Going to visit family and get my little economy car and return..

will update details on current employment and plans when i come back.

Other than memories, Chunky and Raye are no longer a part of my life...

Well, Chunky was given away without my blessings while I was out of the state.

I am very angry about that, but the one responsible doesn't really care. (We'll call him WM)

And more recently, while working with said individual, Raye was attacked and torn up by another room mate's male Akita that got lose from his pen.

For the sake of differentiation, we will call that person: Bill.

Bill went only so far as to drop Raye off on the cold, hard tile floor in the shower.

HE didn't clean Raye's wounds, give him something soft to lay on, or any anti-biotics - which are plentiful here.

Raye died in my arms, about 20 minutes after I got home..

He managed one last wag before closing his eyes and letting go of life.

Since WM didn't care enough to do anything, I am forced to leave.. to find a new place where people actually care about pets and other people. Everyone here is selfish and uncaring at best.

I had to sell one of my cars to pay off a ticket so I can get my driver's license restored, but even that will help make it easier to move (cutting down to 1 car)

I am currently looking for a place to move to near a source of plentiful jobs.. it's not easy in this economy.

I'll probably write more later...

At least I still have Tippy Toes..

Aaron

New WulfTV PVR

Here it is, with unobtrusive IRC chat hovering over live TV or DVD's!!!!

I look forward to changing the chat client's theme to one darker to enhance it's transparency over the Video....

Snowflake, AZ

Outside of Snowflake, AZ.

Road to the north on the east side of the property...

Clearing fence lines...

Burning off the dead wood...

Chunky likes to catch the pack rats...

More pictures to come... please stay tuned...

New Flagpole a Success!

Having a surplus of galvanized steel pipe and a few flags, we decided to hoist up a few of them and show our support for this great country.


US Flag and US Coast Gaurd Flag in a decent breeze...

A view from the road...

Chunky's Golden Raye -(New Yellow Lab)-

August 27th, 2006 - This could almost be Chunky's Puppy.....

Except he isn't...

I wanted a male to breed Chunky to, and I finally found him...

Raye is almost exacty the same color as Chunky is, the only match out of 6 yellow Lab puppies.

Below are pictures of Chunky and Chunky's Golden Raye, followed by pictures of just Raye.

Chunky loves her new playmate.

His nose is black and he likes to pose for the camera.

What's over there?

A healthy Lab appetite.


I will be posting more pictures of my dogs, including Raye, as I have the time.

New welding wire improves weld quality

The welding wire that came with our welder was acceptable but hardly what could be called ideal for welding any type of metal that I tried.

After fighting through the spool, I made a quick trip to Home Depot® and bought a new spool of .035" flux cored welding wire for about $9..... Why didn't I do this before the original spool had run out?

At this point I wonder why myself...

Below are pictures of 2 scraps of steel I welded together to test the wire out.... One is 1/4" and the other is 3/16". Neither one was prepped other than to remove excessive surface rust with a wire wheel.

The fillet weld on the outside of a 90° joint.

Same weld from another angle.

This is the inside of a different 90° joint, but the same scraps.
One of the scraps is angle iron, the other is flat bar to cap the end.
Looks like I should clean it up more and work on better tip speed control....

More later...