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<a href="http://www.courant.com/news/health/hc-breastcancer0206.artfeb06,0,2553.story?coll=hc-headlines-health">http://www.courant.com/news/health/hc-breastcancer0206.artfeb06,0,2553.story?coll=hc-headlines-health</a>

Certainly seems other studies need to be carried out on it anyway.

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Rats eating birthday cake

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By Dave, February 6, 2005 9:33 am

<a href="http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=24412.0">http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=24412.0</a>

Different to say the least. And possibly the most too…

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poor mans wifi

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By Dave, February 4, 2005 1:40 am

<a href="http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/">http://www.usbwifi.orcon.net.nz/</a>

This is cool! I'm gonna have to get one of the usb wifi adaptors and scoop and make one. Looked at this a while back but was before we went mainly wireless. got a better signal in here than in the qhut but still limited. I think with one of the portable units i can surf from the power line should I so desire. gonna find out anyway.

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And now for something entirely different

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By Dave, February 3, 2005 8:36 pm

<a href="http://www.drainspotting.com/">http://www.drainspotting.com/</a>

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Wired article on BioDiesel

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By Dave, February 2, 2005 1:11 pm

<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66455,00.html">http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,66455,00.html</a>

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Code Keeper

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By Dave, February 2, 2005 1:04 pm

<a href="http://dave.typepad.com/dave/2005/01/the_mother_of_i.html">http://dave.typepad.com/dave/2005/01/the_mother_of_i.html</a>

Code keeper is a filemaker pro database that is designed to house code snippets. Looks interesting to say the least.

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UK Weather Blog

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By Dave, February 2, 2005 1:02 pm

<a href="http://www.risingslowly.com/">http://www.risingslowly.com/</a>

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Daily Zen

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By Dave, February 2, 2005 1:00 pm

<a href="http://www.dailyzen.com/">Daily Zen</a>

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Tangelo weblog software

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By Dave, February 2, 2005 12:44 pm

http://bradrhine.com/tangelo

Interesting but still not quite there. No built in comments as well as a few other rough edges but getting closer. Waiting for the next Mac OS X myself…

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bills

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By Dave, January 31, 2005 9:26 am

got the mail this morning and more bills. one in particular that has pissed me off is the phone bill. 42.98 is what they want this month and they added a note that it will increase next month by over $2 for me to not make long distance calls. Got news for them though. It isn't gonna cause I am canceling the land line. Got the cell phone and am NOT gonna pay for something I am not using (long distance). Them boys can kiss my ass. putting out over 500 a year for nothing. gonna have a higher cell bill as will have to add a phone for cat but the added cost on that bill will be less than what we are being charged by the bell systems now.

Paid the cable bill. that is another one that has gone up but without it we don't have any way of high speed access so guess it is a necessary evil. at least for now. the cell companys are working on high speed wireless access in some areas now. course it will cost out the ass. Wish there was a way to do the satellite number without it costing more than the cable. I keep thinking about getting a mac mini and doing the co-lo thing with it. but there is another 25 a month that I can host here with a domain redirect. or i can keep going like i am now and depend on a host somewhere in the ether.

Got a batch of block from the 14 wide and moved them over here. rebuilt the living room steps and the greenhouse end steps. much better now. Got shelving steel to put up some new shelves for the plants. Then I get to move them all again… got to move the greenhouse door prior to moving the plants. Need to build a woodbox that has a outside door and inside door. load from outside and fill heater from inside. no cold air from door being open. got the wood. just need to find the energy…

got the last of the 2×8's from the 14 wide too. going to take the blocks out from under it in the next few days. course got to fix a dozer to take the trees down over here first.

the wheels that I built for moving the trailers will fit under the trailer hitch on bertha. got to cut some arcs in each end and it will fit right in under the channel iron at the bottom. figure on 4 steel plates with holes in each end and long hardened bolts or if i can find some ubolts that would work too. or chain which would be simplier. should just need to hold it in place till weight is put on it and then shouldn't have a problem. gonna make steering a bit weird but if it will keep the ass end of the truck out of the mud should be able to get the trailer over here. now got to wait for dry weather again to make the pull. got the truck a bit stuck outside here this afternoon. few new ruts in the front yard. oh well. will fill them in with all the others when I get the time.

gonna take a few days here soon and go somewhere. got an invite to st. simons island with free room for a night or two that I may have to take the guy up on. would rather head south along the gulf coast. got a few things to do to the van and others that have to be finished up here but soon…

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friday again

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By Dave, January 30, 2005 11:33 pm

Been busy this am. Got the rest of the wood cut and stacked under cover or inside. Big pot of assorted dry bean, ham, brown rice, celery and carrots cooking on the Ashley. Old beans and rice cleaned out of the kitchen center top shelf and thrown out for the birds, and whatever other critters that are interested.

