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And, FWIW, this statement is complete Bull%hittery:
Refrigerate after ripening: Once the fruit is ripe, you can put it in the refrigerator to slow down the ripening process and extend its shelf life
No. Refrigerate to "hasten" ripening. Never wait until the fruit has already become ripe to then refrigerate (hogwash). Slowly ripen an avocado in the refrigerator UNTIL it is ripe. If you want to speed up the time for an avocado to ripen, store at RT but use it immediately when it has ripened. Don't toss it into the fridge after it has ripened. It will not stop the ripening process. The ripening process is a metabolic process which has already begun the moment it left the tree.
As you might suspect (expect) the World Wide Web is full of "influencers" who lack any formal knowledge about what they claim to "influence". In this case, they've never studied plant physiology & they're full of B.S.
--You ever think about how the best way is to avoid a problem, so choose the "wiser" plan and end up with the problem you were trying to avoid? OK, this isn't car related.
-- I had cataract surgery on both eyes. I have a regular eye doctor, who I really like and trust, who referred me to another eye clinic and eye surgeon to get surgery. I decided after surgery to get my new glasses from the surgeon's clinic becuz I wanted to have the whole shebang done w/ one place. (to avoid a situation of which one was at fault if glasses weren't correct- or whatever..) So, all done w/surgeries, and recovery, go back to surgeon's clinic to get prescription for glasses. Sit down in chair and a gal does the "look thru this" doohicky, then Dr. comes in and looks at eyes w a bright light-"Yep- Alll Good!" . I say to him I am sure I really need a script ( thinking he still has to do it), and he says yep I have it right here, just take it out front and the gals out there will get you some specs. There was no "look thru this- and is this better? A or B? ,1 or 2" like I remember.
--So go out the showroom and tell gal there I think I need wide glasses cuz I have a fat head, she says yes I do and need a size 58 or something like that. She brings me 5 or 6 frame that I hate.. I ask if something else is available- no.
-- I take my prescription to my regular eye doctor and fit some frames wifey and I both like - spend $701.00 for new glasses.
--You guessed it !- they suck. Who's problem is it? This morning I have a appt w/ my original eye Dr, at the place where I bought the specs. Hopefully all will turn out... Geez Louise!!!!
-- I take my prescription to my regular eye doctor and fit some frames wifey and I both like - spend $701.00 for new glasses.
--You guessed it !- they suck. Who's problem is it? This morning I have a appt w/ my original eye Dr, at the place where I bought the specs. Hopefully all will turn out... Geez Louise!!!!
Greg - JMO, but I'd say both eye doctors are to blame, that is if the prescription the Surgeon's Office gave you turns out to be wrong. I'd also say some blame could also be placed on your regular eye doctor for not taking the time to double check your prescription prior to filling it. That process of checking your prescription using the "doohickey" as you so scientically called it takes all of maybe 10-minutes at most. You'd especially think they'd check your prescription when the new glasses were going to cost you $701 out of pocket! There is also a 3rd possibility of blame, and that would be the lenses were ground incorrectly at the manufacturer, I actually had that happen once to me. Hopefully with your next visit you'll get to the bottom of where the blame lies, and at the very least you can get the correct prescription without any more $'s out of your pocket. That really does suck!
Went to my original eye Dr, and even before I went in his office, he said "I bet I know what problem is!" . The surgeons assistant didn't check for Prizm or Astigmatism which is my eyes also need to be corrected so they both focus on things together. Well he says he will take care of it and I'm sure he will. New lenses are on order. In defense of "my" doctor I never even saw him when I ordered the glasses from his place...
-- Well my buddy, Frank is back in hospital with pneumonia and a blood clot in his lung, man I am worried about him, seems the chemo has almost killed him. Man....
-- Well my buddy, Frank is back in hospital with pneumonia and a blood clot in his lung, man I am worried about him, seems the chemo has almost killed him. Man....
Greg - So sorry to hear your buddy is doing so poorly. He will be in my prayers.
Cool (44°) this morning and sunny. Big temp swing this afternoon as we're headed towards highs of 78° this afternoon and tomorrow! Crazy! 🤪
We have a pest/bug guy come twice a year, Spring and Fall, and he came yesterday. He does a good job.
Gabe has games Saturday afternoon and very early Sunday morning, and I'm going to both. Keegan has a game the same time as Gabe on Sunday morning that his Dad is taking him to because Justin is an assistant Coach on his team. Next time there is a conflict I'll go to Keegan's game.
We are going to have a nice weekend here as well. Hope to get a lot done outside.
Greg prayers for your friend. I've often heard that with cancer, the treatment is worse than the disease.
I like avocado the color, the food not so much.
Chris hope the guys have good games.
Tiger is doing much better. He can do steps now but still has a little trouble. I think his back end is still a little weak. I've been thinking it has been for awhile and this leg bit has just exacerbated things. He doesn't cry and doesn't fidget so I'm inclined to leave things be for now.
