tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post5506689444329089365..comments2024-03-29T07:24:34.346-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: A little of this...a little of thatOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51775880790136237192020-08-18T06:38:10.599-07:002020-08-18T06:38:10.599-07:00Yeah, probably. But we can phase the move somewhat...Yeah, probably. But we can phase the move somewhat. Move the obvious stuff and must haves via a miving company. Pick and sort through the rest as we reno this house for my sister and dump what we don’t want. That’s the plan anyway, but no plan remains intact after first contact with the enemy!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55919638916460886132020-08-18T06:33:22.357-07:002020-08-18T06:33:22.357-07:00Tom, I strongly recommend not biting your wife. Ju...Tom, I strongly recommend not biting your wife. Just saying,juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2770064491419553062020-08-18T06:32:17.650-07:002020-08-18T06:32:17.650-07:00Thanks, finally checked that email account and ans...Thanks, finally checked that email account and answered yours. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86760908360568775092020-08-17T23:10:24.237-07:002020-08-17T23:10:24.237-07:00Fond memories of a wood burning water heater we go...Fond memories of a wood burning water heater we got for our stock tank. Keeping it fed was SOOO much nicer than chopping holes.<br />Frank (no doubles, because I'm awake this time)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10219300251831528332020-08-17T22:39:32.047-07:002020-08-17T22:39:32.047-07:00Don't be surprised if you skip the value asses...Don't be surprised if you skip the value assessment step after a while. When moving my wife's mom off her ranch, she agreed that she had way too much stuff and we went from finding it in a box, to moving it right to the dumpster. Even pictures got some of that treatment. I also had to help with her horses as well, but fortunately they're like puppies compared to Merlot. That cable wad is a mess. I hope they have to take care of it and it's not all on you.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58638381488849389982020-08-17T20:49:01.146-07:002020-08-17T20:49:01.146-07:00Just label the network cabinet "Tardis"...Just label the network cabinet "Tardis" - it does enable time travel after all...<br /><br />Wife had a horse that liked to nip at her on occasion. Once she was hauling water and grain to the stable in sub zero weather in New England. She was wearing mittens which had gotten wet enough that her thumb was kinda trapped in the frozen thumb of the mittens, and the horse bite down on that protruding, almost frozen thumb. She said it REALLY hurt, so much so that she yelled and cursed at the horse, whacked it on the nose with a bucket, then grabbed a hunk of its neck (flesh, not mane) with her teeth and bit off a hunk of hide! Funnily enough, that horse never bit her or anyone else again ... Tom in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03576958446243001152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-74492910205682800352020-08-17T19:31:32.760-07:002020-08-17T19:31:32.760-07:00Good news on finding the photo album. Bummer on th...Good news on finding the photo album. Bummer on the cabling. I'd almost say pull all new cables but that would depend on whether or not the installer 'helpfully' stapled them down. Obviously they didn't understand what they were supposed to be doing!!! SighOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-66871150580656417352020-08-17T18:38:40.731-07:002020-08-17T18:38:40.731-07:00Isn’t much cable out here. Wireless is our option...Isn’t much cable out here. Wireless is our option. Satellite is the other option. I do know most of the folks at one of the local tech companies. If it gets bigger than I can handle, I can work a deal.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-65184164950228607052020-08-17T17:42:35.089-07:002020-08-17T17:42:35.089-07:00One thing I can say good about Cox Cable is they h...One thing I can say good about Cox Cable is they have a $2 a month wiring contract so if things go wrong, they do everything from the TV to the cable drop.<br /><br />Which has made life much better.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-39790980435759698132020-08-17T17:11:46.660-07:002020-08-17T17:11:46.660-07:00Yeah, I'm not sure why it sprung up either. I...Yeah, I'm not sure why it sprung up either. I do put monthly anti-algae stuff in it. I guess that with the water flowing, that didn't allow the PPMs to get high enough and with as hot as it's been lately conditions might have been right. <br /><br />Yeah, Fence guys are building tomorrow, so I think I'll start pinging the wires. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2937558687192988592020-08-17T17:08:56.600-07:002020-08-17T17:08:56.600-07:00I'd have been "peeved" also. Fortun...I'd have been "peeved" also. Fortunately, the one member of the family who might have done something similar did not arrive at the party until some sanitization had occurred. The root of that word is sanity, not cleanliness.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-19892702735426919502020-08-17T17:06:35.210-07:002020-08-17T17:06:35.210-07:00A low voltage water heater. Sits on the bottom of ...A low voltage water heater. Sits on the bottom of the trough and keeps the temp above freezing. Even when it's cold, the livestock needs to drink, and after that latest episode, I'll be darned if Merlot gets any of my good Scotch. Once things settle down a bit, We'll pull electric to the barn so we have lights at night and probably water also. That should prevent the freezing. <br /><br />But...in answer to your question, I believe the former is more accurate. Refer to reference about Step 3b.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7687943998338264732020-08-17T15:58:55.968-07:002020-08-17T15:58:55.968-07:00Heater??? Gravy sakes, are those pets or horses?Heater??? Gravy sakes, are those pets or horses?STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-61396714589815047372020-08-17T15:51:40.869-07:002020-08-17T15:51:40.869-07:00My aunt took a trunk full of family photos from gr...My aunt took a trunk full of family photos from grandma's house when she died. She pitched it out, saying it was just full of bad memories... That aunt was an in-law, not blood. I'm surprised she died of old age, the heat was pretty hot for a few years over that.<br /><br />And we had the same issues, no living relatives to id the pics.STxARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588850178293194825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-32718717735064574522020-08-17T15:27:10.070-07:002020-08-17T15:27:10.070-07:00Great news, juvat!
