{"id":14165,"date":"2021-01-01T00:07:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T07:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=14165"},"modified":"2021-01-06T14:19:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T21:19:17","slug":"january-1-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2021\/01\/01\/january-1-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"January 1 2021 Lucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Bill Vaughan<\/strong><\/p>\n

So far so good I am still alive. 00:05 AM.<\/p>\n

It is 9:34 AM the big snow hasn’t started yet. I have fed and watered the cats had breakfast. I should go out and chop but haven’t yet. I am still hurting today, It could be from chopiing by hand but I think its more much more.<\/p>\n

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Do you know how to chop wood in a snowstorm? Quickly, efficiently. My face was cold when I was done. I was happy to get it inside.<\/p>\n

I had the generator running for about an hour in the snowstorm. Suddenly it shut off. I went out to check it, and it was brutally hot. I could hear the gas in the tank boiling. I made a big mistake then. I thought I would release some pressure in the gas tank. The gas came shooting out and poured all over the hot engine. I grabbed the gen and got it outside before it could blow up.<\/p>\n

It is minus 7 out right now what would the thing do in summer. I am thankful I was spared today. That superheated gasoline sprayed all over me, the floor of my woodwork shop and a very hot engine. It could have killed all of us. I was very lucky.<\/p>\n