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What are you doing today, II
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J.J. McDaniels
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Just got in about an hour ago. My tongue of all things is killing me. I think I bit it or burned it the other day. It sure as hell wasn't fun eating.
I'm doing a special kind of squat today. They're otherwise known as didly squats. My back has been hurting for 2 weeks more than normal. I had all these great plans of going out snowmobiling and other things but can barely make it to the vehicle to drive down to the garage. Oh well, there's worse things. I could be in the Ukraine.
Aside from hurting, I've been busy shuttling kids back and forth to appointments. And I had my semi annual dental cleaning this morning.
Aside from hurting, I've been busy shuttling kids back and forth to appointments. And I had my semi annual dental cleaning this morning.
Been texting back and forth with Dasha's mom in Ukraine.
Dasha's 78 year old grandmother, and Dasha's older sister escaped through Slovakia 2 days ago.
Earlier today her 78 year old grandfather, 13 year old sister and 12 year old cousin escaped through Romania.
They are trying to meet up with each other in Bulgaria, possibly tomorrow or Saturday.
Still in Ukraine, at the family's small hotel in the western part of the country just north of Romania, remain Dasha's mom and her aunt. The hotel is open for refugees to stay, some are hoping to stay long term to wait out the war??? Or they have no homes to go back to? If her mom & aunt leave they fear that the hotel will be looted or destroyed so they are keeping it open, for now, hoping to remain safe. While we were texting the air raid sirens sounded and they had to move into the basement parking area for about 20 minutes.
We are working to try to get student study visas for the younger kids to get them into either the USA or the UK. If they get to the UK my sister will take them in. If they get to the US then my family will take them. Getting the visa is the hard part. We have to figure all that out while they are moving around.
Dasha's 78 year old grandmother, and Dasha's older sister escaped through Slovakia 2 days ago.
Earlier today her 78 year old grandfather, 13 year old sister and 12 year old cousin escaped through Romania.
They are trying to meet up with each other in Bulgaria, possibly tomorrow or Saturday.
Still in Ukraine, at the family's small hotel in the western part of the country just north of Romania, remain Dasha's mom and her aunt. The hotel is open for refugees to stay, some are hoping to stay long term to wait out the war??? Or they have no homes to go back to? If her mom & aunt leave they fear that the hotel will be looted or destroyed so they are keeping it open, for now, hoping to remain safe. While we were texting the air raid sirens sounded and they had to move into the basement parking area for about 20 minutes.
We are working to try to get student study visas for the younger kids to get them into either the USA or the UK. If they get to the UK my sister will take them in. If they get to the US then my family will take them. Getting the visa is the hard part. We have to figure all that out while they are moving around.
Morality is not a constant, it is fungible.
Therefore, I would suggest the USA is currently morally confused.
Same difference perhaps. But a corrupt leadership is not the same thing as a corrupt population.
That said, a description by such ruthless evil as Putin is hardly an insult.
Next project. A couple summers back my BBQ started sooting due to the burners being burned out. ( years passed I was able to clean them with torch tip cleaners, but they rotted away and can't be saved )This passed December we had a couple big wind storms that put the hurt on the decorative enclosure that was getting long in the tooth anyway. Today I had some extra time and decided to start the repair work and get a new BBQ.
After measuring the BBQ and spending some time on line I realized.
1- stainless BBQ's that size 6 burner with side burner are a couple grand now and
2- I couldn't find one to fit the space made in the enclosure.
So I was able to source new burners on Ebay and will clean and install new burners in the old BBQ. All the valves are still good as tested.
Tomorrow morning I will access the enclosure structure then go to the lumberyard, then rebuild and paint it. Re install the BBQ and I'm good for another 10 years, at least. Its only March but plan to work a lot on the cabin this summer so I need to get home projects out of the way early. I have a decorative fence that also needs the gate frames rebuilt. Them I pretty well caught up again until I do a kitchen and bathrooms remodel, I have planned a couple years down the road.
After measuring the BBQ and spending some time on line I realized.
1- stainless BBQ's that size 6 burner with side burner are a couple grand now and
2- I couldn't find one to fit the space made in the enclosure.
So I was able to source new burners on Ebay and will clean and install new burners in the old BBQ. All the valves are still good as tested.
Tomorrow morning I will access the enclosure structure then go to the lumberyard, then rebuild and paint it. Re install the BBQ and I'm good for another 10 years, at least. Its only March but plan to work a lot on the cabin this summer so I need to get home projects out of the way early. I have a decorative fence that also needs the gate frames rebuilt. Them I pretty well caught up again until I do a kitchen and bathrooms remodel, I have planned a couple years down the road.
I convinced my wife to cough a few times while talking to her boss then take the day off sick. We loaded up the sleds and headed out for a ride. We trailered to the nearby village where the provincial trail system starts then offloaded the sleds and went for a 50 mile ride. She hasn't had a chance to ride yet this year.
