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Good Monday morning!
(Because I'm off lol)
Checked my schedule yesterday and saw I was given this coming Friday off since I have to work Thanksgiving day.
Wow, a 3 day weekend?
Yessss!
Nothing thrilling on the agenda.
Most of my Christmas shopping is done.
I'm gonna throw some country style ribs in the crockpot at 10 to have for dinner.
 

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Well, we did close on the little trailer today. It's a 2020, not a 2019. Exactly the same as pictured with a few added upgradea.
It won out over the others because of the cabinetry inside. (The Wolf Pup had a useless vanity and a mirror in the bathroom. No place to put a comb or a toothbrush.) It also had twin axles and a higher payload capacity.
Electric levelers and hitch stand.

The Jayco 17RB was nice but had 72" ceiling height. I'm 6' 2" so that was problematic. They wanted the same money so that was a no brainer.

MSRP as equipped was $17,600. We offered $14,300 and settled at $14,700. The Wolf pup was at $11,600 but had one axle and no payload capacity. Everything inside was contact paper over particle board. Cheap.

The only downside with the Salem is that the water heater is not bi-polar. It is gas only. So, I will have to add a small electric one.

All the work we did at the ranch was ruined by neglect. We hadn't been there in three years. Piles of lumber scattered by livestock, the 32' Monarch camper was destroyed by a fallen antennae tower, rainwater and critters.

We have to cleanup the mess and start over. This unit will make a good base camp until we get things sorted. It will also be fun to tow out west behind the Grand Cherokee.

Just 2 cents worth of advice from someone that tows out west, I am assuming your Grand Cherokee has an automatic transmission. Add a large transmission cooler and a transmission temperature gauge. Things get hot fast towing in the mountains and its a lot cheaper on the front end than rebuilding a transmission while on vacation. Marty
 

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Just 2 cents worth of advice from someone that tows out west, I am assuming your Grand Cherokee has an automatic transmission. Add a large transmission cooler and a transmission temperature gauge. Things get hot fast towing in the mountains and its a lot cheaper on the front end than rebuilding a transmission while on vacation. Marty
Actually, it is one of the first things I'm doing to the vehicle.
An issue with this model is the trans cooler. Seems the factory unit drains over nite making the car shift poorly when you first start it. Noticed that right away.

I was looking for a WJ model. 1999 to 2005. This s a 2006 WK model.

Although Jeep Cherokee's aren't known for reliability, WJ's were considered the most reliable Jeep Cherokees ever built. WK's the worst. The wife bought it despite my advice. And women claim WE NEVER LISTEN TO THEM!

I'm making the best of it I can.
 
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Yes. Tranny coolers are a must for towing.

Been busy so far today. After the troops cleared out at 730am, I headed out to the garage to replace the rear brakes on one of the atvs. Then I had a foot care appointment at home. After my quarterly foot treatment, I headed back out to finish the brakes then fired up the plow truck to clear 4" of heavy wet snow. In the process I slid the front tires off the road and the plow frame hung up on the ground. Since I'm alone, I fired up the other truck and hooked up a chain to it, put the plow truck in neutral, and attempted to pull it out. In the process, I had the chain hooked to the receiver hitch on the new truck. It snapped the dropped hitch but I got it out.
Not a big deal. I have 5 of the same receiver hitches in the garage.

Now it's nap time then scouts tonight.

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Actually, it is one of the first things I'm doing to the vehicle.
An issue with this model is the trans cooler. Seems the factory unit drains over nite making the car shift poorly when you first start it. Noticed that right away.

I was looking for a WJ model. 1999 to 2005. This s a 2006 WK model.

Although Jeep Cherokee's aren't known for reliability, WJ's were considered the most reliable Jeep Cherokees ever built. WK's the worst. The wife bought it despite my advice. And women claim WE NEVER LISTEN TO THEM!

I'm making the best of it I can.

