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By Dave, July 18, 2012 11:06 pm

Portland’s “Naked American Hero” not guilty! – Boing Boing http://t.co/KDjHDSrC
Glad to hear it!

Brandishing the Olympic Torch – Boing Boing http://t.co/TopiBTUF LOL!!! Ain’t it the damn truth!

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By Dave, July 15, 2012 10:08 pm

Freedom = Censorship? | Common Dreams https://t.co/G55jiQb3

“merchants can charge higher prices to consumers who decide to pay for their purchases with credit cards.” http://t.co/qKDuCokQ

Judge Shuts Down Debtor’s Prison in Alabama | FDL News Desk http://t.co/iEjxcTn5

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By Dave, July 14, 2012 11:34 pm

Spent another Saturday at Valley Antiques. Got a bit more done in the booth but still got more to get done. Planning on going back tomorrow.

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By Dave, July 11, 2012 11:30 pm

Booth looks better but still got a LOT more to do. Gonna try to get to Pell City tomorrow to work on the booth at The Treasure Chest.

Managed to get home at 5:20 so wasn’t quite as long a day as yesterday turned into. Though it did involve more heavy lifting and real work.

Another long day at Valley Antiques. Went to work on the booth today & ended up helping replace an air conditioner AND resetting the booth.

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By Dave, July 10, 2012 12:20 pm

Got to open at Valley Antiques this morning. Got up to walk but am just not up to it. Maybe tomorrow will be a more energetic day.

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By Dave, July 8, 2012 3:27 pm

We’re running a 25% off sale on booth items and I think we need a new look/feel in there. Got some work on a bed I need to finish up too.

Thinking about going to Valley Antiques again today (after working out that all but one day so far this week) and resetting the booth.

Think I managed to get in my upper body workout for the week. Can still move my arms but can tell that they are gonna be sore later on…

As well as cutting 7 to 8 hundred feet of new trail in the woods which took longer and more energy than the road trimming.

Back from my morning walk. Took the pruning shears along and trimmed some of the worst overhanging brush and limbs from the roads.

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By Dave, July 5, 2012 1:42 pm

Berkeley Linux Users Group » Blog Archive » Why I still don’t use Apple Products… http://t.co/B9n7WkAz

Second cup of coffee brewing and fixing to get a shower prior to going to work at Valley Antiques. Will be there today and tomorrow 10 to 5.

Not quite 8 am and I’m back from picking blueberries and a 1 mile trek over the hills and through the woods.

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By Dave, July 1, 2012 7:22 pm

Bad weather looks to be to the south east of us and just sitting there for now so am heading back to a cooler area for the nonce.

Got the power back on in here but tis cut off to the other trailer till it’s cool enough for me to get out there and fix the line & pole.

Found that the line had shorted several hundred feet away at one of the storage trailers due to a tree limb falling on the line. 🙁

Came in here from the cooler part of the house to check on the weather to find the power in this part was off.

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By Dave, June 29, 2012 9:20 pm

@ScionBoo I’d have to bet they aren’t working on heating systems unless they’re connected to AC units. 😉 Thermometer showed 105.7 at 4pm.

Picked blueberries and did some brush cutting early this morning. Had to quit by 9 am as was just to hot for me to get any more done.

102.6 in the shade at 2 pm here north west of Weaver.

Compressed-air gramophones: a loud, bad, wonderful idea – Boing Boing http://t.co/iiUbt1jo

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By Dave, June 21, 2012 11:58 pm

“Why you should not buy Apple computer products.” http://t.co/0t1xNJJg

Stand up against the #waronwomen. Demand @Speakerbolger apologize for silencing #MI reps @LisaBrown39 & @BarbByrum: http://t.co/TpkA01Vh

‘Crippled’ Censorship: Comedian With Muscular Dystrophy, Promoter Detained For Using Offensive Term http://t.co/mTBtxp9P

How Mitt Romney Uses The Phrase ‘Share Of The Tax Burden’ To Hide His Giant Tax Cut For The Rich | ThinkProgress http://t.co/Q9va43F4

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By Dave, June 16, 2012 12:37 am

Regulator was working a year ago but didn’t try it prior to removing it from the grill. Cooking supper on the electric one more night…

Have fire coming out of the proper places but either the regulator is bad or there’s another problem in the lines. Just not enough pressure.

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By Dave, June 15, 2012 11:26 pm

Got a couple of old grills I can take bits off of to use but will end up needing additional parts to use them. Guess I’ll go look anyway.

Was hoping to get at least one set of the burners working to cook supper on tonight but looks like that may not happen.

Got the valves greased & reassembled. 3/8 ip to compression fitting located. Now looking for the regulator and hose that’s here somewhere.

Gonna have to build more book shelves. Somehow. Somewhere. Looks to be time to rearrange the living area…

Made a quick run to the water department to pay the bill before they added the late charge. Made it there with 25 minutes to spare.

Did a walk around and put out ant poison on the worst of the hills. Hate doing it but also hate getting bit by the little critters.

