Modern events of a Native Terran

The trailer died before it's time
We had to move and leave our home behind. The trailer park is closing Jan 2011. And with no place willing to take on such an old trailer, and not being able to buy a lot to where I can park it, we have had to leave our home behind.

Ok, it wasn't as bad as I first thought... I have Vista now and everything else is great - by comparison.

The trailer needed some holes repaired. Holes in the floor. (I dunno how I missed these when I was looking at it to buy).

Anyway... I had one hole - about 6 in in diameter right in front of the refridgerator. I was nervous over as I could see someone stepping thru it and a big lawsuit following.

Left over plywood from the water heater job was put to use again. I cut a piece (square) to just slightly bigger diemnsions than the hole and then cut the hole to fit the patch (Cleaver, huh? I watched This old house since the Bob Villa days) Along with two pieces twice as long as the hole for back-bracing I made short work of that nasty hole.

A slight adjustment to the throw rug in front of the refridg and it's as good as new.

I'm on a roll here...

Trailer is moved... yeah!!

What an education!!!
Water in / water out. And everything in between. Shut down one bath room, to shorten plumbing chores. Too many leaks to frell with. Kitchen sink has HOT water but not cold. MY bathroom has water to one sink but not the other. In fact if you turn on the COLD water tap you get water -- everywhere under the sink. Tub has a steady leak and the toilet has none.

Furnace works -- all the time, it seems. When the sun comes out it gets hot and I only have two working windo cranks and they are on their last teeth.

Washing machine works OK (shakes on spin) but the drier is yet to be wired in.

Windows don't close very well but they match the front door.

But 6 more payments and its my castle!

To me anyway. the photo section is pretty cool. I have photos on another site (WEBSHOTS) But this is a bit better. It took me a while to get the hang of uploading image files. They were not immediatly displayed and I feared the worse. Anyway I have a three albums going and ideas for more. I think this is a great boon to Opera users although I don't see where it's restricted to Opera owners exclusivly.

Makes me wonder what will they think of next?

Good Job Opera Team!!

I've been thinking about that saying/book. Although I have not read the book, I still have opinions about the saying.

I guess they are trying to say men and women have no idea what each other is thinking.

But I put it to you, no one has an inside look into someone else's thoughts. I can be completely baffled but a males thinking on some subject as I can be by a woman's.

Did I start a new gender? No. It's far more likely that no one has any better notion on what someone else is thinking, gender notwithstanding.

On the other hand, I became a single parent (w/custody) I felt many of the same things mothers feel due in large part to my circumstances.

When my son was little (4 years old) I fed him and bathed him while I was working (I'm a truck driver). I got him enrolled into school. I worried over his every day away from me, much like the other mothers did. Just like my first wife did our family.

I railed against the judical system when child support was late (7 years late).

What you don't know is I have been on both sides of the family falling apart nightmare. I have been the non custodial parent and now I'm the one with custody. A unique perspective, wouldn't you agree?

But this isn't my only basis for my opinions. I submit that no one has very much insight into anyone else's mind, male or female. In other words, I can't read a females mind, not because I'm a male, but rather because I can not read anyone's mind.

When placed into similar circumstances male or female will act very much alike. NOT exactly but similarly.

If I become enraged, I might smack you in the mouth. A woman similarly enraged, might cry, or she might smack you in the mouth.

Or faced with some other problem, both genders will solve it with whatever skills they happen to have. Small guys might reach the same conclusion as a female, Or women with more of a physical presences (delicately meaning big) but it's more a choice based on physical size rather a limit put upon by gender.

At least I think things tend to go that way with other factors playing less of a role in our choices.

So are men and women from different planets? I think we share the same planet and we share the same zip code and even live on the same block.

It seems my hard drive died(on Dad)

I just learned of the SHOWTIME show 'Dead Like Me' was cancelled. Too bad. I really like this show. Bought the first seasons show on DVD. I guess it weren't enough to convince anyone of how good (maybe 'different' is a better word) is/was.