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Hi. Innumerate Joel here. Okay, so I had other things on my mind after getting home yesterday and couldn’t successfully complete a simple arithmetic equation. I expected (wild-ass guess) the leg to come in at an estimated $10,000 simply because … Continue reading →

And here it is! Can you guess which is the new one? The plan is to walk around on it for a week, then go back to town for any needed adjustments before it gets sent for the final socket … Continue reading →

Yesterday was baking day. Around noon Torso Boy wanted out to pee, and we both alerted to a couple of dogs barking in the direction of Landlady’s place where no dog has any business being – and incidentally where we … Continue reading →

This is my only burn barrel… …2/3 of a barrel, anyway, and I scavenged it a few years ago from the county dump. Oil drum burn barrels don’t last forever and they’re like gold around here: I can’t believe how … Continue reading →

First week of March, and the temp got into the seventies! It almost did it yesterday but with a punishing wind; today it’s a joy to work outdoors.

…and I think, “Okay, that’s weird but it’s probably just somebody trying to cheer themselves through a Michigan winter without taking a blowdryer into the bathtub.” Still, if I looked out my window during my Mr. Suburban Man period and … Continue reading →

So I came down the ridge on the east side of the Lair this morning at about eight ayem after spending an hour on a very pleasant morning walky. Came into sight of the Lair and was reminded of something … Continue reading →

…when you come home from helping neighbors unload a pallet-load of sacks and say to your dog, “Okay. Break’s over, let’s get back to work.” I have a shot at a better mattress that a neighbor wants rid of. No … Continue reading →

…and I know at least a few commenters have gotten their posts dumped to the spam locker recently, because I saw them recently and approved them. But that’s only because the sheer volume of gibberish automatically shoveled into the spam … Continue reading →

…and I was surprised to learn that the plan was for me to take it home and walk around on it for a week. That plan didn’t work out, unfortunately, because in the course of fitting/adjusting/fitting it became clear that … Continue reading →

There’s amazing, and then there’s overwhelming. Wal-Mart has its uses but I’m far too much the hermit to ever enjoy the experience. Lucky to get in and out without crippling anxiety. That’s not a policy statement, it’s just that there … Continue reading →

I get such a kick out of this place… Neighbor L said she was going to the biggish town about 35 miles away to visit the Safeway and asked if I wanted to tag along. As it happened, I did. … Continue reading →

It’s like cutting loose an anchor you didn’t know you were dragging.

For the record I’ve known there was a small problem with the way my batteries were connected from the moment I switched on the first appliance. I have two voltage readouts on the wall of the main cabin: The top … Continue reading →

“If you come back and find me dead of it, you’re probably in big trouble.”

…and while it was irritating, the timing was impeccable. Everything went great all the time we were working yesterday morning. Then, just as we were finishing the cleanup, I felt my leg’s socket get unacceptably loose and tell me the … Continue reading →

For the record I ripped off this meme from Landlady, who’s substantially wittier than I am. Not sure if that’s significant in context…

Leave the jacks up till tomorrow morning, then remember to get hers back into her ride before she goes home. I still have to add some lag bolts to seal the deal, but all the hard stuff is done. Good … Continue reading →

A veritable gated estate, constructed of the finest materials, accessible to only the finest, best bred, most high-income rat. No wonder there was so little damage as rats nested in the wood. They didn’t need to. They could just undermine … Continue reading →

We were just finishing the clean-up from the morning’s work when I bent over and felt/heard a … ripping sensation. …and knew I’d lost another old friend. Seven or eight years ago a neighbor was getting rid of a bunch … Continue reading →