January 8th,2012, Sunday,Day of rest?

I may well not do much at all today. Last evening when I finally got set down and relaxed, First time I tried to get up, my back and legs said " Wait a Minute DA!! I'm tired"   Had to ease into an upright position. That little bit of ladder work and down on my knees and up and down and up and down , took it's toll.

Not as young and flexible as I used to be for dang sure!
Guess that's all just part of gettin older, That and not getting any exercise.
So today I'll just take er easy taping over connections out side and securing cables into position. Think I'll put off making the patch cover for over the siding till I'm moving better. It's sealed OK for now with some fancy ass honest to God real duct tape! Foil backed tape that the professionals use to seal up seams in AC/Heating ducts.
That and I should get some of that spray foam stuff to seal the big ole hole, once I'm happy with the wire bundle  routing.

First thing this morning , got an email from an old Buddy from back in the day. I can tell you how long ago it was, about 1967 cause it's his wedding picture and my wifie #1 ain't holding daughter.  OR could be late '68 and daughter just wasn't with us,but I'm betting on 67.  So  Here you got,  Joe,his sister,my 1st wife, Jeanne and Me.

Yes, that is an OPAL Station Wagon! :-)
BTW, this is the business Joe  is in now.  FLOWERS   oddly enough Ann and I had been there and bought a bunch of his bulbs years ago, but didn't know he owned it at the time.







If I am remembering correct  all his Aggie Buddies at the wedding decorated MY car thinking it was his.  And I think he got a ticket that day trying to outrun, lose the wedding guest trying to follow us to their secret honeymoon site.

He's on his second wife now

Weather looks good for today then it all changes...

37.6 °F
Clear   
Windchill:     38 °F
Humidity:     81%
Wind:     Calm
Wind Gust:     2.0 mph
Visibility:     7.0 miles
Dew Point:     32 °F
Precipitation:     10% chance of precipitation
Pressure:     30.05 in (Steady)

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 57. North northwest wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Rain likely, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight.

Monday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 48.  Chance of precipitation is 100%.
 Oh well, we can sure use the rain so, bring it on!!


Shoot , got time enough before my store opens for paper and breakfast, here's your comics.

Garfield
BC
For Better or Worst
Shoe
Peanuts
Hargar
Ziggy 
Dagwood
Luann
Dennis
Beetle Bailey
Pluggers
Pickles

Bit later and I stumbled across this that just exemplifies my "go to" philosophy everyday. KISS!!! Keep It Simple Stupid!! 

A toothpaste factory had a problem: they sometimes shipped empty boxes, without the tube inside. This was due to the way the production line was set up, and people with experience in designing production lines will tell you how difficult it is to have everything happen with timings so precise that every single unit coming out of it is perfect 100% of the time. Small variations in the environment (which can't be controlled in a cost-effective fashion) mean you must have quality assurance checks smartly distributed across the line so that customers at the supermarket don't get annoyed and switch to a competing product.

Understanding how important that was, the CEO of the toothpaste factory got the top people in the company together and they decided to start a new project, in which they would hire an external engineering company to solve their empty boxes problem, as their engineering department was already too stretched to take on any extra effort. The project followed the usual process: budget and project sponsor allocated, RFP, third-parties selected, and six months (and $8 million) later they had a fantastic solution - on time, on budget, high quality and everyone in the project had a great time. 

They solved the problem by using high-tech precision scales that would sound a bell and flash lights whenever a toothpaste box would weigh less than it should. The line would stop, and someone had to walk over and yank the defective box out of it, pressing another button when done to re-start the line. A while later, the CEO decides to have a look at the ROI of the project: amazing results! No empty boxes ever shipped out of the factory after the scales were put in place. Very few customer complaints, and they were gaining market share. "That's some money well spent!" - he says, before looking closely at the other statistics in the report. It turns out, the number of defects picked up by the scales was 0 after three weeks of production use. It should've been picking up at least a dozen a day, so maybe there was something wrong with the report. He filed a bug against it, and after some investigation, the engineers come back saying the report was actually correct. The scales really weren't picking up any defects, because all boxes that got to that point in the conveyor belt were good.

Puzzled, the CEO travels down to the factory, and walks up to the part of the line where the precision scales were installed. A few feet before the scale, there was a $20 desk fan, blowing the empty boxes out of the belt and into a bin. "Oh, that," says one of the workers - "one of the guys put it there 'cause he was tired of walking over..... "every time the bell rang".  :-)

'round NOON .   Went out and finalized securing and taping off the connections on all the cables from the camera install yesterday. You do know that when you are wrapping vinyl electrical tape around some wires,   to cut it off when you got much as you need?  Don't just stretch it out till it snaps in too. Reason being that stretched part won't never stick good and will come loose eventually.  But you knew that..
Only thing left to finish up  can wait.  Outside where it comes in through the vinyl siding I need to clean up the bundle and secure the extra , then cut a piece of left over siding I got and glue it down over the hole.  Then inside I got a snake pit of wires I need to tidy up. 

But screw it!! I'm tired and think I need a shower real bad.
OH, and I think I can safely toss these jean as worn out.  That ain't a tear, that's just plumb worn through. :-)

Gotta water the plants,, see ya...

Much later, 6PM+   Went for a big ole Double meat Whataburger for late lunch and still feel full. I may just pass on supper tonite
Been back and forth on email with an old buddy from back in the 60's. Once we get some dates and facts pinned down, I'll have some stories to relate  ( no names :-)  )
Think I'll make up a wine cooler and kick back with some boring show after that big ole soaking shower.