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[Rufus T. Firefly]

............still year you’ll have them in Franklin.

That's what I figured.....

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rain, rain and more rain....... I was informed this past weekend that a few more inches in August and PA will have a new record for rain surpassing when Agnes passed through the state.

And, it rained at my place on Friday........twice and both were hard rains, too.

[E7]

Rain, rain and more rain....... I was informed this past weekend that a few more inches in August and PA will have a new record for rain surpassing when Agnes passed through the state.

And, it rained at my place on Friday........twice and both were hard rains, too.

Can't say I am surprised to hear that. Seems to rain about every 5 minutes! Only good news if that it has been spread out enough so there has been no flooding in THIS area. Would like to soon give the lawn tractor a rest, which carries over to me!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rain, rain and more rain....... I was informed this past weekend that a few more inches in August and PA will have a new record for rain surpassing when Agnes passed through the state.

And, it rained at my place on Friday........twice and both were hard rains, too.

Can't say I am surprised to hear that. Seems to rain about every 5 minutes! Only good news if that it has been spread out enough so there has been no flooding in THIS area. Would like to soon give the lawn tractor a rest, which carries over to me!

I was on the JD mower for a few hours until the deck belt snapped. Of course, I don't have a replacement and looking under there at the deck, it's just about as complicated as under the hood of my car.....and the power washer died.......and the brush killer sprayer died......... Friday was not a very good day.

[HONDO74]

Rain, rain and more rain....... I was informed this past weekend that a few more inches in August and PA will have a new record for rain surpassing when Agnes passed through the state.

And, it rained at my place on Friday........twice and both were hard rains, too.

We have had a lot of rain the last three days. At least it kind of cooled the temps down for now. But then we had the tornado come through last night at 7pm. three miles south of where I live. Here is a video that someone took last night.

http://www.ky3.com/content/news/CAUGHT- ... 28281.html

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Rain, rain and more rain....... I was informed this past weekend that a few more inches in August and PA will have a new record for rain surpassing when Agnes passed through the state.

And, it rained at my place on Friday........twice and both were hard rains, too.

We have had a lot of rain the last three days. At least it kind of cooled the temps down for now. But then we had the tornado come through last night at 7pm. three miles south of where I live.

Much cooler here in VA today, yet still quite humid. If you move slowly, you don't drown in sweat.

[robert.]

My grapes are shot. 10 vines full of black rot. I can't keep them dry. When ever i tried fungicide it would just get washed off an hour later. I cut the vines back and sealed up the ends. We'll see what i get next year. Local paper said " wettest summer in a 100 years" On the river is a guy that rents inner tubes. 2 weeks ago they shut him down. The local rescue crews were tired of pulling people out of the river.

[rogruth]

Robert,
Where are you, California?

My son and a friend are on a motorcycle trip to New York and then to Michigan.
They made it to New Jersey with little rain and no problems. Then stopped to
visit someone and my sons friend slipped getting off his bike and sprained
his ankle. They hope they can finish the trip.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

My grapes are shot. 10 vines full of black rot. I can't keep them dry.

Yet strangely enough we are having a banner year for carrots when I was sure that they would have all rotted in the ground.

[rex desilets]

Rain, rain and more rain....... I was informed this past weekend that a few more inches in August and PA will have a new record for rain surpassing when Agnes passed through the state.

And, it rained at my place on Friday........twice and both were hard rains, too.

We have had a lot of rain the last three days. At least it kind of cooled the temps down for now. But then we had the tornado come through last night at 7pm. three miles south of where I live.

Much cooler here in VA today, yet still quite humid. If you move slowly, you don't drown in sweat.

Daughter and family on vacay, first to Phila area to revisit her old haunts plus friends and relatives, thence to VA (Wmsburg & Shenandoah). I told her she was nuts to subject her CA flowers to Eastern rain, heat & humidity. But, I suppose it will be a learning experience...

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We have had a lot of rain the last three days. At least it kind of cooled the temps down for now. But then we had the tornado come through last night at 7pm. three miles south of where I live.

Much cooler here in VA today, yet still quite humid. If you move slowly, you don't drown in sweat.

Daughter and family on vacay, first to Phila area to revisit her old haunts plus friends and relatives, thence to VA (Wmsburg & Shenandoah). I told her she was nuts to subject her CA flowers to Eastern rain, heat & humidity. But, I suppose it will be a learning experience...

Supposed to be cooler later this week; I'll be inside a hotel at the O scale convention in the air conditioning. Although tomorrow you may hear the cries of the carrots for it will be their apocalypse - harvest day will be upon them!

[robert.]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia. That river i mentioned is the Delaware river. All summer our weekends are washouts.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I'm 25 miles north of Philadelphia. That river i mentioned is the Delaware river. All summer our weekends are washouts.

Bucks Co..........used to live in Montgomery and then later in Bucks, and used to cross that river every day to and from work in NJ.

[E7]

I was on the JD mower for a few hours until the deck belt snapped. Of course, I don't have a replacement and looking under there at the deck, it's just about as complicated as under the hood of my car.....and the power washer died.......and the brush killer sprayer died......... Friday was not a very good day.

The "very good" days this summer have been notably absent. I have a commercial version Cub Cadet with only 2 belts. One turns the 3 blades on a 50 inch deck; the other comes off the engine and runs the hub that runs the belt that turns the blades. Locomotion is by a drive shaft. The whole rig is UNDERpowered.

My PTO switch has malfunctioned and the blades run all the time. Better that way than the other, I suppose, because at least I can mow. Hopefully it will last until late Fall. If I had a factory service manual I'm sure I could fix the PTO thing, but I will probably just send it to the doctor. I will do blades and gauge wheels myself. Do all my own oil changes, which are a pain in the arse. Have a flexible rubber tube coming out of the block with a threaded round male plug that goes hexagonal and finally degenerates into a cubical solid end. I think CC offered a prize for the worst possible design. I remove the plug with multi grip sockets from Lowes and a locking Craftsman adjustable wrench.

My old JD had a little plastic gizmo you turn with your bare fingers!

I need to spray BIG time!

[robert.]

I own a Craftsman ridding mower. It can stand toe to toe with your Cub. they can fight for that POS. trophy. IT also had the pto switch fail. I just swapped out that one for the headlight switch. 3 months later it had the electric clutch fail. Now i can't engage the blades.It was a nicer to have a lever for blade engagement. It takes longer to start this mower then it does to cut my grass. In the fall i will convert it to run on propane. I tired of fighting with bad gas. Tired of needing to clean and adjust a carb every time i want to start it. If it does not run on propane. i will toss the whole thing curbside. I can cut my yard in an hour with a push mower or spend 2 hours trying to get a ridding mower running. My choice is simple.