99% of the things that I feared for worried about never even came true, but 100% of the things that I focused on with good feelings cam true for me. In time, when you are in alignment, you will manifest ALL of your desires!
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Straight Cluelessness
This explains so much about me, and is true in a lot of different ways, and it was funny that found it around time was jotting down my electrical fiasco (cluelessness there).
Was browsing Reddit, and found a thread in there about a guy who had a friend, that was a girl, that was spending more and more time around him, and he was oblivious to it. The thread where saw picture is here, and this is his website.
Was browsing Reddit, and found a thread in there about a guy who had a friend, that was a girl, that was spending more and more time around him, and he was oblivious to it. The thread where saw picture is here, and this is his website.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Electrical and Cluelessness
Now, this isn't a bad thing with electrical where say I shocked myself, nothing at all like that. However, I did have some cluelessness in this case and didn't check obvious when I should have.
One of my electrical outlets stopped working. It's right by the sink and is a GFCI outlet (Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor). This prevents inadvertent shocks and shorting if an electrical appliance got wet, among other things. On these outlets there's a Test and Reset button, and neither of these were responsive. I "naturally" "assumed" that it is went bad because this RV is 20 years old so went ahead and got a new one to replace it. At this stage nothing else odd or weird was happening.
The first step in process was removing outlet from the wall. This is a multi-step process and was fairly simple as have done it before, quite a few times. Had to remove the faceplate (two small screws), and then remove outlet itself. The outlet, in this case, had two longer drywall screws, the black coarse threaded kind. Which was odd but it's probably due to nature of RV's.
Here can see how I am partially through the process of removing the outlet, after getting a new one. Around middle of the photo can see a small slice of black electrical tape. I have removed wire from the screw and then covered with electrical tape to help prevent any nasty surprises, shocks, sparks, or flashes of light. Those would not be a good way to end the day.
The process was fairly simple, and there wasn't a lot of space to work in. The main thing to be aware of with replacing outlets is always be wary of where the live wires are (typically black and/or red). These are what could ruin your day and hence why am little cautious, but not overly so.
There were five wires attached, two for "main" power, coming from the RV power supply. Then two more were for something which had power supplied from this outlet, and thus protected by the GFCI, and then a ground wire. It is also important to keep track of which wires go where. These outlets are typically always the same in where the wires connect (load and line), but there are small fluctuations here and there.
Pulled new outlet out of the box and just did the same steps, in reverse, from when took out the old one. This new one has a night light and also a little led to indicate if it's tripped or not.
As mentioned above, the main thing to be wary of is putting wires in the right places. Thankfully that happened for me and it all worked out well.
In this picture, to the right, can be seen the black drywall screws which hold the outlet in place. Think they used these as the ones supplied were too short (tried those myself).
Now, to the point of me being clueless..
After all this work the electrical outlet still didn't work. Was scratching head trying to figure it out but to no avail.. Then a light sparked someplace and went to hunt down the circuit breakers. They're right under the fridge, where the power supply is, and sure enough, one of them was tripped.
Now, something else happened after flipped the circuit breaker.. Heard buzzing again. This confused me as it's been awfully quiet (not complaining) by the refrigerator. It turns out that the buzzing is from the battery charger, so it seems like the part that charges the battery is fed from the GFCI outlet by the sink. Makes sense now that I know about it.
To verify, manually tripped the outlet and checked the "house battery" voltage, and sure enough, it was very very low. Now it explains why the lights were dimming and the exhaust fans weren't operating at full speed.. OOOPS.
One of my electrical outlets stopped working. It's right by the sink and is a GFCI outlet (Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor). This prevents inadvertent shocks and shorting if an electrical appliance got wet, among other things. On these outlets there's a Test and Reset button, and neither of these were responsive. I "naturally" "assumed" that it is went bad because this RV is 20 years old so went ahead and got a new one to replace it. At this stage nothing else odd or weird was happening.
