Jul 28

How Was Your Reading Experience? Please Complete This Survey …

Honestly, I’m getting pretty tired of getting an “invite” to go do a survey because I bought something or visited my Doctor. How was my experience at Home Depot? I keep coming back, don’t I? 

How was my dining experience at Red Robin? I keep coming back, don’t I? 

Do I feel like I received quality care, etc, at my Doctor’s visit? If I didn’t the very first time you’d have never seen me again. 

Which is the only true answer to any survey.

Do I continue to patronize your place? If I do; leave me alone.

Worked on the deck while SWMBO was off doing her Genealogy Library thing. Managed to get 5 ‘boards’ lifted up to the deck and installed all by myself. Of course, I’m paying for it now. Leg is really sore and I feel really weak. BP is 98/50. Which is really low for me. Which is probably why I feel so weak.

Not counting the weakness between the ears. Which I’ve had since forever. Don’t get her started!

Upgraded to the Meta Quest 3 and it should be in tomorrow. Looking forward to it. Pretty sure I’ll be getting that “Derail Valley” program also. Tried the ‘Maverick’ challenge in MSFltSim but kept over stressing the FA-18 and getting restarted. So I wrapped myself in the Icon A-5 and flew around San Francisco for awhile.

Way cool!

Been thinking of making some videos and posting them on my Youtube. “Learning VR For Old Guys!” or some such. I’ve given probably several hundred First Aid lectures to groups or theater fulls of folks, many talks in Church back in the day, done public speaking about subjects I knew basically nothing about; yet, not sure I have a “Youtube” personality.

But, I wouldn’t be doing it for the bucks. I’m at that age that if it ain’t fun, I’m probably not going to do it.

“Tremors” marathon going.

Started the beans soaking for my home-made chili tomorrow.

Jul 26

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 …

Jul 12

Still Don’t Like Driving To, Through, In, Or Near Tacoma. But At Least There Wasn’t That Much Traffic.

Spent most of yesterday at the KIA dealer in Tacoma. SWMBO did get a new (used; excuse me ‘pre-owned’) KIA something. Same model as her last but newer. She did manage to keep it under $25k though. Car started out at $18,500  and climbed to #32+ K with the “options.” She quickly put a kabosh on that!
One of the ‘options’ was low-jack. Which could be okay if you needed it. But it was WAY expensive and she told them no. And they tried the ol “it’s already installed.” trick. Which she was having none of. And which they finally took off the invoice. NO idea if it’s actually installed and just sitting there or not. Don’t care. Her car.
Otherwise: SSDD but way hotter than usual.
I remember when sex was this sweaty.
Don’t get me started.