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The exhaust fan fix for my friend went nearly as bad as could be expected if you don't account for the fact that in the end I managed to fix it.

The old fan was OLD. It was OG

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construction attached, which means that I found out in 2 minutes that there was no way to take it out from inside the nice clean bathroom and I needed to go in the attic. He'd also not bought a replacement fan for existing construction, so in order not to damage the ceiling both the removal and the installation would all need to be done in the attic.

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have helped replace a number of light fixtures in the original construction and addition and they have all had ceiling mounted brackets. The new fixtures have holes that match up to the old brackets, and altho it is a pita to find the old holes with the new screws (we turn the new screws in a little into the old bracket, attach long twist ties to help us find the head end of the, screw so we can poke it thru the insulation that's part of the new fixture and thread it thru the new fixture bracket) it's always been a ceiling job. Clearly something I don't understand about this fan!

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and in the attic I went for the next 90 minutes, literally swimming in insulation.

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Had to unscrew the old one by hand because of all of the things in the way of the drill at the angle the screws were set in. Not a fun or easy task to do when leverage is terrible up against a sun roof window and there's so much insulation you can't even see where the joists are.

The fan was also tied into a light over the shower with Romex, and my friend didn't even mention before I'd reinstalled everything that the light had stopped working about half a year ago. So when I was back down and we installed the light it didn't work. My voltage tester came up with nothing.

But the weird thing was that all of the slack in the attic on that romex wasn't present when I pulled at the Romex from the hole for the new shower light or from inside the fan mount... What the hell?

So I had to go back up.

And then I discovered it was two lines of romex that went down into the insulation and through a small hole in wood.


I asked my friend if there was an outlet or a switch over the toilet, since that's the location that it seemed to be going down. He said "neither, but there's a reset button here". I didn't even know what he was talking about, but I said does it look like an outlet? and he said it did.

I said that's it. I'm coming down, we need to open that.

He'd already taken the cover off by the time I came down, but he didn't need to. It was a GFCI box, but without plugs. I'd never even seen one of these before

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But they installed them in all 3 of his bathrooms over the toilets, I'm sure as a safety measure in case something went wrong with the light over the shower

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It's code. Any electrical fixture/outlet with him n 5' (6'?) of water has to be protected with GFI

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(and the fact that they SHOULD NOT HAVE USED ROMEX FOR THIS JOB).

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Uh just OOC, why not? What should they have used? For the few electric installs I helped with, we used 14- or 12_gage. Wire (load depending) in conduit, but that sounds like overkill for the application.

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His daughter hasn't had a light in her shower for half a year now because they didn't know to hit the RESET button.

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I learned about that one early! We had an outlet in the breezeway that was dead. Finally found the GFI on the INSIDE hallway wall . Apparently they had pulled an outlet from the inside thru the wall to the outside (breezeway), but since there was water nearby they had to add a GFI.

In looking around I see the same thing living room to patio, and back bedroom to back sidewalk.

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Well...

The exhaust fan fix for my friend went nearly as bad as could be expected if you don't account for the fact that in the end I managed to fix it.

The old fan was OLD. It was OG

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OG = "Original Gangster". Slang.

In this case, I meant that it was a fan that was meant for original construction. It had "wings" on the side that gets attached to a joist which the screws went through, so there was no way to get to it without busting out the ceiling or doing it from the attic.

I haven't done a ton of these, but every time I have the screws or nails were put into the box inside the fan housing, so once you removed them it came right out of the ceiling. This was new for me.

The fan he bought to replace it had the wings too, so that had to be installed from the attic as well.

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construction attached, which means that I found out in 2 minutes that there was no way to take it out from inside the nice clean bathroom and I needed to go in the attic. He'd also not bought a replacement fan for existing construction, so in order not to damage the ceiling both the removal and the installation would all need to be done in the attic.

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have helped replace a number of light fixtures in the original construction and addition and they have all had ceiling mounted brackets. The new fixtures have holes that match up to the old brackets, and altho it is a pita to find the old holes with the new screws (we turn the new screws in a little into the old bracket, attach long twist ties to help us find the head end of the, screw so we can poke it thru the insulation that's part of the new fixture and thread it thru the new fixture bracket) it's always been a ceiling job. Clearly something I don't understand about this fan!

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Have you ever replaced an exhaust fan in the bathroom? This isn't a ceiling fan and/or light fixture. There's a metal box that's almost a cube shape that is mounted to the joist above the ceiling and a plastic tube coming out that needs to be attached to the exhaust pipe out of the house and taped up.

