OT - What are you doing right now?

Kayak

JohnfromKentucky said:

just bought a new hot water tank...and now waiting for plumber to call me tomorrow. ugh..love unexpected expenses (see thread "what are you drinking now")...though this old tank lasted 17 years!

pic of old tank

The hard part is getting them up and down the stairs. Hooking them up is easy. Just watch that your 20-year-old plumber does it right...

JohnfromKentucky

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Careful leaving that outside.  I lived near a town that required a permit to install a water heater.  The town code enforcement officers said that also meant a permit was required to replace one.  To get a permit it needed to be inspected by a union plumber.  It was not unheard of to fail inspection unless a union plumber had also been hired to install it.  So a simple water heater install became a very expensive and paperwork intensive process.

The code enforcement officers would drive around and see if any stray water heaters were seen being delivered or thrown out.  If it was, they would look for a permit.

We have to have it inspected too, that's why I'm STILL waiting on plumber to call and tell me he's on the way.

It is on the pad in back...can't see it from the road

JohnfromKentucky

@johnmitchell
No real HOA here....just can't have farm animals and we have to mow the grass twice a year. 

fishlessman

JohnfromKentucky said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

Careful leaving that outside.  I lived near a town that required a permit to install a water heater.  The town code enforcement officers said that also meant a permit was required to replace one.  To get a permit it needed to be inspected by a union plumber.  It was not unheard of to fail inspection unless a union plumber had also been hired to install it.  So a simple water heater install became a very expensive and paperwork intensive process.

The code enforcement officers would drive around and see if any stray water heaters were seen being delivered or thrown out.  If it was, they would look for a permit.

We have to have it inspected too, that's why I'm STILL waiting on plumber to call and tell me he's on the way.

It is on the pad in back...can't see it from the road

theres nothing to inspect on an electric, either you wired the two wires correctly, or they are backwards and it does not heat. your new one wont last 17 years

Gulfcoastguy

My current electric water heater is 20+ years old. It was here when I moved in. A plumber that visited for an unrelated job said that I needed to replace it with a 40 gallon Tallboy, insufficient horizontal space for one of the new fat ones with extra insulation on the sides. I'm driving by Lowes today and might stop bye and look. Really I'm waiting for the home building market to crash due to higher mortgage rates in order to get some things done around the house.

theyolksonyou

@ tuna striker pub as recommended 

theyolksonyou

I will say, native clams are unlike anything I can get down south.  

Also, hanging in a local pub (different place) is interesting.  I’m an introvert by nature, but love to listen/watch people in their comfort zone. 

Battleborn

Waiting to see if this package gets here today, as expected. It reached the Phoenix area, where all my five letter carrier packages go to die. 

lousubcap

I'm not religious but prayin for your successful outcome with that friggin five letter quasi-delivery outfit! 

HeavyG

Feeling sorry for the Swedish goalkeeper - she's been having a rough evening.

Canugghead

Hot smoking loin bacon after a 3hr cold smoke. Love my new toy.

Acn

HeavyG said:

Feeling sorry for the Swedish goalkeeper - she's been having a rough evening.

The back heel was a killer.  

HeavyG

Acn said:

HeavyG said:

Feeling sorry for the Swedish goalkeeper - she's been having a rough evening.

The back heel was a killer.  

First one I've ever seen!

JohnInCarolina

HeavyG said:

Acn said:

HeavyG said:

Feeling sorry for the Swedish goalkeeper - she's been having a rough evening.

The back heel was a killer.  

First one I've ever seen!

http://twitter.com/EddieBurfi/status/1552029813271134208?s=20&t=zBO-CGZhYhJgr8sLCbHFeg

theyolksonyou

Ybabpmuts

theyolksonyou said:

Beach plum?

Ybabpmuts

Last time we went there my wife got a lobster roll, we sat down on the rock wall across the street at the beach and my wife lifts her lobster roll up to her face and a seagull swooped in and took all the lobster out of it. It got a good portion of it in its mouth, the rest fell on the ground, which the seagull came and got immediately. Evil .. pure evil.

theyolksonyou

Ybabpmuts said:

Last time we went there my wife got a lobster roll, we sat down on the rock wall across the street at the beach and my wife lifts her lobster roll up to her face and a seagull swooped in and took all the lobster out of it. It got a good portion of it in its mouth, the rest fell on the ground, which the seagull came and got immediately. Evil .. pure evil.

My boss dropped his entire kiddie ice cream.  For those who don’t know, the kiddie is pictured above. 

theyolksonyou

Currently at the Galley Hatch having a desert of Clam chowder.  Our second time today.  

