{"id":5745,"date":"2020-01-06T07:13:07","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T14:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=5745"},"modified":"2020-04-07T08:18:11","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T15:18:11","slug":"jan-6-2020table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2020\/01\/06\/jan-6-2020table\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan 6 2020 fah guck"},"content":{"rendered":"

I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Twain<\/strong><\/p>\n

I woke up to feed the fire and the cats. It is 7 am. -26c outside and yup need to go out with the chainsaw later, then collect what I cut, transport to the splitter, split and then bring it inside. I am all excited about that, no I am not, but it needs doing. The cold wave is predicted to last a week. So you know they never do, like an unwanted guest, the cold always outstays its welcome.<\/p>\n

I am trying to type this on the tablet again.\u00a0 I am learning new highs and lows in frustration. I got excited for a second when I discovered voice typing the only problem doesn’t work with WordPress. I couldn’t believe how stupid the tablet really is. It removed my words and replaced them with its own.<\/p>\n

Words that didn’t even make sense appeared and my own words disappeared it was like having a two-year-old do my typing for me. That’s insane, who is in charge of quality control? Fire him or her and send them to rehab.<\/p>\n

I am back on my laptop running Ubuntu. I hope someone comes up with a way to replace Android with Linux. It is useless except for watching movies, and it does not do that well either.<\/p>\n

Now resting on my couch using my phone. I will correct spelling later.<\/p>\n

I just got in from chainsawing. I was in between big logs where the wind couldn’t keep the chainsaw exhaust away from my face.<\/p>\n

I knew I was getting gassed in a bad way, so I quit sooner than I normally would, the other problem was I decided to wear my full face Bella Clava. It was choking me.<\/p>\n

I managed to get wood loaded in the wheelbarrow and into the shop. As you see I had to collapse on the ground and rest as I have had to do many times in cold weather.<\/p>\n

The fun job remained. I had to climb onto a sheet metal roof covered in deep snow so I could check out the chimney for a blockage. My house was filling full of smoke. When the stove was opened or even turned up. It was a bad situation.<\/p>\n

In these temps, I needed it to turn up or it would get cold.<\/p>\n

As I stepped onto the first roof I slid, almost off the roof and ten feet down to the ground. I needed to keep going.<\/p>\n

When I climbed onto the second roof I slid 20 feet right down to the chimney support. I grabbed that and managed to get myself upright.<\/p>\n

I checked the chimney it was clean. Maybe because I turned it up as high as I could before going outside.<\/p>\n

A small chimney fire could have burned through the blockage. I had hoped that was what happened.<\/p>\n

Now I had to go up the slippery metal roof to get off there. I had a claw hammer with me. I carefully hooked the tiny sheet metal bolts and gingerly pulled my self up 6 inches at a time.<\/p>\n

One of these years I hoped to be smart enough to bolt an old ladder up there permanently but I doubt I will remember until the next time I was sliding down the roof.<\/p>\n

I am going to wait for the warmest moment outside to start the gen. It does not like anything minus 18 and below.<\/p>\n

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Beard is frozen solid<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nI went back out to gather snow for water, fed my winter birds their sunflower seeds, and got the generator started. Next was splitting the little wood I had cut. I will be back there tomorrow cutting again.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mission Accomplished<\/p><\/div>\n