One year ago today: February 13, 2022, how much cash?
Five years ago today: February 13, 2018, ganda, stem cells, IQ.
Nine years ago today: February 13, 2014, mainly for entertainment.
Random years ago today: February 13, 2007, in 21st gear.
On occasion, serendipity. The always-limited floor space in this cabin prompted me to test one of the heaters in that cavity by the medicine cabinets. It not only works well, by convection it channels aromas from the coffee maker toward the back bedroom. Ah, paradise. I think I’ll have another. It feels like another cool day, let’s see what I get done. If nothing else, get the John Deere tractor over here before the neighbor changes his mind. He was going to curbside it. If I sell it for a $500, that is all Found Money.
Today is the anniversary of the Glencoe Massacre in Scotland, 1692. Every picture I see of Scotland makes me wonder who would want to live in such a gawdawful forlorn landscape, not even any trees. Then I remember, the alternative is to live beside an Englishman. And it seems those who are employed as proofreaders have concerns. They are the bunch who say “English isn’t our language” and are about to be replaced by one of the few things ChatGPT does well.
The toxic fire in Ohio is out of control in more ways than most think. It is smack dab in the middle of some of the best farmland. And most of it is smaller family operations. DC has spent years setting up the situation where they can overrule states on pollution matters. Consider the impact if they decide all foodstuffs from that watershed to be contaminated. Yet there are people who still believe in coincidences. Most sources getting any information out say it is “far worse” than known. Authorities have been arresting reporters and offering locals $1,000 for “non-disclosure.
Incredible as it sounds, the Biden regime is so desperate to get people’s minds off the shambles they’ve made of things that they are trying to orchestrate an alien invasion. Sadly, 16% of people will believe it and that is enough for the media who whip it into a full blown panic. Sit this one out, nothing will disguise the mess they’ve made of things. But an alien invasion, give me a break.
A chilly morning in central Florida means rolled oats around here. It seems many don’t know what rolled oats are. There are three varieties, steel cut, rolled, and instant. The only real difference is the amount of processing. Oats are seed-like and hard to digest unless somehow mashed. They have to be heated or they won’t store well, so the trick is to slice them or flatten them as they come out of the oven. That’s your steel cut and rolled. Run the rolled oats through the oven and mash them a second time, and you have instant oats. This heating process accounts for 78% of the production costs.
Here’s your sure sign of good weather for a month upcoming. These are the linden trees flowering. Can you see them, the white lily-shaped flowers on the upright stems. Seems a few weeks early this year. The robins have not been seen in nearly a week. The Downeys both prefer the window feeder, a hanging unit called that because it is closest to the glass. That’s the one I upgraded with larger perches. I just cut them randomly but the woodpeckers have a distinct preference for the longest one.
The odd mysterious transmissions on-line in code time-to-time have an explanation. They only appear when I don’t have the auto-play turned off. You know how these on-line spies called advertisers often show sucker ads on the side? I think every so often some code gets recorded and I play it back without listening to the call signs and prosigns. I was never into all those abbreviations, because same as texting, they are a signal of boring, that the other party repeats the same things often enough to use them. I have this same “listening defect” in many areas. I don’t hear the chatter part, but pick up as soon as information starts moving.
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There she be, the John Deere D110. It is no longer sold but the replacement, the S110 is virtually identical. There is a back-yard mechanic up the lane who works on these carbs, I’m half thinking he may succeed where the dealership people failed thrice now. The shop mechanics tend to replace rather than repair, I’ll give the mower a try myself first. It’s a small 19 HP tractor in itself, with a tow bar and only 141 hours on the clock. It retails for $2,500 so somebody needs it for maybe a thousand bucks. The known problem is the carb and we know it will run for ten hours just replacing that.
That leads to this next photo, where I’m pointing at the drill bit most used in the larger size. I guess you can’t see it, but the explanation is that is the largest bit that will fit in an ordinary drill chuck. Screw the idiot who makes the bigger ones and sells them Harbor Freight, where home handymen tend to shop.
I finally found the word processor and it has a setting for Word documents. I might be in luck here, right now it is charging. That would be a boon if I can use it for blogging, though it sure is finicky. It comes with a tiny toy keyboard but I quickly found a USB hub gets around that and I did not bother to see if it has BlueTooth™. It would be ideal if I could connect it to my speakers, but if not, there is a 1/8” headphone port. This could save me $300. My bad, it does not have a standard USB port. But where is that battery pack that has both, remember that one, it was only a backup supply. This could be its new lease on life. That’s the one I rigged up at that college pub in Sparta, that club full of millennials who knew nothing about the WiFi. That’s rich, I still think WiFi and Internet are the same thing.
This tablet is temporary, simply so I don’t do without in the case of travel. I still have to set it up or Google won’t behave. I also found my code practice files won’t download. That means I have record in real time. There’s a way, but at this point I’d rather have another coffee. Um, make that a hot chocolate. I’m copying a few files to see if they play right on the Proscan and using Audacity, I noticed something. I can “read” the audio files by the length of the wave patterns. You give it a try, this is the word “were”.
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In the shed looking for noisy relays, I found that bag of crystal oscillators from Radio Shack. It’s a component I know nothing because there is nothing useful on-line. Every post tells what it does, yet not one schematic of how to make a useful circuit out of one. This is a consistent failing with so many topics on-line. I know they are used to time circuits, but only vaguely. One of the few exceptions is transistors. You get both the explanation (although a piss-poor one at that) plus tons of practical schematics how to use transistors. I’m also working on that GPS stand for my dashboard. Most states are hands-free but that does not apply to devices fastened in place, oddly. Touchscreens are far more deadly than pushbuttons.
Moments later I found a whole jar full of relays. Many are marked with a letter “T” in my handwriting, but who remembers? I was going to go downtown for a bit, instead, I’ll opt for coffee and finding these pin diagrams on-line. The automotive type are easiest to work with, but not very loud. The one that is loud enough is designed to switch AC. It gets hot and drains batteries in minutes. Hey, that’s where experience comes in; none of this is mentioned in the literature.
