| Wow |
[Nov. 8th, 2009|08:51 am] |
Our old laptop has been failing for some time. We finally ordered a new MacBook. It arrived Wednesday.
All I can say is WOW. As ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) fogbear said it has "very silky aluminumity."
I thought we should name it ... maybe Hal ... um no. That name for computers is forever bad juju. Kinda like John for English kings.
Everything got transferred over and is working. We've had a few issues. The current one is that Airport Extreme base station goes off when the computer goes to sleep. Then Airport, itself needs to be reset.
Good thing it comes with 90 days of AppleCare.
Wow is the word for the day, the week, maybe even the month. |
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| If it's not one thing ... |
[Oct. 25th, 2009|09:07 am] |
It's another.
Friday my windshield got nicked by a rock on the freeway. The result was a nice little crack ... that kept growing.
$257.49 later I had a new windshield.
Saturday was a busy day:
Had dealership fix the windshield wipers they had installed incorrectly.
Got windshield replaced
Got some help with projects:
Moved the drainage ditch farther from the side fence
Front fence that had blown down a week after fixing the back fence, is now repaired
Painted the yellow on the side of the house where we had replaced the rotted siding
Finished both small sheds
Put a new tarp on Duke's bike shed
This is Black Kitty. He lives behind us, but comes over for pets and scratches.
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| Rocky Raccoon |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|07:15 pm] |
It's very tiring to drag a large, but dead, raccoon from under house. It's an 18" crawl space and he was on the other side of all the plumbing...
The white trash "door" to the crawl space entrance finally fell apart a few weeks ago. When we had that thunderstorm a week later there was some loud noises from under the house. I thought "one of the local cats got scared and darted under the house. Must be time to make a real barrier for the crawl space entrance.
And so I did. I got some quarter inch hardware cloth and fashioned a removable barrier. I did a quick check and didn't see anyone under the house and put it in place.
A few days later Duke remarked he had heard some scratching late at night. I didn't think much about it.
Wrong. Very, Very Wrong.
About a week or so later I kept wondering why the kitchen trash smelled so bad, especially after I had taken it out to the trash can. Then ... why are there more flies around ..... ?
Then it hit me ... opps someone must have been under the house when I blocked the entrance. Me Very Bad.
So today I got under the house, straightened out the plastic vapor barrier and looked for whatever it was.
It was Rocky Raccoon. Laying below the kitchen sink.
I feel terrible that I locked him in and he died for lack of water.
( photos - If You Dare ... ) |
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| The ER Experence |
[Sep. 28th, 2009|07:12 am] |
I took Duke to the ER last night. 2 EKGs and one chest x-ray later they sent him home with some nitro, just in case. We got home just after 1AM. I woke up at 6AM to piss, and well, it's was about time to get up and get ready for work.
I'm gonna love takin a nap this afternoon. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 27th, 2009|11:25 am] |
Looks like I'll miss the Folsom Fair this year, too much to do around here.
Yesterday I had Sterling and Noni over. Sterling helped, no actually he did all the work on repairing the rotted siding where the window had leaked. It took all day, but here's the result:
Caulking and painting still to be done.
On Thursday bigbob1079 brought master_dave over for dinner. We had a good time and it is nice to meet someone local. Hopefully we'll be seeing more of Dave. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 13th, 2009|08:53 am] |
It was a much smaller group of men here this year. The weather was cold at night and warm during the day. I had a pleasant time there. The drive out and back Hwys 12 and 99 were not clogged with traffic.
It was interesting to see a couple of guys experience salvia for the first time.
The people games were changed to happen during Sunday’s cocktail hour. They were fun. I got Ryan to do them with me. I came in second to Rey after a playoff on the Badger toss, I really sucked at the Frisbee toss and tied for first on the crossword. I had a lot of help from Mark and Steve on that one.
The cocktail hours were a little awkward. Repeatedly people assumed I was a Rainbow, and I had to show them I had no patch to prove the point.
Gene was a bit put out about a chair that got broken Saturday night. I think that there is more going one there than just one broken chair. Time will tell.
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| Dore Alley 2009 |
[Aug. 2nd, 2009|11:52 am] |
Due to the complaint from last year Dore was a little more sedate this year. But I still had a good time enjoying the "Wetness of the Day" and seeing a good number of friends. Best of all Duke was able to go. He had a good time and didn't get a migraine. Yay!
