The new lawn tractor has arrived

I have built and installed the bagging system, installed the front bumper, dropped the mowing deck and lubricated every spindle. It came with an appropriate amount of oil but tomorrow I will run it for about 10 minutes just to heat everything up and then I'll change the oil.

In all honesty, I don't trust the guys who put these things together so I replace whatever oil is in them, I check the tightness of every bolt I can see and I make sure the filters are all installed.

Now all I need to do is figure out what to do about the old lawn tractor.

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Tonight is one of those evenings with no sporting events for me to watch.

The Red Sox are off until tomorrow. The Bruins start their season tomorrow. The Patriots are still trying to figure out why they shit all over the field last Sunday and don't play again until next Sunday.

Guess I'll see what entertainment has been saved onto the DVR.

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According to Fangraphs, the Red Sox have a 5.4% chance of winning the World Series:

I have a feeling that prediction table is going to age poorly. I will not be surprised if the Dodgers do not make it past the divisional series.

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Here are some links:

• Apparently bicyclists not only think they own the road, they also think they own the sidewalk.



• Despite what your seventh grade teacher told you, there are such things as stupid questions.



• I don't rely on my spam filters to move these things to the spam box. Whenever I get one, I log onto my email provider's server and write a rule to block any incoming email from that address, I don't even want to see them in my spam box.



• The last time women wore their hair like this, we ended up with a hole in the ozone layer.

So much for the big storm

At one point yesterday, one of the newscasters on our local station said, "Boy, we are really getting whalloped out there!"

I turned my head to look out the window and I say a leaf blow by.

No huge wind gusts, no branches down in the yard, no torrential rain, just a leaf floating across my front yard.

It's another clear-cut case of the media trying to induce panic in their viewing audience.

It's like whenever it snows, the national news guy says, "Millions in the path of a dangerous storm!" and I yell at him, "It's snowing for christ sake! It's not the end of the world. And yes, there are millions of people living in New York City, never mind the rest of us in New England, you moron."

I will admit to moving my generator to the front of my garage so if things do suddenly go to shit, I don't have to move cars to get it out but I seriously doubt anything is going to happen.

So anyways, that is the excitement around here - there are leaves blowing around.

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The MLB playoff brackets are not quite set yet but I'm willing to bet the Astros will be the ALWest winners and the Rangers will be on vacation.

No matter because I will be watching the Red Sox / Yankees games. Well, I'll be watching as much of them as I can. They start at 8:00 which means they probably won't end until 11:00.

As for today's final game of the regular season, the Red Sox lost to the Cubs this afternoon. Not the best way to end the regular season but they have until Tuesday to recoup and figure out how to beat the Judges.

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The Patriots got beaten up pretty well by the Jaguars, losing 35-6 this afternoon..

Not a great day for my sports teams...

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Here are some links:

• I feel bad for the kids with morons for parents who decided to not vaccinate their children against a childhood disease.



• Australia: They love their beer.



• Someone lost a SR-71 spy plane.

A win and a couple of losses

The Red Sox and the Bruins both lost last night but the Red Sox won this afternoon.

The Bruins are still playing pre-season games so their loss to the Flyers last night is meaningless. Those games are being played so the front office can figure out who they keep and who they cut.

They take on the Capitals tonights. Puck drops at 7:00.

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As for the Red Sox, the lost 1-0 to the Guardians last night but they turned things around this afternoon when they beat the Cubs 4-3.

They are back at it again today when the play game 2 of their 3-game series against the cubs. First pitch is at 5:35 and Bello has the start.

Oh, and the reason they are playing a doubleheader today is because they moved this coming Sunday's game to today due to the incoming storm. These are the last three games of the regular season so they need to get them all in before the playoffs start.

Speaking of playoffs, the wildcard series will all be played on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week and they will all be carried on NBC/Peacock. That means there will be four baseball games each day.

I have a feeling that some of those games will be shown on Peacock which means I won't be watching them. Hopefully the Red Sox / Yankees games will be on NBC...

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There is a nor'easter heading our way.

The last time we had a storm out of the northeast in the fall was back in 2011 and we were without power for 11 days.

Sure hope that doesn't happen again but if it does, I have plenty of gasoline for the generator.

I am not spending hours or days without electricity...

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Speaking of the weather, get ready for a heat wave because I took my air conditioners out, cleaned them up and packed them away until next year.

It's probably going to hot and muggy in a few days...

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Here are some links:

• Maybe someone tried to recycle grandpa.



• Looks like the president of peace is at it again.



• Hairy-Legged, Three-Lipped, Red-Eyed Spider would be a great name for a 1950s Sheb Wooley song.

A BigE kinda day

We spent several hours wandering aimlessly around the Eastern States Exposition, eating food that tastes good but is probably not good for us.

We also looked at all the farm critters. My wife suggested that we might want to get a Llama but I explained that they like to spit in your face so I think I'll pass. She agreed with me.

We also looked at a lot of "stuff" that is for sale. My wife got some socks, we both got new leather belts, we got some cheese and we got some maple syrup.

All-in-all, it was a pleasant day and it was not crowded when we were there so we didn't have to deal with a lot people.

Maybe we'll do it again next year.

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The Red Sox lost last night, getting beat 3-2 by the Guardians.

Tolle had an uncharacteristic outing, giving up 8 hits, 2 earned runs, walking 2 and striking out 5 over 5⅔ innings.

Tonight's game is at 7:10 and Gray has the start.

Also, the game is on ESPN which means a lot of video of talking heads blabbering about the New York Judges and interviewing the managers instead of actually seeing baseball being played.

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Dementia Donny seems to think he can cut a deal with these people.

Trust me, he can't.

He is not dealing with culture that he understands. He'll, I don't think anyone understands them. This is a culture that is made up of a lot of religious fanatics who have convinced their people that becoming a suicide bomber is a path to eternal peace with 72 virgins.

They don't deal, they do whatever they need to do. They don't care about Trump. As a matter of fact, his constant lies about the war ending soon means they probably ignore everything he says.

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Here are some links:

• Thank goodness my kids all own their dwellings.



• Here's your Naked Guy In The News story.



• I'm not entirely sure how this prevents the spread of STDs...

Happy Autumnal Equinox

Today is the day where the sun is directly over the equator and the first day of fall.

I am a fan of fall. It is the season where I neither sweat or freeze my ass off.

Well, for the most part I don't do that.

There are sometimes a day or two where it is hot enough to pour steel or cold enough break out the skis but for the most part, the temperatures where I live are in the 50's 60's and 70's.

I like those temperatures.

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The Bruins will play pre-season hockey against the Flyers at 7:00 this evening.

I, however, will be watching the Red Sox play the Guardians at 6:45 this evening. Tolle has the start.

Tonights game will be managed by Red Sox not-interim manager Chad Tracy because ownership finally got around to realizing the man has turned that team around and knows what he is doing. They signed him to a 3-year contract as the full-time manager this morning.

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Here are some links:

• Oh good, I can hardly wait for 24 hours of Dementia Donny coverage.



• I'm starting to get a "gestapo" kind of vibe from this organization.



• I'm of the opinion that MassDOT did not plan this very well.