For the love of God stop raining!

[HubertGummer]

lots of LOLing in this thread.

 

[HoughMade]

And made it out of concrete....

Concrete Ships

 

[Expat]

We had planned to be in the garden this week. Ha.

I normally would be thinking about planting the corn and beans this week... still another week before I start watching the forecast to plant tomatoes, peppers, etc.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I'm a cubist ark lover from way back Doc...

Cubist or cubits?

 

[indiucky]

Concrete Ships

Key phrase lol...


A sign by the edge of the road says that it is the remains of the S.S. Atlantus, one of twelve experimental ships built of concrete during the First World War, but "proven impractical because of weight."

 

[Phase2]

Key phrase lol...


A sign by the edge of the road says that it is the remains of the S.S. Atlantus, one of twelve experimental ships built of concrete during the First World War, but "proven impractical because of weight."

WWI? Isn't that when single wing planes were generally considered impractical because of weight?

Concrete Ships: McCloskey Ships of WWII

Three decades of improvements in concrete technology made this new fleet lighter and stronger than its WWI predecessors.
...
The ships were constructed in Tampa, Florida starting in July of 1943. The ships were built at an incredible rate, with one being launched a month.

 

[indiucky]

WWI? Isn't that when single wing planes were generally considered impractical because of weight?

I'll ask Churchmouse...He was there at that meeting....

 

[femurphy77]

Enough already Mother Nature!!!

Yeah I thought I saw a couple of ducks with umbrellas earlier!!

 

[hoosierdoc]

 

[Expat]

The lakes are getting bigger...

 

[T.Lex]

The lakes are getting bigger...

Reminds me of those commercials I hear on sports radio....

 

[AngryRooster]

It really needs to cut this crap out. Fields are flooded, yard is out of control.

We've got around a 3 acre yard. When I put the riding mower up last winter it ran perfect, no problems all year. Went to get it going a while back and all I got was a single click. Charged it up, same thing. Replaced the battery and made sure the new one had a full charge as well. Click.

SWMBO has been saying for a while that she wanted to get a self propelled push mower so she could help by mowing around all the trees and other wonderful obstacles in the yard. So we picked one up. Shop said it would be around a month before they could get to the rider to look at it. A few years ago on an older mower they told us 3 weeks. That turned into 7 weeks.

Due to other things going on we got a little behind trying to push mow everything. There are spots now that are knee high. Once the rain breaks and everything dries out I'm sure those that live across the state will hear me yelling and creating new four letter words.



I see a ZTR in the future.

 

[Gluemanz28]

I'll ask Churchmouse...He was there at that meeting....

Best post of the week!

 

[bmbutch]

I was going to hop on this one, but some idiot attached it firmly to the ground.

Was there Monday, loved it!

 

[HoughMade]

Was there Monday, loved it!

Great! I hope to get there this summer when I am in the general area visiting my son who will be working at the Creation Museum.

 

[White Squirrel]

Friend of mine who is a farmer got his corn all planted the day before Easter. I am just hoping he doesn't have to replant it all.

Just drove from Evansville to Vincennes and back today. It was amazing how much more of the White River bottoms along US 41 were underwater on the way home than there were on the way up.

 

[indykid]

I'm trying to figure out when the 40 days started....

Funny you ask, just heard the talking head say it started 8 days ago. They are predicting another 3 to 4 inches in central Indiana by the weekend. So far only a small lake which once was my back yard, but lots of streets reported closed in the Westfield area.

 

[tmschuller]

Came home from work to find my in ground pool that used to be my basement.... sump took a break and luckily I had one on the shelf. Then the discharge line broke and about 10 rounds of gorilla tape fixed the elbow that broke until I can fix it right.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Sump pump has been running a cycle time of 12-15 seconds ALL night. Schools on a 2 hr delay after letting out early yesterday.

After I lost power while on a conf call yesterday.

 

[ws6guy]

Sump pump has been running a cycle time of 12-15 seconds ALL night. Schools on a 2 hr delay after letting out early yesterday.

After I lost power while on a conf call yesterday.

Man I thought mine was bad at a 40 second cycle time! Last night I decided to test my back up pump, it's an AC/DC back up. On AC power it might keep the water at bay but running off the battery it won't keep up. I do have a new main pump that I can install if the current main takes a dump but if power goes out I'm screwed. I just got done finishing the basement, it's been dry for 4 years but if power goes out with this type of rain it's all over. So now I need to shop for a new generator and to play it safe need to shop for a better battery backup if I'm not home if the power goes. This ain't going to be cheap!