Morning folks!
Below normal temps (5 - 10 below norms!) continue and more rain in forecast. Starts to dry out next week - finally.
Daughter's 30th B-Day will be celebrated at their new home Sunday. Looking forward to seeing the place now they are mostly moved in.
Chief - Happy Birthday!
Regards, Roy
Happy Birthday to Da Chief!!!!
Been nuts on The North Bluff last few days.
We had an end-tail on the house that looked to be rotting. After looking closer I found it was full of THEM!!!!!! What a mess, but it is put back together today. Price you pay to live in the woods.
So it has been tear it apart to fix it and kill the ants along the way. I found a pile of sawdust on the train layout under where they were having their house party. Looked like the layout had been invaded by monsters. Most had jumped to their death from the top of the basement wall and landed dead on the table. Ant killer is working.
Joined 1-21-2011 TCA 13-68614
Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
Yikes 'K, that's a horror!
I remember when I was a kid my father used to treat the area around the house with an insecticide called "Chlordane." Good stuff, Dad always followed the directions and we never had a bug problem of any kind.
The trouble was, some people didn't follow the directions () and wound up poisoning the areas around their houses! So, then it was no more Chlordane, it was pulled off the market.
The same thing happened to Diazinon, I used it around our house and never had a bug problem either. Now I let Loyal Pest Control deal with it.
Hello there.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Chief and prayers.
Kev........that coulc be serious
Been quite a week. A laid back Memorial Day was capped with a family get together at daughters place. Picnic/Birthday Party for Grandaughters 14th.
Tuesday started with a bang. We had a steer penned ready to load for the butcher shop. While getting ready I was shocked to see him standing in the yard. How he squeezed out the window I'll never know. The chase was on. Son was afoot and I grabbed granddaughters 4 wheeler. It took almost an hour but with help from Mrs, daughter, SIL and one of SIL's employees we got him back on the right side of the fence. He was so wound up we didn't try to get him in the trailer after that. I had to manhandle the 4 wheeler out of ditches hidden in the weeds several times and a couple of places it wouldn't fit. Took a toll on this fat old guy, still recouping from that. Then last evening about 7 I got a call from daughter, grandson had been hit by a car while bike riding. God was watching over him, the most serious injury was a broken wrist. It happened in a community park, the driver was purportedly going 5MPH.
Spent today trying to catch up on yard work. Drag tomorrow. I'm not sure but I think son is skipping it to get ready to plant corn. I'm doing yard work again. There's a Hillclimb on Sunday, we won't miss that. Bed is calling Prayers for those in need
Banks, Proud member of the OTTS TCA 12-67310
Mornin' boys. Sunny & 62 along the Patterson Creek cut-off. Wedding day for niece, so Fifey has to get all dolled up. Wifey and I went on our little shopping tour yesterday, with visits to CVS, Lowe's, and Tractor Supply. She picked out some cute outfits for the grandbabes, and almost bought a camo outfit for newborn, but thought better. When we dropped the outfit off to Middle Princess's castle, there was the youngest babe in camo, to celebrate National Bubba day...
Banks - I had a similar accident in middle school;totally my fault. Glad boy is ok. Glad you didn't get the bull by the horns.
If you want SPF tomorrow, best start it, as Fifey will be tied up. Well, hopefully.
Slept 5 1/2 hours. Then started reclinerizing. Sister IL calls and then Wiley keeps barking at something out front of house [Wifey had opened front door so he sees all walking by]. Get dressed and go get meds.Thanks gang for all the wishes and prayers. Spent most of yesterday at hospitals [test and treatments. Wifey off to baby shower for her cousin. Got another one tomorrow for our friend.Steak later today.77 and sunny. Beautiful day.Enjoy
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Sun is in and out - apparently got a nice shower early this am as yard/street very wet. Below normal temps continue but looks like upper midwest gonna need their shorts. Not clear to me how it can be below normal down here and 'way above' normal up there (i.e. 100!).
Banks - glad the GS is ok and no bull
Kev - Bummer about the ants. My experience is they go in where rot has already started. They only like soft wood.
Chief - - glad yesterday went well.
Roy and Banks, your right! It could of been worse. I think I got them. The first day after the spray there were hundreds of dead ants on the layout. I have been sucking the table clean and checking every morning and today there were only two. So I think we are getting there.
MAN it is hot for this time of year. it was 90 at noon???? Nuts.
Wife and I took a road trip to pick up an old milk can in a town called Paw Paw. I cut the bottom of the can out and use them to cover the ugly well head. Scary part is the last two I did the bottoms were sealed on with Lead!!!! We stopped in Serena for lunch and then when I got home I did a tank of Trimec as long as it is so hot. Should knock the weeds down fast in this heat!
Banks glad the boy did fair. sure could of been worse. I remember chaseing a show cow for a 4-H show that got loose in a over your head corn field. What a PITA! Gramps was so mad he said he would shoot it and eat it but it would be bad meat with that adrealine rushing through it after the chase.