The last house we lived in sti...Great news, juvat!<br /><br />The last house we lived in still had the original "twin cable" from when set-top boxes were analog, and the cable company needed two coaxial cables to supply the bandwidth. And the Verizon guys had just directly patched our new FiOS box into the existing 35+ year old coax! I got intimately acquainted with the crawlspace and it's residents during the "Pull new RG-6QS and GigE cables under the house" project, bringing them all up to a closet in the middle bedroom, a.k.a. "The Radio Room".<br /><br />So I feel your pain!<br /><br />I've never seen algae growth like that! Man, talk about "pond scum"....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85203878992533490342020-08-17T14:14:14.638-07:002020-08-17T14:14:14.638-07:00That would be a shame. I sent one of the pictures...That would be a shame. I sent one of the pictures to my Aunt. It was a gathering of her side of the family outside their house in San Francisco in 1913. My grandfather was in it dressed in a suit, a young girl was next to him in a white dress. Given that he was about 11 in 1913 and there was a priest in the picture, I'd say it was their first communion picture. Somebody had included a roster of names with the picture, and I recognized some of them vaguely. I'm hoping my Aunt will clarify some relationships. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3249934002412204152020-08-17T14:09:14.705-07:002020-08-17T14:09:14.705-07:00It's been a long, and sometimes painful, learn...It's been a long, and sometimes painful, learning process D4, but hey, even Fighter Pilots can learn!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33760672196851309352020-08-17T14:07:53.350-07:002020-08-17T14:07:53.350-07:00I've done that also, breaking through 6" ...I've done that also, breaking through 6" of ice because the heater quit is not fun. And continuing to break it up because it's refreezing about as fast as you break it up gets tiring. So while the cheapskate in me doesn't like to purchase stuff when it isn't broken, trying to warm up the water to the point where it doesn't freeze and the horses can drink it is worth the cost of an annual replacement. Should have done it with the float valve, but other things have been on my mind lately.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-75632376024474034062020-08-17T14:06:10.279-07:002020-08-17T14:06:10.279-07:00We failed to review photos when we could have simp...We failed to review photos when we could have simply asked a living relative to ID who was in the photos.<br />We did as others said and had to do and scrapped photos and slides because either they meant nothing to us, or particularly slides, they'd deteriorated so much that they weren't reasonably salvageable.John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90982724736935231632020-08-17T14:03:05.333-07:002020-08-17T14:03:05.333-07:00Last first again, Beans. No, it was marked as ele...Last first again, Beans. No, it was marked as electrical equipment closet. I asked what that meant and the supervisor said, TV and network gear. I asked "So...like a network closet then?" "Yeah, sort of". <br /><br />Ewww, Beans, just Ewww!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-22545396543592542132020-08-17T13:59:51.811-07:002020-08-17T13:59:51.811-07:00Yeah, that's on the to do list, fortunately I&...Yeah, that's on the to do list, fortunately I've got two uncles and three aunts still with us for reference, but You are right. Tempest Fugit!juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3990875593762189932020-08-17T13:57:53.799-07:002020-08-17T13:57:53.799-07:00Let's be Frank, Frank (I just had to do that, ...Let's be Frank, Frank (I just had to do that, sorry!)<br /><br />I also am quite blessed with that superpower.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-43839340204786456222020-08-17T13:55:41.438-07:002020-08-17T13:55:41.438-07:00I might just have to try that. I might just have to try that. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-29912669681774486582020-08-17T13:54:55.549-07:002020-08-17T13:54:55.549-07:00Well, the military move weight limit did its job f...Well, the military move weight limit did its job for the first 47 moves in my life. The move into this place occurred soon enough thereafter that we hadn't accumulated much stuff yet. However that was 20 years ago. Our spaces are thinning rapidly (ok maybe not REAL rapidly, but progressing). Haven't even started on the kids bedrooms which are now store rooms. I'm thinking bring nothing from them yet, get moved in and things put away. THEN go and look there and apply the aforementioned rules ruthlessly. Besides, the current house is closer to the dumpster. Just saying!<br /><br />Thanks, I got a kick out of it.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9741704603895637772020-08-17T13:49:31.586-07:002020-08-17T13:49:31.586-07:00Yeah I'm a bit concerned about the punch down ...Yeah I'm a bit concerned about the punch down also. I pried off a couple of outlet covers this morning. Didn't look anything like the ones we used in the District. So we shall see what we shall see. juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.com