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The initial vet visit included a dewormer, but not one that took care of hookworms. He has one more dose to get tomorrow. When we got our Bailey, she had THREE types of GI worms, poor puppy. . .

We made the mistake of giving the dewormer just before bed - apparently it is like puppy espresso… took over an hour of trying to get him to sleep even with mommy on the sofa. today we gave it to him right after work, and took him for his first walk up the woodlot with Bailey. hopefully that...

It isn’t just for him, we need to keep our Bailey healthy, too!

If you stay close to the water and on very wide main roads it shouldn’t be too bad. Don’t get lost in the secondary roads, go straight to 75.

Just got notification that we have been upgraded to Residential from Beat Effort. Current speed is 88.9 down/11 up. I luv me some StarLink!

Be careful on the inland part of Ft. Myers - the area was going downhill when we sold our place in Naples two years ago,I and guessing it has not improved. Very sketchy.

Umbrella Drinks all around!

wouldn't want to drop any of those castings on the concrete if you have quick reflexes you can shift your foot in the way to keep the casting from getting damaged 😂🤣😂

Got a phone call yesterday while at chiropractor, Harry has hookworms, we picked up meds earlier and just administered first dose. Hopefully this will resolve quickly and he can start putting on some weight!

Good Morning God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least Not screw up too badly). puppy is energetic, lots of time needed, and Bailey needs attention, just spent 20 minutes out with her, so morning posts and catch-up for me will be “thin”. changed water filter last night...

A reflexive “Good Post” —- for commiseration.

When it was close for our Sandy, all the diet restrictions went out the window. Make her as happy as possible. We went through a lot of bologna and bacon…

never got to finish this post this morning… oops… Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Puppy is obviously a major part of our day, suffice to say. (this is as far as I got) rather than bore everyone with a WOT, A PICTURE IS...

Puppy still has rattle in throat this morning, but at least no nasty green booger hanging from the sniffer, he is on ancough syrup and Doxycycline. Day by Day. . .

Puppy update: started the day with coughing and green snots. Trip to the only vet open Sundays an hour twenty away. Two shots, two prescriptions, but not kennel cough - apparently there is a nasty upper respiratory thing hitting canines locally and pupper got it. but he is reacting well to...

You can always get a somewhat older rescue that is already housebroken… like our Bailey…

“Cuteness” is a survival trait, across all species. (plus at one point we all must have been at least somewhat cute, otherwise our parents would have strangled us) finally needed to recharge after almost 3 hours:

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly. . . ). I got the two halves of the tiller apart almost. The hammering on the wheel shaft sortakinda widened it beyond tolerance and I would need to dress it with the grinder, but I have enough...

Puppy pix are fun, but Senior dog is feeling a bit harried. We will leave puppy home when we go to the woodlot later today, let Bailey have some “Me Time” without the little bundle of energy.

And he is living up to it! But he is already starting to learn his name and is most times responding (or at least reacting) when we call. we just had our first “oops” - I guess he needs to go out IMMEDIATELY after eating… input causes output. So now the area rug under the dining room table...

I am (and have been) a lousy sleeper to big in with. . . I needed my sleep.

TY!

Good Moning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Puppy! his new name, “Harry Houdini” which we decided on the first day we saw him at the shelter last week is totally appropriate, and the enclosure I made in the living room is merely a minor...

Well, we already have puppy stories… the enclosure is worthless. At 13 weeks old he was already trying to mount our other dog. He does not like being in a crate, and is extremely vocal about it, so we took tuns on the couch sleeping with him. He will have to be crated while we are in work, so...

As promised, puppy pix:

Easily assembled with simple tools commonly found around the home. insert Tab A into Slot A… 🤣😂

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 45.8F, allegedly May hit 80s today, which will be good for giving puppy a bath after pickup from shelter on the way to the vet. Landing zone completed: And yes, I have already removed the...

Pointy stabby jabby bleedy thingies indeed!

You misspelled “most days”

The Government is your friend and only has your very best interests at heart. 🤮

Just make sure you file in time so you don’t owe interest… <rimshot>

Which is why, as I type this in my hammock chair on my porch in shorts and a tee after having a bowl of ice cream, I am STILL not taking the plow or tire chains off the quad for another month…

Ay least you don’t have crocagators to worry about - when we had our place in Florida, that was a constant worry with our dogs, even on the leash!

