It’s summertime. And if you have been coming around to this humble blog for any length of time, you already know that my blogging falls off as the temperature goes up and I get busy outside. So that’s reason #1, I’m busy outside. I’ve been working on Fish Slayer, my new, old boat every evening and the hours I’m working, (and the money I’ve spent) have been incurring the frustration of the BSU.
Fish Slayer is lake ready and worthy and even catches fish! I’ve had it out twice, once last Saturday evening for a trial run to make sure everything works as intended and then again on Sunday with my buddy Loc. We trolled for Wipers unsuccessfully for a bit then anchored up next to some stickups and I ended up catching 4 nice catfish, which I gave to Loc because he was willing to clean them and I wasn’t. The boat seems to work very well. The engine idles along nicely while trolling, starts easily and pushes the boat to 43 MPH when the water is smooth enough. The used depth finder I purchased works just fine.
So far, to make the boat safe and user friendly, I have installed an entirely new axle under the trailer and replaced the winch and transom tie-downs with new items. I’ve cleaned up the wiring, installed a new fire extinguisher, depth finder and 2 rod holders on the boat. I’ve gotten the boat lights working, scrubbed it inside and out and installed a battery box and boat paddle. I’ve also partially relocated the windshield to sit further forward on the consoles though only the driver side portion is currently installed. I need to purchase 80 bucks worth of new windshield support braces before I can finish the windshield relocation job and the spousal unit has really been giving me the evil eye over the amount of cash that I have spent so far. We are going to Oregon later this month and I’ll need plenty of spare cash for that vacation and the windshield project will have to wait.
Reason B for my lack of blogging is directly related to my continued inability to connect to Blogger. I narrowed the problem down to my laptop or the wireless router because I can reach Blogger through the house PC. I just really hate sitting in the closet where that computer lives so I haven’t been blogging even when I do finally sit down. Last night I discovered that I can’t connect to any Google site, not my mail account or my account settings page. I can’t even log out of my Gmail account. I’ve tried turning off my firewall to see if maybe that is blocking my access, unsuccessfully. I’m stumped and I’m not even certain how to proceed or how to find an expert that can dig into my settings to get this fixed. I don’t think there is any way to contact Google to get user support so I’m pretty stuck right now. I will get it fixed but my time has been pretty well taken up with boat work so I haven’t been able to focus on this problem.
I’m going to stay busy for the immediate future as well with a fishing trip planned for Thursday evening, another trip planned for Saturday and maybe a 3rd trip on Sunday afternoon. After that, I need to start preparing for the camping trip in Oregon…
Pictures and a video of Fish Slayer as soon as I can spend a few more minutes taking them off 2 cameras and getting them uploaded. But it won’t be tonight because we are going to see the grandbaby!
UPDATE: Hey, it's working! For now I guess. I just sat down, (it's 10:05 PM) and somehow, Blogger is working without me even logging in. Great- I have a $50 service visit planned for tomorrow after work!
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