In the garden, and RAIN!!!!

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, September 9, 2021 9:19 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Off to mah jong in the morning. So I will see everyone tomorrow afternoon.

Hope you won.

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1KIKI

Friday, September 10, 2021 12:59 AM (P)

I noticed the very aggressive bee swarm on my tree on Tuesday AM Sep 9, 2021 through the early afternoon (when I quit watching), through an aggressive bee at my birdbath just after the sun went down. The next day, Wednesday, I sat out watched the tree for a couple of hours or so starting at 06:30 sunrise, wanting to see when they showed up (around 07:00) and which direction they were coming from/ going to (SSE). While there were what appeared to be a few bees on the tree, they were acting normally for the most part (with 2 exceptions of a few seconds of severely agitated flight and one bee/ bee contention). The next day, today Thursday, I sat and watched the tree again, for about a half an hour. I saw what appeared to be bees acting very normally - flying slowly and hovering/ moving just an inch or 2 off the flowers, going in a focused way from flower to flower. While they were about the size of honeybees (perhaps just a smidge smaller), with the coloration of honey bees as best I could tell from 25' away, and the behavior of honeybees, their wings, while faceted, were exceptionally, brilliantly reflective. Perhaps they weren't honeybees but native bees, or bee-looking flies.

Anyway, today I didn't dress up in bee-protection layers because the aggressive bees seem to have gone. I did wear my usual anti-mosquito yardwork clothes however. And I surveyed my property for signs of a beehive.

I've had 3 notable experiences with honeybees. One was having a (normal) honeybee swarm on my front-sidewalk chain-link fence, about a foot from the mailbox. It was draped off the top crossbar and interlaced in the chain-link hanging down, about the volume of 3 footballs. The second experience was when one of my crape myrtles trees was harvested by hundreds of (regular) honeybees one day, and the collective humming was SO loud I could hear it inside the house! The most recent was when I had beekeeper rescue and relocate a 40lb (regular) honeybee beehive from my house framing. They got into the framing where one of the clapboards had buckled outward, leaving an open gap at the bottom edge of the board. I kind of thought there was a hive because I was always seeing honeybees here and there. But honeybees are in such decline I didn't do anything about it for a couple of years. I figured they were happy and healthy where they were, they weren't bothering anything, and I'd get to it when I got to it. Yet, that taught me that where there's a honeybee hive you'll ALWAYS see some honeybee activity. There will ALWAYS be at least one honeybee - or 2 or 3 within the next few seconds - hovering around the entrance, or flying to and from, and sometimes many more.

So this AM I looked over my property pretty carefully, mostly looking for 'activity' in an unfocused way. Damn there are a lot of flies around! But no hives that I could see.

Still, before I started working in the section I most need to address, I made an escape pod. My car was in the alley about 25' from where I was going to work, so I closed all the windows and left the driver's door open, just in case. Better to be trapped in a car with a few angry bees than running down the ally with a few hundred after me, especially considering Africanized 'killer' bees will chase targets for up to a quarter of a mile.

Anyway, the end result is, I got to work and I had no bee problem. And I think there will bee no problem in the near future.

SIGNYM

Friday, September 10, 2021 1:48 AM (P)

I've seen many MANY bee-ish insects with brilliantly shiny wings on the buckwheat.

The ones I saw were yellow-black striped at the head but black- white striped on the abdot. More importantly, they were nipped in at the waist, more like a wasp than a bee or fly.

Haven't bothered to ID them, tho.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Friday, September 10, 2021 5:45 AM (P)

No luck in mah jong and I have to replace my water bottle. It broke today after falling onto the floor.

BRENDA

Friday, September 10, 2021 5:46 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Off to mah jong in the morning. So I will see everyone tomorrow afternoon.

Hope you won.

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Nope. I had one semi-decent hand and that was it.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, September 10, 2021 10:51 AM (P)

A coat of primer and two coats of paint on both doors and the mirror. A coat of primer and one coat of paint on the two door jambs as well as the casings both inside and outside of the closet and pantry.

I finally got the mirror hung up again, and it looks great.

I'll finish painting the jambs/casings tomorrow and maybe wait until Saturday to hang the doors to give the paint a bit of time to cure first.

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SIGNYM

Friday, September 10, 2021 1:32 PM (P)

Got treated to a lightning show, which is rare around here. Funny thing is, the sky above us was clear, it was in the clouds over the mountains. So I went to wunderground just to see WTH was going on, and there was a very active - but very isolated! - storm cell crawling up the 57 fwy on it way to the mountains. I hope somebody got a bit o rain out of that!

Huh. I just checked again, and what should pop up is a

Quote:
flash flood warning for
East Central Los Angeles County in southwestern California...

* Until 300 AM PDT.

* At 1219 AM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
line of thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the Bobcat and
Ranch 2 burn areas. Flash flooding and mud and debris flow are
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

So I guess somebody IS getting rained on!

But they're still predicting Fri, Sat, and Sun in the low 90s for the flatlands of LA, which means low 100s for the valleys. Fortunately after that there's a cooldown, and it'll be good for yardwork again.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

1KIKI

Friday, September 10, 2021 9:21 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Got treated to a lightning show, which is rare around here. Funny thing is, the sky above us was clear, it was in the clouds over the mountains.

From my end, I heard some thunder, but didn't see any lightning flashes.

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So I went to wunderground just to see WTH was going on, and there was a very active - but very isolated! - storm cell crawling up the 57 fwy on it way to the mountains. I hope somebody got a bit o rain out of that!

I saw that too. It was so weird. I'm not used to see a rain cell all by its lonesome.

Quote:
Huh. I just checked again, and what should pop up is a
Quote:
flash flood warning for
East Central Los Angeles County in southwestern California...
* Until 300 AM PDT.
* At 1219 AM PDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
line of thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the Bobcat and
Ranch 2 burn areas. Flash flooding and mud and debris flow are
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
So I guess somebody IS getting rained on!

While I don't know who else was getting rained on, for sure it was at least moi.

The only thing is, I kept trying to stay awake to enjoy listening to the rain, but I was so sleepy I couldn't manage.

