I am doing some refocusing. I have been taking long walks in the early morning before sun up. I like to watch and feel the rumble of trains as the +100 car double stacked container hot-shots fly by in the dark. They are modern miracles in plain sight. There are many.
I am rectifying the mengerie of multi-state licences on my fleet of 5 cars (Georgia, Maine, California). It is pretty funny talking to the insurance companies. "And what is the main purpose of your vehicle?" Since we are working from home the main purpose is to get groceries and catfood once a week. Yes, we need five cars for that. We just do. The grocery store is about a mile away. Yes we can walk. Sometimes we do.
The rain has continued into early fall. It has been a wet year here in Georgia. The bugs love it. The lake level raised 16 inches during some storms recently. It pushed the boat on the dock and left it there.
My Brother James passed away at 61 years old. He was definitely the Socrates in my life. He never wrote, but was the most literate person I knew.
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hartfordcourant/obituary.aspx?n=james-v-dowdell&pid=196694815
"Talent does not matter. Your talent will ruin you if you don't have skills" --Will Smith
What talent? What skills? Those are the questions for all of us. Will you answer correctly? Will you have people around you to help answser the questions objectively, helpfully?
Things are going good. I am moving my projects along, slow but sure. Summer has finally hit In Georgia. I almost gave myself heat stroke today in the attic chasing "remuddled" wiring. The pandemic has taken some toll. We miss traveling and plan on starting that up this fall.
A few pics from around the house.
We got a new internet provider. Its pretty fast. It took me quite awhile to get the fridge, irrigation System, TVs, and ALL the other devices moved over. Networking problems are a huge time vampire to me. Its not like I feel like I am done with network configurations. It is a matter of getting the basics working and moving on.
Summer finally started in Duluth. It is late this year. It was a hundred degrees with humidity nearly that high.
We did a little canoeing and went to see some friends. I fixed up my office Zoom Room a little bit. I have more plans for the office Zoom Room.
The irrigation system that brings water from the lake is working well. The lake water is so rich with nutrients.
Fish west and Fish east are together. They didn't even know about each other. Fish west has a totally new battery. I took advantage of the California battery replacement rebate. Unlike a lot of EVs, the Nissan leaf battery (although expensive) is fairly easy to replace. You can tell the cars apart by color. Fish West (California) is "Starship pearl white". Fish East (Georgia) is "Toilet white".
I definitely have too many projects open. I am trying to focus on completing some so I can get back to the mundane ones of fixing tools and such.
I made a rig to tow my canoe. The self-impossed rule is that I have to use stuff I already own, no trips to the store. It was good to get the MIG welder some use. Rev A worked fine. A few tweaks here are there and we will ride bikes (and canoe) over to the other neighborhood lake.
We are back from our trip up-north. The farm is good. We drove 2200 miles in 4.5 days. The trailer was loaded the whole time.
Angie is now a US Citizen!
Within 24 hours of the derailment they had one track back open. Within 48 hours both tracks were open. They had to replace a lot of track. Minor injuries only. Lots of spilled gatorade.
Some drone footage-- not mine
https://youtu.be/6xUfh1-HITI
We had a train derailment about a mile from the house today. Duluth GA.
The world has indeed gone crazy if you listen to some folks. My news alert is that things are pretty much the way they have been.
We got the boat in the water. It needed some work with the battery charger. It was out of the water for over a year. Although we have had a cavalier attitude about moving to California and back to Atlanta, it is not without its hassles and work. I was reflecting on our move. We are so experienced and organized we even moved frozen food in the free checked luggage. Of course, all the luggage was at the maximum allowed weight. I decided (finally) to have the 2012 Leaf shipped to Atlanta. I found the cheapest place to get a new battery out in California. So with a new battery it will be making the trip cross country.
