It *LIVES*!
Jun. 9th, 2009 10:52 pmThe road first to auto-mobility and later to legality has been a long one for the Echomobile, the 1997 Geo Metro that will soon be mine.
MINE!
First
trippedbreaker and I replaced the clutch, an operation requiring the removal of the entire engine. It was the first Major Surgery I'd ever done on a car, and completing it added a lot of confidence that I could do most of the maintenance myself if I owned one. That project started back when gas was $4/gallon, a place it seems on its way back to now, and a 50+ MPG car is good to own in that situation.
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MINE!
First
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Laziness that takes your breath away.
Oct. 7th, 2006 06:22 pmThanks the this nifty new invention called mosquito netting, I was able to extend my post-nightly-sleeping nap for a good 'nother three hours today. After getting up at 2 pm and having a snack, I was feeling pretty tired so I wandered outside to finish reading the Amber series. We don't get weather in Austin where it's nice enough to lay out very often, so I was really loathe to get up off the uncomfortable plastic pool chair I was vegging on when the mosquitos started showing up. Luckily I managed to find the netting, still in the box after a year, without killing my low-conciousness buzz, and drowsily assembed it over the chair. I then proceeded to roll over and continue napping until almost dark while some small part of my mind gleefully enjoyed the frustrated buzzing of tiny parasites that could *almost* reach my face. :) During the last 20 minute Loki finally figured out how to reach me and hopped up into my lap.
The New Death
Jun. 14th, 2006 01:38 amLast we left our Hero, his victory over the forces of Fleakind was nearly complete. However, like a bad cartoon designed to sell toys, the Evil Villian has returned after several months of No Fleas, requiring a hose-down of the Loki-dog with pyrethin following his first post-Kerrville Folk Festival potty break. Ironically, I actually found a flea on me as I was starting this post. Why was that ironic?
Behold!
http://www.diyhappy.com/quick-and-dirty-mosquito-trap/
I just made one of these and put it outside to help control my OTHER Bloodsucking Creature of God Problem (not the vampires - we've worked out an oral sex thing that does wonders for both of us.) It turns out, though, that fleas use a very similar mechanism (tracing carbon dioxide) to find their hosts, and another friend of mine suggested building something quite similar to help with adult fleas.
So where's the irony?
I had just come in from placing the trap when I found the flea on my leg. :)
I'll take some pictures in a week or two and see what we've captured.
Then we will dance a jig upon their watery grave while we gibber and howl.
Behold!
http://www.diyhappy.com/quick-and-dirty-mosquito-trap/
I just made one of these and put it outside to help control my OTHER Bloodsucking Creature of God Problem (not the vampires - we've worked out an oral sex thing that does wonders for both of us.) It turns out, though, that fleas use a very similar mechanism (tracing carbon dioxide) to find their hosts, and another friend of mine suggested building something quite similar to help with adult fleas.
So where's the irony?
I had just come in from placing the trap when I found the flea on my leg. :)
I'll take some pictures in a week or two and see what we've captured.
Then we will dance a jig upon their watery grave while we gibber and howl.