OT - What are you doing right now?

SGH

HeavyG said:

SGH said:

Just took the Shringrix vaccination 👍

Cool. Now "they" can track you wherever you go.

They don’t track poor people. Only the vulgar rich.  With that said, Ron and a few others are being watched like a hawk.  

dbCooper

SGH said:

HeavyG said:

SGH said:

Just took the Shringrix vaccination 👍

Cool. Now "they" can track you wherever you go.

They don’t track poor people. Only the vulgar rich.  With that said, Ron and a few others are being watched like a hawk.  

@SGH

It's not just hawks, every "bird" is spying on every American.  Birds Aren't Real!

You can look it up... https://birdsarentreal.com/pages/faq

ColbyLang

Wondering where the mobile version of the forum ran off to

Gulfcoastguy

Cleaned and washed my one year old car. Found a crack in the door upholstery.🤢

nolaegghead

As I get older I’m gonna hang a Batman suit in my closet, so when I get dementia, I’ll freak myself out.

nolaegghead

Finished installing the cab and top.  Everything is glued and screwed.  Not the best seam on that bullnose, but next time around I will use a track saw I just got a diamond blade for.

nolaegghead

I smushed the top of my new drill press with the forklift like an idiot.  So fixing that….

nolaegghead

Fired up the radial arm saw my buddy gave me.  Motor runs great.  These are fairly useless but it is a Delta and it has some value for dados.  Do not rip with these or you can shoot a board through a wall.

alaskanassasin

Finally parked my 12” radial arm saw. There were several times i heard and felt a bang, and literally stopped to count my fingers.

nolaegghead

I had to bust out the 3/4” drive set today which I seem to loan out more than I use.  

Ozzie_Isaac

@nolaegghead I stand by my claim that you are a modern version of a rennessaince man.

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@nolaegghead I stand by my claim that you are a modern version of a rennessaince man.

Lol!  I think that implies that I have some actual skill…I mainly dabble across many disciplines.  We’ll….I was a pretty bad-ass coder back in the day but I’m on the downhill slope…getting old sucks!

nolaegghead

I’ve been trying to get rid of this boat that my utility pole smashed during hurricane Ida.  Finally a guy actually came out to get it tonight…. With this tiny unibody pickup truck.  

“Maybe we can put it on the roof?”

dude…it’s only a 14 foot boat but it weighs about half a ton it will total your truck.

He’s coming by tomorrow with a trailer.

Kayak

nolaegghead said:

Fired up the radial arm saw my buddy gave me.  Motor runs great.  These are fairly useless but it is a Delta and it has some value for dados.  Do not rip with these or you can shoot a board through a wall.

Good for rough cutting to length?

SamIAm2

Haven't updated what @kl8ton called "Paying a lot of money for a project that you can't tell we did after completion - how I do it" since Feb 16. Enough time to see @Ozzie_Isaac finish his epic backyard upgrade. 

The parts for the second Delta Shower handle finally came in and the plumber came in and made another hole in the drywall. 
He wanted to know what function the holder above the new valve provided.


Showed him:


I sit on the bench seat and run both heads at the same time, adjustable spray on sore muscles and rain head on face/head. Relaxes and soothes at the same time after I abuse older muscles doing projects or maintenance work.

Anyway, the drywall was a real mess after we removed the 4 x 4 mirror. Much of the paint and paper was removed to get rid of the mildew that formed when the water travelled thru the drywall (not green board) and the paint.


I taped and mudded over all to those places:


Yes it is a mess which I have to smooth with a drywall sander and vacuum. I will let it be for a bit longer to make sure it is completely dry before I start. 



The lights were on a switched outlet so I removed them and protected the bare wires with merretts and electrical tape.

kl8ton

@SamIAm2
I have my own version of this going on.  I run a campground.  Somehow the winterization of the bathhouse/laundry room did not take.  Water filled the lines over the winter (failed shutoff valve underground).  Everything froze and broke.  All copper lines in cinder block walls.  Plumbers spent 2 days chasing leaks, but in the end, it is a total re-plumb that insurance is covering.

fishlessman

kl8ton said:

@SamIAm2
I have my own version of this going on.  I run a campground.  Somehow the winterization of the bathhouse/laundry room did not take.  Water filled the lines over the winter (failed shutoff valve underground).  Everything froze and broke.  All copper lines in cinder block walls.  Plumbers spent 2 days chasing leaks, but in the end, it is a total re-plumb that insurance is covering.

town replaced all the street valves a few years back, we got a faulty setup. what a mess. when they replaced it they wouldnt put in a stop and waste, the water line to the maine beach house is only 6 inches down and would have froze again. late night project and we put a second stop and waste valve to drain the line.  im betting a third of the seasonal homes put in new lines. now we dig up two valves to shut the water off in the fall

JohnInCarolina

On Stanford’s campus



This guy looks shady, I dunno

fishlessman

JohnInCarolina said:

On Stanford’s campus



This guy looks shady, I dunno

can we just show up at 4 for the refreshments

JohnInCarolina

fishlessman said:

JohnInCarolina said:

On Stanford’s campus



This guy looks shady, I dunno

can we just show up at 4 for the refreshments

Sure!   It’s actually open to the public.  And I bet they’ll be serving something a little better than rice-a-roni sandwiches on white, with ketchup?

nolaegghead

SamIAm2 said:

Haven't updated what @kl8ton called "Paying a lot of money for a project that you can't tell we did after completion - how I do it" since Feb 16. Enough time to see @Ozzie_Isaac finish his epic backyard upgrade. 

