It's bitter outside. It'll be 10 degrees tonight. That's not usual for December in DFW. Hell, it's not usual nearly anytime here, except recently it seems. That means work needs to be done to make sure there isn't misery over Christmas weekend. Cover plants, make sure hose faucets are covered, make sure the house is … Continue reading Deep Freeze 2022
Category: Get r’ Done
Descent into Hell, Part 1
The mobile started misbehaving even worse than usual the other day. I'd been getting a day or so out of a charge, and marketly less so if I used it at all. I started noticing that I couldn't surf really well, and got to thinking it had been sometime that I've seen a 5G icon. … Continue reading Descent into Hell, Part 1
Riding the Pain Train
It's been a horrible week, for a number of reasons. Some self inflicted, some not. I've been fighting a cold and stomach bug nearly all week. It's not the coof. My sinuses were stuffed (not dripping, inflamed), My stomach's been on the edge of nausea, and I'm not sleeping well. The sinus medication wrecks my … Continue reading Riding the Pain Train
Work Sharp
I'm a knife nut. I have a ritual before holidays, but often before cooking where I sharpen my knives. I use water stones to sharpen them, then a steel to finish them off. Some time ago, I got a Cuisinart pro sharpener. It had two grinder wheels - course and fine, and two hones, fine … Continue reading Work Sharp
I Smell a Rat
I was lifting weights in the garage and noticed some holes in a bag of dog food I'd left by my rack. More I studied, there were droppings around as well. Sure as hell, a rat had taken up residence again. Last one ended poorly for the bugger as Jasper flushed him out, and Jethro … Continue reading I Smell a Rat
FFS Just Get On With It
I love these car fixup channels on youtube. Mostly because that's how I got my rides, back in the day. I'd buy beaters almost exclusively. Even now, I have a modern beater - a 2011 Rav4. Sure, it's newer, and sort of shiny. But it didn't cost much and although it's low mileage, it's nearly … Continue reading FFS Just Get On With It
Riding the Pain Train
Saturday it was dry and cool enough to fix the sprinkler head and pipes in the front yard that I started a week ago. I puzzed all week about how to splice this all together, since it turns out the damage to two pipes wasn't nature, but my ham-handed use of the sawzall to remove … Continue reading Riding the Pain Train
MyQ – Control your stuff
Like most of the country, I have a chamberlain garage door opener. They are probably the most ubiquotus one out there. And they have some cool plugins for OCD guys like me that obsess that I left the door open. You see, hereabouts, driveways and garages face the back of the property. You typically drive … Continue reading MyQ – Control your stuff
Clay Bars
We have two massive pecan trees in our back yard that provide shade during most of the afternoon. Even though some numbnut topped them, they still are magestic. The bad part is they are pretty prolific producers of pecans. When I started spraying them, the nuts have recovered to where maybe only half of them … Continue reading Clay Bars
Cuban Chrome
I love watching car shows. Not the new stuff. The fix up the junk ones. My favorite is Vice Grip Garage. I'll watch everything Derek puts out. Why? Because that was me at one point. Sure, it wasn't my business, but it was my life back in the day. I'd buy beaters, fix them up, … Continue reading Cuban Chrome
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