Trimming out a house on the golf course today. Screw the ball and clubs, I’m lookin for the little cutie that drives the beer cart. I’d flag her down for a cold one right about now.
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I've been outside trying to figure out how to hook up a connection for a pressure gauge so I can hook my garden hose to the engine.
I keep getting interrupted.
I keep getting interrupted.
Highup, that is an adorable little birdy! I almost lost all thoughts from my head over the cuteness. The little chirp it made! Awww. So cool that it landed on your hand.
Friend sent me a pic of the kitten. Poor little thing is racked out on the floor in front of a fan. (yeah, that floor needs a transition strip there-- pretty big drop so I think it needs bullnose).
My friend feels really bad that he didn't notice anything wrong with the kitten's paws last night. Hopefully the little guy will pull through. I'm still very sorely tempted to bring him home so I can have two fluffy black cats. He's a very sweet little kitty. I think my mom would adore him. Not sure how his aunt & uncle (Temjin & Namir) would react to him though. His mother is their sister from a younger litter.
Friend sent me a pic of the kitten. Poor little thing is racked out on the floor in front of a fan. (yeah, that floor needs a transition strip there-- pretty big drop so I think it needs bullnose).
My friend feels really bad that he didn't notice anything wrong with the kitten's paws last night. Hopefully the little guy will pull through. I'm still very sorely tempted to bring him home so I can have two fluffy black cats. He's a very sweet little kitty. I think my mom would adore him. Not sure how his aunt & uncle (Temjin & Namir) would react to him though. His mother is their sister from a younger litter.
Anyone besides me ever put all the turf on a mini-golf course?
Not sure if that would be fun or a PITA.
It was extremely hot.
I did one hole, but that is not the whole course.
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The rain is here!
Just hope you don't get to much and cause flooding.
Well my little pressure tester worked. I rigged up a gauge with a piece of pipe and my water hose got everything plugged up and it sat at 16 lb for about 20 minutes and no leaks anywhere. Didn't cost me anything to make my pressure tester. Kind of goofy but it worked perfectly.I'm still working on my pickup trying to get the intake manifold gaskets on. I was just about ready to and had everything cleaned up.
Saw something I didn't like and it needs more investigation.
I need to try and find out if it's my head gasket that's leaking.
Maybe it isn't but I've got to find a way to test it and I've come up with a plan.
Last night I cut up four pieces of quarter inch aluminum and four pieces of plywood and made a wood/aluminum/ silicone end cap for each of the four water ports in the heads. The aluminum should act as a great big washer. I was going to put the aluminum on the bottom but then I rethought my methodology.
I had a cast iron pipe that was connected to a garden hose fitting. I drilled a hole in that, then used JB weld to epoxy a send a piece of tubing so that I could connect my pressure gauge. The tubing was inserted into the heater hose connection and with the water passovers plugged up with my metal plates, I just added a little bit of pressure with the sprayer handle until it reach 20 lbs, at that point the pressure relief valve kicked in and relieve the extra pressure down to 16 lb and it stayed there for 15 minutes or so. I didn't see any leaks in the heads so I'm good to go.
I could have rented a radiator pressure tester from O'Reilly's but theirs was already loaned out. MacGyver strikes again.
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Millersville University closed due to flooding. In 2011 the town was cut off from most ways in due to flooding.
Our call center is open, working from home on laptops and Cisco Jabber for phone access.
Our call center is open, working from home on laptops and Cisco Jabber for phone access.
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And wow is it coming down!
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Looks like a Picasso painting.
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Maybe Leroy Nieman!
I heard some thunder a few minutes ago but didn't see any rain. They had torn up more of the road and were putting down tar today. Had to wait for some of the tractors to move out of the way so I could take my brother to his job interview (his truck needs new motor mounts, CR-V's battery is dead). He went in and came out less than a minute later. Said they told him they already hired enough people & didn't bother to call him to cancel the interview.
We checked on the kitten afterward and were seeing how my friend was doing. Kitten is still tired. Friend was not doing well. His mom brought by some tomales with jalepenos. She knows he's allergic but didn't care and didn't warn him. He managed to take a bunch of benadryl when he felt his airway restricting. No epi pen sadly, but the benadryl worked.
Then his gf's family all showed up. Her brother, sister-in-law, & their two kids were already there. Then her bio mom showed up w/ her husband and the gf's inbred sister-cousin. The sister-cousin brought her baby (who is 10 days younger than the gf's baby). The baby's had no real interest in interacting with one another. She younger one seems more alert, responds to her name, stood up, and seems more intelligent-- despite having two parents who are mentally challenged (and I mean legally where they are both so mentally challenged they get social security for it). The poor sister-cousin has a speech impediment and does not understand things very well. But she's still a better mother than the gf is. I feel bad for her. Her husband is extremely abusive/violent but she doesn't have the intelligence to leave him.
