Hot Date...

I've been very busy the past couple of days, installing the new coaxial cable feedline for my high-frequency (HF) ham radio antenna. It has involved lots of digging, burying the cable, burying steel pipe (to keep the cable away from the @#$%& groundhogs), digging up roots, using the chainsaw to cut down brush and shrubbery, carrying the brush to the brush pile, unstacking/moving/restacking a cord of firewood, etc. Hot and tiring work for such a fat old man. Plus, I mowed the yard with the push mower, stirring up my asthma. Tonight I had a really hot date with my main squeeze. We had a nice dinner at the Depot in Staunton. Afterward we browsed the aisles at Lowes. She wants a new light fixture for the kitchen. I need some new ground rods and ground clamps, and some lumber on which to mount my antenna's lightning arrestor equipment. We both went to the Farm Fair at the dairy farm today and got to see the demonstration of some of the latest farming equipment and technology. Cool. I got to try out one of the zero-turning-radius (ZTR) riding lawn mowers. At $4000, I can buy several of the little MTD units I'm used to buying every four or five years, so I think my budget is such that I won't be able to afford a ZTR for a while. But it was fun driving one for a few minutes over at the farm. They are really nice machines, totally outside the class of the MTD units. Like comparing a Hummer to a golf cart. For those who are interested, we got a call from DJ tonight... she is safely in Alaska enjoying her visit with the Lint Monkey.