David's Life

2026-10-16

If you hear a noise, figure out what it is…

I heard a clunking in my driveline last week. Once per wheel revolution, but only when I was going very slowly (like creeping ahead in traffic at a light). I pulled over to find I only had two lug nuts left. Two of the studs had broken, and a third had worked it’s way off. So I jacked it up (to take the weight off so I could torque it correctly), tightened the remaining back up, and added a third spare. Then I limped home, tightening them again every mile or so.

I guess I am going to have to replace some studs…. Good thing I checked. I would have broken clean off and passed me on the road in another mile or two…

New skill added

I learned how to polish acrylic watch crystals. Several of my watches have them. They scratch relatively easily, but the good news is you can use this compound to polish out most of the scratches. It made a HUGE improvement on my older, heirloom watches. It saves me having to replace the crystals. It works on my newer watches that are acrylic too :) These pics shows my grandma Morey’s watch before and after.

A tube of PolyWatch is $4 on Amazon. A good, cheap solution.

FINALLY got my 250th badge from the 4th of July

Converse, frogs, mice, rhinos…

The variety was fun and cute.

What a great visual impact!

Larry got the bootie wall delivered and the ladies helped set up all the booties! It really shows the impact Susan’s place (Hope Rising) makes in the lives of the babies and women they help. 771 babies saved just last year! It was fun working with them on pulling it together! The bottom pic shows the lights she used for hanging the booties on. Larry did a good job attaching them with enough strength. That many booties are heavy, haha.

2026-10-15

I finally got my grandpa’s watch back from overhaul

They did a complete service, re-secured the movement, and replaced the cracked crystal. It’s so nice to be able to wear it again and have it remind me of all the times Grandpa showed me things on it. We used it while he was flying, and when I was learning my times tables.

For some reason I liked these graphics

It kind of seems like what would happen if Andy hired John to do the graphics for a plumbing company. I never considered that Zoe could be the mascot hahaha.

It mostly fits in Larry’s truck

Well, he got the bootie wall all loaded up in his truck. We were both careful about measuring the height and width to make sure it fit. Oddly, neither one of us thought to check the length… Even though we both knew it was gonna need more than seven feet. It worked out ok. He clamped and strapped it in and moved it safely to the venue. It was fun to work with Susan and him on it.

This brings back memories…

High school, track, Mr. P, homecoming games etc. It’s cool that they’ll have a new field but sad to see this one go too.

The creature is thousands of worms…!

If you watch for a couple seconds, you’ll see the movement of thousands of Grindal worms. Julie’s puffer fish love them! I told her they were gross! Kind of cool how they mob together though going after the fish pellet in the middle.