Today is "Moon Day."

And I'll never be allowed back into that Walmart.

July 20, 1969 I sat in the TV room in the Dorms for the Upward Bound summer school program @ Arizona Western College and watched Americans land on the moon. It was ... it was ... it was ... WOW!

I volunteered to be sent to the Moon as a colonist. Even did a report on "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" to prove I was somewhat knowledgeable about it.  But, it didn't happen and we finally stopped going to the Moon at all. Shit. I would still go. Hell, I'd go on to Mars even if I knew for a fact I wasn't coming back alive. Just as long as I made it there and lived for awhile. (Later in the Navy I volunteered for the New Shuttle Program but wasn't accepted for that one either. Rather than say I was too stupid they went with educational deficiencies.)

Not a lot going on this week. Retired, you know. Mowed the back yard. That's a quarter acre down. 

The Dump run. Took the land-plane to the trail around the back of the property.

My blueberry plants have decided to really produce this year so I have to pick blueberries every day or lose them to the birds. And it's still less than a simple $3 bag of frozen blueberry's at the store.

My one lonely grape plant, the plant that I stuck in the raised bed garden so it wouldn't die before I figured out where I wanted to plant it (7 years ago), has what looks to be 200 lbs of grapes hanging on it this year. Last year it produced about 30 lbs.

The tomato's didn't grow worth shit this year. Cucumbers are taking off. Potato's have gone crazy. Not a lot of peas this year. Bummer.

Wx was really nice, really warm, for a few days early in the week but turned out LOTS cooler and cloudier the past 3. Typical summer in Western WaRshington.

My neighbor says he'll sell me his 50ft man-lift for $12k. I'm seriously considering it. I do have a 53ft antenna tower I can't climb anymore...

Had that power outage last Wednesday night/Thursday morning. PUD3 turned the power back on around 0430 (I know because I was awake) and it dropped out only a couple of times early in the day. Getting the NAS up and running takes awhile! Damn.

But, it (the power outage) did get me off my ass and I ordered a Easylonger CPAP battery unit that'll run my CPAP for 23 hours at a time between recharges. Should be here today.

Low-grade headache with occasional flares to "My head hurts" continues. Head pounds when I bend over. No idea why. Starting to be irritating though. Don't take "NSAIDS" cause my kidneys are already damaged enough so Tylenol usually works in high enough doses. This getting old sucks. Ain't for the weak that's for sure.

Date Day last Friday of course. Best day of the week for me. We grabbed burgers at the burger place in Allyn and ate on the waterfront then walked the pier. Heard comments from some young people about the "old people holding hands" but we don't really pay any attention.

And what's life if you can't gross out some young people?

PUD3 Will Be Turning The Power Off At 2200 Tonight...

Putting in a new transformer or something. So they have to cut off the power for the region. For about 8 hours according to their letter. It won't affect us much other than me NEEDING my CPAP to sleep. Do I cobble together a couple of batteries and convertor or just suck it up and sleep as best I can? If I totally stay on my left side ...

Dump run today. Had trepidation because, with my luck, I'd get backed up to the right spot at the dump and the dump trailer wouldn't work. But, made sure everything worked before even hooking it up and everything went fine. The "empty your containers yourself" line had about 20 cars in it when I pulled in. Almost like everyone decided Wednesday was a good day for a dump run. The 'dump trailer' side had one truck in front of me and about a 3 minute wait. Went in, backed up to the indicated spot, dumped my shit, pulled out. 680 pounds (according to the receipt) and $44 later I was headed home. Easy Peasy.

When I pulled out the other line went all the way from the entrance to the dump site/room back up to the check-in gate. That dump trailer has been a real pleasure to own and use when I need to.

Next is a load of gravel for the upper driveway.

Not a lot going on for me personally as my headache finally bloomed to near migraine levels over the past 4 days and I've just been kinda taking it easy. Moving too fast hurts. i haven't even been shooting zombies or WWI planes down on the Quest 3. (Tried it the other day and it made me dizzy so I figured I better lay off for awhile.) Can barely look at my computer screens sometimes.

