In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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BRENDA: "Love It or List It" is filmed in Vancouver. I've seen the ads on tv.
BRENDA: Hi Sig. Looking at the scenery I thought it was one of the lakes here in BC BUT when I saw the bridge I KNEW it wasn't filmed in BC. There are no bridges in BC that look like that. So, I went and looked it up. It was filmed in Washington State and little into Oregon. That bridge is in Washington State.
OH, AWESOME! Mystery solved!! It was just bugging the shit out of me bc I knew it wasn't a So Cal location!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
No worries Sig. Washington State has another odd bridge that floats.
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Quote:How often does that happen, canceling the ferries?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
BRENDA: BC ferries is cancelling sailings as the winds are whipping up between the mainland and Vancouver Island.
KIKI: I see your wind on this real-time globe, but it looks like the state of Washington is getting slammed. https://earth.nullschool.net/
BRENDA: Washington State and BC share a lot of wind and rain. So if we are taking a wind beating then the coast of Washington is too.
KIKI- fascinating map! What I find really interesting is a north polar view, where you can see "lobes" of air masses extending towards the temperate zones. Quite often five or six lobes.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
Ferry sailings are usually only cancelled when the winds are so bad that the Strait of Georgia is deemed unsafe for boat travel and that mostly happens in the winter. Going either way one or more sailings can be cancelled a day or delayed depending on how bad the winds are and how choppy the water is.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Brenda
Yeah - I saw some weather-news about your wind - and I looked at the wind-map, and the wind-map doesn't seem to get down to details, like the area between Vancouver Island and the mainland. I guess I'll know now that it's not as particular as I thought.
But it DOES look like your wind has died down, so - good news for that.
Hey KIKI, no worries.
It has died down and that is good. People will be able to get over to the Island. Ooops, I mean Vancouver Island for their Christmas stuff.
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Off to see a friend in the rain and get a couple of other things done.
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Quote:I hope you have a nice time with your friend!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Off to see a friend in the rain and get a couple of other things done.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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Tree PURCHASED! Not too big, not too small, and not too full because it has to fit into a small space.
OTOH the battery in my car is dead dead dead. I jump-started it and ran it for 30 minutes and tried to start it again ... I doubt there was even one spare electron in there!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:I hope you have a nice time with your friend!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Off to see a friend in the rain and get a couple of other things done.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
We had a nice afternoon. Wandered around some stores. Helped her find something for her mom for Christmas. It managed to stay dry for us so that was nice.
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Fog rolled in around suppertime and it is still here but not as thick as earlier.
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Been invited out to an early Christmas supper. It'll be nice to get out.
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Quote:That's great!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Been invited out to an early Christmas supper. It'll be nice to get out.
i hope you have a nice time!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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oy. A day of sudden progress and sudden reversals. The dead batter was on the car that I was hoping to sellto our sometime gardener. Fortunately I had gotten it thru AAA, and (she said brightly!) they come with a 3-year warranty. So after hunting around a bit, I found the invoice in the glove compartment where I had left it, and AAA came out and tested the alternator and replaced the battery for free.
YAY!
Here in CA you have to smog check your car before xfer title, so I found a nearby smog check station with an online coupon (YAY!) and boogied over there, only to have the car fail smog test.
DARN!
It's passed every other year since 2001 so what happened?
According to the tech, when the battery drains the memory fades from the onboard computer. Apparently (I surmise) the car learns a number of setpoints while you drive, and once those were lost it needed to relearn them. So all I have to do, according to the tech, is drive the car about 200 miles and bring in back for a free re-test.
YAY!
In 10 calendar days.
Ooooh...
Then when going thru the mail I got a number of medical bills because ONCE AGAIN the billing office is billing the wrong gorram insurance! Goddamnit, I've called those idiots at least three times by now! And at THIS point, I'm no longer even covered by that insurance! Yes, I know ... I was covered by that insurance when I had sinus surgery and the insurance SHOULD pay, but between the idiots in the billing office and the insurance throwing up roadblocks this will probably be a six-month fix. I also got an inscrutable letter fromhubby's retirement about his RMD ... the amount that they claimed they paid him doesn't match the check that we got OR what they said was coming. And no matter which figures I look at, they under-withheld taxes despite me giving them explicit instructions. Jezus Christos, I seem to be spending an inordinate amount of time trying to correct othere people's mistakes.
And finally ...never buy clothes from Amazon. I'll have to return some Xmas gifts because the items are too small, too scratchy and too cheap.
On the bright side, the medium-ish sized Xmas tree is up and decorated and it is a thing of beauty! And I made what was probably a tasty tandoori chicken and vegetable curry, with onions, potatoes, garlic, ginger, and minced hot pepper, tomato, cauliflower, chick peas, and peas, spiced with curry and garam masala. It might have been too harsh but the recipe calls for finishing it with heavy cream which smoothed out the flavor I think. Anyway, family enjoyed it and that's what counts!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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Or maybe I could do this ...
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Changed the Car Battery and Failed Smog Check
I changed the car battery. It failed the smog check because there is no data; the tech said no monitors. I drove it 250 miles and it failed the smog check again. I drove my car for another 110 miles and took it to Honda dealer to check the monitors. They said it will cost me $320.00. How can I reset the car monitor? Is there any place to check the car monitor and reset it at cheaper cost?
Answer:
You will need to drive your Honda for at least 200-300 miles through various driving conditions in order to complete the required Emission Monitors. Sometimes simply driving an extend length of time does not necessary mean the emission monitors will run. Your Honda’s emission monitors are internal self-tests which the Engine Control Unit performs to ensure your is not polluting and is running efficiently. The entire process of self-testing various emission control systems is called a Drive Cycle. Follow the emission drive cycle trace below. Obey all traffic laws while performing drive cycles. Perform at your own risk.
HOW TO PERFORM A HONDA DRIVE CYCLE
The following is a Honda OBDII Drive Cycle Pattern.
COLD START: Begin from Cold Start, and ignition in OFF position for at least 1 hour. ensure your Honda’s fuel tank is between 1/4 and 3/4 full and engine coolant temperature must be below 122°F and within 11°F of the ambient air temperature. Do not leave the key on prior to the cold start or the heated oxygen sensor diagnostic may not run.
IDLE TIME: Run your Honda’s engine (do not drive) for 2 1/2 minutes with the air conditioner on and rear defroster on. During this period the ECU will be running the Oxygen Sensor Heater self-test, Air Injection System Passive Air test, EVAP Purge "No Flow" test, Misfire Detection.
ACCELERATE: Turn off the air conditioner and rear defroster and begin driving. As soon as possible apply half throttle until 55mph is reached. The ECU will now run self-tests on the Misfire Detection, Fuel Trim, and EVAP Purge Flow.
HOLD STEADY: Now hold your vehicle speed steady at 55mph for three minutes. During this time the Oxygen Sensor O2 response, Air Intrusive (AIS System), EGR Flow, Purge Valve, Misfire Detection, and Fuel Trim diagnostics will be performed.
DECELERATE: During this step you want to slowly let off the accelerator pedal. Do not brake or shift your Honda in order to slow down. It is important to let the vehicle coast along gradually slowing down to 20 mph. The ECU will once again self-test the EGR System, EVAP Purge System and Long Term Fuel Trims.
ACCELERATE: Go ahead and accelerate again at 3/4 throttle until 55-60mph is reached. This will perform the same self tests as during the first acceleration step.
HOLD STEADY: Hold steady speed once again. This time at 55mph for five minutes. During this time, in addition to running the self-tests as during the first HOLD STEADY step, the ECU will perform the catalyst monitor diagnostics. If the catalyst (Catalytic Converter) is marginal or the battery has been disconnected, it may take 5 complete driving cycles to determine the state of the catalyst,or in order to Complete the CAT Monitor.
DECELERATE: This will perform the same diagnostics as in the first Deceleration. Remember not to press your Honda’s brake or shift gears during deceleration.
This should complete the drive cycle on your Honda. To ensure all monitors are complete use a scan tool to view the monitors. You may want to complete the drive cycle 2-3 times.
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And most importantly (it IS most important for SoCal, it's just that most ppl don't think about it) we got RAIN. 1.75" at my house, and another storm due Christmas, giving us the gift of water.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:That's great!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Been invited out to an early Christmas supper. It'll be nice to get out.
i hope you have a nice time!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
It was an okay evening. My boss and her husband. Nice food and some Christmas carols. So good evening.
PS: No rain by me so a dry and green Christmas.
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You have already posted this again and again in my thread Jack. Therefore I think it must belong here.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Given that you guys have vomited that "Christian" editorial all over the forums, I'm going to proclaim that it's safe to say that ultra-Right evangelicals can be put on the list of people you love now too.
So let's see now... That's...
Vladimir Putin
John Bolton
Robert Mueller
John McCain
George W Bush
CIA
FBI
James Comey
The Evangelical Right C/O Mark Galli
I'm not missing anybody there, am I, Captain?
Should Mark Galli be higher on the list too?
I had a little look at Mark Galli's Twatter history. I thought it was kind of strange that he stopped using it in March of 2018, but I think I solved that mystery (see below).
Here's a few bangers that he put out in the past though:
He's not a big fan of gay rights...
June 26th, 2015:
Our Response to the Supreme Court Ruling Today:
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/june-web-only/6-things-to-do
-after-supreme-court-gay-marriage-decision.html?share=oMxNAmoQ1CGBKjM%2fZHvo2AdkdNwxEJaR&&visit_source=facebookQuote:
Six Things To Do after the Supreme Court Decision on Gay Marriage
We lost this one.
I'm not usually one to only read a headline and the first sentence, and I'm usually the guy scolding everybody else for making that their daily habit, but I think we know where the rest of that article was going.
