# Life goes on - Winter 2015
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016
**Category:** Off Topic
**Tags:** life
**Created:** [October 2, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016 "2015-10-02T22:35:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 25
### Author:  [@josephhauler](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/josephhauler)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2016, 3:34am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/482 "2016-03-01T03:34:03Z")
Nice hot fire there.
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### Author:  [@Wayne](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Wayne)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/483 "2016-03-02T14:58:54Z")
Exercising freedom yesterday ,
Voting and DOW đ
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### Author:  [@dbaillie](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/dbaillie)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/484 "2016-03-02T15:11:14Z")
A little late winter irony for everyoneâŚ
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### Author:  [@wobigtd](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/wobigtd)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/485 "2016-03-02T16:04:55Z")
Sometimes we should have a dislike button. That looks way to cold and just walking to the wood pile would be a pita
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### Author:  [@dbaillie](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/dbaillie)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/486 "2016-03-02T16:21:30Z")
So we are no longer totally off grid at the time it was too much with new babies⌠At this time of year I only generate about 2 kw a day which used to make for a lot of genny time. I still run part of the house on solar; That mean cleaning off panels on the roof. Attic hatch, view from the cupola, snow covered and then nice clean panels⌠having trouble with the picturesâŚ
  
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### Author:  [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/487 "2016-03-02T19:03:30Z")
Solar panels looks good but now Iâm really glad mine are on the ground. The roofs scare me when theyâre dry in the summer.
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### Author:  [@dbaillie](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/dbaillie)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/488 "2016-03-02T19:17:21Z")
Hey Bill, It does not show well but Iâm standing in the cupola at the top of the roof. I pop the hatch in the attic and stand on a step stool to clean them. I have a healthy respect for gravity⌠it was either on the roof or clear cut the woodsâŚ
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### Author:  [@SteveUnruh](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/SteveUnruh)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/489 "2016-03-02T20:26:44Z")
Sorry to say guys with wet-energy zipped past us yesterday NA west-coast you will be having more snow in 2-3 days.
Tree down power outrages here again. One death-by-falling tree. Gravity always wins in the end.
S.U.
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### Author:  [@alextaylor62](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/alextaylor62)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2016, 6:52am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/490 "2016-03-03T06:52:01Z")
(GASP!)
Finally have some time to come up for air. Iâve been absent for a while, due to my unexpected career shift. On January 15th, my former boss called me in his office and told me that âdue to several months of revenue shortfallsâ, they were making some radical adjustments, one of which was my job.
After spending a couple of days praying and soul-searching, I decided to start my own surveying business. Like Mike LaRosa says, âbeen busier than a one-armed paper hangerâ ever since. I made a few phone calls and dropped a few emails to some people I had a good working relationship with, and have been literally covered up with work. The surveying part is easy - itâs all the business-related issues I have to think about, because thereâs nobody else to think about them.
Iâm starting to work out the initial rough spots, and am now remembering more things than Iâm forgetting. I wish I had done this when I was younger, but the only way to become old and wise is from the bruises of being young and foolish. đ
The worst part was, I had to pull out of the Belton MEN Fair. âš I was all geared up to demonstrate my charcoal powered lawn tractor, then the bottom fell out of everything. I couldnât even make it down to Belton to see all you guys that were there, because I had to spend the whole weekend working. Bummer. Maybe next time.
So, if anybodyâs looking to have their land surveyed in Texas, you know who to call . . .
Harold A.(Alex) Taylor
Registered Professional Land Surveyor
Sunbelt Technical Services
701 Caudill Drive
Waco, Texas 76705
(254) 292-0641
[alex@sunbeltsurveyors.com](mailto:alex@sunbeltsurveyors.com)
TBPLS Firm Number 10194191
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### Author:  [@BillSchiller](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BillSchiller)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/491 "2016-03-03T14:51:00Z")
Alex, I love self reliance stories. We learn so much of what weâre made of. It continuously pushes our boundaries.