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But they're still predicting Fri, Sat, and Sun in the low 90s for the flatlands of LA, which means low 100s for the valleys.

Sadly, yes.

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Fortunately after that there's a cooldown, and it'll be good for yardwork again.

I'm aiming to get 2 large bins out by Tuesday*, and keep to 2 large bins/ week*. I hardly got anything done yesterday after taking a fair bit of time surveying for any honeybee hives. So I hope today is more productive heat or no heat.

*Trash pickup is on Tuesday, so my trash weeks are Tue-Mon. 2 XL bins is my maximum available bin space for yard waste (one green waste, one trash). And DANG! I forgot that I have an appointment Monday morning. So that's definitely going to cut into my schedule for this week.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, September 10, 2021 9:24 PM (P)

Think I might mow the lawn after I do the jambs today. I was going to wait until Saturday, but I've got some other things coming up outside of the house and I probably would be better off doing maintenance and house cleaning right now instead of getting into another project that would take more than a day or two to complete.

The old man is coming by on Saturday. He won't even recognize the place from a few weeks ago.

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BRENDA

Friday, September 10, 2021 11:13 PM (P)

Out for my walk and errands. Suppose to rain tonight maybe but for sure tomorrow.

1KIKI

Friday, September 10, 2021 11:40 PM (P)

Signy, you might be interested - as HARD as the rain was pelting down last night, it must not have rained very long. I got maybe 1/16" in my cachepot-raingauge, and the rain didn't even penetrate any significant canopies (oaks, privets, crapes).

1KIKI

Friday, September 10, 2021 11:41 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk and errands. Suppose to rain tonight maybe but for sure tomorrow.

I hope you get good sleeping to the sound of rain! And that your fire season is at an end.

SIGNYM

Friday, September 10, 2021 11:44 PM (P)

KIKI: Well, now it's hot, so you get hot and steamy! Lucky you!

Maybe some dust got washed off. That would be a good thing, no?

Does this summer seem unusually humid to you? It does to me.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Saturday, September 11, 2021 2:14 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out for my walk and errands. Suppose to rain tonight maybe but for sure tomorrow.
I hope you get good sleeping to the sound of rain! And that your fire season is at an end.

I do sometimes. Have to see what the night brings. Right now it is just clouds and some sun.

1KIKI

Saturday, September 11, 2021 2:24 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
KIKI: Well, now it's hot, so you get hot and steamy! Lucky you!

Maybe some dust got washed off. That would be a good thing, no?

Does this summer seem unusually humid to you? It does to me.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

I was hoping some of the dust got washed off as well!

I have a question - can rain ever be driven down by some type of downdraft? The rain last night sounded like it was hitting far harder than just from freely falling drops. It was splatting like rain, not pinging like hail. But it was loud enough to be larger hail.

And yes - it seems unusually humid. So far, so good for our fire season down here! A couple of years ago I think it was, we also had an unusually humid early fire season, which kept the fires down for a few months. I remember noticing that. But then late Sep, Oct, and Nov we had really bad Santa Anas, and a bad fire season when the winds kicked in.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, September 11, 2021 3:35 AM (P)

Had to paint the jambs and casings twice. Looks great.

Just finished mowing the lawn.

Going to do some cleanup around here before I take a shower. I got a lead on an exterior door that's on sale for 2/3rds the normal price that I don't want to slip through my fingers.

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SIGNYM

Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:08 AM (P)

Quote:
SIGNYM:
KIKI: Well, now it's hot, so you get hot and steamy! Lucky you!
Maybe some dust got washed off. That would be a good thing, no?Does this summer seem unusually humid to you? It does to me.

KIKI I was hoping some of the dust got washed off as well!

I have a question - can rain ever be driven down by some type of downdraft? The rain last night sounded like it was hitting far harder than just from freely falling drops. It was splatting like rain, not pinging like hail. But it was loud enough to be larger hail.

And yes - it seems unusually humid. So far, so good for our fire season down here! A couple of years ago I think it was, we also had an unusually humid early fire season, which kept the fires down for a few months. I remember noticing that. But then late Sep, Oct, and Nov we had really bad Santa Anas, and a bad fire season when the winds kicked in.

Hmmm. Interesting question. Usually the downdrafts occur right before or right behind a cloudburst. But I can imagine that it might happen.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:59 AM (P)

Hung the doors and got my knobs that I bought almost 2 years ago on a fire sale when I bought all the knobs for the 2nd floor installed. Oil rubbed bronze like everything else is going to be when I'm finally done.

Hanging those doors by myself wasn't easy. They were quite a bit more substantial than the ones that were upstairs. Probably original from the 60's.

Tons of cleanup and re-org of the tools. I'm going to have to get used to the fact that I can't be leaning things up on any of the walls on the 1st floor anymore and make sure things go back into the basement or out in the garage when I'm done with them.

I'll do the "chores" tomorrow morning before the old man comes here. I want this place spotless to show off the work.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, September 11, 2021 8:24 PM (P)

Ordered enough oil rubbed bronze hinges to do all of my fresh painted doors.

I should have done that a LONG time ago before I hung them all back up. At least all the doors I have on the 2nd floor are lightweight. Maybe I can wrangle my old man into coming back after I get them and we can switch them all out.

The hinges in the entire house are totally mismatched. Some are chrome, some are brass, some are indeterminable... all are rusty and worn. Two doors have 3 hinges while all the rest only have 2. (I'm not going to "fix" that... just remarking on how inconsistent everything was done around here by previous owners).

Who knew you could buy them in bulk for 1/3rd of the price you'd pay for them individually at a DIY store? Better yet, they were on sale.

I knew going into hanging those closet doors up last night that I'd be getting these, but I didn't want that to be an excuse not to have them hung when the old man comes and sees the progress today.

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6IXSTRINGJACK

Saturday, September 11, 2021 10:03 PM (P)

Boy... I needed a deep clean. Not sure how much of that dust was from in between since the last time I did and the work I've been doing, but glad to be getting it done.

Kitchen and living room done. Just need to do the bathroom and then it's time to shower and run some errands before the old man shows up. I might even start pulling stuff apart in the porch if I have time... maybe work on cutting out that last outlet in the kitchen to make room for the final GFCI even the the special order plate won't be in for over a week to cover it.