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June 11th, 2013:
For boomers and history buffs: Kennedy's Finest Moment
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/11/opinion/kennedys-civil-rights-trium
ph.html?smid=tw-shareQuote:
Kennedy’s words anticipated some of the key themes found in King’s soaring March on Washington address two months later. And that shared moral force, that commonality of thinking between the two speeches, is the most important reason to remember the president’s address, 50 years ago today: it reminds us of a forgotten moment of the civil rights era, when presidential leadership and grass-roots activism worked in creative tension to turn the narrative of civil rights from a regional issue into a national story promoting racial equality and democratic renewal.
Civil Rights for EVERYBODY!
Except for those goddamned fags.
Oh... wait. Nevermind. Hypocrisy is something you guys actively engage in everyday and are FULLY on board with.
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Rape Babies should be a celebration...
October 24th, 2012:
A response to today's political frenzy: Are Pregnancy's Even From Rape a Gift From God?
https://web.archive.org/web/20170607051557/https://www.christianitytod
ay.com/ct/2012/october-web-only/are-pregnancies-even-from-rape-gift-from-god.htmlQuote:
Many media outlets are expressing shock, unable to concieve of a God or a world in which God might actually make something good from something horrid, that the child of rape or incest could be considered a divine gift. Note the tone and disgust of the Atlantic Wire summary of the story.
You heard it right here, ladies. Drop you weekend plans and go out and get raped this weekend in the name of God, and you too can have a Miracle Baby of your own.
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Doesn't want you using the MyFace or the Twatter...
November 13th, 2013:
"Millions in US still lack internet access." uh, maybe that's a blessing for them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/gap-between-those-w
ho-use-internet-and-those-who-dont-is-widening/2013/11/12/d9d8d002-4726-11e3-a196-3544a03c2351_story.html
Oh... well that probably explains why he hasn't used his Twatter in nearly 2 years. Four years later he
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Do you think YOU being unable to reply to facts and logic gives you the right to troll anywhere, off-topic?
FLIES SHIT.
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You talking to me? I've told you guys. Keeping repeatedly posting long nonsensical posts because you're upset and I will post them here. Jack kept posting that over and over again.
This is what happens. Besides, you guys post off topic all the time in threads. Keep it up and I'll stick around.
T 
Deep state describes dedicated, educated professionals.
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I don't have a problem with that being posted in here. Maybe you'll read it and see how hypocritical you are if it's in this thread?
Probably not though.
Merry Christmas everybody.
Probably won't be around much if at all for the next few days.
Don't get into any political fights with your family at the dinner table tonight.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Vancouver Island experienced a 6.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday.
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Quote:Whoa! THAT'S a hefty shaker!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Vancouver Island experienced a 6.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday.
People have been warning about the subduction zone in the NW for quite a while. Also, the reactivation of Mt Ranier and the other volcanoes in the Cascades, and the resulting tsunami. Of course, one day these warnings will come true. I trust that not anytime soon.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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Quote:HOLY JEEBUS! I bet the aftershocks are no small things either!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Vancouver Island experienced a 6.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday.
How are things by you? No buildings broke, I hope? Nothing fell down at your place?
https://www.straight.com/news/1340856/magnitude-62-earthquake-strikes-
christmas-eve-near-vancouver-island-after-six-seismic
I see it was part of a pattern of earthquakes. I hope nothing comes of it.
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Woke up at stupid o'clock to hear the wind whipping the trees and the wind=chimes clanking away. This is the back-end of the storm that blew through last night (downdrafts) which dumped ... according to my "rain gage" 2 and 15/16" of rain. There is a bit of a flood in the back garden area where one downspout empties. I had to empty the rain gage and set it up again because that's all it can hold! And its COLD outside too, by SoCal standards. I have to drive past one of the rivers later today, it'll be interesting to see whether the last two storms overwhelmed the rain retention infrastructures and if rainwater is being dumped into the ocean.
I've been putting peanuts out for the birds and squirrels (and prolly rats and coons) in advance of the storms. That Parking Lot Tree is surely getting a good soaking.
For all the weird stuff going on in the Pacific (The Blob having reasserted itself in the crook of N America, where USA and Canada meet) and the Arctic (massive ice melt) the weather here has been surprisingly normal ... classic, even.
As an interested layperson I think it all boils down to "storm tracks" - how far south "tongues" of arctic air extend south, since storms form at the interface of cold and warm air- and whether that interface sits over California. So far we've been very fortunate to have those storms track right over most of California. But since those tongues or lobes of cold air have been remaining pretty static (over months or years) next year the track may have shifted, and then we would be in for a long multi-season drought. When the Arctic warms considerably we might not have any tongues of air that are cold enough to reach this far south, and then SoCal will be in permanent drought. I'd sure hate to see that happen, there is a lot of unique wildlife here. (It's no just all godforsaken urban areas),
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Whoa! THAT'S a hefty shaker!
Originally posted by Brenda:
Vancouver Island experienced a 6.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday.
People have been warning about the subduction zone in the NW for quite a while. Also, the reactivation of Mt Ranier and the other volcanoes in the Cascades, and the resulting tsunami. Of course, one day these warnings will come true. I trust that not anytime soon.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
That is nothing over the Christmas week there have been at least 10 earthquakes off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Felt up in Port Hardy, Tofino and Haida Gwaii. One of them was even felt down around where I am. Not my city but Richmond and Vancouver itself.
Scientists say a cluster of quakes like that isn't unusual and nothing to panic about. I just thought it was interesting.
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Quote:HOLY JEEBUS! I bet the aftershocks are no small things either!
Originally posted by 1KIKI:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Vancouver Island experienced a 6.2 magnitude earthquake yesterday.
How are things by you? No buildings broke, I hope? Nothing fell down at your place?
https://www.straight.com/news/1340856/magnitude-62-earthquake-strikes-
christmas-eve-near-vancouver-island-after-six-seismic
I see it was part of a pattern of earthquakes. I hope nothing comes of it.
There was no damage done and no tsunami warnings posted either. That one and the others were out in the water.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Woke up at stupid o'clock to hear the wind whipping the trees and the wind=chimes clanking away. This is the back-end of the storm that blew through last night (downdrafts) which dumped ... according to my "rain gage" 2 and 15/16" of rain. There is a bit of a flood in the back garden area where one downspout empties. I had to empty the rain gage and set it up again because that's all it can hold! And its COLD outside too, by SoCal standards. I have to drive past one of the rivers later today, it'll be interesting to see whether the last two storms overwhelmed the rain retention infrastructures and if rainwater is being dumped into the ocean.
I've been putting peanuts out for the birds and squirrels (and prolly rats and coons) in advance of the storms. That Parking Lot Tree is surely getting a good soaking.
For all the weird stuff going on in the Pacific (The Blob having reasserted itself in the crook of N America, where USA and Canada meet) and the Arctic (massive ice melt) the weather here has been surprisingly normal ... classic, even.
As an interested layperson I think it all boils down to "storm tracks" - how far south "tongues" of arctic air extend south, since storms form at the interface of cold and warm air- and whether that interface sits over California. So far we've been very fortunate to have those storms track right over most of California. But since those tongues or lobes of cold air have been remaining pretty static (over months or years) next year the track may have shifted, and then we would be in for a long multi-season drought. When the Arctic warms considerably we might not have any tongues of air that are cold enough to reach this far south, and then SoCal will be in permanent drought. I'd sure hate to see that happen, there is a lot of unique wildlife here. (It's no just all godforsaken urban areas),
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
All is calm on the weather scale where I am but heading back into rain over tonight and into tomorrow.
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Out for a walk while it is dry.
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Rain today and I am out in a bit to go to work.
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As for SoCal, so far, so good.
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Looking to be a wet and green New Years.
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And you'll be settled in, all warm, cozy, and dry, in a peaceful, private place. What a great start to 2020.
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Out and about, running errands and in general observing the aftermath of the cold storm that came thru a couple of days ago. The river that I was driving by was full, some rainwater escaped the various impoundments and fled to the ocean,
More impressively, the mountains are covered with snow, from their peaks ( about 10,000 feet at the highest) to about 6,500 feet. I hadn't realized it but both passes thru the mountains (the Tejon pass to the northwest, the Cajon pass to the northeast) were closed for over a day because of the snow. But you just can't believe what it looks like. With drifts so far down, they look like a forbidding wall of snow. Unbelievable. Every now and again, nature reminds me how fierce she is.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
And you'll be settled in, all warm, cozy, and dry, in a peaceful, private place.
Yes, I am and that is a good feeling. But I still have to go out and do a couple of things on this slightly soggy Saturday.
Need some lamb chops for my New Years dinner. Gotta see if I can find any.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Out and about, running errands and in general observing the aftermath of the cold storm that came thru a couple of days ago. The river that I was driving by was full, some rainwater escaped the various impoundments and fled to the ocean,
More impressively, the mountains are covered with snow, from their peaks ( about 10,000 feet at the highest) to about 6,500 feet. I hadn't realized it but both passes thru the mountains (the Tejon pass to the northwest, the Cajon pass to the northeast) were closed for over a day because of the snow. But you just can't believe what it looks like. With drifts so far down, they look like a forbidding wall of snow. Unbelievable. Every now and again, nature reminds me how fierce she is.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
See sights like that up here in the mountains every winter pretty well. Sometimes the passes between Alberta and BC are closed because of the snow and the risk of avalanches.
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Just found out another member of the Official Firefly Board (OB) had died. I will miss Admiral Digby.
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My brother was visiting, so I wasn't online much the last few days. It was fun getting to hang out with him again for our yearly thing here.
