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

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All the best, BRENDA!

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Thanks SIG.

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:27 PM

Out for my walk before my afternoon mah jong game. Need to do a couple of things.

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Wednesday, July 17, 2024 11:27 PM

Got back after 5pm today and won the first round with over 13,000points. Had a couple of really good hands. Each had at least 7 doubles in them.

Suppose to cool down around me. That will be nice.

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Thursday, July 18, 2024 12:53 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Yeah...

Still sucks not having internet though. After I wrote that, my internet went right back down and I actually called the cable company at 2:30AM when it was still down. I figured I was just doing it to blow off some steam and I never thought that would get me anywhere.

She did what she called a "refresh" of my router on her side and that did it.

Don't make no sense to me. I turned my router off and back on 5 times today. Same with unplugging it from the wall and plugging it back in. It did its own factory reset that I mentioned earlier, and I did another factory reset after that. Nothing I could do on my side got my connection back up.

I don't know what they did, and I don't buy that the outage had anything to do with the storms since it happened hours afterward. I'm thinking that it just plain wasn't going to get fixed until I called them tomorrow had I not done it tonight. Weird.

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The inet search seems to be deliberately skimpy on answering what a "refresh" is!

I think that when you get a new modem the ISP has to, in some fashion, register your device, assign an IP address, negotiate a protocol, understand your firmware, and probably set a bunch of other parameters like inet speed etc.

One possibility is that with a refresh the ISP reaquires the ID of your modem and rassigns your IP address etc. I wonder if your IP has changed.

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Friday, July 19, 2024 12:53 PM

Out to get some stuff done, like wash blankets then a bit of groceries.

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Friday, July 19, 2024 5:46 PM

Back and done for today. Sitting with a cool cloth on my neck and eating some salty potato chips.

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Friday, July 19, 2024 6:20 PM

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Yeah...

Still sucks not having internet though. After I wrote that, my internet went right back down and I actually called the cable company at 2:30AM when it was still down. I figured I was just doing it to blow off some steam and I never thought that would get me anywhere.

She did what she called a "refresh" of my router on her side and that did it.

Don't make no sense to me. I turned my router off and back on 5 times today. Same with unplugging it from the wall and plugging it back in. It did its own factory reset that I mentioned earlier, and I did another factory reset after that. Nothing I could do on my side got my connection back up.

I don't know what they did, and I don't buy that the outage had anything to do with the storms since it happened hours afterward. I'm thinking that it just plain wasn't going to get fixed until I called them tomorrow had I not done it tonight. Weird.

The inet search seems to be deliberately skimpy on answering what a "refresh" is!

I didn't even bother asking her since she was from India, and I didn't even bother looking it up because I knew I wasn't going to find any explanation for whatever it is that they do internally on their end online. All I know is that it wasn't a fixable problem on my end, and it wouldn't have been solved until somebody did whatever she did.

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I think that when you get a new modem the ISP has to, in some fashion, register your device, assign an IP address, negotiate a protocol, understand your firmware, and probably set a bunch of other parameters like inet speed etc.

One possibility is that with a refresh the ISP reaquires the ID of your modem and rassigns your IP address etc. I wonder if your IP has changed.

That's very likely the cause of the issue. I do have a new IP. Usually, if the provider hasn't changed yours, the only way you get to do it yourself is by unplugging your own internet for an extended period of time. I might be wrong, but if memory serves we're talking about up to a couple of days before you'd be issued a new IP address. Maybe it's also as short as a few hours and when my router somehow did its own factory reset and couldn't connect for an extended period of time the address changed too.

I still don't understand why I had to call though. I've gotten new routers mid-service before and never had to call my company to recognize the new router.

But they have been making changes over the years and I already know that if I were paying for one of their upper speed tiers that I would be gimping my own speeds by using my own modem and not electing to pay a monthly rental fee for their own routers. And I do remember setting up my aunt's new cable internet last spring and it took a lot longer than I thought it would because we had to do all sorts of initialization steps to even get that router to work. It was actually pretty smart on Comcast's part to do that, because if somebody steals the package at your door and ends up with the modem/router they sent you, it simply won't work unless it's initialized with your account.

