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Tiff Hudson

@tiffhudson.com

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Writer, maker, inactive pilot, weird skills accumulated over decades. Heavily vaccinated "I've been called 'Tiff' all my life. It's a long story."

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Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 4h

A successful fart creates an intense emotional response...in others!

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 4h

That's a sound recommendation for me to keep my existing wifiless bluetoothless glowless three little hands-going-in-a-clockwise-circle at different speeds watch.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 8h

Day 4: Downspout routed toward a drain to the street. Slow going in the grass because they have to cross three buried electrical lines, a buried cable, and a buried water line.

New downspout routing under the pool deck.

aqua-colored pipe buried under a concrete deck to route rainwater away from a house.

Drain pipe under the deck covered with fresh concrete.

Black flexible drain pipe being buried in a grassy yard.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 15h

So, will you be wrapping up the 80s with "Cry-Baby" from 1990?

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 1d

I was a college computer nerd at the time, and I was impressed at how well they captured the social awkwardness and sense of isolation in the guys who were "mentoring" Broderick. And Mr. Chubby running down the stairs! Priceless!

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 1d

I run the filter year round. We're far enough south that it's doable, and a winterized pool is just ugly.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 1d

Day 3 (cont): Downspout drain (and the crappy old failed drain has been cut away and discarded).

Drain trench cut in concrete deck to carry away water from the downspouts in the background.

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Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 1d

Pretty good description of about 3/4ths of my family.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 1d

Day 3: Cutting a slice from the concrete pool deck to run a downspout drain for the corner where three roofs meet with no place to go. This has been a long standing standing water problem.

Concrete dust from sawing a slot in a concrete deck.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 2d

Day 2: Electrics fixed, first drain trench installed, fence removed, more grading...

Grading done where a retaining wall will defend the pool from runoff.

Repaired underground electrics awaiting reburial.

First drain trench with pipe and river rock, heading toward a low point on the far side of the wooden fence.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 2d

Well, that cues up an ancient Vaudeville joke.

Pro: Your bowling ball will be ready on Tuesday. Do you want it scented?

Customer: No, I'll come get it.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 2d

We, the codgers, welcome you to our ranks!

Would you prefer to join Team Get Off My Lawn or Team I'd Have Gotten Away With It If It Wasn't For You Meddling Kids?

Oh, and the Arch Support Support Group is having a Metamucil party this afternoon in the Billy Joel Room.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 3d

Today is Day 1: Watch this space for more updates.

Same Bat Time. Same Bat Channel.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 3d

(The first time I saw one, my reaction to the aesthetic was something between a guffaw and a gag, but on a more objective scale, production of the SSR didn't shut down until there was an entire year's worth of factory output sitting on the lots unsold. Nobody want to call out the emperor's boxers.)

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 3d

The Pool Saga Continues...
Those who've watched the horrors of stormwater overflow into the pool have seen me grumble about filling it in. Well, instead of that, we're having some serious drainage installed: retaining wall, french drains, catch basic, pipe to street.

Swimming pool in need of a retaining wall to prevent stormwater incursion.

Ditch for drain pipe to carry away stormwater.

Damaged electrical feed that wasn't buried deep enough.

Beginning of drainage outflow that will lead to the street.

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Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 3d

See also:
Automotive design. The Chevy SSR should have never gotten past the sketch phase, and certainly not past the clay mockup. I assume anyone who pointed out the obvious was dismissed for being "negative."

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 3d

Time to rewatch "Under the Rainbow"

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 3d

Majestic Wildlife Photography...
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An eagle eating a deer floating in the pond adjacent to my son's house. Cause of death unknown but likely a virus that kills a small portion of the local population every year.

Majestic image of a Bald Eagle eating a dead whitetail buck whose partially submerged corpse is floating in a small pond surrounded by verdant flora. The calm surface of the water reflects the grisly scene.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 4d

Phase IV 😉

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 4d

Huey, Dewey, and Louie?

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 4d

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 4d

"Darke County Chamber of <anything>" sounds like a good title template for a series.

Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 5d

Heh. Heh. Heh.

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Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 5d

Today I bought something for #sdcc2026

"Zo, ve meet again, Dr. Jones."

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Tiff Hudson @tiffhudson.com · 5d

Inconceivable!