Christopher G Mendla
Piebald Deer
We had a white deer in the herd for a while. They are not known as albinos. Continue reading
When you see something in a museum that you used as a kid.
While visiting the Tuckerton Seaport in 2009, I saw a Vintage Mercury Outboard that was very similar to one I owned.
Oops – I think we made a wrong turn here.
It appears that we made a wrong turn… Continue reading
Oops – Wells Fargo Error Empties Bank Accounts.
A Wells Fargo error emptied or severely depleted bank accounts for some of it’s customers. Continue reading
35+ year old furnace was not heating. 2 year old Wifi thermostat was the problem.
I was working in my home office and noticed that the furnace wasn’t running. The forced hot air furnace is 35 plus years old and belongs in a museum, not a house, but I’ll get around to that later. I found that the problem wasn’t the furnace. Continue reading
Wine Bottles and Corkscrews – True Story
Witold Pilecki – He volunteered to enter Aushwitz to gain information about the camp.
Witold Pilecki was a Polish Officer who formed a resistance army after the Nazis invaded Poland. He volunteered to be captured and imprisoned in the Auschwitz death camp to gather intelligence. As a prisoner, he passed information to the Allies regarding the truth of the camp. He helped the prisoners as best as he could and eventually escaped.
How heavy is that log?
I was cutting and stacking some large pieces of White Oak that Asplundh had trimmed for Peco. They left the logs neatly stacked by the street.
They seemed heavy. I found a free online calculator that gives you an idea of what any given log weighs.
A quick fix for a broken Ford key fob
Add a booster fan for chilly rooms with hot air registers (works with air conditioning also)
