26 gallons of fuel on the wall.

 Last Saturday we went to Wrentham, Ma. and donated 4 planes to their club. I stopped at the Hess station and got some cheaper gas on the way home.
 I started flying the Polynesian again. I had to go back to the original settings I had on it's first flight. I'm happy that I did as there were too many trim things added that said the plane was built crooked. Now the controls are where they should be for a straight plane. I'm still working on getting line tension on outside maneuvers especially the square parts. I had removed 0.4 ounces from the outboard wing tip and that made things a bit worse so I put it back in this morning. I also tweaked the leadout location a bit. The Super Tiger .60 ran good on 5% nitro during the cold weather but not so good in warm weather. I went to 10% and things worked better. I should try that with the Evo .60 as it vibrates more on 5% in warm weather.
 The .60 size engines use 5 ounces for the pattern vs. the .46's using 3.5. I've gone through another gallon.

Almost limbo.

 Today we head for Wrentham, Ma to get rid of a couple planes and fill the truck with less expensive gas. I believe the fly in starts around noon so I plan to get there about that time.
  I played my first horseshoe games Thurs. evening pitching from the 30 foot line. Women, kids and 70's men can move up to that line if they want. As I can't do any good from 40 feet I had to move up. Our opponent was the second best pitcher in the league and we managed to win two of the three games. After pitching so poorly for several years I was demoted to what we call the "B" player. As such I play against the other bad pitchers. I've been practicing a lot to get muscle memory and I'm getting pretty good here at home.
  I managed to fix the club mower with a new starter. The winds have been waiting for me to arrive with a plane again. I got in one decent flight yesterday and the second got a couple maneuvers in when things got too bad to continue. Good winds are forecast for the next 3 days.
  The 14 inch tires are still here and will be discarded as soon as no one is looking. Same with the Mustang rear window glass.
  We have a beam in the basement that looks kinda bad and I just figured a way to fix it.

The wait begins.

This morning I took pickup load number 4 to the dump. Things are settling down a bit now.
 I removed all the shrouds from the broken mower and found the starter pinion gear jammed into the engine flywheel. I found a replacement on Amazon and ordered it.
  I bought a small bag of Quick Krete and patched up the front and side steps and a couple other spots that needed attention.
  Saturday I'll go to Wrentham and give 4 planes away. That will bring me down to 9 left. Not counting the 2 r/c planes. I flew the newest one that the school bought and it's a good flyer. It's the Apprentice-S from Horizon Hobbies. lots of stabilization things on it, all through the radio. Electric powered and comes with everything needed to get it into the air. $299.00. Not a small plane either.
  I have two 14 inch tires on the lawn free but only one looker. Not too many cars with 14 inch tires anymore.
  I've been able to get in some flying as the chores are tapering off. I also changed my horseshoe pitching style. Being at the age that in the rules you are allowed to stand 10 feet closer to the stake I moved up. Not as easy as I figured but I found a pitch that works. Much better ringer percentage. I'm not the team leader this season but if I pitch much better I'll be moved back up.

M.L.S. here we come.

After unloading the second pickup load of stuff at the recycle center I did some touch up painting. The realtor came on time and got the pictures taken. Then I went back to painting that went on for two days. I had the right color paints and didn't have to buy any. I removed the storm door to the milk room and painted it and the 12 panes of glass in it. Then I got the handle and lock working. That hasn't worked in way over 45 years. I shaved some wood off the door edge so it would close without binding and relocated the lock striker plate so that would function. As long as I was at it I used up the gallon of UGL Dry Lok on the stucco wall. I finished that this morning as well as putting the door back on the milk room.
 Then I went to the field to get the mowing done and the riding mower engine locked up and won't budge in either direction. Right now I don't feel like trouble shooting it.
 We are getting another load of books and stuff ready for the dump. Some things will be offered to the person that bought stuff from us a while back. What don't sell gets loaded on the truck.

No backup lights.

  I've gotten the Bearcat flying pretty good. I added two turns of down elevator to the push rod and an APC 12.25 x 3.75 to replace the APC 12 x 4 and two more prop washers under the heavy hub. After that session I added another turn and a half of down elevator. I'd like to test that soon but were waiting for the realtor to show up at the moment.
 I did some cleaning out of the overhang and there's another full pick up load of stuff ready to be loaded.
 Yesterday we were about to go for a ride in the hot rod when my wife said the back up lights aren't working. I checked and sure enough the stop lights were out. Both sides, which didn't sound right. We changed to the El Camino and went anyway. When we got home daughter and family had arrived a few minutes before we did. Son in law and I got busy on the lights and found that the ground wasn't good anymore. After some fiddling we got them working properly. The third brake light was working which I can see in the mirror so I figured the others worked also. They probably haven't been working right for some time.

First load.

It took about an hour to get all the stuff loaded into the truck. I emptied a set of shelves and a 6 pack of lockers. I was able to put most of the stuff in other lockers.  I found two mouse nests and vacuumed them up. I had caught the mice earlier. The dump opens at 0700 so I'll be out early.
 After loading the truck I painted a beam in the basement that was put there back in the 70's and I didn't paint it when I did the room last year. Then I got the edger and ran it around the horseshoe pits and driveway. I still haven't got to check on the bird houses on the hill. Maybe tomorrow. I hope to get in some flying then too as it's supposed to rain Thurs.

Started the process.

We decided to put the house on the market and should it sell move south. I What that did was light a fire and I threw out 5 bags of stuff that was quite valuable a day earlier. I managed to empty a couple cabinets and then it was off to the garage. I have a big pile of stuff on the floor ready to load up and take to the dump Wed. morning.I have a couple more planes to get rid of as I don't know what kind of house we will get. I also want to sell the 37 street rod. 4 vehicles is too many to move. How far we will get is not known at this time.
 This morning I put two of the rubber connectors I bought a few years ago to use. I cut the kitchen sink drain and ran a snake up as far as it would go and flushed the pipe out. Then I ran the snake in the other direction and ran into trouble flushing that end. I had to cut the pipe just before it goes in the big drain and run the snake up that to meet the snaked out portion from the first cut. I put the garden hose to it and it still didn't want to flush but after several tries it puked the crap out. Emptying the flushed water was a chore. A hand cart with small wheels and a heavy load over the lawn was work.
 Tomorrow I'll load the truck with the former valuables so I won't have to do it in the morning. Then it's off to check the bluebird houses. I have to run the edger over the pavement sides too.