But when they add stuff like that it can easily fubar other things.

I bet if I had an xFinity modem that I wouldn't have had to call them.

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Friday, July 19, 2024 6:34 PM

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It's a good thing your phone service and your Internet are different providers.

Same thing with electric service. They allow you to report an outage via internet but .... Really??? If the power is out, so is your modem, and possibly even your internet. (I happen to know that our ISP pulls its power from SCE lines right in our neighborhood, bc I saw SCE running a truck -sized generator just down the street to keep ISP powered up while SCE had shut down the lines.)

So, yanno, THAT'S a "feature" that's never gonna get used! When we have an outage, I have to use my mobile.

Technology.
Sigh!
Ain't it grand??

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Friday, July 19, 2024 8:32 PM

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It's a good thing your phone service and your Internet are different providers.

Same thing with electric service. They allow you to report an outage via internet but .... Really??? If the power is out, so is your modem, and possibly even your internet. (I happen to know that our ISP pulls its power from SCE lines right in our neighborhood, bc I saw SCE running a truck -sized generator just down the street to keep ISP powered up while SCE had shut down the lines.)

So, yanno, THAT'S a "feature" that's never gonna get used! When we have an outage, I have to use my mobile.

Technology.
Sigh!
Ain't it grand??

Tell me about it...

You don't even want to know how many times they told me that I'd get faster service by using their app online with their recorded messages. You almost never reach somebody to talk to the first time you call, and you have to try different menu options at unrelated departments to even get anybody on the other end. By that time, they've told you 10 times to use their app.

I know it's 2024 and most people have a smartphone with a data plan, but a lot of people still don't and don't want it. There's even been a movement among the younger crowd who grew up tethered to it that are looking for a way out.

It was one thing to up and move all the customer service jobs from here to India. To make it where it's nearly impossible to get anybody on the phone anymore altogether is unacceptable. Not until they've got robots to do the whole thing and keep everything up 100% of the time without any problems.

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Friday, July 19, 2024 9:37 PM

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Oh, we were at a hospital yesterday and wanted to get change from one of their Starbucks, and it turns out they're completely cashless and not only that, you need to pay with your Starbucks App. Plus, they got rid of all the little independently operated coffee stands.

Gee, i wonder how much kickback the hospital got from THAT?

Eff THAT sh*t! We found a hole in the wall Thai restaurant and had a nice lunch!

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Saturday, July 20, 2024 12:44 PM

Laundry day then out for my walk. Taking an umbrella and a bottle of water with me. Also got another rejection letter in my email.

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Saturday, July 20, 2024 4:57 PM

Back and in for today. Had umbrella but forgot water. Currently sitting at 30C which is 90F. Cool cloth on neck time again.

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Saturday, July 20, 2024 5:40 PM

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Oh, we were at a hospital yesterday and wanted to get change from one of their Starbucks, and it turns out they're completely cashless and not only that, you need to pay with your Starbucks App. Plus, they got rid of all the little independently operated coffee stands.

Gee, i wonder how much kickback the hospital got from THAT?

Eff THAT sh*t! We found a hole in the wall Thai restaurant and had a nice lunch!

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If an establishment goes cashless, I never shop there again.

I already won't be going to a baseball game ever again. They started doing that several years ago.

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Saturday, July 20, 2024 7:02 PM

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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back and in for today. Had umbrella but forgot water. Currently sitting at 30C which is 90F. Cool cloth on neck time again.

We have the same weather, except I don't believe you have A/C.

I got out with the dog late, during the hottest part of the day, and there was a HOT breeze blowing. Too hot for me, too hot for the dog! We collectively decided on a short stroll. She was A-OK with heading home rsrly!

Sorry to hear about the rejection letter. It seems from everything I've heard, if you're an author they're pretty much par for the course, and if you get published it's like winning a lottery. I can't imagine writing a book, let alone submitting it for publication. The whole process sounds intimidating!

