• Running update – race 3 – 5k

    Did another 5k this weekend. That makes 3.

    I have done ZERO running in between. I’ve lowered my time with each race. I’m now going to start a running program and plan for another 5k and then a 10k.

    In fact I ran a couple of miles today. Should be cool to see the improvement. 

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  • Running update

    Started running again after a long layoff. Did a small local run and got these results. I’ll take them 🙂

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  • A new spray paint

    An aside… I don’t like spray paint.

    That said, this stuff by Behr is pretty good. Nice coverage, good nozzle. 

    I give it an ‘A’

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  • The Bearded Irises are looking good

    These are pretty good looking plants. Doing some work around the yard and saw these. Usually I miss them blooming because I’m off working.

    Bearded Iris.
  • Brewery: Rivers Edge

    There is a great local brewery near us called “River’s Edge”. This is image from Sunday when we stopped in, had a pint and a ‘meat and cheese’ platter. 

    Yum. 

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  • Gobble, Gobble said the Turkey

    Nothing but your ordinary gobbler wandering around all puffed up. 

    They are pretty cool animals. We normally get the males wandering around from late Spring to early Fall. 

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  • Disc Golf in Hawaii – Kahului Community Park

    Was able to get to Hawaii a few months ago and played the course @ Kahului Community Park. What a beautiful course. Try it out if you are in Maui.

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  • 1985 Mustang Convertible Front Suspension: Part 2

    Quite a bit of progress on the Mustang yesterday.

    The accident that the car was in bent the A-Arm, broke the strut inside and bent the sway bar link (all driver side). Used a death wheel to cut the link in half. Once that was done the rest was pretty easy.

    I’ll need to take a look at the other strut when I remove it to make sure how the top of the strut is correctly assembled.

    I also removed the sway bar to replace the bushings.

    All in all it’s going well.

    Not looking forward to putting the springs on but I do have the Maximum Motorsports spring tool and that should help.

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    Foxbody driver side front suspension, new A-Arm and strut ‘installed’
  • 1985 Ford Mustang Front Suspension: Part 1

    Here’s a pic showing the front suspension of the Mustang. I’m in the process of changing the A-arm, the tie rods and the strut. Can you see what’s (horribly) wrong?

    Pretty easy so far but then again, this car was stored inside and has 35k miles. 

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    Driver side front suspension, 1985 Ford Mustang Convertible
  • Goodbye Gordon Lightfoot

    “Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?” – Gordon Lightfoot, ‘The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald’

    A song from my youth. Thanks and goodbye Mr. Lightfoot….