I've gotten about 2/3rds of the window/door casings and 4/5ths of the baseboard that I bought painted with a coat of white gloss enamel and ready to go up. I actually can't paint any more until I start getting some of this stuff up since I ran out of room to stage it.
I ended up buying a brad nailer to do the job, and boy was that a good $35 investment. I can't imagine how much time and frustration I saved with that purchase. Kind of a pain lugging my compressor in and out of the house since I only have one hose and I can't exactly have windows open to feed them through during the winter anyhow, but if I plan this all out right I should be able to keep the double work down to a minimum.
I was able to install a few of the door casings in the master bedroom while my brother was here, but there wasn't much time to do that since the thing was on order and didn't show up until late yesterday.
I'm also going to have a bit of a problem with the old miter saw that my stepdad gave me since the bevel function requires making precise adjustments every time with a square and is not by any means easy to set up. 45's for the casings are going to be easy, but cutting the 45's for the baseboard is going to be a real bitch. I'd love to just cut everything to the exact measurements I'll need first and then just do all of them with a perfect 45 set up, but I'm not that skilled and if I try doing that I know I'm bound to make incorrect cuts.
The windows are going to be a project all by themselves too. I had to rip out everything when I did them since it was all crap. They didn't even have any window sills on the 2nd floor, so I'm going to have to create those from scratch. There's a pretty good rebate sale on 8 foot lengths of 1x4 pine by me this week though, so I should be able to buy those and make them. I'll have to dig out my router and find the bits too, because I want to make fancy edges for them.
I'm going to re-use all of the doors that were up there. Both the closet doors and the bedroom/bathroom entry doors. Some of them have holes in them, but I'll just patch them and sand them down because I'm going to be painting them white to match the trim and they'll all look the same when it's done. Unfortunately, the small bedroom didn't have a door for the closet, so I'll have to see if I can find one that closely matches the same style that is used on the master bedroom closet and the linen closet in the hall. It shouldn't be too difficult since they're just flat and seem rather generic.
Going to do an inventory today and see what I still need to pick up tomorrow. Probably won't need anything except for some more nails for the new gun and the wood I'm going to use for the window framing. Unless they just happen to have a closet door that will work for me on sale now, I'll probably put that off until I find a good price on it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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My brother was visiting, so I wasn't online much the last few days. It was fun getting to hang out with him again for our yearly thing here.
I've gotten about 2/3rds of the window/door casings and 4/5ths of the baseboard that I bought painted with a coat of white gloss enamel and ready to go up. I actually can't paint any more until I start getting some of this stuff up since I ran out of room to stage it.
I ended up buying a brad nailer to do the job, and boy was that a good $35 investment. I can't imagine how much time and frustration I saved with that purchase. Kind of a pain lugging my compressor in and out of the house since I only have one hose and I can't exactly have windows open to feed them through during the winter anyhow, but if I plan this all out right I should be able to keep the double work down to a minimum.
I was able to install a few of the door casings in the master bedroom while my brother was here, but there wasn't much time to do that since the thing was on order and didn't show up until late yesterday.
I'm also going to have a bit of a problem with the old miter saw that my stepdad gave me since the bevel function requires making precise adjustments every time with a square and is not by any means easy to set up. 45's for the casings are going to be easy, but cutting the 45's for the baseboard is going to be a real bitch. I'd love to just cut everything to the exact measurements I'll need first and then just do all of them with a perfect 45 set up, but I'm not that skilled and if I try doing that I know I'm bound to make incorrect cuts.
The windows are going to be a project all by themselves too. I had to rip out everything when I did them since it was all crap. They didn't even have any window sills on the 2nd floor, so I'm going to have to create those from scratch. There's a pretty good rebate sale on 8 foot lengths of 1x4 pine by me this week though, so I should be able to buy those and make them. I'll have to dig out my router and find the bits too, because I want to make fancy edges for them.
I'm going to re-use all of the doors that were up there. Both the closet doors and the bedroom/bathroom entry doors. Some of them have holes in them, but I'll just patch them and sand them down because I'm going to be painting them white to match the trim and they'll all look the same when it's done. Unfortunately, the small bedroom didn't have a door for the closet, so I'll have to see if I can find one that closely matches the same style that is used on the master bedroom closet and the linen closet in the hall. It shouldn't be too difficult since they're just flat and seem rather generic.
Going to do an inventory today and see what I still need to pick up tomorrow. Probably won't need anything except for some more nails for the new gun and the wood I'm going to use for the window framing. Unless they just happen to have a closet door that will work for me on sale now, I'll probably put that off until I find a good price on it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
Glad you got to see your brother Jack.
I have to see if I can find some shelving for some small things. I bought something over the summer but I see it is starting to fall apart and if it falls. Well, some of things on it are breakable. So I need to see if I can find anything around here or in the next city over.
Also have to try and replace my video cabinet as I just realized how broke that is.
If its not one thing its another.
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Hey SIX, welcome back! Glad that you got a chance to see your brother; it's nice seeing family for Christmas!
Jiminy, you're sure managing to keep busy! Are you SURE you don't want to come over, enjoy our weather and do some interior trim??? I think you're a perfectionist, and I'll be willing to bet a rather large sum of money that anything that you did would be vastly superior to the bozos who last worked on this house (no, not hubby. He's a perfectionist too.)
In less than 10 days I have got 190 miles out of 200 required for a free smog recheck and for sure I'll clock that in once I see the dentist tomorrow. So, mail out bill payments and one LAST gift(!), dentist, smog check (fingers crossed that it passes) and general recycling (dear daughter's project) and film recycling, and some sprinkler system parts. And with that cleared away I can get to a couple of the more irritating problems that came in the mail just before Xmas ... misbilling by three different doctor's offices and a Medicare problem. I think I hate dealing with hospital and insurance bureaucracies about as much I hate doing my own taxes. It's all pretty nonsensical and ridiculously complicated!
I'll be posting another general Happy New Year, but I wanted to wish you all personally the very best of the upcoming year. May you all have a healthy, prosperous and happy New Year filled with friendship and love. 
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I'd love to be in warm weather right now and help you out, but I gotta keep working on the house and find a job around here.
As for the perfectionism, I'm going to do what I can here. Unfortunately, I have to work with the tools that I've got, so my ancient Craftsman miter saw is going to be the weak link in the chain. The first door that I did probably shouldn't have been the interior of the entry door to the master bedroom, because the angles aren't perfect. My brother kept saying "who gives a shit? nobody is going to notice that.", and I showed him the job that somebody did before me in the bathroom which is 10 times as bad, but it's still not perfect and I'm not a master at caulking either so I can only hope that I can do a good caulk job before a second coat of paint and it's not noticible.
I watched another video last night where a guy showed a new way he does it that is pretty amazing. It actually requires zero measuring, and just scribing the stuff to where it needs to fit after you make your top piece and install it. It will require me to use a scrap piece to change the angle slightly from a 45 for the tops of the side pieces, but if it's done right it will be the perfect height from the floor (like mine were), but it will also have a perfect 45 to both ends of the top piece too (which mine weren't).
This method will require a lot more traveling down to the basement from the 2nd floor and back, but if I get it right it will be well worth the extra effort.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Oh, hey... If you're husband's going to do some trim work in the future, he should check out these videos:
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VIDEO 1: This one gave me the great idea of using a 1/4" rip of plywood to make your pencil marks for the reveal on the jambs. It's a great little tool to use, and a lot easier than trying to pull out a tape and make your marks.
The guy in the second video did not use anything but his eyes to do this. It's really not all that important because in truth nobody is really going to notice if this is off a bit, but I prefer making these marks, and my point is that I'm taking what I feel is the best from two separate videos made by people that do this professionally.
VIDEO 2: This one brought up a great point that most people try to line everything up perfectly with their marks on the saw and do the cut once. He says that this is going to just be cut off anyhow, so just get close and make your first cut and then cut a few more times until you get right to your mark for the perfect cut.
One thing he did that I didn't like is he installs the top piece of the door flush with the jamb, and only has the reveals on the sides of the doors (he mentions earlier in the video that these are necessary for hinges and the doorknob catch, and that's where he eyeballs them). As perfect as his lengths and 45's are, I don't like the way this looks as much as having the reveal on the top as well. I feel that the reveal adds a layer of depth and makes the entryway look more intricate and by just covering that up on top you're losing a bit of that nice touch.
One of these days I'll try getting my photos up somewhere at a place that doesn't require registering and is also easy to upload and share with. I've got some online albums I share with family and friends, but I really don't want to give those links out. I've even got some good videos of things that I've done all summer long as well as all the stuff that I did with my generator and sump pump up there as well.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Canadian firefighters heading for Brisbane Australia to help with fighting the wild fires. Fighters going from BC, Alberta, Ontario and PEI are heading Down Under.
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Well... Today was productive. It's 9:30 now and I'm just wrapping up.
I got the casings on all of the doors except for the three in the hall that will require some "persuasion". I'm going to have to pull out the table saw in the garage and make some rips for them because there's not enough room before they butt up to the adjoining walls. I'm sure I can make it all look good, but it's going to take some creative measures.
I also re-installed the closet doors. That was much more work than I thought it would be, but now that everything is in place I can take them down and clean them up before I paint them. One of them is badly damaged on the bottom where the peg is supposed to sit, so I'm going to have to rebuild that part as well so the door is as high as the other one.
I was hoping to at least get one of the doors primered today before calling it quits, but I'm worn out and kind of irritated at a few things so I'm just going to finish up for the night. I've got to get a lot more done the next few days so I can do a proper inventory and figure out what I'm going to need for the rest of the work.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Nice...
Gotta put a small bucket of drywall patch on my list of things to get. Watched a great video on how to patch hollow core doors. All I need is some cardboard/newspaper, spray foam and the patch and I'm good. Already have the other stuff.
