In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Guuuuhhhh.... Gross.
Weather outlook this week SUCKS. We're in for an inch of rain and thunderstorms for the next 36 hours, ruining the 50+ degree days that come along with it. Hopefully I don't have to be operating the generator in that time.
Then it gets cold again for a few days with no rain or no sun, and another half inch again when it hits 50 degrees. Won't even see my precious sun again until next Tuesday.
It looks as though we won't be having a dry spring this year from the model we have right now. That means I won't be installing the 2nd sump well any time soon.
But I can at least start working on getting the new electric all set up.
I won't be sure until I look at my map of circuits, but I do believe the electric at the crawl space entrance runs on a separate circuit from the one at the well already. I'm also hoping that that circuit is not the same as the one the washer/dryer is on. If it doesn't clear both of those scenarios, I'm going to have to figure something else out. Adding a new circuit for the 2nd well wouldn't be an impossible task, but it would be a monster job requiring me to damage some walls that are already finished outside, and then bending conduit to overlap existing conduit once I'm in there, and I really don't like that idea.
Either way, I'll also have to run pipe back to the switches by the entrance from the existing well, so I could probably just do that with other electric that is already down there from the other end of the living room for the 2nd well. I'd be okay with the well working on a circuit that just has some plug outlets and my porch lamp on it. The existing one is on the same circuit that the microwave is on, and in all the years I've been here given the frequency the sump goes off I'm sure that on quite a few occasions the microwave was already running when the pump started and it's never caused an issue. No reason to fix what ain't broke, but since I'm the guy in charge of doing the 2nd one I want to do it right.
I'm not going to expand the current box that is at the crawlspace entrance, but I will buy a double flapper switch (which is pretty expensive) so I can have manual control of both wells with easy access from outside of the crawl. Right now, the only way to turn off the existing well is to crab walk all the way to it and pull out the cord. I need to keep the existing switch because it controls the light in the crawlspace, but the flappers can go in place of the duplex outlet that is up there. I have plenty of outlets in the basement already and long extension cords so I don't need one right at that entrance, plus there's nothing stopping me from adding a few extra lights and outlets down there in the crawl while I'm doing this work anyhow.
That all is going to make the work I need to do in the shed and porch attic easy by comparison.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Where ever they send the molds too did a good job. It was just a little rough and they smoothed it while I was there.
That's nice.
They didn't have to alter my full top even a little bit. But the bottom partial wouldn't even fit and I really tried to get it in there. I didn't want to break them by forcing anymore. I really love that office and especially my hygienist, but I was pretty miffed that they'd just send me home like that without a fitting right when they came back in. It wasn't even close to right. And then when I did comeback in she hacked away at it with a Dremmel tool about 30 times before getting it where it was even reasonably a fit. After one day of that I realized I paid almost $500 for what was basically a zero improvement over what it was before I paid for the reline because she took way too much off or something.
I had to push the 2nd shot back a few weeks because I was too busy at Grams with my aunt last week, but hopefully they get it right this time. My ideal scenario is that it comes out of the lab and just fits right and we don't need to be shaving off any material this time.
Finger's crossed.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I guess I got lucky then. The dentist like I said took a tool and shaved an area down on the right side as it was scratching my gum and it bleed a bit after the first fitting. Once she did that no problems. It's a little tight for now but I expect that as it is new and will take time to loosen from use.
Good luck to you then SIX.
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Another bright sunny day for my walk and pick up game of mah jong. Just need to get a couple of things done before then.
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Have to be careful when I take my seizure meds for a bit. They want to bump into the partial as they go down.
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Got back after 5pm from pick up game and no luck. Got my errands done though.
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regular mah jong game tomorrow morning
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Good luck with the tiles!
And I'm looking forward to you having all of your dental work completed, BRENDA. I'm sure it'll be a relief to be able to dial that back to just normal cleaning and exams.
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Two storms in a row, both dropped 1.5". The second one brought an EF2 tornado to Montebello. Unlike most of the rest of the USA, where tornadoes can be predicted from large-scale weather patterns (mesocyclones, etc) tornadoes in CA tend to occur unpredictably. They're more like waterspouts, but on land.
In the LA basin we are officially at over 200% of normal rainfall and (in the southern Sierras) close to 300% of snowpack.
Just OOC I checked in with the drought monitor: most areas of severe drought on the west coast states have been wiped off the map. There is an area of drought in pretty much the exact center of the USA: If you were to draw a swath from N Dakota thru S Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, you'd see severe drought beginning in Nebraska through Texas. Four Corners (where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona meet) finally gets a reprieve!
Anyway, enuf of the weather. Saw my nephrologist, he's happy with my results and OK'd me getting a steroid injection in my painfully arthritic shoulder, should I need one. Today is a normal followup with my oncologist. I think I will request and schedule to have my infusion port removed. On with the rest of my day.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Good luck with the tiles!
And I'm looking forward to you having all of your dental work completed, BRENDA. I'm sure it'll be a relief to be able to dial that back to just normal cleaning and exams.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Well, no luck yesterday with the tiles. Tough afternoon.
Oh, it will be a major relief once it is all done. Believe me SIG.
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