60+ year old thread.

Love the greenhouse, looks great, very professional.
Got my veggie garden in a couple days ago. Just finished getting the drip system finished today. Got several tomato plants , a couple pepper plants, squash, cucumbers, egg plant, radishes, carrots, green onions, and other things. Still want to plant a few additional things.
Good to have working AC. HVAC is something I know zero about. I could build a house, wire it, plumb it etc. but HVAC, forget about it. I have a company that inspects it every year and I’m at their mercy. They say it needs something and I tell them, just do it. Just don’t want to have a problem before the 100+ days start.

 

Can anyone translate this one? I was stopped at a light, The top of the plate had "TEXAS," but I didn't realize custom plates allowed that many characters. No Quema Cuhh.

 

Thanks, Ken. It always looks good to start! Last year was so hot, especially inside, nothing much came to fruition. I bought head start tomatoes this year. I've done other veggies in the old greenhouse, but I boiled it down to stuff we will actually eat in time. We have some herbs and such.

Like you, we now have a service for heat/AC. We've been through everyone in town - this group puts subscribers at the top of the list. We need that. Yesterday was the check, and the old unit was suddenly leaking badly from another obsolete part. Half of my secret truck money! Oh well, we did not have any days to suffer through.

 

No quema cuh

Urban Dictionary
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No quema cuh is thing takuaches say meaning that their truck cannot do a burnout (cousin)

 

2 years of college Spanish 50 years ago, I believe it means It doesn’t burn much , but I may be way off on that.

 

I've had a "subscription" to the heat/ac service club for close to 18 years.... I didn't want to cook the doggos for days until they could come out, so... I spent the $$ to be at the top of the list and it has come in handy once or twice.

 

Question for all you lawn mower mechanics.... my new (as of last summer) mower has a note on it stating "no oil change needed". So I never have to change the oil?? That seems weird.... Can I just turn it over and drain it?? Any advice appreciated. Thanks in advance. Oh, it's a 21" NON self propelled, walk behind by Craftsman.

 

Happy Birthday @Tacoma Mike

 

Briggs and Sratton says if you top off the oil as needed the notor will last 12 years. They also say changing the oil will not harm the motor if done properly. I'd tip and change if it was mine.

 

It’s a gimmick but they have filters and things in there saying now it never needs an oil change. The newer ones don’t even have drain plugs. So what I do on those is I drain all the gas out of it and use the hill behind my garage and flip the mower upside down and let it run out of the filler spout. Makes a mess sometimes but to never change it is kinda a stretch. 4/5 years maybe but never?
But, to be honest, I don’t change the oil in my old pusher. It’s old enough I need a new one actually so I just check it. If it blows up, don’t care.

 

Good morning all.

 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!

 

Morning all:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MIKE!

Sue
Agree with Mike, maybe not change the oil regularly, but not to change it at all also seems like a stretch. !

 

My honey and I took everything off the back screened porch, brushed, vacuumed, dusted, mopped, etc. Now it’s ready for the summer!
Emptied the composter. Mixed it in the cutting garden (which was taken over by garlic!). Planted mixed flower seeds. And finally covered with peat moss. All ready for the rains this weekend.
Granddaughter mowed the formal lawn and discovered the mulch bag has a huge hole in it. It’s a pretty old Huskyvarna ( no clue how to spell that!), so I hope I can find a replacement or figure out how to patch it.
I think with a clean porch and a warm day I’d better test it out by taking a siesta on the couch today.



Going to be another beautiful 77* day with possible showers late! Another great day to be outside soaking up my vitamin D!
Have a wonderful day everyone! Stay/get healthy!

 

@Tacoma Mike happy birthday

 

If you are doing the work yourself them 50K might be a decent budget. If you are relying on contractors then 85K might be a more realistic cost. This is without seeing your kitchen floorplan. Best of luck. The Kentland's is a nice location to live and still be close to DC.

If you need a critical part for the AC, then a new unit is in your future. Replacing a 20-year-old unit you should see about a $100 a month savings on electricity. We replaced our HVAC unit 12 years ago and I saw a savings on $100 a month on electricity in the summer and $100 a month on natural gas in the winter. I am in Maryland and our climate is different than South Carolina.

As others have said, change the oil. Might be a little messy but easy to do.

Good morning. Happy Thursday.

@Tacoma Mike Happy Birthday.

 

Good Morning

 

Happy Birthday @Tacoma Mike

 

Mine has no drain plug, as Mike said, but the maintenance manual documents that to change you need to drain gas and tip it over, which is what I do. I just tip it over into a drain pan in my garage, works fine.

Here's to the cheap MoFo's who can't take the expense of putting in a drain!

 

sixtys/wannabes/birthday boyz n' girlz. No drain plug, WTF! My Ariens ZT has a drain plug in a horrid location so I got an extractor. I wonder if one of those would work on the smaller motors, don't see a reason why not...

...but why should you have to? Just put a dang drain plug in it.