Island Of Misfits

[ROSTERMAN]

05 and like yesterday, but also a lifetime away.................................



I felt that way until I stopped having fun because of the new crowd that I was working with at the end. Life was meant to be lived with gusto and as we approach the end it becomes more of a shame to waste it. Leaving industry allowed me to focus on old and new hobbies with the same effort.

One of the new hobbies in 2007 was OMMP medical MJ, look at all the fun, excitement, and adventure that brought into my life.

In my youth I heard a Dr Watrous motivational speaker on how to live to be 100 and he made the observation that once you have your niche solidly established and are good at what you do, you should retire and start a new career that stretches your gifts and assets as much as getting good at your first one did and once you mastered that one, retire again and repeat.

A little extreme but since then science shows that we lose brain matter at an accelerated rate as we age, so adding new neural networks helps offset that loss.

I've come to like retirement best and to believe that whether you stay working, or retire early, the important thing is that we keep our bodies active and our minds learning new things that build new neural networks.


Could you hire someone to drag some of them to the scrapper for weight and still make money?

GW
What are your opinions on those counter top water purifiers they sell now?
I did a lot of research and never heard of one producing 190% alcohol recovery.

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

GW What are your opinions on those counter top water purifiers they sell now? I did a lot of research and never heard of one producing 190% alcohol recovery.

They have a lower yield than a conventional pot still with vapor to liquid condenser, so my guess is that by the time you ran it enough times to approach azeotropic balance at 190 proof, you would be out of liquid. My last vacuum pot still ran 130/145/165/175/182/185 in six runs, at which point I used 3A Mol Sieve to bring it to 190 proof.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

They have a lower yield than a conventional pot still with vapor to liquid condenser, so my guess is that by the time you ran it enough times to approach azeotropic balance at 190 proof, you would be out of liquid. My last vacuum pot still ran 130/145/165/175/182/185 in six runs, at which point I used 3A Mol Sieve to bring it to 190 proof.

Garbage than , I did a crapload of research a few yrs ago thought something may have changed , Thkie

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Oh Joy oh Joy
We get to bring our 160lb of dog to the Vet this morning
He needs a few vacs (not covid) LOL and his ears are or may be infected
Floppy eared dogs always have them. So that requires ear drops and he takes 4 people to hold him.
But we LOVE Him so it is what we must do.

 

[pute]

Speaking of retirement......I love it. My job was a pressure cooker. My life has slowed considerably but has remained busy. I am never bored but I do things at a much slower pace. I don't like driving in rush hour because I am the guy who is in the way. Things have sure changed....lot less drama.

 

[WeedHopper]

To many things i want to do that i cant do with what little money i would make with Just My SS.

 

[WeedHopper]

Like this Tat.

 

[pute]

To many things i want to do that i cant do with what little money i would make with Just My SS.

Don't wait to long....my brother in law did. His wife is in a walker and on oxygen....all they do is sit.

 

[WeedHopper]

OMG

 

[ROSTERMAN]

To many things i want to do that i cant do with what little money i would make with Just My SS.

Im becoming a shop lifter and sell all my wares on ebay
Oh wait Im not a vegetable

 

[ROSTERMAN]

OMG

POOR *******s

 

[Bubba]

Like this Tat.

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Needs cal-mag &2 more weeks.

Bubba

 

[ROSTERMAN]

 

[Bubba]

Im becoming a shop lifter and sell all my wares on ebay
Oh wait Im not a vegetable

We have an old drive inn that had swap and shop. It's like every burgler in town having a yard sale.

Bubba

 

[ness]

160lb of dog

Now that's a big dog Roster, what did you name him? How does he take to riding in the car? And what kind of dog is he. Max is bull mastiff and pit bull. He's a gentle boy.

 

[ness]

OMG

OMG that didn't look good.

 

[ROSTERMAN]

Now that's a big dog Roster, what did you name him? How does he take to riding in the car? And what kind of dog is he. Max is bull mastiff and pit bull. He's a gentle boy.

He lost 10lbs so he is closer to great weight 150lbs now we have had him on diet

 

[ROSTERMAN]

His name is Meathead

 

[Bugus_Monkey]

Where is pictures of meathead Roster?

 

[stain]

More junk showed up today. "keys are in them" Had to pull them off the lowboy with no steering. One is still sitting by the road. Will say, that it is causing the local speeders to slow way down. Should let it sit there for a few days. It just might if I can't get it started. Just waiting for the battery to charge...
Spent the rest of the day hand lapping valves in a set of V6 heads. They are going on a rebuilt motor for the 89 dodge 4x4 raider. It's going to be my new fishing rig. Old smoky will retired till I get the time to rebuild the motor in it. (88 montero) She's been the best $200 I ever spent. Only got 2 grand in it over the past 20 years. It's been down many mile of 2 track to 100's of fishing holes...

@Tattered Old Graywolf Just don't have the monies to pay someone or heavy enough equipment to pull couple of them out. One job is to haul off junk and bus and old bread truck.(both from the early 50's) to get 2 good chevy pickups. 1 with a running 454 the other a old 60's C10 that might run. A big job for a little pay off...
The 2nd job. The boy is doing the grunt work for the impalla's and another 60's C10 step side and a 70's chevy 3/4 ton pick up. He's got rat rod dreams...we'll see.