In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)

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BRENDA

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 3:16 AM

Back from my walk and it is a lovely day out. But facing some rain tomorrow. Oh, well. January what can you do.

BRENDA

Tuesday, January 3, 2023 11:15 PM

Out for my walk in a bit. Guess I should take my umbrella. Meds to refill and groceries to get.

BRENDA

Wednesday, January 4, 2023 3:02 AM

Got rained on but all done for today.

BRENDA

Wednesday, January 4, 2023 11:04 PM

Sunny day for my walk and other things to do.

SIGNYM

Thursday, January 5, 2023 12:37 AM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Sunny day for my walk and other things to do.

Rainy here.

CA due for back to back to back atmospheric rivers. And this, in a la Nina year!! SoCal, while not in the cross hairs,is getting sideswiped. Raining now and for most of the next 10 days, predicted.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Thursday, January 5, 2023 2:38 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Sunny day for my walk and other things to do.
Rainy here.

CA due for back to back to back atmospheric rivers. And this, in a la Nina year!! SoCal, while not in the cross hairs,is getting sideswiped. Raining now and for most of the next 10 days, predicted.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

I heard that on some news from the US, I was watching. Not good. BC went through a couple in December and no major damage unlike last year. But still some flooding.

Stay dry.

BRENDA

Thursday, January 5, 2023 2:39 AM

Back from my errands and clouds rolling in now. Suppose to rain tonight, tomorrow and Friday. Most like into next week as well.

Got everything done for today.

SIGNYM

Thursday, January 5, 2023 11:46 PM

Almost 2" last storm accumulation.

Monday and Tuesday next major rainfall. Nothing after that in the 10-day.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, January 6, 2023 1:42 AM

I've had a few problems over the last few weeks with the car. If I didn't start it every day, I went back to having a monstrous time starting it again. Last Thursday it took me 6 hours to get it running again, and when I finally did I had to jump out of my seat and open the overhead door and when I looked back it looked like my garage was on fire there was so much smoke this time.

Called the mechanic yesterday and he swears it's the battery. Even though the battery was old, I told him I didn't agree because the multimeter is always showing over 12v. But I didn't have the equipment to test it under a load like he did. Instead of having him charge it for 4 hours for me, I did that myself at home before bringing it in and having him test it.

When I told him about the puddle behind the muffler that had turned into an ice river in my garage, he said that's supposed to happen because of how the car breaks down the emissions and isn't indicative of water in the gas tank. He's not wrong. The catalyst does make H2O as one of the byproducts. He said that's also why there's weep holes in the muffler so it doesn't build up there and expand and ruin the muffler, which is something else I didn't know. So maybe that's not an issue and the only reason I noticed it was because of how damned cold it got that week?

He also checked under the hood, and aside from the backed on mouse shit that's around the spark plugs that I'd want to clean off before ever changing them again, he didn't see anything that should be interfering with the car's performance.

So... Good news, the alternator is working great. Bad news, the battery goes down to 7-9 volts under load, when it's supposed to be 9.6-10.5 volts.

Rather than wait and see if this happens again (which it totally would because I haven't done anything to fix it otherwise), I went ahead and got a new battery. I haven't actually bought a new battery for the car in over 10 years now, so probably the only reason it got me going where I wanted to go for so long is because of how infrequently I drive.

Of course I shopped around and got the best deal possible on a brand name battery.

So there it's going to sit until LATE tomorrow night. I figure I want to give it enough time where I know it would have a starting issue if it's going to have one, but not long enough that I can't start it and it would require me to beat the shit out of a brand new battery.

Finger's crossed.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

BRENDA

Friday, January 6, 2023 3:01 AM

Back from mah jong and just a horrible morning. Couldn't do anything. Managed to go out but that hand only netted me 90 points. Didn't even break 1,000 today.

There's a bit of wind and it is trying to rain again. Have to see if it arrives.

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