We didn't have wheels for the longest this morning, but somehow my guest wall guy got ahold of a bunch of nose wheels, so I'm at 28 wheels and everyone else is around 10. Fine by me. I don't like looking at the internet as much as the others.
Okay I think I'll go down to the credit union. Don't have much going on in the shop. Hope everyone has a good day.
Well my buddy, Frank is back in hospital with pneumonia and a blood clot in his lung, man I am worried about him, seems the chemo has almost killed him. Man....
I hope your buddy Frank heals. Pulmonary embolism is no joke. I suffered that in 2014 bilateral without the pneumonia and cancer. After 4 or 5 days in the ICU I get to take blood thinners for the rest of my life.
Good morning everyone.
Chris hope the guys have good games.
Tiger is doing much better. He can do steps now but still has a little trouble. I think his back end is still a little weak. I've been thinking it has been for awhile and this leg bit has just exacerbated things. He doesn't cry and doesn't fidget so I'm inclined to leave things be for now.
Mike - Thanks for the well wishes for the boys! Appreciate the update on Tiger and happy to hear he's doing better, I was wondering how he was doing.
Pulmonary embolism is no joke. I suffered that in 2014 bilateral without the pneumonia and cancer. After 4 or 5 days in the ICU I get to take blood thinners for the rest of my life.
Jesse - You are a very fortunate survivor, young man. Thankfully, you obviously had a good medical team.
Nah, I got about half way and saw someone I knew so we talked and then I had to get back. I might stop on my way home at another one of the branches.
I do need to find that drum that goes on the M. Right now it's just the flange. Really I don't want to get any attachments for it because I don't plan on using it.
I've about had it looking for a cheep pickup. Even the sort of expensive ones are pieces of junk. I can't even find a station wagon to cut the roof off. I must be loosing my touch. I've never had this kind of trouble finding something.
I do need to find that drum that goes on the M. Right now it's just the flange. Really I don't want to get any attachments for it because I don't plan on using it.
If you aren't planning to run any attachments from the drum pulley (clutch pulley) I wouldn't spend time on it. Myself, I'd be more interested in the hydraulics & the PTO; but, that's just me.
I finally did something - went to grocery store. I'll spend time addressing yard maintenance tasks - weather is optimized for outdoor activities & I'll develop a reason to eat. LOL
Is a pulmonary embolism a weakening of a heart wall? Like big rupture is bad?
Mike you'll get some big fat belt powered thing that you'll have to get the tractor's pto for.
Today I dragged *** getting going, but threw the push mower on my picnic table. I expected to need to helicoil the bolt hole for the tank bolt that fell out. No helicoil needed, the ear with the bolt hole had broken and half was gone. Something must've smoked the tank or the aluminum cracked at one point. After trying to tape a washer and nut back there, I realized that I could put the bolt through the tank, through the spacer, and lay it into the old bolt hole like a notch with the nut and lock washer on the end already. So I did, and the fuel line even held the nut from spinning. Tightened it as tight as I dared and put the other bolt in the front hole, so the tank is pretty stable now.
Mowed with the rider, started to lose drive belt power. I will put on B&S brand belts this winter on drive and deck. Put the trailer on the truck. Finished with the rider mower, and eventually put it on the trailer. I started using the pushmower to bushwhack my way into the overgrowth where I piled all the pine tree parts this spring. Got my bonfire firepit accessible, so I poured a bunch of used motor oil on it and lit what was there. I burned maybe 10% of what is there, so I will have to have many sessions. It's still going but is coals.
--I like those kind of fixes, John. It is probably stronger now than it was from factory. Mike I missed about Tigers injury- went back to see it looks like you really don't know what happened? I have heard German Shepherds have hip issues, I hope he will be OK.
--My pal, Frank had to go back into Gladwin hospital- they thought he had pneumonia and a blood clot in his lung. They transferred him to a bigger hospital in Midland and found he actually has "C-Dif" (SP??) . C- Dif mimics Pneumonia they say. So He has Cdif and a blood clot. Now he is on meds to combat c dif and feels and sounds MUCH better. I can't go see him as they say he is highly contagious. That is encouraging- but it seems that chemo about killed him- that is a big consideration for a person w/ cancer. Go for Chemo which may cure you( who knows percentage of that), but will make you miserable- OR- just be comfortable as you can and let cancer take you but have a hopefully comfortable end of life??
Is a pulmonary embolism a weakening of a heart wall? Like big rupture is bad?
Mike you'll get some big fat belt powered thing that you'll have to get the tractor's pto for.
Today I dragged *** getting going, but threw the push mower on my picnic table. I expected to need to helicoil the bolt hole for the tank bolt that fell out. No helicoil needed, the ear with the bolt hole had broken and half was gone. Something must've smoked the tank or the aluminum cracked at one point. After trying to tape a washer and nut back there, I realized that I could put the bolt through the tank, through the spacer, and lay it into the old bolt hole like a notch with the nut and lock washer on the end already. So I did, and the fuel line even held the nut from spinning. Tightened it as tight as I dared and put the other bolt in the front hole, so the tank is pretty stable now.