Still thinking about getting the parlor stove and putting it in here (living room of 12 wide). Got the flue pipe, metal for the window and ells. Only thing missing is a shield for the wall and carpet. Was out looking at the old water heaters yesterday afternoon and the outside metal housing on them would work just fine. May go out in a bit and try to remove it from one and see how much trouble it will be to get it off and cut to use. Another possibility is refrigerator doors. Got some that are metal and foam and others that are metal and fiberglass.

As it is raining/sleeting right now I am not sure when I will be able to get to that. Got to go to the folks to get my handtrucks if I do try to put it in. I suspect it would be a good idea though I have got about 9 gallons of kerosene for the kerosene heater which should carry us through any power outage that may occur if this does turn into an ice storm.

And on that vein I guess I need to go to the 14 wide and get the kerosene lanterns just in case.

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life, the universe and flatulence

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By Dave, January 30, 2005 11:33 pm

3 days of bean soup. tuneful toots.

Question: Why do farts stink?
Answer: So deaf people can enjoy them too.

Source: Old friend and cow-orker.

Getting closer. To total insanity. Every time I think I am closing the gap on gotta do's that sucker takes a running leap at the horizon and disappears.

We got the first 2 loads moved into the 12 wide. Almost got them arranged. Several times a day. Got it figured out on the next load too I think. Still leaves the China cabinet to go. Where I am sitting is the logical place in this trailer to put it. And I don't have to be here. But where I want to have my office doesn't exist yet. So.

The living room south wall from the sofa to the west corner is going to be occupied by the 12 foot long book shelf. Tis about 3 feet high so we can put the wire video shelves on the wall from the top to the ceiling. Should be able to get 4 video shelves over each 4 foot section. As there is a window in the middle that will be 8 shelves total. Which should just finish out the video (tape and dvd) storage requirements.

We have got to get a dvd burner to transfer the tapes to disk with. I hate the expense in both time and money but if not done soon a lot of them will be unusable. Some of them are already damaged but I think we can record most of them. Another project…

Tv and assorted equipment will go on the sideboard for now. Will put something on top of it to protect the surface. Should get the equipment up to a good height. At least I hope it will work there. If not we will move the old couch into the back room where the tools are now and put the sideboard where on the living room south wall next to the book case. The other china cabinet will fit over here next to the north wall between the front of my desk and the other couch. Recliner will be in front of it. May move the old couch anyway and put the chair now on the north wall there which will allow moving the north wall couch east another 3 feet and the recliner to move into the area thence freed. Only thing left to move is the round table that needs to belong to someone else anyway. May put it at pch for sale. Or yard sale it. Or picture and on ebay or BluespringsBazaar.com.

Qhut is different. Got the old computer table area removed so is open(er) now. Breakfast table is in there for now. Will move it somewhere when the dinningroom table comes over. Guess the greenhouse will be best for now. Got to get started on that bit too. SOON.

Second floor. got most of the materials. just got to move the plants. somewhere.

and now to sleep, perchance to dream…

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Victomless crime?

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By Dave, January 29, 2005 8:30 pm

<a href="http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/weblog/nb.cgi/view/vitanuova/2005/01/28/0">http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/weblog/nb.cgi/view/vitanuova/2005/01/28/0</a>

read it. all the way to the end.

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bits

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By Dave, January 27, 2005 12:31 am

and pieces. not much done today. or didn't seem like it then.

friend came by this morning earlier than i wanted to think or move. got me out of the chair anyway. had a rough night. new bed and hurt back from jumping out of the truck tuesday. knew better and did it anyway pretty much without thinking till i was half way down. too late then. and way to old to be doing that kind of thing.

anyway he brought a bunch of stuff that he was throwing away. got a old pallet jack that I am going to try to modify to fit one of the dozers or the 3 point hitch on the tractor. that may be the better way. got some old electronics from a copier and a cabinet that I can use over the stove in the kitchen. already cut for a vent pipe. some other junk too. moved bertha to his truck and moved it into the back for now.

ate lunch and then cranked the MF135 and headed for the hill. The power line to be exact. found one of the pole base cut offs and after breaking a piece of ground wire and bending a hook on one end managed to poke it under the pole and hook the rope. Tied it to the pole and tied a loop and hung it over the trailer hitch on the scrape blade and pulled it out of the woods. then up to the top and back down the hill, across the creek, through the gap by the barn and around the bend by bills bus we went then up the hill and by the entry I unhooked it then backed into it with the blade and pushed it up and to the side.

back up the hill and did it again on the other side of the power line. went down by the beaver pond and snagged another one about the same length (10 to 11 feet) and diameter (16 to 20 inches) and back up the hill to repeat the trip. put this one on the north side of the entry and pushed it up against the pine and out of the way.

put the tractor away and took a walk and looked at the cedar thicket. got a bunch of cedar I need to cut and have available for porch posts and second floor support beams among other things. big problem is getting in there with a tractor or something to get them out. we walked the old logging track (can't call it a road as there are 2 foot diameter rocks in there) and it looks like a trip or two with the dozer will allow us access from the east.

