Ranchero pics

Mostly done with alterations

Motor mount on top of bracket assembly with a new coat of paint

On other side from engine compartment is the wheel well with the pieces in place.  Only thing missing is the wheel.

Off-grid post --- 3-27-21

 

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It has been awhile, but the work has gone onward. Today, the post will be about a subject which I thought was covered sufficiently in prior times. That subject is about water. In particular, how to filter rain-water. It seemed like a dead subject, but I have new news to report.

Previously to now, it seems that I collect more rainwater than I can use. My super conservation practices mean that little water is necessary to run this household. So what is the point in collecting more? Normally, I just dump it all on the ground.

The idea now is to put this water to work. All other attempts were faulty in the sense that a lot of water had to be processed, and my methods up to that time, were just too slow to make that practical. But I think I have improved the throughput of my filtration system to the point in which I can make use of the rainwater that falls.

As long as there isn't too much rain, that is.

But what to do with it? Warm weather is around the corner, and then I will use plenty of water. In fact, so much water that the rainwater that I collect won't be able to keep up.

Once I get out West, the plan is to have up to about 1000 sq. ft. of roof covering. That amount of covering will lead to some huge amounts of water to process by today's standards. That water can also go for climate control, and may be useful in many, many ways.

There is always a need for water. Heck, this latest batch went in washing my van. It is cleaner now than it has ever been. Even back in Houston, where the water was plentiful.

But that is a different story. When it comes to different stories, the one behind the statement of "1000 sq.ft." is one that hasn't been written about. So, I'll give a little rundown on that. The construction plan is to build 2 buildings parallel to each other, and about 12 feet apart. In the middle, in between the two buildings, there will be a cover. The cover will over the trailer, which will be parked there.

This set up will allow significant amount of shade, as well as serve as mentioned above in this post.

So, there it all is. I won't go into too much detail here, but everything is coming along fine.

Nothing says bad policy better than inflation

 Coming our way.

When woke ain't and sleep ain't

 

These people who claim to be "woke" aren't. They are being lied to continually and this information is of no interest to them. If they were really awake, and somebody was lying to them, they'd be interested. But they are not really "woke" after all.

The opposite is true with computers. There's a sleep mode, but the computer is not really asleep. You can see this for yourself if you monitor the computer management app in Windows 10. For example, I pulled the power cable off that charges the battery. When I observed that the computer noted the time I did this, it showed proof that the computer wasn't asleep.

If the computer is not really asleep, and it can monitor my actions, then what else is it doing while supposedly asleep? If you aren't sleepwalking, this may be of interest to you.

The computers are awake and we are asleep. This is true for those who claim to be "woke" or not.

DOJ says little evidence of insurrection

 They made it up.

Morris: Asian narrative is false

All the narratives are like this.

Combo video

Didn't work for the public

Qui bono?

FYI--- 3-22-21

 

It has been a disturbing time lately with respect to my own computer. So much so, it is time to relate some of this, if by any chance it should be of interest, and newsworthy for the readers of this here blog.

It is disturbing because it erodes trust. Trust is absolutely essential in order to function in the world at all. If you cannot trust anybody or anything, you might well be inclined to curl up into a fetal position and start sucking your thumb.

Well, I'd prefer not to do that. That's why I hit upon this theme of TRUTH so much. If somebody LIES to you incessantly, well, how can that lead to TRUST? Hmm? Trust is to societal wellbeing like a well-balanced meal is to your bodily well-being. The lack of trust will lead to societal breakdown like a bad diet leads to bad health. You gotta have trust. Trust starts with TELLING THE FRICKIN' TRUTH.

I'll give Microsoft at least some credit. At least they give you information within these computers, ie. what is going on inside of the black box. If they really wanted to fool you completely, this wouldn't exist. Come to think of it, in future releases of Windows, this may go away. A lot of other things did, why not this too?

A subject that I would like touch upon, in connection with this computer business, is solid state "hard drives".

I used scare quotes because there is no such thing. The "hard drive" is nothing other than non-volatile memory. Volatile memory, in case you need explanation, is that quality of memory in which the computer loses information when a power source is removed. Non-volatile memory means that the information is not lost. A good thing, perhaps, but too much of a good thing can be bad.

Whenever a computer is set up with a solid-state "hard drive", information stays there forever. Think about that for a moment. In the old days, if you shut off your computer, the memory was wiped clean. Not with solid- state hard drives. Everything that was there is still there. Lots of michief can occur in such a situation.

It may be a virus. Virus or no virus, with solid-state hard-drive, how do you get rid of it?

That is what is so disturbing. These things are hazardous to your social health. Once you recognize that the computer is actually set up to SPY ON YOU, then you become very suspicious. At least, that is what I feel at the moment.

The thing that got my attention was that Windows Computer Management app kept informing me of a shutdown situation in which a "clean" shutdown did not occur. Why not? When I first saw this, I did not think of the implications. But it did make me curious enough to want to investigate further.

The more I look, the more worrisome this is getting. I would go so far as to say not to buy solid-state computer drives. Get the old-fashioned hard drives. Even that may not be enough.

Let's put it this way. Along with the aggressive lying that I mentioned, there is also this aggressive spying. It does not bode well for this quality of trust. If I write it to my readers to see, it is meant as a warning for anybody who will pay attention. Our tech lords created this. Our overlords in government permit this. It is increasingly symbiotic.

Nothing good can come from people who act like this. This happens in totalitarian countries of years gone by. It is what they used to say about Nazi Germany of Soviet Russia. It was not supposed to happen in America. Well, I am here to tell you that it does now.

For whatever that is worth to you.

Lips are movin'

 The eyes don't lie but the lips...

God Proof

Posting has been lite, I know. But I'm still out here. Still doing what I do.

One thing that I've been doing is going through old files. I found this gem that I meant to post about before, but pretty sure I didn't. It is what title of this post says it is. For your information, and edification, here is a link to it.

That is, if it hasn't been taken down by the tech lords yet. /sotto voce