After lots and lots of hammering, and hours and hours of scraping grease and washing parts in diesel and brake cleaner - generally making myself smell like a refinery - I'm ready to switch to my "assembly" coveralls.



Still Needs some new shoes...




I also finished the first section of my "custom" exhaust - since for some reason I couldn't get this piece from anywhere (turbo output)




I am waiting for the axel parts and the motor to tranny drive shaft. THen its time to put her all back together!!!

Tags: diesel, disassembly, exhaust, grease, loader
Current Music: bing

I haven't wrote much on LJ lately, been too busy with the two jobs, skijoring, fostering a GSDxHusky and everything else I guess... But I had to write something about an horible event that occured today.

I was out playing with Titus and Whisky (foster dog) in the park not too far from my place, its a very common place where a lot of dog owner comes and go with their dogs, its fenced, and is mostly a unofficial dog park. I'd say all the dogs are friendly and owner responcible... -wrong-

There was this goergous German shepard dog who started to run and play around with my two boys, he was okay for most of the time, but it got out of hand pretty quickly, when I saw that, I called Titus (yes, I'm lucky enough to have a husky who listens to recalls) and they both trotted back to me... followed by the german shepard who decided it was fun to bite...

he bit Titus.... Now, working for an emergency vet clinic and as a first respondant technitian in a pet ambulance service, I know how to deal with wounds... so I knew he needed to be brought at the Emergency ASAP.

DX : puncture on abdominal wall.

Let me tell you, if theres one thing you never want to see, is your own dog guts...

After 45 minutes of surgery, he's now in recovery, I'm lucky enough that I might even be able to bring him home tonight when he's totally awake (mostly because I know how to monitor him, and have the essential at home, but honestly I wouldn't have wanted if the guts or bladder were touched)

I just had to rant/vent/share... I guess..

It's worth a shot, I guess. Probably too late but you never know.

Looking to buy one of the FC2009 Surf Safari staff shirts, if possible, or if someone wants to sell theirs. That's the blue Hawaiian shirts with the con logo embroidered on the chest.

I absolutely love them, and would love to have one for myself!

You have a shirt? I have money!

To narrow it down I'd need a medium or large :p

Thanks!

It's safe to ask me, "how's the snow?". The snow is okay. Not so fresh anymore, but still has some give to it. I got home late last night, and woke up early to go snowboarding. Let's hope for more!

Here's a random picture of me with a winter background.

I want a trail cam. I see the deer at various times out back, but have never got any decent video or pictures of them :( I could easily set up a trail cam out near their winter yard, or on the buck trail, near to where I put out feed for them & get some awesome video.

Tags: deer

I was at Trader Joe's the other night and saw that they had pre-trimmed leeks. I've been wanting to try cooking with leeks for a long time, but had the idea in my head that it was a lot of work, and so I had never gotten around to it. I cooked them tonight and, wow. These things are amazing.

This is a ridiculously simple, delicious recipe.

Ingredients: 2 leeks, 2 strips of bacon

First, in preparation, rinse the leeks (dirt can get trapped in the layers) then pat them dry. Cut them once lengthwise, and then slice the halves into 2-inch sections. Fry the bacon in an ungreased pan. Once the bacon is fully cooked (but not quite crispy) remove it from the heat and add the leeks (flat side down), leaving the accumulated bacon grease. Cover and cook for approximately 10-15 minutes. DO NOT flip them. When they are most of the way done, crumble and add the bacon back into the pan, stirring them together. Then, serve and eat!

( Pictures here )

The Sheffield Meet went well - free pork pies are always a bonus - particularly when there are sausage rolls to go along with them. There was not enough of that moist gooey jelly in them though. You could drop a bit of dog food in them but that would be weird - and my hair is shiny and glossy enough as it is. Still, at least you could trace around its form for the big tapestry drawing thing that is a Sheffield tradition. That thing isn't great unless you can draw. I can only really draw stickfurs :-(

Kudos to Sil for organising it all and indeed for putting up with my gentle ribbing and sumptuous banter. As is often the case, I was giddy for the first hour and suffered a bit of a comedown. I was definitely funnier and better company in the first hour, I feel. Still, you can only chase your tail for so long - the pink often burns my eyes.

I like Ye Olde Queen's Headeeeee as a pub. The staff are really friendly and we had some nice banter going with them. Plus they serve Warsteiner, which is always good. The meet was modestly attended but it was great catching up with some furs I haven't spoken to for a while. These included Torque Tiger, Dougal and Sora. Big shouts out to you people *waves*.

Some of the food was a little suspicious, particularly the sticky Bombay mix stuff. I spent most of my time tesselating things too. Either that or making chevrons out of pound coins leading up to different beers. It was fun.

After some drinking, Patter and I headed back to Leeds to meet up with Wolfie. I started a conversation with a mother and 14 year old girl upon spying the Build A Bear Bunny they had bought at Meadowhall. They were a little bemused but they were from Barnsley, which is where I am going next week. They gave me a lowdown on all the exciting stuff there is to do there. Useful conversation really. I was a little tiddly though so said hello to everyone who was walking past me, both on the train and in the street. People are quite taken aback when you say hi to them, I notice.

Patter and I grabbed a Guinness where we were harrassed by a bald bloke with runny snot on his lip. He was weird. He had to be sat down next to a condament set. We then went up to see Wolfie where we shared German Bratwurst (ha - I got it right today :P) and Knobibrot. A quick continental beer and chat with some drunk Leeds fans later and we went home to watch Wife Swap and had some Dry Cider.

Today was spent watching an inept Middlesbrough side lose to our local rivals, Newcastle United, on TV. We ate loads of Celebrations, Roses and also went for a curry. The snow meant we couldn't really do anything so Mr Wolfie, Mrs Wolfie and my partner Wolfie all stayed in the warmth and shared some banter. And Heineken. It was a good day :-)

OK this is a little over kill for the first real snow of the season and its not yet winter. Iam no complaining at all, i loved it! NWS forecast office in Mt. Holly issued many updates to there winder storm warning product as the storm approched from the south. Storm total predicted by the NWs ranged from 14 to 21 inches with locally heavier amounts of 24". We had received 14 here. Blizzard warning was never issued. The snow was light and fluffy which was good for easy removal. snow fall rates ranged fro 1 to 3 inches per hour during the height of the storm.

The snow removal operations here has ended and salting only where necessary.


After Action Report:

50 pounds rock salt used
80 pounds Magnesium/sodium Chloride Prills used

Walks and Driveway shoveled 4 times during the storm, salting were needed.

walks and driveway shoveled again at storms end, Salted to prevent icing and melt drifting snow.

Things we could have done better:

Have on hand more than 1 shovel

Have on hand 400 pounds salt.

( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. )

Still available...