Friday, November 29, 2024

Day 3276

 I woke up at 7:30 and played games for a while.  Then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  After breakfast I got out everything I needed to finish the Jeep.  Ellen started cooking.  I helped by taking the turkey outside and draining it.  That removed any possibility of a big mess.

Ellen worked for hours making all of the ingredients for a complete Thanksgiving dinner.  She did a really good job.  

I started by finishing up the work on the frame of the Jeep.  I installed the rest of the body magnets, dressed the wires, and mounted the power switch.  Then I moved to the body.  I spent some time cutting and stripping wires.  Then I twisted them together and soldered them.  For once I didn't forget the heat shrink on any of them.  The final step was attaching the mounting magnets.

When I was done I put the body on the frame and it fit perfectly.  After that I put it away.  I still need to test and program it, but I didn't feel like doing anything else.  Instead I took out the garbage and put the cans out.

Ellen finished with the cooking about the time I finished with the garbage.  She surfed and I watched videos.  Eventually the turkey was done and she started serving everything up.  That took a while, there was a lot of stuff.  I felt bad that after all that work all I ate was turkey, mashed potatoes, and rolls.

After dinner I went back to Amain to shop.  I kind of wanted to buy another kit, but I couldn't justify buying an expensive motor for it.  The trouble was I couldn't find a cheap one.  I finally gave up and went back to videos.

The videos turned into a nap, which eventually became videos again.  All in all it was a good Thanksgiving.


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