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Well, it's been one helluva exciting morning doing bills and finance crap. One of my least favorite chores. Don't ya just love watching your money fly away out the window!
Wife's down the street cleaning house for our elderly neighbor lady that's partially disabled. Then the two of them are making their monthly pilgrimage to the nail salon to get a good buzz on inhaling all the toxic fumes. Going at 5:00pm this evening to pick up a really nice looking table and chair set for her to refinish. She is not all that fond of doing table and chair sets, especially if the chairs have many intricate spindles, but they sell better than anything else. I'm hypothizing because folks need something to sit at to eat and work.
Weather is very iffy again for any car events Saturday and Sunday. I was hoping to go to the Burger King cruise-in on Saturday evening, and a judged show at a Knights of Columbus about 20-miles away on Sunday. Right now the weatherman's showing a 50% chance of rain both days. The forecast changed at the last second last weekend, I'm hoping it'll do the same again.
Regarding deep-fried foods, growing up and location thing. In the great white North, it's an odd phenomena. I grew up with fish boils - tons of potatoes, onions and Great Lake fish thrown into a VERY large deep kettle outdoors. Although, they know how to deep fry every vegetable known to mankind including cheese curds.
BOOO... train wreck seems to have had a crane come in and pick up the cars to be placed back on track (comments removed by admins). I was enjoying it.
I find that guys that fish a lot are definitely the ones that know how to cook, and typically have the best batter recipes. My uncle lives within eyesight of Lake Huron, and he used to fish A LOT when I was young. Summer visits always included a big fish fry, with perch, walleye, pickerel, and some others. Due to the rocky bottom he liked to fish at, he had a nail & rubber band setup instead of sinkers, so that any snag on the bottom could be yanked out without losing your rig. The rubber band would simply snap, and you wouldn't lose your hook and/or fish.
I find that guys that fish a lot are definitely the ones that know how to cook, and typically have the best batter recipes. My uncle lives within eyesight of Lake Huron, and he used to fish A LOT when I was young. Summer visits always included a big fish fry, with perch, walleye, pickerel, and some others. Due to the rocky bottom he liked to fish at, he had a nail & rubber band setup instead of sinkers, so that any snag on the bottom could be yanked out without losing your rig. The rubber band would simply snap, and you wouldn't lose your hook and/or fish.
Jeff - My love of fishing came from my Dad, and I started young. We lived on a small spring fed lake, that also had a channel that connected to the Battle Creek river. I could literally go out my back door and fish to my heart's content. The lake contained several varieties from the Sunfish family (Red ears, Pumpkin seed, Blue gill), Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, and the dreaded swallower of hooks, the nasty Bullhead Catfish. Kind of odd, but we never had any Walleye or Smallmouth Bass. If you would like to see the lake I grew up on you can Google Map with the satellite imagery, 289 Pennbrook Trail, Battle Creek, MI, 49017. My sister is still living in the family home, so when I'm up there in the Spring - Fall I always take a rod and a tackle box. Fishing is always good as it doesn't get any fishing pressure.
Summer 1983 I worked for the USFWS @ the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (Jamestown, NC). I performed waterfowl counts throughout Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, South Dakota & Minnesota - the purpose is to establish the daily number (count) of each species hunters are allowed to take in the Mississippi Flyway for the upcoming winter (hunting season). Towards the end of the summer I finished an eight week research project of Mud Lake, Minnesota (Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge - population zero). Low altitude IR photography was already performed of the entire area - my job was to type map the vegetation (from the IR photography) employing 3-D stereo imagery. Mud Lake was 3'-4' of deep mud - completely filled w/ Asian (Common) Carp (Cyprinus carpio). Completely filled. Walking through in waders the 2'-3' Carp would slam against my legs w/ every single step I took. The Bureau of Reclamation was recapturing the native flora & fauna which was lost to poor agricultural farming practices - filling in the entire lake w/ mud. I worked w/ Hal Kantrud (PhD., Canada) & Lew Cowardin (PhD., U.S.A). Hal wanted to get a sense of what the original topography was like during the very early years - pre-1930s.
