Well…amazon is weird some times…just today they delivered 2 of the quarts of transmission oil I ordered in one package….and an hour or so later the 3rd quart came in a separate package…I was getting a little concerned that they screwed up the order when they delivered the first 2…strange…they weren’t even supposed to come until Monday..and the 24mm socket and adapters I ordered will be here tomorrow so I can change the oil Monday instead of Tuesday…oh, well…at least it will all be done…
It’s now okay to be a thief when you apply to the FBI…
Well…the enshittification of the federal government continues after ICE lowered their standards and allow people with sexual assault convictions to be hired along with a litany of other offenses…and now the idiot patel is doing the same thing with the FBI saying being a thief is okay if it happened more than three years ago and if you only hired two prostitutes you are good to go…and human trafficking convictions are just peachy with patel…hmmm…do you think firing most of the FBI was a good move? Doesn’t look that was with how hard it is to find competent people who want to work for the most corrupt FBI head in history…so of course they lower the standards…after all the heads of many departments have convictions for all kind of felonies and they probably want people like them to work for them…and I don’t think using the FBI to do idiot boy’s bidding is what the majority of people are interested in doing with their lives…so what’s next? Be like Russia and recruit from the prisons here in the US? After all, they may consider that a qualification since you have to know something to break the law…geez…
That sucked…
Well…tied to use the oil filter tool to remove the filter but the first time I put some pressure on it the flanges that grab the filter bent so it wouldn’t work anymore so I called a local oil change joint and offered to pay them to just replace the filter but they did it for free since I had the filter with me…and that was cool…and the tech there was going to lend me a 24mm socket so I could change my trans oil but he couldn’t find it in his truck…but that was still pretty cool…so I ordered a 24mm and some adapters on amazon so I’ll be ready to change the oil Tuesday…I’m still smiling that the young guy at the oil change place was so nice…so, I’m done for the day…need more coffee…
August 29th
Well…okay, didn’t sleep at all last night and I’m feeling it this morning…man, I could use a day off the bike but I only have 19 days and I’ll have 2 weeks off so I guess I’ll gut it out and keep going…so that means getting going right now and getting the weight work in before I get out…but I’ve got an hour so there’s really no hurry…I do need the coffee to work right now, though, so I’ll have a little energy…think I didn’t eat enough again yesterday with just a dog and a salami sandwich and that’s well under 1K calories and I know that won’t support my activity level so I’ll start today with a bagel here in a minute…I really do hate having things hanging over me like trying to get the oil filter off the car and I won’t be able to relax until I get the damn thing off and loosen up the plugs on the transmission…I really should wash the car but it looks like rain (ha,ha) tonight and tomorrow so maybe not…and I need to wax it, too so that will take more time…maybe after I get the filter off…I really should do some cleaning around here today but with my energy level right now that isn’t going to happen…okay, need the bagel and more coffee…more later…
Got the filter tool…
Well…just got the oil filter removal tool that I ordered and it looks like a clever little unit that grabs onto the filter with a cam action that tightens as you loosen the filter…so I’ll give it a try tomorrow morning after the rides so I can keep the old oil in the filter from contaminating the new stuff…I know it’s only about a pint but I don’t want the crap in the filter circulating in the new oil…the thing is pretty small and I have to compliment the design…if it works…I did order the red line synthetic trans oil today, too…62 bucks for 3 quarts but that is a hell of a lot better than the Ford stuff that would have been 150 bucks and I’m just not paying that just for oil…it looks like I can get my 18inch pipe wrench on the filler plug and drain plug if I don’t have a socket that will fit…I can always go to HF to get one if I need it…I am looking forward to having the trans work like it’s supposed to as the ratings say on amazon…I really do think they put the wrong oil in that is too slippery for the synchros to work right…they need some bite to be able to match the gears up correctly and the gl-5 is not the right one…the oil will be here Monday so I’ll change it Tuesday and take the car out for the grocery run Wed to test it…I did get the lawn mowed today and will do it one more time before I leave…oh, when I was on the 2nd ride and heading through the tunnel of trees, there were 5 deer standing on the trail and they didn’t move as I cut between them…these are the deer who have been just standing there before when I went by but I’ve never had 5 of them stand there…I guess they’re used to me…pretty cool…
Ha, stupid trump….