Not taking the day off from doing stuff but am not going to go full tilt at it either. Picked blue and black berries this morning.

So got much less done than I had wanted to. Such is life. Depending on the weather tomorrow hope to get started cutting trees. Will see.

Ended up being a dhcp licence problem that I got straightened out but took over an hour to find and fix. I then napped till supper time.

Had planned on doing it this afternoon but storms moved in and sat here for a while. Then when they were gone the network hub was fubar.

Was too hot and tired after bushhoging the east side of the powerline, the road up and back down and picking both black and blue berries.

Got part of the stuff done today I had wanted to. No bamboo or timber. Bamboo is sprouting so am gonna leave it till later in the year.

Poster of the week: Wash the damn spoon http://t.co/NW61YncJ

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By Dave, June 14, 2012 5:28 am

Looks like you reduce the size of the jets so will either peen them down with a hammer or solder over them and re-drill to proper size.

Got to find the orifice diameter for propane & see if I have to drill the ones in these out. Guess worse case, I can check one on the grill.

Took 2 3 eye gas burner units apart as far as they would go without impact. Got all of the threaded bits soaking in penetrating oil.

May drop a few trees too. Need to get them down and peeled so they’ll have time to dry a bit before they get used in the framework.

Got more fuel today so am going to try to harvest another load of bamboo tomorrow morning.

After looking at the blueberry bush below the barn tonight I’m gonna have to pick another big batch tomorrow morning.

Got the window cut out in the front panel and one of the pieces cut for the door end. One more to go. Getting closer.

@GreatDismal It converts standard ball foot air chuck into a blow gun. See http://t.co/6E2W007R

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By Dave, June 13, 2012 6:21 pm

For now tis lunch and then rest for a bit

Still got a lot of cutting to do but am about done in for now. Gonna get fuel this afternoon then may do a bit more when it gets cooler.

Trimmed the bushes along the drive. Swapped the scrape blade for the bushhog on the tractor, then spent a couple of hours riding the beast.

Picked 1 3/4 pounds of blue berries after hauling the ladder up the hill. have GOT to trim the bushes back soon as they are done producing.

2 more pieces to cut out for the door (rear) end and then will start foaming and tacking it all into place.

Got the other piece of the window end wall panelling cut for the camper. Or mostly cut anyway. Still got to cut the window opening out.

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By Dave, June 8, 2012 3:06 pm

Another walk, brush cutting , and blueberry picking session before breakfast. Tired and hungry.

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By Dave, June 7, 2012 2:42 pm

Oatmeal cooking and 3rd cup of coffee brewing…

Canes (??? branches???) are far too long to get to the top ones and the bottom ones are dragging the ground/breaking from the weight.

Got the first batch of blueberries picked. Got to go back with a step ladder to get the rest. Gonna try to trim the bushes back this year.

Coffee is gone so guess I need to be too. Till later…

Guess that should have read: and pick blueberries to add to our breakfast oatmeal.

Have coffee now and am fixing to take a walk up the hill and pick blueberries for our breakfast oatmeal.

Not the way I had planned on starting the morning…

Spent the first 20 minutes after arising chasing 3 of the neighbours goats back in their pasture.

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By Dave, June 1, 2012 2:47 am

Not sure if it is the cats fighting and spraying or if we have a skunk under the trailer… 🙁

Had to sharpen the bit one time after drilling the 10th piece. Love the diamond hone! A few strokes and bit cuts like new again.

there’s 2 sets of each design and each design has a different hole spacing from the end of the log support.

Just got the last of 12 andiron log support bars drilled to bolt to the fronts. 3/8″ hole was through about 1.24 inches of cast iron.

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By Dave, May 31, 2012 3:48 am

Been one of those days. Made it thought it despite all with no bloodshed, mine or others. Hoping tomorrow is better. Till then folks… 😉

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By Dave, May 28, 2012 6:52 pm

Which is the part that is fried. Now to find another plug without all the bs in it to replace it with.

Just got the security screws out of the air conditioner breaker plug to find that it’s just a plug with current sensor/breaker built in.

“braking/breaking” last tweet… 🙁

The time involved in cutting it is in chopping the roots around the base then braking it off below ground level so as to not leave a stump.

Doesn’t seem like much but this stuff is 30+ feet long and some 3+ inches in diameter.

Just back from another morning harvesting bamboo. Got 10 pieces cut, dragged to the compound, and laid against the trailer & qhut.

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By Dave, May 28, 2012 6:52 pm

Which is the part that is fried. Now to find another plug without all the bs in it to replace it with.

Just got the security screws out of the air conditioner breaker plug to find that it’s just a plug with current sensor/breaker built in.

“braking/breaking” last tweet… 🙁

The time involved in cutting it is in chopping the roots around the base then braking it off below ground level so as to not leave a stump.

Doesn’t seem like much but this stuff is 30+ feet long and some 3+ inches in diameter.

Just back from another morning harvesting bamboo. Got 10 pieces cut, dragged to the compound, and laid against the trailer & qhut.