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Our "new" 2016 Chevy Tahoe
posted at 01:00am Saturday, October 24, 2020
in Prairie Rim Road by Obi-Wan

In early 2004, we bought a 2001 Chevy Tahoe to use as our family truckster. It served us well for 15 years, and had 277K miles on the ticker when the transmission died. We had hoped to use it past 300K, but decided this was as good a time as any to upgrade to a newer vehicle. We loved the Tahoe's combination of maneuverability, cargo space, and towing capacity, so we replaced our 2001 with a 2016 Tahoe of the same color (Victory Red). Victory Red is a hard color to find, and we were forced into a rather quick purchase, so I didn't get to do as much up-front research as I would have liked before the purchase. Here, I'd like to share a few things that I've learned about our 2016 that I wish I'd known before hand.Read more »

Bump
posted at 01:00am Friday, July 14, 2017
in Prairie Rim Road by Obi-Wan

Still not dead yet

I'm still here
posted at 01:00am Friday, July 14, 2017
in Prairie Rim Images by Obi-Wan

Not dead yet. Trying to get things nailed down in preparation for the total solar eclipse next month.

I'm still here
posted at 01:00am Friday, July 14, 2017
in Prairie Rim Home by Obi-Wan

Lots of fun stuff to write about regarding our barn build... when time allows.

I'm still here
posted at 01:00am Friday, July 14, 2017
in Prairie Rim Food by Obi-Wan

Still trying to sort things out with our new garden.

Identifying... No Internet Access
posted at 01:00am Friday, July 7, 2017
in Prairie Rim Tech by Obi-Wan

My Windows 7 laptop suddenly, out of the blue, started having network problems. When trying to connect to any of our several WiFi networks, it gave the error "Identifying... No Internet Access." Connecting to a wired ethernet connection worked just fine. After hours of frustratingly chasing wild geese, I finally solved the problem.
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Bump
posted at 05:29pm Monday, October 3, 2016
in Prairie Rim Road by Obi-Wan

Still not dead yet.

Bump
posted at 05:28pm Monday, October 3, 2016
in Prairie Rim Food by Obi-Wan

Still not dead yet.

Choosing a barn builder
posted at 01:00am Saturday, July 2, 2016
in Prairie Rim Home by Obi-Wan

Once I knew what kind of barn I wanted, I needed to find someone to build it for me. While I'm quite handy, and technically capable of building a barn myself, I knew that doing so would cause me far more frustration and exhaustion than I wanted. I'd much rather pay an expert to build it in a couple weeks. Fortunately, in an agricultural state like Nebraska, there's no shortage of companies that build pole barns.
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Planning for a new pole barn
posted at 01:00am Thursday, June 2, 2016
in Prairie Rim Home by Obi-Wan

One of our goals when we moved from town to our 10-acre lot in the country was to have room for a big workshop / horse barn. Our daughter has always wanted horses (I had one growing up), and I've always wanted a larger workshop than our 2-stall garage could provide. A year after we moved into our new acreage, the dust had settled enough for me to start the barn building process. The first step was to figure out what exactly we needed from the building, and then what sort of building would meet those needs.
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