Forget what I said on the 10th! The weather in Dallas Texas hasn’t been very nice this winter. We just set an all-time winter snowfall record of 12 inches (and more) in the area. Temperatures have been cold and the fuel bills high. Houses here are optimized for air conditioning (cooling) with return and supply air grills and registers located high. Heat rises and cold falls, making floors cold in winter.
My garage workshop is unheated in winter and I open the OHD (Over Head Door) and turn on fans in the summer. Sure would be nice to have a fully conditioned workshop but I am thankful for what I have. I did turn on some electric heat ($$) for a few days last week in the garage to get a DRO (Digital Read Out) installed on one of my machine tools.
I spend more time than usual on the computer because it is inside in a nice comfy home office. I have Win 7 installed now on the main computer and that OS is working just fine. I have installed new store software (X-Cart) for the online, “The Hobbyist Machine Store”. I just finished a four page 80 picture report on the DRO installation and published it in my, “The Hobbyist Machine Shop” web site.
So I am trying to stay out of trouble while my spouse Gloria recovers from breast cancer surgery and takes her Chemo treatments. Her health problem was discovered late November and her treatments will continue into the summer. There are good days and there are bad days. She is back to giving piano lessons and doing her quilting. We both have to stay busy or go crazy being inside. Busy is better.
Our daughter Shelley had a surgery about a week ago and is now on the mend and doing well. Son Steven and his family are the only ones staying out of harm’s way. Well, maybe me too for the most part.
What’s going to get us is the Yellowstone Park Super Volcano is going to erupt and wipe out all life on the planet. Then there will be no one around to worry about global warming as planet earth turns into a giant snowball. But the asteroid may get us first. Both disasters are overdue
Dang, I must be watching too much science-scare TV again… Sick or well, we better live a good life while we can and the heck with today’s weather.