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BRENDA

Saturday, September 11, 2021 11:02 PM (P)

Laundry day once again.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, September 12, 2021 1:08 AM (P)

Got the last GFCI in.

It was a little tricky, but far from the worst I've had to deal with so far.

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BRENDA

Sunday, September 12, 2021 3:27 AM (P)

Laundry done, walk in and it started raining on my way home. Need it though.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, September 12, 2021 5:48 AM (P)

Pride...

That's an emotion I haven't seen come from the old man in quite some time.

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BRENDA

Monday, September 13, 2021 3:11 AM (P)

Bit more book work done today. Chapter 13 retyped and paper copy back in its file.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, September 13, 2021 3:54 AM (P)

Tore out the back walls of the porch today. Dad came back with my step-mom to show off my work while they were on their way to visit my bro.

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BRENDA

Monday, September 13, 2021 9:51 AM (P)

Found another couple of movies at my library that do not have Close captioning on them. "Dawn till Dusk 2 and 3". Very frustrating not that it is really needed on those movies.

Haven't seen them in years and I forgot how cheesy they were. *L*

BRENDA

Monday, September 13, 2021 11:15 PM (P)

Out for my walk. Things to do.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 3:29 AM (P)

Nice day today. So nice that halfway through my errands I had to come home and ditch my jacket. Too warm. Suppose to rain tomorrow. We'll see.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 5:30 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Found another couple of movies at my library that do not have Close captioning on them. "Dawn till Dusk 2 and 3". Very frustrating not that it is really needed on those movies.

Haven't seen them in years and I forgot how cheesy they were. *L*

lol... I never saw 2 and 3. How bad are they?

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1KIKI

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:14 AM (P)

Brenda, it sounds like you had a nice walk!

1KIKI

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:17 AM (P)

I've been catching up on my medical care. Today I had my first ever DEXA bone density scan. The radiology report should be ready in the near future. I'll be curious to see what it is.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:32 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Found another couple of movies at my library that do not have Close captioning on them. "Dawn till Dusk 2 and 3". Very frustrating not that it is really needed on those movies.

Haven't seen them in years and I forgot how cheesy they were. *L*

lol... I never saw 2 and 3. How bad are they?

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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."

Thing is when I picked them up at my local library, I thought the disk included the first one but it doesn't. Heck, even I didn't remember the 2nd film but now that I am almost at the end of the 3rd I remember it.

Mostly bad special effects in the second that run from cheap bats flying and dive bombing people. Also bad destruction of vampires.

Danny Trejo was in 2 and 3. Maybe even the first one. I love Danny Trejo.

Yellow eyes on the vampires in both the second and third. Loads of other stuff.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:33 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Brenda, it sounds like you had a nice walk!

It was nice and surprising that it was so warm out. Suppose to be getting rain at some point this week.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:35 AM (P)

Watched the first episode of Halloween Baking Championship with contestants making halloween themed desserts and cakes. As I am watching it all I wanted was a nice apple pie. *L*

6IXSTRINGJACK

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:37 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Found another couple of movies at my library that do not have Close captioning on them. "Dawn till Dusk 2 and 3". Very frustrating not that it is really needed on those movies.

Haven't seen them in years and I forgot how cheesy they were. *L*

lol... I never saw 2 and 3. How bad are they?

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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."

Thing is when I picked them up at my local library, I thought the disk included the first one but it doesn't. Heck, even I didn't remember the 2nd film but now that I am almost at the end of the 3rd I remember it.

Mostly bad special effects in the second that run from cheap bats flying and dive bombing people. Also bad destruction of vampires.

Danny Trejo was in 2 and 3. Maybe even the first one. I love Danny Trejo.

Yellow eyes on the vampires in both the second and third. Loads of other stuff.

Man... It's been so long since I've seen the first one I can't even remember if Trejo was in it. I want to say he was, but I might be mixing it up with Desperado.

You ever see the sequel to that one? I actually enjoyed it.

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BRENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 11:12 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Found another couple of movies at my library that do not have Close captioning on them. "Dawn till Dusk 2 and 3". Very frustrating not that it is really needed on those movies.

Haven't seen them in years and I forgot how cheesy they were. *L*

lol... I never saw 2 and 3. How bad are they?

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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."

Thing is when I picked them up at my local library, I thought the disk included the first one but it doesn't. Heck, even I didn't remember the 2nd film but now that I am almost at the end of the 3rd I remember it.

Mostly bad special effects in the second that run from cheap bats flying and dive bombing people. Also bad destruction of vampires.

Danny Trejo was in 2 and 3. Maybe even the first one. I love Danny Trejo.

Yellow eyes on the vampires in both the second and third. Loads of other stuff.

Man... It's been so long since I've seen the first one I can't even remember if Trejo was in it. I want to say he was, but I might be mixing it up with Desperado.

You ever see the sequel to that one? I actually enjoyed it.

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Vaccinated People: "You need to get muh vaccination shots that don't work because I got muh vaccination shots that don't work and I'm afraid of people that didn't get muh vaccination shots that don't work because muh vaccination shots that don't work don't work."

Like I said I don't remember if Trejo was in the first Dusk till Dawn movie.

I have a copy of Desperado and love it. I started to watch "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" but I never finished it for some reason. I probably should try watching it again.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 11:12 PM (P)

Out soon in the rain.

1KIKI

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 11:40 PM (P)

So the prediction was right. You have rain.

1KIKI

Tuesday, September 14, 2021 11:45 PM (P)

For whatever reason the various Bird families showed up in my yard today. I haven't met them before. It's almost like the parents brought their nearly-grown offspring by to show off how many fine children they had successfully raised. The Scrubjay family came by with 2 children, the Towhee family came by with 2 children, and the Mockingbird family came by with 3 children, all in the span of less than half an hour. After stopping off in my yard, they flew on to elsewhere.

THG

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 12:53 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
There was no insurrection.

