Entry for July 30, 2006

Well yesterday afternoon I managed to remove most of Bubba's broken face. The physical damage to Bubba's sheetmetal looks worse than it is. There really isn't a lot to the metal, the stregth is in the frame and the bumper brackets are broken off of the frame but it doesn't look like the frame moved at all. I have the measurements so I'll be able to verify it but the big question is the health of the drivetrain. The water pump is toast as are the motor mounts, right now it's sitting about an inch too far back, no big deal as long as there isn't any hidden damage, have to get under Bubba and look see. With new mounts the drivetrain will fall right in place where it belongs so we'll see.

Once I verify the condition of the drivetrain there isn't much I can do till I get the new parts. Bubba's engine bay really looks rusty, it's not. Durring the crash Bubba reguritated his coolant, which was very old and rusty hence the color of everything that got sprayed. Might hose Bubba off, clean stuff is easier and more pleasant to work on. T& I were going to flush the cooling system, the new antifreeze is on the porch. Sure gald we didn't or I'd really be mad.

Might get back to Dave the Athlon 1400 today, he rejected the W2k sofware install. Might have something to do with the CMOS being set wrong, the bus was 100mhz and the multiplier was 14 after his CMOS battery crapped out, it should have been 133 x 10.5. Dave crashed severl times durring Windows Update and Win2k almost never crashes, usually it's a solid as a brick poophouse. So... Now that the CMOS is set right, I might sit down and give Dave a fresh Windows 2000 enema today. Gotta get Dave and Hal back up to speed.

Entry for July 29, 2006

Poor Bubba. C hit two small trees square on so the impact looks like he hit a square post or something. The ening is pushed back about an inch, looks like the motor mounts broke. Tomorrow I'll get underneath and see if the trans mount is broken (probably) and try to start the engine, testing Bubba's abillity to move under his own awesome power. I'll have to bypass the trans cooler lines since Bubba no longer has a radiator or hill shoot his load of ATF right through his broken face. The health of the engine and trans will determine if Bubba is a transplant patient, or an organ doner.

Entry for July 28, 2006

Gonig in late today, didn't feel good when I first woke up today, stomach acting up. My Aetna health plan won't pay for Nexium, so I now take a less expensive prescription that just doesn't cut it.

Maybe more later.

Entry for July 27, 2006

Did you ever write a nice long blog and then when you post it Yahoo asks for your password... When you give it your blog is gone?

Entry for July 26, 2006

Major disaster befell the household in several forms as of late. Over the weekend there was the crash and demise of Bubba the Blazer and that got most of my attention... But also Duddly the dishwasher decided to act up and misbehave.

Well, last night I stopped at the gun club on the way home for my complimentary beer. The club had been closed on my birthday for a hunter safety course, so my birthday beer was postponed. Came home and decided to get productive. Took the dishwasher apart and found some pieces of broken glass jammed in the spin thingy. So... No old Duddly is spraying away, much better and quieter than he has ever been as long as I've known him.

Of the two desktops that MT&C use Hal has been acting up for a few weeks. The guys managed to download some sort of IM Trojan that filled up the hard drive with all sorts of crap. Like 80 gig of junk files in every Temp directory. I had to delete their user accounts since it was the easiest way to delete several hundred thousand junk files from their temp directories. I was able to save some of their stuff, but a lot was lost. IE still doesn't work worth a damn but they've been using Mozilla and Firefox.

Well last night after having so much success with Duddly I decided to fix Dave. Dave has been dead for about three months, so last night I fed Dave a fresh install of Windows 2k. He's still eating Windows Updates as we speak, but maybe by the weekend I'll get the energy to stuff a fresh install of XP onto Hal. I hate calling Microsoft India to get pass codes to reinstall, that's why I've been putting it off... but Hal does need to be working too.

Entry for July 25, 2006

Got together with John & Sue last night to transfer the ol' Audi 4000 into my name. It's been sitting on the property for over a year and a half. Exhaust is shot, windshield broken, some oil leaks, speedometer doesn't and some lights work only when they want to... but it moves under it's own power. It had been intended as something T could fix up and drive instead of Bubba to get some better mileage but the money hasn't been available. Then for C to do the same with, but the money wasn't available... So now, it's an emergency runner for T to get to work for the next 10 days. Under PA law with a title/tag tranfer you can drive for 10 days without am inspection sticker. $81 to transfer the tag from the dead Sentra so that works out to a car for $8 a day, cheaper than a rental car.

