Pappy
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Nancy...may I suggest you download the Wish app and check out all the finger devices available. The prices are excellent but shipping can be a little slow. I buy my stuff through PayPal.
Never thought retirement would be like this
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Pappy, do you play the guitar?!!
Me too. Did you play duets? That would be fun, that is, if you like that kind of thing. My girlfriend took lessons for years and she hated it.
I'm convinced this is true....
Btw, remember I told you I needed to get started doing something, anything? This is what I chose. LOL! That's my excuse anyway, and I'm sticking to it.
Do you know how to flush a radiator? I think I need to get that done. It sounds simple. If you lived near by I'd try to talk you into trying it with me. Ha!
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Sometimes disturbing the gunk and sludge with pressurized water is all that is needed to cause small leaks in an old radiator.
Repeat after me: "If it ain't broke don't mess with it!"
Don't ask me how I found out about this, LOL!!!
Yeah, Bea, I guess you're right. The radator is fairly new (~5 yrs), but everything connected to it is probably old.
I could only get about half the scum/foam out of that reservoir. Will try to remove a little more today with a turkey baster. I don't think there has been any increase in the amount, but I've only driven 2-3 hundred miles since. Probably not enough to tell.
All I really worry about is, will that little bit of gunk in the coolant damage anything?
Because if there is already a bad head gasket, the truck is not going to be repaired anyway. I suppose it will eventually give me some kind of clue before it stops running in that case? :shrug:
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Maybe a motorcycle, just in case!
C'est Moi
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Aw, he's so dang cute.
:lol: Don't blame me. He was "unique" when we got him, and then my mother went and spoiled him.
layful:
Yep, we got some snow too. I think middle and south GA got more than we did. Just enough to close schools and make a mess of the roads! The wind has been brutal today. I have not done much of anything today. Made a pot of Chili and that's what's for dinner tonight! Spring is on my mind!
It's only 25 F right now and wind blowing strong. Snow melted off grass, but not elsewhere in shady areas. Finally started putting up insulation in that closet. Hate dealing with fiberglass, so I'm going to try to get it finished tonight and get the prickly itching over with. It's freezing under the roof in there.
A large flock of medium-sized gray looking birds with light colored breasts flew through today. Couldn't identify them. Usually only see flocks that big of sparrows or starlings. I guess they are thinking about spring too. Stay warm...
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ETA: Insulation project done.
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This is the style of guitar playing I would like to learn---no singing required. Two examples with the song Ben:
This is on an electric acoustic guitar. I like the arrangement, and might be able to do the fingering [he uses a clamp], but he leaves out a part. The guitar itself sounds too much like a piano to suit me.
This is on an electric guitar (what I have). I like the sound better, but the arrangement is more like a march: tick, tock, tick, tock, ... and the fingering looks unnecessarily complicated.
I would like to learn the first version, and add the missing part, but better try an easier piece first. Now that I've solved the fingertip problem, I *might* not be too old to do this, who knows?
Why? Just to see if I can, I guess. :shrug: ...Bucket list?
This is on an electric acoustic guitar. I like the arrangement, and might be able to do the fingering [he uses a clamp], but he leaves out a part. The guitar itself sounds too much like a piano to suit me.
This is on an electric guitar (what I have). I like the sound better, but the arrangement is more like a march: tick, tock, tick, tock, ...
and the fingering looks unnecessarily complicated. I would like to learn the first version, and add the missing part, but better try an easier piece first. Now that I've solved the fingertip problem,
I *might* not be too old to do this, who knows? Why? Just to see if I can, I guess. :shrug: ...Bucket list?
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Good for you, Nancy. I'll be looking forward to the video of YOU playing that arrangement soon. I have always wanted a piano but I don't want to bring more clutter into the house. (Since I would probably lose interest in playing and then have the piano to dust. )
)Ha! Don't hold your breath. The guy at the guitar store said it takes a year to learn, and I think he was being kind. I probably reminded him of his grandmother.Good for you, Nancy. I'll be looking forward to the video of YOU playing that arrangement soon. I have always wanted a piano but I don't want to bring more clutter into the house. (Since I would probably lose interest in playing and then have the piano to dust.
You know, they make keyboards now that have the feel of a real piano. Just sayin'.
C'est Moi
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Ha! Don't hold your breath. The guy at the guitar store said it takes a year to learn, and I think he was being kind. I probably reminded him of his grandmother.
You know, they make keyboards now that have the feel of a real piano. Just sayin'.
My sons are talented; one plays guitar and one is a drummer. It used to be very noisy in this house.
You know, I used to have a keyboard but as is my standard M.O. I lost interest and it made the short ride to GoodWill. So that should tell me all I need to know about wanting a piano.