What are you doing today?

[Lenny]

Looks great, but 150 miles?

Time for a change. I like the people better up there. I grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, which is closer to that area than I am now. One of my brothers retired and moved there and some close friends live there. I've been in the Council Bluffs area for 20 years because of a transfer I took with a corporation I worked for before I retired. I moved to Avoca, Iowa a year ago to get away from all the crime in Council Bluffs but this small town isn't me. The three huge casinos in Council Bluffs add to the crime...No thanks.

 

[Lenny]

Lenny's buying the Brady Bunch house.

HA HA! Well, I live in an apartment that is about 850 square feet but before that I had a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1200 square foot manufactured home and before that a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2000 square foot house. You think I should put a pool table near that fire place? <GRIN>

 

[pirate_girl]

HA HA! Well, I live in an apartment that is about 850 square feet but before that I had a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1200 square foot manufactured home and before that a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 2000 square foot house. You think I should put a pool table near that fire place? <GRIN>

Lenny, I've lived in every size, shape and style of home out there.
At my age, I'm pleased to be plunked down in my cozy little apartment for the rest of my life.
After I retire, they can move my ass next door where I work. Lol
Just kidding.
I already know I am staying here.
Right here.
Have fun with your new digs.

 

[Lenny]

Lenny, I've lived in every size, shape and style of home out there.
At my age, I'm pleased to be plunked down in my cozy little apartment for the rest of my life.
After I retire, they can move my ass next door where I work. Lol
Just kidding.
I already know I am staying here.
Right here.
Have fun with your new digs.

Thanks. I'll let y'all know if the offer is accepted. I know what you mean about apartments because mine is great but I do have to get out of this community.

 

[pirate_girl]

Thanks. I'll let y'all know if the offer is accepted. I know what you mean about apartments because mine is great but I do have to get out of this community.

Okie dokie!
I love this community.
Napoleon is a great place to live, especially if you're on the edge of town away from the b.s.
I'm far enough away from the very small amount of drug thugs, almost in the countryside where things are pretty with wildlife.
Not too far from my kids and grandkids either.
In other words, perfect.

 

[Lenny]

Okie dokie!
I love this community.
Napoleon is a great place to live, especially if you're on the edge of town away from the b.s.
I'm far enough away from the very small amount of drug thugs, almost in the countryside where things are pretty with wildlife.
Not too far from my kids and grandkids either.
In other words, perfect.

I'm glad you're happy there. It would be nice if I could fight an apartment like this one in the area I want to move to. I haven't seen any vacancies in decent ones. Evidently I'm not the only person looking around in the area. LOL

 

[pirate_girl]

So far I've had the luxury of sleeping in without getting texts to please pick up a shift today.
Doesn't matter, I'd have said NO anyway.

I'm putting ribs in the crockpot to cook all day.
That's my Tuesday so far.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Nothing too exciting today. Getting caught up on yard work.

Started out with a bit of work on the kids tree fort putting up some walls. Planned on trimming the brush below it but both trimmers decided they wanted to flood and refused to run. So I turned my attention to the chainsaw sitting in the side by side. Got that running and decided to trim some branches on a birch tree beside the driveway. That turned into 2 full trailer loads of brush.

After hauling the second load of brush down to the fire pit, I decided to fire up the Jacobsen tractor and do a bit of mowing where I had just finished cutting with the saw. That turned into mowing the entire lawn.

While mowing, I noticed some gravel had washed away from the driveway so i grabbed a rake and shovel. 2 full loads of gravel in the side by side later, the driveway looks better.

Time for my afternoon nap............zzzzzzzzz

 

[m1west]

Must of had a premonition yesterday, this morning I got one 3/4 done and the phone rang. Real work calling and had to go see a job. Back on it in the morning.

Not getting off to a good start, This morning I raised up the first one to 40 degrees and realized that it was going to shade part of the second one back They need a 24" gap between them to eliminate that. They are 79" long plus 24" that is 103"x2 = 206" plus 79" for the last one = 285" the problem is the container is 240" long. So the fix is to start the first set extended over the front of the container. The 40 degrees is the winter setting and thats when there won't be much sun further compounding the problem. Summer is 22 degrees and won't be a problem at all. I removed the first one and will start again tomorrow. The work phone call yesterday likely saved me some rework.

 

[Lenny]

My offer on the house was rejected. They took the other one. My real estate lady suggested I counter bid $5,000 over the asking price but I'm not doing it because it is overpriced now. it's a nice place but I'm not getting screwed.

I'll look at apartments to but I'm not going to settle for anything.

 

[EastTexFrank]

What am I doing today? Nothing!!!

Woke up this morning and my back and shoulder were still hurting so I basically put a hold on the day's plans. I did run in to town for a little shopping but that was it. I hope that I can get back with the program tomorrow.

 

[pirate_girl]

I'm back with the program today.
12 hrs, then I'm off for 6 glorious days.