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly…). 51F and foggy, going to 70s and sunny. yesterday’s rain, which was supposed to end by 6-ish did not end until sometime after we went to bed, so unloading vehicle feom shopping run did not...

No biggie on no more sap - it was just a lark this year, more FS&G than anything else. Next year I will start earlier and on more trees —- and will have time to haunt the fleas and get a couple stainless steam-table trays to build an evaporator on-site to pre-condense sap before bringing it...

We got the Horrible Fright auger several weeks ago and so far it has vastly exceeded my expectations (which are based upon a years of HF stuff meeting (or not even meeting) my already low expectation). It is nice that it includes a mixing bottle for your two-stroke fuel mixing pleasure. So...

“Except I didn’t say ‘fudge’…” -type situation?🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Conversely, I didn’t consider the issue of cattle because all the cattle where I am get de-horned so that is the imagery in my mind, not the pointy-stabby-jabby-bleedy thingy. . . meanwhile, while I was reading your original post, we were also rewatching “Clarkson’s Farm” where he was just...

Happy Birthday To Sophie!

Saw our first batch of AT hikers in town this afternoon… they are heading north once again - a sure sign of SPRING!!

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 45.7F, drizzly rainy dreary day today. more puppy cleaning and organizing in the house. Picked up some training treats, pads, puppy food, etc. we had a baby corral we used in our place we...

We have already discussed Plan B/C/D if board&trqin doesn’t work, including work hours change and Mom sortakinda doggiesitting (she’s 85, but she can be a presence and reinforce his name and keep our other dog from feeling neglected).

They gotta learn sometime. . . 🤣😂😂

We are picking up puppy Friday afternoon. Buckle up for cuteness overload 😁

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 24.3F , supposedly going into 50s. We had shed guy out to woodlot, he said he can get it in where we want it, and provided a name of someone he uses for site prep/grading once I take down the 5...

If I wasn’t so concerned about how much stuff may be preserving the bearings, I would fill up the crankcase with 3-4 gallons of kero and fully flush it! And I think it is the converse: I think the condition of the oil was a result of the cap - nobody else wanted to do an oil change through the...

Ever watch Sawing With Sandy on YT? He is a fun watch, if you are into DIY lumber.

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up to badly…). currently 19.4 F, May struggle into low 40s later. Yeaterday, when we took bog to woodlot, I let Mrs & dog go up and down the hill while I did an oil change on the tractor. It appears that an...

I have the sneaking suspicion that this will be entertaining—- for varying values of “entertaining” . . .

We had a blocked culvert several years back and one of our neighbors who was on the volunteer fire department had the young’ns come out for some “equipment testing & maintenance” and they blew out our pipe for us. If you have a friend, or know someone who does…

Potato rake and patience.

I can’t find the video, but a couple years ago there was a farm that took in a truckload of shelter dogs and for many it was their first time outside and seeing dozens of happy dogs was amazing. Just waiting on six little balls. . .

i am guessing there is a rotating toothed head under that cover?

And they are with us for far too short a time. . .

Good morning! God has given us another chance at getting it right(or at least not screwing up too badly…). Currently 29.1F, just added more wood to the stove, might hit upper 30s today. so, after work, had to drop off some stuff to my mother’s. Now, we had been discussing getting a second dog...

What did I say about best laid plans? (See my real ”Good Morning!” Post appearing shortly…

LE Insructor & Armorer for the last 9 years of my career. I may not have always worn my vest on the street, but I ALWAYS wore it on range days…🫤

That looks like a rough one, glad it isn’t worse.

Thankfully,they do. A good treatment with some Sctochbrite and brake cleaner, then a (by general assent) schmear of traditional anti-seize after replacing the worn shift fork and it should be ready to rock and roll (or jump and roll, as the case may be 😁).

Normally, when someone uses the phrase “the wheels have come off” it is a bad thing. Not in this case:

and You can’t fall off the floor.

Precisely metered amounts of “blue smoke” run everything these days. . .

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up to badly…). 33.4F and clear, maybe getting into 40’s. Going in to cube farm and getting some OT until it warms up and dries off from all the rain yesterday. I don’t think there will be any tractor work...