2 more cents. Put the gauge on it too then you not wondering/worried on that steep summit you been pulling on for the last 10 minutes in the middle of nowhere. Marty
 

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hi all, just returned from taking the Tucker and the hauler to the mountain, all went well for the first half. When got off the freeway in Chico on hwy 32 which goes up into the mountains I stopped and filled up as the gas tank holds 17 gallons and was getting around 10 mpg. on the freeway and there is 70 miles that there is no gas. After filling up we headed up then about 15 miles into the mountains it started starving for fuel AGAIN! I got off the road barley and changed the filter again and still nothing. The fuel pump was delivering fuel but soon after starting it it would starve. I was thinking vapor lock, float sticking and a host of other things. The carburetor is an Edelbrock based on a Carter and I am familiar with them. i remembered they had a cintered bronze filter under the fuel inlet. I removed the fuel inlet and no filter but there is a little screen about the size of a pencil eraser packed full of crap. I cleaned it off put everything back and now runs great again. ( new gas tank and fuel pick up with new filter then driven around locally for at least 20 miles then 150 miles on the freeway with no problem then as soon as I hit the mountain road it cramps out WTF ?? the crap on the screen must have been there as I can't imagine it got through a filter, it must have been jumbling around on the screen then randomly arranged its self into the lucky plugged position when I went up the hill) I am very happy with the old truck now ( yesterday I may have given it away on the side of the road while I was screaming like a little girl ) It has plenty of power for the mountains and drives very good even with the Tucker on it. 10 mpg on the freeway 8mpg in the mountains. After dropping it at the RV storage we played around at the cabin watched a couple movies and passed out around 8pm woke up at 4:30 am got gone at 7:30 stopped for breakfast got home at noon. Let it snow. Marty

Boy that turned into a just in time delivery. Marty
 

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Yesterday was another day of nothing planned but ended up being busy all day. I started out with a trip to the city to pick up brake pads for the truck then home to install the front ones. That was followed by my weekly trip to the dump. We had several empty boxes in the house garage that needed to go. Next, I came back and noticed that a few branches near the entrance to our property were hanging low after the wet snow we had so I fired up the chainsaw and cut them down.

Shortly after, my wife advised me that she forgot something she needed after work. So, back to the city (15 minute drive) to bring it to her.

That's about the time my back said f this. I'm done. I'm like that though. Better if I'm moving around but when I crash, it's like someone flips off a switch and says that's it, you're done.

This morning is a busy one. Heading to the city soon for my workout class then my first chiropractor appointment to see if they have any tricks physio hasn't tried.

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Busy morning!
I'm always busy lol
Texts and phone calls from friends and family for almost 2 hours :eek:
Am I working tomorrow? Yes.
When will you be off next? Friday.
Black Friday shopping? Maybe.
Bobcat's sister and I are followers/friends on FB.
She reminded me today is his birthday, so I sent him some love. :smile:
 

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Bought everything for Thanksgiving dinner last night. except for pumpkin pie. I'll get that along with mincemeat and perhaps apple pies tonite so they are fresh for the whole week-end.

This is the one meal I DON"T COOK.

The wife does it so my family doesn't chide her for not being a good homemaker.

Today I'll get out the Christmas dishes and clean the crystal. Thursday is my annual day "OFF!" from household chores. But, the Holidays do require special efforts and honey-do's abound.

Sometimes, I wonder why we do them.
 

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Tomorrow, my baby (59 years old) sister and her husband are coming from 100 miles north and a brother coming from 100 miles east (Des Moines) to meet at Horseshoe Casino (Harrah's) in Council Bluffs, Iowa for Thnksgiving lunch. It will be fun. None of us gamble so it's all good.
 

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Got up early to make Choppino. We are having a seafood Thanksgiving with a small turkey for the spirit of Thanksgiving, The family will show up between 11-12 and we will eat around 1pm. Marty
 

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I'm working today 2-10p.
If any of you have friends or family members in a nursing home, hospital or recovering in rehab, please, please.... PLEASE if you can, visit them this time of year.
They need you.
Happy Thanksgiving!
 

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Well, I didn't get "everything" for Turkey dinner. So back to Wally World for stuffing and cranberry sauce. Cathy is allergic to MSG so we have been making it from stuffing from scratch. This year she found an Pepperidge farm mix that is safe but I didn't buy it. I did by cranberries jam but she wanted the jellied sauce.

Spent the rest of the morning on knee deep leaves. last week I had the entire yard clear of leaves but a severe windstorm imported bushels of them earlier this week. It brought as many as I had in the first place.

Hours of raking and sucking them up in the mower and my "WORQS" vacuum. Friday, a visit to the Chiropractor.
 

