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That sounds like fun. I hope it all works out and kids and grands have a great time.

My son is moving stuff to TN right now. He’s in Iowa I think. He has the biggest Uhaul truck available and dragging a very large dump trailer behind him. It’s a big rig. And both are stuffed to the gills. He has guys there to unload everything and…[Read more]

Yep, that would be ideal. The outlet baffle to the tank is plastic so there was something done before we bought the place because I am unaware of that happening while I’ve lived here. So maybe we are in a good place here. I’m hoping.

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I’m hoping if I need a fix it will be similar. This guy will use the camera. Just the coolest idea ever. Hopefully the pipe is still good and can be lined so it lasts into the distant future.

Just feeling really good about what was just accomplished. I can give you the number of the guy I used. Not sure that he will travel though.

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Yeah, that’s right. Better now than in an emergency situation. They came yesterday at 11:00 in the morning and were done with the whole job by 3:00. Amazing. They were great, had great attitudes, and got to work. I am over the top about this. Now the system is back to “as built” which is the original design. And it is all plastic…[Read more]

The guy just called me. He says he will start tomorrow so I will be busy after work to get deck boards up and get a hole dug to find the pipe going into the septic tank. I figured next week some time. Wow, this is great news but a little fast. I was going to get the boards up on Sat but I didn’t want to ruin the deck too soon. This is…[Read more]

Yeah, We are slated to go to TN Aug 10-15 so we’ll see how that works out. They’ve been having thunder storms there as well I understand.

I did have a guy come over to talk about the drain. He had a different idea and has since ghosted me. I hope he just lets me know when he can start. I can do a bit of prep work but not all of it.…[Read more]

I’m back. It wasn’t so much R&R. It was go go go. We got to UT and spent 3 days packing our son. Then we went to the airport to catch a plane to TN. Well, American had no planes coming in or working so everything was delayed or cancelled. So we gave up and came back and loaded up the next day and drove to my brother’s and then the…[Read more]

Yeah, I hear the east is hot. We were in Coos Bay last week and for the 4th and it was nice and cool there. Cold for the fireworks. Gonna be gone for the next 2 weeks so see you then.

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I have no idea what those folks sold you. But a 1968 bike, I would have been 6 and wanting a stingray no doubt. I had a old fuddy duddy schwinn that was a tank. I had a friend that had a bike with a car like gear shift on the bar. It had a banana seat and everything. It was the coolest thing. He let me ride it and I took it up the road,…[Read more]

That’s very sad about your mother. It just reminds us that we need to spend quality time while we can because you never know when that will go away and it never comes back. Fortunately for me, there is an obstruction blocking an artery to my brain. So the clot saw that and went to the eye instead. So that meat smoker I got saved me I…[Read more]

Cataracts are not covered? That seems kind of weird. I would guess she will feel like it was $7500 well spent when she has perfect vision afterwards. I can tell you, my left eye has poor vision due to a stroke 2 years ago. All I have is peripheral and it is dark and distorted. If I could spend $7500 and get my sight back, I would do it.…[Read more]

So the doctor said she looked horrible and needs more rest!!!!

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That is pretty wild. Sounds like he has a special talent there. That’s just awesome.

I can read music and play piano a little. Right hand mostly, single notes. Double notes are tougher. I think that’s great and hope he moves forward with that.

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My wife was gone last night so I sat down to learn a bass line from an old Bread song, Look what you’ve done. I have acoustic guitars, drums, and voice recorded (a friend sang). I just need to add the bass line and finish it up. I’m listening to it and the bass line is nothing like I expected from Bread – Bland that is. I really like the…[Read more]

The Gibson SG sounds interesting. I am always looking but not buying much. I pretty much have my set up.

Epiphone Les Paul Plus top Pro. This is my go to.
Epiphone ES-335. I am liking this more and more
Fender Elite II bass I’ve had this since the band in college
Yamaha acoustic sounds great.
An electric acoustic Not as good,…[Read more]

Regarding the soaker hoses, these are the ones that have worked for us really well.

You might take a look.

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I tried to check out the Les Paul, it looked pretty but I can’t get past the login for nextdoor. How much do they want for it? And how much for the SG?

We have not had good luck with soaker hoses either which is why I made the manifold. We always hooked them up together in series. This time I made a manifold to essentially hook them up…[Read more]

Yep, if our kid moves his family to TN, then my wife does not want to be far from them. So I would think we are going. This is just a unique property with great assets. It will be tough to leave that.

Yesterday I finally set the valve lash on the mower. I had to adjust just one valve. The other three were right on. So now that is…[Read more]

Take them to the beach!!! Kids will love it. Ha ha!!!

We have our oldest son and his wife considering moving to TN. In fact almost her whole family is considering it. We have 6 kids but only he has grandkids and my wife may have to go to TN to be near them. We have a pretty sweet set up here and it is irreplaceable really. Woods,…[Read more]

Yeah, they are very handy as leaf vacuum cleaners. We have 1.25 acres with about a 11k sq ft yard to mow. So a push mower is a lot of work, even the self propelled ones. If they had those with a 42 inch deck or 48 inch deck, maybe. Nope, my hips and legs are wearing out. The guy that sold us the house gave us a self propelled mower that I…[Read more]