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Worst Weather in the World

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I flew up to Maine to see my sister and cousins for a few days. As part of the trip we went up Mount Washington in NH. We went up on the Cogged Railway. It's A unique old vehicle system that only uses a large cog underneath the engine hooked into a ladder type of rack on the tracks all the way to the top. The modern engine uses a 600HP John Deere driving a hydraulic pump which in turn drives several hydraulic motors turning the large cog. Mt Washington is known for the extreme cold and highest wind in the world. Yes, the world. That was not the case when we went up. The winds were 3 MPH and the temp was 62 degrees. the highest ever temp ever recorded was 72 degrees and a 3 MPH wind is generally unheard of. So, the weather was quite kind for us.
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We are out in California emptying out the Apartment. I found a guy to tow a u-haul trailer cross country for us. It has been great taking 2 months "off" catching up on projects in Georgia and other things. I was going to try and write down everything I did in the last two months for myself and started the list... it was very very long, but there is still a lot of stuff undone still. Some of the projects include. 1.) A new lawn irrigation system, 2.) Bathroom remodel, 3.) Electrical work including a.) 50 Amp outlet in garage, b.) New outside weather-tight outlet through on the deck. c.) Hot tub work, d.) irrigation system electric for pump (I take water from the lake with a 2HP pump) and controller. 4.) rearranging and cleaning stuff (required laying out the hardwoods and letting them get a sunbath. Its all nice and properly stacked now). 5.) Several bicycle repairs and reassemble, including a new hydraulic brake, 6.) Lots of Radio bench work including the FRG-8800. 7.) Tru...
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