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Monkey takin' a stroll.

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The roof contractor, insurance company, and mortgage company are in negotiations. I managed to get them all on the phone at once. Let them battle it out.
I'll build the fence.

Started on the fence replacement today. Turned out to be fun. I have a plan and cost estimate. Long way to go. Shoulda hired a few undocumented workers to dig the holes though. That's the worst part.

Almost forgot about the state of our nation this weekend...almost. No Wall Street tomorrow. Thank God.

Bubba and Monkey

Somehow managed to stay up way past bedtime without me noticing.

Tune-Up

I did the $150 dealer tune-up myself tonight. It's fun. Everything on this bike comes off with an Allen head wrench. Kinda hard to get the oil filter out, though. Japanese hands put it in there. Found where the mouse was living last winter...on the crankcase.
Fixed the idle problem. Runs like brand new.

TV coincidentally went out during Ike. It wasn't left plugged in. It's only 17 years old? Anyway, got our use out of it. I broke down and bought a liquid crystal flat screen. I'm amazed with it. Andi's cousin, Greg has a HUGE, badass, LG. After seeing the quality of that brand and the features, versus any of the others, I already had decided that's what I wanted. Only much, much, smaller. Plus, his company (TI), I think, makes the chips that go in them...and I have a few shares of TI stock, too.
I love this TV. I don't even watch TV. I spent four hours in front of it Friday night.