Our first stop at the fair was Off Ramp Leathers, located at the east end of Dore Alley. Paul & John had an open house this year. What a nice work space. We rambled about the fair for a few hours and spent some time in front of the Hole. Mike, Wulf, Duke and I went off to get some food, back to the Hole just before the fair closed.
We met with DHP to pick up a glass top for Duke's Seeburg Jukebox that David had pick up for him. The three of us met with Gene and Paul for dinner at their favorite Italian place on Fell.
Duke didn't take many photos this year, but here are two you might enjoy:
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| Goodbye Connie |
[Jul. 25th, 2009|03:50 pm] |
Sometimes I have a block about posting. This is one of those times.
I flew to Las Vegas a week ago last Thursday to send off my friend of 40 years, Connie.
She had terminal pancreatic cancer. She died last Friday afternoon with friends and family there with her.
Bonnie, a friend of 35 years had to rush home from Las Vegas because her mother was ill and died the following Monday morning. Her parents house was the one we all hung out at.
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| The final days of flu ... |
[Jul. 8th, 2009|09:30 am] |
I want to Thank everyone for their comments, make's ya not feel quite so isolated...
Yesterday, Duke was doing better than I was! But then I'm three days behind him on the flu ...
He still asleep, but we plan on driving out to Gureneville late this afternoon to pick up his meds and get the mail.
Now that we're getting over this, moving around good. My butt and back are tired ...
I have a chiropractic appointment tomorrow morning and acupuncture Friday afternoon.
I hope were completely over this. |
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| Duke is back home |
[Jul. 6th, 2009|08:54 pm] |
Duke was discharged from the hospital today.
I finally got to talk to a doc who said that the flu virus upset his hiatal hernia and he got dehydrated. The solution is to have surgery on the hernia. I have a consultation scheduled in about two weeks. She said there was never any pneumonia. It's hard to know what to think...
I'm better - at least I'm good enough shape to go get him. I'm still have some body aches, low grade fever and sweats - but much less now and for much shorter time periods. I hope to be completely over this by the end of the week.
To give you an example of the things that have been happening - the discharge instructions include a G I cocktail to be compounded at a local pharmacy. I called the pharmacy and they had no such order, but they did have a order for Mouthwash!
I had to call the nurses back at the hospital and talk to three different people. The nurse just called me back and said she couldn't get through to the pharmacy but that she re-faxed the order over to them....
argh ... |
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| Update on us |
[Jul. 5th, 2009|10:01 pm] |
I talked to Duke a couple of times today. This morning he was doing well, but by afternoon not go good, he had improved some by tonight.
Duke said "It's like an episode of 'House', they keep givin' me a different diagnoses." or is that diagnosi?
Apparently a couple of docs there have stated that his pain is not related to the hiatal hernia, and that the recommended surgery is not necessary. Humm... that his current pain is not related to that hernia, does not mean that the hernia doesn't need corrective surgery. That is the purpose of the consultation with the surgeon.
It's very frustrating not being able to be physically at the hospital and interact with his medical people.
Bonnie called from Connie's hospital room [in Las Vegas] to check in and see how we were doing. Her sister, Terri, is an RN, she was there too. She said "you are his partner, talk to the nurse and the doc directly"
OK then - The nurse was busy when I called so I left a message for her. I didn't expect to hear back until 9pm or so ... when I didn't, I called in and talked to her. After saying the hospital regulations prevented her from telling me anything, she told me some... His temp is down, but he continues to have chills and sweats they don't know why, but then I already knew that. She didn't know why he was not getting any antibiotics. She did not know of any discharge order for tomorrow [Monday]. She gave me some other basic info ... So I didn't ask much more on the medical stuff. I did find out that his regular doc is notified that he's in the hospital and will physically visit him tomorrow.
As for me - my brain is finally un-fogged, but my temp still goes up and down, along with sweats, but no chills, and the aches are not as severe, so all in all it looks like I'm improving. I'll be off several days this next week I'm sure.
Thanks to everyone for your good thoughts .... |
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| progress report |
[Jul. 4th, 2009|09:01 pm] |
Duke and I want to thank everyone for their good thoughts.
