Daily Archives: November 16, 2016
A Beautiful Evening . . .
First up, I posted my screed on The 1960 World Series and the Electoral College and the one on Dilbert Predicts Trump’s Win on my Greg’s Musings page.
Check it out.
Several readers have recently asked about a couple of things that we use regularly and recommend.
The one I use most is one I mentioned the other day during my Splendide dryer repair. It’s the WORX Power Screwdriver
It comes with two different cartridges contain12 bits of various types and sizes. You can also use standard screwdriver bits and well as drill bits. But the thing I really like about it is the torque it can generate. You literally will not be able to hold on to it if the screw stops. So it can power through just about anything.
The next one is our Porter-Cable 150 PSI Air Compressor.
We bought ours in 2009 when it was being sold under the Sears name. I don’t use it as often as my WORX driver but it’s always worked when I needed it. Even more important it’s capable of airing up our rig tires to 105 psi quickly, and with no strain.
As it stands right now Jan and I plan on making the 160 mile trip back to our daughter Brandi’s for Thanksgiving. And somewhere along that trip over and back we’ll reach a milestone.
Our 2004 Dodge Dakota will reach 250,000 miles, that’s a quarter of a million miles! We bought the Dakota the end of 2007 specially to tow behind our RV, and at time it had 104,000 miles on it. According to CarFax it had been a T-Mobile supervisor’s truck and already had the bed cover on it. With 4WD, it was towable 4-down and perfect for our needs.
And incredibly, it also has another 75,000+ miles being dragged around behind the rig that doesn’t register on the odometer.
Even better is how reliable it’s been. Over the years, we’ve had to replace the AC compressor, the radiator and a water pump. Right now I need to replace the AC evaporator fan which I’ll do when we get back to Houston.
I’ll also put on a new set of shocks at that time, the second new set since we brought the truck. And that’s about it. ]
A really good truck. But then I’ve always had good luck with Chrysler products.
Around 4pm Jan and I headed out to have dinner once again at Bella Sera, our 3rd visit. We’re gradually working our way through the menu, and so far it’s all good.
We both started with salads dressed with their delicious Ranch, which Jan and I agree is probably the best Ranch dressing we’ve ever had.
And because we both liked their Chicken Soup last time, so this time we split a bowl as an appetizer, Still very tasty.
For our entrees, Jan went with the Bella Sera Chicken, the same dish I had on our first visit.
With chicken, olives, capers, and sun-dried tomatoes in a white wine sauce over spaghetti, it’s a great treat.
I went with the Chicken Arribiatta, with chicken, red peppers, mushrooms, and onions in a marinara sauce, it was a spicy dish. Very good.
Then after a quick stop at Wal-Mart for a couple of ingredients for the Pasta e Fagioli soup Jan is making tomorrow, we were home for the night.
Thought for the Day:
“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” ― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
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