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We've already got a foot of snow. But I didn't mind the leaves this fall. I bought a yard sweeper to go behind the riding mower. Very simple. Just cruise around the yard on the mower towing it behind. The leaves get swept up into a hopper. When it's full, drive over and back up to your designated leaf pile area. Pull a rope attached to the hopper and it dumps the leaves. See the picture below.

I headed to the city first thing to pick up a few supplies needed for my afternoon project at home. Then physio and back home. Today's task was repairing a couple of gouges in the hardwood floor as well as buying a 19 ft hallway runner.

Shephard pie is in the works being prepared for supper. One of the kids stayed home with the flu today.
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Hmmph!
I'm supposed to be off today, but got wrangled into picking up a half shift.
It's ok.
Pretty hard when the ADON meets you at the time clock waving schedule sheets in your face pointing out open shifts.
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We got a new admit yesterday, yes on Thanksgiving day.
The poor guy had been living in his car.
Sad situation all around.
He's temp until APS places him in housing.
Had a good meal at work.
Got the weekend off.
May go to Adrian Michigan for after Black Friday shopping.
There's an outlet mall near there.
 

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We're taking delivery on the little "club house" camper today. Cathy wants to go shopping for dishes and linens for it.

"Oh really? I reminded her that today is Black Friday, "How about we wait."

So I'm not sure what the rest of the day will bring.

Our granddaughter, who lives with us, had a knockdown fight with her dad last night. He has a new life with a new girlfriend. His kids suffer. I'm betting we are dealing with that today. Families and holidays seem to always run that risk of bringing out the worst in people.

Even good people.
 

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We're taking delivery on the little "club house" camper today. Cathy wants to go shopping for dishes and linens for it.

"Oh really? I reminded her that today is Black Friday, "How about we wait."

So I'm not sure what the rest of the day will bring.

Our granddaughter, who lives with us, had a knockdown fight with her dad last night. He has a new life with a new girlfriend. His kids suffer. I'm betting we are dealing with that today. Families and holidays seem to always run that risk of bringing out the worst in people.

Even good people.

Franc, there is no way I'd ever live with or have any family member live with me ever again.
I'm not sure the holidays play as much a part as the fact of just bad emotions rearing their head in that situation.
My youngest son has a houseful now with my two little granddaughters, plus his new gals 2 teens and her 2 little ones.
When I'm around them now, I hide my feelings about the whole set up.
It's not easy.
 

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I can relate to the whole family conflict thing. I've barely said two words to my mother in 4 months due to an incident that happened this summer. Oh well. Such is life.

I hit the gym and a couple stores this morning for a few materials I needed for a project. I decided to build an entryway shelf and coat rack since I haven't seen any locally. It'll be stained a dark walnut to match the padded bench we have there. The first image is the inspiration. I didn't like how there's 4 hooks but only 3 cubbies so I built one with 4 cubbies. It'll have 4 hooks as well. The kids needed somewhere to store their hats and mitts when they come in.
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Franc, there is no way I'd ever live with or have any family member live with me ever again.
I'm not sure the holidays play as much a part as the fact of just bad emotions rearing their head in that situation.
My youngest son has a houseful now with my two little granddaughters, plus his new gals 2 teens and her 2 little ones.
When I'm around them now, I hide my feelings about the whole set up.
It's not easy.

It all started with an argument over a nickname
My granddaughter has Gender Dysphoria. Her dad refuses to accept she is gay, She also has multiple personalities. Some are male, some female. We refer to them as "the congress." She has wanted to commit suicide and he has encouraged it. Yeah, he is an @sshole.

Very short of temper and very judgmental.

Professionally, we get along okay. But personally, not so much. I remained un-involved in last night's shouting match, so he ended up leaving the house furious, but alive and unhurt. As a result I was able to calm her down and along with Cathy bring her back to sanity. It took three hours of hysterical crying as she unloaded her mind and her heart.


About 2:00 AM this morning we all went to bed. She is fine this morning.

Cathy is about to give our son the scolding he needed 30 years ago. Whilst he has done much of which we can be proud, his family is a wreck because of his narcissistic behavior. His wife left him, and the kids, cold turkey 5 years ago. Sometimes, he takes it out on them.

And to add to their burden, he basically started a new life with a girlfriend and a baby, something I mentioned in another thread. But it is shutting then out even more. At least from their perspective.

