What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

good you can do all the maintenance Jon..

 

Well, to a point it is yes,
I am no expert but i am an engineer so it is mostly a continuation of my professional skills.

I am perhaps more adventurous than most but some stuff isn't hard. I have a friend who calls an electrician to wire a plug and a handy man to hang pictures!

In other news, the belt went on the drier before the new one i ordered has arrived!

 

at least its a belt and not the pcb.as a mechanic i have saved thousands repairing my own cars,but have spent thousands restoring old ones..

 

Which cars have you saved from the crusher?

 

no pics unfortunately,well old ones.but mostly 1960s gmc trucks.and a few volvo 240s.

 

The easy side of the forest! Built a big fire ring and burned 8 hours of bonfire with a circle of old and new friends, a grill stoked with hot coals from the fire, a cooler of IPAs, some rye, some well peated single malt, and just enough mist in the air to make that hot fire feel perfect.

 

I've been walking the same 10 mile trek consisting of joining four trails every Sunday that I have been in town since March. The intent was to experience the changes in the seasons on a weekly basis every week. This trail has become like an old friend. While I could do this a million years and never take it everything, the experience has changed my life. I hope to continue this Winter. Some ask if I am concerned about hiking alone. I am not.

The trees are thinning and the sun is able to touch the ground for the first time since last Spring. Then hike yesterday was glorious.

I also eat at the same Mexican restaurant after the hike. They know me and always have a smile waiting when I walk in around noon. To complete the experience, I have an hours drive back home where I listen to The Splendid Table and Ted Talks.

First photo is a random collection of table top pine cones and the Teaberry leaves which I chew to get that wonderful taste.

 

Looks nice and peaceful @Chuck Naill ! Is this in a local/state/national park setting?

 

Thank you. Great Smoky Mountains/Tennessee side. I'm about 45 minutes away.

 

Beautiful county! My parents lived on the other side "back in the day." Skyland/Arden/Fletcher/Mills River

Other side of I26 near Asheville airport and WNC Ag Center.

 

awesome way to enjoy sundays..very cool..

 

Belt arrived,

• fire up youtube and watch a FAQ on fixing tumble dryers
• Not american top loaders....
• Video found. 6mins long. Looks simple enough
• Pull dryer out
• Look at back
• realise that the video i watched isn't suitable
• fumble around on youtube for 1/2 hr looking for something workable
• find video
• its 4 times longer than the 1st!
• sigh
• make cuppa
• begin work
• screws
• more screws
• clips
• wires
• bearings (!)
  • go to shed for socket set
  • go to shed again for correct socket set
• motors
• fans
• pulleys
• fit belt
• replace above
• unreplace above due to missing bits and bobs
• replace above correctly
• count fingers, yes i still have them all
• refit panels
• un-refit panels to recover lost screwdrive (its late, i am tired)
• Check tools and parts. all good
• plug in
• turn on to check working order
• all good
• wait, burning!
• turn off
• think
• hmm. just dust blowing through the heater elements
• plug back in
• put on non-heat mode for 5 mins
• recheck heat mode
• all good
• refit dryer into kitchen
• Go to bed

Phew!

I have dry clothes today

 

Congratulations!

You are hereby awarded this award for Dryer Repair Excellence.



However, the Dryer Repairman's union needs to speak with you!
Something about professional standards.....

 

I enjoy a good hot cup of tea myself from time to time.

I like a good, "full bodied" tea like Assam, but that's hard to find in a grocery store here. So, I drop back to Irish Breakfast tea. It's not Assam, but it's as close as I can find. Living in what is probably a more tea oriented area, what else, if anything, would you suggest?

 

Found a folding wrist rocket at a resale shop for two bucks the other day and couldn't pass it up. Haven't had one in over 30 years, since I was a teen. Took me a couple hours but I got my eye back and now my aim is pretty good.

My daughters just HAD to try it but with the wrist brace it's a little much for their shorter arms. Walmart had basic Y-type Daisies on sale for around 5 bucks, just like the one I started out with. We picked them up with some glass ammo and (after homework was done) had a blast tonight plinking junk targets in an empty lot. They're getting really competitive about it. Good...all according to plan. This is to prepare their eyes and muscle control for the next couple years when I start taking them to the gun range and introduce them to serious practicing for self-defense.

 

Good job.
My 19 yr old daughter can outshoot most men, with a 9mm or .22 cal pistol.
My 13 yr old daughter is a crack shot with a .22 cal pistol.
My 21 yr old son can shoot anything really well, since he was 12. Even my .45 Colt 1911. .44 Magnum was too much. Flinch maker.
Makes me proud.

 

Glad to see someone teach their kids to handle guns and how to shoot well.

 

I got some cut-resistant gloves (for changing rotary cutter blades, which are razor-sharp.) But they are very smooth and I needed them to be grippier. So I painted the fingers & palms with Liquid Electrical Tape (similar to Plasti-dip)

 

Did it work?