Cool and damp again, hopefully the clear will hold for another day or two.\u00a0 We are in the rain zone in the national forecast today and tomorrow, but that will suck for driving to the BOL with a loaded truck. It was clear most of the day yesterday but a front came in very dramatically and it got dark early… no rain but SOLID cloud bank.<\/p>\n
I did my errands, and a few other things.\u00a0 Like starting to put out some decorations.\u00a0 I got some more of the Halloween stuff put back in the attic too.\u00a0\u00a0 Didn’t make sense to put it away in front of the Christmas stuff.<\/p>\n
Then in the evening I had a prepper fail.\u00a0\u00a0 Wife and kids will be at Girl Scout camp this weekend so she told me to fill up a couple of 1 pound propane bottles.\u00a0 No problem.\u00a0\u00a0 Except that I have one full BBQ tank and 4 empties at the moment.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve been moving tanks to the BOL, and only taking a couple at a time to get refilled.\u00a0 And I got behind.\u00a0\u00a0 Compounding the issue, the full tank leaks when I put the transfer hose on it.\u00a0 So that was a no-go.\u00a0\u00a0 The tank in the grill was almost out and didn’t have enough left to fill even one small bottle.\u00a0 10 empty small bottles, two part full, no way to refill.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, I moved about a dozen to the BOL, but I should\u00a0 have seen that I was leaving home short.<\/p>\n
So I need to fill the BBQ bottles I have here.\u00a0 Then determine if the refill hose is faulty.\u00a0\u00a0 Then fill or replace a bunch of 1 pound bottles so we can fuel the stoves and Mr Heater Lil Buddy heaters if needed.\u00a0\u00a0 And all in a hurry because I lost track of it.\u00a0\u00a0 In my defense, it seems that my wife used the hose to refill some small bottles at some point in the past, without letting me know.\u00a0 I don’t know if the hose leaked at that point or if something\u00a0 failed or is missing as a result of it being used.\u00a0 I’m not happy about the whole mess.\u00a0 I should probably bite the bullet and buy a case of 1 pounders just to be sure we have some.<\/p>\n
Cut my hair and trimmed the beard.\u00a0\u00a0 That wahl trimmer kit has paid for itself in money, time, and convenience many times over.\u00a0\u00a0 It helps that I wear a crew cut and am comfortable with that.\u00a0 It’s a straightforward clipper cut.\u00a0 My barber is asking $20 per cut now.\u00a0 He was $12 when I started with him in ’03.<\/p>\n
All my running around is complicated by the freezer and dishwasher in the back of my\u00a0 truck.\u00a0 I might have to just run around town with them loaded to get everything done before heading up.<\/p>\n
It’s always something.\u00a0 Need to get some groceries too.\u00a0 On the plus side, Costco had gas for $2.49\/gal.\u00a0 Filled the Expedition.\u00a0 THAT ain’t cheap.<\/p>\n
And since we’re on the topic of fuel, I need to start rotating my stored gasoline and cleaning up any that has gotten contaminated with water over the summer.\u00a0\u00a0 More joy.\u00a0 I did pick up a new 5 gallon jug for storage.\u00a0\u00a0 The 5 gal. plastic Blitz cans have a definite lifespan.\u00a0 The welded seam at the top of the handle always seems to fail eventually, so I need to start replacing cans too.\u00a0 Commander Zero likes the nato style metal cans, but they are a bit spendy for my taste.\u00a0 I’ll make due with plastic, and just replace them when they\u00a0 fail.<\/p>\n
I better get the kids out the door and get started on something.<\/p>\n
Stack what you need. \u00a0 Check your stacks. \u00a0 Replace what has failed.<\/p>\n
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Cool and damp again, hopefully the clear will hold for another day or two.\u00a0 We are in the rain zone in the national forecast today and tomorrow, but that will suck for driving to the BOL with a loaded truck. It was clear most of the day yesterday but a front came in very dramatically and it got dark early… no rain but SOLID cloud bank.<\/p>\n
I did my errands, and a few other things.\u00a0<\/p>\n