Vincent The Dragon

Been looking online for a home, looking online for what something like this sells for, taking stock of whats wrong.

Lets see...
Front forks need pulled apart and resealed.
Needs tires
rear shocks have been partially taken apart so those need replaced.
muffler tips
signal stalks
all three master cylinders are shot
all the hydraulic lines
brake slaves are shot
one of the coils is somewhat melted
never solved the fuel pump not working, i think the magneto is dead
alternator is not working
there is no telling if the clutch packs are still good

Its taking up half the garage...its time to send it off to the scrap yard.

There is a large motorcycle taking up most of the garage.
Today I finally started working on it again.
I need to put it all back together and find a home for it.
If you know anyone that would like a 1983 Honda V65 (VF1100) Manga I am more than willing to part ways with the project.

My computer is old..like really old..like early 2000's old.

Been slowly getting parts to build a new one and last night was the day we pulled the trigger on the build.

Old:
CPU - AMD Phenom II 965 Black
Storage - Mushkin 250Gig Sata SSD
Memory - 4Gig Kingston DDR3
Video - Nvidia TX560 TI 1Gig
Mobo - GA-990FXA-UD3
Power - Thermaltake Toughpower 750W
Case - Antec P82-se mirror
Keyboard - Unicomp Model M Classic
Monitor - Acer ED320X 31.5 inch curved running 1920X1080

New
CPU - Intel Core i5-9600K @ 3.7 GHz (6cores)
Storage - Mmoment MT34 256Gig M.2 NVME
Memory - 16Gig Trident G.Skill F4-3200C16D-16GTZR
Video - Nvidia GeoForce GTX 1660
Mobo - AsRock Z390 Pro4
Power - Thermaltake Toughpower 750W - reused
Case - Antec P82-se mirror - reused
Keyboard - Unicomp Model M Classic - reused
Monitor - Acer ED320X 31.5 inch curved running 1920X1080 - reused

My FPS in Second Life went from 12fps to 210fps ....

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Currently posting this from an older laptop running..wait for it...
Windows Vista Home Premium !

To my left is an older laptop running Windows 8.1 ..its well its windows 8.1 so its rubbish but the Vista one ain't all that bad.
I would take this Vista over Win11 any day.

Been working on cleaning the house and organizing.
We HAVE made a dent but it's going to take awhile...

I have not been posting much.
It's time, it's past time.
My life will be much improved when it's over and done with.
Williams not so much, I am having the hardest time with that part but it's his own damn fault.

same shit, different day.

It was a good unit, I will be and to see it go…

This is my Hitachi UltraVision 65S500 circa 1999.
Top of the line when this came out, back when HD1080 was just coming out.
DVI-HDTV HDCP Version 1.0
Still has a beautiful picture
Ran me around $4000 when I got it.
Lately it’s been doing odd things and now it’s stuck in a reboot loop.
I have been suspecting the electronics are dying and we have been wanting e new one for a few years.
I’ll crack open the chassis and have a go but I am not confident.

Straight from the vet.
He has always had some snot issues and lately his ears have been bugging him.
have been making sure he has eatmite meds, tried flushing ears too but he scratch one until it got infected.
No mites, they think he may have allergies.
They dug a ton of stuff from his ears and we have some meds.

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It's been said that I stopped taking pictures and documenting the ongoing remodel/fix-up of the house.
Well...yah, I have. I won't be keeping up the other parts of the blog like the house project page or the bio page.
Really nobody does their own online blog anymore except us old nerds.
Mostly online blogging has been replaced with what we ubiquitously refer to as social media.

Anyway; life got in the way, money dried up, various disasters ..etc..
The kitchen, living room and dining space were patched up a bit and covered with cheap covering.
This go us by rather well for years but the materials used for the floor by whomever built the place is garbage.
It's retains anything spilled on it, crumbles and smells bad.
It was always the plan to come back in fix it up, it just never happened.
well, the kitchen floor is coming apart and the dining area really stinks.
With gracious help from my mom, this project has once again re-booted.
It's going to be more difficult due to there being 3 of us here in this house but it's got to be done.
Shadow seems very eager to assist.

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Just been really busy with life and work and work and also work.
Managed to scrape together the down payment on a replacement vehicle.
Got a nice looking 2017 Sante Fe.
I found a mostly full service history in the glove box, looks the the previous owner always too it to the dealership for things.
Had it for a month, noticed a nice oil leak.
Brought it in as it's still covered under warranty.
Its coming from the timing cover, which should not be that big a deal to fix.
Picked it of, drove around for some errands, it through an engine code and leaks more now that before.
Brought it right back, seems the tech got goop in the variable cam timing actuators, which they had to order and now they think the oil is leaking from the cam timing actuators covers.
It's been 2 days, after my treatment today I am going down there and face to face find out what the deal is.

Just a small vid of some of the stuff I work on.

Not had much to say as I have just been busy doing day to day treading water.
now this happened.

Have not managed to pay off the monies spent on the Dallas trip and my line of credit is currently full do to some restructuring and consolidation. Also the truck is not payed off so this issues outcome is likely not going to work out in our favor.

Making beef stew in the crock pot.
Started with cubed round steak seasoned with salt, pepper, tyme, garlic powder, crushed bay leaves and some rosemary pan fried in a little olive oil.
Reduced drippings with tomato sauce.
In goes diced turnip, potato, carrots, Worcestershire, Tabasco, the reduced tomato sauce and a can of crushed tomato that have been blended, 2 cans of water.
Slow simmered for awhile.
In goes diced bokchoy and leek and low heat simmer.
ENJOY !