Woah! Slept nearly till seven this morning! And, with a reasonably early bedtime last night, even with intermittent waking up throughout the night, I got a full eight hours! š„³
Quickly checked the crypto markets and didnāt find much of anything positiveā¦mostly sideways with a downward tinge. š¢ Been a while since I really had enough accrued to be worth doing anything with on my DeFi investmentā¦just waiting and losing lots of money (relative to ETH).
Got my post structure done and scheduled and then it was time to hop in the shower and head into work. Was a good class for the most part, looking at arclength and surface area, but I did make a couple mistakes. š”š¤
When I got home I snagged some lunch and then struggled a bit to get motivated. Whatās the answer in that case? Of course, Oculus! I didnāt really play all that long, though. Just played through a couple songs on Beat Saber to get a new high score on expert (wasnāt feeling expert+ today).
Still, couldnāt justify wasting the rest of the day playing, so I turned it offā¦been a while since I did any web work and thatās really what I should have done, but Iām still more or less completely stuck, so I decided I should probably (finally) mow the lawn.
Put my shoes on to head outside AND, drumrollā¦it started to rain! š§ So, no go on the lawn mow. Instead I did some more scraping at the engine of the Model A and at the frozen bolts trying to get penetrating oil to get in there and help break them free. Next step seems to be heat, and even though I got my propane torch working again, I still havenāt had the heart to use fire.
Not too much else I can do with that at the moment, just have to let that oil sit and do the deed and try againā¦so, of course, I did a lot of standing and staring at it.š
Trying to clear out the entire area as best I can, so that itās one project, car parts in that back corner of the garage and not a mix of āoh, yeah, thereās that project to do tooā sitting in the way.
I started restoring two matching outdoor benches. One I finished and itās sitting out on the front porch.
The other is still a pile of parts in the garage and in the way. Thinking it might be a good idea to finish that project as a priority over the car to get it done and to clear the space for the car.
I did get some of the stuff moved and put away somewhere, but as I was working on that, the big 1.5 ton hydraulic jack was sitting in the way as well.
Going to need to jack the car up to fix (and likely replace) all the brakes. It had been quite some time since Iād even tried to use the jack, so I gave it a shot andā¦the mechanism to open and close the valve was completely rusted solid! š±
After a moment of panic, having diagnosed what the problem was, I sprayed some penetrating oil all over and tried againā¦still rusted solid. Let the oil work for a minute or two, sprayed some more, still no motion. At that point I figured I had nothing to lose, it was sufficiently broken as is, so if I broke it more, well it was already brokenā¦sledgehammer time!!!
Gave it some solid whacks with the hammer (definitely harder than I ever would have done had I not considered it a lost cause already), and BAM! It broke loose!!! š¤Æš¤©š„³
Pulled the shaft out, cleaned it off, sprayed in some lubricant, put it back together, and voila it worked! Very happy to have fixed it rather than having to replace it and throw the at one out! šŖ
Looked into the paint schemeā¦also not authentic. Thinking that even though I canāt replace the entire body, I can at least paint it the correct colors. Thinking all black with the Apple Green pinstripe and tiresā¦thinking that will look super cool.
Also, Iāve decided Iām definitely going to remove the hydraulic brakes and go back to the originals. Turns out that Lockheed had the patent on the master cylinder and Ford refused to pay him for itā¦in 1939 the patent ran out and that was the first year he put hydraulics in! That piece of history was enough to convince me.
Still, have a long way to goā¦still in the tearing down phase, but learning an awful lot about the car and the history surrounding it as well as setting the boundaries for how far Iām able to go with it.
After Wenche got home she made yummy turkey taco Tuesday and we watched some more of the new version of young McGyver until bedtime.
Today itās a Shopping Mall robbery on top of the base robbery of every dShitty day. Still just stockpiling to Solairitas, really canāt imagine buying another card.
Went in on CryptoBrewmaster a couple times today. Got a couple more ingredients as well as collecting and selling the brew I started yesterday. Was just a regular lager again, but Iām over a hundred CBM that I could withdraw.
I did do one mission today on Rising Star, but itās mostly been lessons trying to get a handle on my Ego again. I had some Starbits saved up, so I went into the market and found some cheaper instruments I still didnāt have. Got a person as well, if I recallā¦four new unique cards, regardless, hope it boosts my ranking a little.
I got Fire splinter for my quest today, but weāre so close to the end of the season that I decided to forgo the possibility for some new cards today in favor of just waiting it out. It would have been nice to get to the next tier of Diamond, but it is what it isā¦better than losing back to Gold and then having to play until I get back.
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Lifetime Average: 15,467
10k per Day Streak: 120
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Distance on shoes: 659.89 km
Distance on hikers: 64.92 km
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#AutomaticWin Streak: 0
Longest Streak: 53
#TripleTen Tally: 118
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Longest Streak: 7
#DoubleDay Tally: 225
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Longest Streak: 37
Highest Floors: 120
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