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Post by Clipper on Jul 18, 2022 13:13:23 GMT -5
It is headed for 90 again today with occasional showers. It was sunny this morning so I mowed the back yard and picked some stuff out of the garden. I got 6 tomatoes off the 4 plants in the garden as well as 4 cukes and two zucchinis out of the raised bed.
As soon as I finished mowing the sky darkened at we had about a 10 minute downpour, and then the sun came back out. Then I went to the shop and planed a beautiful piece of solid cherry that my neighbor gave me. I was an 8 ft by 10 inch wide, 2 inch thick mantle in an old house he picked up on one of his estate sale cleanouts. I have become friends with a guy up the road that runs a commercial woodshop and he has a band saw with the capacity to resaw it into 1 inch boards.
Heading out to a doctor's appointment and then to Cracker barrel at 6 for dinner with my sis and her husband and my brother and his wife.
Hope you all are having a great day and staying dry.
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Post by Ralph on Jul 18, 2022 15:47:50 GMT -5
Been a bit toasty up here as well. Had the AC's running yesterday and left them in today as the humidity and temp started shooting up after a good rain. Supposed to be in the high 80's to 90°+ this week.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 18, 2022 15:54:00 GMT -5
Been hot and very humid plus it rained just about all day well at least to 4PM when I returned home. May hit 95 degrees Wednesday. I have to get my air conditioner installed but I need a piece of plexiglass that is 24 by 31 inches to close the space above the unit because I have slider windows. I was told to check Michaels but they didn't have a piece that large. Home Depot is out because I was told they try to sell you a 4 by 8 ft piece. So I will try Lowes on Tuesday. Hope the Drivers will let me on the Bus as I carry that back home!!!!!!!
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Post by BHU on Jul 18, 2022 16:34:26 GMT -5
Been hot and very humid plus it rained just about all day well at least to 4PM when I returned home. May hit 95 degrees Wednesday. I have to get my air conditioner installed but I need a piece of plexiglass that is 24 by 31 inches to close the space above the unit because I have slider windows. I was told to check Michaels but they didn't have a piece that large. Home Depot is out because I was told they try to sell you a 4 by 8 ft piece. So I will try Lowes on Tuesday. Hope the Drivers will let me on the Bus as I carry that back home!!!!!!! Just curious but how will you hold the a.c. in the window so it doesn't fall out?
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Post by BHU on Jul 18, 2022 16:45:48 GMT -5
It poured here all day & we needed it. I caught the groundog yesterday & dropped his azz off in Marcy where I let his buddy off. But not before he went to work on my grape tomatoes, a few which were ready for picking. Now I have to back fill the holes he dug in the garden probably Saturday when we were out of town. That's No. 3. This is the first year we've ever seen them here.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 18, 2022 21:04:57 GMT -5
PB if you can't find plexiglass at those stores try calling a window glass place. I had a glass dealer here cut me a piece to cover the screen on the bottom half of the motorhome door so the dog couldn't scratch and tear it.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 19, 2022 18:23:58 GMT -5
I got the plexiglass. Thank God. Got back to late to have a/c installed I was going to try to do it but afraid it will fall out the window. I hope maintenance can get here in morning cause it is very hot up here.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 19, 2022 18:25:27 GMT -5
Been hot and very humid plus it rained just about all day well at least to 4PM when I returned home. May hit 95 degrees Wednesday. I have to get my air conditioner installed but I need a piece of plexiglass that is 24 by 31 inches to close the space above the unit because I have slider windows. I was told to check Michaels but they didn't have a piece that large. Home Depot is out because I was told they try to sell you a 4 by 8 ft piece. So I will try Lowes on Tuesday. Hope the Drivers will let me on the Bus as I carry that back home!!!!!!! Just curious but how will you hold the a.c. in the window so it doesn't fall out? no idea I will wait and bear the heat.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 20, 2022 16:56:23 GMT -5
Did you get your AC installed today PB? It hit 90 again here today. I can't imagine living without AC. I look back to my younger years and my childhood and we never had anything more than a box fan in a window and an oscillating fan on top of the tv in the living room.
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Post by BHU on Jul 20, 2022 18:56:33 GMT -5
They're saying 92* on Saturday.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 20, 2022 19:26:28 GMT -5
Did you get your AC installed today PB? It hit 90 again here today. I can't imagine living without AC. I look back to my younger years and my childhood and we never had anything more than a box fan in a window and an oscillating fan on top of the tv in the living room. Clipper no! I placed a note o my door that they can come in and do the job. I had to leave cause it is so hot it is difficult to breath what with my COPD; no one showed up. I called the office at 3PM and just answering service picked up so I pleaded again fr someone to come tomorrow to install this. I can't do it i need and extra pair of hands so the plexiglass can be placed in once the a/c is in place. very hot in here so I placed a large fan in window and it helps a little cause maybe the temp has gone down a little. I always seem to attract more difficulties.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 20, 2022 21:11:42 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. I hope that you are taken care of soon. I certainly hope that you are able to find a cool place when it gets up to 92. Hopefully it will cool down in the evenings enough to sleep with a fan on.
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Post by Clipper on Jul 22, 2022 15:41:30 GMT -5
Well, another sweltering day here. I worked outside from 6:30 am to 10:30. It was getting hot and no air was stirring at 10:30.
A friend called and asked me if I wanted to go shoot with him at the VFW range. We fired about 40 rounds apiece, quit and went inside the post to grab a coke or two and some chicken wings.
It was 92 when I got home and supposed to be 94 tomorrow.
6lb pork butt has been cooking in the crock pot since noon. Time to pick it apart for BBQ pork sandwiches for supper on kaiser rolls with a side of macaroni salad.
I hope that they finally installed your AC PB. Be careful with the heat. Go to one of the cooling places if it gets to be too much. I wish I was there, I would come over and put it in for you. I am sure it is not a major task.
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Post by Atticus Pizzaballa on Jul 22, 2022 16:07:41 GMT -5
Ni A/C was not installed as of yet so I will attempt it later on. Should be interesting.
Today the temp was 86 and very comfortable with light wind. I just saw on news that Saturday and Sunday will be brutal. Global warming for sure and those heat indexes will be frying some people.
Did you hear: Zeldin was attacked on his campaign stop. He is running for Gov.LOL
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Post by Clipper on Jul 22, 2022 18:16:01 GMT -5
I heard that on the news here this morning. They let the offender out on bail and the only thing he was charged with was "ATTEMPTED" assault. I guess for him to be charged with a serious crime he would have had to succeed in cutting Zeldin's throat.
Is your window a double hung sash that raises up and down vertically? Is it going in a first floor window? If so, and if it is a small unit, you should be able to open the window just far enough to slide the case of the AC into the opening but not wide enough for the face of the unit to fall out. The openings on the side or any other opening can even be covered with cardboard and duct tape until someone will properly put the plexiglass panel in.
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