On mine, I would have to weld Or u-bolt something since there are no provisions. Now, If my tractor was about 3 years newer it would be the MF-type setup (because even case knew it was superior) and I wouldn’t have this little “adventure” 🤪😁

We were over on Range 20/21, so we didn’t get the “pleasure”. I am sure it was almost as bad as the NJ State Police Troop C HQ staff + their building is right under the end of 11/29 (the E/W Runway). When the winds were right. . . Every 45 seconds. . .

My friends parents had a 1995. We would load it up to bursting with camping gear, then hitch up their boat (and overload that too) and drive it almost 200 miles each way for a major biannual camping trip. It would do 80 on the interstate without a problem and rode like it was on rails. it...

The facetious answer is they had no problems with turns because they hauled them in upright 🤣😂. the other possibility is that a smaller temporary cut (like a firebreak) was used to haul in from a different access point? Satellite/aerial imagery might help determine if that is the case. I...

Maybe it was built on-site?

The Astro/Safari was a FANTASTIC vehicle and if they had still been making them when my Caprice wagon died I would have gotten one of those instead of the F150.

Good Morning! Happy High Holy Day! ☘️ God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Currently 47.8F and raining. Mrs has decided that we should not wait on me having enough time to mill enough lumber for a getaway cabin at the woodlot, so we stopped...

If you look at the Eagle Claw setup, the arms only pivot up/down on those shafts,map there was no need for stabilizers. But, while it may have been a great setup for someplace like Michigan, and those deep mud fields and long straight runs,it wasn’t so great for the “textured” land of the Smoky...

I don’t either - I used an online translation website 😂🤣😂

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Update to the update: torch at 24F really made a difference. It took about 15 minutes of constant pounding with the drift and repeated dousing with PB on one side, and another 20+ minutes on the other, but they finally shifted enough that I could work them back and forth and get them off the...

The way things are going, I am glad I found this wringer at a local flea for $22: And about a week later this rather hard-to-find square washtub in fantastic condition appeared for $40: I really hope things do not get to the point where. . . But it doesn’t hurt to be prepared!

When we would do our semiannual requalifications at Ft. Dix, it was always entertaining to see these do touch-and-goes at McGuire. Inevitably, some newbie would express surprise at how many planes were flying in and out and ask “Did we go to war?” When it was really only 2-4 planes. . .

VFW/American Legion/Boy Scouts usually cremate flags. Our local AL has a repurposed US Mail box set up so you can drive up anytime and drop a flag in.

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 23.9F, Heading to mid 40s. Last night was good satellite watching - went out to see ISS pass, it was higher than the app indicated, which is always nice, and about a minute before got a...

At issue with chains/hooks is , while there are multiple places to connect on the arms, I really do not have any good place to mount the other ends on the axle. . .

#$(@% - he’s on to me! 😂🤣

Forgot to post pix of my latest headache: the wheels won’t come off. I guess the previous owner either never had them off before, or, if he did, he put them back on dry. . .

We have been slowly converting paper into tangible over the past year. Bought the woodlot, the tractor, accessories, tools, consumables, etc. I really don’t want it see us with Three Rocks banknotes, but so many people have their heads in the sand (and other places) . . . what’s that other...

About 25 years ago I picked up a 10# tank for camping and canoeing, and it also “lived” in my trunk for a number of years and i was the “Cookout Hero” multiple times at other peoples houses when their bbq died, and I could keep it going while someone made a mad scramble to get a refill 😂🤣

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Currently a dead-even 30F, going into low 40s, hopefully not as breezy as yesterday . . . most of anything I need I mentioned in comments the last couple minutes, just getting ready to go to...

Short version: the nipples are spacers, the arms are on 3/4” pins. TL;DR: (with edits ) The factory Eagle Arms pivoted vertically on 5/8” pins (that I bushes up with copper pipe to fit the 3/4 ball ends) that are between the mounts. I have the replacement arms mounted with them, and...

We lost our Sandy last May. It still sucks. Hang in there.

