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What are you doing today, II

We spent the weekend at Hippie Ridge. What a mess from the recent storms.
I am making the final connections to the 240amp power on the pole with the utility shed. 120 feet of cable in 2 1/2" conduit pipe buried 6 inches down in what will be a gravel driveway

I install a Square "D" panel at 200 amp for the house to be built and the three RV's parked in the compound. I still have to wire for the RV outlets. The guest house "barn" and Conex boxes will get sub panels of 60 and 30 amp service. But that is next year's work.
Thanksgiving holiday, I will be wiring circuits and boxes for the RV's currently on very long extension cords.

Not good.

My '95 Dodge one-ton threw a shoe this weekend. Hydraulic clutch actuator failed. We drove home without a clutch so basically; I had to shift synchronizing gear changes. Same as double clutching but much trickier. First gear was impossible when stopped with a running engine. So, I shut it down, crammed into first and I hit the starter. Off we went every time. Then just up shift, or down, spinning the engine to match. 250 miles and we got home.

It reminded me of grandpa's old REO on the farm. We used it to pull the hay rack and the morning feed wagon.

Tuesday, over to the shop.



Tuesday, I have to go back to the packaging business again. An old customer wants to retry running a promotion only my former company has the proprietary tooling to do. Very good margins.

We shall see.
 
I'm in so much pain right now! But it was a good day.

Coached Purdue Fencing yesterday, left campus at midnight. Arrived home 90 minutes later. Slept in late today. This afternoon I was at Melen's condo in Chicago finishing up the baseboards and quarter round on the window seat that I built for her. Then off to University of Illinois/Chicago (UIC) as a special guest coach for their team. Two hours of very active coaching and not only did I lose my voice, but every muscle in my body is hurting.

UIC has no coach, but I know the president of their club and the team is building. So I came in as a guest coach and it was really a good experience. Kids were incredible, very appreciative of my assistance, very much interested in learning. Conditions at UIC for fencing are pretty rough, rooms are too small, too crowded, but the kids have spirit and desire. Good experience. But traffic and parking are a total pain in the arse. They want me back, but if I go it will not be on a regular basis.

Double bourbon poured, half of it has been downed, pain continues. I might need 2 doubles?
 
FrancSevin said:
We spent the weekend at Hippie Ridge. What a mess from the recent storms.
I am making the final connections to the 240amp power on the pole with the utility shed. 120 feet of cable in 2 1/2" conduit pipe buried 6 inches down in what will be a gravel driveway

I install a Square "D" panel at 200 amp for the house to be built and the three RV's parked in the compound. I still have to wire for the RV outlets. The guest house "barn" and Conex boxes will get sub panels of 60 and 30 amp service. But that is next year's work.
Thanksgiving holiday, I will be wiring circuits and boxes for the RV's currently on very long extension cords.

Not good.

My '95 Dodge one-ton threw a shoe this weekend. Hydraulic clutch actuator failed. We drove home without a clutch so basically; I had to shift synchronizing gear changes. Same as double clutching but much trickier. First gear was impossible when stopped with a running engine. So, I shut it down, crammed into first and I hit the starter. Off we went every time. Then just up shift, or down, spinning the engine to match. 250 miles and we got home.

It reminded me of grandpa's old REO on the farm. We used it to pull the hay rack and the morning feed wagon.

Tuesday, over to the shop.



Tuesday, I have to go back to the packaging business again. An old customer wants to retry running a promotion only my former company has the proprietary tooling to do. Very good margins.

We shall see.
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Been there, with brakes too.
 
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Finally finished a packaging quotation for our neck-hanger sampling program. As I have been away from the industry, most of my supplier contacts were difficult to get component pricing and service. From my old company office, I could have done it in a day or two. This time ,,,; two weeks.

Prices from 2018 were irrelevant as everything costs much more. Overall, repeating exactly, the project we did in 2018, priced out at 150% over original.
 
Pretty good reflexes for 64 years of age. . . also, this is why I need pain meds :yum:

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FrancSevin said:
Finally finished a packaging quotation for our neck-hanger sampling program. As I have been away from the industry, most of my supplier contacts were difficult to get component pricing and service. From my old company office, I could have done it in a day or two. This time ,,,; two weeks.

Prices from 2018 were irrelevant as everything costs much more. Overall, repeating exactly, the project we did in 2018, priced out at 150% over original.
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but Joe and his cronies say inflation is around 3% I say 30%
 
Coached at the Purdue Open today.

Approximately 150 contestants over 6 individual events. We had MIXED and WOMEN'S events.

Good day.
 
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One of our very young city police officers took his own life over the weekend.
I did not know him well, but certainly knew of him.
It's turned the city of Napoleon upside down.
A bit ago, he was escorted to the funeral home.
I'm questioning why he would do this, but it doesn't matter now.
You're in Heaven now Tyler.
Thank you for your service to our community.
😪💔
www.13abc.com

Napoleon police officer dies by suicide while on duty

The officer was found dead around 6:30 p.m. while he was on patrol.
www.13abc.com www.13abc.com
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Head cold still kinda lingering but I drug my butt down to the garage to change the rear brake rotors. 3rd set since 2018. I don't bother spending big $ for higher quality pads and rotors anymore as they don't last. The expensive ones rust just as fast with the salt they use. I also sprayed a layer of undercoating on the truck frame to protect it from salt as well. This afternoon I changed the temperature sensor on the hot tub. Not difficult at all. Scouts tonight. We're doing leather work.
 
Butchered a deer. Started at 10:30 this morning with it hanging in the garage. Took me an hour thirty to butcher the meat off the bone. 20lbs All vacuum sealed not including 10lbs of ground venison I made with all the scraps. Ran it through the grinder twice. Then measured 2lb pkgs. All done by 4pm even with a trip to the city in there to pick up my daughter.
 
I worked at camp yesterday finishing off screwing the drywall in our bed room. i got a new CPAP in the mail yesterday (my old one was dying) set it up didn't get a good night sleep between the pain and CPAP got up late as i was getting a shower the propane guy called to deliver to camp I scrambled to get breakfast ingredient's and lunch stuff ready headed up to camp. Made breakfast puttered around putting some small dry wall pieces up that I didn't need help for. Propane got delivered worked on installing new propane heater in the bedroom has a clearance issue had to move 2 bureaus. Searched on how to do clinical set up on CPAP fixed that we will see tomorrow morning. headed back up to finish off the heater and work on studding out another wall.
 
I spent four hours today, mowing the leaves on my lawn into mulch.
It normally takes me only 30 minutes to mow my lawn.
At most one or two bags but today; seventeen.
I used them to mulch my many flower beds.
It seems I planted far too many trees.
 
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