Afterwards we stopped for lunch then came home. I spent some time vacuum sealing a 10lb batch of grouse peperettes I've been working on for a week. We ground 6.5lb of grouse with 1.5lbs of pork fat and 2 lbs of pork with a nice mixture of spices. Then stuffed casings and let them cool in the fridge overnight. The next day, we smoked them for 10 hrs. Then they went into a paper bag to continue curing for 2 days in the fridge. Today was final packaging and into the freezer.
Afterwards we stopped for lunch then came home. I spent some time vacuum sealing a 10lb batch of grouse peperettes I've been working on for a week. We ground 6.5lb of grouse with 1.5lbs of pork fat and 2 lbs of pork with a nice mixture of spices. Then stuffed casings and let them cool in the fridge overnight. The next day, we smoked them for 10 hrs. Then they went into a paper bag to continue curing for 2 days in the fridge. Today was final packaging and into the freezer.
I'm jealous of your snow.
We got about 2.5 inches overnight. Supposed to melt away in a few days but today and tomorrow are cold.
Today was just errand running day. Picked up 7 pounds of nice thick cut bacon. Got some Cherrywood and some Pecan smoked bacon. Also a couple pounds of Brown Sugar bacon. Also got some stuff with the lovely Mrs_Bob at the grocery store, took her to the craft supply store but sat in the car for that stop.
Saturday we are going to Notre Dame to spend the afternoon with Dasha.
Last week she won the gold medal at the ACC Championships. This week the coaches decided to leave her out of the competition, so looks like her season is probably over. Her coach contacts me a couple times a week, just to check up on her family in Ukraine, her mental situation, etc. He gives me insight into her too. I don't know the actual reason why she is not competing this weekend but she doesn't seem to upset about it and with the imminent destruction of Kyiv I think she has other things to actually worry about.
BTW, some sports photographer took this photo of Dasha just a moment after she won the final touch in the final bout of the ACC Individual Championships to become the individual Gold Medal Champion for 2022 last weekend. She also helped her team with the ACC Team Championship the next day.
Obviously a Ukrainian Flag colors were photoshopped into the background. She sent me the photo, but also posted it, and a story about the win, how she was affected by her family fleeing Kyiv, etc on her Instagram account.
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Obviously a Ukrainian Flag colors were photoshopped into the background. She sent me the photo, but also posted it, and a story about the win, how she was affected by her family fleeing Kyiv, etc on her Instagram account.
Dasha Kudriavtseva on Instagram: "As we started our individual competition at the ACC Championships last Saturday, I saw the news about Ukrainian civilians taking guns and leaving their shelters and homes to defend their country. That’s when I told m
556 likes, 68 comments - dkudriavtseva_ on March 11, 2022: "As we started our individual competition at the ACC Championships last Saturday, I saw the news about Ukrainian civilians taking guns and leaving their shelters and homes to defend their country. That’s when I told myself that my...
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We're sitting at close to 4 feet of it now. I planned for this at the beginning of the season with my plowing by pushing the banks as far back as possible. Now, I'm running out of room in places and find myself pushing a blade of snow more than 200ft to pile it. This is the first time I had to pay someone else to come out to shovel off the roof. Here's the pile on our deck. I'm hoping it'll be gone by July.
The lovely Mrs_Bob and I spent the day with Dasha at Norte Dame
Got her a new passport photo
She is trying to change her citizenship from Russian to Ukrainian. Her father was Russian, but divorced her mom shortly before Dasha came to the US to study. Her mom, her sisters, grandparents, etc are all Ukrainian. Hopefully the Ukraine government allows her to change her citizenship. She is literally a girl without a country. She has no ties to Russia, no real family in Russia since her dad has nothing to do with her, but she has no legal rights in Ukraine. The US, where she has lived as a student these last 4 years, does not grant citizenship to people who hold student visas. And at only 20 years old, not old enough to be considered a legal adult in every way, but at over 18, she is a legal adult for some things. So she lives in limbo.
Got her a new passport photo
She is trying to change her citizenship from Russian to Ukrainian. Her father was Russian, but divorced her mom shortly before Dasha came to the US to study. Her mom, her sisters, grandparents, etc are all Ukrainian. Hopefully the Ukraine government allows her to change her citizenship. She is literally a girl without a country. She has no ties to Russia, no real family in Russia since her dad has nothing to do with her, but she has no legal rights in Ukraine. The US, where she has lived as a student these last 4 years, does not grant citizenship to people who hold student visas. And at only 20 years old, not old enough to be considered a legal adult in every way, but at over 18, she is a legal adult for some things. So she lives in limbo.
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I've been absent posting in this thread.
Lots going on.
First off, I'm not retiring from nursing as I'd originally planned.
