Re: Halooo!......?

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I'm here.

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Re: Halooo!......?

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> On Mar 2, 2021, at 1:34 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:
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> Everybody’s out taking pictures.

Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes dryer.  
Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are forced to buy 
reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging things back 
together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.

I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a robin 
and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma this may be 
slightly less boring:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546

There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the small 
flock on the near side of the hill.

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Re: Halooo!......?

[Daniel J. Matyola]

I like the turkeys, but especially the last cow (3360.

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On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 5:21 PM Larry Colen  wrote:

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>
> > On Mar 2, 2021, at 1:34 PM, Ken Waller  wrote:
> >
> > Everybody’s out taking pictures.
>
> Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes
> dryer.  Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are
> forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging
> things back together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
>
> I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a
> robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma
> this may be slightly less boring:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546
>
> There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the
> small flock on the near side of the hill.
>
> >
> >
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Re: Halooo!......?

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> On Mar 2, 2021, at 2:28 PM, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
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> I like the turkeys, but especially the last cow (3360.

Thanks Dan.  On second thought it looks like I should crop a bit off the top 
and left to put her forehead in the “thirds point”.


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Re: Halooo!......?

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Up to 8 now I think.


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Re: Halooo!......?

[Ken Waller]

Everybody’s out taking pictures.


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Re: Halooo!......?

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

I’m always kinda out there...

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>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 4:27 PM Rick Womer  wrote:
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Re: Halooo!......?

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Larry -

Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, 
but...revel in the fact that you can still do it.  As you get older 
you'll find that the repairs you make still give you the satisfaction of 
completing them, but they take longer to accomplish.  But...even more 
difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I have the 
tools, but I can't do this anymore."  It took me until about 75 to begin 
to give up on some household repairs, and now, nearly 5 years later it's 
still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with "the tools" 
maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me to stay off 
the roof.  😁


Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series 
than the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - 
the tom with is harem of hens is fun.


-p

On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my 
clothes dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical 
skills who are forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being 
consigned to kludging things back together long past their “good by”, 
or their “goodbye” date.

I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a robin 
and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma this may be 
slightly less boring:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546

There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the small 
flock on the near side of the hill.



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Re: Halooo!......?

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 3, 2021, at 7:51 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
> 
> Larry -
> 
> Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, but...revel 
> in the fact that you can still do it.  

The ideal is to be able to do it, but not be forced to do it. I’d happily 
settle for owning things that didn’t break down and need constant repair.

> As you get older you'll find that the repairs you make still give you the 
> satisfaction of completing them, but they take longer to accomplish.

Last night was a case in point. I glued the fan back together, let it set and 
before covering things back up decided to test it to make sure it actually 
worked. It turns out that a wire had  come off a spade lug, had shorted out and 
pop!  The weird thing was that I looked at all of the 220V breakers, in both 
panels, and didn’t see anything popped.  I figured that I had blown a fuse in 
the washer.  I then spent  an hour or so trying to track it down, in the mean 
time I dropped various tools and screws where they fell into the dryer, and 
disappeared, and I had to spend more time looking for them.
No matter what I did, the machine was dead.  Last weekend on my ride I found a 
greenlee toner on the side of the road, a handy $60 tool that in addition to 
acting like a signal generator also checks continuity.  Everything checked out, 
I finally grabbed my DMM and checked the outlet, which was dead.  Long story 
short one of the breakers just didn’t look tripped.  I reset it, turned the 
dryer on and the pop and smell of magic smoke let me know that I had forgotten 
to disconnect the toner from the switch I was testing.  I just fried a couple 
of $1 ICs, but they’re surface mount.

There is, I’m afraid, a difference between being able to do repairs and being 
competent at doing repairs.

>  But...even more difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I 
> have the tools, but I can't do this anymore."  It took me until about 75 to 
> begin to give up on some household repairs, and now, nearly 5 years later 
> it's still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with "the tools" 
> maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me to stay off the 
> roof.  😁

Falling off a roof can be even more inconvenient than needing to get someone 
else to go on it, not only for you but for the people stuck with taking care of 
what’s left of you.

> 
> Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series than 
> the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - the tom with 
> is harem of hens is fun.

Thank you.  This group is separated from the other by only a relatively small 
amount, and only has one tom.  I wonder if they split off from the other group.

