from the yard in the fire pit and used them to cook brats. I nice relaxing day overall. Today it's back to work! Make it a great day everybody!

Carl...looks like you picked a good one. Neighbor has one about that size, Kubota. It has the skinny tractor wheels that are taller, about 36" or so. It's the tippiest damn thing I've ever seen. I borrowed it ONCE, almost rolled it. Never again. Well maybe. LOL I should have bought a tractor several years ago, but my neighbors always had one they were willing to lend me.

Oh, and your pic...couple things wrong. Up here it's jelly or molasses on white bread, not corn bread. We need to have peas instead of the other veggies and apple sauce goes ON the kraut. Oh, and my mom has the same plate set (big one) and I have the smaller set. Good ole Corelle.

Good morning all you varmints. It's same as EC here, nice day ahead, but dry. Not even much humidity yet. We could use some rain, maybe tomorrow? My grass went from "I can't keep up with mowing it" to "dang it's turning brown already" in a week. The big storm that hit Sat. night was a dud, only had a little shower for about an hour. I'm afraid it's going to be a long, hot summer. After work last night I threw a barrel on the back of the 4 wheeler and got to watering all the trees/shrubs I planted this year. They're doing mostly well, lost a few, but some looked a little withered when I got them. Overall, not too bad, just need water for now, until they get established. I'm sure glad I checked my calendar yesterday morning when I got into work. I had a site meeting at 9:30 and that kept me out in the field until after lunch time. We walked a 2.5 mile long gas project, back and forth. I got my steps in for sure. Speaking of work...I better get to it!

Prayers sent. Have a good one!

Charlie

GM from the sticks of Kentucky and it is going to be Sunny and 82° today.
Just dreading getting started today. First thing is replace some broken rake teeth from last year, then Fluff Hay in hopes I might get to Ball up some tomorrow. Sledgehammer Rick came over and worked his magic on the Hay Bailer and pronounced it "Ready." Maybe?
@CarlP That is a nice tractor and will be really useful. Now you "Need" to buy the Backhoe attachment. Just Cause.
@Ken Is having a great trip it sure would be nice to do that.

Time moves on.....

I saw 3 shows many years ago and it was "As Advertised." Wild and Crazy.

Have a safe day folks and if anyone runs out of "Things to Do" come on down and I will find a tractor for you to drive today.

Good afternoon everyone...nice and hot here now. I got up and loaded some stuff in the truck to bring to the shop to get loaded into the trailer. Brought my dog along because she wanted to go and then she upchucked in my floor. Got that mess cleaned up and made another round trip back home and to the shop again. Made a new top for my little fold up shooting bench then flipped it upright and I messed up and made it for a righthand shooter....took legs back.off and screwed them on the proper side.
I forgot to post this pic yesterday of a turkey that been running around. There was 2 of them.

They walked within 20 foot of the building and never paid any attention to us.
Well back at packing and arranging things in the trailer.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Afternoon all, 77 here headed to 79 they say. I tried posting this morning no luck. I was on the phone yesterday for 2 hours and 45 minutes and another 2 hours today, with Social Security, tracking down moms check that got lost in the mail. Got passed around to several different folks both days, guy who was supposedly helping me yesterday, was supposed to call back this am, did not. I called them back and asked to speak with him, cant he is running the switchboard/help desk today. Finally got his supervisor, who asked me why she was getting a check in the mail, I told her I had signed her up for direct deposit twice, and the 2nd time when mom recieved her check, they sent me a letter telling me to not bother them any more. Still had the letter when the woman told me they did not do that, I gave her the info and all she said was HMM, Well. Hopefully got it fixed, they are sending her another check out and have put a cancel on the one she did not recieve. They told me I would get this one and Junes, but July would be deposited electronically. Anyone want to put odds on it. This type of stuff wears my head out, and makes me feel like I am about to have another stroke, hopefully not. Prayers for miss Cindy and anyone else needing them, Buff out.

koger said:

Finally got his supervisor, who asked me why she was getting a check in the mail, I told her I had signed her up for direct deposit twice, and the 2nd time when mom recieved her check, they sent me a letter telling me to not bother them any more. Still had the letter when the woman told me they did not do that, I gave her the info and all she said was HMM, Well. Hopefully got it fixed, they are sending her another check out and have put a cancel on the one she did not recieve. They told me I would get this one and Junes, but July would be deposited electronically.

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And for any of you who are remotely thinking that .gov's plan to eliminate the physical dollar in favor of an all-electronic system, just take a look at how well computerized banking and direct deposit are working right now. A cashless system would only be ten times worse and we'd all be having conversations like Sam had. I recently tried to move a few thousand dollars from my health savings account to my bank checking account and it took about a week for that transaction to happen. Incredible!