In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Yeah, it was fixed by about 4PM. They never issued a boil water notice, and - stupidly- we DID drink water that day! Fortunately none of us got sick. I can't imagine what went wrong bc the FD said it was the whole city, which has several dozen wells (we even have one on our street) so it's not like there's only one source of water.
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Been busy busy busy altho I get to the end of each day and I'd be hard-pressed, most days, to point to any one big thing that I've accomplished. But since I've been so busy I figure I'm getting SOMETHING done, just chipping away at multiple things bit by bit.
When I get past these "yapping Chihuahua" chores I can tackle a few bigger things.
A couple days ago I sprayed the weeds. Today I'm going to get that pocket reciprocating saw out again and do some more trimming/cutting down.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Glad you didn't get sick. 
By the time I got the boil order it would have been way too late anyhow. Lesson learned though... if my water pressure is 10% in my whole house, I'm not drinking any water until I call the city first.
Just got back from my buddy's house. Got all the new outlet covers up, then we mounted his TV and soundbar. We're making this man cave super efficient. Nothing is in the way of playing pool, and there will be enough room on the other side of the basement for some low profile recliners that we can move out of the way to the corners of the room when it's pool time.
He also bought some shelving that can be folded down to the walls or raised whenever the need arises, and he's going to get some nice coushoned bar stools to go along the walls underneath them. There's also going to be plenty of room on the side of the table to put a dartboard on the wall too.
Played a few games of pool before I left, then went back to my 46 degree house.
I suppose I should turn the temp up.... Just a little bit. 
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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I think I'm going to finish painting that piece of furniture today. My old man is coming to visit some time this week and I want to give it to him so it can get where it's going. Already borrowed a moving blanket from my friend for the task.
I just have to paint the bottom of it a few coats that I won't bother primering just to have the whole thing look really nice, even if you never seen the bottom, and do my intricate garnishes and a few minor touchups where the colors meet while I've got my artist brushes out.
I'm also going to rub soap on the bottom of the drawer and where it meets inside of the piece because the drawer is too big on all dimensions to install any proper slider hardware and it is quite sticky at the moment. I'm going to install a few brackets on the back/top/outside of the drawer as well that you'd have to "scoop" into place so the drawer wouldn't accidentally fall out if you pulled it too far.
I will have pictures to show of that piece when it's finished. I know the both of you are going to love it.
Then it's more re-org and cleanup. I've got to find places to start storing all that free stuff I've been accumulating until I get my rebates and start giving a lot of it away. At this point I could practically start opening up my own ebay store, so I'd better start giving the rest of the old stock away because I don't want to start hoarding again even it it is all new stuff in the package.
I can tell the temperature has dropped again. It's been less than 2 hours and my furnace kicked on twice now at 49 degrees. Two days ago that would have gone about 6 hours in between cycles.
That's alright. No huge bomb cyclones in the predictions, and even though it's set to get really cold for about 5-7 days by the end of this month into next month, it's nowhere near the cold we had on last bill. Plus it's probably going to be a bill for 5 or 6 less day than last months, so this time my goal is to finally have a February bill that is cheaper than the January bill.
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Checking from my local library. My internet is down. Went down Friday evening. Got to see about getting fixed.
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Hope you get it fixed soon, Brenda. :(
One coat left to go on the piece, then I can install the knob and the brackets, and get some feet protection on the bottom of it and soap up the drawer. I'm also going to put some small rubber bumpers on the back of the drawer so the paint doesn't stick to each other when the drawer's closed.
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Oh... My poor little car never stood a chance. :(
Well after learning what I learned tonight, it's now obvious that no... The distributor cap (and possibly the rotor as well) were not original from the factory. If they were, the electric leads inside of them wouldn't have been slathered with an ounce of dielectric grease each.
I'm not going to give whoever did that "repair" at least 15 years ago too much shit. YouTube was only a year old and had nothing but cat videos on it.
And here I am, this whole time, thinking that the dielectric grease not only kept water and contaminants out, but strengthened the electrical connection between two contact points as well.
WRONG!
Dielectric grease is an insulator. If you've got D-grease between the ass-end of your plugs and the wire kit, you've effectively blocked any electricity from getting to where it needs to spark in your engine. And, of course, if you do the same thing to your leads going into your cap, you've blocked those wires from sending the electricity to the plugs before it even even hit the wires.
Holy crap!
15 minutes worth of online searching and video watching just saved me from a catastrophe tomorrow.
I'm still going to have to figure out a good way to get any residual grease from the old wire kit out of my new cap before installing the wires tomorrow. I don't think there is too much in there, but you're not even supposed to put ANY on that side of the equation, so just a little bit is too much. I don't have any q-tips on hand, since the biggest thing you should ever be shoving in your ear is your elbow.
Maybe a neighbor has some. It's not as if I can drive to the store to get some myself right now.
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Did It, Did It, Did IT, DID IT, DID IT, DONE!
Car's purring like a kitten now after swapping in the new wire kit!
Total cost was around $80, and that includes new spark plugs I probably didn't even need to replace.
She hasn't been this quiet in a decade or more. I bet my MPG even improves by 2 or 3 after all of this.
And now I've also got a few new tools in the tool box between my ears.
In other news, I really want to get the pictures of the piece of furniture I repaired and finished last night, but I'll have to see if I can get enough artifical light to take good pictures. Another cold, cloudy and miserable day outside, and I want a lot of light for the final snaps.
I'll see if I can arrange something while I'm putting together a shopping list. I want to get that car out and test drive it, but with the gas prices having gone up 80 cents again since my car stopped working I don't want to just drive around with no planned destination in mind.
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I'm back. I went to a local office of my provider and they said it was fixed. Got home and it wasn't. So I unplugged the modem and replugged it in with nothing happening. I called the company and talked to someone there and when I turned back to the screen low and be hold I was back up and running. The person on the phone double checked it and said everything was fine.
No idea what went wrong but now I can get to my emails.
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Quote:WOOHOO!!! And CONGRATS!
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Did It, Did It, Did IT, DID IT, DID IT, DONE!
Car's purring like a kitten now after swapping in the new wire kit!
Total cost was around $80, and that includes new spark plugs I probably didn't even need to replace.
She hasn't been this quiet in a decade or more. I bet my MPG even improves by 2 or 3 after all of this.
And now I've also got a few new tools in the tool box between my ears.
In other news, I really want to get the pictures of the piece of furniture I repaired and finished last night, but I'll have to see if I can get enough artifical light to take good pictures. Another cold, cloudy and miserable day outside, and I want a lot of light for the final snaps.
I'll see if I can arrange something while I'm putting together a shopping list. I want to get that car out and test drive it, but with the gas prices having gone up 80 cents again since my car stopped working I don't want to just drive around with no planned destination in mind.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Quote:SOUNDS LIKE GOOD NEWS ALL AROUND!!
Originally posted by Brenda:
I'm back. I went to a local office of my provider and they said it was fixed. Got home and it wasn't. So I unplugged the modem and replugged it in with nothing happening. I called the company and talked to someone there and when I turned back to the screen low and be hold I was back up and running. The person on the phone double checked it and said everything was fine.
No idea what went wrong but now I can get to my emails.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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