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Saturday, July 20, 2024 11:38 PM

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Back and in for today. Had umbrella but forgot water. Currently sitting at 30C which is 90F. Cool cloth on neck time again.

We have the same weather, except I don't believe you have A/C.

I got out with the dog late, during the hottest part of the day, and there was a HOT breeze blowing. Too hot for me, too hot for the dog! We collectively decided on a short stroll. She was A-OK with heading home rsrly!

Sorry to hear about the rejection letter. It seems from everything I've heard, if you're an author they're pretty much par for the course, and if you get published it's like winning a lottery. I can't imagine writing a book, let alone submitting it for publication. The whole process sounds intimidating!

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No, I don't have A/C but I keep all curtains closed in the living room till around 5pm. Long after the sun has shifted.

Smart pooch. I used the umbrella when I first went out but not coming back as it seemed okay. I didn't have as much coffee when I was out so I think that helped.

It is par for the course. Just another disappointment. This place I had submitted to has a spot for "emerging authors" as they say but my book didn't suit there needs. It is intimidating as each publisher it seems has certain things they want you to submit for a bio, writing credentials if you have any and of course how many pages or the whole manuscript.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024 1:24 PM

Lazy Sunday around me and every so often I get a rain icon on my computer. Have to see if any shows up but more clouds this morning for sure.

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Sunday, July 21, 2024 11:34 PM

Got some rain here today. Wet roofs of two apartment buildings near mine.

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Monday, July 22, 2024 9:11 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

I've taken you as an example BRENDA, and instituted a family "catch up on sleep and relax" day, except by Saturday I can't wait until the next day, so our goof off day is Saturday.

Over here, the temp has been hovering around 90, it seems like forever (almost three weeks?), with a few days here and there in the mid 80s. All the tender plants (avocados, roses, cosmos flowers, basil veggies, etc) need a lot of watering to survive the hot dry weather.

On those cooler days I COULD get some outdoor work done, except we still seem to be tied up with Dr appts. Our family medical adventures continue, and when mine are diagnosed and being treated I might explain them.

I am harvesting tomatoes tho, which is the one thing I wanted from the veggies garden.

Meanwhile ...

How are YOU guys doing? I know you have medical issues of your own.

Feeling ok? Doing ok?

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Monday, July 22, 2024 1:01 PM

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I've taken you as an example BRENDA, and instituted a family "catch up on sleep and relax" day, except by Saturday I can't wait until the next day, so our goof off day is Saturday.

Over here, the temp has been hovering around 90, it seems like forever (almost three weeks?), with a few days here and there in the mid 80s. All the tender plants (avocados, roses, cosmos flowers, basil veggies, etc) need a lot of watering to survive the hot dry weather.

On those cooler days I COULD get some outdoor work done, except we still seem to be tied up with Dr appts. Our family medical adventures continue, and when mine are diagnosed and being treated I might explain them.

I am harvesting tomatoes tho, which is the one thing I wanted from the veggies garden.

Meanwhile ...

How are YOU guys doing? I know you have medical issues of your own.

Feeling ok? Doing ok?

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Doing it on a Saturday is okay. Whatever works for you and your family SIG.

Me, well the heat and this new seizure med aren't friends. I cross the full dosage threshold on Saturday. 100mg. But otherwise outside of rejection letters not doing too bad.

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Monday, July 22, 2024 1:03 PM

Out in a bit on a cool Monday morning. Computer temp reading 18C which is 66F. So way cooler than it has been and lots of cloud cover too. Need a refill on the new seizure med.

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Monday, July 22, 2024 5:10 PM

Temperature much, much cooler out. It's only about 70F right now and still a fair amount of cloud cover with a nice breeze.

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Monday, July 22, 2024 11:33 PM

Well, there is a slim chance of some rain again in my area tomorrow morning. Will have to see when I get up.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 1:11 PM

Out to get some stuff done. Someone told me about a different grocery store and I'm going to check it out to see if it useful to me.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 1:28 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I've taken you as an example BRENDA, and instituted a family "catch up on sleep and relax" day, except by Saturday I can't wait until the next day, so our goof off day is Saturday.