I talked to Duke a couple times today. He is out of ICU and in a regular room. They did a barium x-ray of his upper intestines this morning. They have decided he has an infection, they just don't know exactly where that infection might be.
They tried to give him IV potassium, but that went awry. Then the potassium pills got thrown up. He suggested bananas ... good idea said the nurse. We don't have any here. You'll gave to have someone bring them in for ya ....
I called Bob, Duke's radio partner to bring him some bananas and me some cranberry juice. I don't think I should be driving. I'm still achy, & fevery, although this morning was better, this afternoon was not so good.
Ick.... |
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| a mercury retrograde day |
[Jun. 2nd, 2009|07:51 am] |
Yesterday:
I drove over to Gary's where a driver bit was hidden in the gravel and poked a huge gaping hole in my tire.
Duke and I drove over to the indy Mac shop with computer in hand to have it checked out. Replace the ribbon cable - about $400. The Apple Certified Shop in SR cost to have the whole computer refurbished - $500. So into the shop it goes today and will be back .... sometime this week.
We were watching TV and 'bink' no picture. Good thing we had a spare, but much smaller TV. |
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| Happy B-Day Duke |
[May. 29th, 2009|06:27 am] |
Join me in wishin' Duke a Happy Birthday [it's actually tomorrow]
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| Star Trek |
[May. 18th, 2009|07:11 am] |
Duke and I saw Star Trek last night. It was a good movie .... except for that annoying camera flash. A little goes a long way.
In other happenings, when I got home from work on Friday, Duke said "We may have a problem". He said that while looking at the fridge .... I assumed the fridge was the problem.
No - I got an automated call from the credit card people that there was a problem and an email from Sonic that there was a problem with my credit card. A call to the credit card people .... they put a hold on my card because of a change in usage - I made an one line purchase with the card, something I don't normally do with that card ... all cleared up now.
I had a nice talk with the woman at the credit card fraud prevention unit. I'm glad they track these things, ID theft is not something I ever want to experience. |
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| QBT 2009 |
[May. 11th, 2009|06:59 am] |
A low key, but fun, QBT this year. Not quite as loud and rambunctious as the last ones have been. Several guys that normally attend were missed, Gene, Gypsy, Rey, Beast [and Hoody], come to mind. Tony's food was, as always, excellent. Watching the pizza oven being used was a treat, as was the pizza. A souvenir beer glass was given out "QBT, Beer, C.U.P." and indeed we did...
The one downer for me was that my dairy allergy was in full force, which leaves me tired from not sleeping well and kinda achy.
Thanks to Tony, John and Bill for being generous hosts.
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| Reunion Weekend |
[May. 5th, 2009|08:12 am] |
This weekend was my turn to host a reunion. They arrived Thursday night, and as luck would have it, Lars was in town and scheduled to say over with us. Not much of a full house, only Lars stayed with us. We had dinner at Olive Garden - which was not at it's best that night.
This group of friends formed just after we graduated high school, although I have known Connie since the 4th grade and Bonnie since the 7th. This was the first time they had met Duke. He was in fine form telling them that they must renounce their beliefs and join him in worshiping the "Holy CheeseBurger" They all had a good time forming the death and resurrection of the Holy cheeseburger...
We all joined Duke's radio broadcast Friday night. We called and Duke put us on the air live. We cheered as the Duke & Banner Swine Flu Eliminator zapped the virus out of existence!
( Photos & Commentary ) |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 14th, 2009|08:25 am] |
Continuing from this post
Cobra and Sandy came up this weekend to help us with repairing the fence that had blown down and finish the small shed by Duke's bike. thanks guys!
Duke worked on an old Victrola.
Getting the two 4x4 posts in the morning was interesting. At the lumber yard they had surfaced ones, and for about $3 less in another spot they had merch 4x4s. They measured the same dimensions 3.5x3.5, which seemed odd, but I got the cheaper ones anyway. I paid for them, and when checking out was told they were the surfaced ones and I had paid for merch. I told her that the two piles were the same, but that I would exchange them, since the surfaced ones looked nicer. Which I did. She then proceeded to return one and charge me for two. It really took a long time to get her to get it right.
( photos, mostly by Duke ) |
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