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Little Izzy is almost 20 years old now, but she nearly didn’t make it to her second birthday. My boss came to work one morning, and found that this stray cat rode under the hood of his truck, up freeway 41, over 20 miles from Easton to North Fresno. As we rescued it, he said,“I thought I...

Lennie is back… Lennie is very skittish. To get to his birdfeeder he has to walk along the top of two fences that all have dogs on each side.

I won’t need a slogan if I never get it finished though. I expected to fit & tack up the side rails today, but some things hit me, that of course needed attention first. I had to flap sand everywhere that I need to weld on the crossmembers and that that took a little while because I had put a...

Oh, yes…..I did not have an official store-bought Shandy. To me a Shandy is anything that a kid might drink but you put alcohol in it. In this case it was some Jaritos Mexican soda pop & brandy. (Not quite as sweet as American soda pop.) Anyhow, I am in the words of Alan Millyard, “well...

This is a real milestone in the project. I went from cleaning, fixing and making parts, to the actual assembly work. BUT… is it square? Is it level? Level is Not too shabby! The crossmember wants 0.9 deg counterclockwise rotation. The frame wants 1.2 deg counterclockwise, so she is...

Well today is a special day in the boat yard and I’m having a special Shandy to celebrate. I did a bunch of last-minute grinding and tuning and squaring up. Hours, truly. I cleaned up the pan edges and the flutes as nice as I could get them now. It was 98°F in the boat yard when I finally put...

Yes, well please remember that all was written when Americans were getting $7500 to buy a Tesla . . . before Elon Musk swapped sides. Who knows what will happen here, and about Canada I have no clue. Meanwhile, please let me know if you ever get a govt check to buy a Tesla. I have no clue how...

You can’t be afraid of shedding blood to work on a Maytag. Those things have more sharp edges than a Swiss army knife.

Another time-out . . . Here’s the parts from when I had to change the squeaky wheels in my Maytag dryer. These were nearly seized up tight. The idler roller was tight too, and it was burning the belt. She’s quiet as a mouse now.

Still trimming and aligning. It is really close now. I just have to tune up the weld gap at the tunnel a little more. The welding should start tomorrow. The trammel is really working out well for such a collection of random junk. I’m very happy with the ease of measurement it allows. The...

According to this report, the driver “walked away”. The tractor did not have a trailer attached.

Ha! My new garage door rollers came, and I spent my morning changing them and doing a major door alignment. It is much smoother now without squeaky rollers. Those rollers were cheap plastic, but they still lasted over 20 years. $26 on Amazon

The tiny Corydoras catfish. These guys are little clowns. We recently lost one after almost 8 years. This is why a 12” Oscar won’t eat a 2” Corydoras. They are not modern scaly fish. They wear armor. The entire fish is covered in “leather” over spikes and bone plates. Only the fins & belly...

Possibly drive-by-wire failure? Slick road? Autopilot mode failure? Premature tire failure? Regenerative braking failure? Simply driving too fast on a curve? The forensics could be inconclusive, or, maybe Starlink has the whole thing recorded with full telemetry? All I have is questions so far.

Well it was inevitable. A Tesla electric big rig ran off the freeway into the Sierra Nevada national forest and is attempting to set the forest on fire. Fire crews have been pouring water on to the trees to save them since 4 o’clock in the morning, but the batteries themselves will have to burn...

I had to change the rollers in my clothes dryer, which were starting to seize and squeak. I also changed the belt and idler. I had all these low-time parts saved from my previous machine, so I didn’t have to go buy parts. This is the 3rd nearly identical Maytag dryer I have had, and the spare...

I love the big ears. Dogs need big ears. I’m looking at that last picture I posted of Charlie and he might turn out to be a mommy. I’m not sure what the gestation cycle of a squirrel is like. I am still trying to get these Oscars to breed, but at 9” and 10” they are still not old enough. I...

I’m still waiting for my frame paint to cure, but I got some more measurements made, and it’s all coming together pretty close. I had planned for 1/8” clearance from the frame to the fiberglass body. If I can live with 3/16” I’ve got a good alignment. To get the full 1/8” I need to shorten the...

Another squirrel holiday… Look at that fat little tummy.

16” pleco, 6 years old, now in the garden. My 7” Bristle Nosed Plecostomus. Over 8 years old. He is a dwarf by comparison & will not get larger.