> 
> -p
> 
> On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes 
>> dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are 
>> forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging 
>> things back together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
>> I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a 
>> robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma this 
>> may be slightly less boring:
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546
>> 
>> There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the 
>> small flock on the near side of the hill.
>> 
>> 
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Re: Halooo!......?

[Alan C]

Paul, you are so right, it does get tougher with age but will always be 
in your blood. I still do everything myself but never more that a metre 
or 2 above ground level. It takes ages for old toppies to heal. Two 
friends of mine had severe bruising & broken arms. One fell off a ladder 
while cleaning his gutters & the other off the edge of his empty 
swimming pool which he was about to paint. Both were fitters who had 
progressed to Foreman level.


Alan C

On 03-Mar-21 05:51 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:

Larry -

Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, 
but...revel in the fact that you can still do it.  As you get older 
you'll find that the repairs you make still give you the satisfaction 
of completing them, but they take longer to accomplish.  But...even 
more difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I have 
the tools, but I can't do this anymore."  It took me until about 75 to 
begin to give up on some household repairs, and now, nearly 5 years 
later it's still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with 
"the tools" maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me 
to stay off the roof.  😁


Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this 
series than the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 
39968 - the tom with is harem of hens is fun.


-p

On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my 
clothes dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical 
skills who are forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being 
consigned to kludging things back together long past their “good by”, 
or their “goodbye” date.
I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, 
juncos, a robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly 
into a coma this may be slightly less boring:


https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546

There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is 
the small flock on the near side of the hill.




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Re: Halooo!......?

[Paul Stenquist]

I used to do all my home and auto repairs, but now at 73, I’m hobbled by 
arthritis in all my joints. I can barely wash my hair.

Paul

> On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:29 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Paul, you are so right, it does get tougher with age but will always be in 
> your blood. I still do everything myself but never more that a metre or 2 
> above ground level. It takes ages for old toppies to heal. Two friends of 
> mine had severe bruising & broken arms. One fell off a ladder while cleaning 
> his gutters & the other off the edge of his empty swimming pool which he was 
> about to paint. Both were fitters who had progressed to Foreman level.
> 
> Alan C
> 
>> On 03-Mar-21 05:51 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
>> Larry -
>> 
>> Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, but...revel 
>> in the fact that you can still do it.  As you get older you'll find that the 
>> repairs you make still give you the satisfaction of completing them, but 
>> they take longer to accomplish.  But...even more difficult...is admitting to 
>> yourself "I have the skills; I have the tools, but I can't do this anymore." 
>>  It took me until about 75 to begin to give up on some household repairs, 
>> and now, nearly 5 years later it's still difficult.  When you spend a 
>> lifetime working with "the tools" maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has 
>> finally convinced me to stay off the roof.  😁
>> 
>> Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series 
>> than the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - the 
>> tom with is harem of hens is fun.
>> 
>> -p
>> 
>>> On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes 
>>> dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are 
>>> forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging 
>>> things back together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
>>> I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a 
>>> robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma 
>>> this may be slightly less boring:
>>> 
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546
>>> 
>>> There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the 
>>> small flock on the near side of the hill.
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Halooo!......?

[Steve Cottrell]

On 3/3/21, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:

> The weird thing was that I looked at all of the 220V breakers,

Confused.com. I thought US domestic mains voltage was 110?




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Re: Halooo!......?

[Paul Sorenson]

Cotty -

Most household circuits in the us are 110/120V.  Electric cook stoves, 
electric clothes dryers and a few other items with a high power 
requirement use 220V.


-p

On 3/3/2021 11:58 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 3/3/21, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:


The weird thing was that I looked at all of the 220V breakers,

Confused.com. I thought US domestic mains voltage was 110?





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Re: Halooo!......?

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On 3/3/21, Paul Sorenson, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Most household circuits in the us are 110/120V.  Electric cook stoves, 
>electric clothes dryers and a few other items with a high power 
>requirement use 220V.

Cheers Paul.

So there's a transformer in the house circuit or in the appliance?




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Re: Halooo!......?

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 03.03.21 um 18:13 schrieb Larry Colen:


There is, I’m afraid, a difference between being able to do repairs and being 
competent at doing repairs.


Or as someone I know uses to say: This was already broken before I
repaired it!

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Re: Halooo!......?

[Ralf R Radermacher]

Am 03.03.21 um 19:08 schrieb Paul Sorenson:


Most household circuits in the us are 110/120V.  Electric cook stoves,
electric clothes dryers and a few other items with a high power
requirement use 220V.