Yes there was, in a different place and a long long time ago, in 1799 there was an insurrection in France with General Napoleon Bonapart, there were also Bolseviks who killed the Russian Royal Tsar family

,

Sometimes there are modern Coup d'état in Asia Cambodia, parts of Africa, Latin America

I'm not sure What-the-Fuck Biden and little Bush jnr and Pesoli are doing comparing a bunch of people with flags to the 911 Terrorist attacks and Collapse of the WTC

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
wouldn't launch nuclear weapons

Cool Story Bro !

posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
There was no insurrection.

Yes there was, in a different place and a long long time ago, in 1799 there was an insurrection in France with General Napoleon Bonapart, there were also Bolseviks who killed the Russian Royal Tsar family

,

Sometimes there are modern Coup d'état in Asia Cambodia, parts of Africa, Latin America

I'm not sure What-the-Fuck Biden and little Bush jnr and Pesoli are doing comparing a bunch of people with flags to the 911 Terrorist attacks and Collapse of the WTC

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
wouldn't launch nuclear weapons

Cool Story Bro !

posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
There was no insurrection.

Yes there was, in a different place and a long long time ago, in 1799 there was an insurrection in France with General Napoleon Bonapart, there were also Bolseviks who killed the Russian Royal Tsar family

,

Sometimes there are modern Coup d'état in Asia Cambodia, parts of Africa, Latin America

I'm not sure What-the-Fuck Biden and little Bush jnr and Pesoli are doing comparing a bunch of people with flags to the 911 Terrorist attacks and Collapse of the WTC

Quote:
Originally posted by THG:
wouldn't launch nuclear weapons

Cool Story Bro !

posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
There was no insurrection.

Yes there was, in a different place and a long long time ago, in 1799 there was an insurrection in France with General Napoleon Bonapart, there were also Bolseviks who killed the Russian Royal Tsar family

,

Sometimes there are modern Coup d'état in Asia Cambodia, parts of Africa, Latin America

I'm not sure What-the-Fuck Biden and little Bush jnr and

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 1:30 AM (P)

Ted is still an idiot in September of 2021. Cool.

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BRENDA

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:24 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

So the prediction was right. You have rain.

Yup, a real soaker where I am today. But that's good.

BRENDA

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:27 AM (P)

Back from my walk and everything done for today.

Even saw the lady that I work for in the local mall. Asked me if I was back to mah jong and then commented that she didn't have time to hang out in the mall. Implying that was all that I was doing.

Gods, I really can't stand people some times.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:33 AM (P)

Should have asked her if she was too busy binge watching Netflix or something.

But nah. She might be one of those people who are scared to go out now and doesn't want to admit it. You never know how rough people are having it inside their heads right now and their only defense is to say things like that.

I wouldn't take it as a personal insult toward you.

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BRENDA

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 9:30 AM (P)

No worries. It was just a mild vent. I am not wasting any time on her. I'm sure her and her husband just got back from another camping trip. They like to do that most of the summer with people from their church.

Anyways whatever with her.

ETA: Should mention that they don't watch tv because there is too much violence in tv shows and such. They might listen to the news on CBC radio every so often. They do watch the odd movie but only if it is of a religious bend.

BRENDA

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 10:27 AM (P)

Lego has a new kit out. It is a baby grand piano and what makes it unique is that you can actually play it.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 9:53 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
No worries. It was just a mild vent. I am not wasting any time on her. I'm sure her and her husband just got back from another camping trip. They like to do that most of the summer with people from their church.

Anyways whatever with her.

ETA: Should mention that they don't watch tv because there is too much violence in tv shows and such. They might listen to the news on CBC radio every so often. They do watch the odd movie but only if it is of a religious bend.

If you ever want to know what they're watching without having to sit through it, you should check out the Cinema Snob on Youtube. Before he got more mainstream and ad-friendly, most of his early videos were about religious films and old semi-porn releases like Caligula that probably would not ever have been made in the last 10 or 20 years.

It's pretty hilarious watching him break down those Christian films.

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BRENDA

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:23 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
No worries. It was just a mild vent. I am not wasting any time on her. I'm sure her and her husband just got back from another camping trip. They like to do that most of the summer with people from their church.

Anyways whatever with her.

ETA: Should mention that they don't watch tv because there is too much violence in tv shows and such. They might listen to the news on CBC radio every so often. They do watch the odd movie but only if it is of a religious bend.

If you ever want to know what they're watching without having to sit through it, you should check out the Cinema Snob on Youtube. Before he got more mainstream and ad-friendly, most of his early videos were about religious films and old semi-porn releases like Caligula that probably would not ever have been made in the last 10 or 20 years.

It's pretty hilarious watching him break down those Christian films.

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I have no interest in much of anything they would watch. Last I knew they were on an American history bend and had just watched the film about Harriet Tubman. And her husband found something to complain about in it. The fact that the film makers included something about her husband in it. I just ignored him.

I've seen Caligula years ago and no it wouldn't fly now. It also wasn't a great film, I was just curious. *L*

I don't watch Christmas movies unless it is something like Lethal Weapon or Die Hard. *L*

Think I've said this before. Me and Christmas aren't exactly friends.

BRENDA

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 11:24 PM (P)

Out for a walk on a sunny day. Things to do.

BRENDA

Thursday, September 16, 2021 2:44 AM (P)

Back from my walk and all is well.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:41 AM (P)

Exposed the front of the porch down to the studs and didn't disturb the plastic. So nice not to have to look at those nasty slats anymore.

I'm glad I went ahead and did this on my own instead of waiting until my friend and his dad are here Saturday. I'm already 13 hours of labor into demolition myself. It could have gone a lot quicker though I guess if we weren't trying to protect the plastic still.

I think tomorrow I'm going to start pulling the siding I'm scavenging off the garage and putting up the plastic to protect it for the winter until I re-side the garage in the spring.

I'll also have to go out and buy my exterior door so I can have that ready too.

Exciting.

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BRENDA

Thursday, September 16, 2021 9:03 AM (P)

Mah jong for me tomorrow morning. See how it goes.

SIGNYM

Thursday, September 16, 2021 12:20 PM (P)

Hi guys!

Still reading.
A little too busy to post.

But... good job!

Carry on!

