Last night, as I write this, my wife said, “I think our water heater needs to be relit.” Well, that was not surprising, because we installed this water heater in 2009, about 13 years ago, and over the last few months, it seemed I was having to relight it more and more often.
I’m not quite sure WHY I had to relight it, other than it seemed the pilot light went out (yes, it’s a gas water heater), and when that happens, the consarn thing just doesn’t work. Continue reading The 2022 Water Heater … Adventure→
This page is here to share with the world an IDEA I’ve had that could revolutionize wildreness SAR (Search and Rescue). The genesis of the idea came from a book I’m currently listening to, The Cold Vanish, by Jon Billman, and by a couple of streaming series I am also currently watching.
All of these are about searching for and hopefully rescuing people who go missing in wilderness areas, and right off the bat, it seems to me one of the biggest obstacles to conducting these search and rescue operations is the terrain. It is nearly always far away from civilzation, and extremely difficult to get to. Continue reading One-Person Wilderness SAR Vehicle→
This morning – I’m writing this in early April, 2019 – I got an email from a friend near Seattle, telling me a bit about this model railroad convention he was attending.
It made me smile and remember with fondness my own experience with model railroading. It was one of my very first experiences with being an “enthusiast” for anything.
