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Jul. 13th, 2009 @ 08:33 pm I Went Home!
Then managed to come back home...

The Gang

I had the best time.

Thanks for having me Mom and Dad.
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Jul. 10th, 2009 @ 08:43 am Parlez vous en Francais?
My YouTube channel is for some reason popular in Brazil, I dunno why and maybe France though I've never been there.

Or Spain...

All the years of college and I never grajitated because I'd never get though the foreign language requirements. I hit my head and suddenly can read just enough French to get the drift of the passage.

It got so weird for a time I'd read French news just puzzled about why it was getting the message to me but in a different tongue.

I got my first Phish en François yesterday and kept it just because it made sense, not as it was intended to get me to click and contact them for this wonderful money making idea but I saw the words.

Go Phish.

I go back to Pain Management next Monday I feel like a wuss LOL.

They worked me in I had taken my summer sabbatical and wasn't supposed to come back until September brought the excessive aches back as the temperature drops but the constant background pain is white noise to me the steam burn on my arm I debreeded for two weeks the tissue is raised it has that odd shade of mike unlike the slight tan I tend to keep but I just didn't think of it as I scrubbed and it's unnoticeable I taught myself to do that as a child. Smack your thumb with a hammer and instantly think of anything other than the pain walk it off and boom there is no pain...

It works but it's like meditating and takes practice to get to that pinkish white place on the edge of pure nothing.

Anyways.

Lot's of heat and stretching and I feel everything is back in place in back and all the loose ends are tied up so I will see my Parents tomorrow.

And my favorite kid!



I have my walking shoes.
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Jul. 7th, 2009 @ 11:05 am Pop
And my back is gone, gone so much I made a Doctors appointment cause I've had the shakes for five days.

My parents 50th wedding anniversary is coming up I have the best timing.

Bah.
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Jul. 6th, 2009 @ 01:05 pm Boom Boomers
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Jul. 4th, 2009 @ 02:26 pm I Get to See Fireworks!
From out of the blue the wife asked me to take her to see them.

It feels like a set up but I'm not gonna complain...

Sawdust Go Boom
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Jun. 26th, 2009 @ 09:34 pm Growing Things in the Kitchen Sink
I had about a table spoon of the bacteria stuff that cleaned out the drains and a bottle of syrup so I miced the two together with a cup of warm water to see if it grew on just sugar or if I really needed the beer in it.

Plus I'm exhausted but bored and restless...

I left it in the sink in case it grew suddenly in the middle of the night but so far nothing in the first hour.

The Stuff

Life

Syrup and Bacteria
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Jun. 26th, 2009 @ 10:38 am Friday
I was waking up to Alien Ant Farm Smooth Criminal but Universal Music Group won't let me embed it.

It's embedded in my head though, I'll be hearing it in my distant thoughts all day.

Stll triple digits but the insulation fixed it I have R-80 plus up there now and the air conditioner isn't running constantly all afternoon. It will pay for itself by fall.

The home is in general super insulated, I heat and cool 4500 square feet with a 3.5 ton unit, which typically is what a 2000 square foot house would need...

Ground up Paper

I also finished cleaning out the rental house I had to get the tenents out of. I can't even describe the filth they left but the drains are opened free and the carpets are thrice power washed where the cat they where not supposed to have was using as a litter box.

Most people would have at least picked it up instead of sitting there watching tv until it got mold on it but it's done and rented on the first to two school teachers.

Teachers Rock!

When I drive home now and pull onto the new road and see my house my first thought is...

I need to clean up the yard! LOL

I guess in a way I'm just as untidy as the former tenents...

I literially have a car on blocks behind the house.
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Jun. 24th, 2009 @ 11:51 am It's Hot for June...
My road is looking great and I found my skateboard and camera mountable helmet...

I Was Wrong!

It's Really Quite Simple
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Jun. 23rd, 2009 @ 09:58 am Childhood Memories
Banned Golden Book

I grew up on science and fiction...

Any HitchHiker's out there?



free invisible hit counter

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Jun. 21st, 2009 @ 10:17 pm Playing With Water on a Summer Day
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Jun. 21st, 2009 @ 05:30 pm Summer Soltace and 102 Degrees
Happy Father's Day dad!

Northbound

Thanks for being there.

In other news I got the house we had to get the tenants out of and got it cleaned up and things fixed and fleas gone and the loads of debris are at the land fill, opened the pipes completely with my home made concoction and it's rented starting on the first or as soon as I can get the vinyl down in the laundry room so that's a relief...