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If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Friday, September 17, 2021 3:27 AM (P)

Back from mah jong and I had 3 good hands that netted me over 1,000 points. But no luck on winning. Oh well.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Friday, September 17, 2021 7:16 AM (P)

Geez...

Aluminum prices haven't been this high in 12 years.

Good News: I put my gutters up this month last year and probably saved myself $600 by not waiting until now.

Bad News: I just left a whole bunch of aluminum for the scrappers at the curb last night.

Oh well... It was filthy and I really wouldn't have wanted to put that in my car. It also had a lot of caulk on it that I wasn't going to clean off, so I wouldn't have gotten the price for "clean" metal at the recycle place anyhow. Probably $10... maybe. Not worth the trouble.

Hmmmm... looking at national recycle prices, it wouldn't even have been that much. Maybe there's a lag for recycle prices going up after new prices do, because the recycle price increase is way behind the new price right now year to year.

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BRENDA

Friday, September 17, 2021 11:18 PM (P)

Out in the rain for my walk.

SIGNYM

Saturday, September 18, 2021 2:39 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the rain for my walk.

Seems like you might have made it thru your fire season without as much devastation as last year.

Is that true?
And do you have more fire season to get thru?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Saturday, September 18, 2021 3:05 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Out in the rain for my walk.
Seems like you might have made it thru your fire season without as much devastation as last year.

Is that true?
And do you have more fire season to get thru?

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

Well, that's if you don't count almost an entire town being wiped off the map with fire. And I mean Lytton which was 90% destroyed by a wild fire.

I guess this fire season won't finish up as bad as it started out for BC. Have to see what the Wild fire services say in October. Think there could be a couple of more weeks left to fire season, but now we've started to enter Fall and that means a lot of rain for the coast. Think fire season in BC finishes around the beginning of October.

BRENDA

Saturday, September 18, 2021 3:07 AM (P)

As for today it was wet, wet, wet where I am. It is looking to be a very soggy start to Fall in BC. Weather people said today's rainfall will be as much as we had in January.

BRENDA

Saturday, September 18, 2021 9:31 AM (P)

Still raining and suppose to through the night. Rivers are being watched incase they rise too fast with so much rain.

SIGNYM

Saturday, September 18, 2021 9:40 AM (P)

Oh,the lost town. That WAS bad.

Looks like the area in drought is west Ontario and eastern Manitoba. ?

https://plantmaps.com/interactive-canada-drought-monitor-map.php

Oh BTW a 4.4 appx 10 miles away. Shook for 18 seconds but nothing fell down and the power didn't even blink.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Saturday, September 18, 2021 11:28 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh,the lost town. That WAS bad.

Looks like the area in drought is west Ontario and eastern Manitoba. ?

https://plantmaps.com/interactive-canada-drought-monitor-map.php

Oh BTW a 4.4 appx 10 miles away. Shook for 18 seconds but nothing fell down and the power didn't even blink.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

Yup, some people are going in with help to start sifting through the rubble of their homes for anything important to them that might have survived the fire. It's going to take a while for Lytton to rebuild.

That is possible.
That storm yesterday hit BC and may have travelled into Alberta then petered out before getting out of there.

That's good that quake wasn't any bigger.

BRENDA

Saturday, September 18, 2021 11:30 PM (P)

Well, out for my walk on a dry and sunny day. Need a bit of groceries. So later peeps.

BRENDA

Sunday, September 19, 2021 3:06 AM (P)

Back from my walk and still bright and sunny though there is a slight wind. Nothing serious. There were some power outages from that storm but it doesn't seem like it was enough to cancel any ferries.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, September 19, 2021 7:11 AM (P)

Nearly completed the porch demo this morning before my buddy and his dad came over. My bud came by about an hour earlier and we got it all finished before his old man showed up.

Got all 4 windows framed out, all the plywood walls up, wrapped 'em and installed all 4 windows before they had to leave at 4:30PM!

I just wrapped up the cleanup, and filled 3 more cans full of trash. Had to cut down a lot of old boards, and I took off all the aluminum so the scrappers will be pleased again next week. It'll take me a few weeks to get rid of everything from the demo.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!

And I finally have airflow in there again. It's got to be at least 20 degrees cooler in there than it's been in the last 3 months.

I should be able to get the siding from off the garage and get the front of the house wrapped up tight tomorrow.

I'm going to hold off on siding the back though until we pick up the new door and get it installed.

Huge day today. My curb appeal just went up more from this than all the other things I've ever done in the last 10 years combined.

Sorry though... I can't share the pics on this one. Too easy to identify.

Whenever I get the inside remodeled I'll share some of those though.

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1KIKI

Sunday, September 19, 2021 7:49 AM (P)

Quote:
Oh BTW a 4.4 appx 10 miles away. Shook for 18 seconds but nothing fell down and the power didn't even blink.

I felt it, but only just barely, 3 extremely small ground shifts. If I had to say how much displacement, I'd guess well under an inch. And I only noticed it because I was sitting very still. Otherwise I wouldn't have noticed it at all.

It was near Carson. But to satisfy my curiosity I've been trying and trying to find out what fault it was on, and I can't find a single mention of that.

1KIKI

Sunday, September 19, 2021 7:57 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from my walk and still bright and sunny though there is a slight wind. Nothing serious. There were some power outages from that storm but it doesn't seem like it was enough to cancel any ferries.

I went to a weather site to check it out!

It looks like your temps were as low as a brisk 50F last night, and as high as a comfortable 65F today, and that that'll be your weather for the next 10 days except for Wednesday, when your daytime temps will be as high as 70F. I could deal with a heat wave like that!

1KIKI

Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:01 AM (P)

Jack, that sounds like a lot of progress.

I know this is like asking about 'when was your last hiccup' - but - when did your place stop popping and creaking? And how much displacement was there when it was all over? Just being nosy.

BRENDA

Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:43 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from my walk and still bright and sunny though there is a slight wind. Nothing serious. There were some power outages from that storm but it doesn't seem like it was enough to cancel any ferries.
I went to a weather site to check it out! It looks like your temps were as low as a brisk 50F last night, and as high as a comfortable 65F today, and that that'll be your weather for the next 10 days except for Wednesday, when your daytime temps will be as high as 70F. I could deal with a heat wave like that!

