January 17, 2016 | My Desultory Blog

Amazing in 2016 to have gas prices below $1.50/gal

RichC | January 17, 2016

— If you are still reading along after the break, I brought home an “odd ball” tool from my dad's workshop last weekend. Neither my brother Ron or I knew what this tool is. Any ideas?

Category: Automotive, Tools | No Comments »
Tags: fuel, gas, tool, udf

Archiving a photo of my nephew and son hanging out together

RichC | January 17, 2016

Archiving a January 2016 photo of my nephew Jaben and my son Taylor before the Bengals demise last week. They decided to get together in Cincinnati and watch the playoff game together – from all accounts, they had a good time. I’m sure my brother feels the same way … it is nice to see […]

Category: Archive, Personal, Photos | No Comments »
Tags: archive, cincinnati, family, football, jaben, photo, taylor

Most Recent Posts

09/21/19: How-To: A workshop tidbit for accurately drilling shelf pins
While talking with my good friend Mark Jones about accurately drilling pin holes to mount a few glass shelves in a tight space, he gave me a great idea to use a piece of peg board to align all the holes accurately.… »
09/20/19: Tech Friday: Lenovo, Eye Care and Snipping Tool backgrounds
Today’s Tech Friday tip is something that has changed in recent weeks likely due to an update that is suppose to make reading on devices easier on the eyes. Based on lighting conditions, automatic settings will… »
09/19/19: Keeping a “Sharpie” eye on Tropical Storm Jerry
So sorry President Trump (Sharpiegate) … I just can help myself when looking at weather forecast maps. #humor… »
09/18/19: How does marriage impact the taxes you pay?
Does Your State Have a Marriage Tax Penalty? It isn’t always easy to decipher the tax impact of marriage on taxes, but the Tax Foundation summarized the tax code “marriage penalty” and offers an… »
09/17/19: A 1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia: The 2nd car I ever drove.
After receiving for my learner’s permit (at age 16 in Ohio the 1970s), my family took a long summer vacation out west. One of the stops was to visit a long-time work friend of my dad’s who lived just outside of… »
09/16/19: Archive: Thankful to have my family within driving distance
A quick post to the blog archive with a few photos from this past weekend. Katelyn, Drew and Annalyn came down to go to the Cincinnati Zoo with Taylor and Megan on Saturday. They had a great time. Of course Brenda and I… »
09/15/19: Do you have a REAL ID yet? If you fly, you have until Oct 2020.
The Wall Street Journal Middle Seat writer reminds us that in about a year, just before the 2020 election, there will likely be a few more airport delays and angry passengers attempt to use their “old” driver’s… »
09/13/19: The path of potential TS Humberto looks eerily familiar
Tis the season for tropical storm watching as forecasters expect a similar path as Hurricane Dorian for potential Tropical Cyclone Nine turning into Tropical Storm Humberto (oom-BAIR-toh). Travelers along the east coast… »
09/13/19: Tech Friday: Insect repellents and my AfterShokz headset
Just a heads-up for others using AfterShokz bone conduction headphones while doing outdoorsy kinds of things where bug spray is used – DON’T. I love my Aftershokz Bluetooth headphones, most likely because it enables… »
09/12/19: Politics and Google – Dr Robert Epstein and Mark Levin #video
No matter your political ideology, everyone who values integrity in our elections and in political campaigns, should be concerned with how information is disseminated and prioritized. Nowadays we depend no a very few… »
09/11/19: Patriot Day -; Are you as vigilant today as the day after 9/11?
Remember to pause for a moment of silence at 8:46AM this morning … and if you fly a flag, lower it to half-staff as a mark of respect for those who died on on 9/11. Patriot Day :– A day to remember. A day to never… »
09/10/19: Snoozing while a Tesla autopilot is in self-driving mode?
If you are an innovative automotive manufacturer (ie. Tesla) or just a citizen who doesn’t want more government intrusion or regulation, then behavior like this needs to be stopped or prevented in the first place.… »
09/09/19: Music Monday: Do You Know the Way to San Jose
Couldn’t help but to remember Dionne Warwick singing the Burt Bacharach song “Do You Know the Way to San Jose” when sharing the Tax Foundation map highlighting the most expensive (and least expensive) places in… »
09/08/19: What life lessons did your grandparents pass down to you?
Hopefully grandparents are as appreciated ad much today as they were in generations past? I think most are, but as a new grandfather, it is hard to live up to the legacy left by grandparents of previous generations.… »
09/07/19: An inexpensive JonCutter arborist chainsaw and Amazon woes
