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

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Tuesday! I got up at 0445 and I’m finishing up my second cup o’Joe. The office said “we’ll be running” today… but I don’t have a job on my board. I’ll get ready for work and I’ll have to call the office.

Beautiful dog, Brett! 

[Ronfiveo]

I woke up early at 4:35am and couldn't get back to sleep, so.........

Prayers for the missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse accident.

Have a great day GTA.

Ron

[avator]

Mornin'

I woke up at 3am but went back to bed until 6 then got up and made coffee. Dogs got up, ate and went out.
The main plan today is to go see Charles and see what's up with his C02 rifle. He was down with his back yesterday so he postponed until today... hope he's better. He was the Sheriff of our county for nearly 30 years and retired a couple years ago.
He has a huge farm just outside of town but now he leases his fields out to other farmers for crops and grazing. He still maintains the barn and kitchen area for hanging out and tinkering. Many of the country elders and old farmers gather there every Sunday morning for breakfast. Betty Lou and I are on the standing invitation list and have gone several times. We learned so much about our town and county's history from listening to the old guys. They seem to be dropping like flies lately.
I have a package arriving today that requires and adult signature so Betty Lou elected to stay home. That will shorten my visit with Charles. When those 2 get together it turns into an all day talk show. And most topics are repeats of previous episodes. 

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y'all.  I swapped shifts with another ranger so I've got the late duty today.  Good thing too.  The memsahib goes to pick the Iron Maiden up from the bus station at 01100.  I don't want to be anywhere near that child.  I have stocked the man shed with essentials and I intend to hold out there until she goes away.

[avator]

Mornin y'all.  I swapped shifts with another ranger so I've got the late duty today.  Good thing too.  The memsahib goes to pick the Iron Maiden up from the bus station at 01100.  I don't want to be anywhere near that child.  I have stocked the man shed with essentials and I intend to hold out there until she goes away.

Unfortunately you can't pick family.   

[avator]

Mornin'

I woke up at 3am but went back to bed until 6 then got up and made coffee. Dogs got up, ate and went out.
The main plan today is to go see Charles and see what's up with his C02 rifle. He was down with his back yesterday so he postponed until today... hope he's better. He was the Sheriff of our county for nearly 30 years and retired a couple years ago.
He has a huge farm just outside of town but now he leases his fields out to other farmers for crops and grazing. He still maintains the barn and kitchen area for hanging out and tinkering. Many of the country elders and old farmers gather there every Sunday morning for breakfast. Betty Lou and I are on the standing invitation list and have gone several times. We learned so much about our town and county's history from listening to the old guys. They seem to be dropping like flies lately.
I have a package arriving today that requires and adult signature so Betty Lou elected to stay home. That will shorten my visit with Charles. When those 2 get together it turns into an all day talk show. And most topics are repeats of previous episodes. 

Plans change... again.
Talked to Charles and he's still not up to snuff. He's waiting for the doc to call him back. It's also expected to rain most, if not all day. We agreed that he would just give me a call when he's back up to par. He won't be shooting in his condition anyways.
Meanwhile... I have that gun arriving today for upgrades for another member. That will give me something to tinker on today. I can post up in the Red Shed and stay out of the weather. Might even fire up Casting Corner and drop some little shiny things. One can never have too many little shiny things on hand.. 

[maraudinglizard]

Not much for today, the wet weather has arrived this morning. Light rain now but the hammer knocker stuff is coming in later today. Probably spend much of my time in the shop working on lapidary stuff, clean the shop up some, and go pick up the mail.

[Frank in Fairfield]

New headlights for the Silverado.

They look pretty good to me:

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y'all.  All quiet here at the farm.  Didn't sleep much last night.  Heavy rain this a.m.  This is good.  The Iron Maiden doesn't like rain.  She'll stay in the house probably.  I'm well entrenched here in the man-shed.  I need more Claymores and barbed wire though. I was thinking of cutting down some trees to make an Abattis or a Chemin De Fer but it's raining too hard.  The plans for the day are to improve the defenses of the man-shed, sit tight, and let the Iron Maiden make the next move.

[avator]

Mornin y'all.  All quiet here at the farm.  Didn't sleep much last night.  Heavy rain this a.m.  This is good.  The Iron Maiden doesn't like rain.  She'll stay in the house probably.  I'm well entrenched here in the man-shed.  I need more Claymores and barbed wire though. I was thinking of cutting down some trees to make an Abattis or a Chemin De Fer but it's raining too hard.  The plans for the day are to improve the defenses of the man-shed, sit tight, and let the Iron Maiden make the next move.

I think a gator filled mote might be doable.

[Ronfiveo]

Ok, I give. Who is the Iron Maiden?
The only thing I can think of is Mother in law.

