Rich, I haven't even opened one of the boxes...if you want a few, PM me...I'll send um.
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I guess I'll find out how well Smooth Cyprus trees grow around here. I planted a couple of them today.
They grow like weeds if you sock the water to um.
I planted em where it floods when we get rain. One, next to our so-called well, and the other over our extinct septic tank.
That should do it...providing it rains.....
Mesquites here grow a maximum of 2 feet a year. We have one that started growing when moved in, in 2011. It is currently around 10 feet tall.
Dale, I sent you a message.
Not sure what type of Mesquite trees you have. The mesquites here will grow a minimum of ten feet a year if you water um daily.
The type of mesquite native to West Central Texas, whichever subspecie that is
I'm not sure...I'm not even sure what specie we have either.
I just did a little checking online. It seems we have the velvet mesquite. The seed that grew came from a tree that died after being about 26" in diameter. We use the wood for barbecuing.
I don't know about mesuites having needles. Our mesquites have small leaves.
I don't know about mesuites having needles. Our mesquites have small leaves.
That is a different variety than what we have.I just did a little checking online. It seems we have the velvet mesquite. The seed that grew came from a tree that died after being about 26" in diameter. We use the wood for barbecuing.
I don't know about mesuites having needles. Our mesquites have small leaves.
This what we have the most of....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_velutina
That and Chilean Mesquites....which are like barbed wire.
That and Chilean Mesquites....which are like barbed wire.
The two mesquites native to the Phoenix area (grows naturally below 4,500 ft. altitude) are: velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) and screwbean mesquite (Prosopis pubescens).
People have claimed that the thorns can cause blood poisoning. I know they hurt like hell, and can flatten car tires. That being said, ours is nowhere near the road or the driveway, and close to the property line. It's still so young that I still haven't seen thorns on it yet. Compared to most mequite trees in the area, it's a baby.
Say, anyone heard from Jimi lately?
Indeed, just trimming branches I'll get them lodged in my work boot soles. I think I've had one of those thorns go completely through a shoe in the past.
Yep, he was watching a few videos....studying.
Good to know he's still alive and kickin'... studying... probably looking for info to convince his other cancer friend to stay away from the oncologists.
I feel like I'm dozing off here. Think I'll hit the hay and yack at y'all tomorrow.
Have a great night.. I’m gonna jump off too and take care of some chores before it gets too late.
Be safe everyone!
I hope so...but yes, he is watching videos about natural help for that dreaded disease.
Well, I think I need to crawl in the ole sack too. Probably stormy all day tomorrow, so I guess I'll do the really hard work 
... laundry.
Hasta la winnebago, y'all
... laundry.Hasta la winnebago, y'all
Duh, that's it. How could I have forgotten?
Nope, but I almost got one once. Then I kept hearing about how restricted the airflow was. Anyway, it's Nanos only for me now. They tick every box on my "want" list, and they're fast and easy and never leak. Can't ask for anything more. These ones I have had better last me the rest of my life, though, since they quit making them now. Of course, finally someone designs a perfect tank, so they quit making it. If I didn't love them, they'd still be in production, but since I DO love them, they quit. Story of my life...
The Merlin is not very restricted and has a removable air orifice under the coil to make it a slightly restricted DL.Duh, that's it. How could I have forgotten?
Nope, but I almost got one once. Then I kept hearing about how restricted the airflow was. Anyway, it's Nanos only for me now. They tick every box on my "want" list, and they're fast and easy and never leak. Can't ask for anything more. These ones I have had better last me the rest of my life, though, since they quit making them now. Of course, finally someone designs a perfect tank, so they quit making it. If I didn't love them, they'd still be in production, but since I DO love them, they quit. Story of my life...
With the restrictor in place it is a bit looser than a Subtank MIni on airflow.
Duh, that's it. How could I have forgotten?
Nope, but I almost got one once. Then I kept hearing about how restricted the airflow was. Anyway, it's Nanos only for me now. They tick every box on my "want" list, and they're fast and easy and never leak. Can't ask for anything more. These ones I have had better last me the rest of my life, though, since they quit making them now. Of course, finally someone designs a perfect tank, so they quit making it. If I didn't love them, they'd still be in production, but since I DO love them, they quit. Story of my life...
You know how they work. If an item does not break down and screw up, they can't expect you to buy replacements, so they discontinue it. They proceed to manufacture pure shit for the masses to throw good money after bad at, since the majority of the masses are assumed to be too stupid to know the difference. All we are to them are mindless, faceless consumers with money to burn.
......
