So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Frank in Fairfield]

Going under the knife on Tuesday:

robotic suprapubic prostatectomy

So, this am, I had a big breakfast at Nations.

Three egg breakfast.

Got the Silverado washed and gassed up.

Starting clear liquid diet so I will be making a bunch of jello today..

[Madd Hatter]

Going under the knife on Tuesday:

robotic suprapubic prostatectomy

So, this am, I had a big breakfast at Nations.

Three egg breakfast.

Got the Silverado washed and gassed up.

Starting clear liquid diet so I will be making a bunch of jello today..

A robot?? There's got to be somebody controlling it right?

Good luck Frank!🙏

[avator]

Good luck Frank.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Well, the trip to the the Airport and back was an uneventful and smooth 146 mile trip with light traffic most of the time. 

 Light traffic here is probably considered heavy a lot of places, but there was only one slow down where traffic slowed to 45 mph for a couple of miles so, I call that light traffic. It was an hour and twenty minutes or so for each 73 miles. 

 Glad to have that over, and grateful the drive was not horrible.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Good luck Frank.  As I understand it the robot does the delicate stuff a lot better than the quacks can.  That's what they told me before my hernia surgery and it seems Okay three years later.

[brewbear]

Going under the knife on Tuesday:

robotic suprapubic prostatectomy

So, this am, I had a big breakfast at Nations.

Three egg breakfast.

Got the Silverado washed and gassed up.

Starting clear liquid diet so I will be making a bunch of jello today..

Best of luck and speedy recovery, Frank!

[Sqrl Klr]

Wore out from yard work but done just ahead of yet another flood thankfully so I cooled off with some watermelon out of the fridge then showered off and I'm enjoying rest recouping until Monday.

[maraudinglizard]

Managed to get most of the garden patrol done before the rains came. Spent the afternoon polish more stones to mount. Nothing much else with being wet but I am glad it rained. The yard needed it. This will help out the last of the black berries around here. I didn't get much last year to cook with. If I can get one more picking off the property I will have enough to last me through the winter.

[Back_Roads]

 I got an early start on the yard work, lawn mowed, weeds sprayed, mulch pile stirred and back deck cleared of cedar leaves, right as the rains started up again. There went any meaningful outdoor airgun shooting.
 Might plink in the basement, need to mop up a couple puddles that found their way in.

[A.K.A. Tommy Boy]

Oh Geez..it has been a busy couple of days for me.

Thursday afternoon I was cutting my grass with the lawn tractor when the exhaust pipe came loose at the manifold flange.
Yesterday I stripped the mower down by unhooking the lights, removing the hood, removing two heat shields and what ever else was in the way.
I welded the pipe to the flange. It had originally been silver soldered and the solder let go.
I went to the hardware store and bought necessary supplies
Then I degreased the engine and fixed an oil leak at the valve cover.
Once I was leak free, I pulled the mower deck and tightened up the steering gear.
The adjustment for the steering is underneath between the frame and the mower deck.
After all of that, it was put it all back together again and go for a test ride.
Time for supper and done for that day.

Today I finally was able cut my lawn and get the weed whipping done.
After that I pressure washed the patio table and chairs, then I pressure washed the patio, washed the outside of the house, cleaned windows on the house, and swept out the garage.

Soooo...once I was done with my stuff today....

I tore into a neighbors walk behind lawn mower.
I pulled all the covers and pulled the carburetor and fuel tank.
I replaced the leaky fuel tank with a new one and installed a new carburetor.
Once that was done, I set up the new over speed governor, adjusted the new carburetor, changed the oil, the air filter, spark plug and sharpened the blade.
I got everything all back together on his machine, did a test cut with it, then gave it back to him.
I started yesterday morning at 6:00 Am and finished everything at 7:00 Pm today.
I'm just getting around to eating supper and my wife has already gone to bed. 

Tomorrow after church it is garden work at my place and at my daughter's place.
I'll be weed whipping and cutting her grass tomorrow too.