Well…can trump get an stupider? Yeah, we all know he can and the latest reporting says that he can barely dress himself anymore…but that’s not what this about…after idiot boy started to attack Canada and has the delusion that Canada is so dependent on the US that he can bully them all he wants, all you have to do is look at the GDP numbers to see how effective his stupid tariffs are…in the 2nd quarter the US economy eaked out a 1.5% growth rate…being dragged down by idiot boy’s tariffs…but Canada’s growth for the 2nd was 3.3% owing to a surge in exports and huge domestic investments…and do you remember what the tariffs and bullying led to? Canada has signed many trade agreements cutting the US out and these are just starting to show how smart Canada’s leadership was to abandon trying to deal with the idiot…and this is just the start for Canada and the rest of the trading partners who have said enough to idiot boy’s bluster and bullying…the rest of the world is not going to sign any trade agreements with the idiot and are just waiting for him to be gone before they even talk to the US…how do you bully someone who ignores you? It’s what I’ve been saying for quite a while…idiot boy needs to be isolated by the world because he is not mentally stable…and his bullshit is only supported by the maga faithful which is shrinking ever day…geez…
August 28th
Well…up and moving at 5am this morning and part of that is the almost full moon flooding my bedroom with moonlight…I may have to change the blinds in there to room darkening ones…it’s only 55 out there so there will be a fleece for the first ride today…I think I’ll wait til almost light to go out today since I really don’t have much to do other than getting the stuck oil filter changed and ordering the synthetic trans oil so I can change that next week…hope that helps with the hard shifting when it’s cold in the winter…still think they put the wrong oil in whenever they changed it…or if they haven’t changed it in 18 years…going to get the weight work in before I head out this morning since it’s a pain thinking about it all day and remembering to do it…I got the last pair of shorts I ordered for Italy yesterday and I wore a pair out for errands yesterday and I like them…they’re not cotton but I can live with that since I needed something new for the trip…and I’m getting used to the new walking shoes I bought and they look just a little stylish and I don’t know what I think about that….I’m the farthest person from stylish but it is nice to have new clothes for the first time in years…and that gives me 4 pairs to take with me…not much to do today…after getting the oil changed yesterday I won’t have to do that for a couple of years but I do need to get off my butt and clean the kitchen and plan some meals today…more later….
A bit of a weird day…
Well…I guess that’s what I get from trying to get work done today…after I got the rides in and did the laundry, I read for a bit and then decided to change the oil in the car and that didn’t go well with not being able to gt the oil filter off…I wasn’t surprised with that…most people reef the damn things down with a wrench so, after the heat cycles, there is no damn way to get them off without tools…and it doesn’t help that there is no room around it to put a pair of channel loks on it…and I wasn’t going to pound a screwdriver through it..so I ordered a tool that uses a 3/8 drive that I can put my 3/8th breaker bar on with an extension to get it loose…and that tool will be here tomorrow so I guess I can wait…I did change the oil, though, since I was already dirty from climbing under the car…the drain plug came out easily and I had a short metric socket that fit…and being under the car, I took a look at where the drain plug and fill plug are for the transmission so I can change that oil out to a synthetic but the Ford mystery oil that I used in the old Miata went from 25 bucks a quart to over 50 and I need 3 quarts so I’m not paying 150 bucks for 2.2 quarts of oil…so I think I’m going to try Red Line synthetic that’s only about 60 bucks for 3 quarts and got rave reviews…it sounds like they put the wrong oil in it…probably a gl-5 instead of a gl-4 which has added additives that can damage the synchros…and the drain and fill for the transmission are right out in the open and easy to get to…so that will be on the agenda for next week…I’ll see if the plugs will come out after I get the oil filter off tomorrow…so that was my day and I’ve never had such a problem changing oil before…okay, the first one on the old Miata was a real pain getting filter off and I did pound a screwdriver through it to get it to turn…oh, I also took a wire brush to some bolts that had corrosion on them and then treated them with rust preventer to make sure it doesn’t come back…okay, I’m done for the day…
You think he’s whining now?
Well…of course the idiot is whining about the repubs not enacting his twisted agenda…and everything else since he doesn’t have the depth to understand that people just hate his ass and the damage he’s doing to this country and the American people…and he’s too stupid to understand that tariffs don’t work to bully countries anymore…just look at the response to his 50% tariffs on Canada that he has set to take effect on January 1st…so what did Canada do? They announced response tariffs on the US but made them take effect on the 8th of September with just enough time to do some political damage to the repubs before the mid terms…and he has whined about that, to…but he is going to be an even bigger whiner when we take the house this fall and run all the committees..how about the Oversight Committee? You know the one…whose job it is to investigate any fraud or lawbreaking in government…man, I can hear the whines already when idiot boy isn’t protected by his toadies in the House…and how about the Judiciary Committee whose job it is to investigate malfeasance in the judges and courts…can you say investigate the corrupt supreme court? These are just two of the committees in the House that will root out the criminality that is rampant with idiot boy…geez, I can hear his whining all the way from here in Michigan…and I can’t wait…
August 27th
Well…man, I’m worn out today and I can’t believe how riding in the rain takes it out of me…not sure why that would be but there is something to it…so today is going to be a little low key but I do need to run an errand to get my prescription and stop at aldis for things I forgot yesterday..and then I should change the oil in the car but that will have to wait til the car cools down…not changing hot oil….and this will be the first time I’ve changed it in this car so there will be some figuring out how not to spill oil all over…so maybe that wait til tomorrow…didn’t get much done yesterday but do the laundry and a little cleaning in the kitchen and today looks the same…I do have to mow the lawn at some point but that may wait til next week…I’ll take a look at that when I go out for the rides…at least the hornets are really gone so I don’t have to think about that today…I did get the gas cans filled and the 2 stroke oil in the 50-1 can…can you call them cans when they are plastic? That will give me enough to last til spring…not much to do today…just going to try to get moving and pour some more coffee down before I get out in a half hour or so….more later…