There was a lot of rain Friday night so that explains the temps. Around 4pm, I guess it started raining then around 6:30pm a thunder and lighting storm rolled through still with the rain.

It is now 8:40pm and it is still raining. Tomorrow there is suppose to be rain and more possible thunder and lighting storms. These will be travelling into Alberta.

Monday is looking dry according to the weather and so is Wednesday. So, it shouldn't be too bad for next week.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:53 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Jack, that sounds like a lot of progress.

It was huge. Coudln't have done it without their help. I know they're both still into me for a lot of hours, but I'm going to do something nice for both of 'em.

Quote:
I know this is like asking about 'when was your last hiccup' - but - when did your place stop popping and creaking? And how much displacement was there when it was all over? Just being nosy.

It didn't really ever stop. I still get pops and cracks. But I think I've exaggerated the consequences in my head, aside from the water I was taking in.

After completely gutting the porch, it was obvious that the settling that had occured was a long time before I got here, because of the way that everything had been shimmed.

I painted that kitchen ceiling quite a few months back now after doing no other ceiling repair other than sanding down the high points and it looks as good as it did when I put the paint on.

There is some ceiling and wall damage on the 2nd floor that I painted 9 or so years ago, but it's hairline stuff.

The attic is where the bulk of the action took place, but ever since it became noticeable I have been monitoring it and it hasn't seemed to get any worse. (The easiest way of monitoring it was cleaning up the debris from the screws that popped and not seeing any more accumulate since then).

Hopefully I'm good. We'll see what happens.

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SIGNYM

Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:18 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

Quote:
Oh BTW a 4.4 appx 10 miles away. Shook for 18 seconds but nothing fell down and the power didn't even blink.
I felt it, but only just barely, 3 extremely small ground shifts. If I had to say how much displacement, I'd guess well under an inch. And I only noticed it because I was sitting very still. Otherwise I wouldn't have noticed it at all.

It was near Carson. But to satisfy my curiosity I've been trying and trying to find out what fault it was on, and I can't find a single mention of that

Possibly the Newport-Inglewood fault.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

SIGNYM

Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:28 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Nearly completed the porch demo this morning before my buddy and his dad came over. My bud came by about an hour earlier and we got it all finished before his old man showed up.

Got all 4 windows framed out, all the plywood walls up, wrapped 'em and installed all 4 windows before they had to leave at 4:30PM!

I just wrapped up the cleanup, and filled 3 more cans full of trash. Had to cut down a lot of old boards, and I took off all the aluminum so the scrappers will be pleased again next week. It'll take me a few weeks to get rid of everything from the demo.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!!!

And I finally have airflow in there again. It's got to be at least 20 degrees cooler in there than it's been in the last 3 months.

I should be able to get the siding from off the garage and get the front of the house wrapped up tight tomorrow.

I'm going to hold off on siding the back though until we pick up the new door and get it installed.

Huge day today. My curb appeal just went up more from this than all the other things I've ever done in the last 10 years combined.

Sorry though... I can't share the pics on this one. Too easy to identify.

Whenever I get the inside remodeled I'll share some of those though.

So, just to be sure I understand ... These are all questions

You removed both the outer siding and the inner wall and took the front porch down to the studs. (demo)

Then you re-framed the windows because the replacement windows were a different size than the original.

You installed the windows. And - now you have airflow because you had plastic over the old windows because they always leaked, because they were badly installed. But now you can open the windows because you have useable ones.

You're taking siding off the garage and putting it on the porch.

How complete is that?

Just trying to develop a mental picture of what you've done and where you are now.

But even if I misunderstood some of it, that's a fantastic amount of major work! And your social capital has paid off!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

6IXSTRINGJACK

Sunday, September 19, 2021 10:53 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
So, just to be sure I understand ... These are all questions

You removed both the outer siding and the inner wall and took the front porch down to the studs. (demo)

I only took the siding down that needed to be taken down to get to what we needed to work on. The siding that is missing now will be salvaged from the garage today since you can't buy that color/style anymore. (I'll wrap it and reside the garage with the new color I'm going to paint the house next year).

Quote:
Then you re-framed the windows because the replacement windows were a different size than the original.

There were no original windows lol. Huge 1"x5" "slats" in place of framed walls on the front with single pane aluminum track garbage that let in all the water that rotted the floors. These were wrapped in aluminum after they were installed at some point, because you could tell they were moldy and rotten under the aluminum.

It was even worse on the back with no slats and just a few 1"x4" boards "framing" out the openings for the same garbage "windows" back there... also letting in all the water.

That's why I've had the entire thing wrapped up with visqueen for 2 years and it would be 125 degrees on that back porch when it was 90+ for a few days in a row. Finally got a ton of airflow in there again.

Quote:
You installed the windows. And - now you have airflow because you had plastic over the old windows because they always leaked, because they were badly installed. But now you can open the windows because you have useable ones.

I can open them because they're actually real windows surrounded by real walls now.

This porch was essentially a tent with a roof on it and I could have kicked out the front and back walls and it would have remained standing. (And with the shape that it was in, it would have been easy to do too).
Quote:
You're taking siding off the garage and putting it on the porch.

How complete is that?

Haven't started. Need to get to it now though. I've got about 7 hours of sunlight.

I was able to buy a lot of channel and a few corner pieces in the right color at least, so I can complete the siding without having to use a different color.

Quote:
Just trying to develop a mental picture of what you've done and where you are now.

But even if I misunderstood some of it, that's a fantastic amount of major work! And your social capital has paid off!

Yeah. It's hard to pin them down and get my stuff done, so I've been stressing for a while, but they finally came through for me in a big way.

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BRENDA

Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:57 PM (P)

Just a lazy Sunday for me.

Started thinking about what my boss could have meant by her, "I don't have time to hang around the mall" comment from last week.

Have I ever mentioned that she has lousy time management skills when it comes to getting outside chores or even chores done in the house? This is a skill that she has never developed and now she is regretting it.

