Dio's Workshop

Woke up at normal times, no alarums, no kitteh whiskas in me face, just, 'I'm up,,,,' and felt completely off kilter.   Not dread, not depression, not physical, just 'not right'.    Dunno what the problem is.   May be that seasonal things, holidays, hermetic living, boredom, all balled up and mixed into this new feeling inside.  Yeah,,, … Continue reading Off,,,,

Those of y'un's that have hung out here at the shop for a bit, know my stance on drones,,,  Hell, I published my stance four(!!!) years ago,,,    What we have seen over the last two/three is just further evolution that would be inevitable in our technological times.   The FPV setups are much more refined than … Continue reading On drones and the upcoming ‘transition’:: Random thoughts post

Spent the day building a huge Cantilever gate: one of two to cover a 50' opening. (we learned our lesson building those monstrosities as single units.) Then stepped out of my routine, and did something completely frivolous.    I went out.  I had a dinner (by myself for those nosey-bizzy-bodies) and then did some shopping for … Continue reading Tis Friday (not a freeday  🙂   )

in a galaxy not that far away,,, in a time when lib thoughts were still in me head,,,, (yeah, I woke up from that hallucination.) I had a dream of owning a place with a couple out buildings (more like POLE BARNS) for doing the things I love.  One for metal, one for wood.   Seeing … Continue reading A long time ago,,,

Snow day at the J.O.B.     Spent the day at Da's to get the yodatruck back on the road.   New lines between the master and slave cylinder,,, NO LOVE.   Fought with it for an hour trying to get the system to bleed and finally said "FUCKIT!" and put the new master cylinder we had bought but … Continue reading Square one Redux

Where living by a river in a van doesn't sound so F!up,,,, https://youtu.be/UvA4FHgpQ_0?si=jK_FILSahg2PICnV "whats under Dio's skin now???" Gotta read the comments at BCE's post to get a feel for SOME of what is getting to me,,, and in no small part, a lot of what has me  angsty (not anxious,,,) is my complete lack … Continue reading And there are those days,,,,

Took all day today.  Not the clutch, but getting things running.   And no, it wasn't the clutch,   It wasn't the Slave Cylinder, nor the Master,,,,   It's something between the two.     Had it up'n'runnin' and Dad took it out: did good for the test drive, but he was confuzzed about the 4wheel drive thing.   (this one … Continue reading Square one,,,,