One Saturday morning we set out for a very, very local cafe to meet a 90 year old gentleman for breakfast/coffee. He told us stories of how the Hollywood actors would come out to numerous wetland lakes to hunt - telling us how in the very early morning just after the sun came up you could see blue gun powder smoke just above the water (wetlands) as they were hunting. This gentlemen was an avid hunter and escorted Cary Grant, Jimmie Stewart, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, etc. on hunting fores into the wetlands.
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We then asked him about fishing in the wetlands.
"We'd fish mostly the big Pike - Northern Muskellunge (Esox masquinongy). We'd keep the bigger ones which were ~50lbs - 60lbs." Muskie are veracious crepuscular feeders. The Muskie await (silent) about 15' - 20' feet under water on the bottom facing the shoreline. The old man told us they'd use mice for bait w/ no sinkers. They'd tie the mouse to the hook and place a rubber band around the mouse's feet. They'd sit in a boat outside the range of the Muskie (behind the Muskie, towards the middle of the lake, so as not to disturb the Muskie). They'd toss their line over where they expected the Muskie to be and land the mouse about 2' - 3' from the shoreline. As soon as the mouse bait would hit the water, the rubber band flew off, the mouse sank to the bottom (~3' of water) and the mouse would scurry towards the shoreline creating a small visible dirt trail and the Muskie would pound on the mice. We asked him how he new this trick. He learned it from his grandpa and father. The deal is this....mice will crawl about on the lower limbs of tree branches and often fall into the water. They (his grandpa, father) would see this behavior and they would mimic the behavior with mice as bait.
One other small piece I wasn't going to mention, because it's sad, but it'll put things into perspective for y'all regarding those early days/years (late 1800s/early 1900s). Most of this old man's family members all died of "the fever" (Typhoid). Had to have been truly rough.
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Norm - Very cool story about the technique they used to catch Muskie! I was watching a fishing show once, can't remember which one, that estimated 1 Muskie was caught for every 1000-hours guys fished for them. I never caught one in all the hours I fished in Michigan, even though alot of those hours were on lakes where there is a fair population of Muskie.
I learned something new about fishing for Walleye in Missouri rivers. At one time, the Missouri record for Walleye came out of the short stretch of the Current River between out cabin and the Arkansas line, only about 4-miles by river. I quickly found out the best time to river fish for Walleye in Missouri was in January and February, the colder the better. As the rivers continue to cool in these months, the Walleye concentrate in the deepest pools on the outside bends of the river. A day before we were going to fish, we would seine creek chubbs out of local feeder creeks. When we would go to fish, we would securely anchor (multiple heavy duty anchors) sideways in the river upstream from the hole. Then we would rig our lines with a fairly big open eyelet pear sinker where the line would flow freely through the sinker, and then live bait the hooks with the chubb through the back, being careful not to damage the chubb's spine. We would cast the chubb just on the edge of where we knew the drop-off to the hole started, and then give him free line to swim around. Those lunker Walleye would come up out of the hole to get easy pickens. You could always tell when a Walleye was coming because that chubb would send the tip of your rod into a twitching frenzy. It is not unusual for guys to catch 15 to 18 pounders out of that stretch of river every winter. We never caught any that big, but caught several 8 to 12 pounders, much larger than I ever caught in Michigan. Gotta really love to fish in those conditions though, freezing your **** off!
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Chris - Your cabin must have been a stone's throw from a friend I worked w/ @ NPS, Buffalo National River, AR - Mike Monda. He was raised near the Current, his family is located in areas between Poplar Bluff, Rolla, Macon & Waynesville. Mike worked for Missouri Fish & Game, then became a NPS Park Ranger, and later (until he retired) worked for Corps of Engineers.
I hired one intern each of three summers while working on my NPS grant along the Buffalo National River (BNR). Summer of 1982 we're collecting invertebrate samples about mid-river where a large stream enters the BNR. We're in the middle of the boondocks - no vehicle access - all the equipment is shuttled in via canoes. This summer Beth was working for me. Middle of the afternoon we're sampling then BABOOM!!! She **** here britches - I said to her - wait for it. Several hundred fish belly up come floating down that large stream from the 1/4 stick of TNT the local boys use for fishing. Ah yeah, the good old days.
