more bad news for me.

Two bad things today. First I had heard that a friend that I had lost touch with when he moved to Maine. Sunday he fell or jumped to his death after being discharged from a psychiatric hospitalization. I will miss you Sparky. I wish I could have been able to help you before it got this bad.

Of less importance, but more immediate for me is the repair shop called. the estimate is for about half the cost of a brand new snowblower. I guess I am shopping for a new one Saturday.