Awake: 6:00am Temp 67 sleep 6+07 heavy rain @ 8:45am, then partly sunny. Nicktown.
Kathy & Theresa left the KK early (8:45am) due to a threat of rain...well, they didn't leave soon enough; they were both walking & had to duck in & out of covered areas on their way to the Church hall to make noodles.
After my breakfast, I worked on a X-word puzzle, read some political stuff on the computer & sent some e-mail.
Mid afternoon, I took apart our Bug Zapper on the kitchen cabinet; for months now, I've been suspicious of a problem with that zapper. Sometimes it would electrocute a fly & other times, the fly would fly straight thru the grid. It came apart easy & in no time @ all, I spotted a broken wire.
Then came the tricky part; I had to drill several small holes into the plastic in order to get enough wire to splice & make a good solder connection. Now for the test!
There were no flies or bugs to be seen in our motorhome so I took the Zapper outside, quickly found a fly, pressed (2) buttons & ZAP with smoke! It works again. Minutes later, my cousin, Al drove his quad-runner pulling a trailer with a lawnmower inside. He also had a leaf blower that needed attention. I didn't have time to look @ both of them this evening but the mower was a quick fix but the Toro blower will have to wait.
Dinner: leftover meat, mashed potatoes, gravy, mixed salad, cantaloupe, peaches, & some sweet cherries.
We finished watching: "Edge of the City" with John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Ruby Dee, Kathleen Maguire, and Ruth White. Somber, realistic account of N.Y.C. waterfront life and corruption. Friendship of army deserter Cassaveetes and dock worker Poitier, both conflicting with union racketeer Warden, provides focus for reflections on integration and integrity in lower-class society. Masterfully acted by all. 1957. Another great story; and Kathy approved of this message.
Lights out: 11:40pm.
Kathy & Theresa left the KK early (8:45am) due to a threat of rain...well, they didn't leave soon enough; they were both walking & had to duck in & out of covered areas on their way to the Church hall to make noodles.
After my breakfast, I worked on a X-word puzzle, read some political stuff on the computer & sent some e-mail.
Mid afternoon, I took apart our Bug Zapper on the kitchen cabinet; for months now, I've been suspicious of a problem with that zapper. Sometimes it would electrocute a fly & other times, the fly would fly straight thru the grid. It came apart easy & in no time @ all, I spotted a broken wire.
Then came the tricky part; I had to drill several small holes into the plastic in order to get enough wire to splice & make a good solder connection. Now for the test! There were no flies or bugs to be seen in our motorhome so I took the Zapper outside, quickly found a fly, pressed (2) buttons & ZAP with smoke! It works again. Minutes later, my cousin, Al drove his quad-runner pulling a trailer with a lawnmower inside. He also had a leaf blower that needed attention. I didn't have time to look @ both of them this evening but the mower was a quick fix but the Toro blower will have to wait.
Dinner: leftover meat, mashed potatoes, gravy, mixed salad, cantaloupe, peaches, & some sweet cherries.
We finished watching: "Edge of the City" with John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Ruby Dee, Kathleen Maguire, and Ruth White. Somber, realistic account of N.Y.C. waterfront life and corruption. Friendship of army deserter Cassaveetes and dock worker Poitier, both conflicting with union racketeer Warden, provides focus for reflections on integration and integrity in lower-class society. Masterfully acted by all. 1957. Another great story; and Kathy approved of this message.
Lights out: 11:40pm.
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