I might make a trip there early tomorrow and buy everything else I wanted to get except for the trim. I can always go back later in the week for that when I know how much more I'll need.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Got my shopping list together for the big box store. Going to be dropping at least $160 today on a lot of various stuff, but I'll get about $60 back in rebates.
One of the things I'm buying is a new shop vac that is on sale. The one I "fixed" is acting up again. I think the 3-in-1 oil leaked out and it's grinding now. I'm going to also be buying some grease and see if that fixes it before I open the new one. I still might keep the 2nd one anyhow though since it's half the size of my construction grade beast and it would be easier to move around in my house while doing work.
I'm also going to look for the wood I need to frame the insides of the windows on top of the sills and before the casings go up. I don't know what that part of a window is called, and trying to search for that wood online is futile. Shouldn't cost too much though.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Thanks for the videos SIX. I'm going to bookmark them so they dont get lost!
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At this end, the car passed smog! I guess there IS truth to the rumor that having your battery die will cause all setpoints to "reset" to factory defaults!
That WAS going to be my "project" car that was going to teach me about car repair (I'm already pretty good at dxing problems) but in reality I already have too many projects and not enuf energy and time. Besides, I've already set my sights on learning a couple of handy skills that complement hubby's instead reproducing them, one of which is sewing, plus just getting the basics of command-line computer maintenance will keep me busy for quite a while! So for auto/small equipment repair and home repair I'm going to be a trusty helper and set my sights on other things.
Wish I could get some things to you in a cost-effective manner, SIX! We just gave away a 16-gal shop vac because it was taking up too much space! But, the shipping would be ridiculous.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I'd nuke a BILLION PEOPLE if it would save the other 7 billion from living under Putin. Hell, I might go all the way to the last 100 people on Earth to keep this planet from being under fascist rule.- WISHIMAY
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No worries.
Bought a $2.99 tub of grease and I'm going to see if I can fix the old 12 gallon vac. I'm not going to bury myself in projects today since it's already 2PM over here, but I think I'm going to work on the vac, start fixing a few of the doors to get them all ready for painting and do all of my rebates. I just found out today that I missed the last 11% sale, and all that trim I bought is still on sale, so I got the price match rebate form and I'm going to get another 11% off the already rediculously low price I paid for it.
I was going to buy 1"x4"x8' lengths of pine that were on sale to rip my window sills but I found 1"x3"x8' furring strips that have rounded edges already. I won't have to rip them like I would the 4" pieces. They're not intended for finish work, but I spent 10 minutes picking out the two best pieces and now I'll just have to sand them down by hand and paint them before I start making my cuts. No ripping or routing required.
I also bought a bunch of 8' lengths of 1/2" by 1 1/2" strips that were on clearance for under two bucks. Those will build the sides of the window and the top of them over the sills and behind the casings. Much better than the $5 per strip of the pine that isn't on sale.
Oh... and I found a countersink drillbit set on clearance for $10 too. So that means I'm going to find the missing pieces to my old set as soon as I open it up.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Oh... and glad you passed the smog test.
That's a little trick I learned years ago. My car today actually doesn't have a problem passing the emissions test, but contrary to popular belief, all you have to do to pass it is unplug the battery for about 15 minutes to reset the computer. Some computers will require a bit of driving and doing things like starting quickly, stopping quickly and an assortment of other scenarios before they remove the "newly reset" flag that will make you fail the test, so on a couple of cars that wouldn't pass the test regularly, I'd just hit the expressway and drive like an idiot for about 15 minutes before going to the testing station and passing. As long as you get there before the check engine light comes back on your golden.
Glad it worked out for you and you didn't get hit by the newly reset flag.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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It will be a very soggy New Years eve where I am but since I will be in there are no worries.
Flipside got quite a bit accomplished today. Got a picture frame that I am putting friends photos into. Also reorganized some books meaning binning them as I have read them and where they were, they were in my way. Some paper recycling done and another box got rid of. Took the wobbly shelf down and now have to see if I can find another shelf for the items that were and are on it. Also vacuuming done.
Now tired.
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No rain here either Brenda! I did just check my unofficial ball-jar rain gauge and between the last 2 storms I got around 3.5". So far so good for us! I hope it keeps up into 2020.
And speaking of which
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY !
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Bummer. The shop vac is no more. I think it would have been fine had I lubricated it with grease when I fixed it back during the summer, but it's been grinding the housing. There were a lot of metal shavings in there when I opened it back up this time. I still tried the grease, but it was as useful as putting a band aid on a tumor.
I opened up the new one I bought, but it's too small. I'm going to take it back when I figure out what trim I need and pick that up. I guess I'm going to be sweeping for the time being like they used to do back in the stone age. My regular vacuum is on its last legs too, so I'm going to be on the lookout for something reasonably priced soon.
Got the spray foam curing in the two damaged doors now. I should be able to spackle them tomorrow and start getting them all painted. I may try to either start on the windows or the baseboard in between coats. I wish it was warm outside because I have to do all of this in a small room in the basement since it's too cold to do any work out in the garage. I probably can't be cutting wood in the same room where I have painted doors drying.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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No rain here either Brenda! I did just check my unofficial ball-jar rain gauge and between the last 2 storms I got around 3.5". So far so good for us! I hope it keeps up into 2020.
And speaking of which
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY !
Ah, Kiki. Soggy means wet. My balcony and everything outside my apartment building is wet, wet, wet!
But yeah. Happy New Year.
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Thanks for the videos SIX. I'm going to bookmark them so they dont get lost!
I've got two more for you, for baseboards.
Up until a half hour ago, I was just going to cut 45 degree angles for everything. Now I don't even have to adjust the bevel on my ancient miter saw at all. Coped corners and 22.5 degree scarf joints seem to be the way to go. After I watched both of these I've already visualized in my mind the exact layout I'm going to do for the work and it should be ridiculously easy compared to how I was planning it out before.
Now all I have to do is see if I can find that coping saw in my garage that I know I have but I didn't even know what it was before. They probably don't cost much if I can't find it though. I'm going to have to buy a new blade for it anyhow, and it will give me an excuse to go right back and take that tiny shop vac back for a refund.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Quote:Lot of progress there BRENDA! Hope a good rest will dispel the tiredness and you can look around and enjoy your hard work!
Originally posted by Brenda:
It will be a very soggy New Years eve where I am but since I will be in there are no worries.
Flipside got quite a bit accomplished today. Got a picture frame that I am putting friends photos into. Also reorganized some books meaning binning them as I have read them and where they were, they were in my way. Some paper recycling done and another box got rid of. Took the wobbly shelf down and now have to see if I can find another shelf for the items that were and are on it. Also vacuuming done.
Now tired.
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Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Quote:Saw about the fires there. They looked just awful.
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Canadian firefighters heading for Brisbane Australia to help with fighting the wild fires. Fighters going from BC, Alberta, Ontario and PEI are heading Down Under.
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Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Lot of progress there BRENDA! Hope a good rest will dispel the tiredness and you can look around and enjoy your hard work!
Originally posted by Brenda:
It will be a very soggy New Years eve where I am but since I will be in there are no worries.
Flipside got quite a bit accomplished today. Got a picture frame that I am putting friends photos into. Also reorganized some books meaning binning them as I have read them and where they were, they were in my way. Some paper recycling done and another box got rid of. Took the wobbly shelf down and now have to see if I can find another shelf for the items that were and are on it. Also vacuuming done.
Now tired.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
I was quite pleased with myself.
But I forgot something while I was out and will go out for a walk in a bit to get it. Then when I come back I will organize that frame and hang it.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Saw about the fires there. They looked just awful.
Originally posted by Brenda:
Canadian firefighters heading for Brisbane Australia to help with fighting the wild fires. Fighters going from BC, Alberta, Ontario and PEI are heading Down Under.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
We have a thing with the Aussies. That couple of summers ago now when we in BC were fighting all those fires, the Australians sent us help. So now we are returning the favour.
A group of Canadians will be coming home around the coming weekend as they have been Down Under for over a month then I think another group goes and another group will be coming home a few days later.
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Out for a walk in a minute. Forgot something the other day and need to get it before I forget again. So later peeps.
ETA: Also it is dry today. Whoo! Hooo!
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I've been out in the cold garage all day, sanding doors. I don't know if I'm going to be able to sand them well enough to paint them. I just found out today that it takes a lot of prep work to get a door that was varnished ready for paint. I didn't think that would be a problem.
I may just abandon the doors until spring. Tomorrow is a few degrees warmer, but it's miserable working out in the garage right now.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Picture frame with friends photos done and hung up.
Had a nice walk in the sun and dry. Weather people are talking rain tomorrow. I hope not but will have to see.
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Got my head on straight and went back to work for another 5 hours.
The Zinsser Bulls Eye 123 will do the trick. People swear by that stuff and with the insane prep work I'm doing I can't imagine it's going to peel off. The can itself even says that it will cover glossy veneer, and mine isn't very glossy anymore.
So I cleaned the closet doors for the master bedroom that were ready to rock and got two coats of primer on them. It took about twice as long to cure for the second coat than the can says because it's cold in my basement, so I took that time to make the rest of the cuts for the tricky door on the table saw in the garage, sand the edges down so they're round, and primered them too.
I'll just have to be VERY careful when I make my 45's for those and cut them to size because they need to be perfect the first time. I don't want to have to rip more and waste them.
As I went along with sanding the doors earlier, I also glued some veneer at the bottom of one of them and clamped it down. I had to do a lot of extra sanding and prepping at the bottom of the doors because Uncle Bob screwed that up just like he screwed everything else up. He must have cut the bottom of the doors with the dullest blade in existence.
