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Cleaning battery acid after accident

  After my dad's motorcycle 🏍️ accident  I had to charge the battery 🔋 and fill it each red compartment full of fluid.  Battery juice leaked all over the motorcycle frame.  So I took the seat off and cleaned up the mess.   A photo of my dad foot.  After his accident, hes been moving slow.  I dug up his garden and harvested his onions and potatoes. And then got home to clean the battery acid off.  It was about to rain after I charged it and fill the battery with fluid. So I had to ride it back before the roads got slick. Today I wipe it down with water and a paper towel. Some marks on the bike are going to stay. I guess my ambition to ride motorcycles with my dad are done. Which is sort of a bummer.  I was looking at getting one myself instead of using just his. But after two accidents with in two years. I think he's done. I'm still looking at bikes. And before he sells this one I'm riding it,. Maybe next year I'll get me a dually. If f...

Gardening Harvested

  I get in the garden this morning. Two days of frost and thought it better happen. Gardening done. Now to dig it in. One more bucket of grass clippings in it should make some nice dirt for next year.  Although as I was digging it I sayin it was my last year with this garden job. Picking my potatoes and 🥕 a few onions left in and my 🍅 survive the frost amazingly. Digging, and harvesting and cooking. A good day.  About $20 worth of food, I think it's a bit more on how much groceries are now. But it's well worth the work for potatoes 🙂. The grape tomatoes are tasty. I had a few while I wash them inside. I had to taste to see if they were still good.  But some spots on the lawn never got frost other parts did. So lucky on the day 🤠 I did it.  I hoping for some warm days still. The garden is dug up. With grass clippings over the dirt. I'm undecided if I'll dig the grass clippings in this year or just on top hoping to keep the good top soil from blow away in wint...