I was offered a first shift position as both floor nurse and working in medical records part time.
I'm loving it.
The political scene is driving me crazy as is the world situation, so I'll be in and out as I can.
Lots going on.
First off, I'm not retiring from nursing as I'd originally planned.
I was offered a first shift position as both floor nurse and working in medical records part time.
I'm loving it.
The political scene is driving me crazy as is the world situation, so I'll be in and out as I can.
J.J. McDaniels
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Congrats!
Things are looking a bit brighter for Crumpy and me. The current contract with which we are struggling is finally running smooth on one line. The second line, though un-manned, is tooled and ready for production. Once engaged, it will bring us up to the speeds required to meet commitments.
We need to do 20,000 units per day. The one line that is running is doing 11,500.
Today we received inquiries from 3 former employees looking for work. I guess the COVID money ran out. That would allow the second line to run. Two of them are machine operators so we should fire up easily with little training time.
This really takes the pressure off. We are in line with the customer to do three more evolutions of this contract. So successful completion of the 7 week run means being awarded 21 more weeks of contracted work in addition to our normal contracts this year. Having that backlog, and the ability to meet it, takes areal strain off my mind.
It's not the money for us, but the secured steady income for our employees. I'll sleep better tonight.
We need to do 20,000 units per day. The one line that is running is doing 11,500.
Today we received inquiries from 3 former employees looking for work. I guess the COVID money ran out. That would allow the second line to run. Two of them are machine operators so we should fire up easily with little training time.
This really takes the pressure off. We are in line with the customer to do three more evolutions of this contract. So successful completion of the 7 week run means being awarded 21 more weeks of contracted work in addition to our normal contracts this year. Having that backlog, and the ability to meet it, takes areal strain off my mind.
It's not the money for us, but the secured steady income for our employees. I'll sleep better tonight.
After cleaning up the BBQ I decided to rebuild instead of replacing was done. I attacked the built in Structure for it. It looked a bit loose, when I started poking around one corner was rotted badly and I just grabbed post and ripped it out. So another hour here hour there repair began. I have most of the structure repaired with a new post and roof supports. I still have to re install the facia boards to finish it off then prep and paint.
Holy $h-tballs! My wife headed out for the night with the two oldest girls, her sister and her two girls to visit her parents 4hrs away. She took my truck as her suv is presently out of commission with a blown wheel hub. She filled it up from a quarter tank. Last year it would have cost $115 to fill. Today......$215. No wonder I haven't been driving it but rather I've been driving the old grand am I rebuilt front to back last year. Much cheaper.
Garage door repairman is due to show up before noon.
The main torsion spring on one of my garage doors broke. I don't mess with that spring. It is a fairly simple repair for someone who knows how to do it (not me) and not terribly expensive. But it is also a dangerous job for someone who is not well versed in doing it. So the pros can do this one.
Fencing club tonight.
Nothing much planned in between, maybe clean and organize some of the garage. That needs to get done.
The main torsion spring on one of my garage doors broke. I don't mess with that spring. It is a fairly simple repair for someone who knows how to do it (not me) and not terribly expensive. But it is also a dangerous job for someone who is not well versed in doing it. So the pros can do this one.
Fencing club tonight.
Nothing much planned in between, maybe clean and organize some of the garage. That needs to get done.
In the city this morning for a chiropractor appointment. Perfect timing as we're sitting here with nearly 4ft of snow and it's raining and above freezing. What happens when it rains all night the water freezes on the snow? Black ice everywhere. I nearly slipped just getting to the vehicle this morning. When I pulled up to the chiropractor, I took 2 steps out of the vehicle and landed on my a$$. Fun times. Glare ice everywhere.
I ended up plowing twice yesterday trying to scrape down the driveway. We have roughly 400ft of driveway to keep clear from the road to the house and down to the garage. I was using ski's on the plow all winter to avoid scraping down to bare dirt when I plowed which left a nice hard packed base to drive on. The rain yesterday turned that hard packed base into 6" of sloppy slush. I took the ski's off the plow so it could dig down scraping as I plowed. So far, I spent a total of 2.5hrs yesterday scraping down from the house to the main road.
Same to you bob. enjoy the day.
Erin go Brah!
Glad I live in a country where one can be Mexican on the 5th of May and yet Irish on the 17th of March.
Advice for the day; With the cost of fuel higher than booze, for a more harmonious outcome, I suggest you drink don't drive.
or power your car with alcohol?
Don't we do that now?
I'm leaving the house soon to go pick up Dasha at Notre Dame and bring her home for the night.
Tomorrow morning we go to submit her papers to change her citizenship from Russian (where she was born) to Ukrainian (where her family actually lived).
Tomorrow morning we go to submit her papers to change her citizenship from Russian (where she was born) to Ukrainian (where her family actually lived).
Good luck with that Bob. Hope it works out in her favor.