The bottom peg on one of the doors had caved in as well, so I made a block to fit with cutoffs from the porch work and drilled a hole and popped the unit into it. Glued it and clamped it. It's more solid now than it was when the door was built.
HUGE day today. Tons of stuff done and I'm way further than I thought I would be. Our warmest day in the next two weeks is tomorrow and all I have left to do out there now is sand down the two bedroom doors and the patch work on the linen closet door... at least assuming I don't screw up one of the ripped door casings I prepared tonight.
Wish me luck. :)
Oh... P.S.
I know given my history that it seems that I'm being the cheapest son of a bitch ever by putting all of this work into the doors, but even if I bought new stuff it wouldn't be much less work, and there's actually a lot more that I would very likely screw up.
I've only ever installed a brand new inside door one time in my life, and I'm not good at chiseling out hinges or drilling holes for the doorknobs at all. I might be doing twice as much work restoring these old doors, but at least the hinges were perfect and the doorknobs were all set right.
These must have been pre-hung doors when they were installed because there is no way in hell that Uncle Bob did work that good. When there's nothing but weekend-warrior bullshit work everywhere else, he didn't suddenly become a craftsman overnight when it came to putting hinges on a door. :)
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Too bad you're not by me Brenda. I got plenty of shelving in my garage that I could give you. Only kept it when I was de-hoarding because I know I'm going to use some of it when I do the closets, but I won't be using all of it.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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The bedroom closet bifold doors look fantastic!!!
Two coats of primer and two coats of enamel paint and they look like the nicest set of doors you've ever seen. I can't wait until they dry and I get the rest of the trim and casings done so I can install them and finally have closet doors again.
I finished painting all of my baseboards and the altered casings too, so everything I need for the entire upstairs except for the windows is painted and ready to start cutting and installing. I'll probably start painting the window casings and sills as I pull the paint out to start doing the rest of the doors as I get to them just to make better use of the paint and less cleanup. I'm also going to figure out how much more I need for the rest of the house because I called up today to find out how long they'd be on sale for and was told that they were discontinued and I have to buy everything I'd need before they sell out. (No way I'm paying $9 per piece down the road when I can get them for $3 now, especially since I probably wouldn't even be able to find matching pieces when that time comes).
Going to mail out all the new rebates tomorrow. Now that I found out that I will indeed get the 11% rebate on the trim I bought, I ended up getting all of it for free and also made $9 bucks off the deal.
I already had the primer I'm using, so minus all the work and time I've put into this project so far, the only monetary cost to me has been a can of paint that I got for $22 after the rebate, $5 worth of dollar store sanding sponges, a $6 bucket of spackle, a $35 brad nailer and $5 worth of extra brad nails that will do the rest of my house and leave me with plenty leftover to do projects with down the road.
Patched doors look amazing now with one coat of primer on them. They'll all look brand new when I get 3 more coats on them like the closet doors.
Oh... I forgot I've spent about $25 on the wood I'll need to build the windows, minus the casings too. Not really fair to count that though since I have to actually build the entire windowsill and insets too.
Probably going to run all my errands tomorrow and get a much needed haircut and take it easy besides maybe doing a little painting. I'm exhausted after the last two days of being out in the cold and I think I tweaked my back a little again.
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Too bad you're not by me Brenda. I got plenty of shelving in my garage that I could give you. Only kept it when I was de-hoarding because I know I'm going to use some of it when I do the closets, but I won't be using all of it.
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That is too bad.
Well, I might get lucky down at the Salvation Army Thrift store tomorrow. I hope so.
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Tired, tired, tired. Been home over an hour from work. Hence the tired.
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Haircut done, rebates mailed out, all errands complete, and I still have most of the day left...
I picked up another gallon of that good primer since it was on sale today, but I think I can finish everything I still needed to prime for doors and trim with the gallon I have. I wanted to get it for when I paint the living room and kitchen walls though.
It's only 37 degrees outside with a high of 40 today, but I think I might put the second coat of primer on the two bedroom doors and the linen closet bifold since it's all staged out there already. It takes ages to dry at these temps, but it's all dry from last night and it's supposed to be above 35 degrees until the 6:00PM hour so it should be good.
I'm going to have to start installing some of that baseboard now that it's all painted. It's taking up almost the entire tiled room in the basement, and I want to move my painting operation in there so I can cut wood in the back room that is completely unfinished without kicking dust all over the paint job.
The two bifolds for the master bedroom look fantastic. I couldn't be happier. It's all dry now, but I still need to be extremely careful with them and figure out a good place to stage them out of the way so I don't nick them at all before they've had a week or so to fully cure.
Minus the bathroom, the 2nd floor of my house is going to be showcase quality.
Going to spend some time figuring out how many more casings and baseboards I'd need for the rest of the house so I can order them before they all sell out. With no credit card bonus while buying these this time, I won't be getting them for free, but a 66% discount with 11% more on top of that is something I think I can live with.
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Put the 2nd layer of primer on all the doors and on all of the window insets. I didn't get to put it on the window sills yet since I still haven't made them and it's too late in the day.
It didn't even hit 40 degrees today. That was pretty miserable work... especially when I had to kneel or even half-lay-down to get the undersides of stuff. I think I'm going to be hurting tomorrow.
I'll be able to sand down the doors for a uniform finish and wash them down before bringing them into the house to begin the painting. I might have to hold off on that until I get that baseboard out of there though. I'm going to see if some of my neighbors have horses that I can borrow once I do since I only have one set. Maybe I can get all three doors up on horses and paint them all at the same time. I prefer painting straight down on them rather than doing it when they're leaning on walls, but if I only have the one set of horses that's going to be a lot of wasted paint with cleanups and a whole lot of down time between doors.
Well... too late for me to get the saw and compressor set up for only a few hours work. I know after the last three days there is no way I'm going to work until 9 or 10 like I have been. But I ran all the errands I was planning on doing tomorrow this morning and I have everything I need to start my day for once so I can get right to work on it when I wake up in the morning.
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Nothing at the Salvation Army I could use. So will have to make a trip to a home hardware store at some point.
Also rain and wind today.
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More ferry cancellations for today and into this evening. Heavy, heavy winds between the mainland and Vancouver Island.
More wind predicted for tomorrow, so there will be more cancellations.
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Wind picking up around here. Can hear it rattling the windows and glass on my balcony. Trees swaying.
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Cold and snowing today. :(
Not going to be doing more work on the doors in the garage until tomorrow. It's kind of a miracle I'm not sick right now and just have some minor sniffles after yesterday.
Going to have to drag my ass up and get those baseboards started though. I really need to clear them out of that room so I can stage stuff in there for painting and not tie up the saw in the other room with painted stuff waiting to dry.
Got an old coping saw I found, but I'm not sure if the blade is good enough for the job. I went to buy new blades, but the only ones they had were 1/2 inch short and were designed to fit a saw that they didn't have in stock. Bummer. I do have a brand new hacksaw blade that I might try if the coping saw blade isn't up to the task of doing the 45's. I've got some wiggle room to test on this since I'll be starting at the very end of a 12' piece that is going to be on a wall longer than 12' and will need a second piece anyhow.
I'm going to try to get those strange door casings cut and put in place today too. Not a huge priority for space allocation there, but it will be a good morale booster to finally get all the door framing completed.
I ordered all of the rest of the pieces I'll need for the entire house (minus the porch) last night. I have no idea how much I'd need for the porch since I still don't know what I'm doing with all of the windows yet, but since it's not part of the house proper I will just buy some cheap trim and/or even make my own for that when it's ready. That's a long way off though...
Unfortunately, I had to buy three 10' lengths of the trim, that were only $1.00 off. I don't think they're being clearanced out like the shorter ones are at that price, so I think they're keeping the same style in stock at the store, but just eliminating the shorter lengths. I don't think that's a wise decision on their part since people aren't going to be likely to buy 10' pieces for doorways and will just go for a different style that has the 7.5' pieces available.
I had to pay premium prices for these 10' lengths though because I'm not going to do shoddy work like the previous owners did just to save a few bucks and I've got three things that need casings that have a length of over 7.5'.
Anyway... we'll see what I get done today.
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Hey Sigs!
That video I posted about using a coping saw to make your 45's on baseboard works a treat.
I didn't actually use it for the baseboards today (yet), but I used it to adjoin two tops for door casings on doors that were right next to each other in a corner in the hallway and the entire thing is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in the interior of a home. No joke.
So even though I only got one piece of baseboard cut and installed today, I ended up finishing all the door casings on the 2nd floor. They were tricky as hell, and they took me about 4 hours to do, not including my frequent breaks to clear my mind, but I only wasted one piece of trim and it wasn't one of my specialty cuts, so it's no huge deal. I bought 3 extras for the entire house, and the rest of the house is straightforward cuts, so baring any real stupidity down the road I should end up with two extra pieces when I'm done.
I'm going to have to get a picture up somewhere for you all to see this.
Yanno what... I'm going to do that now. I'll be back in a little while. :)
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In an effort to fool the reverse image lookup, I messed with the colors of the image a bit. Not sure if that works or not, but it didn't find any matching images now.
The colors don't matter though, you can still see the trim work.
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FYI, the scarf joints in the 2nd video work great too.
I've got two 1/2 walls of baseboard done in the master bedroom now, and unless you were shining a light right on 'em, you can't even tell where I joined the base in the middle of the floor, and those coped corners almost look so good that I'd think about skipping the caulk if I wasn't already going to have to re-paint after covering the nail holes. I'll hardly even have to caulk the top of the boards to the wall. It's got a bit of give and if you're careful when putting your nails in you can get it real nice and tight up against the wall.
So... I pretty much did what I initially set out to do today on top of everything else. I got a lot of that baseboard out of there already. The hallway will be tricky, but I could probably have all of the baseboard done tomorrow minus the closets, and I might even get started on the windows or put a first layer of paint on the other doors.
