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OverTheTop said:
Got the latest set of plans from the builders. Sent them through to the council to complete an earlier permit application that needed some special notes added to the plans (the notes were so extensive the builder had to go from A3 to A2 plan size to fit them on). Got an answer back in about five minutes, with the plans endorsed and an approval letter for that part! Staggeringly quick for anyone, let alone a local council :) .

Now off to the workshop to complete a rocket prep for Sunday, and fix an toaster.
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Does the toaster require a high power engine?
 
Fixed a connector in the switch cable on my battery lawnmower. Had a resistance between the pins of just under 1 M ohm. This was due to corrosion in the moulded end of the connector from rain running down the cable. This caused it to turn on as soon as the battery was fitted. So some moron had designed a safety circuit that operated a device that could cause you to be seriously hurt that was way too sensitive. The manufacturer knew this was an issue because they put heatshrink over the entire connector. Badly.....
Now cleaned, resoldered and wrapped in self amalgamating rubber tape.
 
OverTheTop said:
Got the latest set of plans from the builders. Sent them through to the council to complete an earlier permit application that needed some special notes added to the plans (the notes were so extensive the builder had to go from A3 to A2 plan size to fit them on). Got an answer back in about five minutes, with the plans endorsed and an approval letter for that part! Staggeringly quick for anyone, let alone a local council :) .

Now off to the workshop to complete a rocket prep for Sunday, and fix an toaster.
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an toaster...... Grammer police........ :)
 
Does paper & card-stock models qualify as "instead of rocketry"? Yeah, yeah - I've got to finish painting the AMT "Man in Space" Saturn V.
I bought a Gordon brand 'hobby knife' at Harbor Freight yesterday, $5. It's that red and black handled beast in the photo. It is absolutely the best crafting knife I've ever used! I'm not good with paper models, but I've hacked away at a few of them in the past. I might try to build some more now that I've got the right tool for the job.
Thur 04 Paper Models.jpg
 
PatD said:
I know it's no solice to you at this point, but I can offer some context. I lost my bride of 45 years about two years ago. Some of you here were of great assistance in my grief. I wondered what I could have done better for her, I was lost without her. I know it sounds trite, but you just need to keep on keeping on. Find something that gives you even the slightest bit of joy, it can grow. The human mind is a marvelous thing. If you don't fight it, it will lessen the pain and let you remember and enjoy the wonderful times you had together. Will you still cry? Yup, I am crying as I type this, but you will remember the good times and smile at the memories once you get a ways down the road. Hang in there.
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(Still way behind.)

I'm tearing up as I read and respond to this. My wife is alive and well, but I'm imagining myself in your place, sympathizing with you, thinking of other loved ones I've lost, sympathizing with my past self when other bouts of thinking of them brought tears. So, it never really goes away, but it does get easier.
 
prfesser said:
Came downstairs to find the vent cover off of the cold air return. Magic and Smudge ran upstairs, then I panicked when I couldn't find Boo...but a black cat can easily be missed when the lights are dim. Found him. Then heard a meow. Lynx, an outside cat, somehow got under the house and into the ductwork, and he didn't want to come out. When I went back upstairs he decided it was okay to exit. Now I need to find out where the hole in our ductwork is. Not looking forward to crawling under the house; the crawl space is just that, for crawling.
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I'm 59. My Mr. Fixit mind thinks I'm 30. My body thinks I'm 75.

Call someone to crawl under the house for you.
 
PatD said:
I know it's no solice to you at this point, but I can offer some context. I lost my bride of 45 years about two years ago. Some of you here were of great assistance in my grief. I wondered what I could have done better for her, I was lost without her. I know it sounds trite, but you just need to keep on keeping on. Find something that gives you even the slightest bit of joy, it can grow. The human mind is a marvelous thing. If you don't fight it, it will lessen the pain and let you remember and enjoy the wonderful times you had together. Will you still cry? Yup, I am crying as I type this, but you will remember the good times and smile at the memories once you get a ways down the road. Hang in there.
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It comes in waves. A few hours fine, then I pack something to donate, or remember where we bought something together, and blam, I am a wreck. I sit up in bed at night and can't believe I am alone...

Everything is wrong.
 
jqavins said:
(Still way behind.)

I'm tearing up as I read and respond to this. My wife is alive and well, but I'm imagining myself in your place, sympathizing with you, thinking of other loved ones I've lost, sympathizing with my past self when other bouts of thinking of them brought tears. So, it never really goes away, but it does get easier.
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It's like nothing that can be described. I felt nothing like this when my mom or dad or grandparents passed. Nothing like it. Twenty seven years. I never ever imagined life without her. Never. IT IS LONELY!
 
I met 4 of my cigar buddies at the gazebo and talked about the pre-Covid crowd that no longer exists. Lots of them just moved on.
 
Day 16 without my wife.


Did not do much today other than pay a few bills. I guess I was a little burnt out from gathering up stuff the past 2 weeks and donating it. However we have gathered up a bunch of housewares to donate. There is (much) more, but we have a car load that I’ll drop off tomorrow. Nothing earth shattering. I am keeping a lot as I think I'll try and learn to use the cooking items. There ARE a lot of them. My sister started going through papers. I worked in the garage for a bit on a rocket (NewWay Cornered) and surveying more things to donate that are on racks down there. I did find an Insta-Pot down there. I have a friend who tells me I can not fail cooking with that. We’ll see… We have made a lot of progress but there are there more rooms upstairs to get through. However I feel I have nothing but time now.