It's a variation on our European 230/400 V scheme.

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Re: Halooo!......?

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On 3/3/21, Ralf R Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed:

>It's a variation on our European 230/400 V scheme.

Copy that!




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Re: Halooo!......?

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:17 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
> 
> I should add that residential power comes into the main panel supplied 
> through three wires - two hot wires and one neutral. Voltage between either 
> hot wire and the neutral is 110V and between the hot wires it's 220V (since 
> they're opposite phase to each other).

Yeah, what he said.

The dryer gets power on two hot and one neutral line.  For 110 circuits on the 
dryer it splits out one of the phases

If you’re interested you can look at the schematic in the gallery of the fan 
repair

https://photos.app.goo.gl/LGNv13BYmhrGZY7QA


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> -p
> 
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> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2021 12:08:21 -0600
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> 
> 
> Cotty -
> 
> Most household circuits in the us are 110/120V.  Electric cook stoves, 
> electric clothes dryers and a few other items with a high power requirement 
> use 220V.
> 
> -p
> 
> On 3/3/2021 11:58 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>> On 3/3/21, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> The weird thing was that I looked at all of the 220V breakers,
>> Confused.com. I thought US domestic mains voltage was 110?
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Re: Halooo!......?

[Ken Waller]

Same here Paul.
My most used tool now is my checkbook.


-Original Message-
>From: Paul Stenquist 
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>I used to do all my home and auto repairs, but now at 73, I’m hobbled by 
>arthritis in all my joints. I can barely wash my hair.
>
>Paul
>
>> On Mar 3, 2021, at 12:29 PM, Alan C  wrote:
>> 
>> Paul, you are so right, it does get tougher with age but will always be in 
>> your blood. I still do everything myself but never more that a metre or 2 
>> above ground level. It takes ages for old toppies to heal. Two friends of 
>> mine had severe bruising & broken arms. One fell off a ladder while cleaning 
>> his gutters & the other off the edge of his empty swimming pool which he was 
>> about to paint. Both were fitters who had progressed to Foreman level.
>> 
>> Alan C
>> 
>>> On 03-Mar-21 05:51 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
>>> Larry -
>>> 
>>> Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, 
>>> but...revel in the fact that you can still do it.  As you get older you'll 
>>> find that the repairs you make still give you the satisfaction of 
>>> completing them, but they take longer to accomplish.  But...even more 
>>> difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I have the tools, 
>>> but I can't do this anymore."  It took me until about 75 to begin to give 
>>> up on some household repairs, and now, nearly 5 years later it's still 
>>> difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with "the tools" maybe it 
>>> never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me to stay off the roof.  😁
>>> 
>>> Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series 
>>> than the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - the 
>>> tom with is harem of hens is fun.
>>> 
>>> -p
>>> 
>>>> On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>>> Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes 
>>>> dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are 
>>>> forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging 
>>>> things back together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
>>>> I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a 
>>>> robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma 
>>>> this may be slightly less boring:
>>>> 
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546
>>>> 
>>>> There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the 
>>>> small flock on the near side of the hill.
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: Halooo!......?

[Daniel J. Matyola]

MARK!

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On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 4:10 PM Ken Waller  wrote:

> Same here Paul.
> My most used tool now is my checkbook.
>
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Re: Halooo!......?

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On 3/3/2021 12:13:38, Larry Colen wrote:




On Mar 3, 2021, at 7:51 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:

Larry -

Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes,
but...revel in the fact that you can still do it.


The ideal is to be able to do it, but not be forced to do it. I’d happily
settle for owning things that didn’t break down and need constant repair.



When did you buy the dryer? Who made it? How long did it run before you had to 
make repairs?


I've got a 30-40 year old Whirlpool (gas) dryer and the only repair I've ever 
had to make on it is to replace the belt that turns the drum.


It doesn't have a fan AFAIK.


But...even more difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I
have the tools, but I can't do this anymore."  It took me until about 75 to
begin to give up on some household repairs, and now, nearly 5 years later
it's still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with "the tools"
maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me to stay off the
roof.  😁


Falling off a roof can be even more inconvenient than needing to get someone
of else to go on it, not only for you but for the people stuck with taking
care what’s left of you.


That's why roofers use fall prevention systems.

I'm getting too old (if I haven't already) to get up there, but I don't have the 
money to pay someone else to do it (or the damn thing would already be fixed). 
Couldn't do it this winter, it was too cold & too rainy.