I guess I am beating out pins again. . . 🫤

Would it make that much difference? The width of the implements pins are pretty much standard, no? (I really dont want to have to pound out those pins again 🤪)

Maybe I missed it? The part where they give the accuracy percentage of the meteorologists? “Much more” is not a quantifiable comparator…

Updated Good Morning: Remembered to take a device when we went up to the woodlot for dog walking I got some photos of my lower arm modifications from a couple weeks back for your critiques (Planck iron pipe nipples as spacers on the Case Eagle arm shafts to keep the Fergie-style arms...

An interesting study would be the Groundhog vs the meteorologists . . .

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly…). 28.9F, might get into the 40s, night not, but should be sunny. just added two blocks of oak to the woodstove. Picked up the chainsaws after work but had chiro appointment after, and we took a...

Me: “Doctor - Doctor, every time I move like *this* I get a sharp pain in by back.” Doctor: “Then don’t move like that.”

Rain stopping for today, temps dropping this week, a return of precip May mean that I was smart leaving the chains and plow on the quad. The withies will get done, bit by bit, it will probably take a couple months (it is a good project to keep Mrs busy with while I play with sawmill and tractor 😎👍

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 41.7F, going to drop a bit more before slowly climbing into mid/upper 40’s - bit of a change from the last week, and going to get chillier the next couple days. Woodstove is a wonderful thing -...

Try not to let the blue smoke out of the replacement parts… 😂🤣

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). pouring rain here since about 1 AM, 42F. Went into work early yesterday for OT, Tax Season getting into full swing, going in again. Welcome to March Madness, Ucle-Style. We did get up to the...

I do not have an air hammer, but I do have my grandfathers 4oz ball pein (gotta be at least 90-years-old or more) that has a wonderful rebound and I can rapid-tap almost all day 😁. The pins came out fairly easily, but the wheels are being recalcitrant. It is only Day 1 of disassembly, so I have...

Chilly evening ahead, HVAC already kicked in 30 minutes ago. Firing up the woodstove, and instead of putting the pot of water on top, I will be simmering down the almost 6quarts of walnut sap we collected the other day.

Going through this now… I have to replace the shift fork on my MTD tiller, and the wheels are stuck on the shaft. I bought it used a couple moths ago and finally am getting to work on it. I don’t think the wheels have ever been off. i Fought with them a bit after taking everything else apart...

this morning I was scanning Craigslist and someone was selling two vintage Homelite Super XL12 chainsaws. I have a slightly newer version (SuperXL12 Auto, but early enough to still have the thumb oil plunger) so called and left a message - turns out it was the guy I bought the brush hog, boom...

I do it when the beeping gets annoying 🤣😂🤣

but then how will people know when to change the batteries in their kitchen timers——- I mean, smoke alarms?

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). currently 45F and drizzly, should be clearing a bit later but resuming overnight. Mrs has become a huge fan of Clarkson’s Farm, so, during the binge watch of Season Two a couple weeks a go, I...

It took a bit of InterWebz digging but I got past the S-Mode BS in short order. Wires are up, started raining yesterday so no further work up the woodlot until at least Sunday.

I found some used aluminum maple sap collection buckets online for $5/ea, so I ordered 20 and some new spiles and lids so we can collect black walnut sap in earnest next season. yum 😁👍

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). currently 42F, going to low 60’s, possible precip later, though if pattern holds most (if not all) will pass south of us. Up too early, about 45 minutes ago woke up with today’s ear worm: The...

Those @#$& military veterans and their preferences are nothing but trouble!!! (/sarc)

Had to struggle with mom’s new laptop we got week before last, it wouldn’t let me install Brave or Thunderbird… until I found it had something called “S-Mode”. (I am a member of another website that is considerably more ”free-wheeling” than this one and can use the particular language that...

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Condolences, and HANG In THERE!

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 34F right now, reasonably clear so far, heading to th 60s later. We took a day off from the woodlot, so maybe today more barbed wire will go up, maybe not, depends. . . our fancy-schmancy...

Cannot imagine that it can take the abuse and damage that an A10 can and remain flyable, either.

We were lazy bums and celebrated our first year of owning woodlot sitting on the deck and catching some rays. Energy conservation 😁

But the sheet metal can be flat (corrugated but not formed) sheets, while the frame can be formed the same way tube greenhouses are. It might be cheaper, it might not, just throwing it out there. I do know of at least three rather large Nissan-type structures near here that are quite vintage...

