What did you do today?

[Tom King]

Sorry for the loss of the dear family member.

[Mark J]

16 hours ago, pkinneb said:

Had to say good bye to Meeka after 14 1/2 years

Very sad news.

[Von]

So sorry about Meeka. Beautiful dog.

[Ronn W]

Sorry for your loss. I know it hurts.

[Chet]

On 5/7/2024 at 1:10 PM, pkinneb said:

Had to say good bye to Meeka after 14 1/2 years...

Sorry to hear this.  It is always hard to lose a loyal member of the family pack.

[gee-dub]

Despite behaving myself really well post-op on the hand . . . apparently I was performing the physical therapy exercises as directed. They never expect anyone to do that and so they over-prescribe. The surgery is healing well but the opening is greater than they like due to the stretching, dexterity, strength exercises. A couple of butterfly bandages and instructions like "don't even scratch your head" for the next couple of weeks . So I sit in the fire-pit area and enjoy the flowering yucca.

 

We have yellow too but I didn't get any pics . . . I might have had to use my left hand to get out of the chair .  As a result the remodel is done and the dressers are not.  I will endeavor to persevere.

[Beechwood Chip]

On 5/11/2024 at 5:11 PM, gee-dub said:

Despite behaving myself really well post-op on the hand . . . apparently I was performing the physical therapy exercises as directed. They never expect anyone to do that and so they over-prescribe.

Thanks for the chuckle.

[legenddc]

That looks a lot different than the yucca I'm used to seeing. I guess battered and fried changes its appearance some.

Spent the weekend with my in-laws at a Jellystone campground. Wife and I aren't camping people. She has to go camping again on Saturday with Girl Scouts. 

[legenddc]

Lost power yesterday morning. I ended up going into my (empty) office. We were getting closer to no power for 4 hours and it not expected to return for another 2-5 hours so I stopped by Home Depot and bought this Dewalt inverter. Was hoping for just enough juice to run the fridge and freezer one at a time. Of course the inverter was missing parts and therefor wouldn't work. While I was waiting to return it my neighbor texted that the power came back on.

I hear the power company working out there today. Hopefully we don't lose power again today. 

[Coop]

Just came out of the closet. No, not that closet.

Phones were going crazy and sirens were going off, warning of tornadoes. Luckily it blew thru without a tornado or substantial damage. Gonna grab a beer and a cigar instead of a chainsaw and blue tarps! 

[wtnhighlander]

Glad to hear you are OK, @Coop!

[RichardA]

On 5/16/2024 at 8:41 PM, Coop said:

Just came out of the closet. No, not that closet.

Phones were going crazy and sirens were going off, warning of tornadoes. Luckily it blew thru without a tornado or substantial damage. Gonna grab a beer and a cigar instead of a chainsaw and blue tarps! 

Yeah, you gotta save the blue tarps for your trip in June! 

[JohnG]

Quick project tonight from some scrap 2x pine. No planning, no finishing. Only need it temporarily to get the plants off the floor so my dog won’t step on them again. 


 

Some time soon(ish) will be a potting bench build to replace this. 

[Mark J]

Funny thing about quick builds and prototypes, If they work they tend linger for a lot longer than you planned. 

[JohnG]

Like the temporary puzzle table I made a while back. It’s wobbly but still being used frequently. By replace I meant more of that physical location. I’ll shuffle this around and use it until it falls apart. Might put it in the greenhouse at some point. 

[legenddc]

Fixed an outlet in our outdoor closet. The guys who added insulation totally botched where the hole for the ceiling light went so they just pulled the romex over to the hole and covered it up. Who needs a box?

My wife ran a load of laundry yesterday but left something in the sink and sent loads of water through the basement. I pulled up some floor planks and have a bunch of fans going. We vacuumed and used towels to absorb all the water we could.

Time to figure out what I need to do to plumb the washer into a drain pipe, not the sink. 

[Tom King]

On 5/18/2024 at 9:22 AM, Mark J said:

Funny thing about quick builds and prototypes, If they work they tend linger for a lot longer than you planned. 

Why are you talking about our house?  I just started it in 1980.

[Tom King]

I changed the front brake pads in Pam's car this morning.  I hadn't worked on a car since working on my truck and tractor.  This Impreza was like working on a toy.  About 10 to 15 minutes on each side which included rotating the tires. Floor jack under the frame behind the front tire lifted the whole side of the car up, so it was little trouble to rotate the tires while I had the front one off anyway.

The yellow caliper hanger is well work having.  I think I bought them off Amazon some years ago.

Normally I use a C-clamp to compress the pistons, but one wouldn't fit in these calipers so I used a couple of small woodworking clamps.  They worked easily.

She had worn them down until they were starting to make noise in 50,000 miles.

 

[Coop]

One thing I like about my 2020 Chev pu is the info system shows the life of the pads. I think that should be standard on all vehicles, not only for the safety of the operator but also for the life of the rotors. 

[Coop]

I have 6 jalapeno pepper plants that all did exceptionally well.

Kind of hard to tell from the pic but here are some from two of the plants.

So, with the help of some YouTube videos, I spent a couple of hours out of the heat and over the stove.

[pkinneb]

On 5/25/2024 at 4:19 PM, Coop said:

I have 6 jalapeno pepper plants that all did exceptionally well.

Kind of hard to tell from the pic but here are some from two of the plants.

So, with the help of some YouTube videos, I spent a couple of hours out of the heat and over the stove.

Nice!!
 

[pkinneb]

First up make a removable box of sorts for the flatbed trailer

Then pciked up some mulch

then spread said mulch

Hope to get some shop time tomorrow.

[wtnhighlander]

Cleaning out the garage today. This unopened can of paint was a leftover from the exterior update of the house last summer.

SW makes good stuff, lots more solids in this than some of the cheaper paints I was eliminating. Surprised to see it go so dry in less than a year, though.

[Coop]

Wow! From the looks of the pic, I would have thought you mixed it with sawdust for it to dry out for disposal. 

[wtnhighlander]

I did, but that was after the photo.