Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

Zoom in to see some old time shells - somewhere around 430 million years old!

 

[Sally PB]

I remember hearing "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" a LOT on the radio. Someone at school said it was "melodically boring," and someone else chimed in with, no, the music rises and falls and rolls like big waves. I thought that was a good description.

Twenty-some years ago, my husband and I were on a trip in the UP. We stopped at a museum in Paradise where they had a huge fresnel lens on display. And a lot of stuff about the Edmund Fitzgerald, with that song playing in the background.

 

[RaZ]

We just got a log splitter about a month ago. We've rented one several times, but it is so much nicer to be able to split wood on your own schedule. That thing is a beast; it will probably outlast us and be passed on to someone else when we shuffle off this mortal coil.

A rather big expense to start with but well worth it in the long run. I'd say that mine has paid for itself several times over.

 

[RaZ]

Is that a drive coupler?

Glad you had a great weekend!

It is. Two different diameters. Engine output shaft is 0.875 and the pump side is 0.500. One was $9 and the other was 12 bucks. Pretty cheap given the amount of work they do together.

 

[aart]

It is. Two different diameters. Engine output shaft is 0.875 and the pump side is 0.500. One was $9 and the other was 12 bucks. Pretty cheap given the amount of work they do together.

Was it hard to get at?

 

[RaZ]

Cool fossils.

 

[RaZ]

Was it hard to get at?

Not really. It was easier to pull the motor off rather than try to disengage the pump. Just 3 bolts.

 

[RaZ]

So I had a chicken that managed to get out of the run.
I tried to get her back in the pen but she ran into the woods.
Half hour later I hear noise on the porch...I open the door to get her AND she shoots into the house.
House guest for the night?

 

[Sally PB]

After a night by that toasty woodstove, she won't want to go back to the coop!

Love your slate hearth and your wood floor too.

 

[1muttsfan]

Looks like a one chicken night