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Refurbish

March 4, 2022 Uncategorized No Comments
Episode #683 March 5, 2022 Refurbishment is a type of maintenance. It is an act of renewal, but also an opportunity for improvement.       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wqn-7ZkYUYM The steps taken to refurbish are: Demolition. Redesign/remodel. Make and fit replacement parts. Finishing. Clean up. Refurbishment can be as simple as a coat of paint or as thorough as a Phoenix reborn. The Greek mythological Phoenix is a bird that periodically bursts into flames, then rises from the ashes as a reborn creature. This is an act of total demolition. The bird then redesigns itself in the image of its younger self....
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Scammed

February 21, 2022 Uncategorized 4 Comments
Episode #682 February 26, 2022 The cover of my Tent-In-A-Box shed was ripped to shreds in the high winds at my house. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IU1ZdDfXTY   The fabric cover of the shed is multilayered rip stop nylon. After three years of use it just could not withstand the elements.  The shed covers my water well-head and needs only to insulate the equipment from the occasional freeze and blowing dirt. It is light weight and easily lifted off the equipment to give well maintenance personnel easy access. i contemplated building a wooden shed with a removable roof. The cost of wood is so...
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Disaster Doggedness

February 17, 2022 Uncategorized 1 Comment
Episode #681 February 19, 2022     It began with a quiet rumble in the drive train of my Toyota truck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-c83KZ09TU i took the truck to Ed, my mechanic, to diagnose. Ed could not isolate the sound and sent me on my way. Weeks later the rumble became a shudder, the the shudder became a bucking motion. The problem fast became a safety issue. Ed was so busy that he could not see my truck so i brought it into the Toyota dealer for immediate service. Toyota diagnosed a failing drive shaft. The replacement drive shaft is discontinued for...
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The One That Got Away

February 9, 2022 Uncategorized 5 Comments
  Episode #680 February 12, 2022       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeKGPhcSPHk The One That Got Away        (a parable) -- by rickiT I have known many women. We have parted for many reasons, but only one was the one that got away. I met Trudy in a beach volleyball game. She was the captain of the other team. Her orders to teammates were direct and concise. Team members reacted quickly. My team didn’t have a chance. The game was a blowout, so Trudy invited us all for pizza on her. At the parlor I sat next to Trudy. She...
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Criticism

February 1, 2022 Uncategorized No Comments
Episode #679 February 5, 2022   Critique or criticism? These are vastly different attitudes, yet we can easily slip between the two. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gK5iPbd7Hg Love will often bring an urge to advise/critique. Advice is meant to protect, support, encourage and enable. Counseling, recommendations, coaching, teaching and iMentoring are acts of love. Critique can be misunderstood. Humans often see advice as judgment. Judgment is offensive. Interference, kibitzing, meddling, moralizing, pontification, exhortation, lecturing and preaching are gut interpretations of judgment. Here are some things i do to avoid the slippery slope of offense. My primary assumption is that all critique is advice and...
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Skydiving Museum

January 24, 2022 Uncategorized 5 Comments
Episode #678 January 29, 2022 An amazing new attraction is planned for Orlando, Florida. The International Skydiving Museum and Hall of Fame will break ground this year. The Museum will consist of immersive video and interactive exhibits. Visiting the Skydiving Museum will be almost like making a skydive yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-RTyKOFGgo To add the the realism of the experience there will be a state of the art indoor skydiving vertical wind tunnel. There will also be the first in the United States wingsuit tunnel. Here is video of a vertical wind tunnel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rgc8PPoWqo With no skydiving experience at all you can...
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