Shop Teacher Bob
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Jazz Ballad
Sunday, May 11, 2025
Busy Weekend
Friday, May 9, 2025
Gone Like a Cool Breeze
Retired once again - this time for sure! Had a light night and was able to bug out early - through the front door I might add. Same set of doors I went through when I hired in there the first time 13 years ago. Head held high and no looking back.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Trailer & Retirement
And this right here is why the average middle class wage earner never gets ahead of the game. You bust your hump going to work every day, but every day your dollars are worth less. There's definitely something wrong with a system where the government borrows their money from an outside concern and then has to pay interest on it while devaluing the purchasing power. If I would have purchased an item for $1.00 on the year I was born, 1950, to purchase that same item this year it would cost $32.30. A little bit of fiscal responsibility certainly wouldn't hurt.
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Finishing the Trailer
I did get a little more done on the jitney and took care of some paperwork for the college gig. I got my last evaluation of my job performance last week. It was positive, so at least I'm finishing on a high note. I'll be glad to get rid of this one, as well.
I've got some boxing stuff lined up, project work, of course, and a few other things to keep myself busy - going to the bike shop to pick up some bearings for the neck of the trials bike today. I'm thinking about dusting off the old tap shoes and learning the Shim Sham. It'll be good from both a physical and mental angle. I want to do a little more black and white photography, camping, fishing, traveling, etc. Make up for a couple of lost years due to covid. Plenty to do, and hopefully, the good health to enjoy the freedom to do whatever I choose to do.
Sunday, May 4, 2025
New Battery
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Weekly Reports & a PSA
Busy day Monday. Started off with a bicycle ride. I got about 2 miles from the house and a gust of wind blew something into my eye. Not sure how it happened since I was wearing wrap-around sunglasses but it must have been some fertilizer or lime from the farm field. Burned like the dickens and the tears were flowing like Niagra Falls. Decided to head home after that.
The rest of the day went better, however - barber shop, steel supply, drugstore, grocery and bank. Sharpened the spare mower blades, swapped the old ones out, then mowed the front yard. Fed and watered the chickens and called it a day.
Tuesday a little lighter on the chores. I bumped Monday's chores back a day, so did those. Cleaned up the poop park and then "mowed" it with the string trimmer. Went to the new Harbor Freight store by the college for a cheap 1/2" breaker bar. I kept one in the garage just for changing the mower blades but it somehow came up missing. Menards after that to pick up the hardware for the trailer job, Aldi for a couple of things and then went to work. Only three more nights to go now.
I'm planning on working on the trailer job today but I don't know how much I'll get done since they're forecasting rain. If I get rained out, I'll work on the fork legs on the trials bike. I've got another little job I want to finish also.
I wasn't able to get my air acetylene torch working after getting a fresh bottle, but I swapped out the tip and it works fine. I'm thinking maybe a spider crawled up into the tip and built a home. I'll blow it out with the air compressor next time I turn it on and see if that takes care of it.
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Public Safety Announcement: Lots of slow-moving farm vehicles on the roads now. Take your time and have some patience when you come up on one. They drop dirt and debris when leaving the fields sometimes, so you motorcyclists take it easy on the corners. Also, the homeowners are mowing grass and throwing it out on the roadway too. And let's not forget all the animals that are on the move when the sun goes down.
Be careful out there my friends!