OT - What are you doing right now?

Gulfcoastguy

Charging the car at the “fast” charger. 

ColbyLang

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang a sippy cup sounds like it is in order here.  Good luck to your son and you!

@lousubcap, I feel that a sippy cup would be frowned upon by both his mother and the league. Ranking 7 year olds for the draft. These guys need to remember that no one out there getting paid yet, this is for fun and playground bragging rights 

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang a sippy cup sounds like it is in order here.  Good luck to your son and you!

@lousubcap, I feel that a sippy cup would be frowned upon by both his mother and the league. Ranking 7 year olds for the draft. These guys need to remember that no one out there getting paid yet, this is for fun and playground bragging rights 

I coached football and softball.  All ranking and team placements were done over a pint in the "clubhouse".  League and parents didn't care, just not on the field.

Ozzie_Isaac

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

pgprescott

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Concrete tops? Looks awesome. Years of enjoyment ahead. Hopefully you stay put a while to enjoy yourselves. 😜

Ozzie_Isaac

pgprescott said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Concrete tops? Looks awesome. Years of enjoyment ahead. Hopefully you stay put a while to enjoy yourselves. 😜

Yup, concrete tops, but then tile on that.  I hope to hang around and enjoy it too.  This is a once in a lifetime build for me.

Legume

Ozzie_Isaac said:

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang a sippy cup sounds like it is in order here.  Good luck to your son and you!

@lousubcap, I feel that a sippy cup would be frowned upon by both his mother and the league. Ranking 7 year olds for the draft. These guys need to remember that no one out there getting paid yet, this is for fun and playground bragging rights 

I coached football and softball.  All ranking and team placements were done over a pint in the "clubhouse".  League and parents didn't care, just not on the field.

With 7yo we always side ranked the parents.  If you only draft based on the kid, you’ll get some bad parents and that makes the season longer than it has to be.

Botch

A cute idea I ran across for anyone who, oh, is into fine foods and has a laser engraver:
 

 
  

lousubcap

I have been in that arena but in two roles, the parent (soccer) and then while the parent the team queen (aka manager and that role was with a hi-octane travel team and a varsity high school team.) 
I always told my sons (2 played) just play well and score enough to take the refs out of the game.  A bit of a challenge in the early years but they marginally bought in.  Not sure others.  
Yes we over qualified parents and always having the superior player in our household made us instant experts.  
BTW- for us fossils here- I did play soccer in my youth... some years before Pele made it to New York.
Stay healthy and safe out there-  

ColbyLang

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang a sippy cup sounds like it is in order here.  Good luck to your son and you!

@lousubcap, I feel that a sippy cup would be frowned upon by both his mother and the league. Ranking 7 year olds for the draft. These guys need to remember that no one out there getting paid yet, this is for fun and playground bragging rights 

Let’s break this down. 3 hours. 150-200 kids. Throwing, fielding, batting. A whopping 2 pitches per kid thrown. Offered his coach last season $100 just to pick him so we could leave

fishlessman

ColbyLang said:

lousubcap said:

@ColbyLang a sippy cup sounds like it is in order here.  Good luck to your son and you!

@lousubcap, I feel that a sippy cup would be frowned upon by both his mother and the league. Ranking 7 year olds for the draft. These guys need to remember that no one out there getting paid yet, this is for fun and playground bragging rights 

never had parents at these or most games. used to like the tryouts, remember hitting a few home runs at these by third grade. then the coaches fixed my swing and nothing take the kid that swings for the sky and make him a top pick, then teach him to hit grounders to second

CPFC1905

It’s your time to shine @Foghorn You can smash the dislike flag as there’s no PL this weekend, then it’s FA Cup 4th round next week.  Not sure how we’re going to make it through but let’s stay strong and hope for the best.

We can glance upon the Championship where we find that Stoke have a trip north to Huddersfield.  The Potters dreams have receded recently with form eluding them and a slip to 11th.  Their hosts tonight are the opposite and have snuck in to 6th.  Tough gig for @Eoin and the lads.  A win will keep the dream alive but I fear the Terriers tenacity will be too great; 2-1.

In other news, the transfer window is closing and so the deals are getting done. Newcastle’s attempt to hoover any available talent has met with mixed success. Hilariously their offer to loan Lingard from Man Utd was met with an eye-watering price tag, it’s dog eat dog in the big boys club and any chance to impede a competitor is fully embraced.  So far it’s journeymen and players from far afield who have probably not been briefed about what Newcastle is actually like nor the very real prospect of playing Barnsley and not Barcelona next season. 

Keep your arms inside the car at all times, shares can go up as well as down and always get the bill payers consent before calling.   Thank you. 

Mark_B_Good

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Are you opening up a restaurant??? Don't let your wife see this response ... lol.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

looks a little tight for a low and slow bbq hammock

lousubcap

Just posted a link to a Henry Kissinger op-ed piece from 2014 about Ukraine in this OT thread.  A good read-

OT subject but worth a main-stream read- OT News Feeds...

Ozzie_Isaac

Mark_B_Good said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Are you opening up a restaurant??? Don't let your wife see this response ... lol.

The advice I kept reading was:. You cannot have enough storage and you can never have enough counter space.  I took that advice to heart.  I hope 144 sq.ft of counter is enough.  Storage already has me a bit worried though.  One of the wife's requirements was she didn't want anything left out that she could see.  Being masonry, makes the spacing more difficult and you lose a lot of space with the 8" thick blocks.  I tried to maximize storage, and even put in a 40" wide set of doors on the back side for access to some dead area.

@fishlessman definitely hammock room under the porch 😁

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Mark_B_Good said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Are you opening up a restaurant??? Don't let your wife see this response ... lol.

