buckeyefarmer
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Saw the gator video on fox news. cool.
Good morning!!!!
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Eric Salop
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She is well and truly syndicated here too !
Typical headlines go :-
Twelve-foot long alligator wandered into strip mall
and
Woman wrestles giant 12-foot alligator in car park
I didn't see anything on the BBC, but maybe they had already used up their quota of America related stories - amongst which the only "good news" story I caught was "Recipe tweak could beat US haggis ban", so I think they missed her - unless the tweak to the ingredients included alligator.
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Even if that gator wrestling job doesn't pan out, Don, your niece will be more than prepared for those midnight shopping sprees come this holiday season! :laughing:
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300UGUY
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There's a ban on haggis? I just thought that no one wanted to eat it?
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There's a ban on haggis? I just thought that no one wanted to eat it?
sseelhoff
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Haggis is the victim of both sides of the economic equation. Supply and demand.
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48.7F @ 21:00 ... and another day in Paradise is almost in the books ...
Since it was relatively nice out today, I decided I'd tackle getting the gutters on the house cleaned out. I can reach about 2/3rds to 3/4 of the one on the backside with a step ladder on the deck, the remainder requires the 27' extension ladder. Got the nasty stuff all cleaned out of that easy-to-reach section ... and then started blowing out the granules from the shingles with a 3' long blowgun and the little Craftsman compressor. Decided to switch over to the 5hp Coleman in the garage for more air flow.
Put the cats away in a bedroom and routed the air hose from deck thru the dining room and kitchen out into the garage and fired up the compressor. Got almost 3/4 of the easy-to-reach section blown out ... and then wandered out into the garage for some reason or another. The compressor is sittin' there hummin' ... but not spinnin' ...
Shut it off and pulled the guard over the pulleys and belt to check and see if it was seized. It wasn't ...
So I turned it on and tried to give it an "assist" with my hand ... still nada ...
So the next step is to loosen up the bolts and pull the belt and check it that way, with no load. Do so and it spins right up and takes off ...
It's the original (30 year-old ?) MagnaTek motor and it's capacitor start/capacitor run ... the thing looks essentially brand-new.
Bad capacitor mebbe ?
So I admitted temporary defeat on the gutters and decided to see if I could get the masonry crown around the chimneys sealed up until I can replace it next summer. Go down to the basement grab the caulking gun and a couple of tubes of GE Silicone II, head back upstairs, up the ladder and onto the roof. Start squeezing out silicone into the cracks but I ain't liking the look of it ... real grainy. Check the "Use by" date ... 2008 ...
Another stopped project ...
So I figure what the heck, at least I can sweep the shared chimney for the woodburner and gas water heater, and get that ready to go ... you know: just in case. So I have The Woman go down into the basement for the brush and the fiberglass rods ... she comes back in a couple of minutes and says she can't find them. So back down the ladder I go, thru the house and down into the basement ... they weren't where I told her they would be ... had already pulled them out and set them just inside the family room door in anticipation of this job.
Head back up onto the roof with tools and commence to sweepin' the chimney ... get down about 4' and it becomes almost impossible to push the brush down any further. Grab the flashlight and have a look ... deposits on each wall of the chimney liner are about 1" to 2" thick. So basically I had to use the rod only to knock off enough creosote to get the brush down there. Ran either 20' or 24' of rod down, knocking off the deposits but I still hadn't hit bottom. Ended up only getting down about 12' with the brush so far ... the sun was getting low at that point and my arms were getting tired so I decided to call it a day on that project. Will have to get back to it on the next dry day.
Came inside and headed down to the basement, opened up the clean out and the creosote was piled up above the level of the clean out door (18") ... filled a 12 x 18 x 24 wastebasket full of the stuff. Got about 1/2 of it burnt in the WBF so far.
About that time The Woman announces that the washer is broke ... naturally with a load of clothes in it. The safety switch in the lid that prevents it from agitating with the lid open has a been a little flakey for some time ... you couldn't just close it and have it work, you had to drop from an inch or so. Of course there doesn't appear to be any real easy way to get to that switch ... Lord only knows what all will have to be taken off/apart to get to it.
So I tells The Woman that she can use the washer in the basement I normally use for dirty rags.
"But it leaks ..."
