Category Archives: Miscellaneous

Boulder

You may remember that back in June, the Kids went out when it was 91 degrees and dug this rock out of the ground. In case you need a memory refresher, here is a link to that post. The Rock … Continue reading

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Mister Peanut

I was glancing at the photograph in my previous post, and I noticed that Mister Peanut apparently  is living in my car. And the worst part of it is that now that I have seen it, I will never be … Continue reading

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Sooo…… you bought a new car…..

Sooo…. you bought a new car…… and it is all sparkly new and clean and it still has that “new car” smell… and you are still worrying about getting that “first scratch”…… Sooo….. What do you do to that new … Continue reading

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Haunted LED Flood Light

We have a haunted LED flood light in the house. Seriously…. this light was installed in our kitchen, and it does weird things when we turn the power on and off. I took it down to the workbench to check … Continue reading

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Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July! Stay safe.

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Chipmunks

Are you overrun with chipmunks this year? We are. And they are getting rather bold. This one took a perch on the top step outside our back door and hung out there having a snack for about 10 minutes. Closer … Continue reading

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Happy Pi Day

Today is Pi (π) Day. In case you have been living under a rock and don’t know what π day is, it is March 14, which is written as 3/14 which some nerds have equated to 3.14, which is a very … Continue reading

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Calculator

Continuing on with our ancient computer theme, we went digging through the Computer Museum again and found another machine that we can use to calculate the comparison of our hit rate to the hit rate of The Google. That is … Continue reading

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Computer Museum?

Q: What the heck is this “computer museum” that you keep talking about? A: It’s just a bunch of junk that I have collected over the years that used to be useful for calculating stuff. For example, here is my … Continue reading

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Slide Rule

You may have noticed in my previous post that DG was using a slide rule to do the calculations. He borrowed it from my  computer museum. He’s an old-fashioned kind of guy, you know. Here is a photo of the … Continue reading

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