Mostly Posting To Let Y'all Know I Still Live

The first "woman" I ever wanted to live with was Maureen O'Sullivan. Or, more specifically, Jane. As in Tarzan and Jane. I was only 7 so NOT because she was probably one of the sexiest women on Earth. (I didn't realize that until I turned 12 or 13 years old and got the ol' 'ball tingle.') Nope. I wanted to live with Jane because she lived in a Tree House. And had monkey's for friends. (I only had monkeys for brothers.)

How cool would that have been!

Would like to say that there isn't much going on around here; but I'd be lieing.

Truck lost a brake sensor which set off the check engine light and that some how turned into having to completely replace the rotors on the front axle. Don't ask me how that computes cause I had the guy explain it to me twice and I still didn't understand it. So, 5 days and $938 later I get my truck back. It does seem to be working better and the check engine light is out.

Had them do one of my pre-paid oil changes and rotate the tires and new wiper blades while they had it. We WILL be addressing the statement that the rest of my pre-paid oil changes expired July 22nd. Believe me.

SWMBO and I are slowly replacing the boards on our deck that sits 12 feet off the ground. Turns out we're not as agile as we once were. Who'd a thunk? So, pull up two boards, rest awhile, put two boards in, rest awhile. Repeat. Got 6 boards in yesterday. Only 9 more to go!

Man! Those plastic boards are heavy! I'm tired by the time I chuck a couple up to the deck. I just don't have the stamina I used to have 20 years ago.

Getting Old is not for the weak.

Took the land plane down the road to see if I could get some of the 'ripples' out that make driving our road a pain. Might have made it a little bit better. Mostly. Nobody came out and yelled at me for doing it so I'll probably do it again Saturday afternoon or Sunday sometime. Need the practice. And it's fun. I should have been a dirt guy.

NMARES (Ham Club) meeting went well tonight. I guess. General election and I remain the treasurer. Luckily it's not a hard job. Well, I'd have to amend that and say the hardest part is remembering to log in to the bank at least once every 60 days or you have to re-register and re-setup the account. Otherwise, easy peasy.

Oh, bought an expensive gaming laptop to do Microsoft Flight Sim and x-Plane 12 on. MSFLT works really good on the Meta Quest 2! Was so detailed that I nosed in to the runway the first two times I took off because I was so busy looking at all the detail. I mean you are sitting IN the cockpit of the plane.

I will definitely be upgrading to the Meta Quest 3 just for the graphics.

X-Plane 12 is still too jerky for me to VR it for too long at one sitting. I have the feeling it's a setting I'm missing or not setting right but I will get it fixed and running like I think it should.

And for both it's way easier to continue to use the joystick rather than the Meta controllers. But that might just be needing practice. Fun to reach out and flip switches and such though.

Now I'm checking out Train VR programs (Derail Valley) to introduce SWMBO's Dad to when we next visit him. Train Freak that he is I'm sure he'd enjoy a VR train he can sit in and control.

Still assimilating the Trump assassination attempt. The response from those ultra left idiots about the shooter missing has me buying more ammo. Glad I live off the beaten track. And have a digger. Don't get me started.

Things I see at Safeway ...