And On This Farm He Had A Blog

This is the portion of the evening where I complain about the aging process.

The screws, even with pilot holes, did not go into the 4x4 post easily at all. This is mostly due to the pressure I had to keep on the head of the cheap metal screws to keep them from stripping out. I did this by hand as my cordless driver/drill was dead and the one I bought this morning was absent from the case.

The tendons and muscles in my hand, combined with the arthritis stemming from multiple breaks AND the carpal tunnel are producing a symphony of pain right now.

Long gone are the days of being able to wrestle a 115 pound air chisle for eight hours then go bar hopping afterwards.

sigh

Sidekick is listening to movie soundtracks because..Sidekick.

One thing comes to mind as I listen to some of it.

I would never have guessed the lead singer of Oingo Boingo would became so gifted a composer and arranger.

@hazardwarning It's a pity I can't nurture this stuff into a proper vice.

@kdfrawg Suddenly, grabbing a burger at Hardees became a lot less appealing.

Who was a good boy today? Tom was a good boy today. He's earned the privilege of being a not so good boy for the rest of the evening.

Now that the home improvement stuff is largely completed, we now settle down to a little gaming followed by a little Kentucky bourbon

@kdfrawg They're workhorses to be sure.

A 24 year old Fluke 12 Multimeter firing up after sitting for 17 years isn't unusual. The 18+ year old battery still functioning is another matter

@kdfrawg 10 bucks a piece.

Lowes was flabbergasted that there was no drill in the box. I suggested it was a box for a replacement unit that was accidentally left on the shelf but they said that they checked the serial number and it definitely did not belong to a display unit.

In other news: LED replacements for overhead florescent bulbs are SWEET.

Had to take two of them out since they are so bright.