BRENDA

Monday, September 20, 2021 4:08 AM (P)

Bit more book work done today and home made beef stew reheating for supper.

6IXSTRINGJACK

Monday, September 20, 2021 7:26 AM (P)

I was able to get that last piece up before the sun went down. The only reason I was able to do it was because the top of the piece needed to be cut off, because if I had to nail it I wouldn't have been able to see what I was doing.

By 3:15 I had already called my old man and told him there was no way the front was getting sided today. I'd barely done anything. Lots of just staring at it and thinking and hesitating.

But somehow I got the fire started and found my rhythm and got 'er done.

I wasn't just making things up when I said how good it looked even without the siding. Two of my neighbors already told me they love it, and three people I've never even talked to before said how great it looked. One of them was some kid I see zipping around all the time on this fat-tired skateboard thing that looks like it would have been cool as hell to have when I was a kid. You know you've done something right when a kid tells a Boomer how great your work looks.

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BRENDA

Monday, September 20, 2021 11:17 PM (P)

Out for my walk on a nice sunny day.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 3:27 AM (P)

Back and still dry out. Going to at some point try to do a little real baking. But I need to start picking up supplies. Got a small bag of flour and some oil today.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 9:26 AM (P)

Going to attempt to bake chocolate cupcakes for my birthday next week. Was thinking about a cake but I changed my mind.

BRENDA

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:59 PM (P)

Out for a walk soon on another dry sunny day.

SIGNYM

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:06 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Going to attempt to bake chocolate cupcakes for my birthday next week. Was thinking about a cake but I changed my mind.

OOOOH!

CUPCAKES!!!!

(Can I come over to eat???)

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

SIGNYM

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 12:09 AM (P)

Quote:
SIGNYM:
So, just to be sure I understand ... These are all questions
You removed both the outer siding and the inner wall and took the front porch down to the studs. (demo)

SIX: I only took the siding down that needed to be taken down to get to what we needed to work on. The siding that is missing now will be salvaged from the garage today since you can't buy that color/style anymore. (I'll wrap it and reside the garage with the new color I'm going to paint the house next year).

SIGNY: Then you re-framed the windows because the replacement windows were a different size than the original.

SIX: There were no original windows lol. Huge 1"x5" "slats" in place of framed walls

You mean ... there were no 2X4s holding up the roof at all? Or were these 1X5s just for the "window" "framing" with 2x4s elsewhere?

Quote:
SIX ... on the front with single pane aluminum track garbage that let in all the water that rotted the floors. These were wrapped in aluminum after they were installed at some point, because you could tell they were moldy and rotten under the aluminum.
It was even worse on the back

Back porch of the house?

Quote:
SIX ... with no slats and just a few 1"x4" boards "framing" out the openings for the same garbage "windows" back there... also letting in all the water.
That's why I've had the entire thing wrapped up with visqueen for 2 years and it would be 125 degrees on that back porch when it was 90+ for a few days in a row. Finally got a ton of airflow in there again.

I'll bet that feels great!

Quote:
SIGNY: You installed the windows. And - now you have airflow because you had plastic over the old windows because they always leaked, because they were badly installed. But now you can open the windows because you have useable ones.

SIX: I can open them because they're actually real windows surrounded by real walls now.

Quote:
SIX: This porch was essentially a tent with a roof on it and I could have kicked out the front and back walls and it would have remained standing. (And with the shape that it was in, it would have been easy to do too).

SIGNY: You're taking siding off the garage and putting it on the porch.
How complete is that?

SIX: Haven't started. Need to get to it now though. I've got about 7 hours of sunlight.
I was able to buy a lot of channel and a few corner pieces in the right color at least, so I can complete the siding without having to use a different color.

SIGNY: Just trying to develop a mental picture of what you've done and where you are now. But even if I misunderstood some of it, that's a fantastic amount of major work! And your social capital has paid off!

SIX: Yeah. It's hard to pin them down and get my stuff done, so I've been stressing for a while, but they finally came through for me in a big way.

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That's awesome, SIX! I'll bet that's a load off your mind!

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

BRENDA

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 2:28 AM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Going to attempt to bake chocolate cupcakes for my birthday next week. Was thinking about a cake but I changed my mind.
OOOOH!

CUPCAKES!!!!

(Can I come over to eat???)

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

Sure, if you don't mind mini ones. This recipe I use makes around 24 regular sized ones that I usually freeze. But the freezer on this fridge isn't the best, so I am hoping that mini ones will freeze and last longer.

BRENDA

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 2:29 AM (P)

Back from my walk and some more baking supplies got. These things are heavy and I have to do it a bit at a time.

1KIKI

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:39 PM (P)

I'm just saying HI! all.

Except for it being beastly hot again, and me scheduled to take my kitty in to the vet tomorrow for a few things, nothing new is going on chez moi.

The heat makes it impossible to for me to work outside. And except for my air-conditioned bedroom, indoors it gets pretty warm too, so my indoor work slows down quite a bit as well. It's been going over 100 at my place and is scheduled to be going over 100 for today.

But there's a cooldown startling tomorrow. Uhmm ... we'll see.

There was a really old neighbor who lived 2 doors down, and she'd been living here since she was little. So she had a good historical view of the place. I asked her how did people get along back when, when no one had any AC anywhere at all. And she laughed and said "Oh, we just moved slower.". It's a lesson I took to heart. When it gets over 90, I exempt myself from ambitious schedules.

SIGNYM

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:01 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Going to attempt to bake chocolate cupcakes for my birthday next week. Was thinking about a cake but I changed my mind.
OOOOH!

CUPCAKES!!!!

(Can I come over to eat???)

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

Sure, if you don't mind mini ones. This recipe I use makes around 24 regular sized ones that I usually freeze. But the freezer on this fridge isn't the best, so I am hoping that mini ones will freeze and last longer.

Those are the ebst kind.

Do you intend to frost them before eating? Yanno, individually?

Not a big fan of buttercream altho I know it lasts longer without refrigeration. But for me ... too sweet. Whipped cream or cream cheese-based is more my style.

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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake

SIGNYM

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:09 PM (P)

Quote:
Originally posted by 1KIKI:

I'm just saying HI! all.