Gulfcoastguy

Ybabpmuts said:

Last time we went there my wife got a lobster roll, we sat down on the rock wall across the street at the beach and my wife lifts her lobster roll up to her face and a seagull swooped in and took all the lobster out of it. It got a good portion of it in its mouth, the rest fell on the ground, which the seagull came and got immediately. Evil .. pure evil.

Flying Rats

JohnInCarolina

Ybabpmuts said:

Last time we went there my wife got a lobster roll, we sat down on the rock wall across the street at the beach and my wife lifts her lobster roll up to her face and a seagull swooped in and took all the lobster out of it. It got a good portion of it in its mouth, the rest fell on the ground, which the seagull came and got immediately. Evil .. pure evil.

I seem to recall one of these “shock jock” type radio guys going down to the shore and feeding alka seltzer to seagulls one day, during his radio show.  Apparently that makes them explode, just like pigeons.  Or it makes it so that they get so bloated they can’t take off.  One of those.

He had another one of his crew walking around with a pair of bricks, clapping the heads of the seagulls together, to put them out of their misery. They figured all of this would probably get the PETA people upset, so they did the obvious thing and … cooked the seagulls up and fed them to the local homeless.  

Thought you’d appreciate that one.  

lousubcap

The alka seltzer thing is a real deal.  Been many decades since witnessing that...that's extent of any further comments on @JohnInCarolina 's post above.  

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Ybabpmuts said:

Last time we went there my wife got a lobster roll, we sat down on the rock wall across the street at the beach and my wife lifts her lobster roll up to her face and a seagull swooped in and took all the lobster out of it. It got a good portion of it in its mouth, the rest fell on the ground, which the seagull came and got immediately. Evil .. pure evil.

I seem to recall one of these “shock jock” type radio guys going down to the shore and feeding alka seltzer to seagulls one day, during his radio show.  Apparently that makes them explode, just like pigeons.  Or it makes it so that they get so bloated they can’t take off.  One of those.

He had another one of his crew walking around with a pair of bricks, clapping the heads of the seagulls together, to put them out of their misery. They figured all of this would probably get the PETA people upset, so they did the obvious thing and … cooked the seagulls up and fed them to the local homeless.  

Thought you’d appreciate that one.  

That needed a NSFW tag.

Botch

I was riding up a highway with the HAFB motorcycle club, and a seagull flew up in front of me, to my left.  I made a fist and swung at it, just barely glanced it and it felt like I broke my wrist.  
At the next gas stop I was greeted with lots of laughter and high-fives (with my right hand).  Except for one guy's wife, she never spoke to me again.    Wrist hurt for a week.  

Ozzie_Isaac

Botch said:

I was riding up a highway with the HAFB motorcycle club, and a seagull flew up in front of me, to my left.  I made a fist and swung at it, just barely glanced it and it felt like I broke my wrist.  
At the next gas stop I was greeted with lots of laughter and high-fives (with my right hand).  Except for one guy's wife, she never spoke to me again.    Wrist hurt for a week.  

Did you accidentally your friends wife?  Is that why your wrist hurt?

Ozzie_Isaac

I am getting ready for work tomorrow.  Did not win the Mega Millions.

GrateEggspectations

You know what comes after such encounters, don’t you?

JohnInCarolina

But guys … birds aren’t real.

Ybabpmuts

theyolksonyou said:

Currently at the Galley Hatch having a desert of Clam chowder.  Our second time today.  

I almost mentioned the Galley Hatch to you. For years they were consistently great with their food, and the dessert selection is phenomenal there, but the last two times we went, we were disappointed with the food and service, so I didn't mention it. The time before that I went with a group of 12 people and we sat in the pub. An older women, seemingly well past retirement age was our waitress. She joked with us a bit, and didn't write a single thing down when we ordered, and we went full on with drinks, appatizers, desserts etc. She didn't forget a single damned thing the whole night. When we got our bill we double checked it, sure she had forgotten to put something down, but it was all there. I think we tipped her 40% that night, well deserved.

theyolksonyou

Ybabpmuts said:

theyolksonyou said:

Currently at the Galley Hatch having a desert of Clam chowder.  Our second time today.  

I almost mentioned the Galley Hatch to you. For years they were consistently great with their food, and the dessert selection is phenomenal there, but the last two times we went, we were disappointed with the food and service, so I didn't mention it. The time before that I went with a group of 12 people and we sat in the pub. An older women, seemingly well past retirement age was our waitress. She joked with us a bit, and didn't write a single thing down when we ordered, and we went full on with drinks, appatizers, desserts etc. She didn't forget a single damned thing the whole night. When we got our bill we double checked it, sure she had forgotten to put something down, but it was all there. I think we tipped her 40% that night, well deserved.

Lunch service ran a little long, but the food was really good.  Very tasty clam chowda