Plow broke in the morning while I was moving snow there, turbine people have pushed back the outage twice now, and then the chute breaks right before loads go out. I know nothing major, but man, it adds up with all this other stuff Ive got going.
Random Thoughts the 13th: Jason Takes RTT
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Plow broke in the morning while I was moving snow there, turbine people have pushed back the outage twice now, and then the chute breaks right before loads go out. I know nothing major, but man, it adds up with all this other stuff Ive got going.
Some people deserve to have their tires shot out while driving. You would be doing a service to everyone else on the road.
We also bought "my" Christmas present tonight. We bought some frying pans with a new kind of heat distribution last spring, and we both LOVE them. I've been wanting pots and a dutch oven to match, and Lew decided it was time to update our pot/pan supply. I highly recommend them. Durable, and not outrageously priced.
Those in the pic are T-Fal, and I think they're the best. The vixen bought some new stuff last year, and she did a great job. Cookware has come a long way.
Those turbine people are a pain. When we walked through, they were supposed to make the two driveways seamless but I see they didn’t do that. When it’s cold the repairs are 10x worse to deal with and a 30 min job takes 3 hours.
One Nice thing about kids having beater cars for school, when you get a couple inches of snow you can just take a shop broom to clear of the windshield and such because if you would lightly scratch something, you don’t care.
The cats have been struggling with the new flooring. Button in particular is very stressed, especially now that the stairs have gone in. She spent most of last night in the basement (went down the laundry chute and wouldn't come out when I opened the door & tried to coax her back upstairs). Finally got her up here around 5.30. She spent the next couple of hours crying. When the furniture is all stacked at one end of the room, and it's a big open space with a wood laminate floor, no carpet, no drapes, lemme tellya, that crying REALLY echoes.
So now I'm up at oh-grouchy-thirty...
And I'm NOT a happy camper.
So now I'm up at oh-grouchy-thirty...
And I'm NOT a happy camper.
The cats have been struggling with the new flooring. Button in particular is very stressed, especially now that the stairs have gone in. She spent most of last night in the basement (went down the laundry chute and wouldn't come out when I opened the door & tried to coax her back upstairs). Finally got her up here around 5.30. She spent the next couple of hours crying. When the furniture is all stacked at one end of the room, and it's a big open space with a wood laminate floor, no carpet, no drapes, lemme tellya, that crying REALLY echoes.
So now I'm up at oh-grouchy-thirty...
And I'm NOT a happy camper.
sounds like a good outside cat.
Lew was a master at finding $500 cars and keeping them running. The boys learned a lot of car maintenance from him...because if they wanted cars, they had to help maintain them. One son (non-mechanically inclined) finally told Lew that he was going to get a job and make enough money that he could pay someone else to work on his cars. It was definiately a motivation for him...he's now Assc. Dir. of Res Life at a P5 university, and he pays other people to work on his cars.
Of course, so do we...now. As Lew puts it, the days of shade-tree mechanics like him are pretty much gone.
She started that way. And she's normally a sweetheart. Skittish, but affectionate. It's just that she doesn't do well with changes, I guess.
Wait, what angle is your laundry shoot? My parents and grandma each have one, but it’s a 90 degree dropThe cats have been struggling with the new flooring. Button in particular is very stressed, especially now that the stairs have gone in. She spent most of last night in the basement (went down the laundry chute and wouldn't come out when I opened the door & tried to coax her back upstairs). Finally got her up here around 5.30. She spent the next couple of hours crying. When the furniture is all stacked at one end of the room, and it's a big open space with a wood laminate floor, no carpet, no drapes, lemme tellya, that crying REALLY echoes.
So now I'm up at oh-grouchy-thirty...
And I'm NOT a happy camper.
I was never really mechanically inclined but I remember when a fuel pump could be replaced in 10 minutes. An alternator in about 30 with minimal swearing.Lew was a master at finding $500 cars and keeping them running. The boys learned a lot of car maintenance from him...because if they wanted cars, they had to help maintain them. One son (non-mechanically inclined) finally told Lew that he was going to get a job and make enough money that he could pay someone else to work on his cars. It was definiately a motivation for him...he's now Assc. Dir. of Res Life at a P5 university, and he pays other people to work on his cars.
Of course, so do we...now. As Lew puts it, the days of shade-tree mechanics like him are pretty much gone.
Could replace headlights or bulbs without breaking plastic clips. Today’s cars are tough to work on
You can't even get your hand in there to replace a headlight on some cars.
So I made arrangements with the consignment place to come out and tell me what they can sell for next Thursday so it's off the Virginia again for me. Then I can start taking anything else to Goodwill or the Thrift Store. I'll have to wait until Sunday to leave.
I have heard of some where you have to have the wheels turned at a certain angle or off completely to get to it.
2011 equinox is that way. To get to the battery on the daughters car I have to pull a front tire. That is a joy.
Yeah, will be a good day when turbine guys are gone.
Chute was an easy, but temporary "fix". Just cold and late.
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The last transmission he did was in a Chevy conversion van. He was underneath, bench-pressing the damn thing, while I was inside trying to line up the flywheel & get the bolts in. Yikes!!!
When we bought Baby (my '82 Datsun 280ZX) it was a whole new world for him. EVERYTHING was vacuum hoses. Like a den of snakes under the hood...
Transmissions, timing belts, radiators...he could (and did) rebuild engines.
The last transmission he did was in a Chevy conversion van. He was underneath, bench-pressing the damn thing, while I was inside trying to line up the flywheel & get the bolts in. Yikes!!!
When we bought Baby (my '82 Datsun 280ZX) it was a whole new world for him. EVERYTHING was vacuum hoses. Like a den of snakes under the hood...
Does T-Fal make a heavier pot with lid that can go in the oven. DD has been looking for one of those for a long time. Everything we find either doesn't have a lid or we can't tell if the handle on the lid is heat-resistant. Or, it costs more than I spend on groceries in months. KC you mentioned a Dutch oven?
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