Good morning! Are you up yet? What's your plans for today?

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! Up at 0545 CT. Well, yesterday, during/after my shower, I realized that I was not well. So, I called out sick, which I never, hardly-ever do. Later on, I talked to my operations manager and the safety-man. We decided I should take it easy for a bit, so I’m back on vacation until July 5th. So, I don’t have anything planned, really. Just hanging out at home trying to regain my strength and get my mind back.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Good morning GTA, John take it easy, rest, and eat well.

Our recent weather has been hot, there is something about the triple digits that feels much hotter than the high double digits. I remember when I felt like anything above 110°F was too hot. I don't tolerate extremes like I use to.
  It has been low enough humidity in the afternoons so that the evaporative cooler has done great though. I did have to go to town at 2:00 PM yesterday and the 105°F dry air was unpleasant to breath. On a positive note the humidity is low enough that sweat is not a problem and I love that it cools down overnight.
This is our recent weather and the forecast for the rest of the week.
Date          High      Low      Prec.
June 22   99°F     70°F      0.06"
June 23   99°F     69°F      0.00"
June 24   102°F   68°F      0.00"
June 25   102°F   67°F      0.00"
June 26   104°F   68°F      0.00"
June 27   106°F   72°F      0.00"
June 28   105°F   72°F      0.00"

Today: Today's temperature is forecast to be MUCH COOLER than yesterday. A cooling and inland drying trend begin and continuing into next weekend. Sunny and hot. Afternoon breezes, high around 97°F.

Tonight: Mostly clear, low of about 66°F.
Thursday: Sunny and very warm, high near 94°F.
Thursday night: Mostly clear, low around 63°F.

Friday: Sunny and very warm, high of about 93°F.
Friday night: Mostly clear, low near 61°F.

Saturday: Sunny and very warm, high around 93°F.
Saturday night: Mostly clear, low of about 60°F.

Sunday: Sunny and very warm, high near 92°F.

I think Friday or Saturday with our highs only up to the low 90's and a high of 80°F in the San Diego mountains, I may be able to get the wife to go on a motorcycle ride to the San Diego mountains? We'll see.

[Scrambler82]

SoCal has been hotter than usual high 90's, mid 90's today, then hopefully the 80's.

I will be in the Barn converting my new to me Delta 20" Drill press to 220 volts.

I order parts to convert the table lift to a motorized setup, saw it on U-Tube and jumped on the parts list.

Then I will make a 6" Platform to set the drill press on; why did they start making Drill Presses shorter.   My older Craftsman 15 1/2" setup is far taller, too bad the Support Post wasn't the same size, literally at 6'2" I have to bend over to work it !
Maybe 6" Platform isn't going to be enough...  LoL !

[Lt. Dan]

I hate that you are not recovering as fast as you had hoped John. You need to really take it easy, use this time for healing and rest.  Praying for you brother.

[Sqrl Klr]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! Up at 0545 CT. Well, yesterday, during/after my shower, I realized that I was not well. So, I called out sick, which I never, hardly-ever do. Later on, I talked to my operations manager and the safety-man. We decided I should take it easy for a bit, so I’m back on vacation until July 5th. So, I don’t have anything planned, really. Just hanging out at home trying to regain my strength and get my mind back.

Good choice! I usually tough it through since is habitual from my youth but that gets me in trouble sometimes now being older so I'm getting better at learning my physical limits and respecting them instead of pushing past and paying for it.

[Jshooter71]

Thank you all for your prayers and well-wishes. I really did take it easy today, and it was good to do so.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Thursday! Up at 0500 CT. I’m having coffee and I’m going to try to do what I did yesterday… take it easy, but stay on my feet a bit more. I think I’ll break out the hedge trimmers today and trim the bushes and a tree that thinks it’s a bush. I might shoot an air rifle or 2. Probably take a dip in the pool later on. 

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Friday! Up at 04-something… this morning, after coffee & a shower, I’m going in to see my chiropractor… I hurt my back, again- yesterday. I didn’t even trim the bushes like I wanted to. All I did was lay 2 squirrels on my offering pile to the hawk and owl and I pulled a muscle behind my left ribs and it’s been bugging me ever since. This is getting ridiculous and I will have to go back to work on Tuesday. Hopefully, the chiropractor can give me some relief and I can get back to normal… I have felt very broken going on 2 weeks now. Considering and comparing my lifestyle to all the men in my life, I’m too young and active to feel like this. I believe my head is feeling less foggy though, despite the pain in my back, I think my legs are feeling a bit better. 

[avator]

Hope you get some relief soon John.

First thing today is to box and ship the D48 I sold in the classifieds.
Next will be to mount the toolbox on the utility trailer I just finished refreshing.
Maybe a day ride at the local ATV park later.

[Jshooter71]

Thanks, Bill. I’m getting worried, but I hope something works out… I’m all out of vacation time and personal days. I will earn 2 more weeks vacation for the year… but I’ve got to go to work to get it.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Good morning GTA! Happy Friday! Up at 04-something… this morning, after coffee & a shower, I’m going in to see my chiropractor… I hurt my back, again- yesterday. I didn’t even trim the bushes like I wanted to. All I did was lay 2 squirrels on my offering pile to the hawk and owl and I pulled a muscle behind my left ribs and it’s been bugging me ever since. This is getting ridiculous and I will have to go back to work on Tuesday. Hopefully, the chiropractor can give me some relief and I can get back to normal… I have felt very broken going on 2 weeks now. Considering and comparing my lifestyle to all the men in my life, I’m too young and active to feel like this. I believe my head is feeling less foggy though, despite the pain in my back, I think my legs are feeling a bit better. 

