OT - What are you doing right now?

fishlessman

i have a 5 gallon bucket of cowboy on my patio, so far not one dog in the neighborhood including my dog has touched it. maybe my dog has higher standards, only dog ive had that barks to come in for a drink of water when theres a perfectly good lake right there to drink from

fishlessman

kl8ton said:

Cleaned this up this morning. . . 



With the exception of the 4 piles by the door, the rest is Rockwood lump after passing through the digestive system of a Bernese Mountain dog.  I am soooo happy I closed the dogs in the mudroom last night instead of letting them sleep in the house like the usually do.  The Rockwood looks like it would be fine to use for cooking, but I discarded it.  My 13 year old was grilling steaks on his little grill last night and left the bag out.  These dogs eat everything.  They've passed underwear, socks, crayons, and now lump.

did the charcoal deodorize it

kl8ton

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

kl8ton

fishlessman said:

did the charcoal deodorize it

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

Must be in the air.  I couldn't find my glasses just now.  Here is my only pair.  Young pup got them off the coffee table.

SamIAm2

New update on what @kl8ton called "Paying a lot of money for a project that you can't tell we did after completion - how I do it".

Tile installer came at 9:00am again this morning.

Closet tile installed.

Local Flooring and Tile company dropped this off this morning. Grout is named "Parchment". Think this gets installed tomorrow.  Will be able to move cabinets after grout sets for 4 hours.

@Ozzie_Isaac - that is when the real work starts for me. Painting walls, rebuilding one large cabinet in place in the bathroom, moving the stored cabinets back to their original locations, securing cabinets to walls.......etc. 
But I am looking forward to the work being finished. Getting very tired of dusting every day.

kl8ton

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

Must be in the air.  I couldn't find my glasses just now.  Here is my only pair.  Young pup got them off the coffee table.

Well, they look delicious.

Legume

That grout would be a totally different experience than charcoal for a dog.

kl8ton

Legume said:

That grout would be a totally different experience than charcoal for a dog.

Me: I don't think a dog would eat that.

Dog: Hold my beer.

Ozzie_Isaac

kl8ton said:

Legume said:

That grout would be a totally different experience than charcoal for a dog.

Me: I don't think a dog would eat that.

Dog: Hold my beer.

Dog: Let me eat this can of beer.

JohnInCarolina

kl8ton said:

Legume said:

That grout would be a totally different experience than charcoal for a dog.

Me: I don't think a dog would eat that.

Dog: Hold my beer.

I have seen a pair of labs eat some truly terrible things including their own poop and (for one of them) a closed bag full of fertilizer.  It was in the garage they were put in during the day and they got into it.

You want to know what lawn fertilizer does when a dog eats it?   Nothing good.  The dog survived but only after one very expensive trip to the vet.

WeberWho

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

Must be in the air.  I couldn't find my glasses just now.  Here is my only pair.  Young pup got them off the coffee table.

My pup at the time did the same thing. One of his first days being left outside his kennel. Not the couch, not the kitchen table legs, but by prescription glasses of all things. It's been 4+ years now. Probably a good reminder to go and get a new pair....

kl8ton

5th grade class trip
Game time temp 34 F with a stiff breeze.

Sun is out though.  

nolaegghead

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

Must be in the air.  I couldn't find my glasses just now.  Here is my only pair.  Young pup got them off the coffee table.

I see.  Chalk one up for cats, way less capable in the property damage category.  Also they rarely eat anything that isn’t food.  In fact, they can be so picky about the cat food they won’t eat it if they just decide, one day, what they’ve been eating for the last 3 months is boring now.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

Must be in the air.  I couldn't find my glasses just now.  Here is my only pair.  Young pup got them off the coffee table.

I see.  Chalk one up for cats, way less capable in the property damage category.  Also they rarely eat anything that isn’t food.  In fact, they can be so picky about the cat food they won’t eat it if they just decide, one day, what they’ve been eating for the last 3 months is boring now.

i dont know about that, llbeans replaced my tent after the cat sprayed on it. then theres your hands arms and face when they get pissed and the car radiator when they hide under the hood

nolaegghead

I prefer domesticated cats, although my bengal is pretty wild, he doesn’t spray 

Gulfcoastguy

WeberWho said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

kl8ton said:

@Ozzie_Isaac
Yes, just in time for the younger one to go to an AKC sanctioned dog show (He just left).  He will win a ribbon if they check his colon.

Must be in the air.  I couldn't find my glasses just now.  Here is my only pair.  Young pup got them off the coffee table.

My pup at the time did the same thing. One of his first days being left outside his kennel. Not the couch, not the kitchen table legs, but by prescription glasses of all things. It's been 4+ years now. Probably a good reminder to go and get a new pair....

My first Boxer got two pairs of sunglasses and two pairs of dress shoes plus she bit the plug off of the vacuum cleaner.She was far more destructive than the male after her. He did figure out how to open a beer bottle though.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

I prefer domesticated cats, although my bengal is pretty wild, he doesn’t spray 

mom was a cat lady, if you go thru alot of cats you will eventually find one that sprays. this one was neutered young, sprayed when he didnt like something, and fought every cat in the neighborhood. constant vet visits.  and you cant get that smell out of a tent

MasterC

We had a cat once, try getting the smell out of a motorcycle helmet.
My wife hid the cat for days.

poster

Found the picnic table. Maybe can use it by June

Elijah

We had a dog that would chew power cords to Christmas lights. While they were energized. Ended up stringing the lights through the air from tree to tree. 

alaskanassasin

A helmet would make a good cat coffin @MasterC

DuckDogDr

Proud of my future step kid today . Got a 7300 dollar scholarship to the commercial dive academy 

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

A helmet would make a good cat coffin @MasterC

After you smAsh the cat with helmet

nolaegghead

Leaky air line on the auto winder.  Replaced with new.  Plus one.

WeberWho

I pulled out the Blackstone from the shed after tucking it away for winter. Hard to beat a $6 pizza from Aldi. Not the best pizza by any stretch but nice to be outside and sometimes simple works.

fishlessman

nolaegghead said:

Leaky air line on the auto winder.  Replaced with new.  Plus one.

Have you bought a drier for it yet

alaskanassasin

Can you recommend a good drier @fishlessman? I have a cheap one from tsc that doesn’t work 

fishlessman

alaskanassasin said:

Can you recommend a good drier @fishlessman? I have a cheap one from tsc that doesn’t work 

this is the only one ive ever bought so dont know much about them.

i bought it at an auction for around a hundred bucks made by cam-air.  it works.  looking at what it was worth new, i stole it.  i still blow the tank down at lunch and end of day, and the line down before anything fussy, theres maybe 12 long runs of 3/4 pipe

https://www.globalmachinebrokers.com/items/camair-model-xl50-za-110v-1ph-heated-desiccant-dryer

nolaegghead

You can go two routes, refrigeration and desiccant bed.

For low volume use, just buy some desiccant filters.  I would get two and put valves in to select one or the other.  Put color indicating desiccant in them.

When one is running, put the other in an oven to re-charge (aka dry out).  These work great.

I rigged up a system my lab used for years.  Eventually I bought an auto regenerative desiccant bed system.  While one is running, the other is recharged.  It automatically switches between the two. 

The only service is changing the desicant every couple of years.  Protect from oil by running an oil separator/filter before it.

I have build a number of gas systems for labs, call me if you have any questions.