What Are You Buying Right Now? (non-OT version)

Jstroke

3.99–stopped at Goodwill looking for a pair jeans I needed to cut up for something else and just literally glanced over at it. No price sticker. Guy went out back and tagged it.

Langner91

nolaegghead said:

Some stepper motors that the company was throwing out.  The possibilities are endless….🤪. Z axis?  Who knows!

Connect one to the lower vent, one to the daisywheel and you could have the finest temperature controller in the world!  Not finest, like coolest, but finest like most resolution.

GrateEggspectations

Bellavista52 said:

@GrateEggspectations - “Spending buckets of money yielding mildly discernible results - How I do it” - this was me last year with a crawl space encapsulation and a new heat pump, nearly $40k!

Ouch. You’re scaring me. Hopefully it was fast, at least!

Demolition has started on the two bathrooms, so I can’t stop now. Guess I could still bail on the window replacements. 🤔 Maybe we’ll need to start a support group headed by @samiam2. He’s kind of the OG when it comes to such expenditures. 😂

Ozzie_Isaac

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

SamIAm2

GrateEggspectations said:

Bellavista52 said:

@GrateEggspectations - “Spending buckets of money yielding mildly discernible results - How I do it” - this was me last year with a crawl space encapsulation and a new heat pump, nearly $40k!

Ouch. You’re scaring me. Hopefully it was fast, at least!

Demolition has started on the two bathrooms, so I can’t stop now. Guess I could still bail on the window replacements. 🤔 Maybe we’ll need to start a support group headed by @samiam2. He’s kind of the OG when it comes to such expenditures. 😂

@GrateEggspectations - I think @Ozzie_Isaac is the OG with his outdoor cooking area build. I am an OldGuy but I don't think you meant that, although I did do the whole house windows and doors replacement before the cast iron replacement fiasco..

GrateEggspectations

@samiam2

No contest with Ozzie. His results were perceptible, and impressive at that! I think it’s just you and I that like to pour money into projects with little-to-no aesthetic return. 🙃

“Original Gangster”. It’s very much a compliment - especially in musical circles. But “Old Guy” sure made me laugh. 

GrateEggspectations

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

Did you ever come across any of those discarded, salacious university prof diaries they’re always talking about?

Bellavista52

@GrateEggspectations  - It took three months to get the heat pump - ordered in August installed in November.

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

Did you ever come across any of those discarded, salacious university prof diaries they’re always talking about?

Haha, nope.  Just some old x-ray equipment with some cobalt-60 balls.  They were cool and made marbles in the dark fun.

I did walk in on a professor holding a knife to a technicians throat.  All I heard was, "If you f'ing come in here again, I will slit your f'ing throat".  Professor had the technician backed up to a rack of electronics equipment and lifted up onto his tiptoes.

I quietly backed out of the room and wandered down to the head of the machine shops office and told him, "Either Dale is going to start behaving, or we are going to have a dead body to clean up after.". The shop foreman said we should wait about 30min before we go check.

Luckily, Dale started to behave.  I will say though, the far away look in his eyes never did go completely away after that.

Canugghead

@GrateEggspectations speaking of delayed project, did the contractor finish the backyard pool after digging the hole two years ago? 

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

@GrateEggspectations speaking of delayed project, did the contractor finish the backyard pool after digging the hole two years ago? 

If we had done the pool, we wouldn’t be doing this stuff. 😂 We actually flooded while finalizing pool plans and were forced into reno’ing the whole basement instead. I suppose if we hadn’t reno’d the basement, we could have had an indoor pool. 

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

With all due respect, Ozzie, you are the only person I know who tries to re-use condoms.   

TechsasJim

@Ozzie_Isaac

just pulling strings - are these the kind of items that gets your wallet dancing around in your pocket?   Haha.   Sorry man, couldn’t resist. 

Ozzie_Isaac

TechsasJim said:

@Ozzie_Isaac

just pulling strings - are these the kind of items that gets your wallet dancing around in your pocket?   Haha.   Sorry man, couldn’t resist. 

Lol, you have no idea.  I love G-Shocks and Benchmades.  I love those green scales, finish on that blade, and the gold thumb stud and pocket clip on that knife.

Ozzie_Isaac

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

With all due respect, Ozzie, you are the only person I know who tries to re-use condoms.   

I recall a story from China about all.the things they used used condoms for.  It was a pretty disturbing story.  Almost as bad as the sewer oil used in street food.

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

With all due respect, Ozzie, you are the only person I know who tries to re-use condoms.   

I recall a story from China about all.the things they used used condoms for.  It was a pretty disturbing story.  Almost as bad as the sewer oil used in street food.

I saw that sewer oil story.  I also know several people who got quite ill eating in China when they visited, and have vowed never to return.  Hard pass for me.

alaskanassasin

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

nolaegghead said:

I collect junk and work as a lowly lab technician at the bench!!!!!

I miss working in the machine shop and being general maintenance for a University.  We were responsible for all the dump runs too.  Was constantly amazed at the stuff a University trashes.

