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O Water Pressure, Where Art Thou?

Have you seen the movie “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”?? I love it! It is goofy as can be and makes me laugh. Thus; the title of this post. Remember I mentioned the water pump cycling issue I was having back here? Well, it continued after that post. And… things got worse this past weekend…. [Read More]

Airstrip Progress

I mentioned building an airstrip a few weeks ago (here). It’s time for an update. Remember I said I would not be working with a shovel and rake? Here is my “tool” – it is a Case skiploader. It is WAY better than a shovel! I may occasionally refer to it is as ‘the tractor.’… [Read More]

High Stress Wallet Games

This past week I had some fun little games played on me with my wallet. The bus boys are still mighty playful but they seem to have too much time on their hands. This week, they decided to hide my wallet. Go ahead… tell me how innocent they look!!! I got up bright and early… [Read More]

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

I think I have mentioned that it has been cool way up here on the Continental Divide. A couple days ago, I woke up to this sight! Where are the Christmas decorations! I took those photos before sunrise so the lighting is not the best. Sorry about that… It went away pretty quickly but the… [Read More]

Dumb Birds and Dumb Cats or something else…

I’ve been enduring a case of dumb animals this week. There are a number of small birds here on the homestead that are pretty determined to fly thru a few of Missy’s closed windows. By itself, that is not a terribly annoying problem. Add a couple dumb cats to the mix that are pretty determined… [Read More]

Cycling Water Pump

Short cycling is the term used to describe a water pump coming on for very short, quick burst, then back off and repeating – over and over and over. Missy’s Shurflo water pump has ran great for months and months – almost a full year. Recently, however; it started short cycling. Why?? It happened at the… [Read More]

Introducing the New Hacienda – New Mexico Property

Surprise!!! I am the proud new owner of a wee property in west central New Mexico. It is a wonderful place! VERY quiet! Sorta remote (depending on your definition of ‘remote’). Lots of trees. Nobody within sight. The stars are absolutely fantastic!! I like names and am still searching for the right one for this… [Read More]

The Customer is Always Right

Time for a complaining post. I write a lot of these that never go public as none of us care to listen to someone else belly aching.  Probably best to stop reading right here.  🙂 I’ve been doing a bit of wheeling and dealing via the Internet recently. As you know… I’m not much of… [Read More]

High Back-Country Breakfast and Flight Testing

Most aviators operate their aircraft at airports/airstrips that are at relatively low altitude. This is good because there air is dense down low. The denser the air the more power the engine is able to make and the more lift the wings are able to produce. The higher you go, the thinner the air becomes… [Read More]

A P-Mag for me!

Aircraft engines of the type that I fly typically have dual magneto ignition. Each magneto powers itself (does not require battery/alternator power) and fires its own set of spark plugs. So, you have two spark plugs per cylinder. This is good for redundancy but also necessary to get all the fuel burnt as the magnetos… [Read More]