Oef, you are just a beginner 
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Tom,
You can spend the rest of your time finding a good home for your stuff.
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First time I have heard of a gasified airplane. I would be too chicken to go up in it.
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Be careful what you wish for. We didnât hit 30C (86F) today, but close.
On todayâs news - on elderly care - from a small town close to the arctic circle. 32C (90F).
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We hit 40 a few weeks back. The air just hurts while jetskiing. Strange experience, strange climate.
A friend was in Jakarta, 28 C, strange world.
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Autch! Not pleasent in any way!
I think S-E-A and Indonesia in particular has its hottest months in our spring - but still - it should be the other way around temp wise.
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It hit 95 here in New Hampshire with high humidity. I finished splitting the big dead Ash trees we took down. Found the culprits. Many two inch grubs in the middle (Ash borers?).
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My GUESS without any additional information.
Is if the skin of the tree underneath the bark has paths on it, that was the emerald ash borer. Then as the tree was basically dead the Pigeon Tremex laid eggs in it, and those are the deep holes.
on a side note, two strains of the commercially available beneficial nematodes will attack the emerald ash borer. Off the top of my head it is Hb and Sf maybe.
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Thanks Sean. Makes sense. The under bark was covered with paths.
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Thought for the day.
An atheist was seated next to a dusty old cowboy on an airplane and he turned to him and said, âDo you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.â
The old cowboy, who had just started to read his book, replied to the total stranger, âWhat would you want to talk about?â
âOh, I donât know,â said the atheist. âHow about why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?â as he smiled smugly.
âOkay,â he said. âThose could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff â grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?â
The atheist, visibly surprised by the old cowboyâs intelligence, thinks about it and says, âHmmm, I have no idea.â
To which the cowboy replies, âDo you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and Hell, or life after death, when you donât know shit?â 
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Some summer work.
Found this nice 1923 radio on a thrift store.
Says: follow Marconiâs patent.
As itâs only for bands not available anymore, i put in a cheap Bluetooth module, and a modern loudspeaker as the old one turned to dust.
Works like a charm
Last day at work before vacation, i couldnât help pickin some pine cones for the Volvo to eat, im cheap, arenât i?
Repairing my severely rotted wheelbarrow.
Weather proofed with premium gasifier tar.
When i was on it, i weather-proofed the connecting rod on my old sickle bar mower.
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I can now report that 1 quart (just shy of 1litre) of JOâs gasifier tar brought up to simmering is just enough to cover 14 boardfeet (4,2m) of 2â9
Thank you JO 
But man what a nasty smell while boiling, I accidentally took some deep breaths of the fumes when I bent down to paint next to the bucket. I bet my voice is now similar to Leonard Cohens if he would have been a heavy chainsmoker and a massive whiskeydrinker.
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I didnât figure you all smoked a lot in Sweden, but what you do you guys drink instead of whiskey? I mean that big tub on the right, certainly looks like it would suffice for mash. Then you have all those boards painted black like a covert solar thermal distillery.
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Wide machine and a narrow bridge .
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It is 5-6% of the people that smokes but the number is still getting lower, I imagine that price is a big factor in that. And as for drinking liquer it is also way lower than when I was a youngster out and about so the illegal home stills are also way fewer. People are more into beer and wine, whisky is enjoyed too ofcourse but more for taste and enjoyment, not percentage 
As for the mash tub I came across that one when I got those two 2800gal tanks I use for rainwater harvesting, it has also been one of those tanks but it was already cut in half when I got it. Now I cut it some more and dedicated it as a heated soaking tub with a submerged wood fired stove in it, perfect for cold spring or fall evenings
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Nah - acquired smell, you know. You will learn to like it. The smell of miles and smiles
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Yes, I do like the smell normally but this was more like shoving my head down the hopper during hot refuels taking deep breaths, teary eyes, dizzy and seeing stars
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Staffan from VĂ€rmland said that he used the condensate from the hopper to impregnate poles with, apparently it worked well.
The tar that you apply hot, does it penetrate the wood a bit?
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I checked just now and it seems like very little penetration however it is most likely a weatherproof cover and after a day in blistering sun today it is very stuck on there. It is very alike the cover I put on the wooden beams and the chassi of the chickencoop wagon I built years ago, on that I painted boiling bitumen that I got from an asphalt plant, they lab tested every batch of bitumen they used and I got a big bunch of those tested cans but they are unfortunately shut down and moved the operation elsewhere, Iâm sure it wasnât because of some bitumen discrepancy at least
As for the hopper juice treatment I have tried that as well on some sticks I stuck into the ground but it is so recent so I canât give any reports yet.
Now that I think of it I should probably put tared sticks in the ground as well to check.
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