Howdy! Looks like I won't have any problem finding something to do until leaving for golf this afternoon - have meetings booked all day. Ick. At least it isn't raining today.

Have a good one, yawlz!

STILL DARK IN THE NATIONS, I'M UP EARLY FOR A VA APPOINTMENT AT 0800 TO START WALLOWING THRU THE SYSTEM IN PURSUIT OF NEW HEARING AIDS. NOT MY FAVORITE ACTIVITY.

"AS I PASS THROUGH MY INCARNATIONS, IN EVERY AGE AND RACE,
I MAKE MY PROPER PROSTRATIONS THE THE GODS OF THE MARKET PLACE.
PEERING THROUGH REVERENT FINGERS, I WATCH THEM FLOURISH AND FALL,
AND THE GODS OF THE COPYBOOK HEADINGS, I NOTICE, OUT LAST THEM ALL.---"
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After seeing that video, I was going to tell Marcus he already has his own 17 year project!

Worked my butt off today. Got all the upper cabinets installed. as well as the under counter lights and the pantry cabinet. Took all a while to get all that done. Took until almost 7pm. The owners are ecstatic.

You better get humping there Marcus. But what about that Honda Scrambler sitting in the garage? Maybe you could start on that.... just thinking out loud.

Brad that was probably the best decision.

Tommy, that sucks I hope you can get the AC fixed soon.

Gris, drive the wheels off tht thing.

Get cracking, Marcus ;-)

We quit after 11 holes, the rain was incessant. I was fairly dry in my rain suit, but my compadres were not quite as well-equipped. I didn't mind packing it in, as it was pretty miserable out there. We were -3, respectable for a bunch of old guys in inclement conditions, but I'm sure we weren't gonna take home any bacon.

I was looking for a project to do...... maybe this....


https://youtu.be/nAJb-KpfU50

talk about micromanaging...

Rained here also....got the mowing done yesterday and now I feel like a smart guy because of the rain...... not doing much of anything and that is getting me in trouble with my wife who is working at her job and comes home to find me still in my sweats goofing off....... not good...... I told her that I can do more work in a half day then most men can do in 2 days...... I think I saw doubt in here eyes.....

So now I'm looking for something to do..... hmmmmm.....almost time for after lunch nap......then I will think about it......

Keep working hard guys...... you are the backbone of our nation........ yep.....

Have a good day!

Got the power up but just a couple days in the blower motor in the air handler/air conditioner won't operate properly. How easy is it to get a serviceman to come out after a hurricane? Not very. I'm on a wait list for Thursday with one company but a little known local guy can come out and look at it this evening. He worked here on my old unit. this one is 4 years old already. Geez. Time flies.

Yesterday I was on the clearing and demolition crew at the nursery. Got the job done. That's the important thing. An angled 2x6 would have scalped me if I hadn't been wearing my hat. Instead it just put a dent in my head. Trying hard to meet all objectives before a Saturday departure. It may mean overtime. lol . I work overtime every freakin day without this crap .

Good Morning CGs!

No rain here. Cool at 55 but will get up to 80. It's been that way for the past few days. Mid to upper 80s.

No updates on the Honda yet. I'm hoping they have time to cut it open today and check it out. I might stop by if I have a chance.

Hope everyone has a great day!

CLOUDY AND COOL IN THE NATIONS THIS MORNING, WE GOT ABOUT A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN HERE, WELCOME BUT WE COULD HAVE USED MORE. IT WAS NICE AND SLOW SO IT ALL SOAKED IN.

IT'S AUTO-ROTATION DAY, THE TOMATO WILL BE ON STRIP ALERT. THERE ARE SOME ERRANDS TO RUN TODAY, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT THEY ARE :-)

ALWAYS FORWARD, GURUS!

Brad I think my Royals have just about done themselves in for this year. Still a mathematical chance, but they just aren't playing well right now.

Howdy! Golf tournament today, naturally the forecast calls for 80% chance of rain. I hope the golf course is where the 20% chance of no rain is. Meanwhile, the Twinkies outscored the Viqueens yesterday, not good.

Enjoy your day, Gurus!

Amen to that. I was a driver at a Spina Bifida Picnic over the weekend and had the chance to start and drive the Vette several times on Sunday, worked every time just fine.

I have decided though while I know what it was and there are some other ones still available I'm planning on picking up another one of the Solenoid Relays and put it on the shelf 'just in case'. I've been slowly collecting some of those 'hard to find' parts and this one definitely could become one of those type items. May never have a need for it but if I do I'll be one step closer than I was this time (having one on the shelf that is).

Back to work today for me. Starting the the install of the kitchen cabinets I've been working on for the last month or so.

It's cool today, 52 as I write. But supposed to get into the low to mid 80s.

I need to get going. Have a great day.

Morning guys....

Nice score on the kegerator, Matt. Living in a bit larger community has it's perks......For some reason, not many of those have shown up in our little community of 2200 people.

Did you find those beans locally, Marcus? I order mine from Amazon. What do you think? Good coffee?

