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Strouty

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So the 3500 is ready for a test roll, hopefully it will make it to Lowes and back. Also dug out all the vehicles from behind the house, it is already muddy and we are supposed to get even more rain this week. At least now I don’t have to worry about them being buried in mud.

For those keeping score, we gain an hour of daylight on the good end next Sunday, Chuck has already decided to move into his summer house, so I think we are close to done with winter.
 
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So sorry to hear. It's tough on wild animals in captivity but you did very well by him and he had a good life. Like you said, probably better than in the wild.

Again, so very sorry.
 
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Strouty said:
Thanks everyone, it has been a rough evening. I think we cheated Mother Nature and Chuck got more of a chance than he would have had, regardless I wasn’t expecting it to be this short of an experience. :(
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I'm sorry for the loss of Chuck, I know he meant the world to you.
For the period you had Chuck you gave him the best time possible and as you said he wouldn't have lasted as long in the outside world.
Animals we spend time with become part of our families and when we have to say goodbye this makes it very hard.

We lost our African grey parrot Charlie last year and I'll quote what a good friend of ours wrote:
"Grief is like the ocean, it ebbs and flows, sometimes the water is calm and sometimes the water is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim."

Take care Strouty.
 
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Thank you all for the kind words, still a bit tough going to the Hill knowing Chuck won’t be there anymore. I am working on cleaning things up around the house, Chuck had a lot of stuff and I had a lot of stuff for him. Some of the supplies are getting donated to the local animal shelter as they can be used for other, more normal animals. I am not going to try and replace him, he was a one off. He will always have a place in my heart, I have lots of pictures and videos of him, going to have to group them all together and back them up.
 
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I am trying to get myself back to my regular routine, I got to take the 3500 out yesterday for a good test drive, only issue I have run into is the wiper controller has a bad circuit board so it either won’t stop wiping or will stop in random spots. Luckily I have some replacement parts to fix it, it is going to be raining off and on for the next few days and I would like the wipers to work properly.

The rams for the BFF should be done this week, I hope to pick them up on Friday. No schedule yet for reassembly, I would like to do it soon so that I can tear into the main ram and get it over for a rebuild as well.

I have some office work to get done too, that should take up most of Wednesday and Thursday. I have been trying to figure out what is going to the auction and what isn’t, there are several things I am on the fence with. They are the risky things, things that could do little money at the auction versus bigger money being sold on Marketplace. I am also looking at scrapping some things that I was going to rebuild, but they were supposed to be for my use, not resale. After looking at the numbers and the time involved, I am far better off saving some parts, scrapping the rest. It won’t make me as much money as selling them AFTER fixing them, but it won’t cost me as much time or money as fixing them and having to deal with selling them. I think that is the best option for my current situation, moving forward is better than this holding pattern I have been in lately.
 
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It is tough when there are a thousand projects and several hundred to do list items that are t even related to those projects, I am trying to put blinders on, but even then the rabbit hole is easy to follow. My biggest issue is the messes that I call shop spaces, not being able to find anything is a terrible waste of time. I have just been sweeping the mess to the side in order to clumsily get through another project. I have to do something about it. What I want to do is essentially remove everything superfluous to the shop and organize it in storage or get rid of it if it is not needed, from there I could bring back what is needed and make a home for it as I go. Tripping over things to organize other things is not working out. I have more stuff being stored on the floor than I do on shelves. I have been trying to scale back things and in doing so it has pretty much just depressed me, I am trying to work through years of hidden emotions that have been covered up by projects and stuff. It is the true hoarder way. I know that I can get rid of things, I just need to be n a better place emotionally, seems dumb, but it is what is going on. Having the two shop spaces really made things worse, it was always an excuse to buy duplicates or get another project. Not good.

At least I have been really going through things (mostly in my head), finding out what is the most beneficial to me long term is what I am striving for. The short term is going to be exhausting mentally and physically, but I have to just keep reminding myself that it will be worth it in the end. By doing the hard stuff now, it should make things a lot more fun later, I sure hope so.
 
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