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

[avator]

You might should have got the back hoe attachment.. you might have a hole to dig..   

[Tater]

I fear the worst for John...  I hope I'm wrong.



     

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Tuesday! I got up at 0430 and got out to work just as my wife was getting up and going. She wasn’t as mad as she was yesterday. She even said “I love you” when I left home.
Yesterday she was in disbelief and actually joking with me and I thought it’d be all good… I was wrong 
She got Super-Mad and I didn’t even get her a cape! 
My wife doesn’t operate equipment, so I’m sure as she calms down, honey-do lists for me and the machine will be made. 

[avator]

I imagine your first project would be a shelter to keep it in.

[Madd Hatter]

You might should have got the back hoe attachment.. you might have a hole to dig..   

That would just hassen things.😳👀👀👀🫣😱

[buellm2]

I imagine your first project would be a shelter to keep it in.

While you're doing that, might as well put an addition on the house for the wife.  Maybe an office or craft room or guest room or inlaw apt.  or yoga studio or spa.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission right John!

I believe that’s true. And my wife and I usually go over and make decisions together. But, every time I tried to talk to her about it, it just wasn’t the right time, at all. 

So, we each make “Command” decisions, sometimes.

  My wife and I work the same way, The Honda CT90 was not discussed but, I did tell her I was going to buy it and that I might need her help to get it home.  She did question my choice but knows we are looking for a car, which she will definitely have a say in. Yesterday the car we looked at was just not quite IT! We did make our best offer and it was $1,000 less than their best offer. It was a car that we would have had at our price but only 90% of what we wanted, the lacking 10% was about trim level and color.  Oh well the search continues for the right car.

 When we first got married my wife handled the finances for maybe the first 10 years and did great at it, then we decided I should do it and I have ever since. We have never had a argument about money, so I guess we are doing something right.

[maraudinglizard]

First thing I would do in your situation John is thoroughly read the owners manual on that tractor. Having run heavy equipment most of my life, that was the first thing I did when issued new equipment, it saves you a lot of headache with all the knobs and features that is on it. Congrats on surviving the first phase of purchase, nice set up. Who know she may want to learn someday.

[Jshooter71]

Better to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission right John!

I believe that’s true. And my wife and I usually go over and make decisions together. But, every time I tried to talk to her about it, it just wasn’t the right time, at all. 

So, we each make “Command” decisions, sometimes.

  My wife and I work the same way, The Honda CT90 was not discussed but, I did tell her I was going to buy it and that I might need her help to get it home.  She did question my choice but knows we are looking for a car, which she will definitely have a say in. Yesterday the car we looked at was just not quite IT! We did make our best offer and it was $1,000 less than their best offer. It was a car that we would have had at our price but only 90% of what we wanted, the lacking 10% was about trim level and color.  Oh well the search continues for the right car.

 When we first got married my wife handled the finances for maybe the first 10 years and did great at it, then we decided I should do it and I have ever since. We have never had a argument about money, so I guess we are doing something right.

You’re doing it right, Dan. I used to handle all of our finances. The more I worked, the more I let my wife handle them. She’s done ok at it too, but not how I think it should be this long down the road. I’m taking the finances back over and we’ll work on them together again where needed. We’ve been blessed, but I’ve not been the best steward of it that I know we could be. I still need a truck, and that’ll probably be the last thing I finance. I used to do everything cash only. That’s where I want to be again someday soon.

[Jshooter71]

First thing I would do in your situation John is thoroughly read the owners manual on that tractor. Having run heavy equipment most of my life, that was the first thing I did when issued new equipment, it saves you a lot of headache with all the knobs and features that is on it. Congrats on surviving the first phase of purchase, nice set up. Who know she may want to learn someday.

I read the manual online all weekend. Now I have the hard copy in my van. 
My wife wants to run the zero-turn. I really need to go ahead & teach her. We’d save a lot of time if she could mow while I trim. I think that’d be a good start this summer. 

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

First thing I would do in your situation John is thoroughly read the owners manual on that tractor. Having run heavy equipment most of my life, that was the first thing I did when issued new equipment, it saves you a lot of headache with all the knobs and features that is on it. Congrats on surviving the first phase of purchase, nice set up. Who know she may want to learn someday.

I read the manual online all weekend. Now I have the hard copy in my van. 
My wife wants to run the zero-turn. I really need to go ahead & teach her. We’d save a lot of time if she could mow while I trim. I think that’d be a good start this summer. 

  My wife mowed once (just our front yard with a walk behind), when I was laid-up injured. But she pulls weeds and I don't/can't. Her job is to move the hose and anything else that needs moved or picked up before I mow, everything that requires bending at the waist which my back doesn't allow me to do. Team work gets it all done!

[anti-squirrel]

I'm pretty lucky...  I showed my wife how to operate our Billy Goat brush-mower and within 5 minutes, she was deep in the woods making trails... Dressed in a tank top, shorts, Chaco sandals... in woods filled with poison oak, blackberry, greenbrier, and poison ivy.  I don't even get to use the Billy Goat anymore.

