My attempt to make it to my 10 acres in Terlingua Ranch and make a go of living on it. From the start it hasn't gone good at all, but I'm hopeful things will turn around!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Cone Nosed Beetle
Found this blood sucker here in the dungeon tonight. Glad I found it before it found me after I went to sleep! And here I'd read where they mostly hung out in adobe buildings. I guess not!
Believe me MC, it is a goner!!! On another note I'm back to square one on the inverter. Besides all the other weird problems it was causing the charge only lasted 12 hours. I had to go out and recharge just now. 11:00 PM. I'll try to return the Chinese crap, but doubt that they will take it back. It may be in the car so I can use the laptop in it. :(
More than likely just more wattage and less charge life, but I may try it when I get the chance. I tried the 1000 watt Dennis sent me a while back and it didn't seem to pull much more than the one I'm using now, but did pull enough more not to use it. It has a remote switch where I could rig it up to be shut off in here though. Any other time that would be good, but not now that I need to be running the evap about full time.
Gray Wet Day
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ROCKPORT TEXAS
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A nasty drizzling rain and very grey skies was our day most of the day. We
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My computer was hacked
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Last week my computer was hacked. I had several tabs open when it started
slowing down to a crawl and I thought *Spectrum* had gone down again. Then
it l...
New Chapter Begins
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I finished closing up and winterizing the rig up in the cold place and
today I can stay home in the warm place (Quartzsite) and enjoy small town
living....
Draw an Ask Old Jules card on YouTube
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Hello everyone, I decided to upload videos of drawing one card at a time on
YouTube. This will happen three times a week. If you want to go over and
look, ...
Hydroponics update.....steady progress
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It's been about 30 days since I planted seeds in the seedling cubes.
Gradually moving seedlings from the incubation tray on a low heat warmer
mat ...to a 3...
The RV Refrigerator
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One day out of the blue we started getting a strong ammonia smell inside
the RV. It was the smell of our RV absorption refrigerator giving up the
ghost. T...
My Back Yard.
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My son is back up on the Northshore of Alaska. He can download to his
phone pictures from some of his game cameras that he has placed around our
place. H...
Wishing All A Happy New Year...!
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Here is wishing the New Year is the best ever for all of my dear friends.
The passing of the old year has been marked with so many changes for many
of us t...
Ronald Peter Nieckau
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Ronald Peter Nieckau 18/07/1953 - 17/08/2019 Rest in peace, my very, very
dear Ronnie. The horrific, last cruel four and a half months should not
have t...
*****Winners Announced*****
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The winners of the Gerber Suspension Multi-Plier + Sheath, and the
Victorniox Swiss Army Knife are:
Wyoming Heart, you won the *Gerber*
And
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Man you oughta see her fly…
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One of my all time favorite songs is “A Broken Wing” by Martina McBride.
It speaks to my heart and soul. Early this morning it came to me that it
seeme...
He lives....if'n this is living
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Boy howdy time sure does flys. This don't mean that I'll gonna be posting
for another year, but jist wanted to let ya know I ain't quite kick the
bucket y...
Long Time Coming
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It's been months since I posted anything and I feel bad about it. It seems
like every time I think about the blog something comes up, then the thought
is g...
VA assisted Near Death Experience
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Its been months since my VA assisted Near Death Experience and I finally
decided to post about it. I was in Big Spring for my monthly phlebotomy
(Having bl...
JULY AND IT'S HOT!
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Hi folks, hope all is well, plenty hot for me now, hope your not getting
over heated, it can happen before you know it, so stay hydrated.
Thought I would po...
Thanksgiving around here
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I wasn't able to go, but my brother took me up to the gate so i didn't have
very far to walk. I was really hurting so even that distance was hard for
me, b...
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A lot has happened since my last post almost 3 years ago. I
haven't intended to ignore this endeavor... just been to busy!
I am still researching and plann...
A New Project
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I started a new project today. We'll see if I ever finish it. This will be
decorated with vintage jewelry pieces and beads and fitted with lights and
sold ...
This land... is no longer my land
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My land has sold! I will sorely miss it, but it has gone to someone that
can really get some use out of it.
Apologies for not updating the blog for so long...
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Last Friday my wife Lana and I headed out to have lunch with several
couples. We were on the freeway in the fast lane when traffic ahead started
stopping,j...
Please tell me you stomped on it instead of shoo-ing it outside.
ReplyDeleteBelieve me MC, it is a goner!!! On another note I'm back to square one on the inverter. Besides all the other weird problems it was causing the charge only lasted 12 hours. I had to go out and recharge just now. 11:00 PM. I'll try to return the Chinese crap, but doubt that they will take it back. It may be in the car so I can use the laptop in it. :(
ReplyDeletetffnguy, If you feel like it, try that 700 watt inverter I have behind the back seat ( trunk )
ReplyDeleteIm curious to see if that one will be any better.
More than likely just more wattage and less charge life, but I may try it when I get the chance. I tried the 1000 watt Dennis sent me a while back and it didn't seem to pull much more than the one I'm using now, but did pull enough more not to use it. It has a remote switch where I could rig it up to be shut off in here though. Any other time that would be good, but not now that I need to be running the evap about full time.
ReplyDeleteUGLY FLY! DIE FLY DIE!
ReplyDeletehows that for poetry? I know, don't give up my day job.
Considerably bigger than a fly and they should DIE! No Monks allowed.
ReplyDeleteKissing Bug
Kissing Bug II
MC beat me to the question...glad it is a goner!!
ReplyDeleteMsB, unfortunately I hear where there's one there are more. I'll just have to keep an eye out for them.
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