I'm not sure how this will workout but definitely a difficult change for him to accept.

Meanwhile his daughter and son are safe with us.
 

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Once again, leaving work early after a half shift always makes me feel as though things are just hanging.
All I did was get report, med passes before dinner, EMR, give report, then byeee!

Franc, I always said I'd never have wanted to have daughters because I'd be too strict on them.
Well, I was pretty strict with my sons, yet always was very open with them concerning all things about life.
That sure never prevented them from making bad life choices, especially with their choices in women.
Jeff was left widowed after Misty died, he jumped right into his relationship with Shelly and married her too fast, that one was a mistake from the offset.
After they split, along came Robin.
Again, that didn't work out, so he got together with Ms Germany.
I was sure of that one, but her Father put an end to it for reasons I do not understand to this day.

Ty is the same way. Went from a 9 year marriage to Aimee, then walked away and hooked up with Ali without getting split legally from Aimee, then after that busted up after almost 6 years, he briefly had a fling with the gal who lost their baby, what would have been my 4th grandchild.
NOW he's with the tattooed lady and her 4 kids.
I have doubts that this one will last either.
I ask myself what the hell can I do to get through to them about the bad life decisions.
Not a thing.
There is a fine line that I know better to cross, otherwise neither one of them will speak to me for months.
It's happened before.
So I keep it all inside and hope for the best, worry constantly and pray.
A lot.
 

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Once again, leaving work early after a half shift always makes me feel as though things are just hanging.
All I did was get report, med passes before dinner, EMR, give report, then byeee!

Franc, I always said I'd never have wanted to have daughters because I'd be too strict on them.
Well, I was pretty strict with my sons, yet always was very open with them concerning all things about life.
That sure never prevented them from making bad life choices, especially with their choices in women.
Jeff was left widowed after Misty died, he jumped right into his relationship with Shelly and married her too fast, that one was a mistake from the offset.
After they split, along came Robin.
Again, that didn't work out, so he got together with Ms Germany.
I was sure of that one, but her Father put an end to it for reasons I do not understand to this day.

Ty is the same way. Went from a 9 year marriage to Aimee, then walked away and hooked up with Ali without getting split legally from Aimee, then after that busted up after almost 6 years, he briefly had a fling with the gal who lost their baby, what would have been my 4th grandchild.
NOW he's with the tattooed lady and her 4 kids.
I have doubts that this one will last either.
I ask myself what the hell can I do to get through to them about the bad life decisions.
Not a thing.
There is a fine line that I know better to cross, otherwise neither one of them will speak to me for months.
It's happened before.
So I keep it all inside and hope for the best, worry constantly and pray.
A lot.

Lollie, thanks so much for you reply
I feel your pain. And pray for you as well.

Joe's new girlfriend is a tattooed lady also. Along with that she is a drug addict. Our newest granddaughter (not his) was born addicted to Heroin.
Instead of looking for a new mom for his young kids, he was looking for an easy lay.

I taught him better. I lived an example of better. The word disappointed doesn't cut it.

There are so many people today who have ruined their lives, and the lives of their spouse and offspring, with selfish, bad choices. I fail to understand why it happens so much more than generations past. I have kept every promise I made to my bride and to our children. The first being faithful and the second promising to concern myself only with her happiness. It really wasn't all that hard.

Why cannot people do that today?
 
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Thank you, Franc.
That's awful about the heroin addiction.
I mean really bad!
Thank God my kids never went the route of hard drugs, I'd have been completely beside myself.
They are afraid of that type of lifestyle and don't hang with anyone who has that problem.

We can lead by example, an example that often has to be caught instead of taught.
 

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Thank you, Franc.
That's awful about the heroin addiction.
I mean really bad!
Thank God my kids never went the route of hard drugs, I'd have been completely beside myself.
They are afraid of that type of lifestyle and don't hang with anyone who has that problem.

We can lead by example, an example that often has to be caught instead of taught.

The cops showed up at the baby's birth. That's when my son found out she had been lying to him and stealing from him for none months. But he stayed with her. The child was an innocent and he took her in as his own. For that I give him credit.

But not for abandoning his kids. And doing it with cruelty. They will never be right cause what he did ain't right. Call him on it and he flies off the handle. I know exactly what to do about it. The two of us go behind the woodshed and only one comes back. But his mom won't have it.
 

