Hodge Podge
Jan. 27th, 2005 12:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
camper4lyfeI went to my doc last week. I've been going every 3 months for almost a year now to keep an eye on my cholesterol and bp and all that fancy jazz. BP is slowly getting better. LDL (bad stuff) was up this last time, as was HDL (good stuff). He said this was relatively normal for this time of year, being right after the holidays and all. He thinks that my HDL being up is due to my trips to the gym. All I need to do is to get back into going again (I was up to about 3 days a week before the holidays, now I'm on to about 1). I've been having serious motivation issues lately, so I asked him to put me back on my happy pills (Wellbutrin SR-200mg, up from 150 last time). Hopefully this will get me in gear to actually go to the gym, as well as cut back on my appetite (I'm not even hungry, I just eat).
A few weeks ago, I got a wild hair up my ass and got one of my snowmobiles running. This is the one that I melted the piston in. It wasn't pretty, but it was fixable. I dropped roughly $75 into it (new piston kit-piston, rings, wrist pin-as well as a new needle cage bearing). I got the cylinder all cleaned up, and put back together. It ran! It ran REALLY well. A little TOO well. Apparently I didn't mix the gas correctly, and went 40:1 instead of 20:1 (my book gave me two mixtures. I should have played it safe). I don't know if it melted (btw, it melted a hole right down through the piston on the exhaust side, and seized into the cylinder) because of the lean mixture, or because it was running lean due to an air leak somewhere. Either way, I don't think I'm going to be fixing it any time soon. In order to fix it, I'll need to 1) get the piston OUT, 2) more than likely resleeve the cylinder because the type of cylinder does not allow for boring 3) fork out another $75 for a new piston kit. I'm really bummed about this, more about losing the money and the sled not running.
I scored on ebay yesterday. I got a slighty used tail bag for my bike. With shipping it cost me $50. To order it from Yamaha, it would cost me $100. Now all I have to do is get a tank bag (not sure what kind I want yet), and possibly some side bags.
There you have it. My random thoughts for the day.
A few weeks ago, I got a wild hair up my ass and got one of my snowmobiles running. This is the one that I melted the piston in. It wasn't pretty, but it was fixable. I dropped roughly $75 into it (new piston kit-piston, rings, wrist pin-as well as a new needle cage bearing). I got the cylinder all cleaned up, and put back together. It ran! It ran REALLY well. A little TOO well. Apparently I didn't mix the gas correctly, and went 40:1 instead of 20:1 (my book gave me two mixtures. I should have played it safe). I don't know if it melted (btw, it melted a hole right down through the piston on the exhaust side, and seized into the cylinder) because of the lean mixture, or because it was running lean due to an air leak somewhere. Either way, I don't think I'm going to be fixing it any time soon. In order to fix it, I'll need to 1) get the piston OUT, 2) more than likely resleeve the cylinder because the type of cylinder does not allow for boring 3) fork out another $75 for a new piston kit. I'm really bummed about this, more about losing the money and the sled not running.
I scored on ebay yesterday. I got a slighty used tail bag for my bike. With shipping it cost me $50. To order it from Yamaha, it would cost me $100. Now all I have to do is get a tank bag (not sure what kind I want yet), and possibly some side bags.
There you have it. My random thoughts for the day.
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Date: 2005-01-27 07:34 pm (UTC)Does the Wellbutrin give you more energy or something?
This is a bad time to be without sled with all the snow we've been having lately. I can undestand that you're bummed and not a happy camper.
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Date: 2005-01-27 09:33 pm (UTC)Wellbutrin's an anti-depressant. It more or less gets the chemicals in my brain back in order. It doesn't necessarily give me more energy, but it gives me more drive to do the things I know I should be doing.
It's been killing me not having a running sled. My neighbor and his buddies all have one, and they rip around the house until about midnight every night. Unfortunately, I'm paying for a bike, and just can't justify the $8k for a brand new one (though the one that I want is a roughly mid 90's (96-98 or so) ski-doo mxz 600. They go for a couple G, but I owe that much on my truck, and about 3 times that on my bike.
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Date: 2005-01-28 12:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-28 01:02 am (UTC)I've definitely dealt with my share of depression, and have been dealing with it for a few years, but only being treated for it for a couple. It's not fun, and not something I'd want anyone close to me to have to deal with.
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Date: 2005-01-27 08:16 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-27 09:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-27 09:59 pm (UTC)WIDEHOLE coming through!
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Date: 2005-01-28 01:10 am (UTC)Don't tell!
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Date: 2005-01-28 05:13 am (UTC)b. you can make a nice blanket from the pelts.
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Date: 2005-01-28 12:54 pm (UTC)