Some before and after shots. We have 70 of these on the house. The ones on the south side take a beating from the direct sun.
End removed cleaned and ready for new cap.
Finished
A cabin? Oh-so-cool! I'm jealous!
Tell me, if you have a fireplace is it properly accessorized with a flintlock musket?
Flintlock76 A cabin? Oh-so-cool! I'm jealous! Tell me, if you have a fireplace is it properly accessorized with a flintlock musket?
True cabin, I wish,,,,Nope just a log sided home, could not pay for the real thing. Also a lot of un-wanted issues with true log homes. As for the fireplace, yeah we got one but I don't have a flintlock above it,,,, just my trusty old Savage Stevens 987 22LR from about 1978 for when needed. Used to be ready on call but with grand-kids it is trigger locked but loaded.
This is where we were having the problem.
KRMmy trusty old Savage Stevens 987 22LR
Hey modern fireplace, modern rifle. That's OK.
This software!!!!!! Tried to post 4 times and cuser went away. ????
84 and sunny. Enjoy your week ahead.
Morning/afternoon folks!
Poured rain late last night for a couple of hours. Rain storm/t-storms just kept reforming over our area of town.
Worked up some energy yesterday afternoon and started removing the old/cracked dash from the El Camino. Picked it back up today around lunch and finished a few minutes ago. Started comparing the old to the new - determining where I need to remove/transfer/mount critical metal brackets (new dash does not come with the metal brackets). New dash looks good but is a thicker material than the old - thus some some of the metal slip/speed nuts may not fit. Have to drill out rivets on the old to get the brackets loose - will use stainless screws, washers, and nylock nuts vs pop rivets to fasten the brackets onto the new dash. This is a big project but an enjoyable one. Unfortunately the a/c defrost vents are brittle from years of sun and all the mounting tabs are broken loose. Will have to find a way to support them.
Chief - hang in there through the treatments - prayers!
Kev - as you have a "log veneer" I assume those exposed ends are decorative and from the pics use the ends of the veneer to secure them. The issue I see is they get wet - no way to stop rot unless perfectly sealed/no check cracks which is nearly impossible. Knowing I am talking to the choir with you - I have repaired things like that with layered (treated wood and dried for a few months) 2x(6's, 8,s, etc. fill in what you need for width)'s glued up with outdoor/exterior glue like Titebond and then shaped to size. Install and stain. You can avoid the wait using untreated wood - but more care is needed to protect the wood. I constantly keep some treated lumber around to dry it out for when I need it.
Way hot for us!!! Still fighting the ants, staining and touching up caulk on the siding .
Roy they are solid pine blocks of wood nailed to the solid face boards in left and rights. Not a thin log veneer. Like kilm dried 2x4 but cut to look as hand hewn lumber. No glue, always wet when it rains, just hanging on the face board and the end block is not nailed to the house and no sealer in the cracks but the stain and OUAD caulk to the other boards. It all came pre-stained wrapped in package material. Built to fail?? In this case the face board was still good, I had 14, now 13 extra ends because they screwed up on the original order. So I just removed a block from one of the spares and nailed and glued it to the face board, Then we sealled everything and re-stained. I have had problems over the years where the OUAD caulk would pull away and had rot. The chimney was re-done about 4 years ago because the seam the builders made for the corners out of a D log was not sealed and the water got to it. It has been an on-going PITA!!! But wifey wanted it. In hind site here in the woods I should of done James Hardie concrete board siding. All and all I can't say much, it is 15 years old this year and only the south side of the house and all of the end-tails have been re-stained so far.
Kind of like this but pre-stained.
Mornin' boys. Overcast and 72 along the Potomac Highlands. Will head up to chapter museum today to attempt to get their N-scale layout up and running.
Spent the weekend in Lancaster County, attending niece's wedding. Nice affair on an old estate. Since we were close to Elizabethtown, tried to go to Star Barn/Stone Gables, but they were closed. Was hoping to see the 4-4-0 Leviathan.
79 degrees, 79% humidity and cloudy. Chance of a shower this afternoon.Resting up in recliner.Treatment this afternoon.
Muggy and hot, Chance of rain and boy we need some. Not much else.
Chief hang in there!
Good Afternoon!!!Friday night spent most of the night prepping for Saturday - Moving tables and food an stuff like that.Saturday moved more stuff around and set up, ran to Mom's for vacuuming, then showered and took the bike to my house. Met up with my ex and her husband - we did talk throughout the day, Mom came over and she sat with them for a while - Jenni showed up later as she had to work - so the ex and future bride talked a lot - Party was a success, we were home in bed by 11.Sunday we did practically nothing - we didn't get out until after 3, had lunch at Capt. Paul's Firehouse Dogs. Cap is a big supporter of the Military, Fire, EMS and Cops. Hadn't been, I had 2 dogs with chili and BACON - outstanding!! Vanilla ice cream for us both afterwards.Still trying to sort out pools - they don't stay inflated - I hate buying this stuff from the internet, but Jenni - wellllll......sigh....90s throughout the weekend and today as well - Rain later and the rest of the weekPrayers for Chief and Bank's Grandson -Banks - that was some Bull story - lolMay have to work again tonight - asked for off between 530 and 730 then close until 9 PM - so I can get to my softball gameThat's all from here -
I am the monster in your head...And I thought you'd learn by now, It seems you haven't yet.I am the venom in your skin --- Breaking Benjamin
Afternoon folks!
