Celebrating Ella's 7th Birthday

We all went to a Japanese steak house for Ella's seventh birthday party. She's growing up waaaaay too fast. Her new electric "Razor" scooter is the first time I've ever seen her cautious. I'm glad her birthday is in the spring because it's nice to see some green after all the snow.

Travelin' in PA

It was going to rain in LA so I thought it a better idea to go visit my daughter and her family. Coincidentally we all love local clams steamed in a white wine sauce. While I was there we surveyed the yard for regrading of about 150 yards of dirt. This will allow for about a foot of top soil instead of that terrible clay that only grows moss. After that I will install a complete automatic sprinkler system and hydroseed the whole yard.

Big John's View of AZ Bike Week

I spent the last week with a bunch of friends during Bike Week in Scottsdale, AZ. Most of us all ride Harley knuckleheads and we were guests of Knucklehead Mike-the best host in years!!
The conversations tickled enough brain cells to regenerate some more memories about the old days.....I'm now real ambitious to re-seat the oil pump check valve on my knuck. Then I'll only have Mike's problem - which one to ride ha ha.

Electricity vs. Conservation

We have used all the available sites and are maxed out for hydroelectric power and wind and solar are unreliable. Our wonderful EPA and ignorant public do not support nuclear power. So the DOE has MANDATED outlawing incandescent light bulbs and REQUIRE the use of mercury laden CFC bulbs. Fluorescent tubes are REQUIRED to be more efficient along with the ballasts that operate them. So where does that all bring us???
In 5 years I have reduced my usage from 137 kWh billed at $33.23 for the month of April 2006. Now I have a bill for 55 kWh for March 2011, a 60% REDUCTION and my bill is still $31.68!!!!!!
The answer is NOT conservation, costs will still go up. Between the EPA, DOE, and environmentalists they are killing our economy. WE NEED GENERATING POWER!!

Still Life In PA

I've been visiting my daughter and grandkids, Ella and Philip in Pennsylvania for two months. I love going there because she has a real kitchen and lets me cook! This is Sunday morning breakfast of waffles with strawberries, whipped cream and strawberry syrup - DELISH! Now back to work stacking sawn lumber from her downed tree.

East Coast Travelin'

I'm in Florida after a stop at my daughters in Pennsylvania. This is a 200 year old cypress wood water pipe at a steam and power show in Avon Park. My cousins kids are coming over for a BBQ'ed turkey dinner later. It's 80 degrees here and I'm lovin' it.

Perform or Perish

Last evening a SF radio talk show host was decrying the new Congressional rule that will require all new legislation to be founded in the Constitution. It's about time this nation returned to the standards and morals that made our country great as embodied by the character Tell Sackett. Ever since those Progressives starting with Woodrow Wilson began subverting Constitutional Law for socialist reforms, people have lost their integrity and sense of personal responsibility.

Pull Your Own Freight!