OSUT 257: Spring is Finally Here. Bring on the Outdoor Fun and Grilling Season!

[BeDome]

DD, are they doing the track drying yet?

I'm blacked out.
Not sure how DD is not.
Last year I was not, but I switched from Comcast to Direct TV in winter.

I am saving myself; I'll watch the re-broadcast.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Deviled eggs are done and dishwasher emptied. Kind of muggy out now.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'm blacked out.
Not sure how DD is not.
Last year I was not, but I switched from Comcast to Direct TV in winter.

I am saving myself; I'll watch the re-broadcast.

Not blacked out anymore...

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The guide shows Denver Supercross on WTHR, but if you switch to it, it's live coverage at the track.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Green flag scheduled for 4:44 p.m..

 

[GregD]

I have Direct TV and it is on !

 

[mom45]

Pollen got washed off but I think I may need to wash them soon.

 

[BeDome]

I have Direct TV and it is on !

No spoilers!

 

[GregD]

No spoilers!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Pollen got washed off but I think I may need to wash them soon.

I really need to wash mine. It's silver, so from a distance it doesn't look too bad, but up close... Yuck!

 

[BeDome]

My bench is large-ish and I really don't have to be quite so sanitary sizing and de-capping.

I pulled the charger apart.
It is made by LEH Inc which I think is the Lincoln Welder company.
Has a patent pending sticker '77, so, obviously it can't be any older than that, but I see nothing to date it accurately, yet.

However, digging into how it works, this thing is more advanced than I thought at first.

The blown rectifier works after a forty volt leg from the main power transformer.
Not the 110 lead in, using banks of resistors to get to the required voltages. Old and inefficient designs.

This thing fooled me from the outside, because it has chrome on it, big honkin' knobs, strongman switches and looked oldlike, plus weighty.

It charges at 6V, 12V or 24V and if I can get it going, this will be a very cool thing to own.

Otherwise, I just dropped a Lincoln in the recycle bin.

 

[BeDome]

I really need to wash mine. It's silver, so from a distance it doesn't look too bad, but up close... Yuck!

I'm a white car guy, mostly, but my newest car, took months to find my replacement for the old "Lucille."
Really wanted another Traverse, but would not accept old or beat up. I'm not rich, had to buy used.

I now have a black car.
It shows everything.
But, this one is a treasure and I paid some for the amazing condition and the Premium option level.
I call her "Lucille, Too," which I though was clever at the time I named her.
She's my favorite horse of late.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'm a white car guy, mostly, but my newest car, took months to find my replacement for the old "Lucille."
Really wanted another Traverse, but would not accept old or beat up, but I'm not rich, had to buy used.

I now have a black car.
It shows everything.
But, this one is a treasure and I paid some for the amazing condition and the Premium option level, but I call her "Lucille, Too"
She my favorite horse of late.

I had a black Nissan pickup once. I'll never own another black vehicle. Oh sure, it looked great for about 5 minutes after I left the carwash, but then, not so much.

Surprisingly, I found that my red Dodge pickup didn't show dirt all that much. At least not as much as I would've expected.

 

[Hardscrable]

Still raining lightly. A strong .9” in the gauge.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Still raining lightly. A strong .9” in the gauge.

I was just standing out in the yard in case the Thunderbirds flew over out this way and the sun was downright hot!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Here's the next batch heading this way later tonight...

 

[BeDome]

I was just standing out in the yard in case the Thunderbirds flew over out this way and the sun was downright hot!

Misty sun here.
No precip, but not clear quite yet.
Changing by the minute, though, as I just noticed.

 

[BeDome]

I just found that the stormy winds blew down my big DEEP homemade, 1&1/2" diameter, 6ft long wind chimes.

Can't find any failure in my construction, but the hook I hung them on came out of the soffet.
Easy remount. Need a ladder again.
Terrified of laddering, still!

 

[BeDome]

Discussed what to eat before I sat here to irritate people. Left it up to her. I'll cook.

Wife ordered a couple of pizzas. The only time she ever joins me for beer these days!

I was just summoned!

 

[red_zr24x4]

Burgers on the grill with some mac n cheese
Evening all y'all