Just Another Day at the Office

A red letter day (note upper left screen) REALLY means the market is down!!!

Back in CA and Working - only occasionally

I have returned to California and just in time to start a short project for Caltrans. They are improving that terrible Ortega Highway. Although the origial intent was for my return was to resume the engine rebuild on my Jeep Cherokee. I also understand that there is another project for Chevron that is pending. So much for my retirement. My boss (and daughter) is a real taskmaster.
I have just finished helping her refinish her laundry room after I repaired the blown-up washing machine. It's a good thing she enjoys painting. We even got the wood floors in the bathroom and hall reinstalled. I just have to retrofit a 'Smith tray' (hat tip George) to drain any future mishaps.
It is nice to return to visit friends, George in Forestville has succeeded in selling his house and is retiring. Now when I visit him we can both sit around and kabitz at the TV news commentators. TV Bob in Big Bear is retiring so I will have some great company when I visit the mountains far from the maddening crowds in 'the flatlands'.

Fun Time On The Ravens Fifty

And then the last thing I remember is stumbling around Fells Point in Baltimore's Inner Habor three sheets to the wind. The next morning I woke up on the Ravens 50 yard line trying to figure out how to get breakfast. Weeelll, how else do you think that I would end up here, ha ha.

BBQ Hickory Chips - free come and get 'em

This monster hickory tree blew down and I came back to my dughter's to see about making some firewood - there's a whole bunch of hickory chips for our 4th of July BBQ.