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By Dave, February 7, 2010 11:23 pm

In a hole 4 + feet deep. And I am totally worn out. And beat. Bushed. Exhausted. Not to mention quite chilled and still dripping sweat.

Worked hard all day and got ONE post in the ground. But the post was a 10 feet long, 16 inches across section of telephone pole.

Lunch is now history. On the way back to the cedar thicket and then to dig a deep hole…

Just checked the survey map and that fence section is 307.7 ft long. But the map was made before the road moved so figure another 15 ft.

Waiting for it to get on the table now. Looks like I’m gonna have to add posts and barbed wire along the entire side fence.

Located some downed trees that should work, cut a path to them and then severed them. Twas time for lunch so came back to eat.

Carried T-posts, wire, post pounder, and shovels to fence and unloaded them. Then to the cedar thicket to find new corner post and braces.

Along with the boom, assorted implements of destruction, chainsaw, pole hole digging shovels w 9 ft handles, field wire, and 100+ ft cable.

Cleared more of the side fence to discover it was/is down in several places. So more work to do. Got 20+ T-posts loaded on the trailer.

Got the brush cleared down the side fence far enough to sight a line. Dug down about a foot and found the remains of the corner post.

Gray overcast day so far. Forecast shows sun by midafternoon, along with mid to high 40’s temp wise. Will see when it gets here.

Tis morning and coffee is done. And so is the first cup. Fingers not complying with brain yet though.

Twas quite good. Will be making it again, as well as cooking other dishes with couscous. Seems a very versatile pasta.

Smells good. Hoping it will turn out the same. Used canned peas rather than frozen too. First time using couscous so hoping it works out.

Supper finishing up now. Trying something new. Added chicken to the recipe http://busycooks.about.com/od/seafoodrecipe1/r/skilletpaella.htm

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By Dave, February 6, 2010 11:34 pm

All appears to be undisturbed at the storage site. Hope to get the corner post and fence replaced tomorrow.

Back from Calcis. Fire restarting now. Gonna go and check the storage trailer to make sure tis secure. Back in a bit.

Trying to get moving but brush cutting yesterday was not kind to hands and arms so meds have been taken. Waiting for them to kick in.

Tis morning and coffee is in hand. Another cold drizzly day but we gotta pack and head to Calcis to take a computer and other stuff.

Long day, and after all the brush cutting and fence repair/building, am more than a little tired. Heading to Calcis tomorrow so till later.

and it started working.

Still not sure how it works (Flowmaster toilet ball cock assembly) but after it sat for a couple of hours, put water pressure to it again

fix the one we have or if we’re gonna have to replace it. Took it apart and not sure how it works. Having a brain dead day… 🙁

on it. Got in and found the toilet cut off due to not shutting off. Need to find a breakdown on how the new valves work and see if I can

the fence tis in reasonably good shape. Got to make a trip to Calcis tomorrow so will most likely be Sunday before I can get back to work

Got all but about 30 feed of the barbed wire run and attached. Have several places I am gonna have to replace other barbed wire but overall

As well as no fence for 10+ feet in either direction. Now got to clear the other fence down a way so I can sight on it to set the corner.

Got the fence cleared to the corner. Where I haven’t been in several years. Where there is no corner post due to a long past wreck.

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By Dave, February 5, 2010 9:42 pm

To clear the underbrush instead. Back in a bit…

With the ankle deep water I’m thinking it’d get stuck and then I’d spend more time digging it out. Guess I will use sharp cutting tools

Am stringing new barbed wire along front of fence now. Drizzle or not. Trying to decide if getting the tractor and bushhog out is possible.

Went over and found a pile of copper wire outside the back of the trailer and said wet marks on floor. Put up new No Trespassing signs.

Neighbors saw him and called the cops. Cops came and ran him down. Told him he was trespassing and to leave. I found out 4 hrs later.

Had an arsehat jump the fence and wander around the storage trailer including going inside, if the wet marks on the floor are an indication.

Been cleaning out my Gmail inbox. Have removed or archived somewhere around 1500 emails so far. Got another 2100+ unread… 🙁

Good Joy of Tech comic today! http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1352.html

Looks like after this band all but the drizzle is over for us. Weathermen are saying the drizzle could be an all day affair. 🙁

Added an additional one on the other side to keep some sideways tension and got back in just in time for coffee and more rain.