Best Wishes - Tom

[airgunaut]

My husband and I lugged out the tall stepladder and, using an extending pole, knocked down some vacated YJ nests under high eave corners. As soon as we knocked off the first one, a YJ appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. It had not come from the nest. Luckily, all the nests were indeed vacant. Double-bagged and into the trash bin they went. The eaves got a spray of Raid Black as a reminder to any YJs looking to rebuild.

Maybe tomorrow the wind will stay low enough to do some airgun practice. I settled for a little bit of dry fire practice inside, with a PB revolver. Dry fire practice:  Bo-ring.

[2A Georgia]

Finished assembling the new Ikea storage bed in the mancave.  Trolling GTA with some Peanutbutter Whisky now...

[Blowpipe Sam]

My husband and I lugged out the tall stepladder and, using an extending pole, knocked down some vacated YJ nests under high eave corners. As soon as we knocked off the first one, a YJ appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. It had not come from the nest. Luckily, all the nests were indeed vacant. Double-bagged and into the trash bin they went. The eaves got a spray of Raid Black as a reminder to any YJs looking to rebuild.

Maybe tomorrow the wind will stay low enough to do some airgun practice. I settled for a little bit of dry fire practice inside, with a PB revolver. Dry fire practice:  Bo-ring.

What’s a YJ?

[avator]

Yellow Jackets

[Blowpipe Sam]

Yellow Jackets

Down here Yellow Jackets are a ground wasp.  Never heard of them nesting in eaves. Must be a regional variation in names.

[maraudinglizard]

Yellow Jackets

Down here Yellow Jackets are a ground wasp.  Never heard of them nesting in eaves. Must be a regional variation in names.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespula_pensylvanica

[avator]

Yellow Jackets

Down here Yellow Jackets are a ground wasp.  Never heard of them nesting in eaves. Must be a regional variation in names.

Broke my collar bone running from those ground wasps when I was a kid. They had a nest under a piece of plywood under our cabin in PA. I went in to spray the nest. When I moved the plywood they swarmed. I turned to run and tripped over our Dachshund and flew shoulder first into a tree. I guess the bees died laughing because I didn't get stung once.

[airgunaut]

Yellow Jackets

Down here Yellow Jackets are a ground wasp.  Never heard of them nesting in eaves. Must be a regional variation in names.

Most likely adaptation to regional climate patterns and soils. Around here, they also nest in tree cavities. A longtime resident warned me that they like to nest in dead pinyons, of which there are many due to desertification and bark beetle infestations.

YJs can nest in the ground but supposedly cannot dig their way out. Supposedly one can bury the things and kill the entire batch. So far, I have never encountered a ground nest here. Elsewhere is a different story.

[Madd Hatter]

Yellow Jackets

Down here Yellow Jackets are a ground wasp.  Never heard of them nesting in eaves. Must be a regional variation in names.

Broke my collar bone running from those ground wasps when I was a kid. They had a nest under a piece of plywood under our cabin in PA. I went in to spray the nest. When I moved the plywood they swarmed. I turned to run and tripped over our Dachshund and flew shoulder first into a tree. I guess the bees died laughing because I didn't get stung once.

Our little dachshund has almost put my wife on her head a few times. She gets right by your feet and doesn't move.

The bee's and YJ don't really bother us around here. You just need to be careful and not trap one next to your skin. Haven't seen any YJ nests in our eves. I think there's way too many trees they can build their nests.

[avator]

Yellow Jackets

Down here Yellow Jackets are a ground wasp.  Never heard of them nesting in eaves. Must be a regional variation in names.

Broke my collar bone running from those ground wasps when I was a kid. They had a nest under a piece of plywood under our cabin in PA. I went in to spray the nest. When I moved the plywood they swarmed. I turned to run and tripped over our Dachshund and flew shoulder first into a tree. I guess the bees died laughing because I didn't get stung once.

Our little dachshund has almost put my wife on her head a few times. She gets right by your feet and doesn't move.

Yup... that was Bruno's MO.