Over here, the temp has been hovering around 90, it seems like forever (almost three weeks?), with a few days here and there in the mid 80s. All the tender plants (avocados, roses, cosmos flowers, basil veggies, etc) need a lot of watering to survive the hot dry weather.

On those cooler days I COULD get some outdoor work done, except we still seem to be tied up with Dr appts. Our family medical adventures continue, and when mine are diagnosed and being treated I might explain them.

I am harvesting tomatoes tho, which is the one thing I wanted from the veggies garden.

I'm glad you're still up and at 'em, Sigs. I hope you get your diagnoses soon and it's the best news possible. Fingers Crossed.

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Meanwhile ...

How are YOU guys doing? I know you have medical issues of your own.

Feeling ok? Doing ok?

Thanks for asking, Sigs.

I've been in a real rough patch for a while, actually. I always have had my ups and downs, but it's been many years since I had a low this low. Pretty sure it was before I quit drinking, actually.

I'm about to go out and mow my lawn finally. It must not be as long as I imagine it because my neighbor across the street hasn't called me for a wellness check yet. He's a cool guy. He's the one who ended up using his router to finish off the new kitchen drawers I built last year. There's probably some genuine concern there when he hasn't seen me for a while and my lawn gets overgrown, but I know him well enough to know that's also his polite way of telling me to mow my f'ing lawn because he's tired of looking at it.

Medical stuff is fine, as far as I can tell. Numbers are a bit higher right now though since I haven't been very active and, per my Dr's instructions, I'm not intentionally riding my glucose levels as low as possible after he saw how often I was reaching the low range before our last visit.

My brand new leaf blower is coming today, so that's exciting. I normally don't splurge, but this one cost me twice as much as the last one and is pro-tier. As much as I would have loved to have it though, I wasn't going to spend $600+ on their top-of-the line backpack unit. I just got their lowest end gas unit, which was their 3rd cheapest option over a battery and corded version. It still puts out 30MPH more than my old one, and I thought that was a bad boy.

Got my extension kit for it last week already. It's too bad I just cleaned my gutters recently and they're still clean, or I'd be out there this week cleaning them with this thing for the first time. I do think my buddy and his wife are going to be the beneficiary of the inaugural test of the gutter extension kit.

It's coming right in time though. I'm going to have a crap ton of debris all over the curb and sidewalks and the driveway after this mowing for sure, so for the first time this year I can clean crap up without sweeping it or running my mower over the sidewalk back and forth.

The plan is to keep this damn thing running for the rest of my life. I've taken apart not one, but two leaf blowers this summer. Once you remove all the plastic housing they were practically identical inside even though they were made many years apart and one was a backpack unit. I might not know all the names of all the parts, but I understand how they work now. I'm about 90% sure that the problem was that the ignition coil went bad, which would make sense since starting it got progressively harder every year and changing the spark plug did nothing to solve that issue, and even though I'd cleaned all the crud out and oiled/greased everything it just would not start. But I wasn't about to gamble and throw good money at that problem without knowing how to test that for sure when that money would be better spent going to a new one and getting a do-over. I did test and I was getting a spark from the plug, but since my "tester" was a homemade piece of electrical wire, that's all I could confirm. I'll bet that spark was probably 10% of what it should have been, but you can't tell that unless you spring for a genuine tester.

I did zero maintenance on the old leaf blower and that lasted me about 12 or 13 years. This one is going to be treated much nicer.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 2:12 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Did it ever occur to Signym and 6ixStringJack that their hatred of Ukraine, and their love for Putin and Trump is the organic cause of their illnesses? What new malady will happen to you two if Trump loses?

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=64887&mid=11972
06#1197206

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Despite SECOND'S heroic efforts, this thread almost slipped off the front page.

OMG!!

I guess our war in Ukraine isn't going so well??

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He's had almost every post on this last page so far except for your last post and me reminding him that nobody gives a single shit about Ukraine.

