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I’m getting casual about hopping on the ebike and riding the 25ish miles to and from town as opposed to hitching up the bike carrier, driving to the county road, and then biking the eightish miles back and forth. Part … Continue reading →

The ladies are slowing down already this year, so I sent the latest full dozen to Neighbor S and planned on buying eggs during the Monday water run. I had reason to regret it. Five and a half bucks a … Continue reading →

First: It never stops looking kind of goofy. But that’s a minor consideration. Second: You’ll be concerned with battery life, and so you’ll plan on leaving it turned off until you need it. Until you see what’s involved with turning … Continue reading →

Coming back from town after the Monday morning water run, D&L stopped at the barn rather than going on to the house so that they could feed the horses without having to walk back and forth. D said, “There’s been … Continue reading →

First, it’s an old joke badly told. Second, at no time in the long history of Eastman Kodak Company has its logo ever involved a bear. That is all.

Heh. It rained like six drops here earlier in the afternoon, and now the “dry” riverbed is running harder than it has all year. Has for hours. Good thing I did the chicken chores when I did, because the wash … Continue reading →

I got it! It’s the trick one with the funny cover, too. I’m struggling with the urge to just leave it in the shrinkwrap, since I actually have an electronic copy of an early draft with all the photos. Probably … Continue reading →

Ain’t that neat? Problem is, I didn’t order it. That’s way outside my price range for something as frivolous as a collector book and anyway I have a copy of the galley proof, having edited it last year. And that … Continue reading →

Rejoice with me! I tried a couple of times to take it to a gunsmith, and nothing ever worked out. Was discussing the matter with a neighbor, and mentioned that the yoke screw threads are covered with what looks like … Continue reading →

Commander Zero continues his crusade to get Paratus Day on the calendar of all right-minded preppers. And I got my card this morning when I went to town for the Monday water run. It’s kind of a running gag that … Continue reading →

Tobie and I went for our morning walkie at sixish, me lugging a hamper of dirty clothes. Up until a little over six years ago I washed my laundry by hand in the front yard, weather permitting – it tended … Continue reading →

Never seems to fail, dogs get all unhappy when you run the vacuum cleaner. Some are worse than others: Tobie acts like you’re chasing him with an axe. And when the torture is over… …I have to work at getting … Continue reading →

…be careful of dry washes.

…Talk to Tobie. He knows just which button to push. And he pushes it with apparent glee. From time to time. Having confirmed the meeting time for the Monday morning water run, which is variable lately, I discovered that I … Continue reading →

On a whim I took the ebike all the way to town and back – to the other side of town, which in this case only makes a little difference… It behaved itself beautifully, though these pannier bags are not … Continue reading →

…and it’s really gross. I drilled out Ian’s new burn barrel this morning. I knew the drum had held some sort of animal feed, didn’t care, didn’t think about it at all until I finished drilling 32 holes and then … Continue reading →

I can’t even think up a good excuse. I’ve worked in that tiny room for hours at a time, and completely blanked on the very obvious presence of a vent stack with a very obvious fitting for an appliance drain. … Continue reading →

“I’ve always understood why [Landlady] left.” I muttered. Sometimes DIY infrastructure fails but that’s not what’s discouraging. It’s the cascading failures that get under your skin. Where one relatively minor fault only points out another, which would have contained the … Continue reading →

Ran a second experimental load through the new/old washing machine. No mechanical glitches worth mentioning, no utility closet flooding, but… Yeah. New 550 cord does stretch for a while. Good thing there weren’t any pants. Which reminded me… And so … Continue reading →