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

[maraudinglizard]

Mornin', finally crawled out of bed. One of those nights that I wasn't sleepy until late. Now that the birds have flown the backhoe I can get the brush piles cleaned up. I have a few places along the fence that still need cleaning out so I can mow. I some places that need tilling for planting. Won't plant anything else until Aug-Sept when things start to cool down. I have peppers to transplant, they will do well in this hot weather and can over winter them for the next year's growing season.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Wednesday! I got up at 0430 by my alarm. I have my 0600 meeting and I’ll need to call the office for work at 0730. I wound up not working yesterday and that’s not good this time of year.

Today’s not working out so far, neither. No one told me there was no 0600 meeting. It’s 0813 and the office won’t answer the phone.

[bReTt]

Overslept this AM.  No morning exercise.  I’ll have to make that up later.  I’m chilling at work before start time currently listening to a podcast and surfing the web. 

Our oldest son gets here today.  Mrs. P is picking him up at the airport this AM.  After the work day is wrapped up I’m not sure what will be the plan.  I’ll just take it as it comes.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Late field shift for the next two days.  This  is the real brutal one.  The beach will be packed with JD’s. Cherokee sink will be a huge drinking party for drunk rednecks and this is just on weekdays.  The heat makes people real stupid.  The booze don’t help. 

[Madd Hatter]

Late field shift for the next two days.  This  is the real brutal one.  The beach will be packed with JD’s. Cherokee sink will be a huge drinking party for drunk rednecks and this is just on weekdays.  The heat makes people real stupid.  The booze don’t help. 

So you're saying "where's the gators when you need them"? 😂🤣😂🤣

[maraudinglizard]

Late field shift for the next two days.  This  is the real brutal one.  The beach will be packed with JD’s. Cherokee sink will be a huge drinking party for drunk rednecks and this is just on weekdays.  The heat makes people real stupid.  The booze don’t help. 

So you're saying "where's the gators when you need them"? 😂🤣😂🤣

Believe me Robert that has crossed my mind several times, all tho the sharks are doing a pretty good job right now. People are clueless about the gulf sea life and cycles, right now it's silver mullet, sardines, atlantic bumpers, alewife(elwy) are schooling close to shore which is normal this time of the year. Then the sea lice and stinging sea nettles get fired up. The june grass has started washing up so the tourons are griping about that. With it being hot as it is it's about time for the red tide to get cranked up, AAAHHH the aroma of dead fish. The grand finally is a hurricane to run the rest of them out of here.  Here is what I tell the out of towners, if it crawls, swims, flies, slithers, and dangles(spiders) it will bite. Welcome to Florida.

[Madd Hatter]

Sounds like it was in Okinawa. Turkey fish, stone fish, green sea snakes, Australian brown sea snakes, along with sharks. Forgot, we also had stinging corral. On land we had the haboo pit viper. Had a spider so big that when I dropped a shoe on it, it just crawled out from underneath it. We also had geckos on the wall but you never bothered them cause they helped keep the insects down. Water so clear you could see the bottom 100 feet down.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Late field shift for the next two days.  This  is the real brutal one.  The beach will be packed with JD’s. Cherokee sink will be a huge drinking party for drunk rednecks and this is just on weekdays.  The heat makes people real stupid.  The booze don’t help. 

So you're saying "where's the gators when you need them"? 😂🤣😂🤣

Believe me Robert that has crossed my mind several times, all tho the sharks are doing a pretty good job right now. People are clueless about the gulf sea life and cycles, right now it's silver mullet, sardines, atlantic bumpers, alewife(elwy) are schooling close to shore which is normal this time of the year. Then the sea lice and stinging sea nettles get fired up. The june grass has started washing up so the tourons are griping about that. With it being hot as it is it's about time for the red tide to get cranked up, AAAHHH the aroma of dead fish. The grand finally is a hurricane to run the rest of them out of here.  Here is what I tell the out of towners, if it crawls, swims, flies, slithers, and dangles(spiders) it will bite. Welcome to Florida.

  The last (First and only) fatal alligator attack at my park happened in 1987 and is generally considered a case of suicide by Alligator.  The guy ignored several warnings about swimming outside the designated area.  He wandered off down a back channel, and got between a mother gator and her babies, end of story.

"If the gators don't get him then the Skeeters will."

Gamble Rogers said that "two good hurricane seasons in a row will run them all out of Florida".  Poor Gamble.  He was an optimist.  To his everlasting credit he drowned trying to save a  tourist in distress. 

[Lt. Dan]

  The last (First and only) fatal alligator attack at my park happened in 1987 and is generally considered a case of suicide by Alligator.  The guy ignored several warnings about swimming outside the designated area.  He wandered off down a back channel, and got between a mother gator and her babies, end of story.

"If the gators don't get him then the Skeeters will."

Gamble Rogers said that "two good hurricane seasons in a row will run them all out of Florida".  Poor Gamble.  He was an optimist.  To his everlasting credit he drowned trying to save a  tourist in distress.

Was he talking about the tourists or the skeeters being run out of Florida by two good hurricane seasons in a row?