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:

On those cooler days I COULD get some outdoor work done, except we still seem to be tied up with Dr appts. Our family medical adventures continue, and when mine are diagnosed and being treated I might explain them.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:

I've been in a real rough patch for a while, actually. I always have had my ups and downs, but it's been many years since I had a low this low. Pretty sure it was before I quit drinking, actually.

The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 5:39 PM

Back and in for today. New grocery store was a bust. Nothing I wanted. Oh well.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 7:22 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

New grocery store?

Like,an actual full grocery store?

Does it offer any advantage over your regular one? Closer? Cheaper? Better selection?

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 7:33 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I've taken you as an example BRENDA, and instituted a family "catch up on sleep and relax" day, except by Saturday I can't wait until the next day, so our goof off day is Saturday.

Over here, the temp has been hovering around 90, it seems like forever (almost three weeks?), with a few days here and there in the mid 80s. All the tender plants (avocados, roses, cosmos flowers, basil veggies, etc) need a lot of watering to survive the hot dry weather.

On those cooler days I COULD get some outdoor work done, except we still seem to be tied up with Dr appts. Our family medical adventures continue, and when mine are diagnosed and being treated I might explain them.

I am harvesting tomatoes tho, which is the one thing I wanted from the veggies garden.

I'm glad you're still up and at 'em, Sigs. I hope you get your diagnoses soon and it's the best news possible. Fingers Crossed.

Quote:
Meanwhile ...

How are YOU guys doing? I know you have medical issues of your own.

Feeling ok? Doing ok?

Thanks for asking, Sigs.

I've been in a real rough patch for a while, actually. I always have had my ups and downs, but it's been many years since I had a low this low. Pretty sure it was before I quit drinking, actually.

I'm about to go out and mow my lawn finally. It must not be as long as I imagine it because my neighbor across the street hasn't called me for a wellness check yet. He's a cool guy. He's the one who ended up using his router to finish off the new kitchen drawers I built last year. There's probably some genuine concern there when he hasn't seen me for a while and my lawn gets overgrown, but I know him well enough to know that's also his polite way of telling me to mow my f'ing lawn because he's tired of looking at it.

Medical stuff is fine, as far as I can tell. Numbers are a bit higher right now though since I haven't been very active and, per my Dr's instructions, I'm not intentionally riding my glucose levels as low as possible after he saw how often I was reaching the low range before our last visit.

My brand new leaf blower is coming today, so that's exciting. I normally don't splurge, but this one cost me twice as much as the last one and is pro-tier. As much as I would have loved to have it though, I wasn't going to spend $600+ on their top-of-the line backpack unit. I just got their lowest end gas unit, which was their 3rd cheapest option over a battery and corded version. It still puts out 30MPH more than my old one, and I thought that was a bad boy.

Got my extension kit for it last week already. It's too bad I just cleaned my gutters recently and they're still clean, or I'd be out there this week cleaning them with this thing for the first time. I do think my buddy and his wife are going to be the beneficiary of the inaugural test of the gutter extension kit.

It's coming right in time though. I'm going to have a crap ton of debris all over the curb and sidewalks and the driveway after this mowing for sure, so for the first time this year I can clean crap up without sweeping it or running my mower over the sidewalk back and forth.

The plan is to keep this damn thing running for the rest of my life. I've taken apart not one, but two leaf blowers this summer. Once you remove all the plastic housing they were practically identical inside even though they were made many years apart and one was a backpack unit. I might not know all the names of all the parts, but I understand how they work now. I'm about 90% sure that the problem was that the ignition coil went bad, which would make sense since starting it got progressively harder every year and changing the spark plug did nothing to solve that issue, and even though I'd cleaned all the crud out and oiled/greased everything it just would not start. But I wasn't about to gamble and throw good money at that problem without knowing how to test that for sure when that money would be better spent going to a new one and getting a do-over. I did test and I was getting a spark from the plug, but since my "tester" was a homemade piece of electrical wire, that's all I could confirm. I'll bet that spark was probably 10% of what it should have been, but you can't tell that unless you spring for a genuine tester.

