Heard from my two Gunbroker sellers, this AM. Paypal-ed $$ to a dude in Spain for the hammer spring. Called gun parts co with Visa card, for firing pin and that spring. My baby will be up-and-running, soon as the stuff gets in. Gotta love militaryfirearm.com. One quick search, and found what I needed ( Read more... )

Nuked and ate lunch. Between Lean Cuisine and Weightwatchers Smart Ones, there's a grand total of about 6 nuke-an-entrees that aren't swimming in carbs. Usually there's 5 available when I do my weekend grocery shopping. Been living out of the freezer for the last several days. Thawed Creole sauce and threw in shrimp, Tuesday. Thawed Panang and had ( Read more... )

Wore grubbies and a golf shirt to work yesterday, because last night was CERT drill.  The lecture topic was "H1N1 and You". Not much I didn't know already, but organized and with some of the science behind it. Got a pointer to the CDC's website -- flu.gov.


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A week or so ago, A. mentioned that her computer gets crappy reception up on the top floor. Thought we might have to move our wi-fi router. Minor problem with that -- it's hardwired to the cable modem, which is hardwired to the wall in the basement. Oops.  So, I hopped online. Found a good price on a Linksys net expander.  Today, it landed on our ( Read more... )

Such is life... The evening's activities have been somewhat altered by the fact that our coffee pot didn't turn on, this morning. Filled the tank, coffee in the basket, set for 0700, and nada. Zip. Zilch. Near as I can tell, a thermocouple or something in the burner element went kaput. Given that the pot cost around $40, nineteen years ago, it's ( Read more... )

Spent most of Tuesday through Thursday prepping data for migration to the new box. I also did some badly-needed straightening-out of the Den of Iniquity. There were a few highlights.

The Brown Truck of Happiness, in addition to bringing my new 'puter, delivered a couple of smallish-but heavy boxes, which now reside in the ammo locker. I also need ( Read more... )

I'm on the "New every 2" plan at Verizon, wherein I get a $100 discount on a new phone every couple of years (with plan renewal, of course). My intent was to go get a new one this coming Friday, when I'm off at the beginning of my spring break. My two-year-old Motorola, however, had different plans. Completely refuses to take or hold a charge, now ( Read more... )