Chris - Your cabin must have been a stone's throw from a friend I worked w/ @ NPS, Buffalo National River, AR - Mike Monda. He was raised near the Current, his family is located in areas between Poplar Bluff, Rolla, Macon & Waynesville. Mike worked for Missouri Fish & Game, then became a NPS Park Ranger, and later (until he retired) worked for Corps of Engineers.
Norm - My Ex has the cabin now, but I'm glad my girls get alot of use out of it. The cabin is 2-miles south by river from the bridge in Doniphan. Who knows, I may have passed your buddy a time or two on the river.
Looking good for my relatives with the Covid, and even Ruby with her circulation problems is going to make it. The majority of the family (especially the great grandkids) are recovering quickly) , youth has its advantages, the Old Man is doing pretty good despite his age, but his care taker just came down with the Covid, and she hasn't been vaccinated even once, go figure.
Ruby is some better but not near good enough to come home (my home) She is razing hell and making a fuss with everyone. She is in a long term rehab health center, being's I'm the designated care taker she thinks I should load her up and bring her home even though she can't walk or get off the pot without help, I didn't put in for that job from the beginning.
All this will go away one way or another with some time and good drugs, not as bad as it reads, but it is sucking up my time and I keep looking at my hour glass to see if the bottom level is near the top! Sure would like to go on a road trip... Tedd
Tried getting some pics of the full moon. I think I need Kenneth's telescope set up. Not enough clarity. Trees were about 1/2 mile away. I may need Kenneth's set up, telescope mount with tracking. 600mm w/manual focus. https://photos.app.goo.gl/NGqN6fCegJvnHxEq8
Well crap, only one pic showed up.
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I got up at 215 and thought, I must be crazy. When we got to work the lead said we were working tomorrow. I really don't want to but it's hard to turn down double time. I'll see how things go.
Tedd glad everyone is on the mend. Come to Georgia, that would be a good road trip.
Yikes it's taken me an hour to get this far. Things started up pretty quick this morning. Hope everyone has a good weekend.
Tedd - How about a train trip instead - something similar to the Napa Valley Wine Train. Let someone else take care of you for several days and enjoy some free time.
Rain has been on, off, on, off all day w/ constant light mist dampening any enthusiasm for working outdoors. Back yard is developing a nice lake.
Club Championship next weekend contested over two days (x2 18 hole rounds match play). I have no chance in hell of coming near a win, remarkable if I could get in the top 10, but it's a fund event none-the-less.
Norm - Well, you are getting a lake aren't you, hope it let's up soon.
Jim - Nice looking meal, much healthier than the crap I usually eat!
Spent all morning helping my youngest daughter and her husband move more big crap from their old place. They are supposed to close on it at the end of this month. They've got a bunch of old useless crap there that they really don't need to move and clutter up their new place with. I believe I've talked her into getting a dumpster and just pitching the majority of junk.
Going to try and go to the BK cruise in this evening if the forecast holds. There's rain coming, but it's not supposed to get here until around 8pm, at least that's what I'm seeing right now. Hope everyone is having a great day, I'll check in later.
Rained some today, made it humid. I made a concession with a box fan in the garage.
The fel pro cork gaskets on the valve covers for the Chevy with Indian Head gasket compound set up for a few days this week and went on today. Wiggled the left one past all the stuff and got it down with a little fussing. I started all bolts, then went to contact all bolts, and now am at minor torque. I will look up and see what that engine wants in torque for those covers.
Retightened the wiring bracket, then the coil bracket, then put the coil back in and connected all terminals. I recently bought a thread chaser kit so I cleaned up the thermostat housing holes and one head hole for an alternator bracket. Used more Indian Head and another fel pro gasket on the thermostat housing and new bolts and a new stant 180 degree superstat thermostat. Torqued that down. Move my heater hose nipple from old water pump to new, it's much heavier duty than new ones. Put yet more Indian Head on the pump, and the gaskets, then the backside of the gaskets and the block, then mounted the water pump and torqued. Hopefully I am done with Indian Head this time around. Also replaced quadrajet fuel filter and housing seal, installed, then installed inline tube fuel line to crab from pump. It fits 99% accurately.
Tedd - How about a train trip instead - something similar to the Napa Valley Wine Train. Let someone else take care of you for several days and enjoy some free time.
