Imagine what the govt. would be doing and saying if a private corporation had caused the spill of three million gallons of toxic sludge into a river. Interestingly, the govt. initially said the leak was one million gallons and then admitted it was three times that much. Oh, and it's still leaking.
Wait. This scenario sounds vaguely familiar. Wasn't there something like this in the Gulf a few years ago?
I met Josh at their CrossFit gym this afternoon and he taught me how to climb a rope. I'm not very good at it yet, but I got up and down the 16' rope twice. I find coming down a little trickier.
Out in front of MoHo are two medium size Douglas Fir trees about 6' apart. Someone put a section of log, about 12" in diameter, between them, up about 15-20', and hung a swing from it. All that's left are the two weathered ropes that end 7' up in the air. I've thought about hanging a climbing rope from that log to use for climbing, which, as was confirmed to me this afternoon, is very good exercise.
BTW, I also learned that the Douglas Fir so common in Oregon is not a true fir, and gets its name from David Douglas, a Scottish botanist.
And that deer won't eat rhubarb plants.
But they love Marionberries.
While I was in town I went to the only locksmith I could find nearby who said they could make me new keys for the truck's door handle.
Note: in 1959 only the driver's door had a lock cylinder. The passenger door just had a button, and the door was locked/unlocked by pushing the inside handle forward/back.
I dropped the handle off on my way to the gym with their word to have it done by 2:45. I was two miles down the road when the guy called to say someone had taken the guts out of the lock cylinder so there was nothing to match a key to.
Looks like I'll be ordering new cylinders & keys. They make sets so I can convert the passenger door to a keyed handle and I'll probably do that. It's not exactly an easy stretch to reach from the driver's position to the other door.
The drawer glides came today as promised. Now I have to figure out the precise dimensions for the case depth to match those glides. Unfortunately, this involves math. Which is to say I'll make a mock-up so I know if I got it too deep or too shallow.
This evening I had yet another FAIL experience with DirectTV tech support. After 30 minutes on hold I got someone who read from a script, did NOT listen to me (told me to try Chrome five minutes after I told her I was using Chrome), and ultimately told me, "The problem is with your computer." I told her I was done, hung up, and gave it one more try. I got a message apologizing for the problem but they were having technical issues. I just tried it again and got their spinning wheel again.
GRRRRRR.
We've already signed up with DishTV for Oregon. One more reason I'm eager to move.
Wanna know another?
Later this week and through the weekend we'll be in the 100-teens. Elmira, OR will be in the upper 70's.
Pepsi has announced their going to eliminate Aspartame from their diet soda. I'm a Diet Coke guy, down to one, maybe two cans a day, but I'll at least consider the switch.
OK, I gotta get back to work. I'm going to make slide presentations for the Costa Rica trip while I sit here. Can't afford to waste the hour between now and 8:30 when I'll go to bed.
Can you say, "old man"?
1 comment:
It's a TRAP! Don't fall for it! Pepsi is just trying to get you to cross over to the dark side! Continue drinking Diet Coke and stay in the light!
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