I was writing another of my amazing (astronomy) friends in Northern CA about things I appreciate now thanks to Kim. I love wine now. I may have said this before, however for the first 36 years of my life I thought wine was ‘Mogen David’. So I hated red wine. Real men drank Molsons. Then Kim came into my life and I started my wine education. She introduced me to wine on our first trip to Napa. We took the ‘Wine Train’ the first day. Wine 101. It is where, to my astonishment, I learned that wine and food, mixed together in your mouth at the same time was delicious! I began, through her encouragement to experiment, learned what I did and did not like. I learnt I did not like ‘oak buttery’ Chardonnays. But I ok with more crisp citrus like whites. I did learn I REALLY liked red Zinfandels, Borolos, Barbera's, and Barbarescos. (Right at the time when wines from the Piemonte region of Italy became expensive, of course!) I learned I really like Australian Shiraz wines. And they were a lot cheaper the Italian. I learned that wine and cheese was not some Hoyti Toyti high flauten thing. I was a symphony in my mouth. The stronger the cheese the better. I learned, again from her encouragement, I was not much of a French wine guy. Too old shoe smell. Too dirt taste. And I learned we both loved Demi-Sec sparkling wines WITH food. Not just on New Years. All of these things I had no knowledge of before October of 1996. Of course a $25USD bottle of wine could buy a lot of Molson’s. But I learned that some people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. She taught me that as well (tho not a financial genius).

And then came food… place settings, nice shirts, .... for another day… God I miss her… I had so much more to be taught. Now who?
Ah yes... one foot...

😥 😭:questions:
 
I helped my son's class plant their garden for the incoming 1st grade next school year. After school l, we rode 5 more miles on the mountain bike trail.
 
I had to strap on my life preserver (at least that's what it looks like) and do my vibrating vest routine for the evening, as it's supposed to vibrate your chest and break up any congestion in your lungs.
 
hobie1dog said:
I had to strap on my life preserver (at least that's what it looks like) and do my vibrating vest routine for the evening, as it's supposed to vibrate your chest and break up any congestion in your lungs.
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life preserver - More apt than you might think - don't ask me how I know... day 16... and all
 
I went to see my Orthopedic Surgeon today. A few days ago the repaired right knee started to hurt, again. My guess is I tore the Meniscus, again. MRI on Monday. My cat bite was getting infected. The meds helped. I'm perched on the front of my chair because one of the cats is sitting on the rest. I feed and watered the ducks and the birds. I talked to our pool service when they were here today. I told them about the ducks and not to scare them. They were good with that. I mowed the lawn and spread fertilizer on it. Had a Punch London Club Maduro while I rode the lawn tractor. The male duck wasn't scared of the the tractor. I was worried. Didn't see the nest while I was riding around the yard. The cat is tickling my backside. Giggle Giggle.
 
gdjsky01 said:
Penny, being the scaredy cat she is, is under the bed. I know she came out to eat because the treats I left out on the bed are gone. But I feel bad. She’ll just have to get used to someone strange being around for a few weeks.
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A few weeks, someone friendly and obviously friendly to you. Yeah, she'll cozy up to your sister long before that. With all the things you've got that you can worry about, that is not one of them.

gdjsky01 said:
It is just I feel that knowing many 'types' in the community they are: "Stop posting!!!! Get over it!"
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Oh, I suppose there are always one or two damn fools who think this or that dumb thing. Eff'm. Keep writing if it helps, and anyone who doesn't want to read it can just skip over. So far, It doesn't look lke anyone has written such a thing, and anyone who does wil have a lot of angry us to deal with. We're behind you.

gdjsky01 said:
Something I need to learn how to do... cook. 😭 😥 :questions:
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Eventually, that's something you might learn to enjoy.

gdjsky01 said:
I was writing another of my amazing (astronomy) friends in Northern CA about things I appreciate now thanks to Kim. I love wine now. I may have said this before, however for the first 36 years of my life I thought wine was ‘Mogen David’. So I hated red wine. Real men drank Molsons. Then Kim came into my life and I started my wine education. She introduced me to wine on our first trip to Napa. We took the ‘Wine Train’ the first day. Wine 101. It is where, to my astonishment, I learned that wine and food, mixed together in your mouth at the same time was delicious! I began, through her encouragement to experiment, learned what I did and did not like. I learnt I did not like ‘oak buttery’ Chardonnays. But I ok with more crisp citrus like whites. I did learn I REALLY liked red Zinfandels, Borolos, Barbera's, and Barbarescos. (Right at the time when wines from the Piemonte region of Italy became expensive, of course!) I learned I really like Australian Shiraz wines. And they were a lot cheaper the Italian. I learned that wine and cheese was not some Hoyti Toyti high flauten thing. I was a symphony in my mouth. The stronger the cheese the better. I learned, again from her encouragement, I was not much of a French wine guy. Too old shoe smell. Too dirt taste. And I learned we both loved Demi-Sec sparkling wines WITH food. Not just on New Years. All of these things I had no knowledge of before October of 1996. Of course a $25USD bottle of wine could buy a lot of Molson’s. But I learned that some people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. She taught me that as well (tho not a financial genius).

And then came food… place settings, nice shirts...
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Good, good. Whenever you can, think of those things, the happy memories, the reasons why you miss her (rather that how much you do miss her). OK, I know, advice seems insensitive I'll stop.
 
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jqavins said:
Good, good. Whenever you can, think of those things, the happy memories, the reasons why you miss her (rather that how much you do miss her). OK, I know, advice seems insensitive I'll stop.
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Thank you Joe. Not insensitive at all. Just hard... it is is all REALLY REALLY hard. People need to know. LOOK AT YOUR Spouse! Are you ready to live without them? If not, make a plan. Say what you feel. Make SURE they know. Over and over again. Because if that time comes, I assure you, it will STILL seem like not enough.
 

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