Back for water and a rest. Then on to try the stuff to stop leaks in the John Deere. Got the water bucket and filled it. Added the stuff for the leak. Started the dozer and after a few minutes started adding the liquid. Got most of the bucket in the engine. Twas then I noted that some of the liquid was blowing back out the radiator. not from air from the fan but from air coming from inside the radiator. As I had already put this stuff in the cooling system I elected to continue. Took a couple of minutes for liquid to start forming on the exhaust stack and running down the side of the exhaust manifold. Exhaust got real white too. and then it quit. One cylinder seems filled with coolant. So, time to take it apart and see where the damage it…

Got the fuel tank unhooked, then had to remove the breather and air intake hoses to get the tank out. Got it out and took the muffler off and covered the rest for the nonce. Guess I will be welding on the Case final drive next. One of those days…

So I came in and started a pan of soup. Or something. Had some sliced up potatoes that needed cooking so I added water and soaked them for a few minutes and put them and the water in the stock pot. Found half an onion in the fridge that I cut up small and added. a stalk of celery likewise. Bit of salt and chunk of frozen stock from the last ham and on the ashley to simmer. Cut some ham up and took the pan of assorted bits and pieces (rice, ham bits, black eyed peas this time) from the fridge and added the cut ham to it, covered it and left it out on the counter to warm to room temp before adding. Added a can of chili beans to the mix cooking on the ashley, gave it a stir and took a sit down. stirred it every 10 to 15 minutes till the potatoes were about done and added the ham and leftovers mix and a can of chopped tomatoes. Stirred well and set on a ceramic tile (which i keep on the stove to regulate the temp a bit) to simmer. Came in and lay down on the couch and promptly went to sleep. Cat heard it fussing and after seeing me sawing zzzz's kept it stirred till I woke and pronounced it ready. Twas a good pot of soup. Made enough for at least 2 if not 3 meals. Total cost about $1.25 and much better than anything found at the store.

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full day

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By Dave, January 26, 2005 12:59 am

tuesday was a quite busy and productive day.

started with a trip to the folks house to get started moving the stuff from Edwina's house. They weren't home so after unloading the crates we headed to Marvin's to price gates, a sandblaster and a floor protector mat for a wood burning stove.

Found the mat with a quick question to a sales person. Went and looked at and quickly eliminated the ones they have as they state they aren't for use on flammable surfaces but just to protect the floor from scratches and dents.

Head to the yard to look at the gates. Get there and they only have one 16 foot gate. No 14's at all and plenty of 12's. The 16's were 70+ and the 12's were 54 so after a quick think and figure we decided on the 12's. This will give a base 24 foot opening and I can add a removable post in the middle or rig a sliding post to one gate to lock it in the middle and give something to tie the other one to.

So on to the air tools section and a DeVilbus (sp?) sandblaster for 19.99. Looks kinda like the other one I have had for many years so to the register and then the yard with Bertha and load the gates and back to the folks house.

We move the gates to one side and start loading the truck with books and the bedroom suite or as much of it as would fit. Got a load and brought it over and unloaded. Ate lunch and back for another load. Got the rest of the bedroom and most of the living room this trip. Filled it up and stacked the kitchen chairs on top of the couch and headed back over. Unloaded and started trying to arrange the mess.

Got it somewhat organized. Bedroom is almost finished. Cat has put most of the clothes up. Got to figure a closet somewhere.

Ok here it is! Got the 6 x 12 building which has almost the same siding as this trailer so if I remove the AC from the east end and place the building against the front wall it will be the same width as the trailer and with a door cut into the front trailer wall for entry the building can become a walkin closet and storage room. Needs insulating and paneling added inside but that will be a fairly quick job. Can change the roof style and do a tin shed roof from the front of the trailer to the far edge of the building. Cut the existing rafters flush with the side on the side against the building and remove the eves on that side. Add some uprights and a bit of siding and rafters and tin and permanate nonleak roof and looks done to me…

Gonna move the 14×66 over here and add it to the cluster. No sense in having it over there on its own. Get it over here where we can use it now. I am going to start looking at the trees that have go to go to move it in tomorrow (today wednesday). I am thinking about t-boning it into the west most door on the south side of the 12wide. that will give the most central connection. Still planing on building the 2 story section too but this is one of the things that needs to be done now for many reasons that I ain't gonna go into so addition will have to wait.

gonna try to attach the front steerable section of a transport dolly to the front of the trailer in place of the hitch. figure if i add a plate to the bottom edge of the dolly for the front of the trailer to rest on and then cut holes in the front for the toggle bolts to go through it may hold. or it may just be gas. gonna have to look at this. may be easier to use the john deere dozer. may not.

tis late and i am rambling. to bed, to sleep, perchance to dream of new and harder ways to move large semi-mobile objects…

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metalcasting

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By Dave, January 23, 2005 11:31 pm

<a href="http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/index.html">http://home.c2i.net/metaphor/index.html</a>

This dude has worked out a process of using a microwave to cast metal objects in bronze, silver and even cast iron. Says it works with up to about a pound of metal. Also has a bunch of other interesting stuff on the site.

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