The advice I kept reading was:. You cannot have enough storage and you can never have enough counter space.  I took that advice to heart.  I hope 144 sq.ft of counter is enough.  Storage already has me a bit worried though.  One of the wife's requirements was she didn't want anything left out that she could see.  Being masonry, makes the spacing more difficult and you lose a lot of space with the 8" thick blocks.  I tried to maximize storage, and even put in a 40" wide set of doors on the back side for access to some dead area.

Was there a reason for using 8" blocks rather than 4"?

lkapigian

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Feeling inadequate at this point 

Ozzie_Isaac

@Eoin not that I am aware of.  I asked if they could do 4" block and they said 8" is what they recommend.  I left it at that.  Actual width of BBQ is 36" and counter is 39".  With all the rebar, concrete, and footing, my BBQ equipment should survive a direct strike.

fishlessman

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Mark_B_Good said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

Are you opening up a restaurant??? Don't let your wife see this response ... lol.

The advice I kept reading was:. You cannot have enough storage and you can never have enough counter space.  I took that advice to heart.  I hope 144 sq.ft of counter is enough.  Storage already has me a bit worried though.  One of the wife's requirements was she didn't want anything left out that she could see.  Being masonry, makes the spacing more difficult and you lose a lot of space with the 8" thick blocks.  I tried to maximize storage, and even put in a 40" wide set of doors on the back side for access to some dead area.

any smaller and you would be tripping over the dogs

Eoin

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@Eoin not that I am aware of.  I asked if they could do 4" block and they said 8" is what they recommend.  I left it at that.  Actual width of BBQ is 36" and counter is 39".  With all the rebar, concrete, and footing, my BBQ equipment should survive a direct strike.

Massive overkill, but you have a ready made nuclear bunker just in case!

fishlessman

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

pgprescott

fishlessman said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Trying to explain to my wife why the kitchen needed to be 15' across.  It definitely did not sound as big as it feels.

looks a little tight for a low and slow bbq hammock

It wrinkles his suit when he lays in the hammock whilst egging. 😜

Eoin

fishlessman said:

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

Very common here. Because we like brick houses, they are built with a block inner skin tied to a brick outer with an insulated cavity.

pgprescott

fishlessman said:

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

I see very little cinder block. Lots of concrete block. 

fishlessman

pgprescott said:

fishlessman said:

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

I see very little cinder block. Lots of concrete block. 

our cinder blocks are made of concrete, not sure you can buy a true cinder block anymore

Gulfcoastguy

Eoin said:

fishlessman said:

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

Very common here. Because we like brick houses, they are built with a block inner skin tied to a brick outer with an insulated cavity.

I built a public rest area that way but it also had brick on the inside side of the block and brick floors. Two blocks on both sides of each door and window had reinforcement bars embedded in the foundation to the roof course then the cavities filled with concrete. The roof was red iron framing covered with plywood and metal roofing. You could ride out a class 5 hurricane in the loos, no windows.

Foghorn

CPFC1905 said:

It’s your time to shine @Foghorn You can smash the dislike flag as there’s no PL this weekend, then it’s FA Cup 4th round next week.  Not sure how we’re going to make it through but let’s stay strong and hope for the best.

We can glance upon the Championship where we find that Stoke have a trip north to Huddersfield.  The Potters dreams have receded recently with form eluding them and a slip to 11th.  Their hosts tonight are the opposite and have snuck in to 6th.  Tough gig for @Eoin and the lads.  A win will keep the dream alive but I fear the Terriers tenacity will be too great; 2-1.

In other news, the transfer window is closing and so the deals are getting done. Newcastle’s attempt to hoover any available talent has met with mixed success. Hilariously their offer to loan Lingard from Man Utd was met with an eye-watering price tag, it’s dog eat dog in the big boys club and any chance to impede a competitor is fully embraced.  So far it’s journeymen and players from far afield who have probably not been briefed about what Newcastle is actually like nor the very real prospect of playing Barnsley and not Barcelona next season. 

Keep your arms inside the car at all times, shares can go up as well as down and always get the bill payers consent before calling.   Thank you. 

Thanks @CPFC1905.  I'll be happy if the US can grab 7 of 9 available points during this international window.  It wasn't pretty, but we got 3 last night so we're off to a good start.  Avoiding the humiliation of not qualifying for the World Cup is a low bar, but one we did not clear in 2018.

Ozzie_Isaac

Gulfcoastguy said:

Eoin said:

fishlessman said:

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

Very common here. Because we like brick houses, they are built with a block inner skin tied to a brick outer with an insulated cavity.

I built a public rest area that way but it also had brick on the inside side of the block and brick floors. Two blocks on both sides of each door and window had reinforcement bars embedded in the foundation to the roof course then the cavities filled with concrete. The roof was red iron framing covered with plywood and metal roofing. You could ride out a class 5 hurricane in the loos, no windows.

This is where they saying "built like a brick shithouse" comes from.

Gulfcoastguy

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Gulfcoastguy said:

Eoin said:

fishlessman said:

8 inch is the standard block size available would be my guess. ive seen very little 4 inch cinder block

Very common here. Because we like brick houses, they are built with a block inner skin tied to a brick outer with an insulated cavity.

I built a public rest area that way but it also had brick on the inside side of the block and brick floors. Two blocks on both sides of each door and window had reinforcement bars embedded in the foundation to the roof course then the cavities filled with concrete. The roof was red iron framing covered with plywood and metal roofing. You could ride out a class 5 hurricane in the loos, no windows.

This is where they saying "built like a brick shithouse" comes from.

In fact people with broke down cars did ride out Katrina in a rest area built to similar specifications. I didn’t build that one but I did renovate it 3 times.