Awake: 4:55am Temp: above freezing sleep 6+15 overnight @ Nicktown.
When we returned from our KK meeting, there was a truck & (5) workers, working here & there, mostly on the roof.
They were putting gutters all around our house. Mike, the owner & main man, told us they would be done by mid-day.
Bob & Nathan came by to cut necessary holes in the deck for the gutter downspouts to pass thru.
Mike wasn't kidding when he said they would be finished by mid day; they & we checked the downspouts & most of the other spouts & it all looked good to us. They were very professional & finished by 2:30pm.
John called: he will meet me in (30) min @ the garage to continue working on the Buick. The problem I have had is a frozen rear brake assembly on the rear passenger side. The rear driver's side was ok. I quit trying to break loose that rear drum using engine power for fear I would cause more serious problems.
Anyway, John focused on disassembling the driver's side first to see what position the brake adjusting screw was in. He was comfortable with that setting. Then we worked on getting the passenger side rear brake assembly & drum off. John & I, mostly John, finally succeeded in getting the back drivers rear drum off the Buick. It was very difficult & we spent nearly an hr on this drum. It wore me out just watching John grunt, moan, bang his head, etc. Not fun! Getting that left drum off was most important;
besides having the brake adjusting screw fully closed, there was some rust holding my wheel tight.
We couldn't do anymore today due to the hr, so maybe tomorrow we will get the drum & some rust cleaned off in Spangler.
Back @ our house, Kathy spent her time doing a lot of organizing & cleaning.
At 5:35pm, our new friend came by & asked us if we had our computers working & was surprised that they were not. He has some experience & abilities to maybe help us out...so I let him go outside & I followed him. He moved wires that I hadn't & told me; "now let's go inside & try it."
Well, my computer & Kathy's still didn't work. He took a good look & our modem & asked me a few questions like: "did you fool around with this?" (holding the modem up)"Well, yes I did; I hit the reset button! You know, like rebooting." "Ohoo, that was not good!" he said. "I think you'd better call Verizon in the morning & they will help you out." We thanked him for his visit & some new info on computers.
Dinner: leftover filled peppers with toast.
Lights out: 10:40pm.
When we returned from our KK meeting, there was a truck & (5) workers, working here & there, mostly on the roof.
They were putting gutters all around our house. Mike, the owner & main man, told us they would be done by mid-day.
Bob & Nathan came by to cut necessary holes in the deck for the gutter downspouts to pass thru.
Mike wasn't kidding when he said they would be finished by mid day; they & we checked the downspouts & most of the other spouts & it all looked good to us. They were very professional & finished by 2:30pm.
John called: he will meet me in (30) min @ the garage to continue working on the Buick. The problem I have had is a frozen rear brake assembly on the rear passenger side. The rear driver's side was ok. I quit trying to break loose that rear drum using engine power for fear I would cause more serious problems.
Anyway, John focused on disassembling the driver's side first to see what position the brake adjusting screw was in. He was comfortable with that setting. Then we worked on getting the passenger side rear brake assembly & drum off. John & I, mostly John, finally succeeded in getting the back drivers rear drum off the Buick. It was very difficult & we spent nearly an hr on this drum. It wore me out just watching John grunt, moan, bang his head, etc. Not fun! Getting that left drum off was most important;
besides having the brake adjusting screw fully closed, there was some rust holding my wheel tight.
We couldn't do anymore today due to the hr, so maybe tomorrow we will get the drum & some rust cleaned off in Spangler. Back @ our house, Kathy spent her time doing a lot of organizing & cleaning.
At 5:35pm, our new friend came by & asked us if we had our computers working & was surprised that they were not. He has some experience & abilities to maybe help us out...so I let him go outside & I followed him. He moved wires that I hadn't & told me; "now let's go inside & try it."
Well, my computer & Kathy's still didn't work. He took a good look & our modem & asked me a few questions like: "did you fool around with this?" (holding the modem up)"Well, yes I did; I hit the reset button! You know, like rebooting." "Ohoo, that was not good!" he said. "I think you'd better call Verizon in the morning & they will help you out." We thanked him for his visit & some new info on computers.
Dinner: leftover filled peppers with toast.
Lights out: 10:40pm.
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