Good Morning!!!!!!

[tangle tooth]

      Dotch, I've got a cheap tiller I bought about 6 or 7 years ago from Home Depot. No oil drain. Have to tip it over to drain the oil. I use it only about four hours a year.

[glenn57]

yea they sure do make things nowadays difficult to work on!!!!!!!! 

morning fellers.........think we had a bit of rain, but i looked at the garden doesnt seem wet at all!!!!!! sure could use some.

got the element for the smoker yesterday in the mail! put that back together today! let my kid use my chainsaw and the pin that has the thingy that runs the blade snapped off.  never seen that before.    hoping its not to much to fix!!!!!! or a new chainsaw is on the list to get!!!!!

[tangle tooth]

      Good morning campers. Drizzle and 53° when I released the hens.
      Got the old Cub Cadet back from the shop already. They said the spindles were ok. They did clean out the carb and changed the fuel filter, oil and oil filter.
      Wife has a medical test up in Mankato later this morning. We have to kill some time before a county ditch meeting at the courthouse at 3:00. We get the privilege of paying higher property taxes for ditch improvements. Lucky us.
      Stay safe everyone.

[glenn57]

      Good morning campers. Drizzle and 53° when I released the hens.
      Got the old Cub Cadet back from the shop already. They said the spindles were ok. They did clean out the carb and changed the fuel filter, oil and oil filter.
      Wife has a medical test up in Mankato later this morning. We have to kill some time before a county ditch meeting at the courthouse at 3:00. We get the privilege of paying higher property taxes for ditch improvements. Lucky us.
      Stay safe everyone.

release the hens.......makes me thing your unhooking mommas bra strap!!!!!!!!

[mike89]

not surprised this is happening!!!

[LPS]

We used to get their ice cream and other things every 2 weeks.  In about 1990 they stopped the pizza burgers and it has been all down hill since.  LOL  I even flagged down a driver now and then to get ice cream.

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 49 for an overnite low, 52 at choretime heading for a high in the upper 60's. A light drizzle this a.m. that wasn't expected so there are some grain carts full of beans that sat out overnite. Got some copy to finish then get a few more yield estimates done. Yup, Schwan's or what's left of it will be closing its doors. Start messing with product lineup recipes especially the ice cream, mess with the delivery price, then constantly have product out of stock, and it's not going to end well. 

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-business/minnesota-based-yelloh-formerly-schwans-shutting-down-after-72-years?utm_source=Bring+Me+The+Newsletter&utm_campaign=dae90b5e97-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_09_23_10_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-dae90b5e97-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D

[mike89]

so yesterday when I was in LP I went to eye glasses store to maybe get my glasses adjusted...   they always slide forward or down my nose..  the lady says she's going to try something else...   OK I say...  goes in the back and when she comes back she said she placed silicone sleeves on the bows...  never heard of that before...  well over 24 hours later I have never had my glasses stay in place so well!!!    so happy with this improvement!!!   

[glenn57]

so yesterday when I was in LP I went to eye glasses store to maybe get my glasses adjusted...   they always slide forward or down my nose..  the lady says she's going to try something else...   OK I say...  goes in the back and when she comes back she said she placed silicone sleeves on the bows...  never heard of that before...  well over 24 hours later I have never had my glasses stay in place so well!!!    so happy with this improvement!!!

all that much more gooder to see all that porn you send! 

[mike89]

and they won't sliding down my nose when I'm riding my bikes either anymore!!!!   

[glenn57]

back to da smoker??? put the element back in, hooked the wires up in the back...set it up to turn it on............still wont heat........first i thought i may have hooked up the ground wrong. hooked it up to one if the elements but new that was wrong, so bolted it to the frame.

nope!!!!!!!! switched wire connectors to different element connection .....nope????? put them back??????? nope. it came with 2 new wires that appear to hook to the element, not sure what there for????

there is another opening in the back thats hooked up to what i assume in the board that controls the time and temp.....all seems in place, so........any ideas.

next step would be to find an OHM meter.....i dont got one to see if element is good.......

[mike89]

good luck..

[glenn57]

Never mind. It's heating!!

2 thinks i think I didn't figure right. I cheated, I took the back panel off the one I got from Mike. I had the ground right the first time, but it back. I don't think I had the wires on the element probes correctly.  With that rubber crap on them I couldn't see, and I think I  needed to get it assembled some for a good ground.

Glenn happy.

[Bobberineyes]

See, all from ordering and not junking!! Your learning. I thought I read here earlier yu needed another part to order....can't remember.  Afternoon peoples 75 and stunning out, I dragged the 2 backyard hoses out front and have 3 sprinklers running in the front yard,  ya it's nice to have well water on 2 of em. Gotta text this morning from momma,  the water heater is leaking,  great! Turns out it's under warranty yet, not by much just a few months.  Sooo I gots to go buy a new one then bring the old one back fer credit, I just hope it works out that smoothly.  Anywho I'll let ya know soon enough what's smelling up the kitchen.....See ya!!

[glenn57]

Yea boober... Bruder ordered a glass plate for da microwave up nort....did you know...