I did zero maintenance on the old leaf blower and that lasted me about 12 or 13 years. This one is going to be treated much nicer.

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Trump will be fine.
He will also be your next President.

Yeah, haven't seen you here at all lately. I like to think you and BRENDA are doing OK and get concerned when I don't hear from you.

I think you need dog. (Yeah, I know. You're thinking "like a hole in my head".) But when something is depending on you, you can't get TOO far down; ya gotta get up and do even if you don't feel like it.

Have you considered better living thru chemisty? (Besides caffeine and tobacco, that is.) Seems like you could talk to a Dr and get some help. Those neurochemicals can misbehave!

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 8:44 PM

I appreciate the advice, but there's no way am I taking any labcoat created behavioral modification drugs, Sigs. I've seen what they do to people. I'm happy with myself, warts and all.

Dog isn't a bad idea. I love dogs. I just don't really have a house that would accommodate one just yet. Once I get the landscaping done I can think about finally fencing in the back yard and at least giving it a place to play. I'd also want to have a door on the crawlspace and put some sheet rock over the other path in there before I had a dog too. It's a dirty, dirty place with bugs, and even the most well behaved dog can do some damage while you're not home and I'd be afraid of the dog tearing up the barrier.

Got a ton done today. I'll be back out there all day again tomorrow just wrapping up yard work if my body agrees with that idea.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 9:06 PM

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Did it ever occur to Signym and 6ixStringJack that their hatred of Ukraine, and their love for Putin and Trump is the organic cause of their illnesses? What new malady will happen to you two if Trump loses?

We've already been witness to your mental and emotional degeneration for 8 years with the last 4 of them having the meat puppet you voted in at the helm.

Don't worry about me, buddy. On my worst day I'm doing better than your best day.

I appreciate you also putting your class on full display here too. Claiming that a senior citizen who is dealing with senior citizen physical maladies got sick because they don't toe the Neo-Con/Neo-Lib line and approve hundreds of billions of dollars every year being spent on other countries and the war machine. What the fuck is wrong with you?

You want to bully somebody, tough guy? You deal with me and leave Sigs the fuck out of it.

And you ARE a Democrat, aren't you? I thought you guys were all supposed anti-war and opposed to how much we spend on our military every year. At least I remember the days when you used to be and I was on your side. Check out my posts back in 2006-2008 before Obama came in, wasting no time starting more wars without congressional approval and then droning the fuck out of everyone in the world and making GWB look like a tree hugging pussy in the process. But hey... He got the Nobel Peace Prize for being the first gay black US President, so all is forgiven, right?

Meanwhile, we had 4 peaceful years under Trump with no new wars and not a single mention of the word Jihadist during his tenure, and you hated that dude so much you put in a senile old man who's done nothing but eat ice cream and get loaded up with horse-sized doses of adderall any time they let him come out of his basement to parade him in front of the public like a reboot of Weekend at Bernie's. And despite all the drugs, for years we got to witness hundreds of hours of footage of Biden* flubbing every other word he ever spoke, attempting to shake hands with ghosts, not be able to find his way off of a stage if his life depended on it, calling the president of Mexico the president of Egypt, and most recently introducing Zelensky as "President fucking Putin".

You did that. Proudly.

You fucked up. You are a fuck up.

And while Biden has been sleepwalking through his Presidency like a zombie, which you know good and goddamned well now is true after 3.5 years of telling me I was full of shit when I'd bring it up, his administration destroyed the economy, let in 20 million illegal alien invaders, ruined every single Democrat city in the country, destroyed the general peace we had worldwide during Trump's presidency, and they lied to you every single day for over 1,200 days about Biden*'s mental well being and you won't ever ask a single question about it because you're a mindless fucking goon.

Meanwhile, while we're waiting for the Democrats to finally figure out what the fuck they're doing right now, why don't you tell us another fantasy assassination story. They're twice as funny after last Saturday coming from a 12 year old little prick who's mother would take his internet privileges away for 6 months if she knew what he was getting up to online every day in between fueling his insatiable internet porn addiction.

