Bug food, too fast
I picked up the dogs on the way home from work in the van for their second extended visit in as many weeks. Nicki had some sort of urinary tract infection this past week so her meal plan will include a large anti-biotic pill twice a day. Ali has been throwing the pill down Nicki’s throat to make sure she gets it. I don’t seem to have much luck with that approach. Instead I jammed the big pill inside an equally big piece of chicken. My alternative method was successful as she gobbled it down without incident.
Last night I was on the tractor for the third day in a row. Once again we had a day without precipitation, something that is very, very rare during wet season. I figured I had little choice but to get out there and mow the front yard.
I was very generous with my application of bug spray, even so, I was getting attacked pretty vigorously as I drove through areas that were underwater a couple days prior. I felt like I was constantly swatting and smacking, sometimes at spots that didn’t even have a mosquito actively sucking blood. It was quite annoying.
I didn’t get done until after 8. When I took the girls out in the backyard to do their business the attacks were even worse, my calves felt like they were receiving insect acupuncture, the joys of swamp living.
Wow, did you see the video of the Spanish commuter train crashing? For whatever reason the train was going double the recommended speed limit for that turn. Is it possible that 80 people lost their lives because the train operator simply had a lead foot and got off on pushing the limits? It looked absolutely awful.
It looks like a bunch of the people that were killed burned to death while trapped in the mangled wreckage. What a horrible way to die….
Today I see they have arrested the train operator on criminal charges. If his need for speed is the only cause for this tragedy I can only hope he never sees the light of day again.
This weekend I have some pruning and trimming that needs to get done around the house. I might be pulling out the pressure washer to blast the grass encrusted mower deck before putting my new set of blades on it. I should take it on the pool deck and hit the pool cage as well but it’s too early in wet season, it will just get green again. I’ll wait another month or two before blasting away out there.
I will probably get out to see the new Wolverine movie this weekend, I am looking forward to it.
If I am successful and feel adequate amounts of enjoyment from doing so, my first purchase might be a much smaller, much less expensive quad copter which is powerful, light, yet durable. I read that it’s a great set of training wheels for a Phantom.
They say it is actually more difficult to fly than a Phantom so if you can fly this reliably, the big league copter will actually be a step back on the difficulty scale.
Of course the biggest thing I need to determine is if I have the time, energy to relaunch my RC hobby. The good thing is I still have a lot of the various accessories/tools that are needed to support the hobby so the $$ required is not as severe as it normally would be.
If you are interested in seeing the video documenting the Miata O2 sensor replacement, your wait is over.