[Bobberineyes]

Nope, that wasn't it. I might hafta back read...

[tangle tooth]

      That thing with Yelloh or Schwans is no surprise. We used to get things from them maybe 20 years ago. Wife went on the puter and saw the prices have gone way up and some of the things she used to order are no longer available. I sometimes see one of their trucks just sitting somewhere, driver killing time. Sorry for the employees, though.

[glenn57]

Nope, that wasn't it. I might hafta back read...

meh wouldnt worry about it..........i dont want you to hurt yourself!!!!!!

[Dotch]

      That thing with Yelloh or Schwans is no surprise. We used to get things from them maybe 20 years ago. Wife went on the puter and saw the prices have gone way up and some of the things she used to order are no longer available. I sometimes see one of their trucks just sitting somewhere, driver killing time. Sorry for the employees, though.

Same here tt. The last driver we had was super. When I gave Larry the boot, I felt bad about it. He was well aware of the stupid business decisions the company had made that were costing him a lot of sales. Those drivers made a lot of money in their heydey but they worked their tails off for it. I saw the clip tonite on channel 5 about Yelloh going belly up. Nowhere did Yelloh blame themselves but put the blame on everyone/everything else. Before they were sold, Schwan's delivery was rolling along pretty good yet. Still had the best ice cream and confections available. Once they were sold and started making a lot of asinine changes , it was the beginning of the end. Everybody knew it.

[glenn57]

  i don't recall ever having any schwanns products??

[tangle tooth]

i don't recall ever having any schwanns products??

I didn't realize some of the quick meals she made years ago (25? Maybe?) came from them. I just blame my bad memory. Either that or I don't remember stuff.

[fishwidow]

Many years ago, my first wife did daycare out of our home and was required to provide meals to the kids that fell within specified nutritional guidelines.  We had regular visits from the Schwann trucks with some things purchased for the daycare requirements and some just for our own family use. The ice cream was always good and a lot of the other stuff made for good tasting and good quality meals. Too bad they declined.

[Jerkbiat]

Morning boys. 55 here and heading for mid 70s today. I went for a walk out in the woods last night in the area my ladder stand disappeared. Hoping maybe someone just moved it on me. It did happen once already with that stand 5-6 years ago. I found it the next spring. No such luck this time. I may try again when the leaves come down. Still pretty thick out there. When we lived in Becker we used to get all kinds of Shcwans stuff. Never got any up here though. Unfortunate for everyone that they went down hill. Pizza corner pizzas is another one that went to crap after they were sold. When will they learn not to mess with the recipes that made them great. Otherwise just getting ready for another day in the salt mines. Have a good one boys.

[mike89]

mornin all, 48 here and heading for 79 today...   should be a real nice day...  heading to Alex this morning to get a few things, including some gator aide..  oh yippie..  after that who knows what is going to happen today...   have a good day all!! 

[Gunner55]

Mornin guys, it said 51 when I was out in the garage ~6 & they have us hitting 78 before the day is over. The tire looked good to me, so it went back on the old mower early yday. Rounded up some more wood to burn too. It was so nice out that we had a little HH out in front of the garage again yday ~4:30 as well. Our regular shopping day here too, so we're headed for GR here in a bit. Have a good day.

[glenn57]

morning fellers........looking like a nice day. much relieved smoker is working again!!!!!! gotz some things to do but not a whole lot today. get some stuff ready to make horseradish on friday!!!!!!!

[markn]

Headed into town for haircut this morning. After that I may keep whittling away on the wood pile with chainsaw. We have a wedding this weekend in Isle followed by a reception in Mora. Checked on hotel for the night in Mora. $278.00 plus tax. We'll be driving home (2 hours) after my ham sandwich and cake. Later......

[glenn57]

Headed into town for haircut this morning. After that I may keep whittling away on the wood pile with chainsaw. We have a wedding this weekend in Isle followed by a reception in Mora. Checked on hotel for the night in Mora. $278.00 plus tax. We'll be driving home (2 hours) after my ham sandwich and cake. Later......

i hear ya Mark on hotel rooms........prices are insane...........i dont wanna buy the room just spend a night there!!!!!!

[Jerkbiat]

Headed into town for haircut this morning. After that I may keep whittling away on the wood pile with chainsaw. We have a wedding this weekend in Isle followed by a reception in Mora. Checked on hotel for the night in Mora. $278.00 plus tax. We'll be driving home (2 hours) after my ham sandwich and cake. Later......

Good lord that is crazy for a hotel room.

[Dotch]

Mornin' fellow gulag comrades! 47 at choretime heading for a high in the mid-70's. Had a whole hundredth in the gauge at the ranch from the sprinkles yesterday forenoon. Just a trace in Bugtussle. A few beans coming off here & there but they're ripening/drying down unevenly. If guys are going to store them in a bin at home they don't want all those green beans and green pods rotting out the bin sidewalls so they'll have to wait. What's up with all these weddings anyway? Doesn't anyone elope anymore? I got another one of the frickin' things to go to Saturday in La Crosse! Have I ever mentioned how much I hate weddings?