Nice weather? If you're an Eskimo!

It Looks nice outside. 

Cold, icy wind makes it not so nice.

Think I will stay inside where it is nice and warm.

Y'all Stay safe.

Snow and feeding the birds.

 I got a good bit of snow over the weekend.

The birds love the feeder even more now.

I needed to refill it for them.

Slipped on the ice and took a tumble while retrieving the feeder.

The birds really appreciate the full feeder though.

Link to Video

I am fine

Nothing hurt but my pride.

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Birthday Fundraiser

Hope over to my Facebook page and check out the Birthday charity.

Donate here! 

Salute to all Veterans

 Salute to all Veterans.

Thank-you for your service!

Link to video

Thank-you.

Y'all be Safe.

Video blog, Life and stuff.

Video blog about life, other channels and various things.

 Link to video

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Radio stand

Finally got around to building a stand for my Ham radios.

I used mostly recycled wood.

I did have to buy 2 - 8 foot 2x2's.  I did not have enough good ones around the house.

Also had to buy some wheels.  Harbor Freight only had 3 of the clear ones in silverdale that is why they are miss-matched.

Picked up the power supply at the Hamfest this weekend.

Purchased from the club

Basic setup before wireing.

All wired up and working.

I also picked up a better HF antenna.

I will be glad when I get it up as the G5RV is not doing very good.

Granted, It has been in the air for a couple of years now.

That is work for another day.

Y'all be safe.

 

Restorer review

Here is a short video review I did of the Restorer.

I am not being paid for this review, I paid for the machine.

I like it and think it works good for me.

Watch the video and decide for yourself.

Link to video

Restorer on Amazon

Y'all be safe.

Video answer to a viewer question.

A video rant to answer a viewer question.

 Link to video

Y'all stay safe.

Video rant about life and office politics.

If you know me, you know I don't play the politics game.

Because of that, someone in the office did not like me.

Granted this was a temporary position but I think it is suspect that just when they were going to try doing 4x10 shifts that I get sent back to the waterfront.

Oh well, when they start getting requests for photos and help with workbooks they will realize they shot themselfs in the foot.

Anyway, that is part of what I did not say in the video.

and now, on to the show.

Link to video

Y'all be safe.

Another temporary shed.

With the price of lumber and all the other things, I am doing another temporary shed.

Area cleared and gravel for a base.

The ground here is so rocky that it is nearly impossible to drive a fence post.

Bent like a horseshoe.

That end is destroyed.

I wound up digging a hole for one of the posts but managed to get it up and anchored.

I have the side walls on order.

They are supposed to be here today but probably too late for me to put them on today.

It will hopefully work until I can afford the lumber to build a better shed.

I have a 2x4 shed kit.  The wood for a 7' x 8' shed will run me around $300.

that is just the wood.  Hardware, roofing, paint will all be more.

Hence the 'tent'.

That's enough for now,

Y'all be safe.

Back yard Clearing.

I have been working on clearing a part of the back yard ever since I put the Packard in it's shed.

Here is what it looked like when I first started.

 and here is what it looks like today

Same area photographed from a bit further back.

Still work to be done but progress has been made.

Y'all stay safe.

Video rant.

Did a video rant this morning and thought I would share it here too.

so here it is:

 Link to video on Youtube

Y'all be safe.

Sprinkler system electrical

I am in the process of getting the in ground sprinkler system back in operation.

(At least the 2 legs that worked before.  the other 2 legs are beyond help.) 

The liquid portion is fixed now I just need to finish the electrical.

I still need to run the wire.

The old wire I had temporarily hooked up is too short for the conduit.

I will have to add some more from the spool.

(I have to find what I did with it.)

Once that is done, I can let the controller inside the house run them.

I can run the sprinklers late at night when it will do the most good.

Y'all be safe.

New (to me) car.

It has been some time since I posted on here.

Mostly, I have been on Twitch and Facebook with some video posts to Youtube.

Today, I purchased a new (to me) car.

a 2006 Toyota Prius.

I decided that since the Altima was only getting 23 MPG and was starting to need some work that is was time to upgrade.

But don't fret, the Altima went to a good home.

My ex-mechanic friend of mine needed a vehicle that gets better than 6 MPG.

And he has no problem doing the repairs that I just did not want to tackle.

So he got the Altima (it had basically no trade-in value) and I got a Prius.

Here are some pics of it:

Drove it 83 miles home and on the freeway (mostly) it got an average of 54 MPG.  Far better than the Altima.

People may make fun of the Prius but they are good cars.

And 54 MPG is not too shabby.

Oh and I got it for under $10K.

Y'all stay safe.

Bedroom Floor Redo

 I have not been posting on the blog because I have been spending my time live streaming Skyrim and working.

The past 2 weekend's I have been working on my bedroom.

Ripping out the old, nasty carpet and putting down vinyl flooring.

Here are pic's of the bedroom from start to finish.

The Starting Point.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Done.

Still have some cleanup and organizing to do but the hard part is done.

With summer approching, I will be doing more projects and will try to post on here more often.

Check out my youtube channel and my facebook.

Look for me on Twitch TV.

www.twitch.tv/grumpy_ol_redneck

Y'all Stay Safe.

Life update

 Posting from mobile.

Have not posted in a while.  Had the 'Rona, long hours at work and started live streaming on Twitch.

Been busy.

Check out my Twitch videos and catch my live streams here:

Twitch tv

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Wood pile, aka: Storm cleanup pt3

Went out today and started splitting wood.

First, I had to rearrange the wood pile so all the seasoned wood was on one side. 

Seasoned wood on the right.  First wheelbarrow of new wood on left.

Then it was off to the races.

Ready to start splitting

It is a foggy morning for this

This wood looked good from the outside.  Not so good once split.

Almost full.

Had to stop here to set up a new wood pile.

As full as I care to pile it. That was only 6 wheelbarrows full.

After setting up a new wood pile, I worked till I decided enough for the day.

New wood pile is coming along nicely

Got most of it done.

What is left are the biggest pieces though.

That is for another day.

Y'all Stay safe.