Barriehie
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I got a 10 lb one the other day marked down to $1.16/lb.
Plans for today (2026)
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SoCalZone10
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That’s a bargain Barriehie.
The pork butt is now sliced and diced, cooking pork stew with coconut juice right now. Butt is 10 lbs, so lots of white meat, one bone is in the freezer. Another large container of cubed pork butt, two medium containers of pork(the fattier part) marinated, to be taken out sometime in the future for grilling, and 2 small containers with bacon-ish bits(the fattest meat), diced very small, I salted them, to be used as pancetta or bacon bits.
The pork butt is now sliced and diced, cooking pork stew with coconut juice right now. Butt is 10 lbs, so lots of white meat, one bone is in the freezer. Another large container of cubed pork butt, two medium containers of pork(the fattier part) marinated, to be taken out sometime in the future for grilling, and 2 small containers with bacon-ish bits(the fattest meat), diced very small, I salted them, to be used as pancetta or bacon bits.
Barriehie
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I just made a hole in the freezer for mine. That's a -lot- of meat for me and Pippi. Probably make a GG's thing with some of it...
Gone Hiking
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The sun was finally out this morning, so I threw some baby back ribs on the smoker. Then my wife and I watched the latest episode of Landman (a good one!), then we took the dogs for a walk, then I spent some more time reloading ammo, then we had snow squalls and 50 mph gusts that sent me chasing my trash cans down the street again, then I brought more firewood up to the house, then I did some minor maintenance and repairs at one of our rental properties for an older tenant, and then we went grocery shopping. Next, I need to log in and catch up on some things at work before Monday morning rolls around. The weekends fly by way too quickly...
Barriehie
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No worries, squirrel…I’m off!
SoCalZone10
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Better than I expected.
I took some stuff to my sister’s house, she was pleased to see me and her stuff. I gave her some of my Algerian Fremont mandarins, she used to like eating them.
I then came home and did some gardening, it’s certainly better than when I started.
I took some stuff to my sister’s house, she was pleased to see me and her stuff. I gave her some of my Algerian Fremont mandarins, she used to like eating them.
I then came home and did some gardening, it’s certainly better than when I started.
SoCalZone10
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My soft plan for today is to log online into one website( for tax forms) to see if I can succeed. Failed.
The last time I logged on was 2021. I have to call the 800 numbers tomorrow, I did Friday but they hung up on me.
This will cause a lot of headaches for seniors(like my sister), she doesn’t have Login.gov and she has no up to date license to create one.
The last time I logged on was 2021. I have to call the 800 numbers tomorrow, I did Friday but they hung up on me.
This will cause a lot of headaches for seniors(like my sister), she doesn’t have Login.gov and she has no up to date license to create one.
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So the plan had been knitting group, come home, lunch, write up a few recipes, put the big chicks into the adults area behind the electric fence - the eagle is well fed at the moment, and the fox can't easily get to them in there, and study for the rest of the day until tea needed to be made.
the reality.... before I had covered 2km from my house, I had run off the road twice... the vehicle just not doing what it should do and the rear end ending up in the ditch.... hummm luckily the ditch isn't deep and not a problem, but still... slow down and when I got to the floodways, the handling was buggered, totally and utterly buggered. I took the second one very slowly, stopped and got out, checked I didn't have a flat tyre, and carefully proceeded to knitting (about 6km away at this point and much closer than home).
Limp home slowly and made the decision to ring the garage. They kindly listened and said to come down, and they would check her over.
So after lunch, I took it very carefully and got to the garage (service centre/mechanics) and explained. I also mentioned that there was a noise I didn't like - so he took it for a quick test drive and very quickly discovered that there really was a huge problem with the handling of the vehicle and he could also hear the metal-on-metal noise I could hear and he didn't like it either...
So we waited for the ramp to be free, and then they had a look. Lets just say they are very, very glad I am paranoid about unusual noises in a vehicle I know like the back of my hand and that I wanted it checked out (this had been primarily if they needed to order parts in, but she would have been at home doing nothing until fixed, and I was right when i had said the handling had just suddenly gone...
Anyhow - long story shorter.... somehow the nuts on the top of the rear passenger shock absorber are missing (vibrated off) and basically the shock absorber was not actually connected to my 4x4! Yep - the handling just suddenly went when that (last) nut came off. And to be honest, they are surprised I was able to drive the vehicle period. And there was no way I was driving home in it.
