Just me in the Jeep as I headed off to Goderich's Napa Autopro Garage for a 9 a.m. oil change appointment. I asked them to have a look to see where the Jeep's engine is slowly leaking oil. And they did that. Turns out it is leaking in two places, one of which is at the engine oil pressure switch and the other is the engine's oil pan which is apparently in rough shape. The total repair estimate to fix that is just under fifteen hundred dollars because they would have to remove the Jeep's front axle to change the oil pan. At the moment, the oil leak isn't bad and I only have to add a tiny bit of oil every couple of weeks. So, until the oil leak becomes a serious problem I'm not going to worry about it.
OUR NIGHTTIME FRONT YARD 
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ROADS BARE AND DRY AGAIN
I have a habit of checking my watch any time something unusual happens. If I hear a gunshot, a thump, a bang, or a vehicle going by our house late at night, I mark the time on my watch. I don't know how, why, or when I got into that habit but I did. And that is how at precisely 1:45 this afternoon I knew a squirrel had knocked the garbage can right off the top of the bird station because I heard a big 'clunk' outside. That clunk was the sound of our plastic garbage can hitting the ground. One quick glance out the sunroom window confirmed my suspicion. The squirrel was sitting right there atop the feeder wolfing down birdseed like there was no tomorrow. I am once again very close to calmly walking out there and taking down that whole bird station contraption forever. 
AND NICE TO SEE SNOW MELTING IN THE FIELDS
IT WAS A GOOD DAY TO GET MY LONG SNOW RAKE OUT AND PULL DOWN SOME OF THAT HEAVY OVERHANGING SNOW ON THE ROOF
GROANER'S CORNER:(( A man goes to a Unitarian Universalist service for the first time and later is asked what he thought of it. "Darndest church I ever went to," he replies. "The only time I heard the name of Jesus Christ was when the janitor fell down the stairs!"
I THINK THIS FARMER MISSED THE CORN HARVESTING BOAT THIS YEAR
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You can't spell gravity without gravy...And you can't spill gravy without gravity!
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After my husband and I had a huge argument, we ended up not talking to each other for days. Finally, on the third day, he asked where one of his shirts was. "Oh," I said, "So now you're speaking to me." He looked confused, "What are you talking about?" "Haven't you noticed I haven't spoken to you for three days?" I challenged. "No," he said, "I just thought we were getting along."
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It's fascinating how the snow on the roof slides off and forms a giant curl! We had that on our house a few years back.
ReplyDeleteThinking of your Jeep and that they have to remove the front axle to get to the oil pan. We have a Jeep as well and the AC is not working. In order to fix that they would have to remove the entire dash board. They must have some great engineers at Chrysler!
ReplyDeleteYears ago, some air freshener was sold with a timer that pushed the button every 60 seconds. Too bad you can't find one and put it on a can of WD-40. Phil in Phx
ReplyDeleteI think for your sanity Al you should ditch the bird feeder station and get more squirrel proof bird feeders! :) :)
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion is to make a giant cone which covers every 1/4 inch of the bird station so there is No place to land. Start with poster board - but would have to try tin or something. Don't want to hurt any squirrels so tennis ball on the point - or flatten the point.?? Anyway hopefully snow & squirrels would slide right off. It's fun to see your combinations of strange things you set up there. Lol. But might be time to get more serious. Anyway, always love your blog.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when the snow curls off the roof. Fortunely here in New Hampshire we have not been snow blessed yet(BTW, long time ago you wrote about traveling through-you stayed right in the parking lot of my local Lowes according to your description). I wonder if you have a metal roof like mine. Snow curls seem predominant on metal roofs as opposed to shingled in my experience. Regarding the jeep....oh boy, that estimate is chilling. Recently on my Dodge ram 1500 I had to replace emergency brakes and subsequently the brake backing guard that was rusted out. Unbelievably I had to remove the whole axle to put on the guard. This is by design. Other manufactures have 2-piece guards that just slip around (GM for example). A 2 hour job turned into a day plus. Arrrgh.
ReplyDeleteWhat if you just had the repair shop snug the pan bolts a little bit?
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