 Continued prayers for you John.

I woke at 5:00 and got up, and hope to get some stuff done today. I this week have been felling a bit puny and just not like doing much. So I have been sitting in front of my computer too much, which I know doesn't help. My wife was sick for the last 10 days with a head cold or something so I have tried to keep a little distance from her (I am not very good at that), she is feeling better now except her energy level is way down.
 I did have what seemed like the start of what she had, but my immune system kicked it quickly. I just have been putting somethings off waiting for cooler days, LOL under 90 isn't likely to happen much for a few months though. I need to start going to bed at dark so I can be over the morning aches while it is still cool. Today I have a good shot at that, my half pot of coffee is half gone and it is light out. I was interrupted typing this when I saw a rabbit on the security cam, it spooked when I tried to sneak out of the door though.  I did take a shot at one through two chain-link fences but clipped the fence because I was a little shaky and had a very small margin of error, for the head shot I chose I had a half inch target at 20 yards which I usually can do no problem, Oh well. My Quail are running through the front yard now, cool to watch. 

[Madd Hatter]

Woke up at 5am to take the puppy out then got ready and went to the eye doctor. The macula degeneration didn't get any worse in my right eye but now it's also in my left. I think he said .4mm. It more than likely was there at the same time as the right but they didn't see it.

[avator]

Betty Lou and I are gonna hang at the ATV park today. It's actually our first adventure this year.
Should be a good time. We have several "mud buddies" that we haven't seen in a while. I went out and did some recon yesterday. I spent a couple hours on the trails. I talked to the guy that maintains the trails and he told me that he has cut about 6 or 7 new trails. They've done a great job putting in culverts and fixing wash outs.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Saturday! Up at 0500 CT. I’m going to take it as easy as I can today, like I’ve been doing. I shot the QB78D and the XS60C some yesterday… I’ll probably shoot them some more today. I wore my back brace all day yesterday, I’ll probably keep wearing it when feasible today.

[Back_Roads]

 Woke up at 430 went back to sleep I will be crawling around under my s10 looking for bad wiring, as my tail and brake / turn lights are acting up. Mow lawn. let it slide last week as it was on the verge of turning brown, but some light rains fixed that 
 Will sneak some shooting in there with any luck. 

[Lt. Dan]

Good morning GTA. I overdid it yesterday I'm afraid. My wife sits 4 hours on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday with her 94 yo aunt. She goes at 11:00 am and leaves at 3:00 pm.

Monday a large, 8" diameter, limb had fallen out of a hugh pine tree onto her driveway. The postman had moved it to the edge of her drive but it blocked the spot where my wife parks.

My aunt's lawn care guy had cut the top out with his hatchet and had it piled up next to the street.  But the remaining 25 foot limb remained.

I went with my wife yesterday to cut up and  remove the limb. I carried my 4-wheeler, a chainsaw, a gas powered pole saw, and tow strap.   

To make a long story short.... I not only removed that limb but cut a couple of dozen other low hanging limbs and hauled them all to the street. I worked from 11am to 2:30 pm with only a couple of breaks and I ended up leaving with six hugh piles of limbs street side.

To say I'm sore would be a huge understatement.  I was so tired last night I couldn't get easy. I have no idea when I finally went to sleep but I didn't wake up till 6am this morning.

[buellm2]

It sure is no barrel of laughs getting older.    Every time I look at a physical task, I first see it through the eyes of a 25 year old.   And then once I start, I'm too stubborn to take a break when I should.   I don't remember my true age until the next day.

[Lt. Dan]

It sure is no barrel of laughs getting older.    Every time I look at a physical task, I first see it through the eyes of a 25 year old.   And then once I start, I'm too stubborn to take a break when I should.   I don't remember my true age until the next day.

That sounds exactly like me.

[avator]

I see a task and instantly dread doing it. I know it's going to hurt because it hurts just thinking about it.

Great day at the ATV park. Got there around 9am, set up the pop up awning and went to the cafe for a bite to eat. Biscuits and gravy topped with fried eggs and cheese. Fried Italian sausage and coffee.
It had rained there for the past couple days and the amount of mud did not disappoint. We spent the morning riding the lower trails along the river. At around 1:30 we went back to the cafe for burgers and fries. After that we went up on the ridge to ride the upper trails. Lots up steep ups and downs.
Then the rains came at around 3:30. A gully washer and I was a bit nervous about coming back down from the ridge. The rain was washing the mud down all the trails. We packed it all up and came home.. the rains had stopped and the sun came out at around the same time we got here.
Betty Lou is already making plans to go next weekend.

[Matchstickshooter]

It sure is no barrel of laughs getting older.    Every time I look at a physical task, I first see it through the eyes of a 25 year old.   And then once I start, I'm too stubborn to take a break when I should.   I don't remember my true age until the next day.

That sounds exactly like me.

HaHa! That's called "your minds still writing checks that your body just can't cash"!