What about a Nissen Hut? There is a difference. . .

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly. . .). Currently 58.6F, should be another nice weather day. one of the downsides to StarLink is that our ground station is out of Atlanta. So we get Atlanta-market commercials. Yay… today is...

What, and deny me the opportunity to go through all this again????😂🤣😂🤣👍

What I really need to do is paint it matching body color to the Case Manila-folder beige-ish color

. . . Chrome don’t get ya home. . .

Just got back from another dog walk up and down the hill - very happy pup!

Update to Good Morning : I stopped at the local auto parts stor3 and bought a modern replacement oil cap, which will work just fine but looks nowhere near as “appropriate” as the old one did. . .

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). currently 33.6F, clear and crisp. we decided to put in a couple hours overtime yesterday while waiting for the day to warm up and bang out some time-and-a-half. Dog got up the mountain two...

I need to get some drip coffee filters to run sap through, get out the dust and bugs 😂🤣

Too bad they killed off the 300 Straight 6 — that was a phenomenal engine.

The cussing was very much in my thoughts, though 😂🤣😂

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Dead-even 32F, nice and clear. inpretty much updated on everything over the course of the day yesterday, I am hoping that, with the temps hitting the freezing mark, that another batch of walnut...

When I had to replace The Steel Pig (my ‘93 Caprice wagon) back in 2016, I had a choice of the 302 or the EcoBoost 4cyl if I wanted it off the lot. I needed it off the lot. I went for the V8 because it was proven and (relatively) simpler. Someone I know a couple months later got the EB4...

It was a fun project - for varying values of “fun”. . .

You mean I just can’t soak it in some kero, blow it out with some compressed air, and call it good? 🤪

It’s fence wire dang it!

Update to the updated Good Morning Update: THE CAP IS OFF! What a PITA. Rigged up to the rafters, applied tension, tried tapping, NOTHING. Applied more tension, tried turning, wouldn’t budge. Applied more tension, applied pipe wrench, it started turning, and s l o w l y began to move...

It has been rattling like crazy, and now it doesn’t. I have three spools of wire - I can do this almost indefinitely 🤣🤪🤣

Update: it is working GREAT!!! Mrs is very happy that it doesn’t sound like a hoopdie with fart-can mufflers anymore 🤣😂

Updated good morning update: exhaust wire wrap job done: Heading out for test drive to the woodlot, will report back later how well it works, or if I need to do a few more wraps on the front heat shield too. . .

good morning update Productive morning so far: filled chicken waterers, filled 2 wheelbarrows with chicken bedding they kicked outside the run and moved it to the compost, raked up 5 wheelbarrows of we leaves the chickens dislodged and the heavy rains pushed down the driveway and added to...

The TV Repairman’s Law still applies.

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly…). Currently a dead-even 50F, moon is big and clear in the window We had a good dose of heavy rain and wind yesterday, today and tomorrow should be nice and clear. Projects are Subaru exhaust...

I sympathize - been up a half-Hour already, and it is Saturday. . .

If you look at the photo pop gadget posted, it shouldn’t be too hard to take off the valve cover. . . But first I’d have to pull all the tin 🫤 I am going with the fence wire simply because I have fences, but I don’t have an airplane 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 we do live about 4 miles from the county airport, and...

We had a toad choker roll through this afternoon and lost connectivity completely for several minutes. Lightning strike within 500 yds at one point And then went right back to normal.

Well, with my luck, it most assuredly does. . . 🫤

before or after the heat death of the Universe?

I may end up popping the tube out of the cover and work on it on the bench IWCTW

That is what I sortakinda figger, I WONDER if the tabs have worn a groove and locked themselves in?

It does not seem to have any sort of bayonet tabs - it just spins and spins. . . But does not move upward.

Is the tube pressed into a rubber grommet in the cover?

She’s a Jersey Girl - “gentle persuasion” means whacking it with a 2x4 that DOESNT have nails sticking out of it!