Except for it being beastly hot again, and me scheduled to take my kitty in to the vet tomorrow for a few things, nothing new is going on chez moi.

The heat makes it impossible to for me to work outside. And except for my air-conditioned bedroom, indoors it gets pretty warm too, so my indoor work slows down quite a bit as well. It's been going over 100 at my place and is scheduled to be going over 100 for today.

But there's a cooldown startling tomorrow. Uhmm ... we'll see.

There was a really old neighbor who lived 2 doors down, and she'd been living here since she was little. So she had a good historical view of the place. I asked her how did people get along back when, when no one had any AC anywhere at all. And she laughed and said "Oh, we just moved slower.". It's a lesson I took to heart. When it gets over 90, I exempt myself from ambitious schedules.

Over here in the flatlands it was an unusally mild summer so far. There were a few heatwaves of over-100 temps, but they didn't last very long, and most of the heatwaves were of the 90-100 variety, but with temps cooling of at night.

Of course, I speak as one with house AC,

But I recall when we first moved here there was an 95-105 heatwaves that seemed like it lasted 10 days, and the night temps didn't drop below 85. That, and we were living in the 2nd story of an old (now historic, if it still exists) home right under a flat roof ... no AC... and the thick walls would absorb heat during the day and re-radiate it at night. It was like trying to sleep in an oven.

So when I think of heatwaves I think of that.

We set our AC to 77 during the day - quite tolerable - but after 8PM (and into off peak rates) we set the AC to 72. And our bills have been quite reasonable, since we have solar.

You're weclome to come over any time! We're vaccinated!

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BRENDA

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:30 PM (P)

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Going to attempt to bake chocolate cupcakes for my birthday next week. Was thinking about a cake but I changed my mind.
OOOOH!

CUPCAKES!!!!

(Can I come over to eat???)

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Sure, if you don't mind mini ones. This recipe I use makes around 24 regular sized ones that I usually freeze. But the freezer on this fridge isn't the best, so I am hoping that mini ones will freeze and last longer.
Those are the ebst kind.

Do you intend to frost them before eating? Yanno, individually?

Not a big fan of buttercream altho I know it lasts longer without refrigeration. But for me ... too sweet. Whipped cream or cream cheese-based is more my style.

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I don't frost any cake or cupcakes I make. I feel that is too much sugar and if the frosting isn't mixed right I can feel the sugar grains in it.

BRENDA

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 11:31 PM (P)

Out for my walk in a bit. Still need some sugar, vanilla and baking powder. Looks like it rained over night.

BRENDA

Thursday, September 23, 2021 3:36 AM (P)

Back from my walk and all baking supplies in and ready for whenever I get the mood.

Also ran into one of the support workers who used to come in and help me look after my mom. Had lunch with her and a good talk.

1KIKI

Thursday, September 23, 2021 6:45 AM (P)

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You're welcome to come over any time! We're vaccinated!

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I really appreciate the offer! I can escape the heat. I just need to stay in my AC'd room.

It's how badly the heat affects me getting things done that annoys me.

1KIKI

Thursday, September 23, 2021 6:47 AM (P)

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I don't frost any cake or cupcakes I make. I feel that is too much sugar and if the frosting isn't mixed right I can feel the sugar grains in it.

It sounds like you don't suffer from a sweet tooth. Lucky for you!

6IXSTRINGJACK

Thursday, September 23, 2021 8:06 AM (P)

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So, just to be sure I understand ... These are all questions
You removed both the outer siding and the inner wall and took the front porch down to the studs. (demo)

SIX: I only took the siding down that needed to be taken down to get to what we needed to work on. The siding that is missing now will be salvaged from the garage today since you can't buy that color/style anymore. (I'll wrap it and reside the garage with the new color I'm going to paint the house next year).

SIGNY: Then you re-framed the windows because the replacement windows were a different size than the original.

SIX: There were no original windows lol. Huge 1"x5" "slats" in place of framed walls

You mean ... there were no 2X4s holding up the roof at all? Or were these 1X5s just for the "window" "framing" with 2x4s elsewhere?

Nope. Not in the porch. They hold up the header at the end on a concrete slab where the shed is. 4x4's were between slats made of 1x5"s. It's hard to explain because literally nobody else in the country would have ever built that.

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SIX ... on the front with single pane aluminum track garbage that let in all the water that rotted the floors. These were wrapped in aluminum after they were installed at some point, because you could tell they were moldy and rotten under the aluminum.
It was even worse on the back

Back porch of the house?

Nah. The back side of the porch.

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SIX ... with no slats and just a few 1"x4" boards "framing" out the openings for the same garbage "windows" back there... also letting in all the water.
That's why I've had the entire thing wrapped up with visqueen for 2 years and it would be 125 degrees on that back porch when it was 90+ for a few days in a row. Finally got a ton of airflow in there again.
I'll bet that feels great!

Yup.

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SIGNY: You installed the windows. And - now you have airflow because you had plastic over the old windows because they always leaked, because they were badly installed. But now you can open the windows because you have useable ones.

SIX: I can open them because they're actually real windows surrounded by real walls now.

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SIX: This porch was essentially a tent with a roof on it and I could have kicked out the front and back walls and it would have remained standing. (And with the shape that it was in, it would have been easy to do too).

SIGNY: You're taking siding off the garage and putting it on the porch.
How complete is that?

SIX: Haven't started. Need to get to it now though. I've got about 7 hours of sunlight.
I was able to buy a lot of channel and a few corner pieces in the right color at least, so I can complete the siding without having to use a different color.

SIGNY: Just trying to develop a mental picture of what you've done and where you are now. But even if I misunderstood some of it, that's a fantastic amount of major work! And your social capital has paid off!

SIX: Yeah. It's hard to pin them down and get my stuff done, so I've been stressing for a while, but they finally came through for me in a big way.

That's awesome, SIX! I'll bet that's a load off your mind!

Yup. Feels great. If things go right, my friends dad is coming back on Saturday so we can install the door and do a few other things.

Just in time too, because it's going down to 44 degrees tonight by me.

Summer ended fast here. :(

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