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Vaping on the Front or back Porch
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Hope you enjoy yourself without winding up hurt.
Nothing really coming up event wise for us here. About the only "news" on my end is simple. I swapped the Gorge for the Trinity RDA having a single strand SS316L 26 awg 4 wraps around 3 mm ID, gives me μ0.30 Ω. No real surprises in vapor quality wise. Something different to use though, even if it really isn't.
Hope you enjoy yourself without winding up hurt.
What are you talking about?
Well you hurt your back then I read of you hurting your leg. I was just hoping you could go have fun without possibly winding up hurting yourself. Seems life has been finding ways to bring you hurt lately, be nice if you could enjoy some hurt free fun I'd think.
I mean everything needs balanced out a person would think.
*chuckles* That might have been what it was regarding the leg. And I hear ya, picking up old Pops ain't any hurt at all. That's something you "take inside" and keep going, even if your dad asks. "No dad, I didn't get hurt. It's fine."
Course with my dad situation, ... . Well, keeping a PG rating, I'd not respect him enough to pick him back up. He lost all respect from me. Might forgive him being human, doesn't mean I need to respect him. Two others in my life who acted as dad substitutes earned that respect. Both of them are dead though from living and working hard.
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Dad saw I was hurting and he knew right away how it happened. Still had a Great Time at the Giants Game~!
Let me put this here and it is no meant in any way as mean, spiteful, disparaging. I can say honestly that I envy you of that. I envy anyone that had/has an actual dad that was/is an actual dad. The fellows that were my substitutes, one was always away it seemed with Navy. The other fellow he had to work in the chicken "grow" houses. I could go around with him to do those every now and then, but as I got older life kind of drew us apart a bit.
Had a step dad but he was a crazy asshole. We think he was secretly homosexual. Why else would a long haul truck driver take up to an hour and half to get ready in 70's pimp style, if all he was going to see in working was men? And it was even suggested by a psychologist that he knew I'm bisexual and was so damn mean, brutal to me so as to ensure I was tough enough to face the world. I had to laugh and so hard the psychologist asked if I had cracked a rib. I told him I thought his view was messed up, I was just simply the handy dog that got beat.
Other than those, I did not have a dad but myself. Sure I had a biological dad. I was no immaculate conception. I just never had any man stand up and actually fill the boots of being my dad. Probably the closest good and decent roll models were my grandfathers and her's. And according to them I was supposed to be the head of three households. Her dad wanted me to step into his dad's spot, his dad kind of being the patriarch of their family. My Pap wanted me to help my mom, so did Papaw John. Then, there's mine and her (our) household.
I still have folks telling me. "Come be a shepherd for us, anything you need just ask." They are meaning literal shepherd too, with flocks of sheep. They want me acting as a patriarch, watching, guiding and helping their children as well as tending sheep. I'm not talking mere country bumpkin farmers either, some of these are yet still have global flocks. A family here up the road from where we lived the husband's name didn't mean a thing to me. Heard the wife's maiden name, knew the family has global flocks, runs millions, possibly billions in sheep. "Anything you need, just ask."
I know, "why don't you?" Well, because that would be a real hard swallow and owning up to a lot more responsibility than I think I'm worthy of having. No, that's not shirking work either. I'll work like a dog anywhere, doing anything, longer and more than anybody. No problems with dirty hands here, they always clean up. I just feel a bit of unease to think of being that responsible, having to manage a flock that might be split between two or three continents. The swallow would be, yes, a bit of pride but also a lot of humility and possibly presumption on my part. I do not want to "presume" to be of value to anyone like that. Asking, would do that.
Well, I ought to be off. Need to rack soon.
So what does everyone have on the schedule for the weekend? Going to my Sweeties tonight and BBQ some Sausage, made some Broccoli Rabe and fresh tomato salad from the garden. Nice fresh hot Italian loaves from my favorite market and hopefully watch a movie. Maybe the beach tomorrow so will be a full weekend.
Party hearty and stay safe my friends~!
Party hearty and stay safe my friends~!
Well, wife is grilling up a London Broil steak, some cheese sticks, and fries for tonight's supper. Tonight is Next Generation night. Given budgeting considerations we do not go out to events. We've got Hulu as a free incentive from her cell phone plan. Roku lets us use it as well as other various streaming services. If not in the mood for television, or movies we read books.
We are dull people.
We are dull people.
Not Dull in my book because nothing better than a night at home with someone you love~!
Not Dull in my book because nothing better than a night at home with someone you love~!
Agreed there.