Here's a picture of a similar one:


Even if this wasn't an new construction unit, I would have had to go up to put the new fan in because Uncle Bob didn't leave any slack on the flex conduit or the flex exhaust pipe, so there would have been no way to attach them first before screwing the box into the joist.

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and in the attic I went for the next 90 minutes, literally swimming in insulation.

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Fiberglass??? Oh dear!

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Yup. Fun!

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Had to unscrew the old one by hand because of all of the things in the way of the drill at the angle the screws were set in. Not a fun or easy task to do when leverage is terrible up against a sun roof window and there's so much insulation you can't even see where the joists are.

The fan was also tied into a light over the shower with Romex, and my friend didn't even mention before I'd reinstalled everything that the light had stopped working about half a year ago. So when I was back down and we installed the light it didn't work. My voltage tester came up with nothing.

But the weird thing was that all of the slack in the attic on that romex wasn't present when I pulled at the Romex from the hole for the new shower light or from inside the fan mount... What the hell?

So I had to go back up.

And then I discovered it was two lines of romex that went down into the insulation and through a small hole in wood.


I asked my friend if there was an outlet or a switch over the toilet, since that's the location that it seemed to be going down. He said "neither, but there's a reset button here". I didn't even know what he was talking about, but I said

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Well...

The exhaust fan fix for my friend went nearly as bad as could be expected if you don't account for the fact that in the end I managed to fix it.

The old fan was OLD. It was OG

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SIX: OG = "Original Gangster". Slang.

In this case, I meant that it was a fan that was meant for original construction. It had "wings" on the side that gets attached to a joist which the screws went through, so there was no way to get to it without busting out the ceiling or doing it from the attic.

I haven't done a ton of these, but every time I have the screws or nails were put into the box inside the fan housing, so once you removed them it came right out of the ceiling. This was new for me.

The fan he bought to replace it had the wings too, so that had to be installed from the attic as well.

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SIX Have you ever replaced an exhaust fan in the bathroom? This isn't a ceiling fan and/or light fixture. There's a metal box that's almost a cube shape that is mounted to the joist above the ceiling and a plastic tube coming out that needs to be attached to the exhaust pipe out of the house and taped up.

Here's a picture of a similar one:


Even if this wasn't an new construction unit, I would have had to go up to put the new fan in because Uncle Bob didn't leave any slack on the flex conduit or the flex exhaust pipe, so there would have been no way to attach them first before screwing the box into the joist.

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No, never have. Seen a kitchen exhaust fan unit, but didn't see the install. Good to know,thanks!

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SIX ...and in the attic I went for the next 90 minutes, literally swimming in insulation.

SIGNY: Fiberglass??? Oh dear!

SIX: Yup. Fun!

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only if you like itchy rashes! I assume you were wearing long pants/long sleeved shirt and hop that you had a mask available

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SIX: Had to unscrew the old one by hand because of all of the things in the way of the drill at the angle the screws were set in. Not a fun or easy task to do when leverage is terrible up against a sun roof window and there's so much insulation you can't even see where the joists are.

The fan was also tied into a light over the shower with Romex, and my friend didn't even mention before I'd reinstalled everything that the light had stopped working about half a year ago. So when I was back down and we installed the light it didn't work. My voltage tester came up with nothing.

But the weird thing was that all of the slack in the attic on that romex wasn't present when I pulled at the Romex from the hole for the new shower light or from inside the fan mount... What the hell?

So I had to go back up.

And then I discovered it was two lines of romex that went down into the insulation and through a small hole in wood.

I asked my friend if there was an outlet or a switch over the toilet, since that's the location that it seemed to be going down. He said "neither, but there's a reset button here". I didn't even know what he was talking about, but I said does it look like an outlet? and he said it did.

I said that's it. I'm coming down, we need to open that.

He'd already taken the cover off by the time I came down, but he didn't need to. It was a GFCI box, but without plugs. I'd never even seen one of these before

SIGNY: Never seen THAT b4 eirher!!

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Unless the price of GFCI outlets have gone up, these are all stupid expensive at around $20 each. When I bought the regular GFCI outlets last year they were around $15, and I was able to buy a 4 pack for only $30. What a ripoff. I mean, it wouldn't make any sense to put plugs above the t

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No, never have. Seen a kitchen exhaust fan unit, but didn't see the install. Good to know,thanks!

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Yeah. No problem. None of this is rocket science. If you're able bodied and have a few decent tools at your disposal, a lot of things can be done just from watching a youtube video if you don't know somebody who knows what they're doing.

But my motto is always expect the worst and you'll never be disappointed.