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### Author:  [@drost2you2](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/drost2you2)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2016, 1:20am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/492 "2016-03-04T01:20:53Z")
Good luck Alex. Always scary to think of someone else cutting off the paycheck. Never had it in my job rich area. Enjoy being in the driverâs seat and see you in May?
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### Author:  [@pepe2000](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/pepe2000)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/493 "2016-03-04T18:41:49Z")
Yes, Alex, good luck to you. Self reliance is the backbone of this country, itâs what made us great. This site certainly has a lot of backbone, too. I went to âAâ school for Engineering Aide-surveyor at the 21st NCR, Davisville, RI, attached to MCB 7. There was also an Engineering Aide-draftsman rating. Spent about 3 1/2 yrs surveying stateside and in-country SEA. As surveyors, we had a good degree of freedom of movement, it felt like a regular outdoor job. Loved it.
Pepe
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### Author:  [@TomC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/TomC)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/494 "2016-03-04T19:55:06Z")
Something about listening to this COACH talk made me think I had to post this on DOW. ( any resemblance to a real person is purely coincidental ) TomC
> **[The Football Coach](https://biggeekdad.com/2016/03/winters-and-martin-football/)**
>
> Jonathan Winters and Dean Martin entertain us in this funny skit from 1970 about a football coach at a Southern University.
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### Author:  [@BrianHWA](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/BrianHWA)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/495 "2016-03-11T17:50:54Z")
We had part of our road wash away. The (small corrugated) culvert pipe under our driveway got clogged and overflowed the ditch into the road.
We live at the bottom of a long fairly steep hill with only a few drainage cut offs. Thereâs a bit of water flowing through when it gets to our driveway during heavy rains.
Luckily, the damage to the road was not too bad, any reasonable Honda Civic could navigate through with a little care. Basically, the dirt road had several small âcanyonsâ roughly 8 inches across, 4 inches deep, down the middle/edge of the road.
I went out and shoveled wet gravel and clay for about 5 hours in the rain, which is a lot for me with my health.
Only 1 neighbor actually stopped on the road to thank me. Another neighbor stopped to try to order me to do âwhat I needed to do to fix our problem that is messing up âhisâ road.â
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### Author:  [@paulstowing](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/paulstowing)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2016, 11:31pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/496 "2016-03-11T23:31:11Z")
there is always someone no matter what hope you donât half to where that shovel out . đ
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### Author:  [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/497 "2016-03-16T19:38:34Z")
Bit of DOW trivia⌠our logo had very humble beginnings.
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(FYI it has been altered and reshaped enough that there are no copyright issues.)
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### Author:  [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/498 "2016-03-16T23:29:19Z")
Does anyone have experience with tapioca glucose? These plastic barrels I got originally had that in them, and they havenât been cleaned. Thereâs still about a gallon or so of glucose in each barrel⌠extremely sticky, clear, odorless and tasteless. Acts and looks like uncured clear silicone. Doesnât dissolve in water, that I can tell.
Is it useful? Should I save some?
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### Author:  [@Bobmac](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Bobmac)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 12:34am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/499 "2016-03-17T00:34:59Z")
Chris, is it the Tapioca that Is use in foods for thickening. I love to eat Tapioca pudding.
Bob
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### Author:  [@trikebuilder57](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/trikebuilder57)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 1:01am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/500 "2016-03-17T01:01:01Z")
Hey Chris, If I remember correctly, some types of glucose can be used for adhesives, such as wall paper glue, paper glue, etc.
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### Author:  [@TomC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/TomC)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2016, 3:48am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/life-goes-on-winter-2015/2016/501 "2016-03-17T03:48:29Z")
I donât know anything about tapioca other than I love it. I would like to say, before you do anything make sure what ever material it is, it is not flammable. A neighbor brought over a barrel to have me make into a trash burner. I smelled in the bung hole. It smelled like pond water. There was no liquid in it. Before I started to cut I waved the torch across the open bung hole. The barrel jumped 3 ft. in the air, con vexed both ends, and had it rolling down the hill by the time I gathered my wits. Iâve heard of âswamp gasâ but I donât know what was in this TomC
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