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Two Boys vs. Shed

by admin, posted in My Shop

My boys (7 and 9) pulling down garden shed #2.  Once the tree (and snow) is gone, we begin construction of my fictitious workshop.

No Weeping!

by admin, posted in My Projects

That should do it.

Parked the Chevy nose-up on a hill, only to find a stream of ATF out the back, coming from the vent hole on the driveshaft yolk.

Apparently Chevy wants the driveshaft yolk splines greased, but the ATF would wash all that grease out.  So they have a cup sort of thing on the tail shaft, with an o-ring to seal around the yolk. There is still an output shaft seal on the tail housing to keep ATF in. Because the yolk will move in suspension travel, and we cannot pressurize this cup thingie, a vent hole is located in the yolk end to release any pressure.  This works, until the o-ring leaks.

While I had already replaced the o-ring, clearly something has gone wrong.  Instead of removing the tailshaft extension again, I disassembled the driveshaft, brazed the hole closed, and reinstalled it.

Yay! No more leaks!

Should I have done that?  Sure!  LOTS of online suggestions, as well as even ~specific~parts~ you can buy that plug the hole.

Read More: The Crusty Chevy

BCTF et al

by admin, posted in Uncategorized

Yes.  I am a BC Teacher.  You likely have heard about us in the news recently.

My take on things:

The BCTF pushes their propaganda.

The Gub’ment pushes their propaganda.

The media sensationalizes whatever increases readership, because readership sells advertisements.

Somewhere out there is truth, but neither you nor I am really privy to all of it.

My questions though:

If the Government is deemed allowed to rip up the Teacher’s contract (currently in their third appeal), could they not, then, set a precedent to be allowed to rip up any contract?

If we allow the Government to over-rule court rulings (E80),  could they not, then, set a precedent to be allowed to overrule any court rulings?

In the mean-time:

I am purposing to remain positive through all this, and not get emotionally dragged down by all of what is going on.  I must admit, however, that my enthusiasm and passion for the teaching career is slowly being beaten out of me, year after year after year.

What I do in my classroom is all that is important to me.  The rest of it is “just a job.”