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

[maraudinglizard]

Right on time, the rains came.... not. Now I have nothing to do but clean and organize the shop. 
So I headed out to face the music..
Man I'm a slob.. if it rains until I'm done I should probably build an ark instead.
Admittedly one of the problems is the "squirrel syndrome".
For example:
I saw that scope I wanted to put on that other rifle but I went on an unsuccessful search the the correct rings.
And there is that barrel band I had been looking for. Now if I can just remember why I was looking for it.
Oh and, I wanted to put a short fill whip together so I can use a small inline filter on guns with tight foster nipples. Ok, so it only took 2.5 hours to get that done. And I appear to have made an even bigger mess doing it.
I moved a work table twice and didn't like it so I ended up putting it back where it started. Maybe I should just put it on wheels.

When I got done with this project I had tools strewed everywhere. The bigger mess is the shed the lawn mower stays in. I have just enough room to get that thing in there. These little tires are a pain to get off and on, I would rather change 22" one over a 6" one. Don't ask me how I got up the next morning and went at with another project.

[avator]

Right on time, the rains came.... not. Now I have nothing to do but clean and organize the shop. 
So I headed out to face the music..
Man I'm a slob.. if it rains until I'm done I should probably build an ark instead.
Admittedly one of the problems is the "squirrel syndrome".
For example:
I saw that scope I wanted to put on that other rifle but I went on an unsuccessful search the the correct rings.
And there is that barrel band I had been looking for. Now if I can just remember why I was looking for it.
Oh and, I wanted to put a short fill whip together so I can use a small inline filter on guns with tight foster nipples. Ok, so it only took 2.5 hours to get that done. And I appear to have made an even bigger mess doing it.
I moved a work table twice and didn't like it so I ended up putting it back where it started. Maybe I should just put it on wheels.

When I got done with this project I had tools strewed everywhere. The bigger mess is the shed the lawn mower stays in. I have just enough room to get that thing in there. These little tires are a pain to get off and on, I would rather change 22" one over a 6" one. Don't ask me how I got up the next morning and went at with another project.

I feel your pain... I recently went through that when i dragged the Husqvarna out of the barn after sitting in there for several years. The tires were shot.

[Madd Hatter]

Well, I just got done with 5 miles of walking.🥴 Man am wore out!!

[Insanity]

A crew is at mom’s house this morning tearing out the old sea wall.  It’s a pretty major undertaking.  The sea wall will be replaced with an engineered slope made up  mostly of rubble covered with rip wrap.  Hopefully that will end the erosion problem.  I’m going over to to lend moral support to mom.  I refuse to be drawn into ANY manual labor.

Rip Rap and armor rock shots are very labor intensive to load the shooting is the easy part. It is sure cool to watch depending on the size of Rip Rap or armor rock is desired.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday, it’s Hump Day! I set my alarm for 0430 again and got up at 0415. Started my coffee and it’s thunderstorming outside. After I finish my second cup o’Joe, I have my 0600 meeting. I have a 165 pound glass freezer door in the back of my van. I’ll be glad when that thing is mounted and the old one is in the dumpster. Work is picking up.

[Ronfiveo]

I'll be mowing the yard this morning before it gets too hot.
But I'm taking my time to do it.

Ron

[avator]

Morning...
Up at 5:00 this morning. Made coffee and waiting for this World to wake up.
Not much planned for the day. Probably just hang out in the shop and shooting shack tinkering, puttering and shooting.
The targets need refreshed with paint and stickers and some yard debris needs picked up.

[maraudinglizard]

Good morning, line up for the day fix sensor on van and change oil, plant veggies, change blades on mower, clean up the brush cutting mess I made the other day. Mow the grass AGAIN!!!

[Blowpipe Sam]

Mornin y'all.  Back to work today on the late shift.  I go in after noon and don't get off til 2030.  Oh well.  Still beats working for a living. 

[Madd Hatter]

Not much planned for the rest of the day.  Already took the dog I'm pet sitting for a 3 mile walk. 

[Hoosier Daddy]

I went to work... Then once home I took the garbage can to the end of the driveway... Now scoping out the fridge for something left safe to eat.
I will probably do laundry.
 Daughter #2 seems to have caught the same G.I. issue I had but she is in the hospital for last 3 days for "Colitis" and "dehydration" but undiagnosed.

I just want to crawl in a hole

[avator]

I hope it all works out Scott,

[Ronfiveo]

I hope you get to feeling better soon, Scott.

Ron

[Jshooter71]

I hope & pray you and your daughter get well, Scott.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Thursday! I didn’t set an alarm last night, I opened my eyes just before 0400. I kept dozing off and peaking at the clock, but relented at 0444. I’m having my first cup o’Joe and all is quiet for the moment. I have 2 compressors to replace in a 22 year old rooftop 12.5 ton air conditioner. It should be an all day affair, but I do expect rain and perhaps thunderstorms after 1200 hours. Not sure how I’m going to handle that, but I do have a canopy in my van that I might setup and use. If I get all the welding done before the rain, that’d be great. I’ll have my 2 cups o’Joe and get Ayrabella on the bus first. She only has a couple weeks of school left, we’ll be glad for that. I’ve gotten more hours in the past 3 days than most full weeks since the new year, probably further back than that. 

[maraudinglizard]

Good morning, plans got changed yesterday. I ended up replacing more than one sensor on the van, 3 trips the parts house and $150 later it's fixed. No more red alerts on the dash. The low oil pressure sensor turned in to nightmare replace. I had to take the oil filter housing out to replace the sensor. Here is where the fun begins, try not snap off any bolt heads. Same went for the EGR valve. I had one bolt on it that just  barely got past the alternator. Nothing broke so that was a plus. I am taking a break from anything mechanical for a minute and work on the garden and cut some gemstones I have received in the mail this past week. Ammo for the guns should be here on Friday.


Scott, hope you and your family get well soon.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

I too pray you and your daughter get totally well, Scott.

I was up at 5:50 AM after laying there awake for a while. The alarm clock was flashing 2 something as the power had been off in the night and came back on.

I got up made a coffee to go and went to town and put the trash cans out to the curb and came back home. I still need to do about 5^? hours yardwork there but that will be later on.

 It's a bit foggy and 53°F right now at home and 56°F at our place in town. Today is supposed to be partly cloudy skies with a high 82F and winds W at 5 to 10 mph. 

[Frank in Fairfield]

Went to see the base quack..
EKG for upcoming procedure in June:

robotic suprapubic prostatectomy

[Sqrl Klr]

There's outside stuff to be done and it seems like a never ending job.
I think I could work 80 hrs a week for a month and still not be done.

Now that I can relate to. ↓ "I really do."

[Madd Hatter]

I told my neighbor that I'd be lucky to get all of the dead trees cleaned up before I die.🤣🤣