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Coin Joe
@coinjoe
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Retired military veteran. Collector of coins , HAM operator, Love history. Fighting my demons daily.
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2023-03-16 00:42
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The Black Hole
Photo by NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Unsplash Been away for a few days. Seemed to have found myself down a black hole with the demons again. Didn't feel like doing much of anything. No socialization.
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3 AM Update
As usual, it's just after 3 AM here as I'm typing this. Finishing my second cup of coffee. Currently contemplating all that has been completed during my garage cleanup project. And all that still needs
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Antenna Down
Some goodies just got in recently to start the build. Got the old redneck engineered radio antenna down. The one elevated with galvanized steel pipes that my youngest son and I put up a couple years ago
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The Phone Call
Had a phone call with a very old friend yesterday afternoon. Known him since I was a teenager. He was the best man at my wedding. A bit older than me. Lost touch with him off and on during my time in the
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Tomatoes, Garage and Shed Update
Remember those cherry tomato seeds I nearly killed? The ones I overwatered and turned into a floating disaster? Seeds going everywhere. Containers falling apart. A complete mess that the wife told me to
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Candy Filled Field Trip
Father-in-law and I checking out the displays of antiques in the window of the store. Went on a little field trip today. Visited Schimpff's Confectionery in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It's been voted the
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Ham Shack Update
Old pipe antenna that will be replaced. Making progress on the ham shack. Taking my time. Doing it right. Decided to replace the pipe I was using for a mast with real aluminum mast sections. These are
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The Weight of It All
I've been watching and reading the news a lot lately. Maybe too much. And it just fell on me like a curtain a little bit ago. The weight of it all. The heaviness. People starving. Not somewhere far away.
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From Teenager to Adulthood
My tall scrawny ass running cross country in high school. I didn't have a traditional transition from teenager to adulthood. At 17 I walked into a Marine Corps recruiter's office, still hungover and, with
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Ham Shack Update
My Baofeng 5RM Plus Still working on the ham shack situation. Not sure if I'll be setting up in the garage yet. It would be a temporary thing anyway. Still thinking about my old office in the basement.
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Reflections
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Identity Crisis
Few years ago when had to have IVIG infusions. Who am I now? That's a question I've been asking myself for a while. Not out loud. But in the quiet moments. The 4 AM hours when the house is still and there's
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Work In Progress
For some who have been following my posts for a while, you know I'm rebuilding my truck. Over the last few years I've repainted it. New bed liner. New rear bumper. New tires. All a piece at a time as I
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Old Machines
I like keeping old things running. The AC unit is old. Don't know exactly how many years it has on it, but enough that every summer I wonder if this is the year it finally gives up. I mentioned before
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Short Term Memory
Image AI generated. It's getting harder to remember things. Not the old stuff. I can tell you about things that happened 30 years ago like it was yesterday. But what someone just said to me? What I just
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Weekend Checkin
My cherry tomato plants! Garage is finally showing progress. It has more than a couple goat trails through it now. You can actually get from one end to the other. From one side to the other. There's still
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Lamp Post Fixed
New weather proof socket. One of the sockets on our outdoor lamp posts went bad. We have two that sit on each side of the driveway. Seems moisture made its way into one of them and caused corrosion. Stopped
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Mower Fixed
My push mower. Worked on my push mower this weekend. Last week while mowing it started revving up and down. Surging. That's never good. My first thought was a fuel or spark plug issue. Changed out the
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Flipping the Pyramid
I'm reading a book for one of my courses right now. The Serving Leader by Ken Jennings and John Stahl-Wert. It's one of those leadership fables. A son reconnects with his dying father and learns about
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Lawn and Garden Updates with Some Coffee
Sitting here sipping on some coffee as I type my words. Trying to recall events of the last week. It's getting harder it seems to recall short term memory. I hate it. But here we are. We're anticipating
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The Painting in the Exam Room
Went to the neurologist appointment yesterday. No big deal. A followup. No changes. Nothing bad and nothing good to report really. Did complain about how my shoulders have been bothering me and got an
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