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and so I get my wish. the wheel barrow tires are on sell at harbor freight. go team. lucky me. much work to do this spring. truck truck / blue rocket is back out on the big road. I've decided it is the radius arm bushing as well as a low freon charge. so I'm going with that. I did hit 85 today for a short period of time. wish I still had that beemer. wow! what a car that was. given time I could have figured it out. its top speed was 160, so the book said. that's with every thing in place. a good day with the dawn. I shall be happy.

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and so another day has come and gone. the storm last night was strong. the trees still stand so I'm happy. I thought I could install the fridge cab by my self. oh my was I wrong. the man of the house worked from home today and was able to lend a hand. it was nip and tuck. so tight we had to take the handle off the oven and even then only had 1/4" on each side to slip it in. I had to do a dead lift for the final installation. ow my head. as always quite difficult. results? the same as always. I may have thursday and friday off. cool with me. going to plant my last tomato of the season now. right now. check out my wild garlic and a very wild bee. look close at aal the pollen it is carrying

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I just checked out the cowboy stadium web cam. they have a slide show with picture taken each month to show progress. got some time off until the cabinets get on the job. hopefully I can get pictures of the mantle when painted. I guess the camera focused on the chair before the mantle. I forgot to put it on macro for the bug trying to get on the horse. so there you go, my offering for today.

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I went to the pawn shop and bought yet again another router. a monster. don't know why I do it. while there sajo came in. he is trying to beautify his church. he plays drums and goes to a community college. he drives a big harley, 1200 cc's. he's a little thinner than sam but about as tall. he bought me lunch. next time it is my turn to buy. he lives behind me. he is from india. check out my 2 routers. buying used is always a gamble but with portet cable all parts are available. the small one is bigger than most. I now have 2 giant ones. rain tomorrow

alfred hitchcock was just on raw hide. he was on hawaii 5 0 the other day. who knew

172.6

saturday found me. what ever shall I do? maybe paint the fence, maybe plant a tomato, maybe nothing, maybe a fire. hey that's a good idea. that's what I'll do

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well not a lot of news. boring. going to help dad get his truck out of the shop. check this out, seriously check this out. the pic that is. my wisteria. soon tomatoes

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well; I was awakened from bed by a rooster outside my house. a pretty bird. pearl is still traumatized by the duck experience. she wont talk to me. I've been shunned. I had to intervien and the rooster had to go. sent it packing. flew over 2 fences and haven't heard from it since. the weather is warming up. maybe pearl will forgive me. the neighbors had a birthday party that didn't end until after midnight. so tired. they played music real load and some kid had a horn thing. guess he was trying to compose a song or something. toot toot toot oh my. he finally got tired about 11:30. I almost lost patience. they didn't even invite me. now I know the code, they only mow the yard the night of a party. thats all the news. resistance is futile.

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the 3 amigos first. then one stands out. the pics aren't too good from the cheap camera. clarence is installing tile. the last is the before picture. after the rock is applied. duck duck hasn't been back. going to work on taxes now its not the completed job so more pics to come

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the duck was forcefully ejected. was not pleasant. had to be done. take the stress off pearl. mantle looks great. I will post tomorrow if the c d thingy is good. picked it up this morning. duckies keep flying in; the green kind.

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oh now. the duck was in the yard when I returned home. I herded it into the backyard until I can figure out what to do. some one must be missing it. its so cold here. I guess I could put up a sign; found duck. wings clipped. likes dog food. got pics of the mantle in the photo shop. got any nails? got any duck food?

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a duck was out side this morning. when I got home after work it was on the front porch. guess it wanted some duck food. it looked at me disdainfully. then waddled off down the road, looking over its left wing with scorn. I felt so bad. what does a person do with no duck food? it felt free to deposit reminders of its visit on the front porch. mantle time is almost here. so cold today. I get a reprieve next week.

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wow, I lost a pound. almost have the mantle worked out. big rain today. waiting for the break in the rain to get out. I will have pics to post soon. oh check out what I found on the side of the road.