Yeah, I know .... but it's minimal and it's on concrete so it ain't gonna hurt anything ... runs right into the floor drain. You just need to clean it out a little ... nothing that some Dawn won't handle.
"It's YOUR mess ... YOU clean it out ..."
"... Schnickelfritz ..." (under my breath of course)
One run with hot water, some Dawn Platinum, and Iron Out ... and a little work with a Scothbrite pad ... and it's ready to go.
She did manage to get the refrig and the flower beds at the front entryway cleaned out today, so she gets a gold star and a cookie.
I went over the aquarium stand with a rag and some mineral spirits to smooth out the globs of half dry stain that had puddled while I was waiting for the washer to finish. Today's score:
Projects attempted: 5 (gutters, chimney crown, chimney sweeping, aquarium stand finishing, clean out of washer)
Projects I got completely stopped on: 2 (gutters, chimney crown)
Projects I made progress on: 3 (chimney sweeping, aquarium stand finishing, clean out of washer)
Projects completed: 0
New items that need fixed/repaired: 2 (compressor, washer machine)
Projects on which no work was done: A number too vast to mention ... :laughing:
Since it was relatively nice out today, I decided I'd tackle getting the gutters on the house cleaned out. I can reach about 2/3rds to 3/4 of the one on the backside with a step ladder on the deck, the remainder requires the 27' extension ladder. Got the nasty stuff all cleaned out of that easy-to-reach section ... and then started blowing out the granules from the shingles with a 3' long blowgun and the little Craftsman compressor. Decided to switch over to the 5hp Coleman in the garage for more air flow.
Put the cats away in a bedroom and routed the air hose from deck thru the dining room and kitchen out into the garage and fired up the compressor. Got almost 3/4 of the easy-to-reach section blown out ... and then wandered out into the garage for some reason or another. The compressor is sittin' there hummin' ... but not spinnin' ...
Shut it off and pulled the guard over the pulleys and belt to check and see if it was seized. It wasn't ...
So I turned it on and tried to give it an "assist" with my hand ... still nada ...
So the next step is to loosen up the bolts and pull the belt and check it that way, with no load. Do so and it spins right up and takes off ...
It's the original (30 year-old ?) MagnaTek motor and it's capacitor start/capacitor run ... the thing looks essentially brand-new.
Bad capacitor mebbe ?
So I admitted temporary defeat on the gutters and decided to see if I could get the masonry crown around the chimneys sealed up until I can replace it next summer. Go down to the basement grab the caulking gun and a couple of tubes of GE Silicone II, head back upstairs, up the ladder and onto the roof. Start squeezing out silicone into the cracks but I ain't liking the look of it ... real grainy. Check the "Use by" date ... 2008 ...
Another stopped project ...
So I figure what the heck, at least I can sweep the shared chimney for the woodburner and gas water heater, and get that ready to go ... you know: just in case. So I have The Woman go down into the basement for the brush and the fiberglass rods ... she comes back in a couple of minutes and says she can't find them. So back down the ladder I go, thru the house and down into the basement ... they weren't where I told her they would be ... had already pulled them out and set them just inside the family room door in anticipation of this job.
Head back up onto the roof with tools and commence to sweepin' the chimney ... get down about 4' and it becomes almost impossible to push the brush down any further. Grab the flashlight and have a look ... deposits on each wall of the chimney liner are about 1" to 2" thick. So basically I had to use the rod only to knock off enough creosote to get the brush down there. Ran either 20' or 24' of rod down, knocking off the deposits but I still hadn't hit bottom. Ended up only getting down about 12' with the brush so far ... the sun was getting low at that point and my arms were getting tired so I decided to call it a day on that project. Will have to get back to it on the next dry day.
Came inside and headed down to the basement, opened up the clean out and the creosote was piled up above the level of the clean out door (18") ... filled a 12 x 18 x 24 wastebasket full of the stuff. Got about 1/2 of it burnt in the WBF so far.
About that time The Woman announces that the washer is broke ... naturally with a load of clothes in it. The safety switch in the lid that prevents it from agitating with the lid open has a been a little flakey for some time ... you couldn't just close it and have it work, you had to drop from an inch or so. Of course there doesn't appear to be any real easy way to get to that switch ... Lord only knows what all will have to be taken off/apart to get to it.
So I tells The Woman that she can use the washer in the basement I normally use for dirty rags.