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| Examination |
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| Removal process |
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| Working, working.. |
There were five wires attached, two for "main" power, coming from the RV power supply. Then two more were for something which had power supplied from this outlet, and thus protected by the GFCI, and then a ground wire. It is also important to keep track of which wires go where. These outlets are typically always the same in where the wires connect (load and line), but there are small fluctuations here and there.
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| Installing new one |
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| Black drywall screws |
In this picture, to the right, can be seen the black drywall screws which hold the outlet in place. Think they used these as the ones supplied were too short (tried those myself).
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| Blurry but done! |
Now, to the point of me being clueless..
After all this work the electrical outlet still didn't work. Was scratching head trying to figure it out but to no avail.. Then a light sparked someplace and went to hunt down the circuit breakers. They're right under the fridge, where the power supply is, and sure enough, one of them was tripped.
Now, something else happened after flipped the circuit breaker.. Heard buzzing again. This confused me as it's been awfully quiet (not complaining) by the refrigerator. It turns out that the buzzing is from the battery charger, so it seems like the part that charges the battery is fed from the GFCI outlet by the sink. Makes sense now that I know about it.
To verify, manually tripped the outlet and checked the "house battery" voltage, and sure enough, it was very very low. Now it explains why the lights were dimming and the exhaust fans weren't operating at full speed.. OOOPS.
Friday, March 21, 2014
Ready, Set, GO!
It's time to take the fast road to Texas. Leaving Yuma in the dust, until next time, and head on east to parts unknown, and known. Deming, NM and Pecos, TX are some of my next stops.
Played a last card game tonight and had a blast! There was a teenager and I who played on the same team, he's down here visiting his grand-parents. Quite the sharp player, though we did "table talk" a little, still quite fun game. He reminded me of me in quite a few ways.
There's quite a bit which want to write in depth, but have to get things somewhat packed up for the trip, so will leave with a random thought of the day.
Played a last card game tonight and had a blast! There was a teenager and I who played on the same team, he's down here visiting his grand-parents. Quite the sharp player, though we did "table talk" a little, still quite fun game. He reminded me of me in quite a few ways.
There's quite a bit which want to write in depth, but have to get things somewhat packed up for the trip, so will leave with a random thought of the day.
“As far as we can discern,
the sole purpose of human existence
is to kindle a light of meaning
in the darkness of mere being.”
the sole purpose of human existence
is to kindle a light of meaning
in the darkness of mere being.”
Saturday, March 15, 2014
Kickstarter - Part Four + Yuma a little
Have been in Yuma, AZ for last couple weeks and have been quite busy here. Am surprised how "busy" the "old" folks are, and how welcoming they are for a young whipper snapper like me to be amongst them.
Am at the KOFA KO-OP and was here last December. It was wonderful then and is wonderful again. Most of the people here are simply amazing, very friendly, and all that happy jazz. While here they also had a chapter rally. I also went to a Scooter Rally while in Vegas and will be posting about that soon. Short story of it is wasn't overly enthused, but was nice to see how others did it. Judging by what saw at this rally it's one reason I miss the Firkin's, as they know how to throw a GREAT rally!
Her music is generally not my type of thing, but I stumbled across her as she's local to Vashon Island, which I was a resident of for about eighteen (18) months. This island is a little slice of paradise and I will be back there "soon"... It's wonderful!
Cami's music wasn't really my thing, though she does a really great job at it! Can truly see her passion come through as she's there strumming on her guitar and belting out the tunes. Truly into it. She had a CD launch party on the island just prior to me leaving. It was in a gem of a place, hidden among the trees. Wasn't able to stay, but met quite a few people I knew on the island.
It's super rewarding to support local musicians, or anyone local, in fulfilling one of their dreams!
This is another local type project which I would've not really funded on my own, but it is based in Anacortes, WA., which I have been to as part of a Bike Week. It is also one of the kicking off points (i.e. ferry ride) to Canada and the San Juan Islands. (Baked a wood fired oven on one of those).
I am very happy that got this as it really works! Don't think would pay retail price for them as it's simply little pieces of plastic, but keeps laces organized and transforms laced shoes into something like penny loafers. Slip on and forget! I thought it was very innovative, and wonderful! Wonder if could 3D print something similar, hmmmm.