Tell us another one buddy. We love Psycho Second Story Time.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 11:36 PM

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SECOND: Did it ever occur to Signym and 6ixStringJack that their hatred of Ukraine, and their love for Putin and Trump is the organic cause of their illnesses?

I knew somebody who said things like that. He was delusional about his brilliance and eventually committed suicide.

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Tuesday, July 23, 2024 11:47 PM

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New grocery store?

Like,an actual full grocery store?

Does it offer any advantage over your regular one? Closer? Cheaper? Better selection?

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No it wasn't a full grocery store. It had some veg, bread, a bit of meat and some dry goods.

No real advantage unless I feel like travelling farther for some vegetables. Potatoes were 30cents a pound, if I remember rightly but I never buy a pound because I won't eat them all.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 1:24 PM

Looks like no pick up game of mah jong for me today. Guess the lady who organizes this can't get enough bodies. Oh well. Things to do anyways.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6:10 PM

Done for today and oh joy the elevators went out after I left. So when I got back, had to walk up nine flights of stairs.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 11:32 PM

Regular mah jong game for me tomorrow. Hope the elevators are working.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 11:52 PM

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Regular mah jong game for me tomorrow. Hope the elevators are working.

Good luck and good luck.

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Wednesday, July 24, 2024 11:57 PM

2 pretty brutal days hitting the neglected lawn, but it's almost all done now. Just have to edge the front hoasta bed.

I am going to have to take all those interlocking pavers back. The moles are back and they thrashed the sand pit. It looks like the surface of the moon right now. The haven't made a trail along side of the garage or the back of the house that I trenched out yet, but it's only a matter of time. Even if I kill this one I'll just get another one in the next year or 3. I'm really glad I had this reminder. I knew in the back of my head this was a bad idea. It's funny how you can talk yourself into forgetting about a problem that you really know is never-ending.

I'm probably going with a plastic or rubber roll or something. They can screw that up too, but it wouldn't be such a catastrophe if and when they do. Best case I could just push it back down with my feet. Worst case I have to push some river rock aside and re-seat the spikes I put in every 3 or 4 feet. I wouldn't be crying over all that time and the expensive leveling sand and the insanely expensive stuff you put between the edgers when you're done.

Kind of sad though... I know it won't look terrible when I'm done with it, but it won't look as good as edger blocks would have.

Maybe I'll just have enough of it one day and just Bill Murray my entire lawn.

Yeah... I know. It sounds terrible.

But these are no cute stuffed animals we're talking about here...

I've got Lovecraftian horrors swimming through my dirt every day.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 12:57 AM

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Oh look!! A star- nosed mole!

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 11:48 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

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I knew somebody who said things like that. He was delusional about his brilliance and eventually committed suicide.

What would 6ixStringJack do to himself, considering he wrote the following? (Disregard his love for Trump-the-Nazi and the numerous times he wrote "Fuck Ukraine". If Trump loses, I am concerned about what 6ix will do to himself or the Democrats. Or Canadian Muslims.)

http://fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=61777&mid=11974
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20 years ago it wouldn't have been a problem because there were no Muslims in Canada.

Now they're everywhere.

Their base desire in life is to kill you if you're not one of them. It comes to them as natural as breathing.

Good luck everybody!

You get what you deserve.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 5:09 PM

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Regular mah jong game for me tomorrow. Hope the elevators are working.

Good luck and good luck.

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No luck at mah jong. Couldn't even break 1,000points. I finished the morning with 920points enough to get the booby prize which is my $2 back

And the elevators are working today. I would do more inside chores like get some recycling out but I am still tired after yesterday.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 5:11 PM

Back and in for today and a lousy morning at mah jong. Couldn't break 1,000 points. At least the elevators are still working and I hope they stay that way.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 5:20 PM

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Nine flights of stairs. Oh, my!

I would be tired too!

In fact, you'd probably still find me on the fifth floor landing, after having rested there overnight!

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:14 PM

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I knew somebody who said things like that. He was delusional about his brilliance and eventually committed suicide.
What would 6ixStringJack do to himself, considering he wrote the following?