But now that spring is here ... Wish me luck.

PS: I *HAVE* the fall prevention equipment AND a scaffold to catch me if I do go 
off the edge and I'm still too damn old.


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Re: Halooo!......?

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 10:41 AM, John  wrote:
> 
> On 3/3/2021 12:13:38, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> On Mar 3, 2021, at 7:51 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Larry -
>>> 
>>> Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes,
>>> but...revel in the fact that you can still do it.
>> The ideal is to be able to do it, but not be forced to do it. I’d happily
>> settle for owning things that didn’t break down and need constant repair.
> 
> When did you buy the dryer? Who made it? How long did it run before you had 
> to make repairs?

We bought it used from an appliance repair guy some years back.   I’ve already 
had to do a couple of minor repairs, the thermal fuse keeps cutting out.

> 
> I've got a 30-40 year old Whirlpool (gas) dryer and the only repair I've ever 
> had to make on it is to replace the belt that turns the drum.

This is electric.  

> 
> It doesn't have a fan AFAIK.
> 
>>> But...even more difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I
>>> have the tools, but I can't do this anymore."  It took me until about 75 to
>>> begin to give up on some household repairs, and now, nearly 5 years later
>>> it's still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with "the tools"
>>> maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me to stay off the
>>> roof.  😁
>> Falling off a roof can be even more inconvenient than needing to get someone
>> of else to go on it, not only for you but for the people stuck with taking
>> care what’s left of you.
> 
> That's why roofers use fall prevention systems.
> 
> I'm getting too old (if I haven't already) to get up there, but I don't have 
> the money to pay someone else to do it (or the damn thing would already be 
> fixed). Couldn't do it this winter, it was too cold & too rainy.
> 
> But now that spring is here ... Wish me luck.

Good luck.

> 
> PS: I *HAVE* the fall prevention equipment AND a scaffold to catch me if I do 
> go off the edge and I'm still too damn old.

I’m not *that* old and there’s a lot of stuff I’m too damn old to deal with.


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Re: Halooo!......?

[Rick Womer]

It certainly has a fan. Look into the drum, and behind the perforated back wall 
you’ll see two holes. One is the exhaust (on our Sears-made-by-Whirlpool 35yo 
gas dryer it’s the one on the right), and the other admits heated air that is 
moved by a blower underneath the drum on the left, IIRC.

About 15 years ago one of the bearings holding the drum up was noisy; so I 
replaced both bearings, the drive belt, and cleaned and lubed everything. I’m 
not as agile as I was then, so I hope I don’t have to do that again.

Rick

> On Mar 4, 2021, at 1:41 PM, John  wrote:
> 
> When did you buy the dryer? Who made it? How long did it run before you had 
> to make repairs?
> 
> I've got a 30-40 year old Whirlpool (gas) dryer and the only repair I've ever 
> had to make on it is to replace the belt that turns the drum.
> 
> It doesn't have a fan AFAIK.
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GESO: Turkeys etc (Was Re: Halooo!......?)

[Stanley Halpin]

OK, inspired by Larry’s California Turkeys, I had to share a MIchigan Turkey. 
And while putting those 3 images up, I pulled out a small selection of other 
shots from this year, around the house. 

On the Turkeys, we have 2-3 distinct groupings, all of which converge around 
the bird feeder when I put out seed in the morning. And at this time of year, 
3-4 Toms will come strutting through to try and make an impression on the 
females and younger males. The three shots in this image set are all the same 
Tom, he is slightly smaller and less aggressive than the others, and so he gets 
pushed over to the side where I can get his portrait without the others 
cluttering up the frame.

https://adobe.ly/2Ofq5xU 

stan

> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:51 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
> 
> Larry -
> 
> Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, but...revel 
> in the fact that you can still do it.  As you get older you'll find that the 
> repairs you make still give you the satisfaction of completing them, but they 
> take longer to accomplish.  But...even more difficult...is admitting to 
> yourself "I have the skills; I have the tools, but I can't do this anymore."  
> It took me until about 75 to begin to give up on some household repairs, and 
> now, nearly 5 years later it's still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime 
> working with "the tools" maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally 
> convinced me to stay off the roof.  😁
> 
> Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series than 
> the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - the tom with 
> is harem of hens is fun.
> 
> -p
> 
> On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>> Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes 
>> dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are 
>> forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging 
>> things back together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
>> I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a 
>> robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma this 
>> may be slightly less boring:
>> 
>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546
>> 
>> There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the 
>> small flock on the near side of the hill.
>> 
>> 
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Re: GESO: Turkeys etc (Was Re: Halooo!......?)