I'm amped up and could have kept working, but I'm using the noise level as an excuse to wrap it up for the night, even though with all the windows closed the neighbors probably can't hear it.
The baseboard by the closet will be a little tricky. I'm definately going to be hanging up the door for that, because I want to make sure that when the bifold opens it won't be obstructed by it, but I also want to make sure I'm not cutting it short either. Need that to fit like a glove, and I want to be fresh and alert in the morning when I do it.
I can't remember what video I watched about this trick, but when I end the baseboard before the closet door, I'm going to cut a 45 behind it instead of just cutting it flat. I'm then going to cut out another tiny 45 degree wedge to fit and use wood glue to secure it in. It looks 1000 times nicer than just going with a straight break on the end.
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Well, today I took my cat in for (yet) another vet trip today. His backstory (which I'm sure I posted before ... nevertheless ...) ...
Where I used to work has multiple locations over the whole of SoCal. At one of the locations, employees found three feral kittens, seriously dehydrated and underfed, with no mom in sight, who they rescued by running off to Kmart to get a large Rubbermaid bin and lid out of their own wallets. Yanno, it's one of those things that doesn't make it into official records. Under the radar ... out of the eye of Sauron.
They were a scrawny 3 weeks old, as estimated by the vet. So I fostered them for the first ~5 weeks, got them all their tests, vaccinations, and flea treatments, and home care; and after that, fostering was then taken over by someone else with a better place. 2 kittens I had not too many worries about. One was completely healthy and normal. One had asthma and was the runt, with some gut issues. And then there was my guy. He never looked, or behaved like a normal, healthy kitten. I won't go into all that was different and concerning things about him, besides asthma, gut issues, and small seizures. (But wait! There's more!)
In any case, I found good homes for two, but kept my guy. I was wondering who might possibly provide him all the care I thought he might need.
Five years later, it appears his large intestine has completely stopped working. I believe he's on an inevitable path to surgery, but there's one more medication to try (available from a compounding pharmacy), and after that, the last step is surgery.
Why would go through this for a cat? I ask myself that. But he's a living creature in front of me, in need. It's one abstract step to be concerned over things you read about that are distant and far away. But a living creature in front of you, that you've already established trust with, is an immediate call for involvement. To not respond is to betray that call in me to commit to care I already took on.
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So, I'm looking in my freezer. I have
- 'leftover stew' that has potato, onion, some Tuscan kale and riced cauliflower, and chicken thighs
- 'marinara' which is intended to be a complete meal, it's savory tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, spices, herbs, aromatics, and ground beef
- mashed cauliflower that's like mashed potatoes, with chicken thighs and gravy.
I have room for one more batch of something. I'm thinking maybe stir fried beef and stir fried peppers and onions (of course with all the flavor of home-made teriyaki sauce, ginger, garlic, and green onions!) Or maybe potato+ frittata. Or pork, cabbage and potato stew! Or ham, bean, and vegetable stew ... They all sound so good! Oh dear. How do I decide?
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I have to share this joke about Alaska I just saw on TV -
It's so cold I saw my lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
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Wow, that door trim looks great! I think that those three doors all together would be tricky, and (if I'm interpreting the picture properly) especially where two trims meet.
Nice work!!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Quote:Awww... poor kitty.
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Well, today I took my cat in for (yet) another vet trip today. His backstory (which I'm sure I posted before ... nevertheless ...) ...
Where I used to work has multiple locations over the whole of SoCal. At one of the locations, employees found three feral kittens, seriously dehydrated and underfed, with no mom in sight, who they rescued by running off to Kmart to get a large Rubbermaid bin and lid out of their own wallets. Yanno, it's one of those things that doesn't make it into official records. Under the radar ... out of the eye of Sauron.
They were a scrawny 3 weeks old, as estimated by the vet. So I fostered them for the first ~5 weeks, got them all their tests, vaccinations, and flea treatments, and home care; and after that, fostering was then taken over by someone else with a better place. 2 kittens I had not too many worries about. One was completely healthy and normal. One had asthma and was the runt, with some gut issues. And then there was my guy. He never looked, or behaved like a normal, healthy kitten. I won't go into all that was different and concerning things about him, besides asthma, gut issues, and small seizures. (But wait! There's more!)
In any case, I found good homes for two, but kept my guy. I was wondering who might possibly provide him all the care I thought he might need.
Five years later, it appears his large intestine has completely stopped working. I believe he's on an inevitable path to surgery, but there's one more medication to try (available from a compounding pharmacy), and after that, the last step is surgery.
Why would go through this for a cat? I ask myself that. But he's a living creature in front of me, in need. It's one abstract step to be concerned over things you read about that are distant and far away. But a living creature in front of you, that you've already established trust with, is an immediate call for involvement. To not respond is to betray that call in me to commit to care I already took on.
I hope you get his gut issues figured out. I have to say, my favorite cat (yes, I had favorites) had the same problem and eventually it killed him. I had him taken to the vets so many times to get "cleaned out" and his large intestine would work for a while and then quit, and each time it started working again would be for a shorter and shorter time. Eventually he had surgery with the hope that it would restart his gut, but it never did. With all that was going on in the house with a sick kid I wasn't tracking him too well ... he was so backed up he wound up vomiting poop and was so thin because he couldn't eat. I let him suffer about four days too long. If your kitty's gut function doesn't come back, don't let him suffer like I did with ginger-cat. It was a terrible thing that I did, waiting too long before euthanasia.
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Quote:If I understand the seasoning correctly you have two chicken dishes that are rather mild and one beef dish that's zippier. In the interest of variety I vote for the ham dish: it's pork (the others are chicken and beef) and it has a different flavor profile. My second choice would be stir-fry, but I ALWAYS put red bells in mine! Maybe some shrimp??? A third possibility, something completely different - a Thai red curry with pork, lots of Thai basil, potato, red sauces, and coconut milk. You'd have to find a recipe for it tho, it's too complicated to post!
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
So, I'm looking in my freezer. I have
- 'leftover stew' that has potato, onion, some Tuscan kale and riced cauliflower, and chicken thighs
- 'marinara' which is intended to be a complete meal, it's savory tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, spices, herbs, aromatics, and ground beef
- mashed cauliflower that's like mashed potatoes, with chicken thighs and gravy.
I have room for one more batch of something. I'm thinking maybe stir fried beef and stir fried peppers and onions (of course with all the flavor of home-made teriyaki sauce, ginger, garlic, and green onions!) Or maybe potato+ frittata. Or pork, cabbage and potato stew! Or ham, bean, and vegetable stew ... They all sound so good! Oh dear. How do I decide?
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Quote:Gonna have to pass that on!!!!
Originally posted by 1KIKI:
I have to share this joke about Alaska I just saw on TV -
It's so cold I saw my lawyer with his hands in his own pockets.
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So at this end I did finally get to sell the car to our sometime gardener for real cheap. I hope it's useful to him, and our driveway is cleared out. Also finally sprayed the weeds with that concentrate that you suggested, SIX. Will have to check to see how effective it is over the next few days. But yanno, I'm getting a hankering to get one of those weed torch-type things. With the recent rains this would be the perfect time to use it.
You have to read some of the reviews. they're a hoot!!! Here's my favorite
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So I asked unto the shopping lord Amazon. "Alexa, please grant my wish to eradicate the unstoppable nemesis crabgrass in my 1/4 acre rock garden which has been a plague on my back and chemical supply for years". Alexa in all her glory bequethed onto my humble being the actual finger of death incarnate.
With whistling, hissing, flame throwing glee the finger vanquished all foes (along with a few pine shrubs who were accidental victims of the wrath) in a fiery blaze of glory. In what felt like an instant, hours upon hours of weed pulling work was eradicated as I laughed manically and my neighbors ran inside in fear.
Thank you my dear Alexa for granting me this wish and providing me with the funnest (and admitedly most frightening) tool in my arsenal of weed destroying troopers. I have roasted an entire bag of marshmellows in your honor, [and] even though it only took 5 seconds my sacrifice was genuine.
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Wow, that door trim looks great! I think that those three doors all together would be tricky, and (if I'm interpreting the picture properly) especially where two trims meet.
Nice work!!
Thanks!
It's a pretty hard configuration to try to explain with just a picture. I've edited them to try though. :)
It was tricky as hell. None of the single things that I did themselves were tough, but putting them all together was a chore. Was trying to cut, place, alter and eventually affix 5 different awkward pieces together in a way that wasn't going to look like garbage when it was done.
I can't believe that was the door configuration that I didn't ruin any pieces on. I got cocky after that though and didn't take the time I needed to for the entry into the big bedroom that only required altering the top casing to fit the two side pieces I needed to narrow down and I cut that one too short.
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So at this end I did finally get to sell the car to our sometime gardener for real cheap. I hope it's useful to him, and our driveway is cleared out. Also finally sprayed the weeds with that concentrate that you suggested, SIX. Will have to check to see how effective it is over the next few days.
Give it a few days. It worked really quick for me, but being the terrible cook that I am I'm not one for measuring stuff. That concentrate was so cheap there is no way in hell I'm getting as many gallons out of it that the bottle states. I may have used quite a bit more in a gallon of water than you did if you actually followed the instructions.
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But yanno, I'm getting a hankering to get one of those weed torch-type things. With the recent rains this would be the perfect time to use it.
Ye gads! Be careful! California and fire doesn't mix, don'tcha know?
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You have to read some of the reviews. they're a hoot!!! Here's my favoriteQuote:
So I asked unto the shopping lord Amazon. "Alexa, please grant my wish to eradicate the unstoppable nemesis crabgrass in my 1/4 acre rock garden which has been a plague on my back and chemical supply for years". Alexa in all her glory bequethed onto my humble being the actual finger of death incarnate.
