What did you do today?

[ebinmaine 72,461]

7 hours ago, adsm08 said:

completely off leash

 

That's part of the "broken" that our dog has. 🐕 

She can not be off leash. We've tried several professional trainers and BBT is absolutely fantastic with dogs. 

Meeha/Mirror's prey drive doesn't have a proper "off switch".... Soooo she lives in the backyard that's fenced.  

 

 

[adsm08 3,166]

12 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

That's part of the "broken" that our dog has. 🐕 

She can not be off leash. We've tried several professional trainers and BBT is absolutely fantastic with dogs. 

Meeha/Mirror's prey drive doesn't have a proper "off switch".... Soooo she lives in the backyard that's fenced.  

 

 

 

Yeah, our older one was considered a flight risk for a long time.

 

I remember when I first started training him on the GPS, the first one I got didn't have any correction ability, and I had to track him down in the dark, took over an hour.

 

Then I got the better collars, but didn't have it set up right, and by the time I caught him, and got back to the car we had gone over four miles.

[ebinmaine 72,461]

SUPER busy day for Trina.... like usual.  

She and her mom ripped out the back deck. 

 

Zoom in on this pic. Look under the doors. Notice that there's only enough space under that aluminum door frame to put one board. After we rebuilt this doorway and installed the deck a few years ago, occasionally on a hard rain we will get water inside the basement. Not a lot, but of course any is bad. We are lowering the deck surface several inches to create a splash back area against the house underneath the door. We will also be removing the whole doorway and resealing the whole surface all the way around.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They hauled out several loads of that fill and made it into a path headed out the back yard.  

 

 

Also, we went and got some 🐄 🐮  💩 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 1,476]

 

Today, it was nice enough that if I could think of something to do outside, that’s what I did. I started off with some weeding using the 312 for tractorish things. Then put the 308 back together and gave it the once over. I took off the rubber strip on the 312’s mowing deck as somehow I ripped it. I finished up the day by delivering a half a barrel/plant pot to my sister in law and dropped a bike off at my parents. It’s supposed to be nice tomorrow so possibly more outdoor activities.

[ebinmaine 72,461]

7 hours ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

if I could think of something to do outside, that’s what I did

 

Excellent.  That's how we are as often as possible! 

[ebinmaine 72,461]

Over the past few days Trina and her momma have been working on lowering the back deck several inches to prevent water from entering the basement apartment during heavier rains. 

 

Pictorial: 

 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 41,824]

2 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Trina and her momma have been working on lowering the back deck several inches to prevent water from entering the basement apartment during heavier rains. 

Are head nets standard issue this time of the year?    On one of my spring bear hunts in Northern Quebec we had to air lift a young guy that failed to keep his net on and got bit so bad around his neck he had trouble breathing.  Black flies can be nasty.

Edited May 15 by Ed Kennell

[HyperPete 871]

2 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Black flies can be nasty.

 

I learned that when I lived in Pembroke.  My then wife & I decided to take a walk in the woods behind our house on an early June evening.  After about 15 minutes we beat a hasty retreat.

Those little suckers HURT, and then the bites itch for DAYS.  It's hard for me to imagine how thick they were to have that effect on someone, and I definitely never want to find out.

[Ed Kennell 41,824]

7 minutes ago, HyperPete said:

It's hard for me to imagine how thick they were to have that effect on someone

We wore heavy coveralls and duct taped The legs to our boots and the sleeves to leather gloves and had the head nets bungeed under our arms.

Also used a buddy system.  Took turns spraying while one used the outhouse.

[HyperPete 871]

1 minute ago, Ed Kennell said:

We wore heavy coveralls and duct taped The legs to our boots and the sleeves to leather gloves and had the head nets bungeed under our arms.

Also used a buddy system.  Took turns spraying while one used the outhouse.

 

That does NOT sound like my idea of fun!  Good Lord!

[ebinmaine 72,461]

5 hours ago, Ed Kennell said:

Are head nets standard issue this time of the year?    

 

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY 

 

 

And.... totally dependent on where you are even in your own yard. 

Yesterday afternoon Trina went out the basement door to work on the deck. 

I went out the side door over to the barn. I never saw a black fly in the barn. 

 

She and her mom were near instantly swarmed. 

 

Black flies don't like a breeze. It can also be too hot for them. 

I was in a constant wind. They were in the shade and had no breeze.  

 

 

We have an absolute cloud of these nasty devil beings for 2 to 3 weeks annually. They use cool running water for life. We have several mountain runoff streams....

[Wayne0 1,179]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

 

ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY 

 

 

And.... totally dependent on where you are even in your own yard. 

Yesterday afternoon Trina went out the basement door to work on the deck. 

