Cooling allows the flakes to form. You don't need it, as I am sure our ancestors didn't have refrigeration, but it helps a bit, especially with the Crisco.
I finally realized taking it easy with this leg muscle pull is the wrong approach. Going on 6 months, and just waiting around wasn't working. No pain, no gain. I've not found any exercise on the internet that targets this particular muscle yet. It must be a different one than the most common. So I made up my own. Knee lift from a sitting position, just past where it hurts. Repeat it a few times a day. I've gained a couple of inches in about 10 days already. Now, see... If I had those steroid shots like the Doc suggested I wouldn't know when to stop with this, and might never have even thought to try it. Just keep getting steroid shots. When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to go to bed without washing my feet first. Not sure why, because I didn't like to go barefoot that much. I used to be able to lift either foot up into the bathroom sink. It was easier and quicker that way. I figure I'm racing against that red dot now, so I'm lowering the goal to just lift the left knee as high as the right. I've got about 8" to go. Now if I could just get this toe working again... I wouldn't have any more excuses.
11/19/22 Tuesday The plan was to sand the rust off the doors on the cabin and put on a coat of primer if time allowed. There were back up plans, because I thought the sander was out there, but wasn't sure. It wasn't. Instead I raked a pickup load of pine straw from the front yard. Got home just about dark. Found out it was going to rain tonight. Ran out and tossed it around that dogwood tree by streetlight. Soil has washed out around the roots again. Brought in 2 cedar trees. One is about 3 feet tall and has lacey needles. They say that is new growth. The other is only 2 feet tall with short fat needles. Old growth. That might mean the larger one is healthier. Will plant them tomorrow after the rain. I'm going to bring in a couple of these whenever I get a chance and plant them close together in a row in front of the hedge. See which ones survive and thin them out later. Or... I may take them all out. Who knows. Now thinking of getting rid of all the hedge. It's a full time job in summer just to keep the vines and kudzu out of them. You have to get down on the ground to do it. Too many fire ants, especially along the boundary to the neighbor's property. Will call the people about the front door this week. I think it's best to get someone with experience hanging doors in older houses. I'll see how they describe what they are going to do. All these plans may change tomorrow depending on my mood.
When I worked with the on-profit doing home repairs for folks, we worked on some real old places that were built by the owners back in the 30s and the 40s. Rooms would get added over time, and the floors were rarely on the same plane (you had to be careful to not trip.) Exterior doors were tough even if the frames are square because they are often not a modern standard size, and modern exterior doors are not solid wood...you cannot cut them to fit. We'd travel all over to salvage places to get legacy solid doors that we could cut down. I've attached a Masonite interior door spec sheet. I'm pretty sure the brick-like layout of the pressed block core is the same on exterior doors. This is what the manufacturer sent me when I called trying to figure out what to do on this one project we did (it was an old caretaker's place in the middle of a huge cemetery...we had to step around graves with in-ground markers.)
This is going to be a prehung door. They make 3 widths for the frames, to accommodate thicker walls. Likely fiberglass. Custom height (84"). Lots of measurements I wouldn't think of if I tried to measure myself. I'm sure it will cost a fortune. I'm going to suck it up and do it. They say even fiberglass has to be painted. I didn't want that. I think they will paint it for you at the factory. More expense. Maybe worth it if the paint sticks forever. I had this all planned out a month or so ago and put it on the back burner. Now I can't even remember the name of the company. Like starting all over.
We had to take a whole year of Ohio history in 7th grade. It seemed like it was mostly about Indians. But it must have been in this class we had to study the Bessemer Converter. It was a contraption used in steel making. Maybe the textbook was written in Youngstown. This is one of only 3 Bessemer converters left in the whole world. At a museum in England. On second thought, I bet that was in Science class. Also 7th grade.
The bumper step arrived last night. It's fine. Wobbles a bit. If it didn't, it would be too hard to put in and take out. Sticks out plenty far enough even on the closest setting. I may just keep it in the back of the truck and pull it out only when needed, without even using a pin. Otherwise it would need a locking pin. The man from the door installation place is coming Monday to check out the front door situation. Unless he proposes something drastic, like tearing out the whole front wall of the house to bring it up to code, I'm probably going to go with whatever he suggests.
You should at least get a bolt to slide through the thing while you use it, just so some weird sequence of events does not happen and you end up flat on your back. I can't see the need to secure it as tightly as a trailer hitch, but don't risk its being able to slide freely. As I'm sure you've seen, Tractor Supply sells hitch pins with handles on the end...no need to attach the cotter pin. Or even a stick...
A stick did cross my mind. It came with a hitch pin and cotter key. The cotter key needs a hammer and pliers to go with it. But you're right. I could imagine a circumstance where the bump step would slip out.
You don't need no stinkin' cotter key. You're not gonna be driving down the road with it. And I got cotter keys like that on my tractor & some of the implements. I use these for most of my stuff: I think they are called Lynch Pins. You can get a 10 pak at T.S. for under $3. There are a variety of sizes. The way the loop is attached off-center makes them spring-loaded and they snap into the closed/attached position you see above. I got tired of trying to yank those huge bobby pins out of the pins on things I unattach on a regular basis. I leave those legacy pins in stuff I rarely/never disconnect. I assume I am not sacrificing safety or security...I can't see how I would be. You don't need to be falling on your butt out there all by yourself.
I'm familiar with those knuckle-buster pins. .. They have a mind of their own. But I've learned to admire and respect them now. ( It's a good idea. )
Out of the blue. Yesterday morning the cat (who will be 15 years old in May) takes off running down the stairs, full speed. Makes the circle through the kitchen, hallway, dining room and back to the kitchen. She had that look, like she was pretending something was chasing her. How can she run down the stairs that fast? This is the strangest cat I've ever had. She's a calico. They say they tend to be "spunky, assertive, and independent," among other things. I never used to believe it. When I go downstairs, she often sits and waits on a step midway down the flight of stairs. When I head back up the stairs, she runs down. We pass like this at least several times a day. But 1 out of 10 times she will just sit there, and I have to walk around her. You would think after 14 years I could figure this out.
Yes! . Georgia is the 2022 SEC Champion! I am trying hard to memorize all the football rules. Came away with 3 real doozies tonight. The most interesting? If you lift the quarterback of the opposing team (bless his heart) with one arm, so he can't run, it counts as a sack.
Rule 2: If the ball bounces off a pass receiver's helmet after he falls to the ground, and is caught by a defensive player, it counts as an interception LINK (to video) Rule 3: If the ball from a blocked field goal hits the ground and the other team picks it up, before the referee whistles dead ball, he can run with it. LINK (to video)