I get my OSB at Lowes.
Postage would be hell on OSB.
Postage would be hell on OSB.
Lowe's price on OSB has gone up an awful lot lately. Good thing I got done what I had to before the cost went up. ~areas under siding~
It's the economy growing.
How can the economy grow if we do not pay more for stuff we already buy?
I thought it was called inflation.
Yep but pretty much the only 'economic growth' we have had for a while.
Silly me. I thought economic growth included paying higher wages so workers would not have to ride a bus and eat ramen noodles. Everything is getting so expensive, and wages are staying so stagnant, I don't understand how that is supposed to work out, unless... we follow North Korea's economic system. But, I digress.
I think a better word would be rape or theft or...
New FDA Medwatch Alert
Compounded Products Containing Triamcinolone-Moxifloxacin by Guardian Pharmacy Services (Dallas, Texas): Alert to Health Professionals - Adverse Events After Receiving Eye Injections
June 15, 2018
Audience: Patient, Health Professional, Eye Care, Risk Manager.
ISSUE: At least 43 patients reported adverse events after receiving eye injections of Guardian’s Pharmacy Services compounded triamcinolone-moxifloxacin product during cataract surgery. The patients reportedly experienced various symptoms, including vision impairment, poor night vision, loss of color perception, and significant reductions in best-corrected visual acuity and visual fields.
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Compounded Products Containing Triamcinolone-Moxifloxacin by Guardian Pharmacy Services (Dallas, Texas): Alert to Health Professionals - Adverse Events After Receiving Eye Injections
June 15, 2018
Audience: Patient, Health Professional, Eye Care, Risk Manager.
ISSUE: At least 43 patients reported adverse events after receiving eye injections of Guardian’s Pharmacy Services compounded triamcinolone-moxifloxacin product during cataract surgery. The patients reportedly experienced various symptoms, including vision impairment, poor night vision, loss of color perception, and significant reductions in best-corrected visual acuity and visual fields.
Read More...
And, it was APPROVED.......
the tropical storm should bring you some rain.
Doubt it, Bob...the rain usually just circles the valley....rains around us.
Sprinkled some last night and was cloudy most of the day today, but the rain delayed -- maybe tonight. However, we have warnings for severe storms with 3" rain accumulation for Saturday and Sunday.
I spent my day cleaning the mower deck (about 30 pounds of crud), cleaning and prepping a few chainsaws to get ready to start cutting firewood, then, because I have been totally unsuccessful at getting the gas/hydraulic log splitter running, I dug out an old electric/hydraulic splitter that quit some years back and tried to get it working again. The motor runs fine, but the hydraulics just are not pushing the wood or returning when the handles are let loose.
Much head scratching... Wish I had a service manual because the operator manual is of very little use here. Anyone here know anything about the Powerhouse XM-380 electric log splitter (7-Ton)?
Do most there get their water from behind Hoover Dam?
There are wells throughout the city, I'm not sure how much water is diverted from the Colorado river.
I don't know anything about that particular log splitter.Sprinkled some last night and was cloudy most of the day today, but the rain delayed -- maybe tonight. However, we have warnings for severe storms with 3" rain accumulation for Saturday and Sunday.
I spent my day cleaning the mower deck (about 30 pounds of crud), cleaning and prepping a few chainsaws to get ready to start cutting firewood, then, because I have been totally unsuccessful at getting the gas/hydraulic log splitter running, I dug out an old electric/hydraulic splitter that quit some years back and tried to get it working again. The motor runs fine, but the hydraulics just are not pushing the wood or returning when the handles are let loose.
How much wood do you usually burn during a "normal" winter?
Sprinkled some last night and was cloudy most of the day today, but the rain delayed -- maybe tonight. However, we have warnings for severe storms with 3" rain accumulation for Saturday and Sunday.
I spent my day cleaning the mower deck (about 30 pounds of crud), cleaning and prepping a few chainsaws to get ready to start cutting firewood, then, because I have been totally unsuccessful at getting the gas/hydraulic log splitter running, I dug out an old electric/hydraulic splitter that quit some years back and tried to get it working again. The motor runs fine, but the hydraulics just are not pushing the wood or returning when the handles are let loose.
Found this and it mentions a bleeder screw and maybe air being in the system.
Perhaps the hydraulic pump has lost it's prime? This manual does have a parts diagram.
http://www.powerhouselogsplitters.com/manuals/XM-380_LOG-SPLITTER_Manual_October2015.pdf
The lake is scheduled to go dead pool in not too many years if things do not change...
That will be someone else's problem.....