I went out the side door over to the barn. I never saw a black fly in the barn. 

 

She and her mom were near instantly swarmed. 

 

Black flies don't like a breeze. It can also be too hot for them. 

I was in a constant wind. They were in the shade and had no breeze.  

 

 

We have an absolute cloud of these nasty devil beings for 2 to 3 weeks annually. They use cool running water for life. We have several mountain runoff streams....

We always called them "Teeth with wings".

The old timers used to dump oil into the streams to kill the larva.

Since that's no longer done and the water quality is better, the Black fly's have proliferated.

Edited May 15 by Wayne0

[SylvanLakeWH 28,359]

Mrs Sylvan and I honeymooned in Newfoundland and Labrador many moons ago... when we drive off the ferry from Saint Barbe, Newfoundland to Blanc-Sablon, Labrador we noticed the person inside the ferry terminal building had a head net on and full coverage clothing even though it was hot... red flag...

 

I have never experienced such a massive number of black flies... the pristine cream colored beaches, overlooking the gorgeous Labrador Sea / North Atlantic, were literally black with flies hunkered down in the relentless wind... as we walked the beach admiring the beautiful iceberg drifting by, they would rise up in mass and then settle down immediately behind us, except for those coating our full coverage rain gear and head nets... 

 

Not Mrs Sylvan's fondest memory of our honeymoon... 

 

Compared to that experience I guess living with my  tractor addiction is nothing... 

[ebinmaine 72,461]

All filled in around the edges and a little extra stone up against the house. 

 

 

 

[Ed Kennell 41,824]

We were prepared with the correct clothing and duct tape to protect us from the deadly bites.

 

2 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

I have never experienced such a massive number of black flies.

Getting past the dizzying effect of the buzzing black mass in front of your face mask was difficult.     Catching 3-4' pike on daredevil spoons nearly every cast made it worthwhile.

[ebinmaine 72,461]

Trina is having her morning cup of coffee. 

 

 

 

[adsm08 3,166]

Today was much busier than I like my Sundays.

 

We ended up skipping church because the morning ended up too full of other time-sensitive obligations, so even if we had gone we'd have had to leave shortly after arriving.

 

We got up and ran the dogs before it got too hot, then had to go clothes shopping for my SIL's wedding next weekend. Then we ran and hour out one way to get our daughter from my in-laws' house, then I ran back another 20 minutes past the house in the other direction to retrieve the boy from a weekend camp-out with his scout troop (at least he got some Bible learnin' in today), then I came home and got the engine mounts replaced in my car. The groaning noise is still there, but it's much better. Guess I'll try the tranny mount next.

[nylyon-(Admin) 7,880]

Camping season is beginning for me next weekend, spent today washing and getting the camper ready for the long weekend.

[Wayne0 1,179]

1 hour ago, nylyon said:

Camping season is beginning for me next weekend, spent today washing and getting the camper ready for the long weekend.

Camper? Holy crap, that's a condo!

[8ntruck 7,803]

9 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Trina is having her morning cup of coffee. 

 

 

 

Great cup.  Where did you get it?

[ebinmaine 72,461]

15 minutes ago, 8ntruck said:

Great cup.  Where did you get it?

 

@MainelyWheelhorse could answer that.  

[MainelyWheelhorse 1,476]

@8ntruck as a kind of fun gift to @ebinmaine I designed it, and had my Mother printed it with her Sublimation printer. You can bake the design with a special heater onto a blank coffee mug.

Edited May 19 by MainelyWheelhorse

[MainelyWheelhorse 1,476]

In response to the thread, today I worked an extremely busy day at Hannaford. the rain didn’t slow the flood of orders. After I got home I just puttered on Tractor stuff and did some indoor things around the house.

[Pullstart 66,663]

On 4/14/2025 at 6:58 PM, ebinmaine said:

I've had five teeth pulled.

All four wisdom teeth plus one of the molars beside them.

I can't chew very much on my right hand side anyway so if I had a rotted or bad tooth on that side I probably would just have it removed. Not repaired.

No root canals.... yet. 

Apparently I’m a freak, so the oral surgeon says.  I had FIVE impacted wisdom teeth.  I chose local anesthetic, and it should not have been an option, seeing what they did to me to get the teeth out in such a quick time!  

[Pullstart 66,663]

I’d call this a big accomplishment, I hit 2,000 subs on my YouTube channel!

 

 

 

Notice the analytics to the channel.  That’s 28 days revolving.  I put it lots of time and effort, to make $66.  It’s like hitting big at the casino or on scratch offs.  “I won $500!”  But nobody ever tells you the money spent.  I can’t tell how many hours of filming and editing go into that sixty six dollar month!  

Edited May 19 by Pullstart