[Larry Colen]

> On Mar 3, 2021, at 11:28 AM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
> OK, inspired by Larry’s California Turkeys, I had to share a MIchigan Turkey. 
> And while putting those 3 images up, I pulled out a small selection of other 
> shots from this year, around the house. 
> 
> On the Turkeys, we have 2-3 distinct groupings, all of which converge around 
> the bird feeder when I put out seed in the morning. And at this time of year, 
> 3-4 Toms will come strutting through to try and make an impression on the 
> females and younger males. The three shots in this image set are all the same 
> Tom, he is slightly smaller and less aggressive than the others, and so he 
> gets pushed over to the side where I can get his portrait without the others 
> cluttering up the frame.
> 
> https://adobe.ly/2Ofq5xU 

That’s a nice set.  On my monitor the shadows look like they could be brought 
up a bit on a couple of the photos, particularly the turkey shots.

#4, that little black and white jobber is a great photo.


> 
> stan
> 
>> On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:51 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
>> 
>> Larry -
>> 
>> Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, but...revel 
>> in the fact that you can still do it.  As you get older you'll find that the 
>> repairs you make still give you the satisfaction of completing them, but 
>> they take longer to accomplish.  But...even more difficult...is admitting to 
>> yourself "I have the skills; I have the tools, but I can't do this anymore." 
>>  It took me until about 75 to begin to give up on some household repairs, 
>> and now, nearly 5 years later it's still difficult.  When you spend a 
>> lifetime working with "the tools" maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has 
>> finally convinced me to stay off the roof.  😁
>> 
>> Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series 
>> than the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - the 
>> tom with is harem of hens is fun.
>> 
>> -p
>> 
>> On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes 
>>> dryer. Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are 
>>> forced to buy reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging 
>>> things back together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
>>> I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a 
>>> robin and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma 
>>> this may be slightly less boring:
>>> 
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546
>>> 
>>> There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the 
>>> small flock on the near side of the hill.
>>> 
>>> 
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>> Studio1941
>> 
>> Sooner or later "different" scares people.
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Re: GESO: Turkeys etc (Was Re: Halooo!......?)

[John]

That's a FAT squirrel!

On 3/3/2021 14:28:28, Stanley Halpin wrote:

OK, inspired by Larry’s California Turkeys, I had to share a MIchigan Turkey. 
And while putting those 3 images up, I pulled out a small selection of other 
shots from this year, around the house.

On the Turkeys, we have 2-3 distinct groupings, all of which converge around 
the bird feeder when I put out seed in the morning. And at this time of year, 
3-4 Toms will come strutting through to try and make an impression on the 
females and younger males. The three shots in this image set are all the same 
Tom, he is slightly smaller and less aggressive than the others, and so he gets 
pushed over to the side where I can get his portrait without the others 
cluttering up the frame.

https://adobe.ly/2Ofq5xU 

stan


On Mar 3, 2021, at 10:51 AM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:

Larry -

Doing your own repairs can be a royal pain in the ass sometimes, but...revel in the fact that you 
can still do it.  As you get older you'll find that the repairs you make still give you the 
satisfaction of completing them, but they take longer to accomplish.  But...even more 
difficult...is admitting to yourself "I have the skills; I have the tools, but I can't do this 
anymore."  It took me until about 75 to begin to give up on some household repairs, and now, 
nearly 5 years later it's still difficult.  When you spend a lifetime working with "the 
tools" maybe it never goes away.  Marcia has finally convinced me to stay off the roof.  😁

Back to photography...the turkey pix, I think, are better in this series than 
the last.  39960 is a pretty classic tom turkey look and 39968 - the tom with 
is harem of hens is fun.

-p

On 3/2/2021 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Not unless you count taking photos of the busted fanblade in my clothes dryer. 
Sometimes I really envy people with no mechanical skills who are forced to buy 
reliable appliances rather than being consigned to kludging things back 
together long past their “good by”, or their “goodbye” date.
I did waste a few megapixels on local fauna yesterday: turkeys, juncos, a robin 
and a couple of cows.  If you’re already bored nearly into a coma this may be 
slightly less boring:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157718487879546

There are two flocks of turkeys on my ride around the block. This is the small 
flock on the near side of the hill.



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Studio1941

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