{"id":12933,"date":"2020-11-20T10:51:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T17:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=12933"},"modified":"2020-11-21T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T17:08:28","slug":"nov-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/11\/20\/nov-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Nov 20 TF Cold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Buddha<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, what does that even mean? I am sure I am the opposite.<\/p>\n<p>I took a selfie the other day. I look way older than I remembered. There are wrinkles around my eyes I don&#8217;t recall. My hair is greyer mostly in my beard. I am looking like Gandalf lately.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mJZZNHekEQw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I was going to rush out there and gather wood blocks head to my splitter get the day&#8217;s work done, play gears 5. Which I bought for 12 bucks last night in an online sale.<\/p>\n<p>Truth is I forgot to buy better gloves yesterday. Most likely my splitter will hardly turn at -21. The gen would be none too happy to run then either. Below -18 its doesn&#8217;t like to run. The new carb is in the box not installed yet. I am waiting for warmer sunnier days.<\/p>\n<p>It is supposed to be warmer later in the day I will wait for that. Before I split wood, the carb would have to wait.<\/p>\n<p>I fed the outside kitties. They seem to be alright. I don&#8217;t know-how. This morning I got a reminder of my encounter with one of them. I got gored trying to catch one. I wasn&#8217;t expecting that. Capturing the other siblings was a matter of walking up to the kitten picking it up and carrying them inside. Tamed in minutes and purring.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, I bumped into a door thumb first (where the wound is) and felt a lot of pain. Its claw maybe still in there. I hope it will work itself out. I could not retrieve and I can&#8217;t make another trip in till I repair the headlights. I wouldn&#8217;t go to the local hospital anyway.<\/p>\n<p>So here I sit with the boys in the fireroom waiting for the kettle to boil on the woodstove, typing these words on my phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894377650-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12930\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/11\/20\/nov-20\/wp-1605894377650\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894377650-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894389646-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12932\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/11\/20\/nov-20\/wp-1605894439229\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1440\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/11\/wp-1605894439229-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I forgot some important things out in the van last night, A jar of Honey and the most important my powdered whole milk for coffee. Which I just stirred some in. It makes a painful existence worthwhile. That first sip of coffee. Did you hear that sigh?<\/p>\n<p>Today the lesson is about how important opposable thumbs are to the human condition. My right thumb is swollen. It won&#8217;t fit in scissors. I can&#8217;t turn a screw in with my hand. I can&#8217;t wait to try to use my xbox controller. Oh, yea first I need to pick up logs in cold weather unload them, pick them up again multiple times while I split them. And then there is carrying the generator getting it fueled, outside and started. And then transporting them to the fireroom and up the ramp.<\/p>\n<p>I am not really whining, maybe a little. I am describing my challenges of the day. Who moved the gorilla tape? I needed to wrap that around my thumb a few times before I attempted any of this. So glad I tried to rescue a kitten that didn&#8217;t want to be rescued.<\/p>\n<p>I found the gorilla tape hiding amongst the garbage piling up on the passenger side of the van. I will get to that one day when I need firestarter.<\/p>\n<p>I did gorilla tape surgery and taped up my thumb best I could. Put on my gear and went out to the woodpile. The wood I found was wet and heavy it would dry out in the fireroom a little.<\/p>\n<p>I loaded the wheelbarrow and headed inside. The van was parked too close to the front again. I wiggled through and unloaded. I started to split right away the little splitter was straining because of the cold. I was straining because I was too warm I put a sweater on under my insulated overalls. That was a mistake. I am soaked in sweat again.<\/p>\n<p>Before I went out I was smart enough to start the download of my new game. For 12 bucks I didn&#8217;t expect the game to be huge.,70 GB. When I got back from splitting only 13 had downloaded, the rest would take 3 hours or more.\u00a0 The Telus tech that keeps trying to illegally limit my download speed must be busy because the download speed is jumping everywhere. Starlink is coming. That&#8217;s going to hurt Telus and get us to Mars.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/scnp_8Thw24\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. Buddha Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, what does that even mean? I am sure I am the opposite. I took a selfie the other day. I look way older than I remembered. 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