Awake: 6:41 Temp 65 sleep 7+15 sunny overnight @ Watertown, WI.
Kathy & Sallie drive to Milwaukee this morning. Kathy has an appointment with an ear, nose & throat specialist, who, according to Sallie, Larry & a lot of their friends that have visited him, think he can help Kathy with her sinus condition.
Early this morning, I remove the (2) switches from the electrical panel, gather my soldering kit, paste, electrical tape, wire strippers & wire cutters, etc & I am ready for today’s adventure.
Meanwhile, Larry had some phone calls to make so we get started about mid morning @ the factory to get that Hyster running. During my switch wiring, I test the system (3) times by starting the engine with no problems. After I finish, Larry has trouble starting the engine; so much trouble that we both suspect that we may either be out of propane or that darn starter is acting up again. “It’s time to do the right thing” Larry says.
We take our (2) maybe empty propane bottles across town, have them refilled & return to the factory. Then we remove the troubled starter; it needs to be replaced anyway. I also took off the distributor cap, found a messy rotor & cleaned that up. Any or all (3) of these items could have bugged us to no end.
“It’ll be tomorrow before your starter can be replaced” says Dale. “It’s coming from Chicago & I’ll call mid morning when it arrives.” “Good enough” we reply. Then we return to the house where Larry warms us both a small bowl of Vodka pasta for energy to move on with our next adventure.
Larry hooks up the small wheels trailer to the Ford pickup that has the Alaota hot water pressure washer on it. We take it to the factory, back it into the building & under an overhead portable crane; lift the unit off the trailer, back the pickup truck under the pressure washer & lower it onto the truck bed. Larry would rather transport the heavy pressure washer on the back of his pickup rather than the small wheel trailer it usually rolls on. Tomorrow we plan on taking this high powered pressure washer to an authorized repair service to have a leak fixed on the heating coil or if it can’t be fixed, a new coil.
Back @ the house, Larry & Sallie have visitors: Moeshe & his wife, Marcy. from Milwaukee. They are interested in a bus tour so I give them a quick $2.00 special. Interesting fellow Moeshe, we talk @ length; then I must shower & later, join Larry, Kathy & Moeshe for wine time.
Outside patio dinner by Sallie: Steaks, coleslaw, French fries, potato slices, watermelon and other fruit for dessert.
Lots of talk about families: Israel, where Moeshe is from and still keeps a condo; Judaism and the situation in Israel/Pakistan; Moeshe’s real estate rental business; etc.
Kathy’s appointment with the ENT Dr. went very well; she liked his calm, kind, professional manner. Diagnosis: many nasal polyps. But the good news is, he feels with a short course of oral steroids and steroid nasal spray, the polyps can be shrunk and surgery avoided. Thanks Sallie & Larry for the referral.
K & I watch the O’Reilly Factor on TV.
High today=75 Lights out: 11:37pm
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