Well, at least your dog hasn't run away. > On 31 Aug 2019, at 16:23, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > There are times when I feel like this guy: > > https://browse.startpage.com/do/show_picture.pl?l=english&rais=1&oiu=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedsterowners.com%2FfileSendAction%2FfcType%2F0%2FfcOid%2F586079529002386241%2FfilePointer%2F586079529002386275%2Ffodoid%2F586079529002386251%2FimageType%2FLARGE%2FinlineImage%2Ftrue%2F1.%2520Joe%2520Btfsplk.2.jpg&sp=8c22b16ede779c99ddb00ae9d577bfac&t=air > > https://tinyurl.com/y55rj2bx > > By the "law of averages", there must be some guy living on the opposite end > of the bell curve; someone who *DOES* have "all the luck". > > Y'all should be glad you've got me around to absorb all the bad luck. How > does the song go, "If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all"? > > I managed to mostly recreate my Troy-Bilt file with a couple of hours > internet searching; good enough to identify the parts I need. It's now > duplicated on two hard-drives & as soon as I get a round tuit, I'm gonna get > another off site backup set up. > > The thing about backups, is no matter how good you think they are, they're > never bullet-proof. There's always something you forgot, but you never find > out what that is until you need it and don't have it. > > My parts are ordered & have already shipped. Should be here by next weekend. > > It's a glorious day out there today. I've already been out a couple of times > to play with the dog, and I *might* even find some time to cut the damn grass > today ... or tomorrow, or Monday, or Mañana ... > >> On 8/31/2019 03:10:39, Bob Pdml wrote: >> You must spend a lot of time sitting with your head in your hands, asking >> "Why me, oh Lord? Why does it always happen to me?" >> To quote the great Eric Cantona,"as flies to wanton boys are we to the gods". >>>> On 30 Aug 2019, at 15:02, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 8/18/2019 17:24:38, John wrote: >>>> ... or to quote William Bendix, "What a revolting development this is!" >>>> MY second hard-drive (Drive 'D:') just crashed with no warning. BIOS >>>> doesn't recognize it. Dead as a door-nail. >>> >>> Update: I thought I had pretty much recovered everything of importance ... >>> >>> I have an OLD, OLD (1979?) Troy-Bilt SuperTomahawk Chipper/Shredder that I >>> use to chop up tree limbs & other yard waste for composting. >>> >>> It's getting into the time of year I use it the most. Yesterday one of the >>> shaft bearings shredded itself. >>> >>> NO BIGGIE! The bearings were a standard size & design and they're still >>> used today. I've already rebuilt the thing twice, so I won't have any >>> problems replacing the bearing. I've got a whole file full of parts >>> diagrams, manuals and a list of suppliers. I can get the part number & >>> order a new one. >>> >>> Guess where the file with all the part numbers was located. Oh the irony >>> ... and it's not even Monday. >>> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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