Great to hear. Hope that is the final chapter.

Thanks Marcus - makes me feel a little better. But just a little.

I have always thought that aeration does little good for a lawn but it will not do its job of increasing grass health until next year..... Since I am an Agronomist I know all about stuff like that...... I also know and have in my phone the number to the best lawn care folks in the area and I use them a lot..........and their premium lawn care package......we have about an acre or so that is irrigated........ and it needs mowing as we speak......

Some years ago, a guy from the lawn company who does my neighbor's yard across the street (which looks like crap), came to our door to try to sell us their service. My wife said, "My husband does our lawn, and you do the one across the street. Which one would you rather have?" He left.

Cut the grass this morning. Kind of pissed because for the first time this year we hired a company to do our fertilizing and weed control. Even paid for aeration and overseed a few weeks ago. In my opinion it looks worse that before. Not happy.

What I am happy about is last night I scored a killer deal on a used kegerator. Found it on the Facebook marketplace. I've wanted one for a while and finally decided to get one. This popped up and I grabbed it. A little cleaning and I'll be ready to go.

Hope everyone has a great day!

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Greetings! Sun is shining for now, but supposedly that won't last. I am supposed to play in a golf tournament tomorrow, but the forecast does not look promising.

Happy anniversary, Matt!

Have a good day, all!

And the end result was sad.... sniff...

You can always clean out the barn Gris.......for an agenda I mean.....just trying to keep you from apathy.....

Apathy is what I feel after the Huskerets got beat by a MAC level team in our own house..... the shame it will hurt a bit......until we find a man with true grit........... we are terrible it is now official..... hard to fill a 90K fan house with that kind of product on the field...... where is Bo when you need him?

Today I am enjoying a fresh cup of Rio Grande Roasters Pinon coffee as I eat my morning fruit loops.......you can't beat 100% Arabica coffee blended in a southwestern fashion with the flavor of carefully roasted piñon nuts..... just thought you should know....... taking a sip now......mmmmmm......very nice!

Well almost time for my morning nap......

Hope you all have a good coffee day...........

75 AND STICKY IN THE NATIONS, 40% CHANCE OF RAIN, SAY THE WEATHER BOFFINS.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MATT & MRS.

ANOTHER DAY WITHOUT AN AGENDA. I CAN COPE WITH THAT :-)

We slept in a bit, but need to run over to the 'city' to replenish our groceries.

It's a pretty cool start to the day, not like the mountains, but nice, 53 with light breezes. Very nice. They are saying low 70s today but will climb back up into the 90s later in the week.

Lots to do to catch up for being gone, so a busy week is planned. Rosie is back , so we are headed out. Catch you guys later.

Morning guys...

Good evening CGs!

Late check in for me. Busy all day with chores and errands and then we had a family dinner to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Yup, she put up with me for a whole nother year.

Brad, sorry to hear about the wedding woes. Hope it works out.

I think you did post/mention that but I completely forgot. Glad you got it worked out.

Hey guys....we got up and around and headed for home. Got away about 7:30 local time (8:30 our time). It was 34*, but by the time we made it home it was 82, quite a swing. Got home in time to get the Corvette washed and then to church and then we were invited to a birthday party which we walked over to after church, but bugged out pretty quick as we were both tired.

Being gone for a week is nice, but the drawback is catching up. Lots of phone messages and mail to go through. Probably take me a week just to catch up, on top of everything I have to do anyway.

Sorry about your Huskers, Marcus. Brad, that kind of drama is sucky.

Time for bed guys.

RATHER SUMMERISH HERE IN THE NATIONS, THOUGH THE DOGWOOD TREES ARE STARTING TO TURN RED.

MADE A PASS THROUGH THE LOCAL FLEA MARKET THIS MORNING. LOTS OF VENDORS, GOOD CROWD, AND A '90 CORVETTE WITH A FLAMBOYANT PATRIOTIC WRAP. NEVER RAN ACROSS THE OWNER.

DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT. THERE WAS A GUY WITH RELOADING COMPONENTS, FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN THAT THERE. HE HAD NOTHING I NEEDED.

Hope you have better luck with the drama on your end Brad....the mighty Husker has struck out...... wtf.....

Howdy! Starting a little cool-down today, hopefully it won't last too long. Some drama here - my son's wedding may be off, we shall see.

Good luck, Marcus!

Have a good day, all!

Go Big Red....... game is on....... morning all.....

Well the Porcedes fix (don't you like that name, made it up) appears to have worked.

Looks like it was the Bosch Solenoid Relay 0332205003 (the silver one). ABS Light is now out and seems like all is normal though I haven't tried forcing the abs to handle a braking situation yet.

I did first the Pump Motor Relay - no difference. Then the Solenoid Relay and the light started working normally.

Easy to do: 4 Philips screws to remove the speaker cover (I do have a convertible), pull the carpet up and 7mm nutdriver to remove the screws around the perimeter of the speaker panel and lift the panel. T15 torx screw holds the retainer on the 2 relays on the pump. Pull the old relays, put in the new and put it back together.