I run the pole trimmer and the 18" chainsaw, she runs the 'Goat and the 10" bar Polesaw.  We both carry machetes (technically she carries a Golok and I carry a Parang).  I think a big part of using equipment for her comes from me taking time to show her the controls, then letting her have at it- and she loves doing it.  All our projects, tasks, and adventures are joint efforts; we equally manage finances and this seems to work very well for us.

[Blowpipe Sam]

The big Husqvarna garden tractor belongs to the memsahib.  She does ninety percent of the mowing (what gets done ).  I handle the pole saw, chainsaw, string trimmer, stick edger, hedge trimmer, etc.  Today we trellised the rest of the peas, made hammocks for the watermelons that are growing on the fence and played with the new puppy.

We're inside for siesta time right now but after things cool off again I'll take all the dogs out to the pasture for a romp.

[maraudinglizard]

I'm pretty lucky...  I showed my wife how to operate our Billy Goat brush-mower and within 5 minutes, she was deep in the woods making trails... Dressed in a tank top, shorts, Chaco sandals... in woods filled with poison oak, blackberry, greenbrier, and poison ivy.  I don't even get to use the Billy Goat anymore.

I bet she would have a blast running a skidsteer with a deck mower on it. There wouldn't be anything left on ya'lls property to cut and clean up. 

[Sqrl Klr]

I imagine your first project would be a shelter to keep it in.

I'd guess building a new dog house for him to live in for awhile. hehehe

John show your wife how to run the tractor and mower plus your daughter too if she's tall enough to work the pedals. They'll both enjoy it.

[anti-squirrel]

I'm pretty lucky...  I showed my wife how to operate our Billy Goat brush-mower and within 5 minutes, she was deep in the woods making trails... Dressed in a tank top, shorts, Chaco sandals... in woods filled with poison oak, blackberry, greenbrier, and poison ivy.  I don't even get to use the Billy Goat anymore.

I bet she would have a blast running a skidsteer with a deck mower on it. There wouldn't be anything left on ya'lls property to cut and clean up. 

Indeed!  We've considered buying a used skidsteer with a drum mulcher, but it would only end up getting used for a day or two at most.  We have some project builds to consider- a rear-diff-based wheel-driven deck mower where the tires drive the diff which attached to the output shaft on a deck mower.  I figure it would be pretty fun "tow-mowing" using our CR-V.  AC?  check.  Tunes?  check.  Honda-powered?  check.  Plus I've yet to find any implement seat as comfy as the seats in our CR-V.  Only problem I foresee is she'd end up mowing the entire set of fields (a few hundred acres) neighboring our property.  I introduced Sonja to FarmShow magazine at TSC and now `she seems to think I can fabricate just about anything.  I'm perfectly happy getting an older 4wd tractor with just a rear dual-speed PTO and a 3-point hitch.  It would address 99% of our needs; since my FiL has a 4wd Kubota with front-loader and backhoe in the rear.  He won't budge to remove the implements despite my offer to buy a bush-hog and field mower; it would speed up the clearing that remains and cut down on time spent mowing.


Today is yet another "regular" workday.  Lately I'm assigned tasks, midway through I have to redirect to different tasks so I have a lot of work started and not much completed... but my boss understands and he's been pushing for some additional development work so we utilize more automation.  Priorities shift as customers either supply databases ahead of time or run into issues that take precedence.

I did have a project to fabricate a deflector for the grass chute on our Cub Cadet walk-behind 32" mower.  However, I not only finished the work and mounted it, I've already thought up some Revision 2 improvements of said device (mainly, some dangling chains at the exit to cut down on aerial blow-by).  I think I may do something similar for our Bill Goat brush-mower since the 4 "deflectors" up front are now reduced to 1 bent deflector with the other 3 mangled so bad I removed them. 

[avator]

Morning...
First thing is to finish getting the second tire mounted on the front rim of the Husqvarna lawn tractor. Then, weather permitting, I'll get the mowing done.
I got 2 more bills to pay then I'm good until the end of next month.

[Jshooter71]

Good Afternoon, GTA!!! I got up & out early. Already finished one job, I’m on my second job and about to find out what’s wrong with a cooler that was fixed last week. My wife is starting to calm down enough to bring up ideas on how to proceed with my daydreaming about getting stuff done. We’re going down to visit my family in Hot Springs as soon as I get out of work tomorrow. I definitely want to get my wife on the zero-turn, I’m thinking Monday she can mow and I’ll trim. Eventually, I’ll get her on the tractor. Ayrabella will eventually be able to run everything, for sure. She’s always been so small, but she’ll grow into it. I want to get her a gas-powered go cart to get her used to driving around on her own. 

[avator]

GOOD MORNING GTA !!!
Got up at 5am, fed the dogs and let them out. Made coffee and smoked the vape pipe while I did my online thing. Paid the electric bill via the cell phone. That's the last of the bills to be paid until the end of next month.
Then I stepped out to the Red Shed and fired up Casting Corner and came back for a shower while things come up to temp.
I have around 100 sample 217 20 RF pellets I poured yesterday to test in a couple guns for accuracy before I make a good run of them.
Enough parts are due to arrive today to get started putting the PID together. Everything to complete it is due by Saturday.

[jimbo]

Leaving for Lake Erie at 10:30 this morning with 5 buddies, will be back Saturday afternoon and hopefully will have limited out!