RollingAcres
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Rainy here too.
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Rainy here too.
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Bruce
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Big doings today ... I set the 2 solar arrays to their winter angle. Yep, big whoop 
This is what the pond looked like this morning.
From the south. That "peninsula" on the lower right side is a hunk of ledge I had to either go around on the left or over the top with the tractor so I know when it starts to get water over the top it is about 18" deep at that spot.
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I also finished rearranging/removing stuff from the barn bent where I can put the tractor. Not lots of spare space but I have the post hole digger, rake and tractor in there tonight. The forks are on the tractor, the loader bucket is outside. Don't have that much room. As it is the backhoe dipper is lifted some and turned to the left side and JUST clears the rake attachment point. The ends of the forks are a couple of inches inside the barn doors. Next time I want to use the backhoe I better remember to pull the travel pin or I'll be getting a Zinger award when I can't figure out why the boom won't move up and down.
Speaking of the doors, there are 2 of them on roller track and each is only about 4.5' wide. The tractor is 5' wide so I have to open both doors. There are no doors on the next bent (no idea what someone was thinking when they covered over the opening for a small people door however long ago!) but that bent isn't wide enough for both "tractor bent" doors to open all the way before they run into the doors on the next bent, the one with the drive bay. So to get the tractor in or out of the barn, I have to move all 4 doors left. The drive bay doors only have to be moved a couple of feet. So that this is perhaps a wee bit less confusing, here is a picture of the drive bay bent when I was fixing the floor support. The diamond on the right door is the left door of the "tractor bent".
This is what the pond looked like this morning.
From the south. That "peninsula" on the lower right side is a hunk of ledge I had to either go around on the left or over the top with the tractor so I know when it starts to get water over the top it is about 18" deep at that spot.
Southeast
Northeast
North
I also finished rearranging/removing stuff from the barn bent where I can put the tractor. Not lots of spare space but I have the post hole digger, rake and tractor in there tonight. The forks are on the tractor, the loader bucket is outside. Don't have that much room. As it is the backhoe dipper is lifted some and turned to the left side and JUST clears the rake attachment point. The ends of the forks are a couple of inches inside the barn doors. Next time I want to use the backhoe I better remember to pull the travel pin or I'll be getting a Zinger award when I can't figure out why the boom won't move up and down.
Speaking of the doors, there are 2 of them on roller track and each is only about 4.5' wide. The tractor is 5' wide so I have to open both doors. There are no doors on the next bent (no idea what someone was thinking when they covered over the opening for a small people door however long ago!) but that bent isn't wide enough for both "tractor bent" doors to open all the way before they run into the doors on the next bent, the one with the drive bay. So to get the tractor in or out of the barn, I have to move all 4 doors left. The drive bay doors only have to be moved a couple of feet. So that this is perhaps a wee bit less confusing, here is a picture of the drive bay bent when I was fixing the floor support. The diamond on the right door is the left door of the "tractor bent".
CntryBoy777
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Sounds like there is some redesign looming in your future....anyone that drives a Prius isn't a "just make do" kinda guy....
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Bruce
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Oh I have a LOT of "make do". I don't play the lottery and if I did I wouldn't win
If the barn ever gets rebuilt (major $$) the drive bay will be strong enough to hold the tractor. And the people door into that inaccessible (other than crawling under the drive bay) bent will be put back in.
If the barn ever gets rebuilt (major $$) the drive bay will be strong enough to hold the tractor. And the people door into that inaccessible (other than crawling under the drive bay) bent will be put back in.
CntryBoy777
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Glad we have something else in common....if I had every ticket to the lottery except 2, I still wouldn't win.....they aren't sold here, closest is in Tn....play on occassion, just for kicks....in all the times that I have played, I think I have had 1 number just one time....never anymore than that....
Sure would be nice to win it about now... The megamillions is over 1/2 a billion (548 mil) and the powerball is 314 million. I'd even be willing to split either with another winner
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Bruce
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Last year the Powerball was up real high. DW and I each bought 1 ticket. Each had 1 number from the draw. I think that tells us the odds of US winning are closer to 0% than 0.5%
greybeard
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The bad math tax. It's reached that high because of all the people that DIDN'T win..
OK, and now it's even higher thanks to those who donated... MM @ ~654 mil for the next drawing on Tuesday. Since I'm short of cash this month, I'll try to wait till it breaks a billion before buying tickets. 
Baymule
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The Redneck Retirement Fund--designed to reduce the dollars flowing into a real retirement fund. LOL LOL
