The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[paulthenurse]

Pardon my prolonged absence, my 91 year old mom is reaching the point where even soaking her in penetrating oil overnight isn't going to fix things. I think.

"Hey Mom, I'll be back in a while. Is the hardware store still open?"

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Geez, you’re taking care of your dear mother instead of dicking around on HBT? THAT‘S JUST AWFUL!

 

[paulthenurse]

I did set her up in front of the TV to escape to Santarpios for a few drinks while I waited for supper to cook. We had a fun day. I flogger her like a British navy malcontent and made her wheel her walker across the street for a few minutes in the sun today.

 

[day_trippr]

Wait'll she hits 99 like my mom, when WD40 no longer works
Anyway, I was worrying the absence was 'cuz you were pinned under that beam...

 

[paulthenurse]

How does Cam fire Cassidy and leave Sweeney alive?

 

[Dland]

on an overtoutisted island and dead drink

Yeah man, dead drink when I'm posting here, if after 5 PM anyway. Never did have a thatched roof hut though...sounds nice, implies a tropical environs.

My mom is ninety as well, and in same town as me, so I get that bit.

 

[Dland]

Hopefully first two posts in a row, anyway, I apologize. I was billing all day and effing goggle stopped supporting access to QB, had to bill out 100 or so invoices manually. Had to enjoy an extra pint of fine homebrew.

Anyway, point of story is that that Occam's blade does not always apply.

Happened to check on room in basement w endless pool in it, and darn, there was a lot of water on floor. Said to myself "fork" or similar, the effin pool is leaking.

OK, first time in 18 years since it's been down there, even though well maintained, and have replaced liner once, always figured and allowed that if one was going to put a swim spa with 2,300 gallons of H2O in basement, one has to accept that at some point, you're going to go down there and see a flood. Most larger things of value that would be affected by deluge have always been blocked a couple of inches from floor, basement drains out door to grade, so that is all needed.

Put the submersible pump in pool and started to drain. Set up shop vac up so it can be drained to garbage can & went to work... once I started vacuuming the water, I saw it was coming from wall, not pool. Turns out that some cattail roots were clogging 4 in drain from gutter at house to pond, and the water overwhelmed downspout and came in cellar window. Also I drove the new excavator around the pond to pull a stump, I think mud was pushed in the pipe from that as well.

I knew I should have gone around the long way, hopefully some day I will learn patience.

Have a better one friends...

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

May the schwartz be with ya ...

 

[balrog]

This is what happens when you spend too much time (which is T>0) on SchmaceBuuk; you find woodworking joints that you wish @paulthenurse had used on his new timber framed brew shed slash zen pizza house:

 

[day_trippr]

The Great Consolidation continues...

https://www.harpoonbrewery.com/mass...a-message-from-our-ceo-co-founder-dan-kenary/

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

Seems so ,,,

 

[paulthenurse]

No PDE5 inhibitors were involved in getting it up!

 

[smurfjuicebrew]

 

[Dland]

Walked around yard admiring the green around me as the rain falls, with a pint of brew, of course. Hops are doing great, & the meat bird chicks are finally out of basement & not stinking things up..in their new digs by the hen house.

Got effin drenched, but in a good way .. anyway .. good solid rain is so good, got to be appreciative when it is due..

6/27/22 edit.

 

[Dland]

Isht, I guess I killed the room, sorry 'bout that,, & have a happy 4th if you can.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Well, I have no explosives, so it will just be beer. Have a happy and safe one.

 

[bluemoose]

Paul,
Where did you get the layout for your joints? I’m planning a small timber frame project, and am starting to look into the layout.

 

[day_trippr]

Having owned numerous boats over the decades typically sporting 2 stroke V4 OMC outboards, four stroke I4 outboards are a total revelation.

I spent the better part of three days up on the CT River north of Moore Dam doing the mandated 10 hour break-in on a new 115hp Merc, and loved the fact I could charge around up to say 40 mph and still actually listen to the radio. And after doing the subsequent oil change (never a thing with 2 strokes) and firing it up in the driveway it was way quieter than my 20hp lawn tractor. I doubt my neighbors ever heard anything.

Also...running a bowrider at nearly 50 mph in moderate chop with occasional swells can get hairy I actually clipped-on the kill-switch lanyard in case I managed to throw myself right out of the boat. The original 90hp Johnson (RIP) couldn't swing the beastly prop I'm running on this Merc and could just reach 38 mph on its very best day, where this engine is just starting to get interested.

Anyway...heading over to the Greater Chatham Area for our Family Cape Week soon. Will be messing around out of Pleasant Bay, checking out Monomoy and boater beaches and the seal vs shark action

Cheers!

 

[paulthenurse]

Paul,
Where did you get the layout for your joints? I’m planning a small timber frame project, and am starting to look into the layout.

I'm sort of making it up on the fly. I drew the plans up myself, only joint I showed was the pegged scarf. There are really only a few true timber framed joints, I drilled and hammered in 3/8" steel rod instead of mortise and tenon for the uprights. I'm using timber lock screws for fasteners in the joints with hurricane strapping for backup.
I'll mortise in the purlins for siding nailers. I'm debating hand making the nails for at least the front. I'm going to do board and batten siding like on the other shed. It will require a few hundred nails, so a kind of daunting project but it would be pretty cool to have the front of my blacksmith shed that I built myself put together with nails I forged myself.

 

[paulthenurse]

 

[paulthenurse]

As a timber framer I make a pretty good nurse practitioner

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

 

[paulthenurse]

Shields? We don't need no stinking' shields!

 

[day_trippr]

I am impressed. And that's something that rarely happens...

Cheers! (And carry on)

 

[balrog]

Making woodworking joints is fun.
Ladders and I have developed an antagonistic relationship.
Making joints on ladders? Hella-no.
Well done you.

 

[paulthenurse]

 

[paulthenurse]

I stay off ladders as much as possible, these ladder jacks are lifesavers.

A couple kisses with The Persuader and it fits like it grew there.

 

[Dland]

Making woodworking joints is fun.
Ladders and I have developed an antagonistic relationship.
Making joints on ladders? Hella-no.
Well done you.

Never did try to make a joint while on a ladder,... on the interstate, going down wind in the sound during a gale, under a truck on blocks, yeah, but agree, on ladder would be a poor choice of jointage.

Of course I don't do that isht anymore, no way. Since they made it legal, took all the fun out of it..'sides I got some beer to enjoy.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Hey Paul, are we going to see you on that weapon forging show on the history channel once this project is done?

 

[day_trippr]

Probably see him in an axe throwing bar with an array of home forged weaponry.

Could be fun