Monthly Archives: July 2014
“Houston . . .
Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.”
45 year ago today mankind first walked on the moon.
Apollo 17, the last Moon Mission, landed back on earth December 19, 1972.
And we never went back.
“I always dreamed I’d live long enough to see the first man on the moon. I never dreamed I might live long enough to see the last.” – Jerry Pournelle, NASA scientist / science fiction writer.
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Well, I’ve got a new job for the job bank. One of the day/night shades that I restrung back in January 2013 broke again. One thing I noticed was the holes in the metal frame were pretty rough around the edges, that could cause the cords to fray over time. I smoothed them down with a file, but maybe I missed one.
Here’s a blog post on how to restring these shades.
About 4pm, Jan and I, and Nick and Terry, headed in toward Cincinnati to have our last dinner here at the Quaker Steak and Lube
The last time we all ate at Quaker State was in September 2012 on our way to the Hersey, PA Thousand Trails. We stopped to spend the night in the parking lot of the Cabella’s in Triadelphia, WV, just outside of Wheeling.
There was a Quaker State across the parking lot so we decided to have dinner there. It was the first time for Nick and Terry, but Jan and I had first eaten at one in 2009 on our way back from Newfoundland. We had stopped in Corfu, NY, just outside Buffalo to visit Niagara Falls and The Original Anchor Bar, the restaurant that invented Buffalo Wings.
We’ve always enjoyed our visits there and tonight was no exception.
Nick and I had the Ribs & Wings, while Jan had the Deluxe Nachos and Terry had a Philly Cheese Steak sandwich. All very, very good. And we all want to go back.
Tomorrow we’ll all move 77 miles east to the other side of Cincinnati to the Wilmington Thousand Trails. We’ll be there for two weeks before Jan and I head back to Texas by way of Alabama, and Nick and Terry head east to Hershey, PA and then the East Coast.
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Thought for the Day:
“Marry in haste. Before she gets away” – James Garner R.I.P.
James Garner married his wife after knowing her for two weeks. They were still married 58 years later when he died yesterday.
He also said, “Marriage is like the Army; everyone complains, but you’d be surprised at the large number of people who re-enlist”.
DumbAss Cookies. . .
I went back and re-added the ‘links to other blogs’ list down on the right side of the blog. Please let me know if you find any problems with it.
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I had planned on patching my flat tire from last week, but once I really took a look at it, I’m not sure it can be safely fixed, since the puncture is kind of close to the sidewall.
There’s a Discount Tires in the Wilmington, OH area where we’ll be moving on Monday, so I think I’ll let them take a look at it.
Yesterday I installed the studs and wing nuts on my bedroom AC grill cover like I did a few weeks ago on the front one. Makes it much quicker and easier to clean the filters, which I will need to do a couple of times a month when we’re gate guarding again in a few months. All that caliche dust clogs them very quickly.
Here’s what the finished job looks like.
And more detail on this fix can be found in this June 22th blog.
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In the afternoon, Jan made a batch of what she called “DumbAss Cookies.” (Lord knows I would never call them that). She was using a Chocolate Chip Cookie mix she got at the Amish bulk foods place, E & S Sales, over in Shipshewana. The print on the label was very small, even though there was plenty of room on the label for larger text. Plus the amount of mix to be used was broken in the middle over two lines, so Jan read 2 1/4 cups of mix as 2 quarter cups, i.e. 1/2 cup, of mix instead of 2 and 1/4 cups.
Later realizing what she had done, she went back and tried to correct the mix, but got her fractions wrong and then lost track of where she was. So she decided to just bake them anyway. And they turned out delicious!
But they will forever be known as “DumbAss Cookies.”
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A little later Jan and I changed the sheets on our bed, using one of our two sets of these.sheets.
1500 THREAD COUNT MILANI COLLECTION Striped QUEEN Sateen Sheet Set
They’re so soft, they feel like microfiber, but they’re very strong and don’t show any wear in the almost-year that we’ve been using them. Even better, they come in a bunch of colors, and only cost about $25.00 for a set.
A lot of people have bought these through the blog and seem to be happy with them. We certainly are.
Tomorrow is our last full day here at Indian Lakes before we move about 80 miles northwest to the Wilmington Thousand Trails for the next two weeks.
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Thought for the Day:
“A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind…let your gun therefore be your constant companion of your walks.” — Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1785
