daugen
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I didn't know that. Kid had a cannon, a .45, I think I read. On his 16th birthday.
Mental health screening light flashing like mad here...
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I didn't know that. Kid had a cannon, a .45, I think I read. On his 16th birthday.
Mental health screening light flashing like mad here...
txdon
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I thought it happened in the the school, it was on camera and the school is fenced and does not have metal detectors.
"The school district website says a resource officer is assigned to every campus, and the schools have fencing and supervisors monitoring who goes in and out. The Saugus High campus is fenced and has a dozen security cameras but no metal detectors."
Santa Clarita shooting: Saugus High School closed; what we know now
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It was outside in the "quad" area.
txdon
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But inside the gates??
txdon
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David, my mom had a truck battery, a few years ago, that only lasted one year.
I hope that is your only problem left to solve. But if you have lost confidence in the truck the Jeep truck SPORT model is about half price of the Rubicon Launch. Close to the price of a Ford Ranger. I think the Ranger would look better than the Jeep with a shell top but you could just wait for the new 2020 broncos.
I hope that is your only problem left to solve. But if you have lost confidence in the truck the Jeep truck SPORT model is about half price of the Rubicon Launch. Close to the price of a Ford Ranger. I think the Ranger would look better than the Jeep with a shell top but you could just wait for the new 2020 broncos.
daugen
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Just spent the last hour on the phone helping a good friend whose husband is going into skilled care/hospice.
They bought a long term care policy from me ages ago and called to ask about it, actually wanted phone number of their agent, who
bought my business when I retired. If you have less than six months to live, LTCI policies can have some extra benefits that kick in
before the waiting period is out. She did her best not to dissolve in tears, but that finally happened. Luckily she is a strong smart woman,
despite a disabling stroke a few years back.
Her husband and I were good friends, spent more than a decade together
on church committees, mostly finance. Two rounds of chemo plus some last ditch drug didn't work. Just like it didn't work for my other friend in Colorado
who died three weeks ago. We were all the same age too.
Talk about feeling mortal...
on a different note, gusts of 43mph at Hatteras in Outer Banks, which I think has been partly evacuated.
HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM EST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island and Northern Outer
Banks.
They bought a long term care policy from me ages ago and called to ask about it, actually wanted phone number of their agent, who
bought my business when I retired. If you have less than six months to live, LTCI policies can have some extra benefits that kick in
before the waiting period is out. She did her best not to dissolve in tears, but that finally happened. Luckily she is a strong smart woman,
despite a disabling stroke a few years back.
Her husband and I were good friends, spent more than a decade together
on church committees, mostly finance. Two rounds of chemo plus some last ditch drug didn't work. Just like it didn't work for my other friend in Colorado
who died three weeks ago. We were all the same age too.
Talk about feeling mortal...
on a different note, gusts of 43mph at Hatteras in Outer Banks, which I think has been partly evacuated.
HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO
5 PM EST SUNDAY...
* WHAT...Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 65 mph
expected.
* WHERE...Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island and Northern Outer
Banks.
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Good point, one I hadn't heard. But the fact remains that the kid somehow got his hands on a firearm, even though he was too young to have one (just his possession breaks both state and federal laws). Criminals, by definition, break laws. More laws won't stop them. Two law enforcement officers were dropping off their kids at the school that morning, and both ran toward the gunfire. They were on scene, and arrived in time only to apply first aid. How could a kid get that sideways and not have anybody know it? Someone did, but they failed to act...
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69°F and no rain
Back to previously scheduled events - hopefully.
Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
Back to previously scheduled events - hopefully.
Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day
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Good Morning!!!! 54F @ 7:45AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 72F. Winds light and variable.
With so many choices yesterday, the van won out. Dug around in the parts boxes and found the baggies where I'd stashed the little plastic screw in covers for all the threaded bosses that penetrate the cargo deck floor. Turns out there were two bags of 'em, a good thing because I was a couple short with the first one. Used Ducor as a sealant on the threads, and had to run a tap down a couple of them to clean out the rust. That done, I laid out six of the built up sound deadening sheets to cover most of the floor, just to get an idea of how much of it I'll be needing. Looks like I'll have plenty, at least for the flat portions. The glue I used to laminate the layers tends to let go on vertical surfaces, so I ordered a gallon of Barge cement yesterday to use on another batch. Once again Amazon wasn't much of a deal, but Google found a well rated supplier.
