Maytag's back. Kinda.

[maytag]

Ha! Thanks Frodo. I was beginning to wonder if I was invisible. haha. Where are all the muck-rakers, telling me to go back where I came from? lol

If Porsche had an affordable front-end loader, I may well have gone that way. alas..... affordable continues to be a relative term. I guess.

I've attached some photos, of the current day-to-day goings-on.

You might recall when I bowed-out here, I said it was to go to a "different platform".


Last Spring I bought this Maserati GT/MC to be my daily-driver, and wrapped it in "Vampire Red"


In October we found my wife's daddy's old '34 Chevy:




Last week I found her one that drives, while I go through the rusty one.




two sunday's ago we got 21" of snow overnight. Then the temps dropped to 31 below zero (that's F) for several nights, with daytime highs in the single-digits.



Here's the Horse we were "surgery-ing" on saturday:



And my wife's favorite Horse Chula, who stands about 38" tall.



and that's it. Now you;re all caught up on Uncle Fester's daily shenanigans.

Nothing to see here...... move-along. ;-)

So are you also retired? or just your wife?

[Frodo]

Originally Posted by maytag

So are you also retired? or just your wife?

Nah, slave-driver that she is she's not about to stand for a total cessation of all current income. But I've at least achieved the status of partial retirement. Which I actually kinda like. I am, and have for many years been an independent contractor clinician, doing what is traditionally referred to as "relief work." Having tired of decades of dealing with sometimes-difficult clients in exam rooms, I've settled into doing just surgery, 1-2 days/week at a local small animal clinic. Tuck me away in a back room surgical suite with just my surgical tech, my patients, and my music and I'm happy as a clam. I also do an occasional vaccine clinic with an outfit out of California called VIP Petcare. They do these wellness and preventative care clinics in a number of states, including Ohio, working out of Pet Supplies Plus and Tractor Supply stores. The beauty of relief work is that I can work as much or as little as I want. Not a bad deal.

31° below?? Geeeez, that's seriously cold. Don't think I've ever experienced anything colder than -15° or so....child's play, eh? I remember that morning (this was in Manhattan, KS) because I had an old carbureted Opel and the gas line froze up on me. Carried a number of plastic bags full of warm water, one after another, out to the garage to set on top of the exposed carburetor—it eventually thawed it out.