With all due respect, Ozzie, you are the only person I know who tries to re-use condoms.   

I recall a story from China about all.the things they used used condoms for.  It was a pretty disturbing story.  Almost as bad as the sewer oil used in street food.

I saw that sewer oil story.  I also know several people who got quite ill eating in China when they visited, and have vowed never to return.  Hard pass for me.

Left the door wide open there. Ill just say swmbo broke her fever finally, maybe we can have this tucked in by the weekend.

lousubcap

@alaskanassasin - I hope the road to full recovery is swift and uneventful.

alaskanassasin

lousubcap said:

@alaskanassasin - I hope the road to full recovery is swift and uneventful.

 Thank you Sir.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

GrateEggspectations said:

Bellavista52 said:

@GrateEggspectations - “Spending buckets of money yielding mildly discernible results - How I do it” - this was me last year with a crawl space encapsulation and a new heat pump, nearly $40k!

Ouch. You’re scaring me. Hopefully it was fast, at least!

Demolition has started on the two bathrooms, so I can’t stop now. Guess I could still bail on the window replacements. 🤔 Maybe we’ll need to start a support group headed by @samiam2. He’s kind of the OG when it comes to such expenditures. 😂

Good luck, we did our master bathroom and bedroom this past summer.  Took way longer than promised and more $$ than quoted.  Was wonderful for me since my wife has the patience of a gnat.  

TechsasJim

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Bellavista52 said:

@GrateEggspectations - “Spending buckets of money yielding mildly discernible results - How I do it” - this was me last year with a crawl space encapsulation and a new heat pump, nearly $40k!

Ouch. You’re scaring me. Hopefully it was fast, at least!

Demolition has started on the two bathrooms, so I can’t stop now. Guess I could still bail on the window replacements. 🤔 Maybe we’ll need to start a support group headed by @samiam2. He’s kind of the OG when it comes to such expenditures. 😂

Good luck, we did our master bathroom and bedroom this past summer.  Took way longer than promised and more $$ than quoted.  Was wonderful for me since my wife has the patience of a gnat.  

My next door neighbors have been doing an entire interior home remodel.   They literally moved out in October, put all their furniture in storage and when I spoke with them yesterday they are set to move back in next week.   3 full months of almost daily work going on there.

Sounds pricey and a PITA to me but it does look nice in there.

Corv

Some years ago, I had my kitchen remodeled. I'd made new cabinets for the remodel. Even with those on hand, it took longer than I'd expected, cost more -- and was totally worth it. I gained about 10 pounds quickly. Of course buying my Big Green Egg at around the same time didn't help that, don't know which to blame the weight on.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

My next door neighbors have been doing an entire interior home remodel.   They literally moved out in October, put all their furniture in storage and when I spoke with them yesterday they are set to move back in next week.   3 full months of almost daily work going on there.

Sounds pricey and a PITA to me but it does look nice in there.

We lived in our guest bedroom for 2 months.  Was a very long 2 months.

nolaegghead

We lived in our living room for at least 2 months while redoing the bedrooms.

GrateEggspectations

TechsasJim said:

Hook_emHornsfan_74 said:

GrateEggspectations said:

Bellavista52 said:

@GrateEggspectations - “Spending buckets of money yielding mildly discernible results - How I do it” - this was me last year with a crawl space encapsulation and a new heat pump, nearly $40k!

Ouch. You’re scaring me. Hopefully it was fast, at least!

Demolition has started on the two bathrooms, so I can’t stop now. Guess I could still bail on the window replacements. 🤔 Maybe we’ll need to start a support group headed by @samiam2. He’s kind of the OG when it comes to such expenditures. 😂

Good luck, we did our master bathroom and bedroom this past summer.  Took way longer than promised and more $$ than quoted.  Was wonderful for me since my wife has the patience of a gnat.  

My next door neighbors have been doing an entire interior home remodel.   They literally moved out in October, put all their furniture in storage and when I spoke with them yesterday they are set to move back in next week.   3 full months of almost daily work going on there.

Sounds pricey and a PITA to me but it does look nice in there.

Got a neighbour doing the same - an entire interior reno of a huge mid-century bungalow down to the studs. Had to AirBnB for months and months and when I last spoke to him this fall, he was already way, way over budget. His kitchen, which is complete, is stunning. 

He has told me many times that he doesn’t know if his marriage will survive the remainder of the reno. 🫤

ColbyLang

I had a very close friend decide to Reno instead of buying on his entire home. Initial budget of 165K. 31 months later he moved in. 486k total lol. 

I said welcome to your forever home! 

lousubcap

@ColbyLang - does your friend work for a defense contractor as that large a miss is how they roll. 
Dang- talk about totally missing the mark.  Geez!

ColbyLang

He’s got a high end wife lol. 

Acn

Gonna have to get a new vac sealer.  The current one will seal, or it will vacuum, but not both.

GregW

Acn said:

Gonna have to get a new vac sealer.  The current one will seal, or it will vacuum, but not both.

If you lived close, I could make you a sweet deal on a sparingly used Weston 2300 sealer.