After giving away my “newer” Poulan chainsaw to the hard worker we hired to stain our fence this summer … so he could clear our neighbors fence line and stain his fence too … I replaced it with a low cost… »
09/06/19: Tech Friday: The overused Hamburger Menu for desktop apps
Perhaps it is just me, but I’m growing tired of the software development trend to make every piece of software resemble a smartphone app. I spend a significant amount of time using a desktop computer with plenty of… »
09/05/19: Archive: Creative Wind Scoop idea for #sailing #sailboat
Saw this on a sailing forum and thought it would be a great sewing tidbit to add to an Encore project list. Looks simple and compact enough.… »
09/04/19: A final 3-day Labor Day 2019 weekend photos update
It was a long weekend and I have a few photos to archive so here’s a final Labor Day 2019 update beside the early weekend post from yesterday. First up is of course a photo of Annalyn having a daddy morning on Monday… »
09/03/19: Productive home chores weekend while watching Dorian
The approaching hurricane kept my attention this Labor Day weekend (writing this for Tuesday on Sunday) as there was really nothing I could do to prepare the condo in Delray Beach or our boat Encore (in the water) in… »
09/02/19: Music Monday: A WSJ article and Gordon Lightfoot memories
All too often lately I’m reminded that the memories I have as a boy growing up are seen as being from “the olden days.” An article in this past month’s WSJ highlighted the beloved Gordon Lightfoot, a Canadian… »
09/01/19: Working on the mirror bases for the condo master bathroom
Well they don’t look like much yet, but I’ve been working on the corner mirrors for the Condo1718 master bathroom update. The mirror will be 15” by 38” and will have a 1/2” beveled edge – Brenda’s… »
08/31/19: A workbench repair and a cool oil filter wrench idea
Last week I brought my old Poulan chainsaw back to life for a few dollars after giving away my newer one, but I ended up damaging my workbench while adjusting the carburetor jets. The saw was still in several pieces… »
08/30/19: Hurricane Dorian upgraded to Category 3, but Cat 4 is likely
As Floridians and those in the northern Bahamas prepare for Dorian, the first major hurricane to directly hit Florida’s Atlantic coast since Andrew (a Cat 5) in 1992, those of us with a vested interest out-of-state… »
08/30/19: Tech Friday: Screen Time and Classical Conditioning
When my granddaughter was here for a week earlier this month, I purposely turn off the phone after noticing that she hears the smallest beep or phone vibration in my pocket then stops what we are doing expecting me to… »
08/29/19: Mercedes Benz W123: The Greatest Car Ever Made? #TBT photos
Have I mentioned that I enjoy driving my old Mercedes Benz 300d Turbodiesel? 😉 “On January 29, 1976, Mercedes unveiled a new midsize car to replace its long-serving W115 model. Known by its internal designation… »
08/28/19: Well it is hurricane season – so time to think about #Dorian
Florida declares a state of emergency to prepare for Hurricane Dorian https://t.co/z9sLuLmlxq — Rich Corbett 🇺🇸 (@RichC) August 28, 2019… »
08/28/19: So you want to be a aerospace engineer? Get inspired.
… »
08/27/19: Plugging up holes and dealing with irritated yellow jackets
We have more bees and wasps appearing around our house this summer, on the other hand, we have always had nests in the woods but this year a few more have moved closer to the house. When preparing to stain the fence… »
08/26/19: The 22nd Annual Red Stewart Airfield Airshow for 2019 and our 52nd EAA284 Taildragger Fly-In and pancake breakfast
Although our local EAA chapter’s EAA284.org Fly-In and Sunday’s pancake breakfast was questionable this year if there wasn’t an airshow on Saturday, the Stewarts were able to gather the pilots together for the Red… »
08/25/19: Bringing my older Poulan chainsaw back to life
Five years ago (2014), I was in the middle of cutting wood and my older lighter weight Poulan chainsaw wasn’t running right. I used some small fuel lines in a attempt to hurriedly fix it suspecting it was the ethanol… »
08/24/19: So love driving the “Old Girl”- my 1982 MB 300d Turbodiesel
On Friday, with August temperatures abating a bit, I decided drive the “old girl,” as my best friend Jeff refers to my 1982 Mercedes Benz 300d Turbodiesel. It is not rare that I drive our “EMP car” since… »
08/23/19: Tech Friday: Advice on passwords and security breaches
Some excellent and “do-able” ways to maintain reasonable password security in this Lifehacker article: One of the best things about having a solid password is that you don’t have to change it. If it’s… »
08/22/19: The 2006 Honda Pilot served us well for 14 years #TBT
This is not the Throwback Thursday #TBT photo I would recommend using when listing a car for sale, but the 2006 Honda Pilot we said goodbye to this week did have a few minor battle scars (1, 2, 3) and occasionally a… »