This job wasn't the worst case scenario, although it was far from ideal.

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only if you like itchy rashes! I assume you were wearing long pants/long sleeved shirt and hop that you had a mask available

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I wasn't dressed for the occasion. I kept my long jeans on since it all washes off and it wouldn't make me itchy, but he only had a short sleeved junk shirt for me, and I wasn't going to wear my fleece hoodie up there and get the fiberglass entangled in it. So I had itchy arms when it was done. I've never gotten rashes from fiberglass myself, so it was just a little discomfort until I got home.

He had a mask for me and I started using it, but it's just too hot working with a mask on so most of the work was done maskless. Anybody who has ever said in the last two years that wearing a mask while working is no big deal has never worked a day in their life and sits at a desk in an air conditioned office.

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With all the new plugin bathroom doodads (toothbrushes, hair dryers, scent misters, emergency/nightlights, etc) ANY extra outlet is a good outlet! I would put a nightlight there so you can find your way around the bathroom at night without being blinded by the light.

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That's actually a REALLY good idea. I'm going suggest that to him next time we talk. Thanks.

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Oh Jeez, I bet! We know that Uncle Bob did some re-wiring here bc we had to correct mistakes when we found them ... like one lead connected to one breaker and the other lead connected to another... no idea how THAT happened!... but there is one "ground" still, that'll give you a good tingle if you touch it, and another bare 14gage we can't figure out where it comes from/goes to.

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Wow! lol. That's a new one to me.

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I guess Uncle Bob did both our houses!

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Uncle Bob did EVERYBODY's houses.

That problem I mentioned with the non-grounded outlet wasn't in my house. I have other problems though. Even though I've bended hardpipe through the basement after gutting it and got all of that romex out of the house, I have no idea what can of worms is sealed up under the rest of the house.

The switch under the sink for the dishwasher had wire whips so short that you couldn't even pull out the switch more than an inch to take the wires off. I added 4" whips to the ends of those with caps before putting a new switch in there. Now it's a little tight because of that, but since no other wiring will ever go in there it's good.

Another problem is that 90% of the outlets and switches that I've exposed over the years weren't wrapped with tape after they were wired up. Also, in the living room there were at least 3 loose outlets that would pull out of the wall if you didn't hold them while pulling a plug out. I fix those as I go.

The biggest problem that I've found though is that the wiring map for my breaker box is a nightmare. I have one or two breakers that control electric in the basement, the first floor, the 2nd floor and the attic. I've got one hub in the ceiling on the 2nd floor with so many wires it it that I'd imagine it could cause breakers to trip a lot if a full family was living here and everyone was watching TV's in different rooms while the A/C was on, and I don't think there would be any way to fix this issue without doing an extreme gutting of the house at this point.

It's never been a problem for me,

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Back from my walk and having a sit down.

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Laundry day then my walk.

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Laundry done, walk in and everything sorted out for today.

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Got rain now.

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Weird that this thread will have 10,000 posts in 197 pages.
I'm assuming everybody else is showing 197 pages in this thread.

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I have noticed on occasion that if I happened to post the 50th post on a page, and then within a few minutes I have edited it to put in an addition or correct something that wasn't worded well, which I often do, that when I click on the button to make the edit I'm in a blank page.

It seems to be a quirk of the site.

It seems when this happens the thread gets another post added to the counter even though there was no "51st" post, and the "blank page" your put into when this happens is the next page for the thread, even though you didn't make the post that should be the first post on the next page.

I've only ever noticed this when editing the last "50th" post on a thread.


If you look around, you're sure to find quite a few threads where the count is off because of this.

I assume you're only noticing this now because after 10,000 posts and nearly 200 pages the amount of extra, non-existent posts have really added up over time.

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Incorrect. What you described does happen when editing the 50th post on a page, but that does not add to the list count. Or the page count - otherwise there would be a dozen extra pages just from me alone.
There are several pages of this thread with more than 50 posts.

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Post-surgery is ... interesting. Many limitations: No dishwashing, vacuuming, hairbrushing I (like I have any!), dusting, food prep etc and no lifting. That doesn't leave much!

Special tight bra, drain tubes and catch bottles are a marvel of engineering, but rub.

Gotta say that waking up from surgery was difficult. I felt so relaxed, comfortable, and at ease I could have slept for another couple of hours, but I thought the recovery nurses might want me out of their hair and in a regular ward. They got that anesthesia thing down to a science! I can understand why ppl get addicted to painkillers.

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Hey all!

I've been busy here, but mostly recently just running after a slew of issues that came up one after another. I was so hoping to make progress on my various projects. But ... not yet.

