Tried to get the swords printed but the layering was not good. They came out super rough.

PDC players championship 10 was on and I got to watch the last of the matches to see Rock win.

I had my chiro appointment mid morning which was rough but good. The family had an awful tragedy last week that has shocked the entire community. I had very good conversations with Johnny and Ryan and some with Jameson.

As a kid of about 12 years old I was trust into an incredibly intense situation of having to try and comfort/distract/explain Austin after his father killed himself outside their house. He's 4 years younger than me and I can't forget that experience but it also gave me the basis to be able to talk with others regarding trauma.

It was a given that it would happen. It only took 5 minutes for Utd to go down the goal and they languished the entire match. I'm having fun laughing at their uselessness and can't stop rooting for their relegation. They so deserve it and management/ownership could use the humiliation.

I ran over to the post office after resetting the codes on the sled to drop mail to my Dad and remembered I needed to blast the engine with Gunk to get some of the oil off that keep burning when the motor warms up. The heater blasts the smell inside as I wait for R to get out at school. I washed it down well and will likely now have the smell of Gunk instead of oil in the mornings.

It headed straight for us and!!!!!! then it was gone and we got sun.

Out working on the head I finished pulling the exhaust side valve springs and got all the seals changed out.

I then took the valves to the tool shed and ran them on the bench brush to clean them up nicely.

The boys got home from school as another batch of rain came pounding through.

The Caps played and the world is on OV watch. I put the games on just for his goals. He got another one and is just 4 away from the record.

Talk about a pain in the ass. Those shim clip stays that hod the cap to the valve are NOT easy to put in. I did get a pretty solid technique going though. My flathead screwdriver is magnetic as are the shims so it makes it not too bad to slide them in and hold them in place with my finger. I got all the exhaust side back together then started on the intake side.

It only took me about 15 minutes to get the intake side apart but then I was fighting the damn valve seals which came off nice and easy on the exhaust side but are being a bitch on the intake. I will use the right tools today to pry them off easier.

For anyone paying attention the trx fees were 1 sat for blocks last night. I took advantage of it to kick a bunch of HBD to sats via the V4V.app site then Boltz. Even got a 1 sat/vb consolidation to go through first try no waiting. The whole point is that with nation state and corporations buying so much BTC it can't tank. It will ONLY go up with this much attention. All it has to do is hit ath again and I am over 15% increase...

Got the new universal remote and got it programmed for the tv and the receiver and it works perfect on both.

The beginning of clearing today???? It is the boys' half day that starts Spring break and I will have them to school in a bit. The printer will get going in a while, I'll keep working on the head valves, then this afternoon we have the boys school conferences.

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