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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Little problems persist

How much can go wrong in a mans life? Let's start with that first....there ain't no sunshine again today. That means, my batteries are low, and will remain low until the sun shines on my solar panels. Ok, that's no biggie, I have a 40 amp battery charger to run off of the generator. Or, I can simply start the engine in "da house" an' charge the batteries a bit. I'm think'n that's what I'll do.

I turns the key. Ain't no lights come on the dash board...dead as a door nail. What the hell???
So's I push this little button what connects "all" my batteries together....dash lights come on. I cranks up the engine. What the hell.....clickity click click....lights are blink'n. This surely ain't right. On the third attempt, lights stop blink'n, no more clickity click click, I'm charg'n all the batteries.

I been hav'n battery problems for quite some time ya know. I'm think'n I might have a problem with the little button doo hicky....or the relay assembly that the little button controls. Like maybe I'm runn'n my stuff off the engine battery an' not the house batteries. "Did ya check the water in the engine battery Billy Bob"? Well shoot, I just get out of bed, no I didn't check the water.

Barney's "cops" just drive by "Sally da house". Real slow, like they gonna stop an' see if'n I'm a legal. Got all my paperwork in order. Are they gonna "deport" me out of the park after my two weeks of camp'n is up? Shoot, I only catched up one (1) fish....they cain't throw me out now. Note: In the past, the two week rule was kind of ignored...stay as long as ya want. As long as ya don't be homestead'n an' open up a Taco Bell or a beer joint..... nuttin like that.

That fish I catched up yesterday, you can see a pic of it over on OFM's blog if'n ya want to. I still can't post no pics 'cause of my sloppy internet connection. The duck photo I posted yesterday took 10 minutes to upload.

For two nights now, I have been sit'n on the couch at 12:30 oclock smok'n little cigars, sip'n up the last of this morn'ns coffee an' think'n. Why the hell I'm sit'n there think'n when I should be sound asleep.....ya know. Last night I was think'n what I'm gonna wear when I give up the ghost an' my ashes is scattered all over the place to hell an' gone. That's something to think bout huh? 

I catched a fish yesterday....yeee haw. Next!
I ride the "billy bike"....yee haw. Next!
I swak 5 golf'n balls....yee haw. Next!
I eat up a "super" supper sammich from hell....huge sucker.....yee haw.


15 comments:

  1. I saw that photo of you and the fish over at the OFM's blog - that is a nice lookin' fish, for sure. The guy holding him is pretty nice lookin' too. What is it with worrying about what we will wear when we give up the ghost? I sometimes think about that too, and then remember, I'm giving my body up to science and won't be wearing anything! If we don't have something important to worry about, we make something up. Now batteries acting up, I'd worry a bit.

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  2. That was/is a very nice fish, Billy Bob. Yeah, ducks. Right. Ain't no need worryin' 'bout clothes when we are dead - is there? Course, I admit I at one time did so. What I need to ponder about is getting my arrangements made and signed for; hate to think the kiddies would have this burden on top of losing me. Now that was a trauma for me for certain - $$$ money matters$$$ while smacked with the grief. Yet that's what funeral homes are in the business for - money, "BooKoos" of money.

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  3. BB
    you don't need to be thinking and stressing over you last set of clothes .Wear your 'BIRTHDAY SUIT'

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    1. I agree with THIS Anonymous. Wear your "BIRTHDAY SUIT".

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    2. There is still about 7 more hours you could be fishing Today.

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  4. Howdy # 1 BB & sissy,
    I once worked with a LOW-COST FUNERAL PLAN, as far as I know my grandaddy was the only one to receive the benefits of it, tho... Until ALL of the HIGH-DOLLAR FUNERAL HOMES got together and started getting the GOVERNMENT ON US, we were doing really well and HELPING PEOPLE...
    My grandaddy's funeral bill TOTAL WAS $695, INCLUDING THE COFFIN !!!
    I ain't looked at the fish, but AT LEAST YOU CAUGHT ONE !!!
    NOW, GO CATCH ANOTHER ONE, BB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. About batteries, I had problems with them staying up and checked house ones for water, they were good and it didn't occur to me the engine battery could be dry but when house batteries were not holding up overnight with only frig drawing power I removed all of them, replaced the house ones with a 8D AGM I bought when I installed solar and had taken out when I thought it wasn't working right. Turns out the engine battery was dry so I replaced it, quit charging both with solar and only charge house one now with solar, I also increased charge setting on the solar controller, it stays up overnight these long nights and short days without tilting panels. I believe the way I was charging before when the engine battery got low on water it would drain the house battery soon as the sun went down.
    Nice to see battery voltage at 12.5 volts in the morning after a cloudy no sun day.
    I have the option of manually choosing house, engine, or both for starting or charging.
    Mickey

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  6. Really? I find it fascinating that people worry about what they will be wearing in the afterlife. It's something that has NEVER crossed my mind. But I can see in the comments that some others have thought about this too. How our minds work sometimes huh? Hope you can resolve the battery issue. I recently checked my coach battery & was surprised I didn't need to add water. Checked the engine battery & it was nearly out of water! That surprised me as I mostly sit here. So the coach battery is used daily, but not the engine one. Which was bought new in May & checked then.

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  7. Well, gee, I didn't take the comment about him worrying about what to wear to his cremation literally, just the usual tongue-in- cheekiness this blogger is known for so I find it fascinating people did take it seriously.

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    1. I didn't exactly take it seriously either, and I would imagine that most of the comments are written tongue-in-cheek as well.

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  8. Glad someone posted Yesterday that those birds were turkeys. I thought they might have been buzzards.

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  9. OK, Billy Bob. I'm gonna pipe up here.
    If the charge is up on the batteries (all of them, not just the house batts) And they all have enough water, you might need to crawl under "da house" and check the connection at the starter. You might have a bit of corrosion there. Happened to me once. Batteries were right up, but she wouldn't start. Had juice all the way up to the engine, but wasn't making contact at the starter. Give that a try. Good Luck.

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  10. Nice lookin fish, but according OFM you caight a whole mess of them not just one. You having a fish fry?

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  11. Yea BB nice looking Bass, looks like Sadie Mae is thinking bout her supper, and he'll do don't need the battery's to fish I would be out on that bridge again.....

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  12. I didn't know that they cremated the corpse with clothes on, I have the scatter my ashes part covered in my will but never considered the clothes.

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