Eucalyptus Cut & Split

Individual rounds weight was between 20-75lbs!

Watsonville Eucalyptus Logs

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Redwood City Pine

Redwood City pine rounds are split and stacked. We took 13 and of 17 rounds.

San Jose Walnut

San Jose Walnut

Thanksgiving - After the Meal

Scrabble














I never had a chance.



















































Missing mashed potatoes, lime green Jello and cranberries. But we had a 'huger' fire!

Cats

Graby Cat

Cantalope or Mr. Lope










Winky

Chimney Cleaning & Mortar

Jose Pine & Silver Oak

Cupertino Silver Oak is the small pile in the center of the split wood pile. The rest of the wood is Los Altos Yellow Pine.

SJ Italian Cypress

Italian Cypress is ready to split.

Mom's Birthday & Tamales

Italian Cypress Trimming

Work in progress at Mom & Dad's house.

Saratoga Yellow Pine

Some Saratoga Yellow "pine-sol" wood from a PG&E tree cut.

Chimney Patched

Used "Furnace Cement" chimney mortar patch. Rated to withstand over 2700 degrees which should do the job.

Chimney Sweep

Notice the cracks on the top of the chimney. Didn't notice any down the flue.




Before and during the job. Swept the chimney about 10 times down the middle and 10 times on each side for about 30 total sweeps.


The tools used were a chimney sweep wire brush mounted to an 8' length of 3/4" PVC irrigation pipe. Total reach down the flue was about 11' when I extended my arms down the flue with the poll.

Chuck's Videos-Some Rodent

Don't know about this champion rodent but Chuck likes him. Go figure. If that makes my bro happy then I'm happy. Go now to see some videos now...

Baking More Bread 1969

Back in 1969 more grandma bread baking in the oven...

Click here to view movie now...

1965 San Jose Parade

Can you spot Mom and Dad???

Click here to watch the 1965 parade...

5.6 Earthquake

Location 37.432°N, 121.776°W Go Now http://tinyurl.com/2o3gl5

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	5.6
Date-Time	Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 03:04:54 UTC Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 08:04:54 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	37.432°N, 121.776°W
Depth	9.2 km (5.7 miles)
Region	SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances	8 km (5 miles) NNE (31°) from Alum Rock, CA 11 km (7 miles) E (91°) from Milpitas, CA 15 km (9 miles) NE (45°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.1 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters	Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=3 km, Rmss=0.07 sec, Gp= 32°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	nc40204628

914 Oil Drip

The oil drip continues...

Before we started the car we checked the oil and it was about 1 quart low. Added about 1/2 quart and started the car. Let it idle for about 15 minutes and it was not 'peeing' oil any longer. We are seeing a steady drip of oil here...

Original oil leak video here...
http://2121interbay.blogspot.com/2007/09/porsche-914-oil-leak.html

Thanks to the 914club.com for all of the assistance in troubleshooting this leak!

24 Hours Above the Valley

See more from the Lick Observatory here...

Enough Wood???

Los Altos Hills seasoned pine and bay wood.

Steering Column Project

Wheel Before & After

Built Ford Tough!

Project Window Regulator Begins!

Read the reviews here at the AutoBeef

THE REGULATOR PULLEY IS LITTLE CRUSHED ON THE GROOVES AND THE CABLE IS A LITTLE CRUSHED ALSO. I HATE THE THOUGHT OF BUYING A NEW ONE BUT, I HATE THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO TAKE IT BACK APART WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. IT KINDA LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THERE IN THE PAST.

UPDATE: New part received and installed (10 minutes) on October 26th. Alright FordParts.com for the good deal.

Oil Cooler

Giddy Up!













Fresh oil around the oil cooler. Felt around the oil filter and didn't feel any oil leaking from it.

Heating & Beating

Sparks

Finally Another Yule Log

Shrinking Wood Pile???

Did the Saratoga Oak wood pile shrink????









First day stacked (Click Picture to View Larger Image)