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Uncle Willie

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I don't know if I'm just hittin' the PV way to hard, but has anyone ever had a bad Zenith 1.6 coil .. ?? Seems like one I put in the zlide just the other day tastes off, for some reason .. only vaping at 6.5 - 9.0 .. is that too low .. ??
 

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    Hola .. :)

    I don't know if I'm just hittin' the PV way to hard, but has anyone ever had a bad Zenith 1.6 coil .. ?? Seems like one I put in the Zlide just the other day tastes off, for some reason .. only vaping at 6.5 - 9.0 .. is that too low .. ??
    In all the coils I have used I only had 1 bad one. Nope, not to low.
     

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    Good morning. It's another mild, but humid morning. The rain is supposed to come this afternoon.

    Good morning, all. First and most important of all, :bday: Fran.
    We were again hit with an internet outage and had no solid connection. It would come on for a minute or two, just long enough to get the email and other notifications but not long enough to be able to do anything about the notifications.
    I did my best to clean up the yard after the ice storm clearing the limbs then raking up all the small items. Now that the weather doesn't know what it wants to do, the leaves on what remains of the trees have been coming down. I hate raking but will have to go soon and rake up the leaves and acorns from the yard.
    I hope everybody enjoys their day.

    Ugh! Hate it when the internet goes down. Fortunately it doesn't happen often around here, but when it does it always seems it's at the worst time, like when I really need it for something. Like, how else would I know if someone is trying to buy an airline ticket to Kenya on my bank account?

    Raking is hard work, my back doesn't like it at all. I'd say get a blower for those leaves, but I don't know how well that would work on the acorns. Maybe you need some deer, they seem to love them. I'll tell some of ours to head over your way.

    Hola .. :)

    I don't know if I'm just hittin' the PV way to hard, but has anyone ever had a bad Zenith 1.6 coil .. ?? Seems like one I put in the Zlide just the other day tastes off, for some reason .. only vaping at 6.5 - 9.0 .. is that too low .. ??

    Definitely not too low. Seems to me we might have had one not taste right once. Did you prime the coil with some juice in the holes and leave it soak a bit before starting to vape on the new one? On a new coil I usually take a couple puffs on it without pushing the button. Don't know if that does any good, but I just like to make sure it's primed well. Maybe try taking a few puffs without inhaling now to push more juice through?
     

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    Once upon a Time ..

    The Lands had come to the point where a new Leader needed to be selected by the People .. many folks with lots of experience decided they would like to be the new Leader, so they garnered their minions and cast their nets into the foray ..

    An Outsider, who had a fairly successful reality TV show, and was in heated contract negotiations with the Network, lit upon an idea that he thought would make that skinflint Network cough up the dough that he thought he so justly deserved .. so, one day, he cast a net, offering to pay nice looking folks $50.00 to appear in a "News Release" and, he had plenty of takers for this short and easy job .. all they had to do was cheer and wave a sign ..

    The Outsider then contacted the News Agencies and said, "Be here on this day and at this time for a huge scoop, you're gonna love it .." The News folks could not resist and promptly decided to cover that story ..

    The Man, backed by music from "The Phantom of the Opera", and wearing his usual Uniform slowly descended a gilded staircase .. into the basement of his Castle .. where the paid crowd cheered, wore his t-shirt and waved his sign .. his first words were "Wow. That is some group of people. Thousands!” .. yet, there were only a few dozen ..

    The Man spoke of many things, one was Mexico sending us "rapists" and various miscreants .. in the same room was an undocumented Mexican making banana splits with a cap on that said "The Man's Ice Cream" .. because, the Man was exceptionally good at making money when opportunity presented itself .. he did not really care one way or the other about Mexicans ..

    Since this action did not really budge the Network into handing over more contract money, the Man decided to take it a step further .. he garnered a large crowd and in a stream of conscience way, spoke of what he felt would hit the right nerves of the Public .. he sold himself as the one and only answer .. and the crowds cheered and chanted, and the crowds grew .. and the Man loved it, because attention and adoration fueled him like nothing else ..

    Well, the rest, as they say, is History ..
     

