Monthly Archives: August 2018
Snapped . . .
As I figured, we ended up with a lot of errands on our plate, but luckily intermixed with lunch at East Star Chinese Buffet.
However our first stop was at a Postal Annex in Clear Lake to have our passport photos made. Originally I had planned to do them myself and just print them out. But after reading the ‘very’ detailed instructions about the type of paper, the framing, the background, etc., I decided to let a professional do it. And a few minutes, and $21.56 later we were on our way.
Our next stop was East Star for lunch, as delicious as usual. One thing that really makes a difference is that they don’t put a lot of food in each pan, so it’s being constantly replaced with fresh, hot stuff. Even to the point of replacing the serving spoons each time as well.
Then it was on over to the Staples for some pen refills and a new 3-part binder for Jan. Then it was on down to Lowe’s to make a return on some leftover parts from my recent dryer vent repair. I bought two different connectors, sure that one of them would fit, and then returned the unused one.
Right next door we made a WalMart stop for a few things, that as usual turned out to be more than a few things. Then it was home by about 5:30.
We made the downpayment for our cruise yesterday, with the final payment due September 30th. And if we wanted the cruise trip insurance we also had to prepay it at the same time.
Several readers had wondered what we gave Landon for his birthday. Since he like to build things with Legos using the Technic motor and gear kits, we decided to see if he’d like doing the same thing with electronics using one of these Snap Circuits PRO 500 kits.
It has 500 different projects that can be snapped together. Projects like a digital voice recorder, AM radio, digitally tuned FM radio, AC generator, screaming fan, whistle switch and more.
He seemed to be excited when he opened it and said it he’d seen these, so hopefully he’ll enjoy it. Though I don’t know how much time he’s had to play with it, since Brandi et. al. are getting ready to move into their new house.
In fact they close on it tomorrow morning and the movers are coming tomorrow afternoon. A busy time.
Thought for the Day:
“The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Under The Bed . . .
No, not the Bogey Man. Just a big Cummins ISC 350 diesel engine.
With an oil leak.
Yesterday I raised the bed and then the engine cover to take a look at my leak problem. All could I tell from underneath is that it’s leaking on the driver’s side near the slobber tube area.
But looking at it from up above it looks like it could be coming from the oil filter area. Which makes sense since we had the oil/filter changed out before we left on our recent trip. But from below it looked like the leak was behind the oil filter. However now I wonder if that was because the airflow was blowing the oil to the rear.
So now I’m going to see if I can crawl under the rig to take a better look at the filter. It would be nice to find it was just loose. The only problem is whether or not I can get underneath without raising the coach up on the levelers.
Normally if our site is nice and level, like here, I just drop the airbags and don’t worry with the levelers. So we’ll see if I can fit without cranking up and raising up.
Looks like we’ve got our basic itinerary nailed down for our European trip. We’ll leave here April 26th, arrive in Budapest on the 27th. Then after two days there, our cruise leaves on the 29th.
Fifteen days later we arrive in Amsterdam, where we’ll spend two additional days before taking the train to Paris. After four nights there we’ll take the Chunnel train to London for another four nights. Then finishing up, we’ll fly home on the May 23rd making it a 28 day trip. Yowza!
Tomorrow is probably going to be an errand day, hopefully with lunch at East Star Chinese Buffet.
Thought for the Day:
When I first went to work at age 13 my tax return consisted of a single IBM data card with the instructions on one side and a few lines to fill out on the other side. Each year since then Congress has simplified it into 35,000 pages.
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