Category Archives: Miscellaneous

What month is it?

Posted on March 23, 2019 by kimerer_brian

Soooo…. what month is it anyway? I mean…. really?

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A different hat trick

Posted on March 1, 2019 by kimerer_brian

It snowed yesterday. The new thermometer told us how cold it was in the garage before we went out….. confirmed later by numb fingers. The Augernaut ran and threw the snow. The new microwave oven heated the coffee to warm … Continue reading →

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The Augernaut is Reborn

Posted on February 21, 2019 by kimerer_brian

The Augernaut showed up today totally reborn and working after the Snowblower Doctor fixed it. Here it is, purring away. Notice that the headlight is beaming. DG, of course, is ecstatic. I think that his smile might diminish when we … Continue reading →

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The Augernaut is Dead

Posted on February 20, 2019 by kimerer_brian

On Monday, while cleaning up the most recent storm leavings, the Augernaut spilled its oil out on the driveway and quit. Yup. The Augernaut was gone. So sad. DG was devastated. But I suspect that he is really mourning the … Continue reading →

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How cold was it?

Posted on February 1, 2019 by kimerer_brian

How cold was it this morning? It was soooooo cold that the thermometer gave up. See the one on the left?….. the one we have reporting from the garage….  it just gave up and quit. Can’t see it? I have … Continue reading →

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First Snow

Posted on January 20, 2019 by kimerer_brian

We just got our first significant snow of 2019. YAY!…. well maybe not “YAY!“….. maybe it should be more like “yay”. Anyway, DG is cranked and ready to go. He found all his gear….. his mittens and his boots and … Continue reading →

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Shelf

Posted on January 13, 2019 by kimerer_brian

I have not blogged for a few days because I was building a shelf. I know that is a pretty lame excuse, but it really is true. Originally we were looking for a piece of antique oak furniture to go … Continue reading →

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Smoke Alarms

Posted on October 27, 2018 by kimerer_brian

Well……. the Smoke Alarms went off again… with another false alarm… in the middle of the night. There was no smoke, no fire, no dust, no dirt, no painted-over louvers……  no deaf spiders crawling into the housing. Just lots of … Continue reading →

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Spies

Posted on July 20, 2018 by kimerer_brian

Spies are everywhere! Just ask DG. Or just ask the Google. Google is changing their Chrome browser very soon to flag insecure sites. According to the Google Security Blog, “Beginning in July 2018 with the release of Chrome 68, Chrome … Continue reading →

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And then the Sun came out…

Posted on March 14, 2018 by kimerer_brian

It snowed all day yesterday and put down another foot of new snow…. in March…. which is a big downer. And then, the Sun came out, and we say…. “Well, it wasn’t that bad…” Actually, it was…. but we are … Continue reading →

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