No pictures as there's no visible changes to the car, what you start with is what you end with.

Hope that helps.

PS if you need the parts, look for them by the Bosch number on the relays, that's how I found mine. They were used in a number of different cars in the era and the Mercedes one was $19 and the Porsche was $7.75 plus shipping. I can live with that.

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Matt,
While I did have one issue year before last, where moisture and evaporated fuel messed up one of my carbs....

I actually figured out the problem that I was having, right before the last race of last season. Sucks because I chased it all season and learned almost nothing about tuning the car.

Turned out to be a problem with the MSD distributor. The top plate for the advance had worked itself loose.... In a race car you remove the weights and springs, and use a little stud/nut to lock the advance out....

Well over time the vibration had loosened it up enough so that when I had the car on the 2 step it would back the timing up causing the car to stumble or backfire when I let go of the 2 step/trans brake.... or worse the car would leave on no power and then do a huge wheel stand the very next pass when I changed the tune up to compensate....

It was a seriously tough problem to find because it was so inconsistant. Sometimes the car would make a decent pass and then go to crap.... when I checked the timing it would be off in left field and othertimes it would actually move back to where I set it....

The plate was loose enough to move when up on the 2 step.... but it took alot of effort to move it by hand and even thou I checked by twisted on it and the rotor a few times I never felt it move until right before the last race.

I tightened it up, reset the timing and it was a totally new car the last time I raced it.
Will

LOL Caller ID. Love it. Answering machines come in a close second.

Found out there is some sort of Corvette thing here in Pagosa Springs this weekend. There are quite a few Corvettes running around. Too bad bad we have to come home.

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IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT LAWYERS WILL NOW BE USED IN SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS RATHER THAN WHITE RATS. THERE ARE THREE REASONS FOR THIS SUBSTITUTION:

1. LAWYERS ARE MORE PLENTIFUL THAN WHITE RATS.

2. PEOPLE DON'T TEND TO GET ATTACHED TO A LAWYER AS THEY DO TO A WHITE RAT.

3. THERE ARE SOME THINGS A RAT JUST WON'T DO.

TOMMY, I WISH YOU LUCK WITH YOUR CLEANUP AND RECOVERY. DOING IT IN PHASES SOUNDS LIKE GOOD PRACTICE TO ME.

CALLER ID IS GREAT. UNKNOWN NAME KEEPS CALLING ME. I RESPECT HIS PRIVACY, SO HE REMAINS UNKNOWN :-)

Got back froom golfing just before the rain hit again. I was putting better today, but i couldn't get off the box. If it ain't one thing, it's another.

Walked over to the Rec center after the rain to sit in the hot tub and a quick swim while Rosie did her exercising (she walks the pool back and forth 50 lengths). Now we are getting things together to pack up and go home tomorrow. it has been a good week, but I'm ready to get back at it.

I hope everyone here had a good day. Take a break, Tommy.

Glad to hear

Glad to know you guys are alright, Tommy

Sounds like you are making great progress, Tommy.

Still waiting for Marcus to fax me a cappuccino.

Caller ID is one of mankind's greatest inventions. Someone called a while ago, and the ID said "Unavailable". What a coinkydink - so am I.

Do not envy you and your clean up work Tommy..... I recommend several breaks along the way to charge up the batteries....... hopefully your chairs all made it through......

I am goofing off today..... went in to see my lawyer.....on some legal matters..... He loves a good lawyer joke...... seems a 100 lawyers were at a convention that was attacked by terrorists and were captured......the leader of the terrorist band threatened to release one lawyer per hour unless their demands were met......

Tee recommended a swiss made Jura coffee maker which we found a refurbished one and now we are drinking coffee all the time....... they are pricy but wow is it good coffee....... you put in the coffee beans and water and it does the rest...... I'm having some now....... have not slept in a week......... Thanks Tee for helping us become Coffee Snobs.....

Ok my notes for today says its time for me to take a nap...... so I will get to cross that off the list....... Move forward in ever widening circles Guru's...

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Hitting it hard. The nursery plants are standing and making irrigation repairs. A number of big fallen trees have been removed. Fences are now standing. The house is coming together. I'd say we're 85 % there. Total recovery will take 2 to 3 months till all the damaging scars of the storm have been addressed. Still lots of work and people waiting for Sue and crew to help bail them out of their messes. So far we are still going on our cruise. There are months of recovery work ahead. Best to take a break, come back and hit it, take a break , come back and hit it , take a break , come back and hit it. Then it will be Christmastime. It's always something. I'm telling ya, I think I'll be working when they call for the coroner to verify I'm dead. Never ends ........... Just ask tee and Marcus and sometimes GRIS.

Good Morning CGs!

Got the kids off to school and ran a couple of errands. Back home and ready for a workout. Have a few chores to do, as well.

Tommy, how is cleanup coming along?

Hope everyone has a great day!