With whistling, hissing, flame throwing glee the finger vanquished all foes (along with a few pine shrubs who were accidental victims of the wrath) in a fiery blaze of glory. In what felt like an instant, hours upon hours of weed pulling work was eradicated as I laughed manically and my neighbors ran inside in fear.
Thank you my dear Alexa for granting me this wish and providing me with the funnest (and admitedly most frightening) tool in my arsenal of weed destroying troopers. I have roasted an entire bag of marshmellows in your honor, [and] even though it only took 5 seconds my sacrifice was genuine.
lol. Love the silly Amazon reviews. That was a good one.
I'm sure I'd never be able to find it now, but my favorite Amazon review was about a gallon of milk, back in the late 2000's. Maybe it would actually get to your door and be safe to drink now that Amazon has their own delivery trucks and distribution centers all over the planet, but really... who's going to order a gallon of milk in the mail?
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Soggy, soggy Sunday here. Good thing I don't have to go outside today.
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Hey Jack
I too have doors and windows with placements (like right next to interior walls) that make fitting trim and baseboards tricky! So I've seen people have to fudge the fitting, sometimes better sometimes not so well. Your work looks terrific! If you think you might enjoy it, maybe you could do work as an interior trim carpenter?
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Hey Brenda - I might have mentioned one of my favorite scifi authors (LeGuinn) here and there. She lived in Portland, Oregon and once wrote about having to get used to being more or less continuously damp. I always wondered about that. It seems like if one's place is warm enough, one might actually dry off at home. That's why I keep mentioning how toasty your new place seems like it is, especially compared to your old one that seemed both damp AND chilly.
Are you able to get dry at home?
Anyway, I hope you stay warm and dry!
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Hey Signy
I think I'm going to go for either a stir fry or a shrimp curry.
As for my cat ... he's not the friendliest cat in the world. Despite the fact that I adopted him at quite an early age, there are still things about him that are kind of feral. He can't stand to be picked up and held, for example, and he knows when I'm 'hunting' him to do that. He's really avoidant of strangers. It was YEARS before I was able to coax a purr out of him. That makes caring for him - administering medicine for example - tedious and frustrating.
But he's an indoor-only cat so it's easy for me to keep track of him. And he comes to me for comfort and warmth when he's not feeling well.
I've been feeding him high calorie nutritional supplement so he hasn't lost weight. The trick will be to keep his guts clear even though they're not working, while I'm waiting for the medicine to come in. That may mean another trip or two to the dreaded vet in the next week.
We'll see. I'm going to make sure he gets his best shot at a long and healthy life.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Brenda - I might have mentioned one of my favorite scifi authors (LeGuinn) here and there. She lived in Portland, Oregon and once wrote about having to get used to being more or less continuously damp. I always wondered about that. It seems like if one's place is warm enough, one might actually dry off at home. That's why I keep mentioning how toasty your new place seems like it is, especially compared to your old one that seemed both damp AND chilly.
Are you able to get dry at home?
Anyway, I hope you stay warm and dry!
She is quite correct. If you live on the West coast starting from the Lower Mainland of BC down to Northern California, yup it is a soggy old time.
I am able to stay nice and toasty and dry in my new home.
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Originally posted by 1KIKI:
Hey Jack
I too have doors and windows with placements (like right next to interior walls) that make fitting trim and baseboards tricky! So I've seen people have to fudge the fitting, sometimes better sometimes not so well. Your work looks terrific! If you think you might enjoy it, maybe you could do work as an interior trim carpenter?
Thanks. :)
I wonder what kind of money is in it. Without rebates or the CC discount, even at an insane price on clearanced out trim it's costing me around $420 for everything I still needed in my house. (Everything but three doors that were already done on the first floor and the baseboard in the living room, and rubber/vinyl baseboard I will eventually buy for the basement). Had I paid full price for everything, that would have been more along the lines of $1,100-$1,300 just for the wood, and that doesn't included primer, paint and other supplies or any doors.
I'm sure I'd get quicker at it over time if I did it frequently, and I'd definately buy a shiny new miter saw that would make easier adjustments and have it mounted properly on something so I wasn't kneeling on a cold concrete floor... But in the mean time I'd have to be making at least as much as I could make working at the local grocery store overnight. I'm not sure how fesable that would be at the speed I do this now. I haven't exactly been logging my hours here, but with all the sanding and painting with the door restorations I'm a good 9 days work into this now and once I build the windows and finish the baseboards I still have to caulk everything and spackle and sand down the nail holes before a final coat of paint goes on it all.
It would look great if I was doing something like this for somebody else, but that would be an extremely pricey job for somebody with the amount of hours I'd be racking up, even if I were only charging them around $10/hr.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Not sure about contractor payments there, but here it costs at least $2000 (labor only, not materials) to have three large windows installed. That includes patching the exterior stucco, but it was a one-day job for a crew of three. $1000 to patch three exterior stucco holes (two of them were less than 6"X6").
Maybe you could get an idea what kind of pay to expect by collecting a few quotes for the work that you're doing/intend to do. Just stay away from anything structural or electrical because you could wind up with all kinds of liability. But wood floor installation or finish carpentry ....? Far as I know, no permits required here for that, and CA is regulation-happy so if there are no permits here then there are prolly no permits required there either. Same with painting.
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Yeah... I don't know how much people around here would have the kind of money to pay that. On the flip side, I know how much rent goes for in the big cities since my brother used to live in LA (or was it San Fran...?), so I know I'd have to be asking a lot less for my work.
I know with the right tools I could speed up the work. I'm also very good at finding the quickest way to the best results when I do something repeatedly, so even if I was slow at this at first I would get much faster at it over time.
I already know I wouldn't paint pre-primed trim before I put it up since that's essentially a waste of time and needs to be done a 2nd time. I'll have to see how my dad's stuff looks in his back porch that he did on his own years ago that way. I don't think he even had a brad nailer. I never noticed anything wrong with it over the years, but then again I never really paid it any mind either. There must be nothing glaringly wrong with it though, and that's what I would expect since even though he's a novice I get half of my perfectionism from him.
And at the rate my step-mom likes re-painting rooms in the house, it probably has a brand new layer of paint over everything now making any imperfections even less conspicuous.
I'd also buy a few sets of really nice saw horses that are easy to fold up and tuck away. I've got one set of the ones you build yourself with 2x4's after you buy the brackets, but they are difficult to store anywhere without being in the way and are a pain in the ass to bring in and out through 30" doors without banging things.
It's been a long time since I painted anything, and I rarely ever paint anything with a brush this extensively. Whenever I get to the remaining 6 doors in my house, I'm going to do those differently too. I will put the primer on with a short nap roller first, which will be about 20 times faster at least, since I sand the doors down after the primers up anyhow. While I was primering the doors in the garage, the primer behaved differently than I've ever dealt with before.
I was going in a left to right pattern a few feet long, while taking time to give the tops, sides and bottoms a little cover as well. But when I'd start my next left to right sequence below the 1st one, it would not cover the original paint very well and in fact seemed to pull it up a bit if I wasn't careful. A few variables could have caused that... There was still veneer on the doors since they weren't sanded completely bare. It was anywhere between 35 and 42 degrees in my garage while I was doing it. The primer is 6 months old from back when I painted windows and the columns in the front of my house, but seems to still be good. I made sure when I put the 2nd coat on to overlap these areas where the brush strokes were apparent, and although it was doing it again the 2nd time, it was hardly noticeable at this point since a lot more paint was up and I made sure to cover the first occurrence with the second layer.
I think the trickiest part of a job like this is time management. Not necessarily worrying about how long something intricate is taking (because that would only make me screw up cuts and throw money in the trash bin), or worrying about how much quicker I'm naturally getting by doing it more often, but minimizing downtime by planning things out smartly and having other things that can be done while paint is drying.
I always thoguht that if I could get into doing something like this and have a somewhat regular stream of work, I'd be able to undercut the competition fairly easily because of my own financial situation. I've got quite a bit of wiggle room there to at least get myself started and not worry that I'm not making a ton of money per job while I'm honing my skills and building a portfolio of work.
But am I ambitious enough to do that and not just settle for a weekly paycheck doing work I hate?
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Well... I got the first coat of paint on the two bedroom doors and the bifold for the linen closet. It looks awesome and at this point I can't even tell where the holes were that I patched up anymore.
Unfortunately, I'm going to be without a kitchen table or the table in my living room that I use for my mail and keys and such probably for a few weeks. Even after two days of drying, I had the doors stacked on the wall in the basement last night waiting for me to prep the area with a drop cloth and get the tables down there and I had the corner of one resting on the 2nd one and they were stuck so I pulled a tiny bit of paint off. So now the plan is to paint it all again tomorrow, and then possibly wait a week to 10 days to turn the two bedroom doors over and paint the other side. Fortunately, the bifold door I can just install where it's going a day after it dries so I can have my horses back as well as half of the room I'm doing the painting in now so I don't have to put painting the window casings on hold.
I'm going to miss those tables though...
Had a frustrating start to my day that I'm not going to get into, but I essentially "won", if you call it winning after wasting 2 hours on the phone. Long story short, I'm getting a $120 shop vac that is more powerful than the one that broke for $35 with tax after a sale, an online code bonus in-store points and a credit statement refund all take place. Since I have to spend nearly $16 of that in the store, I'm just going to call it a $51 shop vac with an extra filter, since that's what I'm going to buy with it. It also comes with a free car vacuuming kit with additional hose heads, so pretty much in every way this one is going to be nicer than my old one, and it's by the same company so unless they suck now it should last me another 15 to 20 years. :)
Anyhow, I'm done for the day. I didn't really enjoy the painting like I usually do since I was agitated from the crap on the phone earlier. There will be a bit of a glut with the painting since I can't do any more of it outside, so I can wait on making my windowsills tomorrow.