"But it leaks ..."
Yeah, I know .... but it's minimal and it's on concrete so it ain't gonna hurt anything ... runs right into the floor drain. You just need to clean it out a little ... nothing that some Dawn won't handle.
"It's YOUR mess ... YOU clean it out ..."
"... Schnickelfritz ..." (under my breath of course)
One run with hot water, some Dawn Platinum, and Iron Out ... and a little work with a Scothbrite pad ... and it's ready to go.
She did manage to get the refrig and the flower beds at the front entryway cleaned out today, so she gets a gold star and a cookie.
I went over the aquarium stand with a rag and some mineral spirits to smooth out the globs of half dry stain that had puddled while I was waiting for the washer to finish. Today's score:
Projects attempted: 5 (gutters, chimney crown, chimney sweeping, aquarium stand finishing, clean out of washer)
Projects I got completely stopped on: 2 (gutters, chimney crown)
Projects I made progress on: 3 (chimney sweeping, aquarium stand finishing, clean out of washer)
Projects completed: 0
New items that need fixed/repaired: 2 (compressor, washer machine)
Projects on which no work was done: A number too vast to mention ... :laughing:
txdon
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Rswyan - at least you made progress on 3. Before I could start the repair the Farmall the weed eater quite running and so did the golf cart. I fixed the weed eater and start on the golf cart tomorrow - the farmall just gets pushed back more and more. . .
Eric haggis sounds pretty disgusting - heart, liver, lung, served in a stomach, ugg.
Christy sent me an update on the release of the gator today.
800-pound alligator found in parking lot taken to farm | Latest News - Home
Eric haggis sounds pretty disgusting - heart, liver, lung, served in a stomach, ugg.
Christy sent me an update on the release of the gator today.
800-pound alligator found in parking lot taken to farm | Latest News - Home
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300UGUY
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RS, that would be a good day for me lately. I was putting the chimney together, took a section out of it's box, to find that the end of it was mangled, so I had to go back down the ladder, close up the house and barn, drive 10 miles to Lowes, swap it out, get back and get the roof closed back up before it got dark, and before the wife got home. I just barely made it. Now I looked at it, I left off the insulation shield, so I gotta go back up, take it apart, put the shield in, put it back together, and not injure myself in the process... Basically a whole day shot. Today I had a leaky tire - only bought the tires 3 months ago, back to Belle Tire, wait 2 hours, then back home. Btw, another 10 mile one way trip. The good thing today, the tire store is right next to the new Harbor Freight store here. I didn't buy much, but it beat watching Judge Judy in the waiting room at the tire store. The tire thing was after running errands for my wife, getting her lunch, checking on the her shop. Btw, still no renter, so I will drop the price, I guess.
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Well the AT&T store visit proven unfruitful 
we provide my MIL with an iPhone by passing one of ours on to her when we upgrade. Her number is on our account. And almost every time the procedure changes and is a PITA. So this time I called CS first to ask. They verified not a problem, just take the newer iPhone 6 into the store, get new sim with her number but not activated, then it can be activated via a phone call once she gets the phone. My wife will be taking the newer phone to her and retrieving her iPhone 5c which I'll pass on to my step daughter. Tech couldn't do it, says they have to have both phones because different sims. Yea, different sims, but I don't believe that is correct answer. Should be able to program new sim but not activate, then activate the new and deactivate the old. When I mentioned that I could by a new phone online using my number and activation didn't take place until I configured the new device his reasoning was the factory had different capability. So I guess we will see what happens.
David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet
we provide my MIL with an iPhone by passing one of ours on to her when we upgrade. Her number is on our account. And almost every time the procedure changes and is a PITA. So this time I called CS first to ask. They verified not a problem, just take the newer iPhone 6 into the store, get new sim with her number but not activated, then it can be activated via a phone call once she gets the phone. My wife will be taking the newer phone to her and retrieving her iPhone 5c which I'll pass on to my step daughter. Tech couldn't do it, says they have to have both phones because different sims. Yea, different sims, but I don't believe that is correct answer. Should be able to program new sim but not activate, then activate the new and deactivate the old. When I mentioned that I could by a new phone online using my number and activation didn't take place until I configured the new device his reasoning was the factory had different capability. So I guess we will see what happens.David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet
