We should have a late night party in your yard. I would appreciate your work.
Post a pic of your yard. I'll show you mine.
I like this time at night on HBT
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We should have a late night party in your yard. I would appreciate your work.
Post a pic of your yard. I'll show you mine.
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I miss Saturday's working in my yard back in Cali, I could spend the better part of the day fiddling around. Most the time I loved it, there was so much to do
Now my yard is tiny! I bought an old timey reel mower for the yards here. It's quiet since no motor. [emoji28].
Now my yard is tiny! I bought an old timey reel mower for the yards here. It's quiet since no motor. [emoji28].
Will do.
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I cut my hand open pretty good at work today. Eleven stitches. Freak mishap. Tomorrow have to sit down at a safety review board. Good on the company I work for. I guess they care. I just hate the idea it will become another safety lecture topic.
An employer expects people to be perfect and work in an imperfectly safe work environment.
That's 1 and 1
Must be true
But I don't really believe that
I believe in my crew
An employer expects people to be perfect and work in an imperfectly safe work environment.
That's 1 and 1
Must be true
But I don't really believe that
I believe in my crew
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Safety first, Dan. Here's to a quick recovery.
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Thank You Fedora! Hand got a bit sore today, not terribly bad. My hands are how I work these days though.
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I've been renovating bathrooms in my house. This is what I do between the end of my work day and hitting the forum with you guys.
Finished one around Christmas, looks great. Working on #2 right now. It's about 75% done. Removed wallpaper, textured painted walls, new LED light fixtures throughout, built a arched entrance thing over tub, layed/grouted/sealed travertine, new everything. Things left to do: Finish drop-in tub ( wood paneling in front, ivory travertine on top, install roman faucet, case arched window). Replace shower door. Finish baseboards / mouldings. Mirrors. I've got curved polyurathane moulding for that arched window, but I'm not glueing that up til I get the tub in.
Wife has been very patient. Working on this stuff in the evenings is slow going.
Finished one around Christmas, looks great. Working on #2 right now. It's about 75% done. Removed wallpaper, textured painted walls, new LED light fixtures throughout, built a arched entrance thing over tub, layed/grouted/sealed travertine, new everything. Things left to do: Finish drop-in tub ( wood paneling in front, ivory travertine on top, install roman faucet, case arched window). Replace shower door. Finish baseboards / mouldings. Mirrors. I've got curved polyurathane moulding for that arched window, but I'm not glueing that up til I get the tub in.
Wife has been very patient. Working on this stuff in the evenings is slow going.
BTW, the bottle / glass of homebrew in the first picture is a Vienna Lager from Gavin C! It was very good (I have my own batch now on tap now 
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Just posted a couple of pics here. I bought 12 of these cool solar lamps that I'm hanging high in the trees behind my house. Very very cool effect at night when the trees are full of these lamps with simulated candles in them, all 20' up in the air. I'll get a pick and post here, I think you'd appreciate it.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showpost.php?p=7632848&postcount=19
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Nice work Pappy. I love the arch work. Something very amazing about arches they're inviting and comforting. Bring a whole different feeling to a room.
Cheers!
Cheers!
Wow. Beautiful. The tropical foliage is so different than what I'm used to. I really don't do much more than cut grass and trim trees in my yard. I love it but just don't have enough time for proper gardening although I always have planted a garden and herbs in pots.
Your bathroom remodel looks top notch. I just did a low budget facelift on one of ours not long ago. Bathroom renovations are so much more work than they appear to be. Gorgeous homestead inside and out from what I've seen!
My probably 30yo dryer crapped out today. Don't worry. I found parts. The last half dozen appliances we bought new have been piles of garbage. I hope I don't have to replace the dryer. It will cost me I'm sure as I've sworn off "cheap" appliances. I will have commercial grade with no computer boards to fail that cost half the price of the original appliance. Sorry. I'm pissed off at appliances.
I installed some film on our south bay window tonight. I'm a recovering perfectionist. I am having a beer now to settle my nerves. I got the film installation by the second piece. Seams are impossible! If this stuff actually works I'm going to have to find a bigger piece and do this over without the seams (the third seam actually is fine but far from invisible).
Hot and humid here today. I have a tiny little window shaker installed and run the furnace fan to circulate. I have a good dehumidifier in the basement. I guess it's working well enough for the few days a year we need cooling around here.
Hot and humid here today. I have a tiny little window shaker installed and run the furnace fan to circulate. I have a good dehumidifier in the basement. I guess it's working well enough for the few days a year we need cooling around here.
Yea, I've fixed every washer and dryer we've had so many times. Many times it's really easy. Just a month or two ago I replaced the thermastat, thermal fuse, and one of the drum roller wheels on the dryer. I replaced a valve on the washer about a year ago (that was an expensive part!). I usually either buy new parts on Sear's PartsDirect site, or I'll just buy an identical product used on craigslist and pull the parts out of it. Sometimes that latter option is cheaper (like when the $150 microwave generator died on our built-in microwave.
For your late nite soundtrack, John Prine and Illegal Smile
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjnQjRvPUQ[/ame]
For your late nite soundtrack, John Prine and Illegal Smile
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjnQjRvPUQ[/ame]
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Well done, passed. That song is a favorite of mine.
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For whatever reason my wife thinks I'm more manly or something when I fix our appliances[emoji28][emoji1]. It's a win win deal.
In the mainland Sears Parts Direct might be a good deal but using them in Hawaii was uber expensive not just for shipping but for the part itself. I found Reliable Parts a better price than Sears D and cheaper quick shipping
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A slight beer buzz bramble...ramble [emoji4]
I want to be able to quickly look at a tape measure and transform the little tick mark into to an accurate number.
A carpenter associate of mine once asked me if I could count off an inch in 1/16"s and of course the even sixteenth would be 1/8ths. I said sure, and I did but, won't say I didn't struggle a little switching, simplifying on the even sixteenth numbers.
Tonight I asked my wife if she remembered her times tables. I honestly thought she'd say "what are those?" She said of course she did and I rattled off a bunch. She nailed them all but one.
I was impressed! Rote memory is pretty cool. She learned that stuff as a kid before Hawaii even became a state. Well maybe she's not that old but was born in the Kingdom of Hawaii, not the state. But like we all did, she learned times tables young and many years later they are still ingrained deep into her memory.
Long ramble short. I'm going to teach myself to interpret without hardly thinking; the marks on a 1/32 scale. Might go for the... No forget that.
Can't we just go METRIC!
I want to be able to quickly look at a tape measure and transform the little tick mark into to an accurate number.
A carpenter associate of mine once asked me if I could count off an inch in 1/16"s and of course the even sixteenth would be 1/8ths. I said sure, and I did but, won't say I didn't struggle a little switching, simplifying on the even sixteenth numbers.
Tonight I asked my wife if she remembered her times tables. I honestly thought she'd say "what are those?" She said of course she did and I rattled off a bunch. She nailed them all but one.
I was impressed! Rote memory is pretty cool. She learned that stuff as a kid before Hawaii even became a state. Well maybe she's not that old but was born in the Kingdom of Hawaii, not the state. But like we all did, she learned times tables young and many years later they are still ingrained deep into her memory.
Long ramble short. I'm going to teach myself to interpret without hardly thinking; the marks on a 1/32 scale. Might go for the... No forget that.
Can't we just go METRIC!
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Howdy late nighters. Woke up late (early?) and can't get back to sleep so I thought this would be the appropriate thread to post in.
Times tables. Despite being a straight A student in the fourth grade, I really struggled with memorizing the times tables. Not sure why. I just had a hard time with it. Could have been the timed test. I don't do so well under extreme time pressure.
Of course, I did learn them and remember them to this day. We were only required to learn them to the elevens when I was in school. Twelves were extra credit, so I didn't bother. I had had enough of damn times tables!
Ironically enough and to tie it all back together, I learned my twelves later on in life. Guess how? Reading a tape measure! Twelve inches is a foot and I can pop them off easily up to 12 times12.
Fuq metric. I like feet and inches.
Having spent many years as a fabricator, I'm fairly handy with a tape measure. Units of 1/16 are automatically recognized. Odd 1/32s will take me a second to calculate. Who's measuring that close anyway, amiright?? To hell with the 1/64s.
Times tables. Despite being a straight A student in the fourth grade, I really struggled with memorizing the times tables. Not sure why. I just had a hard time with it. Could have been the timed test. I don't do so well under extreme time pressure.
Of course, I did learn them and remember them to this day. We were only required to learn them to the elevens when I was in school. Twelves were extra credit, so I didn't bother. I had had enough of damn times tables!
Ironically enough and to tie it all back together, I learned my twelves later on in life. Guess how? Reading a tape measure! Twelve inches is a foot and I can pop them off easily up to 12 times12.
