The bugs are out.
Yes, that's right, bugs. It's only 40 during the day, but still they are waking up. I almost ate one today, that's how I know.
We seem to have chipmunks setting up shop out back in the stone wall. I guess it's because our resident cats no longer go out. That will change with the kittens come along. Yes, there should be kittens at some point, after we rid ourselves of these old fogie cats, who are thinking outside the box! Bad kitty! Actually, we do want to try to get some young cats or kittens, preferably from the same batch who will hopefully get along. Like I've said, I'm tired of cats that dont' get along. Of course, the woman down the street got brothers, really wonderful cats, and of course the best of them, the really friendly one, got eaten by coyotes. Kind of makes sense, it's the hunter brother who survived. Again, it doesn't pay to be nice. Even for cats.
My brother finally found the piece of the transmission that was warn. He gave me the gears to bring to my favorite parts store to see if I could get it. I brought the parts book, but it doesn't have a breakdown of the transmission. The parts guy thought that that might mean that Simplicity doesn't sell anything but the whole transmission. Which would be @ $700.00. But he consulted with some other guys, and I left the part with him. He called later saying that they do sell a kit, for $60.00. Well, for that I'll take a chance. Its either that or a new mower, and it might end up being a new mower in the end anyway, at the rate things keep breaking on this old geezer of a machine. And I haven't even touched the wheel bearings on the other mower.
The truck gets to go to the shop tomorrow for another master cylinder. That should go another year and a half. :-(
Ok, got to check out the genealogy thing on PBS that Mrknowitall reminded me of. It is on line.
We seem to have chipmunks setting up shop out back in the stone wall. I guess it's because our resident cats no longer go out. That will change with the kittens come along. Yes, there should be kittens at some point, after we rid ourselves of these old fogie cats, who are thinking outside the box! Bad kitty! Actually, we do want to try to get some young cats or kittens, preferably from the same batch who will hopefully get along. Like I've said, I'm tired of cats that dont' get along. Of course, the woman down the street got brothers, really wonderful cats, and of course the best of them, the really friendly one, got eaten by coyotes. Kind of makes sense, it's the hunter brother who survived. Again, it doesn't pay to be nice. Even for cats.
My brother finally found the piece of the transmission that was warn. He gave me the gears to bring to my favorite parts store to see if I could get it. I brought the parts book, but it doesn't have a breakdown of the transmission. The parts guy thought that that might mean that Simplicity doesn't sell anything but the whole transmission. Which would be @ $700.00. But he consulted with some other guys, and I left the part with him. He called later saying that they do sell a kit, for $60.00. Well, for that I'll take a chance. Its either that or a new mower, and it might end up being a new mower in the end anyway, at the rate things keep breaking on this old geezer of a machine. And I haven't even touched the wheel bearings on the other mower.
The truck gets to go to the shop tomorrow for another master cylinder. That should go another year and a half. :-(
Ok, got to check out the genealogy thing on PBS that Mrknowitall reminded me of. It is on line.