I like train trips, I've done the Napa valley wine train, good time, great scenery, good meal. Then there was the Sacramento to Reno snow train, great fun till we got snow blocked in for 13 hours, and they closed the bar. Nobody runs out of ALL the alcohol in a train, do they?
The Mc Cloud night train was not a fun ride unless you like to see only 10 feet on either side of your seat, mostly brush and not very pretty brush at that. Did the Skunk Train a while back (probably 10 years ago) and it was a gas or rather diesel train trip The steam train doesn't run anymore but, it would be well worth the price if it did. Trains are fun besides you get to see what everybody hides in their back lots, The tracks are always at the back of the lot good classic car stuff can be found, write down GPS info, so you can go back and check it out when you have a truck to haul the hidden treasures away. Train stuff is more fun with a girlfriend/ wife, but if you are out going you often can tag along with some ones else group, besides you are pretty much jammed all together anyway, that is the nature of a train anyway....Tedd Something to think about.
Went to the BK cruise from about 3:30 to 7:00pm. Got rained on multiple times, mainly just sprinkles, but the very last batch got the car soaked and roads wet. Created much more drying and cleaning before I put the car away. Still don't have the cover on it because I want it to dry out completely before covering it up. Still had a nice time speaking with other owners and spectators while having a few barley pops! Pretty sure the car show tomorrow is going to be a washout.
John - Nice work on the engine. I completely forgot about Indian Head gasket sealer when I replaced the gaskets on my valve covers several years ago as I used the FelPro cork gaskets, also. Yours is the first post I've seen of anyone using Indian Head. I used RTV and I have no leaks, but had I remembered about Indian Head it would have been my first choice. Nice job on the sequence of applying the gasket, contact of the bolts, minor torque then final torque - that's the way to do it. Is your AC R-12 or converted to R-134a?
Tedd - I enjoy train trips, as well. I haven't done any of the trips you've been on. You're right about being stuck on one, though. I was leaving Edmonton, Canada (1981) outbound for Jasper, Canada when they Canada R.R. went on strike. Had a three hour wait before they could bring in replacement locomotives from another depot in Canada. The wine was flowing that day.
Chris - Are you going to make the car show, today?
Chris - Are you going to make the car show, today?
Mike - A very somber day, indeed...
Norm - Definitely no car show today, it was already pouring when I got up at 0630, and is supposed to continue until at least mid-afternoon. This particular show does have a scheduled rain date, but I believe that date conflicts with another show I want to go to.
I was on vacation for 12-days and tent camping NE of Crestted Butte, CO on 9/11 blackpowder rifle hunting for Elk. The area we were camping in was so remote and rugged, we could not get cell phone or radio signals. We drove out far enough to get a cell signal every 3rd day just to check in with our families. Just in case, I had left the exact coordinates of where we would be camped and the contact info for the nearest Colorado DNR office with my now ex-wife. The same day as the attack, my work supervisor contacted my wife because he couldn't get ahold of me, and let her know that I needed to return to work immediately. Two CO DNR Officers found our camp that evening just as it was getting dark and let us know what had happened, we had no idea about the attacks and we were totally floored to say the least. We packed up as much as we could in the dark, then got up the next morning and finished up and headed home. What a somber drive home, and I knew my work and home life would not be the same for years to come.
Hot & extremely humid. Getting some time in on the fascia. Headed to Ace for some things. Contemplating Ray’s suggestion for placing a stand-off on frieze board.
I resided at the Marriott on top of WTC for ~12-14 weeks prior to 2 weeks before 9/11. Resided at The Millenium (Hilton) next to Trinity Church across from WTC one week before 9/11. Went to Raritan, NJ (J&J IT headquarters the week of 9/11. Lost many colleagues.
I resided at the Marriott on top of WTC for ~12-14 weeks prior to 2 weeks before 9/11. Resided at The Millenium (Hilton) next to Trinity Church across from WTC one week before 9/11. Went to Raritan, NJ (J&J IT headquarters the week of 9/11. Lost many colleagues.
Norm - I believe you may have mentioned that scenario before to us on the 9/11 anniversary, just like I probably had already told everyone about how I was hunting when it happened. The memories surrounding that time are so vividly and indelibly etched into our brains. Sorry for your loss of friends and colleagues you lost that day, but glad you had a guardian angel looking over you!
