Acorn Boy

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

When I got home, Amber and Bryson were out front. Bryson’s hands were full, with acorns. He picked them up earlier in the day and hadn’t let go of them during the ride home, or after being at home for half an hour.

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Amber has her parking space back

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

Betty is running again. I’m ready to start the electrical wiring of the two solenoid valves, temperature gauge, install the fuel gauge, and the switches and indicator lights. I had to remove the back seat again to correct an interference issue with the hoses going into the trunk. I reassembled the passenger side door, decided to just disconnect the vacuum lock actuator and have old school manual locks only for now… I’m not that interested in troubleshooting my way through the whole vacuum system right now. So the passenger door lock works now, yippee. Remember that welding fix I did a while back? Well, it came loose. I spent 2 hours trying to weld it back, which I did finally. I tried to reinforce it this time; I used some bent sheet metal. The end result was too ugly for a picture, but I think it will hold now.

I drove her to the gas station to fill up the diesel tank and get a drive through wash. Did I mention that neither of the two back doors seal very well? A car wash results in an interior shower. Whatever, I don’t care about that right now!

My installation instructions are starting to look like something useful now.

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Generation NEXT has some Questions

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

This was read in church this morning, and I thought it was worth posting for everyone to read:
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I am a member of the upcoming generation–the one after Generation X that has yet to be given a name. So far, it appears that most people are rallying behind the idea of calling us Generation Next. I believe I know why.

The older generations are hoping we will mindlessly assume our place as the “next” in line. That way, they won’t have to explain why my generation has had to experience so much pain and heartache. “What heartache?” you say. “Don’t you know you have grown up in a time of great prosperity?” Yeah, we know that. Believe me, it has been drilled into our heads since birth. Unfortunately, the pain and hurt I speak of can’t be reconciled with money. You have tried for years to buy us happiness, but it is only temporary. Money isn’t the answer, and it is time for people to begin admitting their guilt for failing my generation.

I will admit that I wasn’t planning to write this. I was going to tuck it away in some corner of my mind and fall victim to your whole “next” mentality. But after the Massacre in Littleton, CO, I realize that as a member of this generation that kills without remorse, I had a duty to challenge all of my elders to explain why they have allowed things to become so bad.
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Financial Woes – Ties to Obama -Video

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

This is related to the same subject in a recent post, but goes into more detail, and is a video, and has over dramatic music and theme! Enjoy. Think. Vote.

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from TheMouthPiece

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Bryson Learning Letters Video

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Brian Gallimore


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Betty’s New Fuel Manifold

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle one piece of the fuel system on the Mercedes WVO project. I wanted to plumb the fuel so that it operated identical to the original design. Bypass fuel from the injectors and injection pump (IP) is mixed with the fresh fuel, and excess fuel is sent back to the tank. This was normally handled by the 4-way banjo fitting on the fuel filter, but since I want to use two separate filters, I had to block off that connection to prevent unwanted mixing of different fuel types. Here is what I came up with:

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I’m Voting Democrat Video

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

And this is the response to the previous video:

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I’m Voting Republican Video

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

This is a proud creation of the left-wingers:

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Bryson Likes Big Shoes

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

Bryson loves to walk around in our shoes.

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Finally Joined the Club

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Brian Gallimore

Amber and I both took a day off of work to go to the “State Fair of Texas“. This is a tradition of sorts for us, and we both love going each year. We have been pressured year after year by a buddy of mine that we “need” a Vita-Mix. We already have 4 blenders (I’m not kidding), so neither of us really thought we needed another one, although we always enjoy sitting down in the air conditioned exhibit hall and watching the Vita-Mix demonstrations. (free yummy snacks and stand-up comedy routine, of sorts) We were very temped to buy one a few years ago after tasting the fresh peanut butter the guy made in a few seconds.

After negotiating the spectacle that is the state fair, the obligatory Fletcher’s corney dog and tornado fries, strolling through all the waterless cookware booths, the embroidered hat booths, the teeth whitening booth, candy booths, miracle car wax, etc, we again found ourselves at the Vita-Mix booth, eagerly waiting to see what that crazy guy was making this year. We plopped down our credit card and made ourselves the proud owner of the blender to replace all other blenders, the Vita-Mix 5200.
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