{"id":13526,"date":"2013-03-30T20:59:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-31T02:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=13526"},"modified":"2013-03-30T20:59:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T02:59:56","slug":"its-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/30\/its-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s spring!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today turned out to be a rather nice <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>day<\/strong>\u2026 We had storms <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>last<\/strong> <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>night<\/strong> but we missed the <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>rain<\/strong> and hail\u2026 only got a few hundredths of an inch <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>rain<\/strong>\u2026 Ryan said he could hear it real loud <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>last<\/strong> <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>night<\/strong> and that must have been the heavy stuff that was about 2 miles north and crossed town proper\u2026 oh well\u2026 <\/p>\n<p>Today we made a <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>run<\/strong> for a late breakfast\u2026 pretty good even if it was at 9am\u2026 but I skipped <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>lunch<\/strong> so it all worked out ok\u2026 I knew I needed to get some parts at Lowes but I also needed to get the <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>POS<\/strong> (piece of Shit) my son has out of the way of the shop so I could get the motorhome out\u2026 That <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>POS<\/strong> is a real darling\u2026 old VW that doesn\u2019t <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>run<\/strong>, squalls, has more things wrong that <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>right<\/strong>. etc\u2026 I jumped in it to move it and it fired once, but died <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>right<\/strong> off.&#160; Huh? click click click\u2026 then nothing\u2026 wouldn##Q##t even <strong class=##Q##StrictlyAutoTagBold##Q##>turn<\/strong> over\u2026 huh (agn and well as several other wonderful thoughts)? 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