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At a job interview the personnel manager said I could name my own salary. I told him just to call mine Mike.
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Sunday, February 07 2010 @ 03:41 PM EST |
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Got the chores out of the way this morning. Dawn made some tweaks to
one of the shop doors so the latch will work better (it has never
had worked quite right). Then we changed the oil in the truck. I
have to say that Ford put a lot of thought into the oil filter. It
is on top, not the kind that screws a metal filter on the side of
the block. When you pull off the lid, it pulls the filter right
out with it. The filter retains very little oil when you pull
it out, and doesn't spill oil all over the side of the engine
(like every other engine I've ever worked on.) And they made the
oil drain plug magnetic, so you can stick it to the bottom of the
oil pan while the oil is draining and not lose it. Nice touch.
All that said, I doubt we'll ever do it ourselves again. The cost
for the oil and filter from a local auto part store came to only $8
less than having the dealer do it. I'm willing to spend the extra
to not have the hassle of doing it, cleaning up, and recycling
the used oil.
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Saturday, February 06 2010 @ 08:01 PM EST |
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It was another nice spring day here today. The sun was out. The
temperature was around 10C (52F). I got out on my road bike for
an hour. As a smug West-coaster, it was made better by news of
the wicked winter happenings on the East-coast :-)
Took a couple pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/thievingjoker/
Then went for a ride http://connect.garmin.com/activity/24092573
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Monday, February 01 2010 @ 10:29 PM EST |
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It was a great day here Sunday. Sunny, nice. It was warm enough
I could wear shorts and a t-shirt while washing the car. It's
back to rain tonight, but since all my regular riding buddies are
either out of town or have sick kids, I didn't get out for a ride
tonight. Rode the stationary bike, but it's not the same!
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Friday, January 29 2010 @ 11:29 PM EST |
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Had an excellent ride this afternoon. Climbed all the way to the top
of the park in Hartland, then screamed down the singletrack at the
north end as fast as possible. Climbed back up the fireroad and came
down my favorite trail, named Who's Yer Daddy. Great ride. And the
rain held off until I was driving out of the parking lot. Perfect.
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Friday, January 29 2010 @ 02:11 AM EST |
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It's been a bitch of a week at work. But on the upside I went to
bed early twice this week and got 9+ hours sleep those nights. Woot!
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Sunday, January 24 2010 @ 07:07 PM EST |
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After I sent out yesterday's mailing, the neighbour cranked up
some music around 11:30pm, to go with the chainsaw. That plus
all yesterday's coffee meant I didn't get to sleep until about
1:30am. Which sucked because I had to get up a 5am to work. Worked
until after 11am.
Then installed some more shelving in the office closet and the area
under the stairs where the printer/router/NAS are. I went to London
Drugs to get more of the excellent storage boxes I bought for the
laundry room, but they didn't have any in the store in Duncan. Hope
they still have them in Victoria because they are great, and cheap!
Now it's 4pm and I'm having a hard time staying awake. I think I
might just need a nap.
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Sunday, January 24 2010 @ 01:33 AM EST |
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I overdosed on coffee this morning, resulting in a cleaning kick
that just wouldn't stop. I must have worked at it for seven or
eight hours before I stoped (for dinner). My office desk and
closet are clean, as is the kitchen and pretty much every other
horizontal surface that has been accumulating crap for a long time.
I think tomorrow I'll put up some more shelves so I have more
horizontal surfaces to put stuff on...
Apparently my neighbour has gotten the same idea, because it's
10:30pm and I can hear him attacking this huge pile of scrap wood
he has left in his field from a bunch of milling he had done. He's
been burning scrap all day and is still cutting even now...
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Friday, January 22 2010 @ 11:06 PM EST |
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Went for a mountain bike ride in the daytime today. It's a lot
more fun in the daytime as you can go faster. Which means there
is more stuff I can jump over :-)
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22956644
Broke my chain at one point going up a rock face. Luckily I carry
Quicklinks for repairing chains in just such an emergency, so we
were back on the trail in just a couple minutes. It wasn't the
usual chain break (where it pulls out a pin). This was a link that
snapped. Apparently I have powerful legs :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thievingjoker/4296925618/
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Wednesday, January 20 2010 @ 01:13 AM EST |
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Weather held off today so I could get out for a run after
work. Calves were cramping up though. Need more potassium...
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Tuesday, January 19 2010 @ 02:26 AM EST |
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Spent all day Sunday at work, waiting for something another group
was supposed to do, but in the end, they didn't do it. Awesome. I
got a bunch of other stuff done, but I could have thought of better
ways to spend the day...
Monday night it mountain biking time, and it was a good one. Big
wind storm last night, so lots of branches down.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/22710725
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