My dad was a carpenter who had a whole trunk full of tools — a car trunk, that is, a ’55 Chevy Bel Air trunk to be more precise. One day, when I was in the fifth or sixth grade (if I remember right), we had a huge snowstorm. Our garage was in the alley [...]
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Scenery
Digging Out
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Not Quite Normal, But Better
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No, I’m not referring to myself, even if that does seem to apply. I’m talking about our situation following the big lightning strike last Tuesday, August 30th. With Mildred’s and Romel’s help I now have both the FM and AM back on the air with nearly normal programming. But it sure took (and still takes) [...]
I Like Hash, But Not in My Wires.
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Our electrical woes are not quite over. The new wires sure seemed to make a difference, but we were getting voltage sags many times per day on one of our three phases ever since the wire got connected. So, yesterday I set up a multi-meter and an oscilloscope on the phase in question and I [...]
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Some of my favorite scenery during furlough
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I kept at it – a little at a time – and I’ve finally finished sorting and editing my scenery pictures from our furlough. Along with seeing great friends, we saw some great stuff along the way. If you want a full screen slideshow, just click the full screen icon in the bottom right corner [...]
On the Road Again – Tomorrow
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It’s been a good week here at the Sipes farm, but a wet, cool week. In between rain showers, I got to drive Mildred’s dad’s big mower for a while. I even got to break it and fix it. I was almost done mowing and was starting to make that last left turn, but the [...]
As the Land Crab Said Halfway Across the Road …
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So far, so good. Of course, we’re not even close to being half way done with furlough, but we’ve already experienced a pile of blessings. Today we are in Maryland, near Washington, D. C. We got to spend most of the day yesterday playing tourist and exploring some of the museums and monuments along Washington’s [...]
Beauty and the Beast
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I think that “Beauty and the Beast” might be a good description of this place where we live. And both characters are one here. I’ve been back from Utila since last Sunday (the 27th) and wanting to tell you all about it, but there have just been too many things going on around here. So [...]
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A Leash Stretching Kind of Week
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Way back many years ago, when I was a teenager, I saw a dog do one of the funniest things I’d ever seen. I was riding down the street on my bicycle and a full sized poodle came charging and barking at me at full speed – at least until the leash went, “twang!” It [...]
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Shovels and Cables and Sweat – Oh My!
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Where have I been?! Busy, I guess. I don’t know when I’ve gone so long without posting something here. It seems like, at the end of the day, I just haven’t had the energy. But I feel pretty spunky today after getting about 10 hours of solid sleep last night. Why was I so tired [...]
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Back from Utila
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It’s sure good to be back home. Utila is a beautiful place, as you’ll see if you look through the photo gallery at the end of this article. But there’s no place like home, especially when Mildred’s at home and I’m not. Then, too, there are the extra long days I put in over there [...]
Packed and watching the clouds
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I finished gathering the parts and tools yesterday for tomorrow’s trip to the neighboring island of Utila. I have e-mailed O’Neil and Thelma at the Utila Lighthouse and they have a room ready for me. They did ask that this time I try to not bring as much rain with me as back in October. [...]
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Back to work!! But not all work.
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It’s been a regular work week here at HRGS. That means that stuff still breaks about as fast as I can fix it. The first thing on my list Monday was to read all the electric and water meters. In the process, I ambled past a 1/2″ water pipe that was squirting water into the [...]
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