• Erin is at the other people’s place for the weekend. They’ll keep her for all of Easter and we’ll get her back on Monday morning.
• Yesterday I finally broke the 10,000 mile mark on my bike, longer than I expected but I did it in about a year’s time.
• I scheduled my 10,000 mile checkup for the 21st and I’m having Sirius put in the bike. I’m listening to it more than I expected in my Jeep, so why not on the bike.
• Going on a dealership ride today. It’s open to all, no matter what they ride. These are usually pretty popular and it should be split into 3 or 4 groups. There’s a BBQ after the ride at the dealership, burgers and dogs and refreshments.
• My neighbor, Lawrence, is joining me on this ride. He has a Harley and claims that he rarely rides it because there’s no one to ride with. I told him that I’m leaving here at 9 this morning and I can solve this problem of no one to ride with.
• Our septic system is now operational. Operational, not finished. Rudy got it up and running for the holiday weekend and that will be a good test of the system, but not the field. See pictures below.

The grey pipes are the electrical conduits for my gas operation and this was the biggest ulcer item for me. I would watch them digging and scratching with the backhoe around the conduit and would flinch every time the bucket would come within inches of them.
150 feet from the tanks to the field.
The last tank, the smallest, is a pumping station. We don’t have a large enough drop between the tanks and the field to do a gravity fed system, so we had to add the pumping station. It has a heavy duty liquid pump near the end. If you enlarge the picture (by clicking on it) you can see a pole with electrical things on it, they are the power for the pump and a set of alarms that will tell me if the pump fails or the liquid level is too high for some reason.And then there’s the leach field. 10 trenches, 100 feet long. Each trench is 3 feet wide and they’re spaced 4 feet apart. Looks expensive, doesn’t it? You better damned well believe it is!

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At our exit this afternoon.

MORE SEPTIC PICS

Singing It To Perfection, His Version Of “Old Rugged Cross” Is Spine Tingling. – Through modern technology, the same man recorded all four parts separately, then put this stunning rendition of the “Old Rugged Cross” together. Kaoma Chende now lives in Michigan but is originally from Zambia, and has done a beautiful job with this beloved classic hymn originally written in 1912 by Goerge Bennard. It has been a gospel favorite sun by some of the world’s most famous recording artists. What a beautiful rendition of a wondrous hymn!

Previous picture of the septic work out front.

Current progress.

The gray pipes you see in the left end of the hole are the electrical conduits for my gas services. They get cut or broke, I’m a gonna kill someone! We’re finally getting very busy and I would hate not to have gas to sell. This morning was similar to the above picture, but they had a truck pump the tank and then they demolished and removed the old tank. New tanks arrive tomorrow, yes tanks. This one tank that lasted 45+ years now needs 3 tanks to comply with the EPA regs. 2 tanks for the septic actions to happen and 1 500 gallon tank for a pumping tank to move the final product to the field 100 feet away. That hole is about 6 – 7 feet deep.

OTHER SHIT

I was requested to attend the county commission meeting today to support a ¼ of 1% sales tax increase. I was the first to speak and all the while I was being glared at by Lavinia Fenzi for some reason. I guess it could be because I won’t give her any lodger’s tax money anymore. She thinks it’s because I don’t like her, but that’s not true. I definitely don’t like her, but I don’t have to like a person to grant an award of lodger’s money, she just never performed for the county as she claimed she would. NOW she’s doing good work and she expects me to forget all he bad years because she’s improved, but we have other people in place to do what she did and they produce excellent work.

The tax increase passed and it will bring $800K+/year that will be used to improve roads and help fund police and fire services. Fenzi is hoping that she can get some of that money too, but she insulted the commission and I hope they stiff her. The tax will be about 12¢ on $100 and I bet people will scream bloody murder about it.

I took my bike to the bank, made the deposit, went back to the store, checked on the work being done, took the bike to the county commission meeting, came home, checked on the work being done, and rode for fun for a bit. CARL, I rode about 200 or more miles today. I’m about 35 miles shy of 10,000 miles on the bike. I will schedule my 10,000 mile service for next week and I will also have Sirius added to my bike.

Picture of Nina in the hotel room from this past weekend.

• Moved on to New Orleans and his new life. Thorn removed, but I’m sure it will call to annoy.
• We’re back from Alb. and it was relaxing. No store. No dogs. No ML. Still little sleep.
• Missed the road captain’s ride today, the notice came yesterday. PPP on someone’s part.
• While the getaway was nice, we’ll not return to the same motel if we do it again. Uncomfortable room. It was a Marriott if you care.
• Andy is en route to San Francisco to deliver a friend to his new home. When he returns I’m taking over part of his job for a while.

Good morning everyone! I found a new website for ringtones and cellphone backgrounds and while the ringtones are a pain to upload for Apple products, I’m sure the wallpapers will be fairly easy. The site is Zedge.com, try it if you wish. I downloaded this one for 1 particular person and I’m sure that a few of you will know who it’s for.