Good Morning!!!! 49F @ 6:00AM. Sunny to partly cloudy. High 61F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Maybe some rain moving through tomorrow night, but the real show starts Saturday. The 10-day is showing rain every day starting then, with almost four inches of accumulation. :crossfingers:
Yeah, Top, they sure don't make 'em like they used to. Maybe there's something left for you on the battery manufacturer's pro rated warranty?:laughing:
You folks back east sure have a rich variety of grocery stores to choose from. I can name several out here that are no more, having been bought out and consolidated under one corporate brand, or been taken over by the Chinese and restocked with offerings that are of questionable quality and impossible to understand.
I hadn't heard the spread through children angle on the new Covid strain before, Eric, but it makes perfect sense. I once shared an office room with a guy that had a little kid at home, and it seemed like he was sick with a new cold or flu every other week. And since he refused to stay home, he brought it with him to work and gave it to me. I went from never having missed a day of work due to sickness in more than fifteen years to running out of sick leave before spring. When management expressed concern about my absences, I had to explain the obvious to them, and at that point the finally gave Bill an office to himself.
They had one job, Ron, yet still managed to screw it up. Don't tell me; because Covid, right?:confused2::laughing:
Hope you feel better soon, Bill. Can't be too cautious these days when it comes to that sort of thing.
Glad the master cylinder rebuild came out OK, Paul. The ones on the old vehicles I usually work on almost always have to be replaced or sleeved due to pitted bores. Is the brake fluid used in airplanes superior or special than what us mere mortals use in our cars, trucks, and motorcycles? And BTW, what kind of paint are you using on the speaker cabinet? Maybe an epoxy to withstand all the rough handling?
When I was splitting oak a couple days ago, Kyle, I came across one piece that was rotten inside and held a large grub of some sort that had chewed it's way quite far into the healthy wood. The hole it left behind was almost a quarter inch across, much bigger than any carpenter ant I've seen would leave. No idea what it was, but I sure hope it's not doing the same in standing trees.
Sounds like good advise with regard to axes and drinking, Bill. Applies to many other hazardous situations as well, and ignoring it has led to many "watch this, hold my beer" videos on YouTube.:laughing:
Good to hear the loss of taste and smell isn't permanent, Rich. And hope you continue your steady progress in your recovery.
They say "it's always darkest before the dawn", and it seems like that's pretty much where we're headed, at least from a medical and political standpoint. Not a good place to be, but then that' life thee days, isn't it?
Trans disassembly went smoothly yesterday, but the shaft that needs the circlip groove turned out to be harder than the cutter bit, so there will be something of a delay while I find one that will work. The lathe I bought back in 2010 during the Great Recession came with a large number of cutters from the ThinBit company, but they're all made from high speed steel. I'm hoping they're still in business, and also have carbide offerings. But I was able to get the shaft chucked in the lathe, and get the cutter I had properly positioned without having to remove the adjacent gear, so that's a very strong sign I'll be successful if the correct bit can be located. I also need to do some more homework to determine the correct depth for the groove, as the one account I've read had it deep enough that the circlip I have would be rattling around on the shaft.:confused2: But it was nice to see an old friend in person for a change, instead of imagining what they look like while chatting on the phone or composing a text message.
No less than four different parcels left in the unlocked (again) drop box yesterday evening when I went up to check. One was the Makita blower I ordered, the one with two batteries. Job #1 for it was blowing the gravel off the concrete driveway, and it worked wonderfully for that and I came away a happy camper. I ran it for maybe five minutes on the highest setting of five, during which it ate up about a third of its charge, and my hand and arm were tired enough from fighting the strong push that I was glad the job was done anyway.
Another package held a fancy new jacket from Klim, a name I don't know how to pronounce but that has emerged as something of a leader among so called "adventure" clothing in the past few years. I didn't order it, instead it was an honorarium from my motorcycle club as a thank you for the years I spent helping out with their web site. I'd been contacted by one of the directors, who asked my size, and who was told I didn't need or want a new jacket. But there it was anyway, and two sizes too big, with a club patch and my name embroidered across the chest. Oh well, it can keep company in the closet with similar sweat shirts and jackets from another club I used to belong to...:confused2:
