the "What are you doing NOW" thread (part deux)

Is that yard work, or personal grooming?

I don’t blow and I’m Irish so I definitely don’t blow myself 😂

watching the kiddie halloween 🎃 parade… cell…
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Waiting for my son and his fiancé to get here grilling and chilling tonight. Tonight they sleep in their new home for the first time and I live in an empty house.😞

Today was the first day that really felt like damn, we are deep into fall. Blackfish season after a great day yesterday with Capt Mike and now its cold, windy, lots of trees with no leaves, etc
Time for a nice fire
Not quite ready for the woodstove yet so built a nice fire in the small fireplace in the den
Feels great!

Waiting for my son and his fiancé to get here grilling and chilling tonight. Tonight they sleep in their new home for the first time and I live in an empty house.😞

Cancelled 😞 my son was waiting for a friend to come unload a dresser from his truck, and the guy won’t be there till after 8:30. So we will try again tomorrow

Today was the first day that really felt like damn, we are deep into fall. Blackfish season after a great day yesterday with Capt Mike and now its cold, windy, lots of trees with no leaves, etc
Time for a nice fire
Not quite ready for the woodstove yet so built a nice fire in the small fireplace in the den
Feels great!

I've been thinking the same thing - never came out of the 50's today - which is chilly for here once you acclimate to the area you're living in. For me - that's been 13 years.

Holding off on firing up the stove as I'm waiting for "a gent" to come by & replace the fire brick & replace the fan (making noise last season when on low).

For right now I've got the thermostat set at 65 & I'm wearing a sweatshirt over a long sleeve tee.
I'm still chilled.

1st wood delivery scheduled for next week. Have to locate a HS student who'll stack it in the wood shed & do some splittin'

Spine won't allow me to do that without sending me back into the hospital.
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Starting off the day just great. Spilled my whole mug of coffee on my leg just as I arrived at work 😞

eating halloween candy

Obviously not sleeping. Ugh.

Obviously not sleeping. Ugh.

routine for me, retirement is culprit… cell…

it’s ok, creative thinking and daily preparation… cell…
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voting

Looking at the OSJL flyer, don't know how they do it.

eating dinner & watching the election results

Trying to get out of bed 😞

Looking for a new winch cable
Went to pull the boat out first thing this morning while it was calm before the heavy winds and I had high tide
The cable decided to split while coming up the trailer 🤦‍♂️
Always F’in something

Looking for a new winch cable
Went to pull the boat out first thing this morning while it was calm before the heavy winds and I had high tide
The cable decided to split while coming up the trailer 🤦‍♂️
Always F’in something

Glad you were spared injury!!

Glad you were spared injury!!

Me too. But really, the amount of rust on that thing should have been a clue.

My fishing buddy has almost the same problem. The cable looks like spaghetti on the drum. It's jammed so tight you can't get three feet out before it starts rewinding on the drum.

A month before haul out I told him to check the cable, and if he couldn't unstuck it I'd bring a come-along and we'll get it sorted. Where do we end up? Jammed winch cable and "I forgot."

He's one if my best friends, and the social glue that holds a lot of us together, but sometimes I have to shake my head to counteract the rattling he causes in my brain.

We're not even got to bring up the wheel bearings. :rolleyes:

Me too. But really, the amount of rust on that thing should have been a clue.

My fishing buddy has almost the same problem. The cable looks like spaghetti on the drum. It's jammed so tight you can't get three feet out before it starts rewinding on the drum.

A month before haul out I told him to check the cable, and if he couldn't unstuck it I'd bring a come-along and we'll get it sorted. Where do we end up? Jammed winch cable and "I forgot."

He's one if my best friends, and the social glue that holds a lot of us together, but sometimes I have to shake my head to counteract the rattling he causes in my brain.

We're not even got to bring up the wheel bearings. :rolleyes:

Yeah self inflicted for sure
While pulling it out before heading to ramp I saw the bad spot and marked it with tape so I knew where it was
I thought it was good enough to hold
Luckily it happened early on before the boat was too far up the trailer

The thing that pisses me off is the original cable was well over 15 years old and I replaced it maybe 3-4 years ago and this one didn’t last at all

I did some research and will splurge the few extra bucks and buy a higher quality one thats made by Power Winch 👍👍

Glad you were spared injury!!

Thanks!!
Yeah it happened early on before it was up the first set of roller bunks so there wasnt major pressure or a snap back
Took all I had to grab it and get it back on the finger dock to regroup