The Caffeinated Penguin

musings of a crackpot hacker

De-kerneling corn

Posted By on August 19, 2007

So, my father in law's corn is starting to come in, so we're picking it, taking it off the cob, bagging it, and freezing it. Now, growing up, we did this with a knife, sitting around the table. However, there is a better way – enter the Kernel Kutter. I'll have to get one for when we put in our own corn next year.

The weather did hold and I did a bunch of sectioning of logs (good, hard sugar maple) with the chainsaw.

Aaaand, my car is throwing a “Cylinder Misfire Detected” error. I don't know how this can happen in isolation. Sure, with a gas car, it's simple – spark plug. However, it's diesel. So, what are we talking here? Loss of compression due to: Piston rings? Loose injector? Loose glow plug? Bad injector (that should show a code though).

We'll see. I need to do some research, but it's still under warranty so I can bring it in to fix it. Problem is, the dealership is 45 min away, which means it's a drive out after work, drop off car, let them fix it, then pick it up. Wouldn't be a big deal, except I just did this 2 weeks ago. Grrr…


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