needle & seat looks clean. The bowl gasket looks like it was a tiny bit out. I tried to put it in snug but it seems the gasket is too big now. Did the rubber expand somehow? Where can I get a replacement gasket? the sears replacement carburetor number is 14-853-45-S . However, I can't find the gasket number by itself. I also want to check if the float is good, manual says to submerge it. But in what? water? This post was edited by sddiy on Fri, Aug 16, 13 at 19:31

Well, it blasted here. And as Murphy's Law dictates, it happened at THE EXACT TIME that I was picking up my other half at the train station! LOL The hail was 1/2 of golf balls. I was worried that the windows on the car would crack. They didn't. The wind was very strong and the rain was blowing sideways. Not pretty. But when we got home, my worries were releaved. Somehow, nothing got damaged at all. phewwww! ):D

I've mentioned it on a few other threads, but a few weeks ago, I made yogurt for the first time. My original motivation was to reduce the number of plastic containers coming into our home, but I am so pleased with the taste and texture that I can't see myself ever going back to commercially made yogurt unless I'm in a position that I can't make my own. Like on vacation or in an airport. I'm going to continue to experiment with the culturing/fermenting time and the time spent draining the whey off of the finished product as these affect flavor and texture. Funny you mentioned curry. We have a leg of lamb in the freezer and we usually make lamb stew out of that cut. But, this time I've decided to try making lamb curry and serving it with other Indian dishes. I'm going to make samosas and potato/cabbage, both of which I've made before. It's the lamb curry that will be new to me.

The pandemic and stay at home period hit at exactly the same time I've been under doctor's orders to stay out of the sun completely, due to the recent skin graft on my nose. So in a way it hasn't been so bad mentally for me because I would have been scurrying around wearing a hat and trying to avoid daylight anyway! That said I'm ever so grateful that we are retired for many reasons. Obviously we have tremendously less stress in that neither of us has work commitments that we are now trying to accomplish from home. And based on what I'm hearing from my best buddy at my former workplace, things there are very difficult. The university just announced a round of severe budget cuts and beyond the uncertainty I'd feel if I was still employed I am beyond happy I don't have to deal with needy college students, or their parents, right now. Add to that dealing with them by zoom or phone or email...yikes. We get along well and it helps that husband cannot stay still or inside. He heads out in his boat for shoreline clean up daily which is perfect for both of us: he is outside away from people being useful and busy and I'm inside without him around all the time LOL. M-F I'm doing a daily exercise or Pilates zoom class which gives some weekday structure and that helps too. I've also been cooking regularly and that's been very satisfying. Before retirement it was challenging to prep and serve meals because we like to eat early but that meant unless I got out of the office by 5 (rare) I was either frantically rushing or more frequently cobbling something together from the freezer or leftovers. It has been a pleasure to have the time to prep, cook, eat and clean up without racing around. We are very blessed.