Her grilling was on a propane grill with lava rocks. The steak got medium well done. Both of us ending up in protein comas for a bit. We had got half through an episode of Next Generation, both of us were snoring as it went to switch to the next. She cut it off. We sat there in our respective chairs lulled to sleep by protein. I managed to come topside. Not sure why exactly. Did manage to realize something looking over a few "help you write" articles. I likely do need to outline stuff prior to writing out stories. Someone made a good point as to why outlines are useful. They did so in a manner which resonated with me, and something inside clicked. It never has before no matter how outlining has been explained to me.
Good Morning Buddy~! Rainy morning here so I don't think it will be a beach day
we were in something of a drought. it has, and will be, raining a lot today. really need it.
Jeez what a freaking Monday~! Worked on the PC until lunch then after making lunch found out the clothed dryer crapped out. So had to hit the laundromat to dry the clothes I had just washed and then came home to find the warranty expired. So after looking up the diagnostic information I took off the front panel fired it up and did not see the igniter getting hot. Checked the specs and checked the resistance plus saw the proper voltage so when touching it saw some sparks. Order the igniter and now waiting for it to ship. At least I have clean clothes for the week~! Installed a pipe in the backyard for the old style clothes dryer so we can dry clothes in the mean time.
Busy morning working around the house. Got the parts for the Fridge and the Gas Dryer so installed a Dairy Compartment in it because for whatever asinine reason they do not include one and no part listed that fits. My Sweet had the same size Whirlpool so I found the parts for hers and they fit in ours. The igniter took longer to get than to diagnose and replace. Replaced the screen in the side storm door but should have done it inside with this humidity~!
Not sure if it qualifies as front or back porch - do driveways count? That's where my happy ass has been and will be spending the next few days (at least). Acquired an 01 silverado extended cab for fairly cheap but wouldn't pass inspection. Mechanic mentioned something about possible rear caliper leaking. Okie dokie. So I get the wheels off and have a peek. Holy fricken rust.
Added brake fluid to the master cylinder trying to spy the leak, no dice. Tried to crack the bleeder on one side, so rusted away that the proper size wrench wouldn't fit. Alrighty then. Ebrake is missing some parts so is non functional. Noticed the dust shield is rusted to shit. Buddy of mine across the way comes over, he goes to look. I said yea, dust shield's seen better days. He said better days, it's half gone. lmao. And naturally the dreaded hard lines are rusted despite having been replaced at least once already (evident from old ones still there).
Back when I worked in a shop I would've loved having this truck come in. In my driveway in the dirt and gravel, sans air tools - not so much. And it never fails, the more you look the more shit you find wrong. Which hurts when it's coming out of your own wallet. I'm sure a simple caliper would've nudged it through inspection but those brake lines are toast. Sooo.. parts have been ordered. It's getting new rear calipers, mounts, rotors, pads, ebrake shoes (I'll mess with the cable situation another time), new dust shields and got a nicopp hard line kit coming to replace all the hard lines. Hopefully without having to drop the fuel tank or driveshaft.
On top of it while I was lucky to find some discounts that saved me $100 on parts, I went through advance since they've got some local stores to make returning the cores easier. Bought online because naturally half the stuff I needed said wasn't available locally. Course it wasn't. But the site did say just take your cores and receipt to any brick and mortar and get the core refunded. I talk to my local CarQuest (merged with advance) and he proceeds to tell me he can't do that because I didn't purchase from him. He tried telling me if he could return cores he could just stock up at the junk yard. I tried to explain the receipt was necessary and I had one, he wasn't grasping the concept. So instead of driving just 8mi to town and make a simple core drop off, had to drive 30mi the other way to an advance location. This was after chasing down what I thought was a simple tool - an 18mm short well 6pt 1/2" drive socket I apparently lacked. I called advance, oreilly's, autozone, carquest, walmart, even called the hardware store. You'd think I was looking for a unicorn. Finally found one at a napa 4 towns away. $4, winning.
Picked up a few more things to have on hand, couple qts of brake fluid, some anti seize, slide lube, couple small tools, some brake cleaner. $110 later.. and I wonder where my vape budget goes. lmfao. I foresee gravel in my back along with heaps of coffee and plenty of vaping in my very near future. And good Lord willing, a truck that stops with minimally bloody knuckles.
Added brake fluid to the master cylinder trying to spy the leak, no dice. Tried to crack the bleeder on one side, so rusted away that the proper size wrench wouldn't fit. Alrighty then. Ebrake is missing some parts so is non functional. Noticed the dust shield is rusted to shit. Buddy of mine across the way comes over, he goes to look. I said yea, dust shield's seen better days. He said better days, it's half gone. lmao. And naturally the dreaded hard lines are rusted despite having been replaced at least once already (evident from old ones still there).