Went out back and noticed one of the temp carports had a large puddle of water trapped in it’s top. Got it out and re-tensioned the bungees.

Tis morning, and the rain is done for a few minutes. Till the next short patch gets here. Coffee on and perking soon. I hope…

Feeling a bit better now. Guess I will see what to do for supper as we did need one or two more things for what I had planned on cooking.

and some cedar. Burning creosote smells like oak so really have no idea. Guess I need to change the angle on the pipe leaving the stove.

the flue after I swept the flue pipes yet again. Had quite a build up in them for some reason. Been burning dry oak, wild cherry,

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By Dave, February 4, 2010 8:06 pm

Getting ready to go out into the chill rainy day. Got to go by my folks house to get some stuff and then to Wally World for other things.

Tis morning. With coffee. And rain. Didn’t beat the rain in getting up so no additional gravel and that I already got is still wet.

New post on comment spam. http://technoprimitive3.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/comment-spam-getting-better/

Tis late and I am hitting the sack, so till the morrow folks. 😉

Been a day. Tired out and then some. Hoping I can move tomorrow before the rain comes in so I can get another load of creek gravel in.

Have ladder rungs up one side but will be easier to do the work with it on the ground rather than me hanging off the ladder 20 ft up.

Going to have to put a spark arrester screen around the top of the flue. Will most likely drop the support tower to do the work.

Back from store. Supper cooked and eaten. Fire from sky outside window checked and nothing burning. Another flue fire which is NOT good.

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By Dave, February 3, 2010 10:39 pm

Remembered we need to go to the store so am gonna do that instead. And a sigh of great relief is heard from assorted muscles… 😉

Gonna try for one more load tonight and then call it quits on that anyway. Back later…

Looks like we’ll need more like 9 or 10 loads that size. Or more. Got an old plastic fence panel and poured the gravel on it to drain/dry.

Figure the barrow full weighs between 5 and 6 hundred pounds, and at a guess, thinking we’ll need 5 or 6 of them to do the fill and cob.

First load of creek gravel pushed up here. Now to figure out how to dry it so I can bring it in to fill with. Don’t want to bring it in wet.

Time to clean out/off the rubber boots I set on the back porch earlier today after being buried in the rubble in here for months.

Thinking about going to the creek with the wheelbarrow to get a load of gravel to set the rock in with. Will need to dry so guess I need to.

First piece of tin screwed in place. Rocks and urbanite holding it tight at the bottom. Had to take a break from picking and choosing rocks.

Lunch done. Trying to find the energy to put the tin on the wall. However energy seems to be hiding very well right now.

Think I am gonna take a break and read a bit then eat lunch. Till later, folks…

The rock will give me a good start on the base for the heat storage bench for the Rocket Mass Heater. Slowly, slowly, eats the elephant.

Soon as the tin dries out will straighten the bends a bit and start attaching it to the studs. Then can pile the stone against it.

Will have to space the loft support posts out a bit but that’s probably for the good anyway.

Turned out I had two sheets of the old tin so can do the entire bottom of that wall rather than just the north end.

Guess I need to go out and get the tin to put up on the wall. After another cup of coffee that is…

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By Dave, February 2, 2010 4:22 pm

Guess I’m gonna have to build it now that I see what my requirements are. 🙂

And yes, I know I could build a one off but I’d rather have one that would be reusable and work the way I want it to.

Breakfast done. Mustache waxed. 3rd cup of coffee by the keyboard. Now to see if I can find or build a service invoice I can live with.

Just realized I need to wax the mustache so I’m not drinking the coffee “through” it. Back after a quick waxing.

Some better this morning. Still not even close to 100% but only on second cup of coffee.

Think I am gonna call it an early(ish) night and hit the sack. So till tomorrow, folks… 😉

Hoping after the naps today I can sleep tonight. Sure feel tired enough. And if the rain keeps up for a while it should help.

Supper done. Still trying to find a easy to use OOo invoice for a service/repair shop. Tis proving to be an elusive critter.

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By Dave, February 1, 2010 6:58 pm

Think I am gonna have to lay down for a bit and see if that helps. Back later.

Got to make a WW run in a few. Trying to get to feeling better first. Was fine till about 10 minutes into shopping at FoodLand and then yuk.

Back from the PO and FoodLand. Ended up with a LOT of chicken as well as a bunch of other stuff they had on sale. Sale prices well below WW.

Thanks to Paleotools for the link! http://paleotool.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/links-that-inspire/

Looking at sheep wagons this morning. http://www.anvilwagonworks.com/photos_sheepwagons.htm

Since the insulation and other work, inside is much warmer with less wood being consumed, which is a good thing!

Yea, got right cold out, had a low of 23.7F here in the valley. Or at least cold for here in east central Alabama.

Monday morning and ready for a second cup of coffee. Had a nice hard freeze last night. Wet ground is spewed up and frozen solid.

Medium long day, so am gonna call it a night. Till tomorrow, folks… 😉

Temps: Highs – Outside 48.7 Inside 76.3
Lows – Outside 27.5 Inside 56.8
Current – Outside 27.5 Inside 68.4

And iDVD has now burned the last disk!

iDVD claims an hour and 17 minutes remaining and all twill be done. Hope its telling the truth, as I am quite tired of the time its taking.

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By Dave, January 31, 2010 11:08 pm

May have been that it wasn’t insulated but had a 1/8 inch opening at 550F. When it cooled down to around 200F it had closed back up.

Won’t be using the ceramic flue liner for the Rocket Mass Heater after all. When temp got to 500F it cracked all the way down one side.

Last 3 movies being processed now. Says a bit over 4 hours. We’ll see how accurate it is.

and climbing in 20 – 25 minutes with wet and frozen brick. Looks like a winner if/when I can find the pipe to use for the ducting/flue.

Mocked up the basic rocket mass heater J core and have it burning outside now. I’m kinda smoky but it draws just fine. Barrel temp 250F +

Think today is gonna be a work on this and that as the mood strikes. Don’t feel like getting into any big/long term projects.

So guess that needs to get done prior to finishing off the back porch wall. Or I could say to hell with it and take a walk. Tis a nice day.

However I need to swap the post out in here and get it’s replacement and two more in to finish the loft, which needs to come in the back.

Am thinking about finishing up the wall on the back porch/workshop and putting a door in. Will evict the cats and keep it warmer in here.

One to go after that, and I can clear the files off the hard drive. Bright sunny day here. Trying to decide what needs doing the worst.

Tis morning (almost afternoon), and I have coffee in hand. Got the 3rd dvd processing, so should be about 5 hours till it’s done.

Been at the computer too long today. Vision is starting to blur too bad to read any more, so calling it a night. Till tomorrow folks…

Temps: Highs – Outside 43.3 Inside 75.0
Lows – Outside 30.6 Inside 66.9
Current – Outside 30.6 Inside 69.6

Now to do it 3 more times… 🙂

Once finished thinking about it, tis taking about 7 minutes a disk to burn copies. Work great in the standalone DVD player!

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By Dave, January 30, 2010 11:58 pm

@robinsloan I’d just use “Hope” or “Hoping” and leave the “I” as implied. But I also don’t see a problem with using “Hopefully” there.

iDVD spent 5+ hours importing 4 20 minute .avi files. And is now rendering the menu to burn the dvd. Says 55 minutes to do the deed…

Not sure what’s up. Guess I’ll wait till it’s done and see if it actually play on a standalone dvd player.

Just checked on the progress again and now the first and second one show they are finished and the third one is showing about half done.

It’s almost finished with the first one. 🙁 Guess my old iBook is just not up to doing this kind of processing.

Started iDVD to converting 4 20 minute .avi files to burn to a DVD so they would play on a standard player 3 hours ago.

The link is http://www.archive.org/details/Superman-The1948Serial15Chapters-ColumbiaPicturesKirkAlyn for anyone interested.

Think I’m gonna watch some more of the 1948 Superman from the internet archive. Watched the first 3 last night and they were pretty good.

One of those sequential vortex kinda days. In which I may just say to hell with it all and read or do stuff on the computer. Or not…

Got to figure out what I need to get doing first. Seems like everything that needs doing requires other things get done to get to it.

