Fishbusters
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Re: Busy weekend ahead, where will you be?
Update on weekend We got back a couple hours ago from a 50 state salute done with cannons. It was cool (even though you would sweat in the shade) and not crouded at all we actually got to park half a block from the event which is unusual for Charleston. I guess everyone is saving up for tonight.
Update on weekend We got back a couple hours ago from a 50 state salute done with cannons. It was cool (even though you would sweat in the shade) and not crouded at all we actually got to park half a block from the event which is unusual for Charleston. I guess everyone is saving up for tonight.
instead ... at 7 pm ...<br /><br />arising from my nap at five in the morning, ( I woke for a bit in the middle of the night, but was the only one awake ... no point in staying awake, besides I was still bone tired) the one woman tapeworm parade sez, Im hungry daddy!!! and we need cigarettes!<br /><br />its about seventy miles to the Shady Maple smorgasbord out in Lancaster territory, Blue Ball is the nearest town ... funny name for a place close to where you take Bird In Hand, and go to Paradise via Intercourse! ... we went there cause we heard the breakfast was good, and had to cross a bridge to get to Delaware anyway<br /><br />Steak and mushroom omelette is something you have to try, its like a cheesesteak wrapped in egg (they had eggbeaters but I didnt see that til it was too late) Im not into sweets, but a sweet fanatic would love this place donuts and fritters and all sorts of stuff<br /><br />riding to Delaware via a scenic route, we feel the effects of the previous day and the burn disrupted sleep ... I get drowsy, not good at any speed, and especially the speeds an Outback can generate when you have the AC on and the outside noise becomes nil ... (damn thing is as heavy as a pickup truck with a motor the size of a Vega ... and it blasts along at over a HUNDRED without you even knowing it, you swear you are doing maybe 75 .. <br /><br />as we stop at various places to shop and stretch, the Oppressive index climbs steadily - finally we get home, 20 dollar cartons of ciggies in hand, ready to take a little nap, wake and PARTY, woo hooo!<br /><br />Phone rings not a minute later ... the AC has gone out at the bar my mom manages for my grandmom<br />Im sore, tired and VERY aware of the fact that its blast furnace hot now outside, and that AC is in direct sun now<br /><br />aint easy bein #1 son<br /><br />ripping the ac unit down, the sun beating down like in the movie "the bridge over the river kwai" I start laughing and humming that song they all hummed Surreal I thought I was in a nightmare<br /><br />Finally patched back up, I went home, scared the hell out of my girls ... even the teenager was worried about me, and she never knows Im alive most of the time! apparently I was bright red and gray at the same time, neat trick ... <br /><br /> hit the shower and staggered to the bedroom, barely coherent ... s'ok .. just gimme a half hour of sleep ... Ill be fine ... <br /><br />I have severe sleep apnea, I have to sleep with a BiPap machine ... I go to hit the button and the house goes dead<br /><br />Air Conditioning goes off<br /><br />Fans go off<br /><br />and of course ... the machine wont go on<br /><br />and I cant sleep without it<br /><br />period<br /><br />oh god ...<br /><br />did I mention Im burned? lol, for a moment i wonder if a 12 gauge shotgun shell would fit into the 12 gauge marine launcher I have, then figure, eh, cant get much worse ... <br /><br />a few hours later, power comes on, I hit the machine and out I go<br /><br />remember, things cant get much worse<br /><br />I wake up, and realize I havent taken my pills for the night - Liz is out like a light and I dont want to wake her, so I take my pills in the dark<br /><br />I have read that Viagra is good for six hours, one of my experiments is to test that, once I get my stress test done, make sure my heart is good to go for a workout like that ... six hours straight, muhahaha<br /><br />My cholesterol pill is blue, and triangular, and a bit bitter<br /><br />My pill wasnt bitter I realized a bit too late<br /><br />for eight hours I slept on my side, belly sleeping was out, and I was afraid the cat would find a new claw sharpening post if I slept on my back<br /><br />::SIGH::<br /><br />so later on in the morning, I wake UP, Liz wakes up, and inbetween her getting the coffee and coming back to bed to, well, lol, FINALLY have some fireworks ...<br /><br />phone rings, mom again, AC is down ... <br /><br />Homer Simpson couldnt replicate the DOH that reverbrated thru the house<br /><br />which woke the girl up ... and she wanted omlette for breakfast<br /><br />Just shoot me! I said to Liz, and I think out of pity she would have, but not before getting HER omlette too, lol, <br /><br />off to the AC, stop off at ace hardware for new keyways and set screws<br /><br />more blazing heat, more direct sunshine, the seals were destroyed when the fan came apart, and the lack of oil is eating the god knows how old bearing inside - this is a WW II era evaporater stack, to me, a vexation cast in what was once steel and has since reverted mostly back to ferrous oxide ... I get it running and propose two solutions ... <br /><br />1 take it down AGAIN and take said bearing carrier to a machine shop, see if they can press in a new bearing and seals (where in gods name they will FIND something so old is beyond me)<br /><br />2 try to rig an weather proof motor and turn the fan directly with it<br /><br />there is also a squirrel cage blower from a house forced air system, I might try to rig that<br /><br />(anyone know what a seven ton AC equates to in BTU terms? two big window units should do it too!)<br /><br />Tomorrow looks to be another lost day, machine shop guys shaking thier heads and saying gonna take two weeks at least, and its needed NOW ...<br /><br /> its 1230 and I have to be up in five hours!<br /><br />how was YOUR holiday weekend???<br /><br />