It is now fixed, labout only. lots of locktite and also double nuts now on both rear shocks (they were replaced about 3 years ago). They have checked the otherside and locktite/tightened them as well. And the handling is back, she is quiet again and the garage are exceptionally grateful that I take no notice of my husband and brought her down to be checked over!
So in the remaining time, I will make tea and write off getting any study done for today, and write-up another recipe... hopefully.
the reality.... before I had covered 2km from my house, I had run off the road twice... the vehicle just not doing what it should do and the rear end ending up in the ditch.... hummm luckily the ditch isn't deep and not a problem, but still... slow down and when I got to the floodways, the handling was buggered, totally and utterly buggered. I took the second one very slowly, stopped and got out, checked I didn't have a flat tyre, and carefully proceeded to knitting (about 6km away at this point and much closer than home).
Limp home slowly and made the decision to ring the garage. They kindly listened and said to come down, and they would check her over.
So after lunch, I took it very carefully and got to the garage (service centre/mechanics) and explained. I also mentioned that there was a noise I didn't like - so he took it for a quick test drive and very quickly discovered that there really was a huge problem with the handling of the vehicle and he could also hear the metal-on-metal noise I could hear and he didn't like it either...
So we waited for the ramp to be free, and then they had a look. Lets just say they are very, very glad I am paranoid about unusual noises in a vehicle I know like the back of my hand and that I wanted it checked out (this had been primarily if they needed to order parts in, but she would have been at home doing nothing until fixed, and I was right when i had said the handling had just suddenly gone...
Anyhow - long story shorter.... somehow the nuts on the top of the rear passenger shock absorber are missing (vibrated off) and basically the shock absorber was not actually connected to my 4x4! Yep - the handling just suddenly went when that (last) nut came off. And to be honest, they are surprised I was able to drive the vehicle period. And there was no way I was driving home in it.
It is now fixed, labout only. lots of locktite and also double nuts now on both rear shocks (they were replaced about 3 years ago). They have checked the otherside and locktite/tightened them as well. And the handling is back, she is quiet again and the garage are exceptionally grateful that I take no notice of my husband and brought her down to be checked over!
So in the remaining time, I will make tea and write off getting any study done for today, and write-up another recipe... hopefully.
badjak
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My car needs to go in for a service soon.
I better ask my mechanic to double check all nuts and bolts as I have been driving lots of corrugated roads recently!
I better ask my mechanic to double check all nuts and bolts as I have been driving lots of corrugated roads recently!
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Yeah, came as a bit of a surprise to be, to say the least. Thankfully, no expensive accident which it could easily have resulted in with most other drivers.
My garage know my road well and for me to have gone off the road twice before the "bad bend" as it is dubbed (long fast, very wide, gravel bend with corrugations, and banks of loose gravel) surprised him as well. I had to take that bend at a very low speed crawling round it.
I did once have a vehicle that needed the exhaust manifold reattaching weekly. It started immediately after a service, within a week it was loose. Every Sunday like clockwork i was back to get it tightened... until a police office pulled me over one Sunday... he accompanied me to the garage to confirm that the 17yr old kid driving the vehicle wasn't lying to him. Everyone scratched their heads over it, and later that week he rang the garage back. He'd been talking to colleagues and they thought they knew what the problem was. It was suggested I put the vehicle in for another service and specially state it must be re-tuned. An old mechanic came out to me at that garage, he'd heard of it happening once before but never seen it. Sure enough, after the retune the exhaust manifold stayed put. The vibrations from the engine had been exactly what had been needed to undo the nuts. I never got to thank that police officer sadly.
But that lesson back in 1989 stayed with me. I'm guessing something similar with either the road or the tuning of the vehicle must have just hit the wrong spot...
Barriehie
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It's the suspension that makes the roads like that, a double whammy.Called washboarding or washboard roads here! Does terrible things to car suspensions
How's that?
Barriehie
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The road isn't level by any stretch so as vehicles go over the "hills and valleys" the suspension force on the road, (weight of the vehicle), is going up and down as the springs compress and expand. This variable force on the roadway makes the variable dips, "hills and valleys".
When you apply brakes in a vehicle the front end gets heavier so have you ever noticed in an old parking lot the front of the parking spaces have a dip? At Walmart that's when I know when to stop so I don't bump the handicap pole.