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    Normally, on Veterans Day, I go to Jefferson Barracks and attempt to bring some sort of something to the shut ins, the old Vets, those with little to no Family .. those that deserve to be remembered, even if it's just in a small way .. I don't know if I actually do it for them as much as I do it for myself ..

    This year, the underserved, the forgotten, those that have been cut off from regular Society, not just Veterans but a good swath of the Populace, continue to face the loneliness .. whether it be a Hospital, Care Facility, etc .. and, it's a sad casualty of the Pandemic .. perhaps one of the saddest .. some reach the end of Life with no one beside them, trying to bring comfort to another Human Being .. this is a big part of the toll ..

    I won't be making my annual trip this year, simply because I can't .. I'm not allowed .. only those with health to attend to and a certified care giver will be given entrance ..

    So, take a moment out of your day and give thought to not only the Military Veterans, but the Veterans of the Pandemic .. and those that go to work every day to provide the needed care .. selflessly putting themselves on the line .. these are the Heroes of the Now ..

    And, look for America ..

     

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    I won't be making my annual trip this year, simply because I can't .. I'm not allowed
    I was thinking of you doing this yesterday. It breaks my heart knowing our veterans won't be having their spirits raised and you won't be receiving the fellowship and peace you receive from your sharing your time with them.

    Raking is hard work, my back doesn't like it at all. I'd say get a blower for those leaves, but I don't know how well that would work on the acorns.
    I have a leaf blower attachment for my weed-wacker and it does great on leaves, not that well on the acorns or sticks. Those I will have to rake. A little bit at a time gets it done, though.
     

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    Lastly ..

    Today is one of the few days of the year when I am truly emotionally touched .. because, I think back and those thoughts look to all the Men and Women that served this Country .. they did it in some cases because they were forced to, they did it because they wanted to, they did it because they were driven to do it .. they did it because it was the right thing to do .. they did it because their Dad had done it, or Grand Dad ..

    No matter how you ended up feeling before you became a member of the US Military, most all adapted and became Patriots, and they grew up in the process .. I know that's what it did to me and I volunteered ..

    You did not necessarily think about defending Democracy as much as you thought about defending each other .. no matter what race or creed .. these were your comrades ..

    The untold numbers that laid down the ultimate sacrifice, truly, defended Democracy to the last .. unless you have seen that happen, you don't know how it is and was ..

    They defended the principals and ideals that we were founded on .. principals and ideals that should be upheld .. because, if they are not upheld, those that gave the ultimate sacrifice will have done it for nothing ..

    We have never all been in agreement .. we never will be .. that's just Humanity, a diverse Country .. we should celebrate that, not become more divided ..

    I like to think we're not a Nation of babies and whiners ..
     

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    I was thinking of you doing this yesterday. It breaks my heart knowing our veterans won't be having their spirits raised and you won't be receiving the fellowship and peace you receive from your sharing your time with them.

    Jerry, the truth is, about the only time that I feel at home is when I can mingle with the Vets .. and, I think you know exactly what I'm talking about ..
     

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    Jerry, the truth is, about the only time that I feel at home is when I can mingle with the Vets .. and, I think you know exactly what I'm talking about ..
    I do know. My buddy that I help on the family farm is a Marine and we are like brothers. He is the one person other than my wife that reads me like a book and vice-versa. We are actually getting together on Friday, when we talked yesterday we each actually agreed we need some brother-time. Along with each of us being vets, we both worked for the state of Texas and worked together as corporate trainers. I think it grates on him a bit that I can out shoot him. Not that I would ever needle him about it.
     

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    Good morning. Looks like this is the last of the mild mornings. It's a drizzling 60 degrees, but the temp will drop throughout the day. We were just talking about the beautiful firey red leaves on our red maple and Poof! They've all dropped overnight.
     

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    Happy Thorsday, thinkers ;)

    Running closer to average here, for a change. 36 and rain atm, heading to (maybe, barely) 50 and rain. And flirting with 50 for the rest of the week, along with more rain. But maybe an early start on the snow season, some of the passes are predicted to be getting a couple feet. Hope that continues, we need the snow pack!

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