Pouring rain again - all morning. Lotsa little flood areas around.
Celebrated daughter's 30th bday last night at their 'new' house. We had a good time.
Mrs and I celebrate our 35th anniv today - think we will go to a white tablecloth restaurant tonight.
Kev - that is great you have spare parts! I have to make my own.
DJ and Anj - you guz are very busy!
Took 4 hours, but Fifey got the chapter's N-scale display case up and running. The committee chairman told me they've been dormant for 12 years. Yep. Woof... Lots of oxidized track, warped curvature, and derailment inducing switches. I realized, right away mind you, why I switched to O-gauge 25 years ago.
Roy - 35 BIG Congas!
fifedog Took 4 hours, but Fifey got the chapter's N-scale display case up and running. The committee chairman told me they've been dormant for 12 years. Yep. Woof... Lots of oxidized track, warped curvature, and derailment inducing switches. I realized, right away mind you, why I switched to O-gauge 25 years ago.
V8 - You are correct, that shooting is news on the East Coast. I've been to a FBI installation, and it is amazing what they can do with blurry cam footage.
Good Morning - Hot and Steamy here in Central Jersey1 for 2 with a walk and run scored - we lost by 3Worked until 530 to get to my game, then returned by 730 to work until 9, that turned into 10, as 2 shops out of Hawaii decided they wanted to get 3 cars done - I scanned 2 of them, the other one is scheduled for 6 AM their time - Noon here. Primary day in Jersey - time to figure out who will succeed in challenging Das Fuherer Phil Murphy......I'll do that at lunch - Mom is feeling well enough to work a half day at the polls.Line/Exec Meeting tonight, I have to return 2 tables to the FD, then a ramp to Jenni's work. May stay at Jenni's. Her AC is on at her house. Mom is comfortable at 90+ in the house.....me, not so much, lolNice work, Fife - Yeah, Miss Jenni LOVES her N scale - exactly why I do O gauge......
V8Dennis - 25 to life? They should be executed (if found guilty, of course.... )
OK - off to work - I'm working Noon to 9 tomorrow, so that should be interesting....
78 degrees and HUMID. Cloudy but very low chance of rain per guessers.Slept messy. In bed for 2 hours. On couch for 1 hour. Recliner for 3. All this pain meds don't work. Just makes you high, see things and thirsty. Also can't type. Fingers all over the keyboard.Ultra sound at 2. Radiation at 3:45. Both at same hospital facility. They have shuttle to get me around.Have a good one.
anjdevil2V8Dennis - 25 to life? They should be executed (if found guilty, of course.... )
In California? Don't be surprised if they're just told to sit in a corner for an hour to "Think about what you did!"
Hello there. Prayers Chief Roy congas on 35 years, condolences to the Mrs.
Fife.....bet they are glad they found youChecking in from radiology waiting room. Mrs. is having follow up Mammogram and ultrasound. Praying this is the end of it. Last time led to biopsy and surgery. Thankfully precancerous. Back later Prayers for those in need
Raining again first thing this am - officially we are 2" over (DFW airport) for 2021 - unofficially we are 6-8" over in the burbs.
Thanks all for the anniv congas! We had a very nice dinner last night at a nice restaurant. Been about a year since we went to a nice place.
We are going to visit my BIL this afternoon and take his dog to see him. BIL is in bad shape mentally - in and out of reality. He is now in a special care place for dementia - he can stay there unless he gets rude/mean or violent.
Chief - continued prayers on the treatments. Also been through the pain killer & sleep regimens - not long until they no longer help and then other problems/side effects start - I have learned to just live with the pain and interrupted sleep. Staying busy helps. Hope your issues are more temporary than mine.
PS....Mrs got an all clear.
Still HOT! Yesterday's rain they were yacking about all day was all of .15" and sucked up in no time. We are at Toast here. Roy, send us some of yours. BTW Congrats on 35 years, ours will be this Oct. Our daughter turned 33 in March, what took you so long?
Banks, great news on the wife!!
Chief, prayers on the treatments.
Kids shooting kids 12 and 13 year olds running around with guns on the streets, Children raising children,,,WTH is going on???
Only two dead ants in the basement today, progress!!
Back from visiting BIL. He is doing well in the new place. The home is nice with 8 rooms per building - single story - very clean - staff very attentive and nice. Did not recognize his dog - but after a while seemed to remember.
Banks - great news!
Kev -
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