So THATS what’s under all that tin😂👍 I guess it would be a lot easier if I took off my hood, it may come to that if I cannot get it off any other way…

If it won’t come off with gentle persuasion (vertical tension and light tapping) I may consider it… but first I want to check what the other end of that neck attaches to! It would be a heckuva thing if the cap doesn’t budge, but the other end of the tube does 🤣😂🤣

That would be a HUGE help - but please don’t make a special trip just for me, next time you go is ok. It isn’t like I have to do it tomorrow, the oil is full and I a, not running it all that much right now other than to keep the battery charged 👍

Question: i *think* my 430 has a live PTO opposed to a “standard” PTO, because it has a long handle on the left side of the hood and the little pull ring handle behind the seat. I could use some tips on operating it - I am still learning tractor operations, but at some point really soon I am...

What I was thinking of doing was taking a length of paracord and making a doubled loop about 40”, then folding that in half and making a bridle with two opposing cow hitches under the breather, and then using a come along and maybe a heavy hammock spring from the shed rafter to apply sone upward...

Not that type of oil cap… I will have to take some pix when we get up there tomorrow. It is a combination canvases breather/fill cap, and it looks like it *should* just slip on and off. It does not appear to be a bayonet mount, just a friction fit. this photo is NOT my tractor, just the...

I could probably jury-IG a breather cap with some hose and hose clamps f worse comes to worse - I just don’t want smegma falling down into the engine while destroying the cap!

good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 56.6F, currently in between bands of rain, and today’s forecast is for rain, light rain, rain, showers, rain, thunderstorms, and rain. So tomorrow should be pretty mucky up at the woodlot. The...

I have tried prying - I put cardboard down on the sheet metal, got under it with a large open end wrench, then used a large screwdriver in the gap between the wrench and the bottom of the cap ( the bottom of the “U” on the wrench provided a very close fulcrum) and I got gornischt in terms of...

You cannot buy the B52 new - the tooling is long gone, and most of the people who knew how to run the tooling are, too.

You know, as soon as you return the JB Weld, you will need to buy some. . .

Way back about 15 years ago, when the windshield on my ‘93 Caprice started leaking, I used some 1.5” fabric&butyl roof repair tape around to perimeter as a “temporary” repair, which lasted to the day it went to the junkyard almost a decade later. Peel&Stick. Not really all that noticeable, if...

Straight-6 and a torque tube 😎👍

Snow drifts, thread drifts. . . 🤣😂

There is (was) a company that was refurbishing old Chambers stoves due to the interest Rachel Ray spiked a bunch of years back. I wish I still had my grandmother’s old refrigerator with the meat-locker handle and tiny freezer that had to be defrosted every two months.

Good morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 61F, raining all night, solitary rumble of thunder had dog slink in to our room for consolation. Lluckily, she did get her trip up the mountain, and we did not rush her as we knew the next...

BUFF is sortakinda like that avocado-green refrigerator from 1971 - it JUST WON’T DIE

Terrible news, condolences and prayers for strength.

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). yesterday was a picture-perfect Chamber of Commerce day, which we spent inside behind computer screens, and afterwards at chiropractor appointments. Forecast for the weekend is rain, of course...

Yeah, that is a weird thing with the letter jumping - it is not a bad as the old one but it still happens. doggie depression is bad, since yesterday was a spectacular Blue Dome 70F+ day, and we had chiropractor appointments after work. . . Today she will get her day out before the next three...

“Sources say _____” is another tell

Another really good product is MarineTex Epoxy, and a little square of fiberglass laid over and embedded enhances the effect. messy stuff - be forewarned. It takes about two weeks to come off your skin. . .

Several years back, I was on a camping trip with friends, and friends of friends, and friends of friends of friends. . . Anywho, one of the people who showed up had a Maple operation in New Hampshire and brought (among other things) a sack of maple sugar. UNBELIEVABLE AWEOME in coffee, and a...

We can really go down some rabbit holes with the “Follow The Money” theme!

ultimately everything is bad for you, hence the quotes around “healthy”. My point was that (now that I think of it it was closer to) 30 years ago the tv was equating coconut oil to injecting latex caulk into your veins, and now it is touted as an amazingly healthy product. I like coconut oil...

Now ya see, i am not whitewashing anything (other than not naming something that would get my post removed). I listed only a mere fraction of potential health issues, yet there is one *potential* item that *may* impact people’s heath that NOBODY is allowed to even HINT at asking “Maybe?” and...