Today is round 3 for covid testing at work.
We nurses can do our own.
At least I won't have Ms. ADON picking my brain again.
That was not comfortable at all.
By the way, any of y'all who played trivia this morning, don't feel dumb.
Those were tough questions!

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Morning everyone! Im heading to the city with the oldest boy to take him for a haircut. Then, we shall see. Depends on the back. I may spend the afternoon working on the quads. One needs an oil change. Another needs a new fuel petcock installed and a carburetor cleaning. The third needs a new battery and the back brakes bleed.

The lovely missus is taking the oldest 2 girls and a friend to camp for the night. So I'll have the youngest 2(boy and girl) and the two teenage boys. No big deal.

 

[Doc]

Lenny, my brother in law is also house shopping. He is preapproved with the VA for 150. I've looked at quite a few houses with him and the same that happened to you has happened to him on two different properties. Other offers accepted. Good stuff sells fast. That home sure does not look over priced from what I've looked at. If anything it is under priced. JMHO.

I'm back to yard work today. Mowing and getting brush hogging done. Once done I'll put on the box blade to work some ruts out of the trails and level an area I've been clearing on the pond side of our house.

 

[Lenny]

Lenny, my brother in law is also house shopping. He is preapproved with the VA for 150. I've looked at quite a few houses with him and the same that happened to you has happened to him on two different properties. Other offers accepted. Good stuff sells fast. That home sure does not look over priced from what I've looked at. If anything it is under priced. JMHO.

It's a decent price for the house but I don't want to start an auction. It could go back and forth. Even though I can afford it and have been VA pre-approved for $250, I don't want to do it. It's a seller's market now but in the Fall it will be a buyer's market. I want to move away from this area but I don't want to buy something and then regret it because the prices take a dive. I hope your brother in law what he wants.

 

[Doc]

It's a decent price for the house but I don't want to start an auction. It could go back and forth. Even though I can afford it and have been VA pre-approved for $250, I don't want to do it. It's a seller's market now but in the Fall it will be a buyer's market. I want to move away from this area but I don't want to buy something and then regret it because the prices take a dive. I hope your brother in law what he wants.

Smart move. I've also heard from someone in the real estate market they expect things to slow down in the fall and beginning of next year when the extra handouts to folks are over. Some will have a job to go to others won't. Plus this pandemic is forcing some businesses to close so predictions are this sellers market will be short lived.

 

[Lenny]

Smart move. I've also heard from someone in the real estate market they expect things to slow down in the fall and beginning of next year when the extra handouts to folks are over. Some will have a job to go to others won't. Plus this pandemic is forcing some businesses to close so predictions are this sellers market will be short lived.

Yep. We're definitely on the same page. Along with it is, 15 miles north of Spencer, Iowa is a tourist area that shuts down for the winter.

I appreciate your concern.

 

[m1west]

Not getting off to a good start, This morning I raised up the first one to 40 degrees and realized that it was going to shade part of the second one back They need a 24" gap between them to eliminate that. They are 79" long plus 24" that is 103"x2 = 206" plus 79" for the last one = 285" the problem is the container is 240" long. So the fix is to start the first set extended over the front of the container. The 40 degrees is the winter setting and thats when there won't be much sun further compounding the problem. Summer is 22 degrees and won't be a problem at all. I removed the first one and will start again tomorrow. The work phone call yesterday likely saved me some rework.

This morning while it was still dark, I went to the shop and made my extension tubes and welded the pivot clips on the end, then put them on top the container. I had time to get one set mounted and 3/4 welded out before the heat made me quit.

 

[FrancSevin]

Okie dokie!
I love this community.
Napoleon is a great place to live, especially if you're on the edge of town away from the b.s.
I'm far enough away from the very small amount of drug thugs, almost in the countryside where things are pretty with wildlife.
Not too far from my kids and grandkids either.
In other words, perfect.

Napoleon OH is a neat little town. About 10,000 residents. Big St Augustine church is beautiful. That, the Lutheran (I think) Church, and the Henry county Courthouse comprise the large structures.

And, of course, the Campbell soup Plant. I was there in the early 90's looking at a Doboy packaging machine with a 36' long infeed. Never seen one with an infeed system that big.

Mostly agricultural base business. HWY 6 runs along the Maumee river and jogs thru town. Might have 5 or 6 stop lights so it is modern and clean.

Nice place to live there Lollie.

I ran across this video today.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...CF4C3CF6AC3A5AFFCC9ACF4C3CF6AC3A5&FORM=VDQVAP

 

[m1west]

Napoleon OH is a neat little town. About 10,000 residents. Big St Augustine church is beautiful. That, the Lutheran (I think) Church, and the Henry county Courthouse comprise the large structures.

And, of course, the Campbell soup Plant. I was there in the early 90's looking at a Doboy packaging machine with a 36' long infeed. Never seen one with an infeed system that big.

Mostly agricultural base business. HWY 6 runs along the Maumee river and jogs thru town. Might have 5 or 6 stop lights so it is modern and clean.

