Posted By RichC on August 9, 2023
Fifteen years for a diesel mower in my book is not old, but it does seem to be about the time for parts to wear and repairs to start (or continue). Last week was the second time that I’ve had to replace the fuel pump on our Kubota ZD326s zero-turn mower.
The Kubota has been a great addition since 2008 and a significant speed improvement over our nearly 40 year old John Deere 330 diesel (in need of some maintenance too). Besides the fuel pump, I replaced the two inline fuel filters (one before and one after the electric fuel pump), and since dust, dried grass, etc is a problem, I washed out the screens, cleaned the radiator and put in two new intake air filters. Normally I would have taken the opportunity to do an oil change, but I still have about 20 hours before changing oil (should have greased but didn’t).
Category: Archive, Diesel, Misc, Repairs |
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Tags: blades, fuel pump, kubota, lawnmower, maintenance, zd326s
Posted By RichC on August 8, 2023
Archiving an article from last week’s Barron Magazine which highlighted what I’ve been noticing with homeowner insurance rates on our condo in Florida. When I called the agent about the increase last year, she commented that I should be thankful for the increase as it was on the lower side compared to most. Yikes .. this is going to impact things going forward.
Category: Archive, Financial, News, Travel |
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Tags: barrons, condo1718, florida, homeowner, inflation, insurance
Posted By RichC on August 8, 2023
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Category: Archive, Nature, Personal, Photos, Technology, Travel |
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Tags: annalyn, chatgpt, drew, ellerie, family, hiking, katelyn, openai, vacation, zion national park
Posted By RichC on August 7, 2023
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Category: Music, Video |
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Tags: 8-track, album, ani gif, anigif, bj thomas, blue swede, cassette, geraldo, hooked on a feeling, jonathan king, mark james, mp3, music monday, musicmonday, youtube
Posted By RichC on August 6, 2023
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Category: Archive, Automotive, Misc, Personal, Photos, Volkswagen |
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Tags: annalyn, beetle, bompa, ellerie, herbie, homebuilding, megan, oma, oostra, taylor, vw
Posted By RichC on August 5, 2023
The making of a traditional black walnut box, for the military service flag I was presented at my father’s funeral, has long been on my mind. As I close in on almost a decade 
since his passing and the flag still lives in the plastic holder provided by the funeral home. It has been my plan to eventually make a flag display box for it, but other projects, the “cutting of glass” and price for black walnut has kept me from doing anything.
I’m still not in a rush or anything, but I do have a corner table that is solid walnut furniture that was one of my mom and dad’s first pieces of furniture (before I was born) that is in the garage. It was part of a living room set from the 1950s that Taylor wanted for his condo. He picked up the end tables, but said I could use the other piece IF I could salvage the wood. Hm .. this might be a very fitting project to remember my dad?
Photos of flag box are a just a few posted on a woodworking site.
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Tags: american, dadc, flag, military, project, walnut, woodworking, workshop
Posted By RichC on August 4, 2023
When trying to transfer photos and video from SD cards to a computer, you really need some kind of card reader. I have several that are USB readers, but none that are USB-C and will plug into my MacBook Air M2.
So instead of a bulky dongle with extras, I opted for a small Anker (Amazon for $17.99) that will plug into the spare port along side the one providing power and connection to my hub. It should be convenient and inexpensive enough to used with my Lumix DSLR and keep in my camera bag (or recently replaced messenger travel bag). So far it works great .. although disappoint to see that it is made in China.
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Tags: anker, cardreader, gadget, tech friday, techfriday, usb-c
Posted By RichC on August 3, 2023
My current knife when it was new in 2012.
As a previous post mentioned, my Grandpa Bluhm (photo with my Uncle Bob) gave me my first pocketknife when I was 5 years old (yes, 5). Believe it or not, I still have that “tiny” souvenir knife that my grandparents brought back from Florida. At one time it had a Florida tag glued to and a keychain dongle, but those were lost early on.
For several years after that, my grandfather continued to give me pocket knifes as gifts, and when he died in 1969, I inherited several of his old and well worn knifes. I still have a few, but adopted my own preferred “tool” knifes starting with a Boy Scout model and eventually a Victorinox and Wenger and then decided on something smaller 
when pockets also needed to carry a cellphone.
The point of this post, after a brief EDC (EveryDay Carry) discussion online, is that I’ll soon need to replace my all time favorite pocketknife … the Mini Swiss Champ. It is well worn and no longer looks presentable when I pull it out. These days I don’t need a heavy duty full-tool knife (once carried the full size Swiss knives, even one for printers with a magnifying glass — Wenger being my favorite), but prefer something a gentleman can carry respectfully. I’ll start looking for a good deal perhaps as they are pricey; I am not in a rush.
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Tags: bluhm, grandpa bluhm, pocketknife, speedcar99, swiss army knife, victorinox, wenger
Posted By RichC on August 2, 2023
Not my photo, but I’m not sure how comfortable the average passenger flying this “budget” airline (???) are when seeing the tape on the wing?
Also while sitting on the back porch a little Praying Mantis came to visit (video below).
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