We bought these cool bamboo blinds for the door and windows to the sunroom. They're helpful because we can shut them at night, and the dogs don't see critters in the back and start barking. They were very cool when we first got them. You'd simply lift them up to open them, pull them down … Continue reading Made in China, Part 2
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Made in China
For the last two weeks, something has been smelling hot around here. Hot as in electronics cooking hot. Drove myself crazy sniffing around. Maybe it's the ion thing on the fan. Nope. Maybe it's the new receiver. Nope. There's a laptop with a doc, 4 monitors, 2 PoE adaptors, 2 storage appliances, a camera system, … Continue reading Made in China
A Time of Misery
Back in the day I had a HomeLite trimmer and edger. Not a big fan of homelite. They are generally low end machines. The weedeater gave up the ghost a long time ago and was replaced by a TroyBuilt, which is fantastic. Reliable as dirt. The edger gave up the ghost this spring as I … Continue reading A Time of Misery
Papa Will Fix the Lamp
Herself bought a lamp some time ago, and it sat for awhile before I got around to it. The problem was pretty simple. It had an old style bakelite socket, which the threads wore off and it would flop around. Easy enought, go get a socket and screw it one. So I went to Ace … Continue reading Papa Will Fix the Lamp
RTFM
We have both a gate, and a garage door openers. They really are handy. Pull up, mash the first button, the gate opens. Mash the second one, the garage opens. Keeps the cars, and everything else, away from Goblins. But, they have remotes. And remotes get lost. More accurately, we leave them in the car … Continue reading RTFM
Let Papa Fix the Flashlights
Some time ago, my brother in law was telling me about having to deal with a chronic sore achilles, and the doctor visits. Dude retired, and got into fitness - running, tennis, whatnot. Lost the dad bod, and leaned out. The picture of health, other than his ankle. After all sorts of test, the doc … Continue reading Let Papa Fix the Flashlights
Let Papa Fix It
My son in law is into pizza. He's got a propane pizza oven, makes his own dough. So my son bought him a pizza peel, from Ooni. Behold: That's the way it showed up. That's also the way it's replacement showed up. Seems easy enough to fix. That's not a joint. The joints held. What … Continue reading Let Papa Fix It
Shark Attack
More like a whiff. I bought a shark robit vac to keep up with the mess around here. It does a decent job. Dogs run in with wet paws, it dries, shark hoovers it up with dog hair then dumps it in it's dust bin that I empty maybe once a week. It starts it's … Continue reading Shark Attack
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
How Long, O Lord?
How long, Lord, must I call for help,but you do not listen?Or cry out to you, “Violence!”but you do not save? Why do you make me look at injustice?Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?Destruction and violence are before me;there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed,and justice never prevails.The wicked hem in the … Continue reading How Long, O Lord?
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