Ty Cobb Strikes Out

I have been spying on this salad that Momoko and Kit Kat order at the local bar. It is loaded with goodies like bacon, cucumber, diced tomato, and chicken. Apparently it is a somewhat healthy meal (compared to the delicious appetizers sold by the bar). I have been wanting to try this salad myself.

Momoko and I went to a Mediterranean restaurant this weekend to eat gyros. So by Sunday, we decided to go somewhere close. We went to the bar. Sat in the bar area. I finally ordered a Ty Cobb salad. I told them to hold the avocado. Topped it off with a ranch dressing. It was expensive. But based on the looks, I was hoping it would be worth it.

Turns out it was nothing special. I think it was missing the crucial ingredients such as hard boiled egg and croutons. In the end, I felt like it was just a rip off. Should have gone with some of the other choices I know are good. Come on Ty Cobb. Represent.

Smelly Shoes

Previously I had climbed up on the ladder and cleaned out the rain gutters. This was required since the water was not flowing down the spouts. It was spilling over the sides of the gutter. Not sure the exact cause, but the sitting water smelled really bad in the gutter.

After I was done, I smelled too. So I took a shower. Ran my clothes through the washer. Hand washed my work gloves. Then I just dried my soaked shoes. It took a couple days. Eventually the shoes were dry. But they smelled bad.

I am always careful to wear fresh socks on my feet when I wear my shoes. This allows my shoes to smell nice even after lots of use. So I think after this rain gutter business, the rancid water transferred something nasty into my shoes.

I tried washing my shoes in a bucket with some laundry detergent by hand. It helped some. But there was still an underlying scent of nastiness. Time to take it to another level. I broke out a box of tea bags. Lined my shoes with about 50 tea bags each. Held the tea bags against the shoes tightly by stuffing balled up newspaper in there.

Let's hope this does the trick. I really like these shoes. They are extra wide for added comfort. They have Velcro straps for quick securing.

Flat Tire for Little Kat

Little Kat had to borrow my car to get to work last week He had a flat tire. I had a meeting to figure out how he was going to resolve the situation. We needed to know if he had to borrow a car to get the tire fixed.

Little Kat said he would put the spare tire on his car. Then he would drive the car to the tire store, with the flat in the trunk. That was a great plan. But his spare tire was flat too. He woke up his sister. They drove to the tire store in Kit Kat's car.

The tire got patched and the car is operational. Little Kat said he could not figure out how to put air in the spare tire. It is a doughnut. I told him to take it to the tire store. He was going to do that today. However he said he discovered the valve stem in the spare.

Now Little Kat was to take that spare to the air pump. He delayed a bit because he wanted to wait until all tires were cool so he could top off the air in each of them. I know I have to keep a watch on this work. Otherwise slacking might ensue.

Rain Gutter Overflow

I decided to eat lunch at Jerry's Subs today. Got a pepper jack cheesesteak. It was delicious. Filled up my car with gas on the way home. It was raining heavily. When I got home, I noticed rain flowing over the side of the gutter into the carport. Not good.

I got my stepladder. Found that dropping from trees had clogged the gutter. So I removed the droppings. It helped some. But the gutter was still overflowing. Turns out there was a lot of dirt in the rain gutters impeding the flow of water.

Grabbed the hose and sprayed down the gutters. Had to move my ladder several times. When I moved it close to the downspout, half of the ladder was on dirt. The other half was on concrete. The ladder almost tipped over. But I got the job done.

Just when I was ready to head into the house, I noticed water overflowing from the second story rain gutters in the front of the house. Damn. Had to fetch the big ladder from the back yard. Luckily my handyman used it last week to fix the shingles on the roof. So the length was set correctly on the ladder. Similar problems on the top level as above the carport. Double damn.

Lawn Mower Accident

I had some free time Friday afternoon. So I cut the grass. I was worried rain was coming this weekend. I finished the front and back lawns. I was tired. I thought I would do one more cut behind the back fence. There were some daffodils growing that got in the way when I went down to the creek.

So I started cutting the flowers with the lawn mower. These flowers were born from us digging up bulbs in the front yard and tossing them over the fence. It was tricky to cut them with the mower because of the trees around them. I found that they were wet. When I walked on top of them it was slippery.

I had to cut some flowers on a steep hill. I went to the top of the hill and walked down with the mower. My left leg slipped on the wet flowers and I fell down. Luckily the lawn mower shut off. I was worried that I had hurt my knee based on the way I fell. The fall was intense as my had and hearing protection flew off my head when I hit the ground.

I stayed on the ground for a while. I thought about asking for some help. But nobody was around. I had a tough time pulling the lawn mower up the hill. Turns out my leg really hurt where it meets the rest of my body (torso). It was hard to move or walk. Somehow I got the lawn mower emptied and stored in the shed.

It was painful collecting the rest of the yard tools. I took a quick shower somehow and passed out. Later I planned to get dinner with my brother. I had trouble walking from his car to the Chinese food place. I knew I could not make it back to his car. This was a bad time to be moving around.

Click Clone Cash Scam

A friend of mine told me about this "money making opportunity". He actually thought it was a scam. I checked it out. There was an hour long video. The guy on there said he got rich. And you can too. He helps you install a program on your computer. It allegedly goes out on the Internet, finds profitable web businesses, and clones them for you.

The claim is that this will earn you $100k a month guaranteed. I had to spend about an hour going through the video. Then at the end I found the trick. They just need you to pay $89. And you will start earning money immediately.

I searched around to find out what this thing was really about. Turns out the dude in the video is just as actor. So are the people giving testimonials. What this scam is about is that they try to get you to sign up for some expensive web hosting. The minimum cost is $89 for six months. They make money by referring you to this expensive hosting.

The hosting just gives you a presence on the Internet. There is no money to be made. At least no money for you. They are making money for the referral. The web hosting company is making money off your hosting fees. And you are scammed.

There was never any chance of me falling for this scam. All the signs were there: the guy saying he was rich, saying you can make a fortune with no work, and they just need you to pay a small fee. I had to rely on Google to help me figure out what this was really about. Come on people. Don't fall for this nonsense.

Hot Day to Cut the Grass

I had some free time. So I moved my car away from the edge of the driveway. Decided to cut the lawn. I knew I was in trouble when I started feeling hot in the front yard. I struggled to cut the grass in the back yard. By the time I was trimming, I was ready to pass out.

Somehow I made it inside, took a shower, and passed out. Later I realized that it was late and I had not eaten lunch yet. I went outside and realized I never put my car back after cutting the grass. Now the temperature may have been in the mid-90s. But the humidity was high. Winds were non-existent.

I hope this is not a precursor for the summer. The grass was not even that high yet. I might have to follow the pattern my buddy follows. He usually only cuts the front or back yard at a time. Hardly ever both because it takes a while and is hard.

Dishwasher Duty

We had our dishwasher serviced six months ago. The technician recommended I use a dishwasher cleaner every six months. So it was time. I checked on the state of the dishwasher. It seems like it had just been run. But the kitchen sink was almost full with dirty dishes.

So I quizzed Little Kat. He was supposed to run the dishes in the middle of the day, plus a second time at dinner. Initially he said he ran the dishes twice. That just did not compute given the amount of dishes in the sink.

Then Little Kat explained that the first time around, when he was unloading the prior night's dishes, they were greasy. So he pretty much reran those dishes. It is a bit suspicious. Now I know to ask better questions. I need details. Otherwise Little Kat will report as if all is okay. It is not.