Here We Go Again

 

Or as Rosanne Rossana Danna used to say  "It's always something."

I went to start the weedwhacker the other night and it was being a little reluctant, so rather than pulling until my chest hurt, I went to the big barn to get the can of starting fluid only to discover the cap was off and the nozzle was gone. Also, something had chewed the gas can vent cap. I found the cap and nozzle for the starting fluid but the vent cap no longer fits on the can well enough to seal it. 

And then on Thursday afternoon I was going to spray the yard with the pull behind sprayer to kill the broad-leaf grass that is taking over. I don't like spraying herbicides, especially since the farmers around me do, I have a shallow well, and the Missus and the dog have already gotten cancer. However, no other way around of dealing with this fast growing and aggressive grass. So, I hooked up the sprayer, turned it on to check it out and nothing. I followed the wires down to the pump and sure enough, something had chewed the wires in half right above the pump. Fortunately, there was enough of a stub I could solder the wires back together and slip a piece of heat shrink tubing over the joint. 

I bought a hunk of welding cable that arrived the other day. When I bought my new welder a few years ago, the ground cable that came with it was only about 8' long - not quite long enough to reach the vise on the bench or a job on the middle of the floor. This 15' cable will be much handier. I do have a nice ground cable for my portable welder, but it's got a different kind of connection on it and it's longer and heavier cable than what I need in the shop. One of these days I'll break down and buy another TIG torch. I should have bought the 25' one instead of the 12-1/2' when I bought the machine. What I really need is a bigger shop.

I saw on the news the President is bringing back the President's Fitness Program to schools. I'm thinking healthy young people is a good beginning to making America great again, especially since the latest Epoch Times has an article U.S children have an 80 % higher death rate than their peers in 18 other developed countries. I'll be interested to learn more about the details of the program.