Grandpadave52

Great post Steve. Good to know this type of CS still exists. Glad you're able to get the compressor up & running again.

Whew busy day already; way outside my normal routine. Mrs. and I were out early in the fog to my youngest grandsons elementary school. All the fourth graders were enacting as wax figures, Famous Hoosiers. 59 stations; each kid had a "button" to press to hear their approximately 30 second message. Still haven't got the whole story of how/why our grandson chose to be his famous person, but he portrayed John Dillinger He was the only actual criminal of the 59...unless you count Axl Rose. I told him to stay away from any girl dressed in red today. It was actually very cool and a creative fun way for the kids (and probably most of their parents) to learn about Indiana history. On from there to Boilertown, quick drive through at McDs for a sausage sandwich, on to get my haircut, then Rural King, Harbor Freight (go Harbor Freight)on to Menards, quick stop at Casey's for a donut and iced coffee, then home. Started the unloading process, but taking a break now. Finish the unloading in a bit, attend to the bird feeder stations, fold laundry in the dryer, then maybe, follow the stringtrimmer around the property. Monthly Men's Breakfast tomorrow AM, then start mowing again. Sunday church, then re-settle youngest granddaughter in for the summer. She finished her last final this AM, but is attending graduation ceremonies Saturday.

Rain arrived yesterday afternoon as predicted. It did quit long enough for both baseball games to be played in the evening before resuming. All in here with about .25". 0701, EDT; 60°, 99% RH, 60° DP, some fog, SW wind ~5mph. Heavy rain to our south; we have a small chance for scattered thunderstorms later. High in upper 70's. No more rain predicted for the weekend until Sunday night BUT it is qualifying weekend for the Indy 500 so to be expected.

...OK folks let's see what we have behind Door #2... we have...Door #10

Love the grain & color contrasts. Almost a flame effect. Very cool.

1029, EDT; At 0530ish it was 50° with some fog. Currently it's mostly sunny, 66°, 80% RH, 60° dew point, SE wind 7-10mph. Rain possible late afternoon with a high probability over night through most of tomorrow.

Shop cat and I are sending you a Happy Birthday greeting today. Wishing you all the best today. Prayers for Mrs. Bandit too as she returns home.

^^^Yep what Cal said^^^ I typically set up a "watch list" for items I may have interest. I can then follow it until auction close time. Great example of what Cal states, in a recent auction I put the opening bid for three incomplete drill bit sets at $1 with my max bid of $11. This was probably 6 hours before the auction closed. With less than a minute before those closed, someone started running the bid. They stopped when it reached $10. Still did OK. I mainly wanted the 3 index boxes, but was surprised how complete they actually were. Auction pics didn't show that.

1055, EDT; still 58°, still raining off/on; up to ~1-1/4" total since yesterday morning. April showers bring May flowers...just trying to get the water level up for the pilgrims to arrive

After rain started late morning, we briefly saw 66° yesterday as the high temperature. Drizzle to moderate rain into the evening. Last I saw, about an inch total so far. 0507, EDT; 58°, 96% RH??, 59° dew point, light rain; 0525 correction; moderate to heavy rain with some small hail plinking out there, very dark, NNE wind ~8 mph. On/off rain expected until early afternoon; we might see sunshine late and 70°. Not likely we'll see any dust for the next 10 days.

Any advice @Headhunter from your experiences?

Very nice Kent.

Reminded me of story many years back. I had been at a training conference all week; took a taxi from the downtown Marriott to Hartsfield-Jackson. The driver was of middle east descent. The taxi I remember well. It was a big bodied Oldsmobile station wagon. I sat behind the driver in the second row seat; no seatbelts. As we pulled onto I-75, traffic was pretty heavy. I noticed the speedometer didn't work. IDK how fast we were going but my fingers were embedded in the back of the driver's seat as he weaved in and out of traffic while spouting profanities about and toward the other drivers. All of a sudden, a kinda beat up, S10 pickup, red IIRC, came flying from an on-ramp, cutting across all traffic lanes right in front of us. Our driver blurted out, mid profanities and broken English "oh, he really good driver!". I suspect my finger prints in the seat back went to the bone-yard with that Olds Vista-cruiser. As a side note, subsequent years, I rented a car at the airport and drove myself. No more taxis or MARTA for me.

Topped out at 77° yesterday. Another very windy day. Thundered a few times in the afternoon with a few sprinkles but the rain stayed just to the west and north. Keeping with the time honored tradition that goes back decades, perhaps even centuries, rain will occur within 24 hours after Dave finishes all mowing so a few light showers early this AM with the big rain about 30 minutes to the south. 1008, EDT; 58° to start before daylight, 61° now, ESE wind ~8 mph, 78% RH, 57° dew point. Heavy overcast, rain will be here off/on all day through tomorrow morning. May not make it out of the 60's.

Busy weekend but nothing major accomplished. Youngest grandson wrapped up his spring youth soccer league Saturday AM; 3-3 tie; afterwards, mowed until about dark. Sunday, after church, went to our daughters/SIL place to celebrate mother's day and SIL's birthday. He fried up some handcut tenderloins for sandwiches with all the fixins'; potato salad, deviled eggs, pickled beets, chips/dips for sides; sun brewed, sweet tea and my wife provided the fresh made pineapple upside down birthday cake with vanilla bean ice cream. Nice afternoon. Today, hope to finish mowing before next wave of rain arrives; both grandsons have baseball games on alternating nights through Friday. Some domestic duties getting ready for new high end mattress delivery. It's supposed to be the end-all to improve my back. Cost more than my first three cars. Youngest granddaughter will be home for the supper at the end of the week.