My dog TuBear broke his back last week I think playing with Wuff he was a good dog but getting old my wife gave him to me 13 years ago I carried him into the house and kept him calmed down and fed him by lifting his head and took him to the vet's the next morning. He was a dumb dog to be honest but very loving the vet always said he gave chows a bad name...

TuBear

Me being not so bright went into the attic a few days ago and blew in another 24 bales of insulation the dropped the house by 3 degrees despite it hitting triple digits here in June. In July the house gets more shade from the trees and it's actually record breaking temps but I could tell the difference within a day. The walls of the house are so thick inside and exterior that it takes a good while to change the house temperature almost like the way a radiant heat system works.

I slept 30 hours yesterday until 7 this morning in 3 hour shifts LOL. It was a hot job and I'm old.

I'm really looking forward to my parent's reunion next month. I'm the oldest of 8 and have many many many (many?) nieces and nephews I won't recognize it's been so long.

What's the deal on flying, in particular with a tripod?

I'm thinking that would be frowned upon as carry on...

I took a 2 hour break today to run to the farm and rearrange my sprinklers and made a quick vid of clearing the sand out from under the cabin with a water jet so I can get it a good foot off the ground. It get's stuff surprisingly flat if you have a steady aim.


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Jun. 16th, 2009 @ 12:13 pm Life
Is bigger than You or me.

Growing
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Jun. 14th, 2009 @ 11:06 pm The Bane of Drains
Lies Mainly in the Strain

er.

The brew I mixed up opened the pipes to the house in about two days and it emptied a five gallon bucket of water in about twenty seconds (I have the vid to prove it) where originally the water had stood in the sink for 3 days and then I went to the far side of the house in search of the actual septic tank dug a lot and found a length of cast iron four inch pipe attached to some PVC and wrapped with what appears to be an inner tube. There also wasn't an access so me being me I dug some more and got my partner saw and sawed the cast iron of clean and got the proper sleeves and such, added a T and stubbed it above the ground so I can come back and add a screw top to aid in future repairs plus it's been part of the code for decades now this house is older than I am I think...

I filled in the hole and flooded it with the hose to let it settle and tomorrow I just need to rake the rest of the dirt into the hole, cut off the stubbed end flush with the ground, add the screw part and pour a ring of concrete around it so no one hits it with a lawn mover...

I tested ever drain in the house plus ran the dish washer and everything is spiffy.

I'm tired.

But I have a Bazooka!

Bazooka
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Jun. 12th, 2009 @ 08:56 pm Cleaning House
Last trip of left overs....

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Jun. 11th, 2009 @ 09:24 am Cleaning Drains
One of our tenents moved out and I noticed the kitchen sink drained real slow.

The house is old with cast iron pipes so I mixed up a concoction of bacterias from some sugar rid ex and baker's yeast.

And a six pack of beer.

Bio Friendly Drain Cleaner

Cultured

I'll dump it down the kitchen drain to eat all the gunk in the pipes for a few days before I run a snake in it
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Jun. 10th, 2009 @ 10:49 am Little Seeds
Can go a long where if you toss them in the proper spots...

A Decade Old
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Jun. 7th, 2009 @ 05:13 pm It all Seemed so Simple Back Then....


I high jacked the water jet and have been using it to clear the ground under the cabin so it's a foot off the ground like it was when I first built it and then replace the bit of floor under the bathroom and kitchen area, get it retreated for termites even though I haven't seen a single live one so the first treatment did well but that was 9 years ago or so which is why I replaced all the other floor way back then and used only treated lumber. While I'm at it I'm going to sink 3 more 4 by 4's on each side in concrete and bolt them solid to the perimeter just because.

I've got it clear enough to see completely underneath it and enough I could crawl on my back to check for any other damage but it all looks good to go. I'll blast out a few more inches then I'll try using the grouting device I made also for the bunker to shoot 2 inches of concrete over it all so in the future I can just clean it out with a leaf blower and I've got some piece of extra heavy steel corrugated roofing to go on the 3 high sides to keep the rain from washing under their and I might be able to get 10 more years out of it.

I built the thing from recycled wood long ago and the rent on it eventually paid the farm off so now I'm free to just stare at the trees....

PS: Can I dig a hole or what?
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Jun. 5th, 2009 @ 02:05 pm Bon Voyage!
My parents are in Vancouver about to take an Alaskan cruise in honor of thier 50th coming up in July...

50 Years Ago
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Jun. 4th, 2009 @ 10:52 am A Man Cave Contest!!!!
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Jun. 2nd, 2009 @ 11:01 am Don't let Me Go
We hold it together...

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Jun. 1st, 2009 @ 08:28 pm Save the Pool!


I had a good day working on the pool then the farm...
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