Backed this project as it was, and is, a very unique take on games, with a very different story line. Am a little disappointed in it, primarily at length of game. The game itself is very in depth and complex and there's a myriad of options to choose and ways to accomplish the final mission. It is very well put together, with lots of voice acting. Thoroughly enjoyed playing this game, just wish it was a lot longer!
This is one of the times wish had waited... Still worthy but better if waited.
This project is under the not funded section, but it was relaunched (happily) and so will be including it in the funded section also. Backed it as it looks like a simply good game. Somewhat unique in it's "health" system.
I was hoping that this would project would achieve success. It sadly lacked the proper number of backers, though it's hard to imagine what type of game we would've gotten for only $5,000. However, I backed it primarily to support the individual which created the project. He threw his dream out there and we NEED to support everyone's dreams (within our own reason of course).
Can't really remember why backed this project... Maybe something to do with the Supernatural, simply not sure!
Am at the KOFA KO-OP and was here last December. It was wonderful then and is wonderful again. Most of the people here are simply amazing, very friendly, and all that happy jazz. While here they also had a chapter rally. I also went to a Scooter Rally while in Vegas and will be posting about that soon. Short story of it is wasn't overly enthused, but was nice to see how others did it. Judging by what saw at this rally it's one reason I miss the Firkin's, as they know how to throw a GREAT rally!
Kickstarter, Funded!
Cami Lundeen's Debut Album
Her music is generally not my type of thing, but I stumbled across her as she's local to Vashon Island, which I was a resident of for about eighteen (18) months. This island is a little slice of paradise and I will be back there "soon"... It's wonderful!
Cami's music wasn't really my thing, though she does a really great job at it! Can truly see her passion come through as she's there strumming on her guitar and belting out the tunes. Truly into it. She had a CD launch party on the island just prior to me leaving. It was in a gem of a place, hidden among the trees. Wasn't able to stay, but met quite a few people I knew on the island.
It's super rewarding to support local musicians, or anyone local, in fulfilling one of their dreams!
Lace Anchors 2.0
This is another local type project which I would've not really funded on my own, but it is based in Anacortes, WA., which I have been to as part of a Bike Week. It is also one of the kicking off points (i.e. ferry ride) to Canada and the San Juan Islands. (Baked a wood fired oven on one of those).
I am very happy that got this as it really works! Don't think would pay retail price for them as it's simply little pieces of plastic, but keeps laces organized and transforms laced shoes into something like penny loafers. Slip on and forget! I thought it was very innovative, and wonderful! Wonder if could 3D print something similar, hmmmm.
Consortium
Backed this project as it was, and is, a very unique take on games, with a very different story line. Am a little disappointed in it, primarily at length of game. The game itself is very in depth and complex and there's a myriad of options to choose and ways to accomplish the final mission. It is very well put together, with lots of voice acting. Thoroughly enjoyed playing this game, just wish it was a lot longer!
This is one of the times wish had waited... Still worthy but better if waited.
Kickstarter, NOT Funded!
Bloom: Memories
This project is under the not funded section, but it was relaunched (happily) and so will be including it in the funded section also. Backed it as it looks like a simply good game. Somewhat unique in it's "health" system.
The Temple of the Sun and the Moon
I was hoping that this would project would achieve success. It sadly lacked the proper number of backers, though it's hard to imagine what type of game we would've gotten for only $5,000. However, I backed it primarily to support the individual which created the project. He threw his dream out there and we NEED to support everyone's dreams (within our own reason of course).
Milan - An Animated Supernatural Series
Can't really remember why backed this project... Maybe something to do with the Supernatural, simply not sure!
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Thought for the Day
There is only one way to avoid criticism:
do nothing,
say nothing,
and be nothing
-Aristotle Elbert Hubbard
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Another thing I am gaining from this journey of mine, the ability to open up more.
do nothing,
say nothing,
and be nothing
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Another thing I am gaining from this journey of mine, the ability to open up more.
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