1) CNN. 2) Any discussion of increasing incidence of heart/circulatory conditions is perfectly fine except for one particular potential cause. Which is why there has been a spate of so many other reports of potential heart/circulatory -conditions causes including (but not limited to): -video...

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 49.4F, going almost to 70, allegedly sunny all day. Dog will go up to the lot tomorrow, so it won’t be so muddy, and I will try again removing the oil breather/cap. Took apart mom’s laptop to...

I use my iPad with the keyboard split Something that was wonky with the old pad with the cracked screen was that often the “t” would register as a “y” when typing. IT STILL HAPPENS WITH THE BRAND NEW IPAD 🤬 Not as often BUT IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN AT ALL—- and it isn’t like I am...

When we did our annual wellness visit last week, and the phlebotomist said that she sees a lot of “Paxlovid Rebound”, where symptoms return shortly after prescription is finished. Info FWIW…

We have not had any significant snow to test out Dishay’s capabilities, but I wonder if (depending on Dishy’s normal operating position) if manually running a heating cycle, then putting it in “Stow” to allow snow to slide off, then reqctivating it would be a viable option in severe weather...

If it helps offset your diesel fuel expenses, why not? 🤣😂

Now I have to look at mine when it gets light…

My problem is that if I get up anytime after 3, I never get back to sleep. . .

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Shopping foray was mostly successful. Computer that was best for mom was not in stock, so it is being shipped to her home and allegedly will arrive tomorrow. Mrs has been insisting I replace...

Even at its worst, it blows the pants off the DSL. And the connection is stable. I had more dropped connections over the copper in a day that I have had in any two week period with SL - and those drops have been all under 6 seconds (except for the one 45-minute long one I mentioned last week —-...

Update: proposed new carrier has added the 2022 Moto G Power, so that is what Mrs will get, since she does not have to really learn anything new, since she currently has a 2016 Moto Z. Slightly different size, lighter, better battery life. BUT more plastic construction, 720 instead of 1080...

I have noticed that time of day makes a difference - here we are about 11 hours later:

Thank you - Will try it and report back. Might be a day or two…

I will try and report back…

I ”pre-dry” my filter with the electric leaf blower on low, just enough to get rid of the major water droplets, then let it sun/air dry on the black bed cover on the PU. Oil it at the end of the day.

I am still having problems getting my oil fill cap/breather off - it moves about 1/8” up and down and that is it. I may have to put a come along to a rafter and hope I dont lift the tractor off the ground…

It is just getting broken in 🤣😂 (pats the 1962 Case)

Good Morning! God Has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). 47F and cloudy, not *supposed* to rain today. . . So we will take a trip up to the Best Buy to get mom a new computer and do lunch and some grocery shopping at the big new Publix - one of the...

I got up around 3:00 and REFUSED to get out of bed that early on a Sunday! 🤣😂 Thanks for the info on your Subaru headlights - it is not far off from our experience, it just seems like a lot to me. I think I changed the headlights on my 75 Chevy three times in ten years, with the old...

Thanks - maybe I will pull the ground straps and clean the ends and reinstall with some dielectric - they are still in place from the factory. I also need to cinch some wire over the catalytic heat shield - it is starting to vibrate and rattle. Original exhaust from 2010, not looking to...

I haven’t run a speed test in a couple weeks, here is my result from th one I just did. And to think we had to put up with DSL at 1.6/.04 for so many years!

I did get the Ethernet adapter, and it is installed simply so I don’t lose it 🤣😂 I think I have enough cable to relocate th unit from the laundry room to a central location in the house, I just need to find time to muck about in the crawl space and cut a hole in the wall and mount a plate for...

Good Morning! God has given us another chance to get it right (or at least not screw up too badly). Big moogamoog from corporate left to catch her flight just before noon. General sigh of relief. With the “unscheduled departure” of some staff members the week before, several people got...

Not really - the steel wool will be in the block voids above the vents, and I expect that the foam insulation will expand in and through the steel wool (I unrolled and “fluffed” them before stuffing them in) hitch will offer moisture protection. The steel wool is prima an “anti-chew” measure...