08/21/19: Our 2006 Honda Pilot replacement – A 2010 Acura RDX
We have always shuffled our “fleet” (as my son-in-law calls it) and strive to keep the loss through depreciation on vehicles to a tolerable level … while still driving reliable vehicles. Thankfully our… »
08/20/19: Archive: Photo wrap-up of our 2019 summer week with Annalyn
Last week was a grandparent’s dream as we had our wonderful 2-1/2 year old granddaughter Annalyn for the week. Of course we initially wondered if she would be a little homesick and miss mom and dad, but from the… »
08/19/19: Toxicodendron radicans, or better known as Poison Ivy
Since there hasn’t been time to put together a summary post for our week with my little helper Annalyn, I’ll update the latest of many poison ivy encounters Brenda and I have had over the years. Brenda… »
08/18/19: Another Volkswagen in the family – Taylor’s 2019 VW Alltrack
Taylor‘s new 2019 Volkswagen Alltrack – 8/15/2019 After a fantastic week with Annalyn here in Cincinnati, Brenda and I are in recovery mode. I’ll need to spend a little time getting back to my… »
08/16/19: A Great White Shark video always makes a good filler
Hope you are enjoying the rest of the summer at the beach, perhaps at Cape Cod? … »
08/15/19: Was it that long ago? My BIODZL Volkswagen Jetta TDI #TBT
Has it really been over 15 years since I was commuting back and forth from NE Ohio in my 2003 Volkswagen TDI (and filling up with biodiesel or seeing my car image on other peoples’ blogs?) Yes it has been awhile.… »
08/14/19: Our new home Internet Mesh network is up and running
Our current NetGear Nighthawk R7000 router has been exceptionally stable considering the issues I’ve had with cheaper routers and networked devices in the past. I’m pretty happy with it, but in order to get solid… »
08/13/19: Ceiling fans: Direction, energy consumption, old vs new?
Great energy use tip for those of use who heavily rely on ceiling fans: The direction a ceiling fan should turn can be confusing. Modern fans have a switch that enables them to blow the air either up or down. During the… »
08/12/19: Happy Birthday Brenda, with a couple photos from the archives
As hinted at last week, today is the day I want to wish my wonderful wife Brenda a Happy Birthday. We are looking forward to our slowly closing the chapter of “career” (no hurry yet) … and are starting to plan the… »
08/11/19: Will the average American middle class family rent forever?
As the cost of education, health care, cars, etc. goes up, it should be no surprise our financing habits change in order to pay for priorities like higher education … or luxuries like newer and more reliable cars.… »
08/10/19: Is a little consistency in Amazon delivery too much to ask?
I’m becoming increasingly grouchy over paying for Amazon Prime (now $119/yr) and dealing with various shipping problems that have been popping up. This past year, I have have several shipping issues with Amazon… »
08/09/19: Tech Friday: Overcoming Paywalls with the help of Pocket
Currently, I pay for a few subscriptions. Some pricey (Wall Street Journal, Barrons, etc) because I avidly read them. Others, like monthly magazines, I continue to pay for and rarely get around to reading, especially… »
08/08/19: Where have the years gone? 11 years ago and now in 2019. #TBT
While digging through a few older photos in contemplation for Brenda’s upcoming August birthday post, I stumbled across a few of our “dating years” photos (saving those for later) and one from my mom and dad’s… »
08/07/19: Personal thoughts on recent events in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio
Way too often our citizens in cities and communities across the country suffer at the hands of criminals and most notably disturbed individuals in our society. The topic rises to the top of the political news when there… »
08/06/19: If you need a workout, try #PumpSurfing
One can only imagine (unless you have tried it), the kind of workout it would be to race past a sailing vessel on a surfboard with a pump-foil attachment? Impressive.… »
08/05/19: Nobody likes investing when there is blood in the stock market?
Monday, August 5th, 2019 was not a good day to be long in the stock markets – WSJ update. I think we are often too complacent with investing and fall victim to the “stay the course” and invest for long run… »
08/05/19: Content by Netflix and Amazon and filming Hillbilly Elegy
While Brenda and I wait for the new season of our favorite book-to-television Amazon Prime’s “Man In The High Castle” series, we (or should I really say “she”) got hooked on the popular binge watched series… »

January 2016
S	M	T	W	T	F	S
« Dec		Feb »
	1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30
31

January 2016

« Dec

Feb »

Most Recent Posts

Desultory - des-uhl-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Search

Year(s) ago on this day

Archives

Categories

Most Used Tags

Contact

Meta