Tis a chilly drizzly overcast grey day here in east central Alabama. Have little inclination to do things but need to get moving.

Temps: Highs – Outside 60.8 Inside 75.4
Lows – Outside 28.2 Inside 56.8
Current – Outside 41.2 Inside 73.2

So sore from loading n splitting firewood n climbing ladders. Suspect it will be an early evening for me tonight.

The Obama meeting with GOP lawmakers is a must watch/read folks!

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By Dave, January 29, 2010 8:29 pm

Then will be time to take something for the aches and pains and sit for a while.

Lunch is now history. Dryer and drain vents have been taped. Ladders returned to the apporprate spots. Gotta get some more wood in.

Ah, and also need to tape where the drier vent comes through the outside wall. So that’s two more bits to get done and we’re done for today.

One more bit I’ll see if I can get to soon as my hands start working again. Need to duct tape the plastic around the bathroom drain vent.

Might not look as neat as I would have liked but tis done and good enough for a temporary covering to keep out the wind and water.

A few boards, screws, a piece of plastic, and a lot of staples and the outer wall is is reasonably winterized.

Just checked and temp is about 42 but wind chill is 33 F. Now got a toboggan on rather than a baseball cap. Ears are warming up. 🙂

Having to sit a minute in the warm and let my ears thaw out. Temp is not that bad but the wind chill is.

Exgreenhouse = bathroom. Still got a section on the outside wall I want to do something with prior to the coming rain/sleet/snow.

Got the tarp/sign plastic up on the exgreenhouse roof. Got to staple and screw the outside edge but at this point is mostly waterproof.

Had all the fun I can stand today. See/type at you all tomorrow… 😉

Temps: Highs – Outside 60.8 Inside 74.7
Lows – Outside 28.2 Inside 56.8
Current – Outside 39.4 Inside 74.5

@weavercat You forgot the sour kraut… 😉

Added half a gig of ram and a agp video card to the machine too. Runs MUCH faster now. Tis almost usable. Would fly on linux. 😉

Soooo why the hell didn’t MicroSloth’s updater to it that way? Stupidity or just their usual don’t give a shirt attitude? Asshats!

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By Dave, January 28, 2010 11:49 pm

.net update on the windo$e machine has now failed to install twice. Am gonna try through the browser based update this time.

Doors back together and inside for now. Am gonna put one of them on the front of the qhut. Not sure what to do with the other one.

Hoping that will take us through the next cold spell. Back in a bit…

Looks like between the load this morning and what we cut and split that we have about a cord and a half of firewood ready to burn.

Cat loaded, pushed them back to the wood pile, unloaded and stacked them. Now got to go unload the storm doors. We both be quite tired…

Came back, went back into the woods with the wheelbarrow and monster maul and split all the rounds that I cut earlier.

Cut down a standing dead oak, cut it up into firebox rounds, then got a call to go get a couple of storm doors so went and picked them up.

Picked up a truckload of dried n split oak and wild cherry firewood this morning. Worked on the chainsaw after we got back and unloaded.

Was gonna cut wood today but just got a call from a fellow that has a pile I get for going to pick up. So gonna go in a few to load it.

@ScionBoo Sorry. Shoulda typed WinBlow$ but I was more than a little fed up with having to do multiple downloads of 30+ mb files @ the time.

Really hate windblows. Gonna go to bed and try again in the morning, hoping that things will have improved by then. Yea, right… 🙁

@Iron_Spike What model dell do you have? I’ve seen several that new (not used/reconditioned) power supply’s took care of all of their ills.

7 more assorted updates being installed. Hoping the hardware updates work ok once installed.

And doing a reboot. Once more to the windows update page…

SuperAntiSpyWare found only one item. Running windows updates now.

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By Dave, January 27, 2010 11:09 pm

And home again. With a computer to upgrade (she’s on dialup) and do other things to, so will mean a trip back down this weekend.

Truck is loaded. Cat is making sandwiches for lunch, if/when/where we decide to eat. Till later, folks.

Fixing to load truck. Still got to make ONE more trip to Wally World to get last minute stuff. Hoping it will be a short trip but no bets.

