Friday May 16th, 2025-What's on Your Weekend Aganda?

[Larry Buskirk]

Sorry about the late post folks, we were without power since yesterday around 7:30 PM until 1:05 PM today.

So now I get to run around and check everything.

BTW I'm "Home Alone" until Sunday.

What's on Your Weekend Agenda?

Edited May 16 by Larry Buskirk

[lew]

1 hour ago, Larry Buskirk said:

BTW I'm "Home Alone" until Sunday.

 

 

This could be trouble...

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

This weekend we have a granddaughter graduating from college. She attended Ohio Northern University,  and will receive a BS in Applied Statistics. While we won't be participating greatly in the festivities, i do think a fair amount of out time will be somehow committed to this. If I get any home time I still have some more yard stuff to catch up on as well as getting back to work on my Famous Women quarter displays.

[Larry Buskirk]

2 hours ago, Larry Buskirk said:

BTW I'm "Home Alone" until Sunday.

 

1 hour ago, lew said:

 

 

This could be trouble...

 

That's what the wife said.

[steven newman]

No real plans, yet...waiting on Dungeon Creek to dry up..

[kmealy]

Working on the Beetlejuice theater set.   One thing that needs done is to finish the 4 mausoleums.   Walls are stacked all over the place.  Sandworm is nearing completion.

[Grandpadave52]

Should have been mowing the past couple of days but worked on the raised garden beds instead. Last years four cleaned, soil added and tomatoes and peppers planted. Two more fully assembled, set, filled then radishes and carrots planted. Finally, two more set; still need filled. Storms rolled in so a short day today.

 

Tomorrow, monthly men's breakfast then a couple of errands. May go look at a new to me pick-up? Church Sunday. Still plan to get some mowing done and those two garden beds finished. Still have four more to get set yet this year. Depending on how much rain we get yet tonight through tomorrow AM, also plan to get sweet corn, beans, peas etc planted in the regular ground gardens.

[Gerald]

Dave I am tried just reading all that gardening. I mowed in our "new " garden but found deer tracks inside fence so a stronger fence charger is in the planning stages, Mowed a large amount of the upper part of the ranch this morning . Just relaxed most of the afternoon til I started setting up computer to film demo at woodturners meeting tomorrow. Hope to get some more shop time tomorrow afternoon as I have packed up a lot of stuff but there is still a lot. Working on plans for locating cabinets and benches in new shop.

[Grandpadave52]

1 hour ago, Gerald said:

Dave I am tried just reading all that gardening

I was nearly too tired to type about it Gerald. One time I was thankful for a storm front to roll in. 

[Bubba]

With the heat coming on I am looking for an 18"ish pedestal fan for the shop/garage. Well the plastic ones I  have seen are junk. I don't  need a remote control and I don't belive I need. an oscillating feature. Harbor Freight don't have much of an offering, everything I saw at Home Depot and Lowe's today was too plastic, too expensive or too ginormous. 

Anyone know of a store where you can actually see them outside their cardboard skin.

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

Good luck, Bubba. Finding something built in a quality manner is going to be tough. I share your frustration with the not being able to see the items as well. My guess is the stores figure if we can order on-line without actually seeing the items, we can buy it that way in the store as well.

[Grandpadave52]

8 hours ago, Bubba said:

Anyone know of a store where you can actually see them outside their cardboard skin.

Not really. You might check online with Grainger, McMaster-Carr or Northern Tool (aka Hydraulics). Won't be inexpensive though.

 

Also you might check with Farm Supply stores like Rural King, Runnings or Tractor Supply. Check with your local Ace Hardware too. 

 

[Bubba]

Thanks for the suggestions Dave. I already checked out Northern Tool. There is a Tractor Supply in a town just East of me. I'll give them a call. There is also an Ace Hardware not far away.

My budget is $150 max so surely I can find something that will work in that price range.ǰ

[JWD]

13 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Should have been mowing the past couple of days but worked on the raised garden beds instead. Last years four cleaned, soil added and tomatoes and peppers planted. Two more fully assembled, set, filled then radishes and carrots planted. Finally, two more set; still need filled. Storms rolled in so a short day today.

 

Tomorrow, monthly men's breakfast then a couple of errands. May go look at a new to me pick-up? Church Sunday. Still plan to get some mowing done and those two garden beds finished. Still have four more to get set yet this year. Depending on how much rain we get yet tonight through tomorrow AM, also plan to get sweet corn, beans, peas etc planted in the regular ground gardens.

I'm impressed Dave.  I've got such a black thumb about all I can grow is mold on a loaf of bread!

 

Mebbe I should be a penicillin farmer?

[JWD]

Today I'm heading a couple hours north to do some work on the ex's rental for her.  Replacing light bulbs if you can believe it!  Granted, they aren't the easiest to do - putting LED's in place of these little reflector halogen bulbs - but I'm a little surprised the renters can't figure it out.  They are building windmills up there after all, you'd think those kids could manage a light bulb!  Well, it ends up being a good deal for me so why not.....

 

Tomorrow going to do a couple little fix jobs I've been putting off for too long, finish truing up that new to me bandsaw, and maybe have dinner with the neighbors.

 

Hot, dry, and dusty here!  Ship us a storm or two if you get tired of them!

[Ron Dudelston]

Kicking off Indy 500 week. Qualification today and tomorrow.  Indy next Sunday.   l will wave at y'all. 

[Grandpadave52]

19 minutes ago, Ron Dudelston said:

Kicking off Indy 500 week. Qualification today and tomorrow.  Indy next Sunday.   l will wave at y'all. 

From the "Snake Pit?"  Be safe and have fun

[steven newman]

Birthday Shopping for me...Son got a $50 "Gift Card" from Hess Lumber, here in town...so...

All my other Scratch Awls are worn out...so..as for what is under it?

How about a new blade for my tablesaw...

 

Got $2 and change, back....heard West Liberty, Oh . was having Yard Sales this weekend....went there...stopped at the one that had Tools listed...

Put the $3 I already had with the $2 from the gift card...$5 for this bag?

 

Had 2 of these batteries inside, a Charger for them...and ( wait for it)...A Porter Cable 18v Cordless Drill, a Porter Cable 18v Circular Saw, and a 18v Porter Cable  "Sawzall"with 6 DeWalt blades to match...and a Carpenter's Pencil...

 

99% of the other Sales in Town were just Clothes & Nic-nacs....

 

BAD Thunder Storms rolled through late last night...

[Grandpadave52]

Nice score @steven newman Bandit. Way to keep the nickname active.

 

Really cool on the local lumber yard; a handwritten counter sales ticket. Those were good old days.

[aaronc]

1 hour ago, steven newman said:

Birthday Shopping for me...Son got a $50 "Gift Card" from Hess Lumber, here in town...so...

All my other Scratch Awls are worn out...so..as for what is under it?

How about a new blade for my tablesaw...

 

Got $2 and change, back....heard West Liberty, Oh . was having Yard Sales this weekend....went there...stopped at the one that had Tools listed...

Put the $3 I already had with the $2 from the gift card...$5 for this bag?

 

Had 2 of these batteries inside, a Charger for them...and ( wait for it)...A Porter Cable 18v Cordless Drill, a Porter Cable 18v Circular Saw, and a 18v Porter Cable  "Sawzall"with 6 DeWalt blades to match...and a Carpenter's Pencil...

 

99% of the other Sales in Town were just Clothes & Nic-nacs....

 

BAD Thunder Storms rolled through late last night...

 

 

 

 

I read good things about them Diablo blades. They are on my get list. 

 

Did the PC sidewinder come in that bag you bought?