Thursday, February 1, 2024
Right now, it’s 58ºF (14C) outside, an unusually spectacular day for February in southern Indiana. Brandon is using this afternoon to air-clean the combine. This one is the combine that had the fire, and has been away getting refurbished. It just came home two days ago on Tuesday. It had not received any post-harvest clean-up until that started today. It is really nice that we have such a warm and sunny day today, because that particular job is better done outdoors. After it gets air-cleaned, it can come inside the shop for the washing part. But maybe it will stay nice for a couple days, and that wash task can take place outside, too! Our goal is to get the combine to be #Andyclean!
Such a pretty and sunny afternoon to finally get started on cleaning this S780
Brandon tries to get into every nook and cranny to blow away the dirt and debris
The back compartment of our Thundercreek fuel trailer has a compressor that we use for this task.
Brandon is very thorough in his cleaning.
…In other news…
Bill was here today, taking corn to ADM at Newburgh. He first had to take the Volvo and trailer to Knox County Tire for a repair on two tires. Then he made his way to the elevator down on the Ohio River. He said there was a bit of a line there today, not an in-and-out unload stop this time. He’s loaded again for another trip in the morning.
The big ‘purging’ clean-up of the shop and 3 other buildings has been accomplished. John and Brandon worked very diligently to remove old ‘stuff’ that had accumulated in the corners and back ends of these buildings. It is very noticeable now how much cleaner and more organized they are. The 40-cubic-yard dumpster is fully loaded. It’s crazy how much stuff piles up over the years. But now it looks much better inside every building! This was something that really needed to be done, and I’m glad it has been.
Purdue won against Northwestern last night. It took overtime to get the win. There were times that the game was not for a faint-of-heart Boilermaker fan. Just when we would get a bit ahead, the Wildcats would knock down an unconscious spectacular 3-pointer. It was good that the Boilers prevailed. We will likely need some help from other teams to get another loss or two on Wisconsin, who is surprisingly on top of the Big Ten right now. I’ll be rooting for the Nebraska Cornhuskers tonight!
Our South Knox Spartans girls basketball team won their first game in the sectional tournament last night. This sets up a Friday rematch against North Knox in the sectional semi-final. SK lost to NK in OT during the season, SK’s only loss. They have won now a school-record 23 games this year. We are hoping the Friday game goes to SK this time. The game is sold-out, about 4400 seats, for this game of #1 NK vs #2 SK. Go Spartans!
Have a nice weekend.