Back when I worked in a shop I would've loved having this truck come in. In my driveway in the dirt and gravel, sans air tools - not so much. And it never fails, the more you look the more shit you find wrong. Which hurts when it's coming out of your own wallet. I'm sure a simple caliper would've nudged it through inspection but those brake lines are toast. Sooo.. parts have been ordered. It's getting new rear calipers, mounts, rotors, pads, ebrake shoes (I'll mess with the cable situation another time), new dust shields and got a nicopp hard line kit coming to replace all the hard lines. Hopefully without having to drop the fuel tank or driveshaft.
On top of it while I was lucky to find some discounts that saved me $100 on parts, I went through advance since they've got some local stores to make returning the cores easier. Bought online because naturally half the stuff I needed said wasn't available locally. Course it wasn't. But the site did say just take your cores and receipt to any brick and mortar and get the core refunded. I talk to my local CarQuest (merged with advance) and he proceeds to tell me he can't do that because I didn't purchase from him. He tried telling me if he could return cores he could just stock up at the junk yard. I tried to explain the receipt was necessary and I had one, he wasn't grasping the concept. So instead of driving just 8mi to town and make a simple core drop off, had to drive 30mi the other way to an advance location. This was after chasing down what I thought was a simple tool - an 18mm short well 6pt 1/2" drive socket I apparently lacked. I called advance, oreilly's, autozone, carquest, walmart, even called the hardware store. You'd think I was looking for a unicorn. Finally found one at a napa 4 towns away. $4, winning.
Picked up a few more things to have on hand, couple qts of brake fluid, some anti seize, slide lube, couple small tools, some brake cleaner. $110 later.. and I wonder where my vape budget goes. lmfao. I foresee gravel in my back along with heaps of coffee and plenty of vaping in my very near future. And good Lord willing, a truck that stops with minimally bloody knuckles.
As long as you are vaping~! LOL
Last Sunday my ABS/Brake light came on again and knowing it was NOT the ground under the air box I took a shot removing the control box on the pump and splitting it open. Did not see any visual problems with the soldier joints on the relay or the power connections but hit them with the No Voltage Soldiering Iron anyway. Problem solved and saved $800-$1,000 on the part~! Yeah Baby~! No Codes in ABS for a week so should be good to go.
Hey Steve - what flavor (or did you have one?) did you pair with that red? That sounds like it could potentially be a good idea.
Really depends on my mood at the time but mostly Tobacco Flavors for me. Although a nice Fruit flavor also goes well. Right now I am drinking coffee with a DIY Fruit Blast I made recently.
Yeah, I was thinking a tobacco based liquid would be nice. I hear Black Note makes incredibly good tobacco juice. I'm going with a caramel butterscotch with my coffee at the moment. Delicious. For the fruits in summer, I like a nice chilled white, a chard or Riesling maybe.
That's my wife. She's French and only drinks red. I live in Paris but am back stateside caretaking my mother. Just to let you know, we were thinking it should be a good year for French wines. I've already allotted the money to invest in several cases with a variety of grapes. It was a hot and dry summer. Hopefully not too hot, though. Gonna sock 'em away in the "cave" and forget about 'em for about a decade.
Yum! (And not a bad investment monetarily eventually/possibly).This is my most frequent choices. I like them because they are like the wine my Grandfather used to make when I was young.
The 'take me back' wines. Yeah, they can be as stimulating as scents. Comfort-wine.
Do they tend to the sweet side?Haha - Now I'm starting to miss being back in France. My wife is in Montpellier chillin' and grillin' on the beach.
Where are you located now in the US? Maybe I can point you to a beach~! I know you can find the wine~!
I'm in north Georgia, but I only like the beach at night. Or starting around sundown. However, never have seen those wines in my life. I wonder if they're regionally distributed? I was just thinking about her cooking on open flames on the beach of south France. I came back for a while to do some care-taking of my elderly mom (sorry if I mentioned that earlier in this thread; I may have) and will be here for a while. She'll probably come over to stay here if it's necessary to stay longer than six months...so maybe I can get that wine for that occasion. I do know I'm thirsty now but I'll have to get a tobacco flavored liquid if I'm gonna have a glass or two. I hear Black Note makes some really nice tobacco flavors. I'm learning. Most of the liquids I've vaped were European and I never saw it there, so I'm curious about it. Can you recommend it or another tobacco flavor label?