Tis morning and coffee is being drunk. Water on for oatmeal. Fire going in woodburner. Must start getting to bed earlier to arise earlier.

Tis time and past to call it a night, so till tomorrow folks… 😉

Temps: Highs – Outside 52.3 Inside 71.8 Lows – Outside 29.3 Inside 57.4 Current – Outside 30.0 Inside 62.4

Note to self – When needing to cut frozen stuff or chop bones do NOT use the thin bamboo cutting boards.

Got one of our bamboo cutting boards glued back together, and the other broken one in the clamp now. Need to remember to use them gently.

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By Dave, January 26, 2010 10:43 pm

Got about 4 days worth cut and somewhat dry now.

Still got cedar on the trailer to cut up. Tomorrow is gonna be a on the road day so maybe Thursday will be a decent day to cut more wood.

As wet as it is will take a week or more to dry out. One more round of gum to split and all of it thats cut is done.

With added shield over end of triple wall going through wall seems to be lots less drafty in here now though. Also split some more wood.

I forgot I didn’t have the draft controls closed inside. 🙁 Now tis real smokey smelling in here.

Did more work on stopping air coming in rather than work on stand. Ended up filling house with smoke as when I pulled the pipe off outside

Usually Jacksonville is cheaper on fuel. Just never know from day to day. Now to go out and see about building a stand for the plastic roll.

Gotta wonder about those places. Fuel prices are that way too. Got it at Anniston yesterday at 2.54/9 per gal and Jville today was 2.58/9.

Back from the portable dvd search. The Jacksonville Wally World had a Phillips player for $10 less than the same one at Anniston.

Will go to Wally World and see what they have. None of the other stores around here show any better prices and they are close.

Radio Shacks site sucks big time. The search for “portable dvd player” returned 102 items. After 40 items that were NOT I closed the tab.

Now am gonna have to build a frame to hold it so I can easily unroll and cut pieces off. Not sure if I want to use metal or wood for frame.

Had to air up the hand truck tires to move it around and even then was almost more than I could manage by myself.

Sucker is 8 feet wide and no idea how long. Stuff they print billboard signs on now. 5 year uv resistant. Weighs 300 lbs or more.

Had plans for the morning but tis already afternoon and nothing done. Had a friend drop off a roll of plastic this morning.

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By Dave, January 25, 2010 8:04 pm

Hard times do call for extra barbed wire around the scrap piles. 🙁

Guess I need to put up new no trespassing signs. Have a roll of chain link fencing I need to get out and put up just to remove temptation.

Just had a sob story at the door wanting me to give her some of my scrap to haul off to sell. Hate it for her but tis my junk and I use it.

Also got to remember to get more bags. Don’t like reusing them but the one today only had about 15 minutes on it and got filled up.

Got to get another belt. Will take this one with us when we go to get stuff at the evil empire here in a bit, and see if they have one.

Second time was a take apart, cut hair n rug fuzz out of the pulley and off the brush, empty the bag, let the dust out, then back together.

Been a doing some but not as much as I wanted to day. Worked on the vacuum cleaner twice. First time a real take apart, clean, and lube job.

Temps: Highs – Outside 59.0 Inside 70.3
Lows – Outside 46.8 Inside 62.8
Current – Outside 52.5 Inside 69.1

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By Dave, January 24, 2010 8:03 pm

Rain easing off to a light sprinkle now. Looks like the event is about over for us.

According to the radar, this is the last patch of hard rain in this band. Hope it moves on soon as I need to bring some wood in to dry out.

Of course that’s with this iBook right beside the other one. But have had it set up that way before and not had this trouble. ???????

Tis just a REAL noisy mother board. With the cd and dvd disconnected, the case on, and machine turned so the side faces the wifi still out.

Haven’t tried disconnecting the cd and dvd yet. Coming up now…

Found the case for the problem machine. Put it on and no wifi. Put a screw in and for a second it came back and then dropped out again.

Actually found it the first place I looked! And the wiring and ground is correct at the power strip. Guess it’s mother board time.

All the grounding screws are in. Case is grounded but haven’t checked to see about the line coming back here. Now to find the GF tester.

Soon as enough of the system comes up to display on the monitor (even without a video card in) the wifi fails.

Have now removed every board in the problem computer, one at a time, and the wifi interference continues unabated.

Folks in Atlanta best batten down the hatches as it’s starting to move in on them now.

Love how this band of moisture raced across Mississippi and slowed down in Alabama. Looks like another couple of hours till it moves out.

Towels and assorted sheets soaking up additional leaks in the bathroom. Knew it would leak but have plans for the new roof in there asap.

Quite wet out there. Came in and found new leaks upstairs and cleared out a shelf of books and videos to keep them from damage.

Well just spent the last 20+ minutes outside in the rain clearing and redigging ditches to try to get most of the water to run off.

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By Dave, January 23, 2010 7:55 pm

Now installing 64 security updates since SP3. 112 mb that’s being downloaded. Folks on dialup haven’t a chance… 🙁

pick one up from over there when I go. Along with a few other odds and ends that I need if I’m gonna be fixing stuff again.

Have to get another Intel based machine up to check the processor. As I need to get a load of pegboard from the storage trailer will

Not sure about the processor, ram and assorted drives. Got to get my test machine moved in here to check ram and drives.

Virus infected machine getting updated windows installed now. eMachine tis dead. 6 caps on motherboard and 2 in power supply bad.

that I have found on the web. Next up is to try a recovery from a windows disk. Which I am gonna have to beg a friend for.

Well tis morning and the winblows machine is still dead. Have found and tried a good power supply and done several other things

Temps: Highs – Outside 70.7 Inside 71.6
Lows – Outside 45.5 Inside 58.1
Current – Outside 48.7 Inside 69.8

Love the multiple problem machines. 🙁

Also has high 5v and low 12 v lines. Gonna turn it off till the am and see if I can find a good power supply then to try it with.

Thinking the virii infested machine also has a bad power supply. Took a while to show up but now will not reboot after XP SP2.

Guess I can try another power supply and see if it will come up at all. If so can replace the MB caps and hope. Not sure it’s worth it.

The other machine is an eMachine with a pile of blowed up caps on the mother board. Which also means that the power supply is toast.

Windows SP2 getting installed now. Am amazed that the machine still runs!

Seems to be running a lot better. Am doing the winblows updates now. After they are all done will run some of the antivirus stuff again.

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By Dave, January 22, 2010 11:30 pm

Ham is smelling quite good and still has 30+ minutes to cook. PCLOS booting on infected computer just to look around.

Monitor moved in. Ethernet cable strung. Infected computer moved to bench. Now to find a power cord and decide which linux boot disk to use.

Floor cleared. Plastic down. Carpet down. Table moved in. Now to run power and an ethernet connection, move the monitor in and start work.

so I can get the rubber entry style rugs up and out and lay the plastic down to put the carpet on.

Got a ham on cooking in the roaster. Got most of the south east corner of the back room cleaned out. Now got to move a bunch of stuff

Well, gluing the hub didn’t work, so am gonna have to call it dead dvd player, as it’s just not worth any more time invested.

Need to be cleaning out the back corner of the south room, but am just not in the mood. May be the WD-40. 🙁

Turned out the hub had cracks in all 3 of the centering ears. One had failed completely. Super glue curing now.

Finally took the time to get it where I could actually see everything while it was failing and the disk was off center. Have tried several.

Have spent all morning working on a portable DVD player and doing all kind of things to the laser and tracking assembly.

Then bug in coffee cup. Small and did not drink after seeing it but such a waste of coffee. 🙁

So far has been one of those mornings. Used paper towel that had been used to wipe up WD-40 on nose. Not a good thing to do.

Somewhat awake and I think feeling a bit better than last night. Coffee on the stove and getting close to perking. I hope…

Think I am gonna call it a night and hope to be more productive tomorrow. Till then folks… 😉

Temps: Highs – Outside 70.7 Inside 69.3
Lows – Outside 51.3 Inside 63.3
Current – Outside 53.1 Inside 65.1 – Haven’t had heat on today.

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By Dave, January 21, 2010 8:26 pm

Guess it’s fixed… 🙂

Bend, twist, straighten, test. Works. Put back together. Test. Works. Put unit all together. Still works. Bang on unit. Still works.

Reinstalled in case and tested. Didn’t work. Took back apart and looked a bit closer. Contacts not properly aligned at factory.

in the shape of hammer and chisel to open the defective one. Cleaned contacts. Checked and it worked. Put it back together with glue.

Had a piece of equipment come in to be repaired. Had a defective relay. After determining that the part could be found used a bit of force

Gonna go to the storage trailer and get a load after we do the store run. Hoping by then the mud/muck will have dried enough to get in/out.

The more I think about it the better I like the “just put up pegboard and forget it” wall covering for the south room.

up stuff that has boiled over. 🙁 Cold water and feels better for a few, then starts really hurting again. Gonna be one of those days…

Just love (insert sarcasm tag here) the sound and smell of burning flesh when a finger touches the eye on an electric stove while cleaning

Birds are screeching, sky is a bright blue, and fire doesn’t seem to be needed so am gonna save the remaining wood. Guess it’s morning.

Somewhat awake. Still tired and sore though. Course with the night of on and off rain sleep was fitful. For now coffee is making.

Think I am gonna take a bit of a lie down. May and may not be back up tonight.

Temps: Highs – Outside 63.9 Inside 70.5
Lows – Outside 39.2 Inside 63.0
Current – Outside 54.0 Inside 65.8

Gonna have to add it to the pan with the next I fix. Still sweating a bit. Course Cat may not appreciate it… 🙂

Decided that the kraut needed something else so with Cat’s leftovers I added curry and it really made the flavor stand up and slap you.

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By Dave, January 20, 2010 5:45 am

Temps: Highs – Outside 66.0 Inside 69.3
Lows – Outside 31.3 Inside 57.6
Current – Outside 41.0 Inside 66.0

some flex in the floor so know it needs something else. Course looking at the time I guess I need to figure on doing that tomorrow.

and see what kind of platform I am gonna have to build to set it on to properly support it. Had it sitting on cement blocks but was getting

Last insulation is up!!! Most of the seams are now taped. Clearing the bathroom floor to move the tub back in so I can turn it over

Getting the fire going again. Tis holding at mid 60’s in here as the temp outside drops through lower 40’s so is doing much better.

Got the last ceiling insulation done. Most of the seams sealed. Still got one section of the south wall to finish up and then am done.

Would also like to get the tub back in tonight but suspect that is gonna happen tomorrow sometime.

Actually have to cut and then hang it. But am rather much closer than I have been.

Wood bits in the ceiling are done. Plastic is hung. First section (of 2) of insulation is up. Procrastinating prior to hanging last piece.

Short break prior to finishing up the wood pieces. I figure when I make several cuts wrong in a row tis time to walk away for a few…

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By Dave, January 19, 2010 11:32 pm

Another row of wood almost done. One more section to go and can put up plastic and then insulation. Doesn’t look good for the tub tonight.

And has been inhaled. Guess tis time to get back to the ceiling.

Food is getting dished out so more later…

And then there’s extending the drain pipe or actually replacing it. And other little bits and pieces that make for interesting times… 😉

Am wanting to build a platform for it to sit on like I did for the washer/dryer and just not sure what all trouble it’s gonna be.

Still hoping to get the ceiling and shower/tub put back in today. Ceiling has a good chance. Tub is looking questionable.

Or actually where a wall will be. Was plastic but took it down earlier to let the heat get out of the area I was working and sweltering in.

Got another row of wood in. One more support piece to go and then get to move furniture in the upstairs bedroom to gain access to the wall.

But first the ceiling. Hands and arms are screaming for Ibuprofen so will take that with another cup of coffee and see how they feel later.

As the floor is dirt with plastic and carpet over it tis not a big deal. Just got to get the pick and shovel in there and get started.

Then had a change of plans and now am gonna have to take some of it back up to change where the tub drain is located.

In the bathroom anyway. Or nothing this morning. Early afternoon I did get some of the floor covering back down.

Had such good intentions this am. And then came a phone call and a drop by visitor. And the morning is history with nothing done.

Temps: Highs – Outside 59.4 Inside 70.5
Lows – Outside 33.6 Inside 57.9
Current – Outside 37.2 Inside 60.4

And somewhat cleared the floor out in the bathroom for work to commence tomorrow. For now gonna do a bit more surfing and then read a bit.