However, one of the things I made progress on is I've been looking at gas-powered chipper/ shredders for all the tree and bush trimming and removal I'm going to do soon. So I was looking at the heavy-duty types and O. M. G. They are EXPENSIVE. The cheapest runs about $550. And despite that I'd even consider buying one because it costs about $400 per day to rent one. But literally none of the ones I looked at had a rating higher than middling. And the faults were serious ones, like cracked body welds, bolt heads that sheared off during use, chunks of hammer-mill blades that got spat out of the machine at high speed like bullets, exhaust that ran so hot it set the wood on fire ... and so on. Really awful unsafe problems. Sigh. How hard could it be to design and build and sell something that works even averagely, without all the hazards?

So I talked it over with a family member, who said basically - the biggest volume reduction comes from doing the smaller twigs and branches that carry a lot of leaves and needles. The large branches (more than an inch or 2 in diameter) you can quickly and easily just cut up into pieces and use as firewood, or put in green waste.

So ... Forget those expensive pieces of junk! that really had me bollixed.


I'm going with electric chipper/ shredders than come in well under $200 and will do the most volume reduction.

It feels good to have come to what I think is a good decision, and out that step behind me.

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Kinda curious how, when Kiki has extended absences, it is always at the same times when SignyM is missing, disabled, bedridden due to illness.

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This is the 10,000th post of this thread.

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Just a lazy Sunday around me.

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I can log in from some devices but not others, so if I disappear for a while that's why.

Have a nice relaxing day, BRENDA!

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I can log in from some devices but not others, so if I disappear for a while that's why.

Have a nice relaxing day, BRENDA!

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It's been an okay day SIG. Just had the record player going for a bit. Little Men at Work and Jerry Reed.

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I'm off to work tomorrow. So, I will see everyone in the afternoon.

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Hope your day is an easy one!

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Figured out what was wrong with my device. As usual, it was operator error!
Back online, but still under the weather. TTUL!

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85F today, very dry and stuffed up nose. We've been having "roller coaster" weather... we'll get a streak of 40F at night and 65F during the day. Then a streak of 85F daytime and 59F @night. Not that I'm complaining!

Last night I had hubby fill the humidifiers so we could sleep more comfortably. But temps will drop to 63 in a few days and cloud over.

Amazingly my tomato is still chunking out small, but very tasty! tomatoes.

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My day was okay. It was dry when I went to work but came home in the rain.

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I think I'm going to work on that keyboard shelf I started making for my brother when he was in town. I thought I'd done what I needed to do, but after I was there last time I discovered that the old/broken one had some holes drilled into the bottom to allow for screw-in nuts to be set at specific points and tightened with an allen wrench for the screws that will tighten it to the brackets for the pull out system.

I knew I wouldn't be going back to see him the next few times my dad went down, but if I can get it done in the next day or two he might be able to come by to pick it up before he goes next week.

I'd lost the bag that had a few of those nuts that had fallen out when the original shelf broke as well as all of the necessary screws, but after looking all over today I finally found it.

I think I'll cut the pieces I need for extending the window sills in the living room to accommodate the frames too.

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I think I'm going to work on that keyboard shelf I started making for my brother when he was in town. I thought I'd done what I needed to do, but after I was there last time I discovered that the old/broken one had some holes drilled into the bottom to allow for screw-in nuts to be set at specific points and tightened with an allen wrench for the screws that will tighten it to the brackets for the pull out system.

I knew I wouldn't be going back to see him the next few times my dad went down, but if I can get it done in the next day or two he might be able to come by to pick it up before he goes next week.

I'd lost the bag that had a few of those nuts that had fallen out when the original shelf broke as well as all of the necessary screws, but after looking all over today I finally found it.

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WOO HOO! Nothing like finding stuff you'd thought was lost!

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Out for my walk soon on a soggy day. Need umbrella.

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Back in and it is dry and sunny now. Was cloudy this morning.

Call from a friend saying she's going on Friday for knee surgery.

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Back in and it is dry and sunny now. Was cloudy this morning.

Call from a friend saying she's going on Friday for knee surgery.

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Seems like people are seeing their doctors again, and finally having their covid- delayed surgery.

Tell your friend best of luck from me!

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Trying to catch up or at least KEEP up! Dear daughter is doing the dishes and helping with cooking, but I'm still walking the dog (albeit not anywhere as far as b4!) sorting mail and tidying up. Using my arms far too much, I'm more sore than I was 2 days ago.

Need to slow down, and seem to need a 2- hour nap most afternoons, which is very welcome! So not posting as much, but still reading what you guys are up to.

