Two posts in three days? That's a first! 
As some of you know, I busk during the Christmas season, playing my euphonium (baritone horn) on the street with my case out to collect money for the Salvation Army. I play lots of different Christmas and holiday tunes from the traditional carols to more modern secular songs. I can go for an hour without repeats - call it 30 or 40 songs. It's a blast!
Columbia, Missouri, where I work, has a celebration every year called "Living Windows" where the stores in the downtown area have people performing in their windows (an animated window display). It draws a lot of the community to watch, and I'm always sure to busk for that event, right in the heart of downtown.
Living windows was tonight, from 6-8 PM. I played from 5:30 - 8:30 with my case out, and raised $157.01 for the SA. That's better than $50/hr!!!
I am truly amazed at the generosity of the people in Columbia. I've done this for years, but this is by far the biggest single take, and best hourly rate. Thank you, Columbia, you have outdone yourselves!! 
As some of you know, I busk during the Christmas season, playing my euphonium (baritone horn) on the street with my case out to collect money for the Salvation Army. I play lots of different Christmas and holiday tunes from the traditional carols to more modern secular songs. I can go for an hour without repeats - call it 30 or 40 songs. It's a blast!
Columbia, Missouri, where I work, has a celebration every year called "Living Windows" where the stores in the downtown area have people performing in their windows (an animated window display). It draws a lot of the community to watch, and I'm always sure to busk for that event, right in the heart of downtown.
Living windows was tonight, from 6-8 PM. I played from 5:30 - 8:30 with my case out, and raised $157.01 for the SA. That's better than $50/hr!!!
I am truly amazed at the generosity of the people in Columbia. I've done this for years, but this is by far the biggest single take, and best hourly rate. Thank you, Columbia, you have outdone yourselves!!
I measured the total draw from the battery, and there's more [5.8mA total]. I wasn't able to find the rest after measuring all the fuses, so I'm not sure where else to look.
b.] I have a bad seal which is bad enough that I'm losing a full tank of oil every two weeks, or faster. Well, definitely faster -- that's just the time frame I'm positive and I think it's bad enough to say that. I haven't bothered to let it get down again and time it. That started sometime after my car was fixed after an accident, last winter. The head gasket is [obviously?] another problem, but it also exists; I wasn't confused or blurring the two -- I was saying, I have both problems.
c.] I've been told my timing belt includes removing the transmission, and to put away five hundred dollars for it. I was told the same thing about the seal, so that's what I was saying about killing those birds together.