10/16 #1
Well, gang, I have been absent from here for two days. Didn't even miss me, did ya?
All day Wednesday was an absolute panic about butchering roosters, then yesterday morning, the thermometer said 32F (the weather dude lied again), so it was a panic over harvesting everything in the garden before the freezing weather ruined it all. Too late for the green peppers, but I brought in about 100 pounds of tomatoes, which kept Lannie canning all day. My "to do" list is getting more and more full and I am so behind on the firewood, I can hardly see straight (being blind in one eye doesn't help any).
Then, this morning, the mail lady brought unexpected
vape mail. An angel from New York sent me this:
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Being a dyed-in-the-wool Tootle Puffer, I don't have a clue how to use this SXmini, so I'm gonna have to wait until the winter-preparations panic is over so I can study up on it.
I was trying to post last night, but the lights flickered, then came back on at less than half power. Stuck the VOM probes in the wall socket and it read 72 VAC (major brownout category), so figured there was a problem with at transformer at the substation, which didn't get fixed until after midnight. My UPS only lasts five minutes (just enough time to save and log off), so I dropped everything, ran around unplugging fridge/freezers and anything else that could be burned out by such low voltage (either that or shut off the main breakers, which would mean I wouldn't know when the power was back). Living in the middle of nowhere is so much fun...
Gotta get back to work now, but just thought I'd let the TreeFam know I am still alive.
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She's not gone, she just decided she wanted to be an outside kitty. 
