Monthly Archives: February 2018
Birthday Bash . . .
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I played hockey today so I didn’t go into work. So a nice, quiet day was had by all. I did talk to my son Chris’ about replacing the oil pressure sensor next. We’ll take a further look at the problem when he’s off work again.
I got a popup window this morning saying that Garmin had an update for my Garmin Nuvi 1490. It’s going on 7 years old, but it’s still working fine, and more importantly, it’s still getting regular updates.
In additional it has Lifetime Updates and Free Live Traffic Updates. I’ve looked at new ones and so far can’t see any reason to upgrade. It will be interesting however to see if they’ve finally fixed the one problem I’ve been reporting for years.
Many on the roads here in Texas are labeled as ‘FM’ roads, as in ‘FM 646’. Which means ‘Farm to Market’. They also have ‘RM’ (Ranch to Market’) and ‘RR’ (Ranch Road) roads. But when my Garmin gives voice directions, rather than say, ‘FM’ or “Farm to Market’, the GPS say ‘Federated States of Micronesia’. Not exactly where I’m heading.
So we’ll see tomorrow whether or not it got corrected this time. But I’m not holding my breath.
I’m still hanging in there with Duolingo, the free app I’m using every day brush up on my Spanish. I’ve been going at it for over three weeks now and it seems to be working.
Jan has had seveal requests for her mom’s great Sukiyaki receipe, so I thought I’d post it here and then later in the Jan’s Favorite Recipes section.
Jan’s Mom’s Sukiyaki
1 lb. Steak
2-3 Med. Carrots
1 Large Onion
3-4 Stalks of Celery
1/4 Head of Cabbage
1 5oz Bottle of Soy Sauce
1/3 – 1/2 Cup of Sugar
1/2 Cup of Water
1 Tb Salad Oil
Mushrooms – Fresh, Canned, whatever you want.
Heat oil, add thin slices of steak and brown quickly.
Add Soy Sauce, Water, and Sugar.
Simmer 5 minutes.
Add Carrots and simmer 5 more minutes
Add Onions, Celery, and Cabbage
Simmer 10 more minutes.
Veggies should be crisp.
Really good, and Chris and Brandi loved it growing up.
Tomorrow we’re going to reconnect with many of our old Alvin Opry friends at Tony Booth’s Birthday Bash
We haven’t seen many of them for 5 years, so we’re really looking forward to .
The Headline of the Day: Teen arrested for hurling bleach on pickle juice-throwing attacker.
Thought for the Day:
“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
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It Didn’t Work . . .
Jan and I headed out about 2:30 on our way to meet our friend Lynn at the Texas Roadhouse over in Pasadena, but we detoured by our son Chris’ to let him pull the oil pressure sensor connector and Strike-Hold it.
While we were there we got a look at his new (OK, old) bike project. It’s a 1998 Yamaha V-Star 650.
One thing noticeable is this piston as the gear shift knob. I assumed it was a real piston, but Chris turned it out of a solid block of aluminum on his metal lathe . . . which he also made himself.
This is his main ride, a Yamaha 1900.
Chris let the engine cool down for about 30 minutes before he took a crack at it. The biggest problem was getting the connector unlatched and off. But once he did, he sprayed it, latched it back on, and then Jan and I headed over to Pasadena to meet Lynn.
And within a few minutes, I could tell that cleaning the connector didn’t fix the problem. So now we’re looking at the oil pressure sensor again. Stay tuned.
Jan and Lynn worked together years (mid 80’s to early 90’s) ago at Medical Center del Oro Hospital up near the Astrodome, Since then Lynn has been in the marriage business.
As Minister Lynn Turner and Associates, she and her group of ministers travel all over to perform your wedding for you. She has some funny stories about weddings performed in prisons and other strange locations.
But my favorite story was when the groomsmen wheeled a coffin down the aisle on a hand truck, the coffin swings open and the groom steps out . . . in full Dracula regalia. Now Lynn had no idea this was going to happen, so she was wondering what the bride was going to be wearing . . . Bride of Frankenstein, maybe?
But the bride was just wearing a standard bridal gown. What’s up with that?
We had a great time seeing Lynn again and we want to do it again soon.
Coming home we made a Wal-Mart stop before getting home a little after 7pm.
Tomorrow’s kind of open since I’m not working, so we’ll see how it goes.
Before we headed out this afternoon, I set up Drop-In on our Alexa Echo and Dots. This lets us use them as intercoms between each other. It just takes a couple of minutes to configure them and also give each one a location, i.e. Bedroom, Living Room, etc.
Then you just say, “Alexa, Drop In on Bedroom” and you’re in a two-way conversation. Then when you’re done, you just say, “Alexa, stop.”
Neat!
The Word of the Day is: Epistemic
Thought for the Day:
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it.” – William S. Burroughs.
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