I'm surviving 4 years of of your guy just fine, buddy.

Meanwhile in those same 4 years where Democrats have been running the entire show, you have invoked Trump's name a dozen times per day, every single day.

You have a serious problem.

Get some help, Wetware.

Meanwhile, I notice you didn't touch my reply to your previous post in here, did you?

No surprise to anyone at all. Coward.

Keep your shit out of the Garden.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:32 PM

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I should have never replied to SECOND!

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So, how's the weather SIX? Over here, they've been promising a cooldown for over a week! But each forecast moves away when we approach it.
Sigh.

Well, now that the Dr appt crunch is over I can get to some more estate planning and other stuff I love so much. Not.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:34 PM

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Regular mah jong game for me tomorrow. Hope the elevators are working.

Good luck and good luck.

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No luck at mah jong. Couldn't even break 1,000points. I finished the morning with 920points enough to get the booby prize which is my $2 back

And the elevators are working today. I would do more inside chores like get some recycling out but I am still tired after yesterday.

Glad to hear the elevators are working again at least, Brenda.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:39 PM

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Oh look!! A star- nosed mole!

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Yeah... Little monsters.

It's strange. I wonder if it died on its own already or something. I "fixed" any damage under the river rock that I could and no new activity there. I also smashed down certain parts of whatever appeared to be a main tunnel in the sand pit 2 days ago and it hasn't rebuilt those tunnels.

Knock on wood.

Edged the hoasta beds today, so the frontage looks great now.

I was going to start work on getting my metal netting on the foundation of the garage and the house, but my glucose got low and I took a break and just didn't feel like getting back to it that late in the day.

Everything is set up to start tomorrow though.

Tonight I think I'm going to do a little research on what products to buy for my edging in lieu of the pavers. I'm not really happy with the 3 options I saw at Menards. I'd probably do best to buy this type of thing at Lowes even though it will cost more. The Menard's stuff isn't cheap pricewise, but it just doesn't seem to be like something that would hold up for all that many years. I think this type of stuff is among the items they purchase in bulk for about 10% of what they sell it for and it's where they make bank. If I'm going to be bent over a barrel now because of the moles, I'd rather be putting something down that's going to last 20 or 30 years and not just 5 years.

ETA: Oh yeah... and all the Menard's stuff (they claim) is made from 100% recycled plastic. They proclaim it boldly on the packaging as if that's a selling point. Recycled plastic is shit. Make water bottles out of it, not something that is going to be exposed to the elements and beat up by lawnmowers and edgers for decades.

Zero chance I buy recycled plastic for this job.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:41 PM

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For me: Claire de Lune

Played slower than I'm used to, but with this I get to contemplate each note.

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Thursday, July 25, 2024 10:45 PM

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Oh look!! A star- nosed mole!

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Yeah... Little monsters.

It's strange. I wonder if it died on its own already or something. I "fixed" any damage under the river rock that I could and no new activity there. I also smashed down certain parts of whatever appeared to be a main tunnel in the sand pit 2 days ago and it hasn't rebuilt those tunnels.

Knock on wood.

Edged the hoasta beds today, so the frontage looks great now.

I was going to start work on getting my metal netting on the foundation of the garage and the house, but my glucose got low and I took a break and just didn't feel like getting back to it that late in the day.

Everything is set up to start tomorrow though.

Tonight I think I'm going to do a little research on what products to buy for my edging in lieu of the pavers. I'm not really happy with the 3 options I saw at Menards. I'd probably do best to buy this type of thing at Lowes even though it will cost more. The Menard's stuff isn't cheap pricewise, but it just doesn't seem to be like something that would hold up for all that many years. I think this type of stuff is among the items they purchase in bulk for about 10% of what they sell it for and it's where they make bank. If I'm going to be bent over a barrel now because of the moles, I'd rather be putting something down that's going to last 20 or 30 years and not just 5 years.

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What kind of edging are you tending to? I need edging, I'd be curious what you think will work.

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