Mowed with the rider, started to lose drive belt power. I will put on B&S brand belts this winter on drive and deck. Put the trailer on the truck. Finished with the rider mower, and eventually put it on the trailer. I started using the pushmower to bushwhack my way into the overgrowth where I piled all the pine tree parts this spring. Got my bonfire firepit accessible, so I poured a bunch of used motor oil on it and lit what was there. I burned maybe 10% of what is there, so I will have to have many sessions. It's still going but is coals.
Embolism is a sudden blockage of a blood vessel. If it involves the lungs it's a pulmonary embolism. A bilateral pulmonary embolism involves blockage of two lung blood vessels. Most often result of a blood clot but can involve, plaque, air pocket or lipid.
For the sake of clarity, vintage tractors of this era generally had two mechanical power sources to drive machinery: (1) Belt Pulley (Clutch Pulley) and; (2) PTO. Historically, the belt pulley(clutch pulley) was developed first. Many/Most tractors had no ancillary power source. Case developed the 1st clutch pulley (belt pulley) & the clutch pulley was considered a phenomenal agricultural invention. Some did refer to the belt pulley (clutch pulley) as a power takeoff unit (PTO); yet, the term PTO was relegated to a solid metal shaft & not a belt pulley (clutch pulley). Some early tractors had the belt pulley mounted on the rear where today you'd normally find the PTO. There's a storied history of the development of both the clutch pulley (belt pulley) and the PTO.
I guess I'm looking at the carburetor air cleaner in the last picture? Is that the oil-soaked variety/type?
They call it C-dif (Clostridioides difficile) these days rather than its previous name which was Clostridium (which many people may recall this name). It is, in fact same symptoms, etc (highly contagious). They only changed its name (2016) based upon being more closely related to the Clostridioides genus of bacteria rather than the Clostridium genus of bacteria.
FWIW, botulism (most of us have heard of) develops from the Clostrididium botulinum bacteria. You'll note they removed Clostridium difficiles (now, Clostridioides difficile) from the genus Clostridium & placed it into the Clostridioides genus. Much of this name change resulting in morphological differences between Clostridium vs. Clostridioides. Sounds complicated, but it's really nothing more than a name change based upon further analysis of morphology.
What a great day. Sun is out, gonna be warm today. I wanted to sleep in, but of course Tiger wanted to go out at 630. Got back to bed and couldn't fall back asleep. So we got up at 7, but you know what I felt like I slept in. Breakfast, shower, and laundry going all by 9.
Thanks Greg. Tiger was fine in the house and just a second later leapt off the porch stairs to chase something in the yard, and I think he twisted wrong or landed wrong. He is all but recuperated now and we're still careful, but I'm not so worried like I was. Boy he can sure make me worry.
The M has a PTO, it is just a splined shaft coming out of the back of the tractor, under the seat. A simple pull up lever turns it on and off. While I have no intention of putting it to work, it would be cool to get some vintage implements and show off at a carnival or some such thing. I will probably use it to push/pull things around the yard.
John why does the fuel tank need such a large bolt to hold it on? Is it a bolt for something else and the tank is just hitching a ride?
Got lots to do today. The lady part of the Odd couple just had a pacemaker replaced, and she can't drive for a week so I'm picking them up and we're going to Awful house. We are also going to schlep along the radiator to their DOT yellow Suburban and drop it at a place to fix a leak. As long as the Burb is idle for a week might as well get some things taken care of. Like the leaking front tire. Ug.
Greg, I'll keep an eye on bolt tension. Should be ok. Mower is 20 years old and cut high grass yesterday ok.
Norm, it's a normal sponge air filter, just ruined, they look like below new. I put a new one in.
Mike, I think because it is cantilevered and the carb and air cleaner go along for the ride. It also rubber boots into some sort of EGR and also the main throttle connection to the intake, so that bolt holds it onto that and does it sideways to gravity.
C-Diff is an anaerobic bacteria and resides naturally in the environment - soil primarily. People don’t necessarily “fight” a C-Diff infection on a daily/routine basis, your immune system recognizes it as foreign and is normally eliminated from the body routinely. The issue are the toxins C-Diff produces if it (1) isn’t eliminated and (2) takes up residency in the colo-rectal tract. Antibiotics administered in a hospital setting can contribute to C-Diff infections in elderly. Antibiotic usage can kill “other” normal gut bacteria which would normally breakdown and eliminate C-Diff. If you kill those normal bacteria which would normally eliminate C-Diff, C-Diff can take up residency and you have a serious issue. And, it isn’t the bacteria which kills you, it’s the toxins it produces. One seriously good reason to wash your hands often.
Speaking of which, I need to go look at the Ventrac site and start plotting.
John - I recall you mentioning rocks in an area of your new property which limits usefulness of the Ventrac - any type mower for that matter. The easiest method is to commandeer a classroom of 5th graders to walk the field/area collecting rocks & create rock piles for removal.
Curious if Ventrac sells a flat blade attachment (like a road grader) or something like a landscape rake. I enjoy helping others to spend their money.
