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What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

Discussion in 'Everything Else (off topic)' started by Gasifier, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Canadian border VT

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  2. Gasifier

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    Can someone roll me to the couch?:picard:
     
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    Outstanding result of prayer!
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  4. billb3

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    Only got up to 85ºF and spent the day on odds and ends.
    Hasn't rained since July 23rd so busy keeping drip lines going as needed.
    Didn't have any luck fixing the clothes line, but repaired/patched a gate that I backed into with the tractor a few years ago. Gate closes and latches just like it is supposed to.
    Decided not to run or walk my 3.5 miles tonight and catching up with some forum reading instead.
     
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    Hope it stays that way.
     
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    Wow y'all really don't have a summer up as far north as you are!! It would be like a perpetual late fall for us here;
     
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    Thank you.
     
  8. NortheastAl

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    It is, Eric. So many people on here were praying, and it is humbling.
     
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    Those blades are huge. I have seen turbines somewhere in my travels, just can't remember where. I don't think we have them within a few hundred miles of me. Other than small like personal ones.
     
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    What a terrible disease, glad it was basically eradicated. But it scares me to death of the people that come into this country from parts of the world that still have it and lack of vaccines in their area if still lingers. Immigrants come over here and I don't think they screen them enough to ensure our safety. Scary for them over in other parts of the world just as much that it still exists over there.
     
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    Uncle is now a married man

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    That is great news Al. Good to hear she is feeling better.

    We rented a van today and moved 2/3 of a storage unit to the house. A few items we no longer needed went to the road and were picked up.

    My brother is moving in a few weeks and asked if we could take a bunch of firewood back. I gave him about a half cord of seasoned oak and maple before we moved. It is now back here, but I need to make another rack at the wasteland.

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    We stopped at my BIL's house that he and his family will be moving into. He wanted to get rid of a pellet stove from the living room. I had the means to move it, so it ended up in the van. It is a 1990's Whitfield Quest in really good condition, but it needs a thorough cleaning. It looks like manual light, manual settings and a pretty basic stove. It may be the barn shop heater down the road. I'll give it a good cleaning in the morning and fire it up. I'm thinking of giving him my small snowblower with the new engine in return. I'll need a much larger one here, and the smaller one still works well.

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    I sat out the past two nights at sunset, but the skeeters were real bad, even with spray. I'll need to build a screen porch next spring to really enjoy the outside in the evenings.

    Tomorrow will be a lawn cut day, maybe make another wood rack or two. They will get filled quickly. I'll be up to a cord and a half I believe.
     
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    Thanks for the kind words.

    We had exactly the same Whitfield pellet stove, color and all, before we got a wood stove. It served us well and delivered lots of heat. The one thing that drove me crazy was the sound of the pellets dropping into the firebox. It was like Chinese water torture for me.
     
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    The Mrs. said it will be a no go in the house. She wants the wood stove installed in case of a power outage in the winter.
     
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    Wise woman. Make great wife:yes:
     
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    Its almost 10.. House is wrecked kids asleep.. I'm exhausted:sleeping:
     
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    Well, we made it through the thunderstorm and tornado watch with just a bit of damage. The truck got a couple of dings in the hood and the door. A window in the side of the canopy was hit pretty bad and disintegrated today on our drive. RV seemed to stand up pretty well with no obvious damage. Hail pieces were on the average pea size but the odd one was nickel size and I think one of them got the canopy window. It was hit about four times. We took out the shattered glass and tomorrow will tape up the opening before we continue on our trip.

    Really nice day today. Visited a senior centre with a church group to have a sing song session and talk with some of the residents. The stories they can tell you about the area and their lives is pretty interesting.
     
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    Milled a little with my buddy today, we are about half done with the logs from our house lot clearing.
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  19. NortheastAl

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    If you do ever use it anywhere, never use a generator to run it unless it provides clean power. I made that mistake and burned the control board. $400, and they are getting scarce.
     
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    Just got done watching it. I liked it. Different. Pretty cool special effects. I will say no more. Let me know what you think.