The parts for the second Delta Shower handle finally came in and the plumber came in and made another hole in the drywall. 
He wanted to know what function the holder above the new valve provided.


Showed him:


I sit on the bench seat and run both heads at the same time, adjustable spray on sore muscles and rain head on face/head. Relaxes and soothes at the same time after I abuse older muscles doing projects or maintenance work.

Anyway, the drywall was a real mess after we removed the 4 x 4 mirror. Much of the paint and paper was removed to get rid of the mildew that formed when the water travelled thru the drywall (not green board) and the paint.


I taped and mudded over all to those places:


Yes it is a mess which I have to smooth with a drywall sander and vacuum. I will let it be for a bit longer to make sure it is completely dry before I start. 



The lights were on a switched outlet so I removed them and protected the bare wires with merretts and electrical tape.

Very nice shower! 

I hate when I pull off backsplash, base molding, mirrors, etc and the installer dumped an entire tube of liquid nails between it and the wall.  It just takes a little dab!

nolaegghead

Kayak said:

nolaegghead said:

Fired up the radial arm saw my buddy gave me.  Motor runs great.  These are fairly useless but it is a Delta and it has some value for dados.  Do not rip with these or you can shoot a board through a wall.

Good for rough cutting to length?

Yeah, it's good as a miter saw....a bit more capacity than a sliding miter/chop saw.  But harder to change the angle if you're not cutting 90s. 

These were all the rage back in the 90s.  I bought one new back then and it came with shaper blades.  Not having a death wish, I never used them.  Sold the saw to a guy who said he makes shipping boxes.

I'm using my Festool MFT (multi function table) with the miter rig to do that kind of cuts, with a track saw.  Super accurate and safe.

SamIAm2

@nolaegghead - Thanks for your kind words. Here are a couple shots you may not have seen earlier. This was taken just after first valve was replaced.


Taken before the second valve was replaced to show the bench work.

How the bench seat was constructed: 3 levels of concrete block. Each level filled with broken bricks and filled with concrete. 

New tray shower drain and Travertine marble entrance step. Drain was a 4" square in the middle of the shower before.

SamIAm2

 @fishlessman - at least I knew this work would be coming and had funding in place to cover costs. Dealing with your issue in winter would not be something I would want to face. And then having to dig things up just to turn off/on the valves has to be an unpleasant reminder. 

@kl8ton - even though insurance is covering the repairs it is still stressful. Glad they got all the leaks fixed for you. 

kl8ton

SamIAm2 said:

 @fishlessman - at least I knew this work would be coming and had funding in place to cover costs. Dealing with your issue in winter would not be something I would want to face. And then having to dig things up just to turn off/on the valves has to be an unpleasant reminder. 

@kl8ton - even though insurance is covering the repairs it is still stressful. Glad they got all the leaks fixed for you. 

They have yet to pressure test.  Fingers crossed.

fishlessman

SamIAm2 said:

 @fishlessman - at least I knew this work would be coming and had funding in place to cover costs. Dealing with your issue in winter would not be something I would want to face. And then having to dig things up just to turn off/on the valves has to be an unpleasant reminder. 

@kl8ton - even though insurance is covering the repairs it is still stressful. Glad they got all the leaks fixed for you. 

theres always a problem with the pipes up there in the spring, we just roll with it and fix it. the valve we just put in is 4 feet under ground but we added a stainless pipe that comes op 6 inches from the surface. made a long T-handle wrench to shut it off

Mark_B_Good

SamIAm2 said:

Anyway, the drywall was a real mess after we removed the 4 x 4 mirror. Much of the paint and paper was removed to get rid of the mildew that formed when the water travelled thru the drywall (not green board) and the paint.

Wowsers ... wouldn't it have been cheaper and easier to just put in a sheet of new drywall?

nolaegghead

I’m a proponent of encapsulation of mold

SamIAm2

@Mark_B_Good - easier is relative term. Hauling two full sheets of drywall in a van is not my idea of fun. Removing the moldy paint, the dried mud, and paper underneath the paint pretty much got rid of the mold/mildew. Since I already had a tub of mud and the tools, it was easier and cheaper for me.

I have, or can borrow, the tools to remove the excess dried mud and to apply the orange peel texture after that. Then I can repaint, reinstall the baseboard I created when we did the original renovation, and put back the cabinets and countertops that are stored in closets, part of the master bedroom, and the dining room.   

poster

Ozzie_Isaac said:

@poster yikes!  The winter just won't give up the ghost.  Good luck, stay dry and warm.

The worst missed us, but its another couple days of off/on power. Amazing how it sticks to the wires