Nice place to live there Lollie.

I ran across this video today.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...CF4C3CF6AC3A5AFFCC9ACF4C3CF6AC3A5&FORM=VDQVAP

Been down that same road a few times myself, 2013,14 and 15 I had summer projects there at the can manufacturing plant inside Campbells.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

My wife took a couple of the kids to camp for the night. I drug my a$$ around the house trying to get motivated this afternoon then finally decided that after driving the oldest boy to work, I'd spend some time outside. I swapped out the lug nuts on one of the truck tires as ford apparently has issues with their lug nuts. The nut itself is ok but they glue a chrome cap onto it that rounds off when using an impact then separates from the actual nut making it very difficult to remove. So I ordered a complete set of aftermarket nuts to replace them.

I then tackled the side by side to do an oil change. In the process, I aggravated an older wound on my hand and, being on blood pressure pills that act similarly to a thinner, proceeded to bleed everywhere. At least I got that done.

Next is tackling the small quad. It needs a new fuel shutoff on the gas tank and also a carb cleaning.

 

[EastTexFrank]

A big thunderstorm rolled through mid morning and that put the kybosh on my plans for today. Another day of rest for my back and shoulder won't hurt any but I got to get with the program tomorrow.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

I'd ordered a set of bushings for the white golf cart at home as the tires had a bad camber issue. After supper I headed back down to the garage and tore into the front suspension on the cart. Got the new bushings in and the cart is back together. After a good grease job it steers like new again.

 

[pirate_girl]

Napoleon OH is a neat little town. About 10,000 residents. Big St Augustine church is beautiful. That, the Lutheran (I think) Church, and the Henry county Courthouse comprise the large structures.

And, of course, the Campbell soup Plant. I was there in the early 90's looking at a Doboy packaging machine with a 36' long infeed. Never seen one with an infeed system that big.

Mostly agricultural base business. HWY 6 runs along the Maumee river and jogs thru town. Might have 5 or 6 stop lights so it is modern and clean.

Nice place to live there Lollie.

I ran across this video today.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?...CF4C3CF6AC3A5AFFCC9ACF4C3CF6AC3A5&FORM=VDQVAP

Yes it is a very nice place to live.
I enjoyed that video, but the guy could have shown much more of the beauty surrounding here.
St. Paul's Lutheran just recently finished re-roofing. I've never seen such a steep roof.
It swoops up into a point.
Those guys were brave to be all the way up there doing that.
I wish the video would have shown some of the other parks.
A few of the businesses are no longer downtown, but it sure is thriving!
We are proud of the Campbell's soup plant! Lol
The lady justice atop the courthouse is going to be getting a fresh coat of paint soon.
Yup, I love it here.

Today I'm just going to relax.
Thought about going to Defiance to see the grandies, but will wait until the weekend.
3rd covid test complete.
I've been told 2-10 days for results.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Nothing exciting today.

Drive the oldest boy to work at 10.

We bought a new dining room table and 8 chairs last month. 4 of the chairs were back ordered and are being delivered today.

Might tackle the small quad this afternoon. I'm on a roll this week getting stuff done outside.

Saw my first deer in the yard yesterday. Lots around but we haven't seen any yet in the yard.

 

[m1west]

Today, I got the first panel extension welded 100% and got the second one on and welded about 75%. Then put the other 4 frames on top the container for tomorrow. The other 4 will install much easier and faster.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

So a mid afternoon chat with the boss aka wife saw me heading to camp a day early with a couple of the kids. She headed back to the house for the night so the oldest boy could go to driver's ed in the morning then she'll be back out. Meanwhile I'm enjoying a quiet evening by the fire. Kinda nice coming to camp without a whole list of projects. Tomorrow evening is fishing. Tubing Saturday sometime.

 

[pirate_girl]

Today.
Well let's see.
Ty, Felicia and the grandies all went to Celina to fish on Grand Lake.
Their Mother is freaking out because they are going to be so far away and at the lake vs a pond.
??? She's nuts.
Jeff is still in Pittsburgh with my teenage grandie Kasey.
She's hanging out at an apartment with friends she made while Jeff and Ms. Germany were still a thing.
They've been painting and eating like pigs and planning their futures.
Jeff was staying with his friend Elwin and his wife, but since Kasey doesn't want to come back to Ohio until tomorrow he got a room at a hotel and hit up Primanti and Sal's pizza and has been griping about it since this morning.

I've just been chilling all day hearing their stuff both in text and phone calls.
Oh and being bugged about can I work any days?
No.
I'll see you next Wednesday.

 

[m1west]

Had to go to the field this morning to rig out and load a machine. Tomorrow, back on the power container.

 

[NorthernRedneck]

Tentatively going fishing this morning.

The afternoon is tentatively planned for tubing behind the boat. I have 2 tubes ready to go.

This evening is more fishing.


...and beer. Can't forget the beer. I'm at camp after all. [emoji481][emoji482]