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I think that we all go through family meltdowns. We had one earlier this year and now none of my Scottish family is speaking to me or my wife or members of my American family. At the root of it all was my granddaughter who spent 3 years, off and on, living with us and other members of our family in East Texas, totally exploiting everyone she came in contact with. In the end I had to step in and say enough is enough which didn't set too well with those back home in Scotland but they only heard one side of the story … hers. Honestly, I look on it as a relief. I miss my son dearly but not having to deal with my millennial grandkids almost makes it worthwhile.
 

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Yes. We all seem to have family issues. Mine stem from a series of events over the past few years with my mother who has never agreed with anything that I have ever done because it's not her decision. She likes to control everyone and everything and when she can't, she goes and does something stupid then expects everyone to be happy with her. I had gone 8 months not speaking to her prior to my accident 4 years ago. So it's been a very strained relationship. Oh well, it is what it is.

Not much on the agenda today other than playing music at the church this evening. She who must be obeyed has decided that the Christmas tree needs to go up today. We picked up a prelit 9ft tall tree this year. I don't think I'll be able to help much with that as last night without any warning I got sick again throwing up.

I've been having stomach problems with my hernias for about 6 months and have lost 35lbs. I only eat about half of what I used to and when I get to a certain point eating it's like my stomach says its had enough. The double layer of mesh in my abdomen from two hernia repairs only allows for so much food in my stomach. That, along with the fact that I was run over by a jeep at highway speeds and my insides are a mess and don't always work the way they're supposed to makes it a balancing act of trying to take in enough calories to keep me going verses eating too much that I get plugged up and get sick because it can't process

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Yes. We all seem to have family issues. Mine stem from a series of events over the past few years with my mother

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One of you are going to have to budge and break the ice.
One thing I've repeated to both Jeff and Ty in the past when they've gone off without speaking to me : you'd BETTER knock this crap off. Life is very unpredictable. Would you like our next meeting with either of us lying in a casket?
That normally brings them back to planet earth.

I slept well last night.
It's gray and blah outside.
I'm going to clean the apartment and make it Merry this afternoon.
Just made SoS for breakfast.
 

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It has been raining for days here. At least we didn't get snow.
I've got some inside projects to do. Little stuff like new light fixtures I've had in the garage for months. I keep forgetting to bring the finish nailer home so a trip to work my be in the plans as well. I know Cathy wants to shop and put stuff in the new camper. So we are going there anyways.
 

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Hi all, I had to work a shutdown at international paper yesterday, Today I'm not sure. Im either going to take a rest day as the weather is gloomy and Rainey or I'm going to the shop and work on the cabin security door. Marty
 

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One of you are going to have to budge and break the ice.

One thing I've repeated to both Jeff and Ty in the past when they've gone off without speaking to me : you'd BETTER knock this crap off. Life is very unpredictable. Would you like our next meeting with either of us lying in a casket?

That normally brings them back to planet earth.



I slept well last night.

It's gray and blah outside.

I'm going to clean the apartment and make it Merry this afternoon.

Just made SoS for breakfast.
Kinda hard for me to break the ice after she blasted both my wife and I this summer for imposing equal rules for all our children. In her mind I should be spoiling the oldest boy(my biological son) and ignore her children. When we were at an event this summer, we set clear rules across the board for all 5 children. My mother didn't agree with that and felt the oldest should get special treatment. After we stated our opinions, she went behind our backs complaining to my ex wife telling her that she should get a lawyer and go for custody. Well she was all over that and tried coming after me which led to a big blow up. But in my mother's mind she did nothing wrong. So it's a little hard to start up a conversation with someone who thinks that I can do nothing right. She's even said in the past "I don't know why you would want to be with someone with 3 kids" to me right in front of my wife and all the kids. All this stems from the fact that my brother was with someone with 3 kids and married her. After 7 years together they separated and my mother lost contact with them. So she thinks that the same thing is going to happen to me.

There's plenty more examples of her showing us no respect. But it's not worth getting into. I have just accepted that she is who she is and I know my place in the family. It is what it is. I just choose to remove myself from that toxic relationship.

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It is what it is. I just choose to remove myself from that toxic relationship.

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Smart. I finally reached that point with some in my extended family also. Sad but you have to do that for your own sanity.

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