Ron

[maraudinglizard]

Plans for today, build a bridge to the shop, I am flooded again. The one project that I am working is now in the rebuilt shed and dry to work on. I have battery operated tools and lights so I don't have to worry about extension cords in this wet mess. Ordered a solar powered fan to circulate the air in it. That should be here by the weekend.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Ok, I give. Who is the Iron Maiden?
The only thing I can think of is Mother in law.

Ron

Worse.  It's our daughter. 

 She has very high standards and she is very disappointed in me.  She is efficient, motivated, hard working, ethical, and smart.  All the stuff I ain't.  She's kinda critical of my slacker lifestyle so I give her plenty of space.

Note:  I've just lost the first skirmish.  She offered to wash the breakfast dishes then fired up her bluetooth speakers and is blasting rap and Teutonic death metal at max volume.

Well that little apple didn't fall far from the tree.  Back to the man-shed.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

 Good Morning, I too didn't sleep much last night, 2 hours 20 min. of restful sleep. I did not get to sleep at all until almost 3:00 AM. I drank extra caffeine yesterday and I think it worked too well!

 The woman up the road got her mower belt and blades so I plan on going up and putting it back together for her at around 11:00 AM. I also have a growing list of mundane things to do around here that I need to start on a least. 

 We are supposed to have a high of 72°F today.
 

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA, it is still morning in some places. Happy Wednesday! I got up at 0430, had my 0600 meeting, and I’m already on my 3rd job site. I haven’t really accomplished much, but these are not my monkeys - not my circus. I’m getting ready to look at a freezer that ain’t doing its job. Since it’s at 50*, it’s probably in bad shape and not much I can do with the parts I have. So, I’ll do what I can and quote the rest.

[avator]

Goofy kinda morning this morning..
Took the gun to the post office one town over (ours is closed for repairs) and they wouldn't ship it because it said something to the affect of fire arms inside on the box. I even showed the yellow and green haired girl it was a pumper pellet gun... no joy.
I went to the next town and the guy taped the box all up but the return shipping label I was sent didn't cover the cost because  the clerk put priority tape all over the box and the label was for ground. I reached for my wallet just to pay the difference and realized I didn't bring my wallet... the plan was just to drop a box off at the PO.
So, they only had clear tape for sale...  ummm hello? no wallet.
So I drove the 8 miles back home. 1 mile from home the low gas light came on in the truck.    I nursed it home, taped up the box, grabbed the wallet and headed back out to the gas station and PO.
On the way back home I noticed Sheriff West's truck at the local eatin' joint and stopped. He had the gun that needed attention in his truck so I picked that up.
Just as I suspected, he rotated the new cart in (3 cart system) and didn't tighten it down enough to pierce it. I'll leave it charged over night to make sure there are no leaks.
Next Betty Lou wanted to go out for Mexican lunch. Got home and one of the dogs that Nick had in the kennel at the barn got out. Boss and Rambo werea t the fence raising he!! over it. Nick's little wife was chasing it all over trying to catch it. Now Betty Lou is out there trying to help her.
Me? I'm just enjoying the show. 

[Madd Hatter]

Goofy kinda morning this morning..
Took the gun to the post office one town over (ours is closed for repairs) and they wouldn't ship it because it said something to the affect of fire arms inside on the box. I even showed the yellow and green haired girl it was a pumper pellet gun... no joy.
I went to the next town and the guy taped the box all up but the return shipping label I was sent didn't cover the cost because  the clerk put priority tape all over the box and the label was for ground. I reached for my wallet just to pay the difference and realized I didn't bring my wallet... the plan was just to drop a box off at the PO.
So, they only had clear tape for sale...  ummm hello? no wallet.
So I drove the 8 miles back home. 1 mile from home the low gas light came on in the truck.    I nursed it home, taped up the box, grabbed the wallet and headed back out to the gas station and PO.
On the way back home I noticed Sheriff West's truck at the local eatin' joint and stopped. He had the gun that needed attention in his truck so I picked that up.
Just as I suspected, he rotated the new cart in (3 cart system) and didn't tighten it down enough to pierce it. I'll leave it charged over night to make sure there are no leaks.
Next Betty Lou wanted to go out for Mexican lunch. Got home and one of the dogs that Nick had in the kennel at the barn got out. Boss and Rambo werea t the fence raising he!! over it. Nick's little wife was chasing it all over trying to catch it. Now Betty Lou is out there trying to help her.
Me? I'm just enjoying the show. 

Hey,  that's just the payoff for your morning.  Lol

[avator]

They chased that little dog for the better part of 20 minutes. Finally Nick's 5 year old son opened the gate of the pen and the little dog walked in and sat down. I laughed my head off.

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam if you have close neighbors I feel sorry for them hearing all that loud music. hehe

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Thursday! I woke up at 0330 and said “no way” and fell back to sleep until 0545. I’m finishing up my first cup o’Joe and I’ll have another cup before I get ready for work. I’ll get Ayrabella on the bus for school and then I’ll roll out. I have a van full of filters and belts for a big furniture store, preventative maintenance job. It’s supposed to be a pretty nice day to be on the roof working.