Fuq metric. I like feet and inches.
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Fedora, loved your post!
Cheers brother
Dan
Cheers brother
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I like metric.
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You would.
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What's not to like? It's simple. It's clean.
I am "okay" with Imperial too. Have used it all my life. But it does require more "effort".
While I may prefer metric, my only real gripe is the number of occasions they are mixed. This bolt is 10mm for this cross brace. But that bolt for the fuse box housing is 5/16". One or the other dammit!
I am "okay" with Imperial too. Have used it all my life. But it does require more "effort".
While I may prefer metric, my only real gripe is the number of occasions they are mixed. This bolt is 10mm for this cross brace. But that bolt for the fuse box housing is 5/16". One or the other dammit!
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Plus in metric..........you sound larger to the....ladies.
Over the hump day!
Hope all is well with the late nite crew.
I was drinking with my pals one night a long time ago in a bar that was filled bottom to top. I believe this was in NOLA. We were sitting in some sort of balcony seating area and I saw a guy on the first floor playing chess. He looked like Ernest Hemmingway. I left my pals and went down and played him and got killed, which is usually what happens. I learned afterwards he's a regular who just punishes the tourists dumb enough to sit at the table with him. I didn't care, chess is one of my favorite things.
For your late night soundtrack, a chess song. I don't think there has been any other pop song that intended, successfully or not, to make chess cool. Murray Head.
Hope all is well with the late nite crew.
I was drinking with my pals one night a long time ago in a bar that was filled bottom to top. I believe this was in NOLA. We were sitting in some sort of balcony seating area and I saw a guy on the first floor playing chess. He looked like Ernest Hemmingway. I left my pals and went down and played him and got killed, which is usually what happens. I learned afterwards he's a regular who just punishes the tourists dumb enough to sit at the table with him. I didn't care, chess is one of my favorite things.
For your late night soundtrack, a chess song. I don't think there has been any other pop song that intended, successfully or not, to make chess cool. Murray Head.
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I've spent some time in Thailand in my early twenties, Pattaya beach and more than a few nights in Bangkok. [emoji12]
Never knew the song was about chess, never heard the words that clearly. Just looked up the lyrics. Dang!
Never knew the song was about chess, never heard the words that clearly. Just looked up the lyrics. Dang!
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...all you need in life.
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So, here I'll vent
I'm hardly a great man
I do my best I am Daniel
Son of John, my Dad once had a cocker spaniel
That dog wasfamily pet
In the winter days his slept on hay
Eventually
I'm hardly a great man
I do my best I am Daniel
Son of John, my Dad once had a cocker spaniel
That dog wasfamily pet
In the winter days his slept on hay
Eventually
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Wow...I don't even get that. It was after a few beers and bottle of red wine. Cab Sav
My thought this day
I am failibal to my good nature and patience. Some people respect me because I treat people with dignity and grace, and patience
Some see it as weakness.
I'm not sure anymore if my kindness is seen as weakness. I need to make (in my mind) a difficult business decision. Got to evict my tenant. I know him on a friend level. But he has screwed me on reliable rent payment for 8 months. And I live 2000 miles away. Not an easy task. I am a crappy business man. Now I'm paying for my patience. Literally.
My thought this day
I am failibal to my good nature and patience. Some people respect me because I treat people with dignity and grace, and patience
Some see it as weakness.
I'm not sure anymore if my kindness is seen as weakness. I need to make (in my mind) a difficult business decision. Got to evict my tenant. I know him on a friend level. But he has screwed me on reliable rent payment for 8 months. And I live 2000 miles away. Not an easy task. I am a crappy business man. Now I'm paying for my patience. Literally.
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You know how some people are connected through a handshake? Something primeval wonderful about that. It's almost like a kiss but on a manly, brotherly level
My kids are me We never say goodbye before we say "I love You", spent most of their lives away in the military
But still think my kids and w.r.t. I have a close relationship. We're thousands of miles apart. It's tough. I don't talk to them often enough. We all live in to them g to win the Lott often. Different time zones
BS excuse. I need to use weekend time to stay in contact
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My kids are me We never say goodbye before we say "I love You", spent most of their lives away in the military
But still think my kids and w.r.t. I have a close relationship. We're thousands of miles apart. It's tough. I don't talk to them often enough. We all live in to them g to win the Lott often. Different time zones
BS excuse. I need to use weekend time to stay in contact
Waitin
