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51 overnight. 26 now and dropping. Winds with gusts up to 70 mph. Lots of dead ash blowing over. Saw a power pole with a transformer on it snapped off half way up. Got my generator running yesterday. Surged a little. Drained out the 2 gallons that was in it and put in fresh gas. Good...

Are you allergic? When I was there I asked if there was poison ivy. Was told no. What is it called?

Fast Orange has worked for me without scrubbing. I am pretty allergic. Pumice in it might be doing the scrubbing. I think the oil is pretty easy to get rid of. Getting it off in time is important. My son weed wacks and lawn mows it and he is not immune. Wears shorts a lot too. I'll have...

Fels Naptha laundry soap is the old standby. Fast Orange is good. Anything that cuts grease and oil. Wouldn't hurt to have it right on the job site and wash every hour if you are very allergic. Pretty miserable stuff.

Wash within an hour, preferably less. I have not got it in years doing it that way. Other than my sisters friendly dog rubbing it on me.

They claim American Indians used to do that. Also read you can get it in your throat. Scary.

If you are fairly allergic even dead vines and the hair left on the wood after you pull the vine off are still potent. I have heard some people can just get close to it and get it. Doesn't sound reasonable to me. I know burning it is not good. I know I have got some blisters from handling...

Up and down like a yo yo. Pushing 60 Thursday. 25 yesterday.

Wasn't it growling for a while?

My neighbor to the north a bit over 1/4 mile has a horse barn in line with my house. They put up a led outside light that was on all the time that looked liked the rising sun to me. I like to look at the night sky, northern lights, comets, etc. I finally found the right time to mention it...

Maybe just cutting the overhanging forks off would be enough?

I find there is usually a lot of ash under the coals. I sweep the coals to one side and shovel the ashes out, the sweep the coals to the other side and repeat. If you had a metal container to hold the coals and had a safe place to set it down I don't see any rats. The sweep method works ok...

I have been meaning to make a mesh shovel for the purpose of saving the coals and charcoal but letting the ash fall through it. Collect the coals while you clean out the ashes and dump the coals back in.

Looks like old metal wire mesh base. Better than the kind they had before that-a fairly heavy sheet metal with holes in it. Miserable.

Went to the hardware store today and cut a key for my new to me 2003 Tahoe for $4. Try doing that with a newer vehicle!