Alaskan's Journal

[Latestarter]

But it's very, very thin and difficult to work with. Hope you get it figured out in time.

 

[Alaskan]

Got the tent up to 62!

By tomorrow hopefully it will be dry enough to scrape out the rot.

 

[greybeard]

A regular old heat wave..

 

[Alaskan]

Up here, YES!

The space blankets on top of the tent helped way more than I thought that they would, so score.

Just a bit difficult to get enough of the humidity out.

We dont own a dehumidifier... and up here they are 150. So we got some desiccant.

We shall see in the morning.

 

[Alaskan]

So... all life, yada, yada, yada

Years growing up in Houston, HOUSTON! And then a bunch of years in a college town...

And last night the old jeep was busted into. 1994 jeep (or is it 96?) Someone busted in and cut out the radio.

That radio, bought 20 years back, was a fancy one with a removable faceplate that my baby sister bought for 1k. (Used to be her car)

I didn't remove the face plate when I took it to the repair shop

Someone went down the road where most repair shops are in town and cleaned out all parked cars.

I only had liability on the car..... no, shop insurance doesn't cover it.

 

[Latestarter]

Well, look at the bright side... If the radio was 1K back 20 years ago, you should be able to replace with a like model today for 10-15 bucks... Sorry for the loss.

 

[Bruce]

Crap. That happened decades ago when my car was at some repair place. The thieves went through all the cars. Ice picked the bulbs in the doors. That was all the damage my car had but the guy at the repair place said I had the best radio. It was factory, probably didn't look nice enough to steal. But others were.

 

[Alaskan]

A couple years back they passed a new crime bill that made the law super soft for all "non violent crimes" making it pretty much impossible to hold druggies in jail.

I think it passed because it was pushed as a "get the potheads out of prison, they never hurt anyone and it will save the state money with less people in prison"

However, it has been a nightmare. We now have meth-heads galore running about robbing everything. Even fuel oil and woodpiles.

Sure am happy that voting is next week. Hopefully we will change out the idiots in power.

Funny @Latestarter but I think you are right. Who wants a radio that doesn't have bluetooth and can't connect to your phone?

 

[Alaskan]

Crap. That happened decades ago when my car was at some repair place. The thieves went through all the cars. Ice picked the bulbs in the doors. That was all the damage my car had but the guy at the repair place said I had the best radio. It was factory, probably didn't look nice enough to steal. But others were.

I had never thought about it before... but I guess it is a great place to rob. lots of cars, known hours....

 

[Latestarter]

Yeah in more "civilized" places, it's a good idea to remove electronic garage door openers from the vehicle before leaving it for any type of service. Crooks steal them and then follow the vehicle owner home and have ready made access into the house. Wait till you leave, open the garage door, enter and re-close it, no noise, no damage, no problem. Stage everything back in the garage, back their vehicle up, open the door and load it, then gone.