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OT - What are you doing now? (2024)

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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,574
    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.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 301
    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?
    ~~
    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
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  • paqman
    paqman Posts: 4,819
    edited September 1
    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

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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,738
    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!
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,128
    edited September 1
    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.
    canuckland
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,128
    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  =)
    canuckland
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,023
    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. 
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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,128
    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!
    canuckland
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 32,623
    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/
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike
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  • billt01
    billt01 Posts: 1,717
    Re-homing an old license plate
    Have:
     XLBGE / Stumps Baby XL / Couple of Stokers (Gen 1 and Gen 3) / Blackstone 36 / Maxey 3x5 water pan hog cooker
    Had:
    LBGE / Lang 60D / Cookshack SM150 / Stumps Stretch / Stumps Baby

    Fat Willies BBQ
    Ola, Ga

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,938
    Safe travels and enjoy the dinner.  
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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  • RealDonaldTrump
    RealDonaldTrump Posts: 35
    Don't forget to VOTE
    I have a MiniMax on my golf cart
    Florida

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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,829
    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. 
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 16,214
    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.  
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    "When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set."

    - Lin Yutang


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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,731
    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?
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  • ColbyLang
    ColbyLang Posts: 3,829
    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. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,574
    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.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 12,128
    zaphod said:
    I use something like that which I built from 2" abs pipe with an adapter for my 60 l (16 gal) shopvac. sucks the crap right out of the gutters as I stand safe on the ground.  When I was younger I would take the shopvac up on the roof with me. Took the wheels off it, but still dropped it over the edge of a 2 story house once. cracked the housing, but still works 20 years later.
    Thanks again for the idea, I finally did it after visiting ewetube. Used central vacuum PVC, lighter and cheaper than ABS...

    murphy's law struck twice... 1) the roofer left too much shingles protruding over the gutter, had to flatten the nozzle to squeeze in, damn :angry:

    2) The ancient shopvac's on/off switch died, had to bypass it and use a smart outlet as switch...

    Not bad in spite of the constricted nozzle, even sucked up a broken piece of shingle...


    canuckland
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,574
    Have been driving 32 of the last 35hrs, 8 more to go.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,738
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Have been driving 32 of the last 35hrs, 8 more to go.
    Did you get the horse?  I'll go check the WAYBRN thread!  😀
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 301
    Canugghead said:
    zaphod said:
    I use something like that which I built from 2" abs pipe with an adapter for my 60 l (16 gal) shopvac. sucks the crap right out of the gutters as I stand safe on the ground.  When I was younger I would take the shopvac up on the roof with me. Took the wheels off it, but still dropped it over the edge of a 2 story house once. cracked the housing, but still works 20 years later.
    Thanks again for the idea, I finally did it after visiting ewetube. Used central vacuum PVC, lighter and cheaper than ABS...

    murphy's law struck twice... 1) the roofer left too much shingles protruding over the gutter, had to flatten the nozzle to squeeze in, damn :angry:

    2) The ancient shopvac's on/off switch died, had to bypass it and use a smart outlet as switch...

    Not bad in spite of the constricted nozzle, even sucked up a broken piece of shingle...


    awesome! rock and roll that thing. before I did this I took the vacuum onto the roof (sans wheels) for gutter cleaning. the crack to the left is from when it fell off one year.



    craftsman. grunt grunt grunt.
    ~~
    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
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  • kl8ton
    kl8ton Posts: 5,738
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    kl8ton said:
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    Have been driving 32 of the last 35hrs, 8 more to go.
    Did you get the horse?  I'll go check the WAYBRN thread!  😀
    We did, horse was very nice.  She isn’t real happy with 19hrs in a trailer, but her disposition has been real good.


    Awesome!  Get some sleep!
    Large, Medium, MiniMax, 36" Blackstone
    Grand Rapids MI
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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,023
    Congrats, @Ozzie_Isaac. What’s her name? My vote is “Fourty”, for the hours of suffering you endured. 
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  • Gulfcoastguy
    Gulfcoastguy Posts: 6,731
    Demonica because you had to go to hades and back to get her.
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  • zaphod
    zaphod Posts: 301
    buttercup
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    Walk softly, leave a good impression.
    large BGE, vegegrilltarian
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,455
    GrateEggspectations said:
    Canugghead said:
    @GrateEggspectations been thinking of moving to a bungalow as we get older ... no stairs to climb inside and no fear of climbing the roof, lol. Wish we have decent selection of bungalows in our neighbourhood like yours.
    We must say that we liked the prospect of being able to grow old in the home. The only potential obstacle is that we have a sunken living room. It’s only two steps down and we love the additional space it creates in the room, but it would pose a challenge were one of us to require a wheelchair. I suppose ramps could be added, but not as convenient as a single plane.  

    Come on up! Ottawa ain’t that bad. 😉

    i believe mr brady from the brady bunch designed the camp. half the living room, a bedroom, and the bath tub are sunken. running thru the house to get a sick dog outside and tripping over those streps is a bit problematic in the dark, stepping down into a wet slippery tub though is insane
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,574
    Nerd stats on the trip to Nebraska (proving one could do a quick weekend trip to Nebraska driving from AZ).

    2483 miles
    203 gallons diesel
    5.5 gallons of DEF
    40 hrs and 10 minutes of driving
    Total elapsed trip time, just shy of 45 hrs.

    Doing the math, that is an average speed of 62 mph

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