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First 6 days of January wet. Also 26/31 days of December weeeeeet
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Quote:If you're painting water-based over oil-based you could have a problem with adhesion
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Yeah... I don't know how much people around here would have the kind of money to pay that. On the flip side, I know how much rent goes for in the big cities since my brother used to live in LA (or was it San Fran...?), so I know I'd have to be asking a lot less for my work.
I know with the right tools I could speed up the work. I'm also very good at finding the quickest way to the best results when I do something repeatedly, so even if I was slow at this at first I would get much faster at it over time.
I already know I wouldn't paint pre-primed trim before I put it up since that's essentially a waste of time and needs to be done a 2nd time. I'll have to see how my dad's stuff looks in his back porch that he did on his own years ago that way. I don't think he even had a brad nailer. I never noticed anything wrong with it over the years, but then again I never really paid it any mind either. There must be nothing glaringly wrong with it though, and that's what I would expect since even though he's a novice I get half of my perfectionism from him.
And at the rate my step-mom likes re-painting rooms in the house, it probably has a brand new layer of paint over everything now making any imperfections even less conspicuous.
I'd also buy a few sets of really nice saw horses that are easy to fold up and tuck away. I've got one set of the ones you build yourself with 2x4's after you buy the brackets, but they are difficult to store anywhere without being in the way and are a pain in the ass to bring in and out through 30" doors without banging things.
It's been a long time since I painted anything, and I rarely ever paint anything with a brush this extensively. Whenever I get to the remaining 6 doors in my house, I'm going to do those differently too. I will put the primer on with a short nap roller first, which will be about 20 times faster at least, since I sand the doors down after the primers up anyhow. While I was primering the doors in the garage, the primer behaved differently than I've ever dealt with before.
I was going in a left to right pattern a few feet long, while taking time to give the tops, sides and bottoms a little cover as well. But when I'd start my next left to right sequence below the 1st one, it would not cover the original paint very well and in fact seemed to pull it up a bit if I wasn't careful. A few variables could have caused that... There was still veneer on the doors since they weren't sanded completely bare.
Quote:ALSO a problem. There are temperature limits on painting; it's not just evaporation of water that's happening but the little beads of acrylic (assuming water-based) have to meld together into a solid film, and that reaction might be delayed in the cold.
It was anywhere between 35 and 42 degrees in my garage while I was doing it.
Quote:Should be OK provided it hasn't frozen in between.
The primer is 6 months old from back when I painted windows and the columns in the front of my house, but seems to still be good.
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I made sure when I put the 2nd coat on to overlap these areas where the brush strokes were apparent, and although it was doing it again the 2nd time, it was hardly noticeable at this point since a lot more paint was up and I made sure to cover the first occurrence with the second layer.
I think the trickiest part of a job like this is time management. Not necessarily worrying about how long something intricate is taking (because that would only make me screw up cuts and throw money in the trash bin), or worrying about how much quicker I'm naturally getting by doing it more often, but minimizing downtime by planning things out smartly and having other things that can be done while paint is drying.
I always thoguht that if I could get into doing something like this a
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
If you're painting water-based over oil-based you could have a problem with adhesion
I'm not saying that isn't the case here, but it shouldn't be. Although I did not sand the doors down to complete bare wood for lack of proper tools and the temperature outside, I completely de-glossed them and was as thorough as I could be. I did a lot of research on what primer to buy and it just so happened that I already had half a gallon of it in my basement already. Zinsser does make gallons of primer that are even better for $40 and $50 as well, but once we get up to those prices it might have been a trigger for me to just look into brand new doors on sale instead.
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ALSO a problem. There are temperature limits on painting; it's not just evaporation of water that's happening but the little beads of acrylic (assuming water-based) have to meld together into a solid film, and that reaction might be delayed in the cold.
Yeah. This is the more likely culprit. The primer is rated to work as cold as 35 degrees, but it does say that drying/curing times will take longer if it's too cold. I had to find a whole bunch of other things to do in between the first and second coat because it took about 4 hours to be ready for a 2nd coat instead of the 1 hour that it was supposed to. If time between coats is 4 times as much, it's probably around that much longer to fully cure as well.
They were definitely dry to the touch when I brought them inside, but I should have just put something in between them when I stacked them up like an old rag. I did have the foresight not to put them flush together, but I wonder if that was my mistake as well. With all that surface area it would have hardly been any weight per square inch resting on the one below it. When I put just the top onto the bottom door, I distributed the entire weight of a leaning door to a very small surface area, which also happened to be an angle which likely had quite a bit more primer on it than the sides of the door as well.
Not a huge deal... Just a little part came up, about 1/4 the diameter of a pencil eraser. It just makes me know to be a lot more careful with the final coats is all.
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Should be OK provided it hasn't frozen in between.
Yeah. No freezing here. I'm never storing paint in the garage again. What a waste of paint.
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The biggest problem is breaking into the field and finding customers. They won't just come to your door, you have to advertize and put yourself out there. Our sometime gardener does a fantastic job, and anyone would be lucky to have him work there, but just getting those first few jobs and building a rep is tough! I keep telling him he needs a T-shirt with a company name nd phone number when he's working here ... "XXX's Precision Gardening 213-XXX-XXXX" .... or some such. I've recommended him on NextDoor but so far no nibbles. That decision about which job to take? It might not be yours to make, you might be left with the weekly paycheck as the only choice!
Yeah. I'm just going to get a temp job to pay the bills for the mean time. I managed to put away quite a bit of money making next to nothing at the old job. That's not going to happen right now since I'm putting that into the house and my teeth, but if I can keep the work up on the house and somehow manage to break even by January of next year while also getting my teeth fixed I'll be happy enough.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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But yanno, keep the whole "finish carpentry" in mind. You might also do well being a one-person geek squad: there are a lot of people who need help just loading updates or cleaning heat sinks and replacing fans. Yanno stuff that seems so simple to you that you couldn't imagine paying anyone to do it.
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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So, over at this end ... the glyphosate concentrate finally started working ... sort of. We had a ouple of sunny days in the mid-70's, and some of the sprayed weeds started to die back. (I think that's about a week or so since I sprayed). But the weeds in the shade, and the grasses and sedges still look pretty happy, so ... not good enuf.
Mechanical weeding didn't work last year (I was hoping that if we weeded like maniacs last year, before seed-set we could get a jump ahead, but after digging/pulling up a dozen or so 65-gallon bins last year I'd say it didn't work.) I tried two different weedkillers: Natrizine (which has a more immediate effect) and glyphosate, and I tried them each twice and I'd say the results are underwhelming. Furthermore, I've had to keep the dog out of the yard so she doesn't chew on the wrong bunch of grass because it's obvious that the glyphosate is still there, and still active. So, on to plan C: Fire. I need the weeds gone by end of January because I have a bunch of flower seeds that need to be planted by then. I'll let you know how that all works out and whether the house burns down or not.
There is also insolation (tarping). I'll tarp in the back, but reluctant to tarp in the front because someone might walk away with it.
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Are still making progress indoors. Dear daughter has a bookcase that she wants to put back in, but it was stored outside and got a little damp in spots. Its kind of a piece of shit, (mostly made of furniture-grade plywood) so not putting a lot of effort into reviving it, but we sanded off the exterior in prep for refinishing and lightly sanded parts of the interior to clean it off and smooth out where the grain was raised, so the next thing to do is clean/ oil the unit and then do some more room-organizing to make space for the bookcase.
I also see some additional metal to recycle so after I add that to the bin we can haul one more load to the metal recycler. Still a LOT more work to do. After the big house-wide push in December... and then the holidays ... hubby and I have decided to focus on one room at a time. But when I think about everything that needs to be done I sure wish I was younger and in less pain!
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Did manage to add a couple new recipes to the roster. There are family favorites, but I can't keep making the same five meals over and over! There is a small chain of restaurants here called Norm's. They serve largish portions of American food. A pretty big step up from Denny's (but that's not saying much) but don't expect fine dining. But, they DO serve a chicken and sausage gumbo, which is pretty good as far as I can tell. So I looked carefully at the soup ... broth, a smidgen of chicken and sausage, celery, onion, green pepper, a polite amount of okra (but not enough to account for the thickness of the soup; clearly they thicken with cornstarch) and a little tomato. So I tried reproducing that at home, adjusting for the fact that I'm serving a meal and need to put in a lot more protein, and I think it turned out pretty well. At least the family liked it, and that's what counts!
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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
Happy New Year, WISHY. I edited out your psychopathic screed!
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Snowed here last night and still snowing this morning. Boots and gloves along with umbrella when I go out.
Weather people were right. Surprise, surprise, surprise!
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
But yanno, keep the whole "finish carpentry" in mind. You might also do well being a one-person geek squad: there are a lot of people who need help just loading updates or cleaning heat sinks and replacing fans. Yanno stuff that seems so simple to you that you couldn't imagine paying anyone to do it.
Yeah. We'll see how it goes. I might have a gig helping a few old dogs do a gigantic big money bathroom remodel gig in the pipeline. Might lead to more work down the road.
About the computer stuff, I'm probably never going to bother with that. Everybody needs help with that stuff, but nobody wants to pay for it. At least in my circles, which are mostly people living on minimum wage or thereabouts. I've actually done a lot of freebies for people with computer and laptop related things at both of my overnight jobs. For me that kind of stuff is better for just building alliances and good will rather than a few bucks on the side, but that's just me. I just feel bad charging people making what I make per hour to do some stuff that I can do in my sleep.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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