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Financial Test Run 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Ho boy. I can't believe people do paperwork and talk on the phone for a living. I'd rather chop firewood. I've been setting up my affairs so they can be handled from afar. Today was a test run and di...
Free car 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
Ever get a free car? A free boat? Anything like that? One of the local dealerships has a raffle for a Jeep Cherokee. It's free to enter so I signed up. Then I got to thinking: what would I actually d...
Boat changes 25 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
My boat build project finally got a bit of attention after too much neglect. I'm building an Ooze Goose in my driveway. The inside got a good coating of epoxy to seal the wood. The outside was coated...
Big city service 24 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
My local credit union was bought out by a larger financial institution. I gave them a chance, but within two weeks I've had to deal with a half dozen things that made banking a whole lot less friendly...
Mobile phones and me 23 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
My daughter gave me her old iphone4. It's in great shape, like new condition. She's upgraded to a 5. I don't have a service for it yet, but I'm already putting it to good use. Without the phone capabi...
Horror movie 22 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
There was a horror movie filmed in my stomping grounds. “Yellow Brick Road.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YellowBrickRoad In 1940 the whole population of a small town disappears into the forest. At le...
Intermittent failures 21 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
One of the most annoying problems when repairing something is intermittent failures. If it's broke all the time, the problem can be chased down. When something fails, but only occasionally, finding th...
Family day at the amusement park 20 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
My lovely wife and I spent the day at Storyland with two daughters, a son-in-law and four grandkids. It's not the sort of thing we do all that often, but once in a while it's fun. Thanks to the effor...
Pedigree Problems 19 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
I'm a big believer in mutts. All dogs have been mutts, and they've been great animals. Problems arise when animals are bred to fit some artificial ideal of pedigree. This BBC documentary reveals the h...
Excursions into the real world 18 Aug 2013 | 09:00 am
In Heinlein's book, “Stranger in a Strange Land,” there's a bit where a group of people are living in a house under their own rules. *cult? By the outside door there's a sign that reminds people to ha...
