My Post Pandemic

 Sung to the tune of California Dreamin'

All the germs are gone

I can breathe today

I went for a walk

Threw my mask away

All these rainbow flags

Mostly every day

Toleration scheming

Society afray

California nightmare

Fake Doctor's come to stay

My Vogon Poetry 2023

Sung to the tune of California Dreamin'_

All the germs are gone

And the sky is gray

I went for a walk

Threw my mask away

All these rainbow flags

Mostly every day

Toleration scheming

Society of neigh

California nightmare

Fake Doctor is here to stay

California nightmare

Pandemics gone awaay (awaaaaaaay)

My Jet Trails March 22, 2023

 Here is a picture of the sky above my house.

There is a low cloud which is displaying a bunch of bright colors.

There were a lot more colors than the camera could capture.

These clouds are fairly low, perhaps 5000 feet up (1500 meters up) and backlit by the sun.

The colors look like a sheen of oil on top of water. 

I would guess that the red, orange, yellow was oil. I would guess that the blue, violet, ultraviolet was jet fuel or hydraulic fluid.  Perhaps there was a "spontaneous disassembly." This picture is my new screen saver:

People talk about aircraft throwing out chemical jet trails and this would seem to have happened in real life. Here is the original photograph full size.

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My Swipe Gesture Opens New Desktop Blue Screen

 My computer started doing something weird. Sometimes when I would move the mouse quickly then my work would disappear and the whole screen was a blue background with light blue boxes. I do not need this feature. There are some help screens which directed me to change some mouse settings, I put those links at the end of this post far below.

.The mouse had become too sensitive, I must have hurt his feelings somehow.

Perhaps he is jealous of the touchpad.

Quite by accident I happened to right click on the Taskbar and a menu popped up. I Clicked "Taskbar Settings" way down at the bottom of the menu, and found "Use Peek to preview the desktop.."  I turned this feature OFF and the computer works OK again. There has been no return of the extra blue desktop.

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If you search for "swiping mouse shows desktop not wanted" the result is answers.microsoft.com, en-us, windows, forum, all, how-can-I-disable-the-annoying-swipe-gesture

These suggestions were somewhat helpful, though the annoying blue screen would still pop up from time to time.

Go to the "Settings" screen and select "Devices", "Mouse & Touchpad", "Additional Mouse Settings" then uncheck "Enhance Pointer Precision" click "Apply"

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Go to the control panel and select "Mouse". When you select that you will get a tab for "Device Settings", select the "Synaptics TouchPad" then click "Settings", this will show you all of the gestures and allow you to turn them on or off.

My Garage Door Opener Lamp

My Garage Door Opener has been keeping the light on all the time.

This problem happens more often in warm weather.

You are saying, “Replace the circuit board.” Well I did replace the circuit board last winter but the problem came back this summer. I think that the problem is heat related.

Did you know that some big companies are making LED light bulbs with the motion sensor built in? The light bulb also has an auto-off feature. Even if the Garage Door Opener lamp socket is live, this LED  motion sensor LED light bulb will turn off after awhile. Problem solved with very low cost!

The naked light bulb is very bright, so a translucent shade has been added. This type of lamp shade is called a “Sconce.”

If the lamp socket in the Garage Door Opener is live, then the light bulb senses the motion of the car and turns on.  Or it turns on then the car door opens. Then the light turns itself off after a few minutes.

If the lamp socket in the Garage Door Opener working OK like now during Fall in cooler weather, then the light bulb turns on and off with the Garage Door. Either one is good. The Garage Door opener will last a few more years.

These light bulbs are available in packs of two. I will put the other one into a light-up Halloween ornament.

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My Rainbow

 Recently experienced some actual rain falling from the sky. 

It's been awhile! Next picture is same image though higher resolution.

Zoomed out and there was a double rainbow.

The rainbow is backlit from the east. Picture point of view is looking northwest 

January 29, 2021 8:47 AM. 

LG Tribute Dynasty handy phone camera.

Camera phone is sitting atop a brick wall for steadying purpose. Hand-held camera shot was blurry.

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My 2004 Ford Explorer Breather Hose

My 2004 Ford Explorer was getting about 14.2 miles per gallon of gasoline. A few mechanics had checked things at the local lube shops. The engine passed a smog check OK.

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One day there was a puddle of coolant on the top side of the engine. The thermostat housing was leaking. On closer inspection I saw that the thermostat housing was made of plastic. So I got a metal thermostat housing. While I was installing the new thermostat then I happened to touch this item.

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The black rubber put a stain on my hand. This item is called “PVC Breather Hose”.  The PVC breather hose was disintegrating. The hose, it turns out, was porous and leaking. A new one costs more than twenty dollars. A foot or so, of 5/8” fuel hose costs less than five dollars.

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I had bent and twisted the new hose for a half hour before cutting it to length and installing the hose. The result is every bit as good as a fancy expensive hose. Also I have some extra 5/8” fuel hose to share with my friends.

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Getting back to the beginning, the truck is now achieving 16.8 miles per gallon of gasoline on the same driving cycle as before. That old breather hose had been costing me money at the fuel pump, using about 108 extra gallons of gasoline during the past 10,000 miles of driving, or about $300 to $400.

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