Then I finished installing the last piece of carpet, and now the driver's compartment looks pretty nice. Nice enough I wanted to get the cover on the console for the 4WD and locker knobs installed. Found all the necessary pieces, even the custom knobs I'd turned to replace the existing knobs that didn't match. But the holes for the knobs had been drilled in the wrong spot, an artifact of the "printed" history of that cover (the original had been smashed to pieces by the ex-mechanic). So out came the Foredom tool and a nice fine carbide burr, and wala, on it popped. Just had to get longer screws to hold it in place. The upper part of that panel holds a little diagram of the van, with an indicator light that is supposed to come on when the rear locker, front locker, or decoupler is engaged. I had to remanufacture that piece as well, and at least for the decoupler, it worked fine. I don't have a front locker, but the one for the rear locker wasn't coming on. Took a while to find the rear locker solenoid on the transaxle, and when I did, there was no wire going to the position indicator switch. Whoever installed the transaxle had left it off, just like they'd left off the backup light wiring. It's very close quarters under there, tucked up under the fuel tank, just in front of the starter. Impossible to see what the contacts look like on the switch, and no obvious wires nearby looking for something to connect to. The Bently manual, the bible of Vanagon mechanics, was silent on wire color, or even where the locker solenoid was located. Then I remembered a lead hanging down in the engine compartment back by the rear license plate. I found it, made a jumper between the two leads, and presto, the indicator on the console came on. Prolly that same somebody stuck that lead back there because they couldn't be bothered to figure out where it was supposed to go. Snipped a couple zip ties, fished it across the top of the engine, then poked it back along side the starter, and it was just long enough to reach the indicator switch. Almost like it was made for the job. Back underneath, for the life of me, I couldn't seem to get the connector on the wires to mate with the one on the switch. I really couldn't see what I was doing, working mostly by feel. Even with a flashlight and mirror, I couldn't get my eyeballs close enough to see the shape of the switch connector. Then I tried one of the little flexible video camera/endoscopes I have, but the probe on it was too long to fit in the space and I couldn't get a sharp picture. I have another endoscope with a right angle mirror attachment, but the battery was flat, and frankly by that time I was tired, filthy, and and it was getting dark anyway. Stuck the connector on as best I could, put the other camera on the charger, and enjoyed the sunset on the back porch with a beer. Problem solved, at least for the rest of the evening. Hopefully the other camera will shed some light on the mystery today.
While I was sitting there, a small group of deer came browsing through, including a nice three point buck (Western count) that was so intent chasing after his ladies he didn't notice me watching. Typical teenager.:laughing:
Hope the weather improves for you easterners, and everyone has a nice weekend!
With so many choices yesterday, the van won out. Dug around in the parts boxes and found the baggies where I'd stashed the little plastic screw in covers for all the threaded bosses that penetrate the cargo deck floor. Turns out there were two bags of 'em, a good thing because I was a couple short with the first one. Used Ducor as a sealant on the threads, and had to run a tap down a couple of them to clean out the rust. That done, I laid out six of the built up sound deadening sheets to cover most of the floor, just to get an idea of how much of it I'll be needing. Looks like I'll have plenty, at least for the flat portions. The glue I used to laminate the layers tends to let go on vertical surfaces, so I ordered a gallon of Barge cement yesterday to use on another batch. Once again Amazon wasn't much of a deal, but Google found a well rated supplier.
Then I finished installing the last piece of carpet, and now the driver's compartment looks pretty nice. Nice enough I wanted to get the cover on the console for the 4WD and locker knobs installed. Found all the necessary pieces, even the custom knobs I'd turned to replace the existing knobs that didn't match. But the holes for the knobs had been drilled in the wrong spot, an artifact of the "printed" history of that cover (the original had been smashed to pieces by the ex-mechanic). So out came the Foredom tool and a nice fine carbide burr, and wala, on it popped. Just had to get longer screws to hold it in place. The upper part of that panel holds a little diagram of the van, with an indicator light that is supposed to come on when the rear locker, front locker, or decoupler is engaged. I had to remanufacture that piece as well, and at least for the decoupler, it worked fine. I don't have a front locker, but the one for the rear locker wasn't coming on. Took a while to find the rear locker solenoid on the transaxle, and when I did, there was no wire going to the position indicator switch. Whoever installed the transaxle had left it off, just like they'd left off the backup light wiring. It's very close quarters under there, tucked up under the fuel tank, just in front of the starter. Impossible to see what the contacts look like on the switch, and no obvious wires nearby looking for something to connect to. The Bently manual, the bible of Vanagon mechanics, was silent on wire color, or even where the locker solenoid was located. Then I remembered a lead hanging down in the engine compartment back by the rear license plate. I found it, made a jumper between the two leads, and presto, the indicator on the console came on. Prolly that same somebody stuck that lead back there because they couldn't be bothered to figure out where it was supposed to go. Snipped a couple zip ties, fished it across the top of the engine, then poked it back along side the starter, and it was just long enough to reach the indicator switch. Almost like it was made for the job.
Back underneath, for the life of me, I couldn't seem to get the connector on the wires to mate with the one on the switch. I really couldn't see what I was doing, working mostly by feel. Even with a flashlight and mirror, I couldn't get my eyeballs close enough to see the shape of the switch connector. Then I tried one of the little flexible video camera/endoscopes I have, but the probe on it was too long to fit in the space and I couldn't get a sharp picture. I have another endoscope with a right angle mirror attachment, but the battery was flat, and frankly by that time I was tired, filthy, and and it was getting dark anyway. Stuck the connector on as best I could, put the other camera on the charger, and enjoyed the sunset on the back porch with a beer. Problem solved, at least for the rest of the evening. Hopefully the other camera will shed some light on the mystery today.While I was sitting there, a small group of deer came browsing through, including a nice three point buck (Western count) that was so intent chasing after his ladies he didn't notice me watching. Typical teenager.:laughing:
Hope the weather improves for you easterners, and everyone has a nice weekend!
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Oh, before all the fun started on the van, I called and left a message with the sales manager for the new solar company. I've been trying to get a call back from the fella that tried to come out last week, but had gotten no response. The sales manager called back within minutes, apologized for the delay, and said he'd take care of me himself. I brought him up to speed on what I was trying to achieve, and what had been done already, and we set up a time on Monday for him to come out and make some current measurements and look at the layout. He said it would be tight getting the system commissioned by the end of the year, but seemed to be willing to work with me to get the mechanical portions done quickly. His main concern was getting the approval for the building permit, one I share. I've had my application in for many weeks now, but it was lacking certain details the vendor I had been working with was unable to supply. If things go well on Monday, I hope this new guy can supply the necessary figures and get that rolling again.