I had a scare today, my left eye.

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About 12:30 PM this afternoon I had taken Guido out for potty and was walking back to my apartment and all of a sudden I had a big black blob swirling around my left eye. It looked like those psychedelic projectors at 70s rock concerts with the oil swirling around. I thought oh shit! A retinal detachment. Called the Ophthalmologist and they said come in right away, as I could lose the sight very fast without some surgical intervention. The tech checked my vision, good, still 20/15 and then a glaucoma test, normal pressure, and a field peripheral vision test, good, I could see all the quadrants. The doc came and examined my dilated eyes and she saw the blob in my left, right was clear and determined it was vitreous humor, which is gelatinous breaking up as that is somewhat normal as you age, but mine had broken up and chunks of it were right behind the lens. That is why I am seeing black blobs and trying to look around them. The doc said they should dissipate and break up. I go see her in a month to check again. Let me tell ya, I really thought I could lose my left eye.

Johno’s beloved cars, the Australian version of the Chevy Nova.

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1974
Base models came with an imported Opel 1900 four-cylinder, while optional engines ranged from 2.85 and 3.3 six-cylinder units to 4.2 and 5.0 V8 engines. However, most Toranas left the factory with six-cylinder engines under the hood; V8 models in non-performance trim were rare. The 5.0 V8 was worth the extra cost, though: output was 250 hp at 5,000 rpm and 320 ft-lbs at 3,400 rpm, hauling around a body weighing only around 2700 lbs. It could be selected in sporty SL/R 5000 trim; the SL/R package was also available with the 3.3 six and 4.2 V8.
Your welcome Johno…

For Dave In PA

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He left a comment on the “SOON” post from yesterday about an Uncle who had a water pump that didn’t use electricity,

“had a uncle back in KY that used a water ram to pump water up to his house. not really sure how they worked but it did not have a electric motor on it. and his “pond” was like 40 or more feet below his house

There are hundreds of Youtube videos that will show you how to build a Ram Pump that only has two moving parts that are both one way valves but I found this video with a gentleman showing one that is over a hundred years old that he got working again.

They have been around for over two hundred years from what I read.

From the looks of what may be coming down the pike, it may behoove all of us to run down to the nearest plumbing supply outfit and lay in several of those valves. Since they are the only moving parts, they are the only things that can wear out.

You have to have an elevation drop from a water source to make them work but they will pump a long ways and up hill twenty feet even with a small drop.