Working again
August 31, 2007 (7:15am)
Good morning,
So it appears our ISP problems seem to be solved. The two techs came out yesterday and spent most of the morning here redoing their work when they installed it. They put in a more “powerful”, probably more sensitive, antenna and repositioned it. It now is at the peak of the house, rather than on the lower edge of the roof, aimed over it. I really think the metal roofing so close to the antenna at the first location had an effect on performance. Anywho, things are much better now.
One of the techs also “tuned up” Margriet’s computer while he was using her’s to set up the system. Actually he cleared off a bunch of junk that had accumulated and showed her how to do it in the future. He also reset some of the settings to eliminate much of it from reoccurring again. His suggestion was to add more memory, since it was slowing down things greatly. Since we have my old computer sitting there and a similar model, the techs thought they might be able to swap out the memory cards, since my old one had considerably more. Didn’t work as the cards were a different series. The end result though is that Margriet’s computer is much more responsive than before and she is less grumpy.
We met our tractor yesterday. We were in Iron River, so stopped to see Eli and how things were progressing on getting it in and looked at. It is a 1950 Ford 8N tractor that looks it’s age. I was a young kid when it was built. The sheet metal on it has seen much better days, but as I told Eli to start with, I am very much less concerned how it looks than how it works. The working part he assured me will be in good shape when I get it.
At the moment, it is up on blocks in his shop. It quit running for his son sometime ago, and when
he got it into the shop and tried to start it, he hear some funning noises from the lower end of the engine. He didn’t complete the starting, but thought one rod bearing was sounding funny and decided to pull the pan to have a look and a repair. From a mechanics point of view, I like that attitude. Rather than cause more harm, find out what is going on.
The tires didn’t look too bad, the rear better than the front on wear. I also noticed the electrical system had been changed over to 12 volts with an alternator to produce power. A good thing I think, especially for starting in the winter. The grill in front of the radiator is missing, so will need to do something about that I think. Want to keep the snow grasshoppers out of it! There is a pretty sizeable “bumper,” really a crash guard in front of it. The tractor doesn’t have live hydraulics, but I did notice a power drive shaft on the front of the engine, so there is a possibility of adding that in the future without a huge problem, other than cost. Looks like I will have things to do on it while Margriet gets it ready for paint and painted. She really liked the looks of one Eli has restored and on his lot. It is pretty.
We also stopped to see if our range had come in per chance. It hasn’t but probably will today. While we were there, I had a good chat with the guy watching the store, an older part-time employee. He had also been an appliance dealer in years past, so we had a chance to talk shop, albeit old shop, for a time and swapping lies. Kind of fun. Margriet just shook her head as we were talking and enjoying the conversations.
Gosh! Labor Day weekend is upon us. Seems like just last week we signed the papers to buy Guds Nordtre and here it is the end of summer. Where did the time go? As far as progress here, we are at about the point I expected to be on June 1st! There is much to do yet before the really cold weather comes. When I went out to close everything up last night, it really felt like fall. At least the falls I remember of years ago. The air was crisp and clear, lots of stars in the black sky, and no manmade noise of any kind. Really felt pleasant and a nice way to close a day.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
37º F, Clear, Calm Wind, 0 mph.
Good morning,
So it appears our ISP problems seem to be solved. The two techs came out yesterday and spent most of the morning here redoing their work when they installed it. They put in a more “powerful”, probably more sensitive, antenna and repositioned it. It now is at the peak of the house, rather than on the lower edge of the roof, aimed over it. I really think the metal roofing so close to the antenna at the first location had an effect on performance. Anywho, things are much better now.
One of the techs also “tuned up” Margriet’s computer while he was using her’s to set up the system. Actually he cleared off a bunch of junk that had accumulated and showed her how to do it in the future. He also reset some of the settings to eliminate much of it from reoccurring again. His suggestion was to add more memory, since it was slowing down things greatly. Since we have my old computer sitting there and a similar model, the techs thought they might be able to swap out the memory cards, since my old one had considerably more. Didn’t work as the cards were a different series. The end result though is that Margriet’s computer is much more responsive than before and she is less grumpy.
We met our tractor yesterday. We were in Iron River, so stopped to see Eli and how things were progressing on getting it in and looked at. It is a 1950 Ford 8N tractor that looks it’s age. I was a young kid when it was built. The sheet metal on it has seen much better days, but as I told Eli to start with, I am very much less concerned how it looks than how it works. The working part he assured me will be in good shape when I get it.
At the moment, it is up on blocks in his shop. It quit running for his son sometime ago, and when
he got it into the shop and tried to start it, he hear some funning noises from the lower end of the engine. He didn’t complete the starting, but thought one rod bearing was sounding funny and decided to pull the pan to have a look and a repair. From a mechanics point of view, I like that attitude. Rather than cause more harm, find out what is going on. The tires didn’t look too bad, the rear better than the front on wear. I also noticed the electrical system had been changed over to 12 volts with an alternator to produce power. A good thing I think, especially for starting in the winter. The grill in front of the radiator is missing, so will need to do something about that I think. Want to keep the snow grasshoppers out of it! There is a pretty sizeable “bumper,” really a crash guard in front of it. The tractor doesn’t have live hydraulics, but I did notice a power drive shaft on the front of the engine, so there is a possibility of adding that in the future without a huge problem, other than cost. Looks like I will have things to do on it while Margriet gets it ready for paint and painted. She really liked the looks of one Eli has restored and on his lot. It is pretty.
We also stopped to see if our range had come in per chance. It hasn’t but probably will today. While we were there, I had a good chat with the guy watching the store, an older part-time employee. He had also been an appliance dealer in years past, so we had a chance to talk shop, albeit old shop, for a time and swapping lies. Kind of fun. Margriet just shook her head as we were talking and enjoying the conversations.
Gosh! Labor Day weekend is upon us. Seems like just last week we signed the papers to buy Guds Nordtre and here it is the end of summer. Where did the time go? As far as progress here, we are at about the point I expected to be on June 1st! There is much to do yet before the really cold weather comes. When I went out to close everything up last night, it really felt like fall. At least the falls I remember of years ago. The air was crisp and clear, lots of stars in the black sky, and no manmade noise of any kind. Really felt pleasant and a nice way to close a day.
Time to get a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
P.S.
The pictures are what our tractor looked like when it was born, but not as we saw it. We have named it Fjord - for obvious reasons.
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