Certainly not warm here. Still misting right now and very cool on the back side of the front. It's only 64° F right now and very breezy, feels almost cold outside and like the start of Fall. Ugh!
We were done by 715 this morning. We walked out and it was still dark. I was taken aback; I sure wasn't expecting that. Had a nice breakfast with Neil and Steve.
Just got back from Walmart. I used to say I didn't hate Walmart, but I resented it for all the money they get of mine. I've changed my mind. I hate Walmart.
I've often wondered. If any plane in our fleet could be considered iconic it would be the L1011. July 31 of that year was the last revenue flight of our last L1011 and August 1 a bunch of us loaded up and had a big party flying out to the desert. If the attack had happened that morning, obviously we wouldn't have left Atlanta, but if it happened mid-route, or once we got there, how would I have gotten home? I forget how long the planes were grounded, a week or better I think. At least if I were grounded in LA, I had a place to stay, my best friend lived out there at the time. Now, if we would have landed somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, I guess I'd have had to hitch.
Not sure what I'll do this afternoon. The tractor is still over here, maybe I'll dig something up. I should move some stuff out of the spare bedroom and take it home. It's tough for me to bend over into the back seat of the car or the trunk. I could always watch the rodeo.
Mike - My good friend's father was an L-1011 (TWA Captain) long-hauler (China) for many, many years. He cross-trained to the 747 after retirement from TWA and flew cargo (via 747) for several years. Where did they park that L-1011 - Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ (boneyard) or the old (former) George AFB in Victorville California (now SCLA Airplane Boneyard)? I performed TDY at both of those bases.
I sanded the fascia as far as I could, then applied a coat of Kilz 3 Primer. Normally, I'd like to get the 1st of two top (finish) coats applied w/in a couple hours of the primer but thunder boomers began to appear not too far away. So, I called it a day. Looks like I have two more pieces of fascia to address on this side of the house - argh. I could just paint over the bad areas & call it a day but that's not how I work. Glad I'm addressing this stuff now because I'm not sure I'm going to be up to the task in the next 10-15 years when I reach 80yrs-85yrs old.
Sanded + Kilz 3 Primer Sanded + Kilz 3 Primer These two pieces of fascia are mis-aligned at the ridge (peak). These two pieces of fascia are not only mis-aligned but the RH piece is rotting.
We were done by 715 this morning. We walked out and it was still dark.
Wow, it's bright here at 5:45 am and the official sunrise is at 6:10 am. The only reason I know this is the girl dog goes outside as soon as it's light and barks at the early walkers and bike riders and her barking wakes me up - momentarily.
Sunrise here on the East (Right) coast is 6:50am. I don't believe Phoenix is on Daylight Savings time; albeit, one hour earlier in Phoenix anyways. It was probably rather overcast when Mike walked out of the hangar.
This Monte Carlo was converted to R-134A in 2002 and I don't like it. The best I can get out of it is 55 degrees blowing, and it needs a can every couple of years which I'll be doing here soon.
Second day of work, got going late. Final torqued valve cover bolts, plugged all wires back into clips and plugged in PCV stuff. Hung the back bracket for the AC compressor and got it back on its arc slot. The Chevy 350 has one belt going to the alternator and water pump, one belt going to power steering, and one belt going to AC and power steering. One can see what would happen with no AC (eliminate the belt), but I wonder if power steering was required with AC for belt routing. I hung both belts, tensioned the power steering one, then the AC and PS one. Used a gates belt gauge. Then I hung the alternator. The pivot bolt is galled to the alternator housing but will turn. I had to turn and push on the bolt with a socket wrench to get it far enough past the spacer bracket to engage the hole in the head's threads. It did, finally.
I then did heater hoses, put my spring in the new lower radiator hose. (It had moved up towards the water pump last time, so I bent the first loop open to try to hold it in place) and put the lower hose on the water pump. Hung the water pump pulley and fan, put belt on it, crank and alternator. There is a nice place to put a metal rod through the bracket to lever it out, so I did and tensioned belt and tightened it all up. Finished with tightening all fan bolts. All that's left now is shroud and radiator.
