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Fast futures n such from Sarah Good advice about teaching the kids, but something more about us greybeards is where my thoughts went while reading. Back at the beginning of the Covidiocy, I had a 1926 southbend engine lathe that I sold,,, In hindsight, worst thing I did, but at the time, seemed like the … Continue reading Some thoughts about,,,

In honor of the 'post something' rule, this is the sameshitdifferentday post,,, not much to talk about since I have been busting bum at the J.O.B. mine and others, actually, busting my grape would be more apropo statement,,, Knocked a hole in my skullranium yesterday during a gate install. Had the gate propped against the … Continue reading SSDD

That above brought back a memory of the lockdown crap. That whole 'Trace' thing, when you were diag'ed with the bug and they wanted contacts of whom you had been near recently. I received three calls about that and what it DID do, was tell me who would fold like a cheap suit when the … Continue reading Covidiocy recall

sittin' here with Mamakat in lap, listening to the world outside waking up. up 'to early',,, again,,, but its all good. seems to me that when I get up before the alarums, lifes pace is normal. Problem being: once those alarms go off, everything kicks into overdrive,,, except me, and by the time I am … Continue reading Wee hour thoughts

Unk had NOT staked that nut,,,, there was nearly a 1/4" of play at the pinion shaft forwards and backwards and that led to quite a bit of side to side motion as well, and THAT made a shit-ton of noize on decel, idle cruise, and reverse (Reverse is what told me it wasn't U-joint, … Continue reading Dodged that bullet,,,

I'm not going to try and load the vid I took: not very much bandwidth available on this here hill, BUT, I am home and thats a huge bonus,,,, Long story short, the 'new' diff is giving me issues: slop in the pinion bearing and it started making noise on Decel while I was on … Continue reading Can’t catch a break,,,,

Mark E is in Boston Harbor less than 1000 miles to go, less as the crow (or should I say Pelican in this case) flies,,, BUT, that coast line is some of the roughest, very few if any protected water-ways as he had coming up the eastern seaboard, and I recall there is a section … Continue reading final legs