Day Four.

a little rough.   Felt hungry all day, water only alleviated that feeling for minutes,,,

Energy levels were stable though.   Just keep drinkin’ the H20 and push on through.

Home, scale check,   198#    10 pounds in four days, and 6 just since yesterday.    I knew it would be a rising ramp, not a linear one:   Kinda shocked to see it ramp up that quickly.    But then, I was working, and not just welding stuff, where I do more standing,,,

Still don’t feel tired, but definitely feeling the cravings for things.    Stopping at the grocery for MamaKats DedKow, temptations were everywhere.   Put on the virtual blinders, got what I needed and checked out.   FAST,,, This operation isn’t over with yet.

Fact, I want to see a 30# drop.   I want to be back in that 180ish range.   (thats another 20# to go,,,,    IF todays performance is anything to go by, that should be doable.)  

Oh,,, and for those that are considering this, I should forwarn you that going to the bathroom is not your usual trip.   The smells of the stuff my body is dumping ain’t societally friendly, if you get my meaning.   Window open and air freshener in hand,,,

To answer Spuds question in comments: Nothing.    If I were going for longer than 7 days, yes, I would be looking at something to keep the gut in the loop more.   The guys that go for weeks suggest colon flushes and belly massage while doing such.       One of my markers I check each day is “BM”,   not much coming out but what is coming is rilly gross, 

Yeah,,, I’ma bettin’ that wasn’t something you ever thought you would read on this blog, eh?   ROFL.    Sorry, not sorry.    Its just information on your end.   Quite a bit more olfactory oriented on mine.  

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sub post: It’s ALWAYS something simple.

Been chasing down a ghost of a problem with one our powered gates.   This one in particular is well out of warranty, but didn’t start acting up until the Owner had replaced the main battery.    Thats when we got the call.   (yes, some of our gates run on batteries, and do it very well.)

Water-proof is a concept, NOT A FACT.    This gate has two openers, for a double swing.   One of those arms had to have a cable spliced in during install to make the reach.    I used marine crimp connectors and Heat shrink over those and wrapped all of that tight.   4 years: it worked perfectly for 4 years.   I cut into that splice area today (it was all that was left to check really) and water burst out like I was squeezing a grape.   Stripped off all the coverings, dried the stuff out by draining and using a heat gun, re-did the Marine connections, and checked to see if that was the ticket.

BINGO!!!    heat gun to shrink all the connections and heat shrink, re-wrap the whole and locate to a sligtly higher elevation than it was when I first installed it.   Customer happy, Me happy, SonofBossman happy.   

Seriously, I was starting to question my sanity with this gate; NOTHING made sense, even the support people were saying that after 3 hours of walking me through checks, most of which I had already done ( I learned a couple more.)   I showed up this afternoon and met the Secretary for the place and told her ‘I brought the holywater this time’ and she was ‘You probably need it with that beast!’

So, yeah,,, even marine type fittings will eventually get water inside.   Water and electricity, They get along fine, but what the electricity is for gets neglected while the electrons have a fling with good ol’H2O.

FYI,  I am quite aware of the Hullabaloo about cute girl in Charlotte getting knifed by Concrete Gorilla.    My thoughts on that are varied, but I think there is enough vitriol flying about without my adding to the heat.

Only one thing I MUST SAY; ALWAYS BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS.    Young lady made a big mistake by her actions and not paying attention.   Or as Sarah put it.

“She was probably sold on the idea that people don’t attack you unless you’ve done something to deserve it and that minorities are sort of cute, adorable little fluffy pets, incapable of hurting anyone. Why shouldn’t she? The media sells it, government sells it, everyone sells it.

So, of course, that’s what she bought.

And the price was her life.“

(Frelllin wordpress and its block editor,, Graphmagifarkinshirtballs!!!!!!   Grrr)

Yeah,,, Be aware of your surroundings ALWAYS,,,

I don’t think I need to tell this crowd about ‘Bearing Arms’, and that doesn’t just mean bangy shooty goodness.  BE THE WEAPON, not the victim.

more laters,,,,