7.3 Earthquake up by southern Alaska today so I texted my Ex- (out on a fishing boat with her new boyfriend) about it and the tsunami warning just in case. They're well north of it all so no worries. She appreciated my consideration.

Been using the free version of Grok on X for general knowledge questions. It is very helpful and seems to know most anything. Still wondering why I'd need the pay version (other than graphics generation). I spend WAY  too much time on X anyway...

Hot Day And I Don't Feel Good

Which sucks cause I like Hot Days! But this headache/weakness is hanging on and it's bad enough that I'm not going to the Air Show at the Bremerton Airport tomorrow. Just barely making Date Day today. I just feel tired and if I sit still more than a minute I try to go to sleep. Sucks. Maybe I caught a summer cold or something/...

Trying to learn about "AI Agents" and what they can do for me.

I Learned To Drive In And Around LA Way Back When

Watching a video on X showing the highways mostly empty at 0800 on a Monday morning. Even back in the lat 60's traffic was terrible.

When  I took my driving test, I pulled out of the parking lot and drove about 10 feet and came to a stop. After a couple of minutes I'd creep forward about 4 feet and stop for another few minutes. Pull forward. Stop. Creep. Stop.

After a few minutes the Tester dude to me to know the shit off OR ELSE.

But, hell, that's how I learned to drive.

supposed to be training wheels there...

Every Day I See This Blog & Think I Should Post Something. Every Day I Don't

And other than being a fat, lazy, turd that spends WAY too much time on
the Oculus Quest 3 shooting zombies, downing WWI fighters, and (now)
Zero Caliber 2, I just don't know why I don't post anymore.

Have I lost my interest? Am I really lazy? Am I too busy 'doing things'
around the house?

Which might possibly be part of the answer with the advent of some
really nice weather lately. Summer was great this year! We had a whole 5
days of over 80 degree temps and no rain! And when the Wx gets like that
I spend a lot of time outside getting winter mess cleared up. It's
tractor time!

We had to buy a new rider mower. That was a quick $2000 with tax. Our
previous one started not working one system at a time after almost 15
years of faithful service. Oh, I tried fixing it; but my 'fix' had the
cutter blades running full time. No idea. But, then the electrical
system went TU and it took a lot of jiggling and hooking up a 'spare'
battery to get it started. So, time to replace it.

Of course, I flew out to Ohio last April and we drove back to Belfair.
He stayed a month then I drove him back to Ohio and flew back here. That
was fun.

And, otherwise, I really do spend too much time on the Quest 3. Lots of
time in "Earthquest" just flying around looking at things. Lots of time
in "Warplanes: WWI Fighters" shooting down planes and blowing up shit on
the ground. Gun Club VR where I've done everything and have all the
weapons one can get so I choose a totally inadequate weapon and go do
the events over. And, lately, Zero Caliber 2 FPS has me dying in the
most grotesque ways. But I did win my first campaign.

I turn on my spendy laptop that I bought to do MS Flt Sim once in awhile
so it can do it's updates. Then start MS Flt Sim so it can do updates.
And don't fly anymore. I like shooting things. The laptop seems a waste
so I'm going to make it run my Yaesu 991.

Ripped "Deadpool & Wolverine" and got that on the NAS.

Really, since my blog is my 'home page' when I start my browser(s) I
really do see it every day. And think, every day, that I ought to post.
Then get busy doing something else and totally forget.

Oh, had my 73rd birthday last Friday. SWMBO was going to take me to the
all you can eat Chinese place but she got sick so we didn't go,  We
going to have date day tomorrow so we don't have to get out in traffic
Friday (July 4th) and I think she'll take me there. Hoping. Kinda spendy
but worth it (to me).

And I did only Saturday of Field Day this year. That being mostly moral
support and the "here, hold this" guy.

And, that's it. That's what been going on around here.

And, even though I'm probably the most boring old guy on the web, I'll
post more often.

I know: no threats. Just show up.