[Matchstickshooter]

 Good morning.
    getting ready to head South today, a ride down to the area we used to live in.
 Having a lunch meeting up with my old work buddy. Check out some stores.

[maraudinglizard]

  The last (First and only) fatal alligator attack at my park happened in 1987 and is generally considered a case of suicide by Alligator.  The guy ignored several warnings about swimming outside the designated area.  He wandered off down a back channel, and got between a mother gator and her babies, end of story.

"If the gators don't get him then the Skeeters will."

Gamble Rogers said that "two good hurricane seasons in a row will run them all out of Florida".  Poor Gamble.  He was an optimist.  To his everlasting credit he drowned trying to save a  tourist in distress.

Was he talking about the tourists or the skeeters being run out of Florida by two good hurricane seasons in a row?

Dan, it's the tourist. All you have to do around here to clear house is mention the word hurricane and it will be all over SM faster than lightning.

For today it's a trip to the skin doc for a check up. Pick up mail, animal food, people food, and a few other things. Nothing much else.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Thursday! I got up shortly after 0530. I actually have a job on me for today and I don’t have to call into the office for it. I’ve got about a 1 1/2 hour drive to work. As soon as I finish my second cup o’Joe, I’ll head on down the road. 

[avator]

Morning...
No real plan for the day so I think I'll just let the secret squirrel take the wheel.
Actually I do have something of a plan...
I want to move my large AirMax Extreme MKII compressor from the Casting Cabin to the Red Shed. It seems to build pressure slower than it did before the crash and rebuild a few years ago. If I can't get it working as it should I might do some compressor tinkering. Maybe see about moving the autostop feature to the Vevor compressor.

[Back_Roads]

 I got a text the the new rear tire for the Ford 5000 is mounted and ready for pickup, will get that mounted and the tractor back in service working up old orchard rows that are going into gourds for a few years then back to grass, and then new apple trees in about 7 years, heck I might still be working when those trees get planted.

[avator]

I got a text the the new rear tire for the Ford 5000 is mounted and ready for pickup, will get that mounted and the tractor back in service working up old orchard rows that are going into gourds for a few years then back to grass, and then new apple trees in about 7 years, heck I might still be working when those trees get planted.

I hope you'll still be up and running to eat apples from them.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

 Good morning! I woke a t 8:00 AM today.    I did go to bed at 2:15 AM though.

 I feel well rested and am almost done with my morning coffee and internet check in's. I need to head to town and trim hedges and bushes and spray insecticide in the carport, sheds etc...  about 4-5 hours should do it hopefully.



 

[Lt. Dan]

Good morning gang. It's Friday, end if the work week for a lot of the work force but for us retirees it's just the day after Thursday.

[Lt. Dan]

I've had a busy week. We've had a bumper crop of blue berries this year. Picked two gallons yesterday.  I changed the oil and filter in my 2010 Bad Boy ZT hydrostatic transaxle Wednesday. Purging the air out is usually not much trouble but this time......... I no longer curse but getting the left one to purge certainly would have been the perfect occasion.  I finally just gave up and borrowed my son's mower.

I went so far as to go by the Mower shop and haggle the salesman down and agreed on tbe price for a 2024 new mower. If my trailer hadn't had my son's mower on it I would have brought a new one home.

When I went home I cranked mine, dang thing ran like a new one. It had burped out the air bubble I guess. So now what about buying a new one? Well I prayed about it and I felt my answer was to wait.

Well yesterday I put my mower through the wringer, asking more from it than I ever remember (I think I really want a new one) but that 14 year old mower cut perfectly, 6 acres....no hiccups at all. So I'll wait on buying a new one.

Oh by the way, I changed the engine oil and filter as well.

Today I'll be trimming the lawn. I dread that.

I hope everyone the best of day.

[Jshooter71]

Good morning GTA! Happy Friday! I woke up at 0600 and started my coffee. I could have gotten up earlier, but I guess I needed the rest. Yesterday I got 13 hours in at work, I have a full day today. I need to visit my chiropractor and the parts supply house on the way out. Hopefully, I’ll get a good full day in today and get to enjoy the weekend.

[bReTt]

Woke up originally @ 0530.  Back asleep until 0645.  Outta bed @ 0720.  Made cappuccinos and sipped one down.  Did some online puzzles 🧩.  Getting ready to cook waffles, bacon and hash browns.  It’s our oldest son’s b-day today.  He turns 27.  He is here with us for a couple weeks while he has a break at school.  He has completed his 2nd year of an MD-PhD program at UMN.  He is very sharp and we are proud of what he has done so far.  Today will be a conglomeration of loosely birthday related items.  Elliott will be studying mostly but we will get to sprinkle b-day celebration stuff in throughout the day. 

I have the afternoon off from work.  I’ll go play pool with Pops here in a bit.  Later, when I get home, I’ll put some ribs on the smoker for dinner tonight.  I may clean up the regulator in my Royale and get that together again.  Just gonna hang with my peeps and enjoy the time away from work cause I’ll be back at it again tomorrow morning @0700 - 2300.