OT - What are you doing now? (2024)

Ozzie_Isaac

GrateEggspectations said:

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Front and rear plastic grills of my favourite turbo fan literally disintegrated due to age. 

Resurrected with stolen parts from a retired surplus fan

I think you should run without grills. Looks cool!

The downside is that it might not be so good for the grandchildren. 

Growing up, my now-deceased grandmother had a fan that featured a grill with spaces so wide you could literally get two or three fingers in between there. It looked stunning though. 

My grandmother had one!  All the grill would do is keep the blades off the ground if it fell over.  They were sweet metal blades too.

zaphod

GrateEggspectations said:

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Front and rear plastic grills of my favourite turbo fan literally disintegrated due to age. 

Resurrected with stolen parts from a retired surplus fan

I think you should run without grills. Looks cool!

The downside is that it might not be so good for the grandchildren. 

Growing up, my now-deceased grandmother had a fan that featured a grill with spaces so wide you could literally get two or three fingers in between there. It looked stunning though. 

who are you to get in the way of Darwin?

paqman

GrateEggspectations said:

The downside is that it might not be so good for the grandchildren. 

Growing up, my now-deceased grandmother had a fan that featured a grill with spaces so wide you could literally get two or three fingers in between there. It looked stunning though. 

And the blades were made of metal? 

Edit: Read @Ozzie_Isaac post just after finishing this one

kl8ton

I can't find the what are you buying right now thread.  The search function = useless.  

I am restocking my store of dizzy pig seasonings. Free Labor Day weekend shipping!

Canugghead

kl8ton said:

I think you should run without grills. Looks cool!

Looks cool without grills and not running. However, when it's in action as in last pic, even at medium speed you can't see the turbines. It's light weight, quiet and powerful, that's why I can't let go of it.

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Front and rear plastic grills of my favourite turbo fan literally disintegrated due to age. 

Resurrected with stolen parts from a retired surplus fan

I think you should run without grills. Looks cool!

The downside is that it might not be so good for the grandchildren. 

Growing up, my now-deceased grandmother had a fan that featured a grill with spaces so wide you could literally get two or three fingers in between there. It looked stunning though. 

My late M-I-L had a fan just like that. We found out the hard way when she was babysitting our oldest kid 

GrateEggspectations

Canugghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Front and rear plastic grills of my favourite turbo fan literally disintegrated due to age. 

Resurrected with stolen parts from a retired surplus fan

I think you should run without grills. Looks cool!

The downside is that it might not be so good for the grandchildren. 

Growing up, my now-deceased grandmother had a fan that featured a grill with spaces so wide you could literally get two or three fingers in between there. It looked stunning though. 

My late M-I-L had a fan just like that. We found out the hard way when she was babysitting our oldest kid 

I shudder to think of the potential results. Hope all ended up okay. 

Canugghead

GrateEggspectations said:

Canugghead said:

GrateEggspectations said:

kl8ton said:

Canugghead said:

Front and rear plastic grills of my favourite turbo fan literally disintegrated due to age. 

Resurrected with stolen parts from a retired surplus fan

I think you should run without grills. Looks cool!

The downside is that it might not be so good for the grandchildren. 

Growing up, my now-deceased grandmother had a fan that featured a grill with spaces so wide you could literally get two or three fingers in between there. It looked stunning though. 

My late M-I-L had a fan just like that. We found out the hard way when she was babysitting our oldest kid 

I shudder to think of the potential results. Hope all ended up okay. 

Fortunately it wasn't too bad!

JohnInCarolina

On the road.  Headed up to Chicago for an all-day meeting tomorrow on behalf of Uncle Sam.  

I’ll see my nephew who works in investment banking tonight for dinner.  We’re checking out this place:

https://www.avecrestaurant.com/

billt01

Re-homing an old license plate

lousubcap

Safe travels and enjoy the dinner.  

RealDonaldTrump

Don't forget to VOTE

Stormbringer

Enjoying.a NY steak after a fabulous day in Yellowstone 

GrateEggspectations

Preparing duck confit from scratch. Two legs into the sous vide for tomorrow night; four for the freezer, already seasoned and vac sealed. 

ColbyLang

Painting my daughter’s bedroom ceiling and walls. Prepping for wallpaper to be installed by the wife. Watching football and was watching the Presidents cup simultaneously, Sorry you Canadians on the forum. 

Botch

ColbyLang said:

Painting my daughter’s bedroom ceiling and walls. Prepping for wallpaper to be installed by the wife. Watching football and was watching the Presidents cup simultaneously, Sorry you Canadians on the forum. 

Hope she volunteers to remove said wallpaper, when/if it becomes necessary.
I will never, never do that again; I'll burn the residence down and rebuild it before that.  

Gulfcoastguy

I agree Botch. Every place that I have ever lived post university has had wall paper , including currently, has had wallpaper. In every case it started to peel. What's wrong with painting?

ColbyLang

Botch said:Gulfcoastguy said:

I agree Botch. Every place that I have ever lived post university has had wall paper , including currently, has had wallpaper. In every case it started to peel. What's wrong with painting?

ColbyLang said:

Painting my daughter’s bedroom ceiling and walls. Prepping for wallpaper to be installed by the wife. Watching football and was watching the Presidents cup simultaneously, Sorry you Canadians on the forum. 

Hope she volunteers to remove said wallpaper, when/if it becomes necessary.
I will never, never do that again; I'll burn the residence down and rebuild it before that.  

Fellas, my wife is an interior designer. I gave up a long time ago. Use quality wallpaper and removing it ain’t bad at all. Score it, spray with 50/50 water and liquid fabric softener. Wide putty knife. 

Ozzie_Isaac

ColbyLang said:

Botch said:Gulfcoastguy said:

I agree Botch. Every place that I have ever lived post university has had wall paper , including currently, has had wallpaper. In every case it started to peel. What's wrong with painting?

ColbyLang said:

Painting my daughter’s bedroom ceiling and walls. Prepping for wallpaper to be installed by the wife. Watching football and was watching the Presidents cup simultaneously, Sorry you Canadians on the forum. 

Hope she volunteers to remove said wallpaper, when/if it becomes necessary.
I will never, never do that again; I'll burn the residence down and rebuild it before that.  

Fellas, my wife is an interior designer. I gave up a long time ago. Use quality wallpaper and removing it ain’t bad at all. Score it, spray with 50/50 water and liquid fabric softener. Wide putty knife. 

Fabric softener is a godsend.  Removed older heavy wallpaper.  Took an evening to remove and another evening to remove rest of glue and skim coat with mud.  Really not bad.