I almost think I should create a story blog called Redneck Drama, change some names, and pretend it's fiction... But then, some of this stuff would seem too far fetched even though it's real.
Meanwhile, I just ate fried chicken & apparently some of the grease is still on my fingers bc Biscuits is trying to eat my fingers.
We checked on the kitten afterward and were seeing how my friend was doing. Kitten is still tired. Friend was not doing well. His mom brought by some tomales with jalepenos. She knows he's allergic but didn't care and didn't warn him. He managed to take a bunch of benadryl when he felt his airway restricting. No epi pen sadly, but the benadryl worked.
Then his gf's family all showed up. Her brother, sister-in-law, & their two kids were already there. Then her bio mom showed up w/ her husband and the gf's inbred sister-cousin. The sister-cousin brought her baby (who is 10 days younger than the gf's baby). The baby's had no real interest in interacting with one another. She younger one seems more alert, responds to her name, stood up, and seems more intelligent-- despite having two parents who are mentally challenged (and I mean legally where they are both so mentally challenged they get social security for it). The poor sister-cousin has a speech impediment and does not understand things very well. But she's still a better mother than the gf is. I feel bad for her. Her husband is extremely abusive/violent but she doesn't have the intelligence to leave him.
I almost think I should create a story blog called Redneck Drama, change some names, and pretend it's fiction... But then, some of this stuff would seem too far fetched even though it's real.
Meanwhile, I just ate fried chicken & apparently some of the grease is still on my fingers bc Biscuits is trying to eat my fingers.
Zannej my friend, I think you should. I read what you type every day and am typically speechless. Your life my friend is one epic rollercoaster of ups and downs and about the only thing that seems consistent in it all is that you clearly have a gigantic heart and I do not think I would be mistaken to think it was made of anything other than solid gold.
Trust me when I tell you that every family out there has some sort of drama. Some are just better at hiding their crazy than others.
I ca honestly say mine doesn't, ok I can't say they don't... I can only say I dont know about it.
Didn't move 6000 kilometers away for nothing
Didn't move 6000 kilometers away for nothing
Aww. Thanks, Mark. That is very sweet. I don't need soap operas around here bc I get enough drama from watching the real life stuff here. I still remember my friend's face when he found out that his gf's sister was also her cousin. When she said that her uncle was also her sister's father, he thought she meant her father's brother. But nope. I didn't even want to ask about how that happened but am pretty sure drugs were involved. The gf was born addicted to crack.
According to her bio mom she was a very big baby and gf's baby looks just like she did at that age. She pulled out some pictures to prove it. Looks like they could be identical twins from the pics. Kid has been in size 6 diapers for a few months now. His cousin who is only 10 days younger is in size 4 diapers.
In less drama and more cuteness: Sir Hammington decided he had to follow me to the bathroom because I paused to pet him on the way there. He zerged in, jumped on my lap, headbutted my face, and then hugged my neck, snuggled me, and purred. Climbed halfway on my shoulder. I had to set him down to wash my hands but he jumped right back up so I carried him out of the room. I let him down on the cat tree and fed him. On my way in to my room Rupert meowed at me-- and he very rarely ever meows- and wanted to climb on my shoulder. He was up on a shelf so he jumped up on me and I carried him over. He's curled up in the crook of my arm right now.
Sometimes when I'm feeling stressed I hug one or more of the kitties, listen to the purrs, take some deep breaths and relax.
According to her bio mom she was a very big baby and gf's baby looks just like she did at that age. She pulled out some pictures to prove it. Looks like they could be identical twins from the pics. Kid has been in size 6 diapers for a few months now. His cousin who is only 10 days younger is in size 4 diapers.
In less drama and more cuteness: Sir Hammington decided he had to follow me to the bathroom because I paused to pet him on the way there. He zerged in, jumped on my lap, headbutted my face, and then hugged my neck, snuggled me, and purred. Climbed halfway on my shoulder. I had to set him down to wash my hands but he jumped right back up so I carried him out of the room. I let him down on the cat tree and fed him. On my way in to my room Rupert meowed at me-- and he very rarely ever meows- and wanted to climb on my shoulder. He was up on a shelf so he jumped up on me and I carried him over. He's curled up in the crook of my arm right now.
Sometimes when I'm feeling stressed I hug one or more of the kitties, listen to the purrs, take some deep breaths and relax.
