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Monthly Archives: July 2008

Damn hoses pt 2

Came home this morning and went to back flush (runs water backwards through the filter to clean debris caught in the filter and flushes it out the waste discharge) the pool and the pump was off and the new hose I just bought to replace the old one (it had a hole in it) was [...]

Son’s car fixed….almost!

Son’s car was missing badly. Gas consumption was only 8 mpg! So I checked all the plugs and found the #2 & #5 cylinder plugs wet, which indicated that they were not firing. Traced plug wires back to the coil pack and noticed both cylinders shared the same coil in the pack. So went and [...]

Tired and headn’ to bed. Wife …

Tired and headn’ to bed. Wife & kid got home around 11:30 or so. Little one fell asleep on way home, then woke up. Fix car in the am. /mm

A mere cool 109′F in the sun @…

A mere cool 109′F in the sun @ 6:48pm on a SUNday. I did get my new position, not sure of when I will move into it though, no paperwork. /mm

Finally got the code all smoot…

Finally got the code all smoothed out and now website passes W3C validation of XHTML and CSS. /mm

Trying to access the latest Sw…

Trying to access the latest Sweet Crude Oil prices on http://www.nymex.com and the site will not load. So through news last price $128.88 barrel.mm

Another hose bites the dust!

Just ordered new hoses for the pool, as in the past couple days I’ve had one hose blow a pin hole in it after the other. I suppose sitting out in the hot sun all day takes its toll on them. This will make the third set in 5 years, so not too bad I [...]

Hot humid sticky day out this …

Hot humid sticky day out this morning. Got off work, turned on A/C in car and POOF instant fog on all the windows ’cause the humidity. /mm

Time for changes

I have changed the dark look of black to white on the site. Makes it look a little cleaner. Also makes my smileys show up better. Also, it is a time for me to get a change in the way of a haircut. Later.
GOD bless /mm

Up and going for the second ti…

Up and going for the second time today. Kids woke me up early, earlier. Backflushed to pool only to find another hose with a hole. mm