Is it summer already

[flsix]

Gees, it's rained down here for the last four days straight, and not just in the afternoon.
Could be worse. 50 degrees colder and snow like they are getting up north.
Ok, maybe it's not so bad with the warm wet stuff.

[Thunderbolt]

LOVE BUGS 

[Valkahuna]

LOVE BUGS 

Hey Terry, Mother nature is keeping our windshields wet to make getting those pesky bugs off easier.

That must be it. Seriously, with us leaving on Monday to go North, we have a bunch of stuff to do outside to get ready to leave this house. It dawned on me today that looking at the weather was not too promissing. It poured here this morning, and right around noon, it stopped. We went outside armed with hedge trimmers, lopping shears, and other implements required to tame the Floridian Jungle. We finished within 2 1/2 hours, moved all the branches limbs, etc to the curb; got the tools put up; and on que, the skies opened up again.

Got the Valk serviced last night with new Amsoil, oil filter, etc, so all that remains on it is to fill the tank, add Stabil, put it up on my jack, and cover the poor baby up for a summer of sweating in the garage. 
That's a hell of a thing to do to a proud road traveller like her, but it also keeps her younger! 

Never a shortage of things to do, either coming or leaving! Oh well, it's the price to pay for "No Snow" and I'm happy to pay it.

Sorry, I guess I kinda ended up hi-jacking the thread, though that's not how it started out. 

[flsix]

Oh yes, love bugs came out about 10 days ago. Thankfully the sun came out at dinner time. Finally.

[Dougger]

Pete,
It would be nice, if you moved the phat girl into the air conditioned living room. No one is going to uae it until you get back.
Safe travels, we leave on next Friday.

[Valkahuna]

Trust me, it's been thought about.    Someone would not be too keen (myself included actually) to have the steel casters from the jack on the tiles that I recall spending too much money for.  

Garage doesn't get too bad since I figured out a way to vent the excess hot air.

[John Schmidt]

Cut off the end of the rope that is used to disconnect the opener in case of a power outage. That way nobody can feed a stiff wire up underneath the door and hook it, thereby opening the door by hand. Someone tried that on our door a couple years ago, I heard them about 3:00am, so waited until most of the wire was inside. Our door has windows so they could watch where the wire was going. When it was most of the way inside, I grabbed and yanked it hard, followed by some language from outside as they were running away. I then cut off the wooden cross handle so there's nothing to latch on to.

[Valkahuna]

Cut off the end of the rope that is used to disconnect the opener in case of a power outage. That way nobody can feed a stiff wire up underneath the door and hook it, thereby opening the door by hand. Someone tried that on our door a couple years ago, I heard them about 3:00am, so waited until most of the wire was inside. Our door has windows so they could watch where the wire was going. When it was most of the way inside, I grabbed and yanked it hard, followed by some language from outside as they were running away. I then cut off the wooden cross handle so there's nothing to latch on to.

When we leave, I unplug the door opener, lock the door to the track, and install a 2" heavy duty angle iron that goes from a slot cut into the concrete of the floor, and bolts to the axle at the top of the door that the coil springs are mounted on near the ceiling. Then the door is attached to the angle iron. This is my anti-Hurricane device to keep the door from blowing into the garage, but also is one heck of a locking system.

[John Schmidt]

Wow, guess that should hold it. I do something similar if we're gone for an extended period. Also involves disabling the opener, and on each side I run a bar through the door frame into the slots on the track. Unless a thief can bend two 1/2" steel bars, he's not getting in that way.

Have a safe trip north, and a safe summer. Look forward to seeing you and Viv again this Fall. Feel free to use direct email.

John

[Valkahuna]

I'll try to stay in touch. With the big trip to Thailand, Okinawa, and Japan planned for most of July and part of August, that should keep us busy. We are really looking forward to the trip. Stay, safe, be happy, healthy, and don't be too big a PITA for Rita.

Pete

[Pappy!]

Gonna be 55 or so up here in Lake County this evening/early morning.....Summer can wait till the end of the week!
Also the low temps and high winds and rain make for a "not so bad" love bug season so far.

[olddog1946]

It is here.  We went from the 50's to a couple of days in the 60's and 70's (maybe two each), been in the mid 80's for a week now. 90's starting tomorrow.

Whatever happend to spring. Four days ain't a very long one.

[flsix]

For relief from love bugs while riding I'd gladly take the heat and maybe even some rain.