Stopped at Gilbertsville Auto Body yesterday morn and wrothe them a check for $125 for the accident tow. Took another look at Bubba... He's certainly fixable, frame horns might be bent... Now I'm having them tow it here so I can pull the front clip off and put together some prices to fix him with used stuff... Hood, both fenders, complete bumper and brackets, radiator, ac condensor, raditaor support, fan shroud, fan, water pump, maybe alternator and compressor..battery, battery tray, the raditor support is back against the engine. The big determining factor is if the trans, rear or engine are pushed back... have to measure. I'm sure at the very least the engine bounced against the firewall... distributor cap is probably broken... he got hit that hard. Might be able to make Bubba whole for 1,200 or 1,300 or so if I can buy the parts right. I've got some friends checking on used stuff. Might have to go to Harry's U-Pull-It and get some stuff. Might cost a fortune in beer though, makes me sick every time I look at poor Bubba. At the very least we'll have to strip off some of the new stuff he's wearing.

The above picture of an Audi 4000 in front of a junk yard isn't actually Alfie the Audi... could be though, he's a heartbeat away from the rest home.

Entry for July 23, 2006

Well it looks like some friends might stop by work tomorrow to wish me well, I sure hope they don't overdo things again like last year.

Entry for July 23, 2006

Took C to work this morning, he didn't mention any soreness but I imagine he is. T isn't happy, can't blame him. Still.trying to figure out what to do

M went out at 8:00 this morn for boating with one of his friends, the one from the old neighborhood.

Initial panic this AM when the dryer wouldn't run, ugly noises then it would shut off. Just for giggles I took half of the load out and then it ran fine. Certainly don't need another appliance failure now.

Entry for July 22, 2006

Well...

What a day.

C had an accident, poor Bubba is totaled. But of course what really matters is C is ok, well at least he's not hurt.

It's going to be a real problem for T. T has been using Bubba to get to work every day, he's also kept very good care of Bubba, I imagine he'll be pissed I let C use Bubba.

I figure that the loss of Bubba represents about a $2,000.00 loss for the family right now, and something we can ill afford. I don't know what I'm going to do. Come Monday morning both T and I will need a vehicle to go to work... there's only noble Rex left. So... in the dumps right now, time to do some laundry.

Yahoo IM has been dead all day... what a day.

Entry for July 21, 2006

ARGH !!!

This Yahoo 360 thing is driving me crazy. Now, I can't even see my own blog. Oh I can see it and obviously write to it, but it's completely missing from my 360 page.  NO!!! I'm not trying to shun you or shut you out of my life (you know who you are). I even tried making it "public" and turning off the "mature content" flag but it's still invisable from my 360 page.

No, I don't use the "mature content" flag because I plan on writing about all the great things that can be done with cucumbers and Wesson oil... I put the mature content flag on because of the joke photos I post and I didn't want anyone getting their nipples twisted in a knot because they might find something offensive.

Well that was special.

After pulling my graying hair out checking and resetting all the blog settings and getting no where... I just posted the above to the blog and the whole thing appeared. Gotta love Yahoo.

Entry for July 20, 2006

Friends have said they can see the photos, so all is well there.

C was late for summer school yesterday, I'll have to try and call him in time to make sure he's up. Just a taste of things to come, my usual ritual durring the school year. :(

Well, I managed to get all the laundry done last night, but I know that means that there is still more to do... The question is where are they hiding the dirt laundry. I know there has to be  a sizeable pile somewhere... kinda like the soda with one sip out of it that hides behind a curtain somewhere... waiting to be spilled. Where could it be?

Entry for July 19, 2006

Well I managed to get some of the photos to show. Now, my favorite Lady can be seen by the public.

Lady was perhaps the most wonderful person I've ever met in my entire life, dogs do make the best people.

MTC can be seen by friends, don't want any photos morphed of them by strangers so they can be seen by invite only.

Can't get the "Joke" photos to show !!! To make sure Yahoo doesn't delete them I made them "Mature content 18 plus" and marked them for the public. It didn't work, so... now I'll just mark them public. If they get deleted so be it.

 

Entry for July 18, 2006

Well, it should be cooler today... only 95. Screw the $2.85 gas and the shitty mileage, the AC runs today!!!

Still can't get the damn photos to share properly, Think I'll delete them all and start from scratch if I fiddle with in later tonight.

Probably should work on the Audi tonight, I hate the thought of crawling on the dirt under that thing in this heat, it certainly sucks not having a garage.