One year ago today: December 15, 2022, avoid ‘special’ batteries.
Five years ago today: December 15, 2018, finding suitable material . . .
Nine years ago today: December 15, 2014, daring the New York Times.
Random years ago today: December 15, 2013, poor man’s pilot light.
Today Washington State moves to outlaw police chases unless the cop actively witnesses a crime. To many civilians being plowed by both the perps and their pursuers. Some 70% of Palestinians say the HAMAs attack was justified, but not so the Israeli retaliation. They would say that, wouldn’t they? I’m still reading about the defense on Wake Island, partially because there was a big squawk the Navy didn’t hold any ceremonies on Dec. 7, Pearl Harbor Day. Then again, why should they celebrate they got their arses handed to them?
This is not an exciting photo, it’s the bracket to hold the fan houseing and motor. As shown, I took down the picket fence wall. This eased up on the back and forth needed, since I’m adding on to an existing structure. It also has to be roofed over due to the electric motor. This fan will require a dedicated 20A circuit and even then, I think it will tax the shed power supply. I should have put that in early but I had zero experience remember.
The neighbor has given me some of his paintings to devise a frame. It’s easier than he thinks, but no need to tell him about that. He likes not so much a formal frame as a rectangle of wood the same size as the picture on the back. I’ll have to show you an example later, but he then adds some edge molding. Oddly, he can’t cut 45° angles, so my setup improves the wood part substantially.
Off the books, the neighbor has that septic system and the only thing wrong with it is the pipes are clogged with tree roots. No plumber is allowed to fix that, but they can’t stop him from doing it himself. If repaired, he has a complete rentable living unit upstairs. We will take a look at it shortly. The hillbilly was living there a while, but by the sounds of things they have put him in jail for a long time. He’s pushing 40, so that is pretty much a stop to any chances he had of breaking good.
Can you see the old patio door resting on my planter? It’s the glass panel in the center that I’m after. The plan is to make it possible to watch the burn barrel from inside the workshed. I was again too windy all day. That made for lots of work instead and I’m now the right kind of tired.
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Getting a sheet of plywood over the fan took far longer than I planned. The better part of two hours and even then I hope it does not rain too much until I can get some tarpaper and shingles in place. I put in five hours including loading up the firewood, shown here in the plastic barrow. There are roughly 18 more loads this size all due to go up in smoke. The forecast is for rain. I accomplished a lot, the day made easier by news that the Reb is doing fine. The stitches are out, I have no pictures yet. If she’s happy, then I’m happy.
I’ve always been flummoxed by CCR’s “rain tunes”. Is it three, or four, or five? The one I prefer has a piano lick, “Have You Ever Seen The Rain”. The guitar rhythm part is also a unique strum. As we add each song, it will become ever harder to find suitable material. That’s why I’m limiting us to forty tunes. Anything after that means dropping one of the weaker numbers. If you’ve never played in a band, forty tunes is more than enough. After that, you are knocking yourself out—but some people like to do that. I contacted Sandi with the catering service, she’ll let us know if she has any small parties or weddings. I can’t say I like those gigs, but I do like getting home before midnight more and more as time goes on.
Here’s a better view of the fan motor and housing. It made the blog because this is the heaviest thing I’ve lifted since my shoulder injury so many years ago. Looks like I’ve gone from unable to raise my arms to lifting this contraction up over shoulder height. Aren’t you proud of me? It’s in place but now I find many of the large plastic pipe pieces don’t fit. Whoever designed the nozzles on this fan was a moron.
What I find amusing is how pissed off Google gets at times. I spotted their circular method of “verifying” e-mail accounts the day it came out and registered [many] unrelated accounts. Some I used at the computer shop and I’m running low. They keep sending me nasty messages when I use an account that is related only to itself, such as this blog. The blocked account is set to forward me their stupid “security code”. I mean, what business is it of theirs? That’s a rhetorical question, they won’t say why the consider that info so important, so I won’t comply.
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In other news today, Etsy begins to lay off, again due to low Xmas demands. The US finally takes aim on cancellation fees, especially for cable TV contracts. Nor does it surprise me that companies build in snags for anyone who tries to repair things themselves. Latest advice for the homeless is to avoid homeless communities (tent cities) unless you want to stay homeless. And treat every homeless person as if they have a transmissible disease.
I can identify, I was homeless long before homeless was a thing. I bounced between crashing with friends, abandoned cars, and a few places you might not imagine. But I never did drugs. I spent my days in the libraries to improve my job chances and if they have study rooms, book one and sleep there. Then stay up at night drinking refills in Denny’s where it is safe and warm. There was less opportunity in my day, but you had to know you could get yourself out of it. Today, just vote yourself a raise, get EBT, or widen the definition of autism.
More “automated” war documentaries are appearing on-line. I dislike it because they amplify the inaccuracies. The myth that the German army was entirely mechanized or that American weapons always win are fairly constant themes. Another misconception is that American weapons are superior, when it is actually the interaction and communication that makes them work. Remember how WWII pilots were glorified without mentioning each pilot had up to 75 people backing him up with radar, radio, patrols, escorts, observers, directors, eavesdroppers, translators, pickets, and other support staff.
Or how about the Abrams tank? When the obsolete models are given to places like the Ukraine, the first thing they do is turn off all the computers and gear they don’t have the satellites, drones, and trained staff to operate. Used as just tanks, the losses are as high as the enemy’s. Next, I watch a short video on roller boats, the idea of ships made of large drums that rolled over the water. Passenger ships are a recent development in naval history and speed was important. People are expensive to transport across water. Turns out the French built one of these things, it was a failure.