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Back in and it is dry and sunny now. Was cloudy this morning.

Call from a friend saying she's going on Friday for knee surgery.

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Seems like people are seeing their doctors again, and finally having their covid- delayed surgery.

Tell your friend best of luck from me!

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Yup. So far everything looks good for her.

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I think I'm going to work on that keyboard shelf I started making for my brother when he was in town. I thought I'd done what I needed to do, but after I was there last time I discovered that the old/broken one had some holes drilled into the bottom to allow for screw-in nuts to be set at specific points and tightened with an allen wrench for the screws that will tighten it to the brackets for the pull out system.

I knew I wouldn't be going back to see him the next few times my dad went down, but if I can get it done in the next day or two he might be able to come by to pick it up before he goes next week.

I'd lost the bag that had a few of those nuts that had fallen out when the original shelf broke as well as all of the necessary screws, but after looking all over today I finally found it.

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Yeah. Glad I finally got around to doing it today.

I came up with a great idea to figure out exactly where the holes needed to be too. I taped a few pieces of graph paper end to end, placed them over the broken tray and used a carpenter pencil to rub over the old nuts so I could get the exact placement on a template for the bottom of the new tray I made. I then did my measurements and taped the template into place with some painter's tape so I could get the pilot holes drilled.

I also used electric tape on my drill bits for the pilot holes and the final drill so I would know exactly how deep they needed to be for the nuts without going through the top of the tray.

Then I put wood glue on the nuts before turning them into place with the allen wrenches and wiped all of the excess glue off.

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Back from my walk and it is still dry with a bit of sun trying to peak out through the clouds.

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Seems if I want to watch the rest of "Deadwood" I will have to find it on YouTube. Library had it but now gone.

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I missed that you'd started Deadwood, Brenda.

How you liking it so far?


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Beat the rain back and no luck at mah jong though I did manage to get the elusive 100 extra points for going out without laying anything down.


On the flipside my friend's knee surgery just got cancelled.

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I'm not too sure about it. And my watching it is kind of stalled. Have to look it up on YouTube now.

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Found a new detective series on Britbox called "Shetland" which I think you would like, but it's relativey new so only the first two seasons might be available free. There are six all together. The main characcter (Jimmy Perez) is not your typical quirky cerebral, cynical Sherlock Holmesian detective. He's a reflective, stable, responsible guy whose major strength IMHO is an empathic grasp of people. Worth looking up.

I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!

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Got the path report today:

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Not sure if I have heard of "Shetland". They advertise a lot of British programs now.

Think I have know that they were pretty far out those islands.

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I take it from the big grin that it was all good news. That's great SIG.

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All good. Further treatment "just in
N case". Need to heal from surgery. But my surgeon and her assistant were ecstatic when they called.

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All right SIG! I am so happy for you and your family.

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Out for my walk in a bit. Return a couple of things to the library.

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Back from my walk on a really nice day.

Side note idiots working on the elevators managed to turn off the lights in the working one, so I went down and out in the dark and came back and up in the light. The electrician was leaving the building as I was coming back.

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That's great to hear Sigs.

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How far into it did you get?

I don't know if you'd be able to watch that on YT or not.

Does your library just not carry the rest of the show, or somebody else rented it out?

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TBH I feel kind of numb. Been planning and dealing with this since mid Oct, and had game-planned out what I was going to advocate for if cancer remained.

So now I have to reorient my thinking about "What to do next" and need to reprioritize my plan of action. There are STILL legal/estate things that I need to do for daughter's continuing care and things to share with our trustee.

Also still want to learn GIMP, but hubby needs to move out an old 'puter that he had repaired and hook up the'puter I've been using which has many of the files on it that I need. I would but it's too heavy for me to lift.

Also, still need to heal. I've been using.y arms too much and I can feel some tugging and soreness so I need to back off on that.

Also, if I hadn't mentioned it, hubby daughter and I finished assembling the platform bed b4 surgery, and I'm extremely grateful for it bc it's far easier to get into and out of - old bed was way too tall.


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I'm not too sure about it. And my watching it is kind of stalled. Have to look it up on YouTube now.

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How far into it did you get?

I don't know if you'd be able to watch that on YT or not.

Does your library just not carry the rest of the show, or somebody else rented it out?

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I just saw the first season. I went to look for the second but it was out as is the third. I'll just have to keep an eye out at my library for it.

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Found a new detective series on Britbox called "Shetland" which I think you would like, but it's relativey new so only the first two seasons might be available free. There are six all together. The main characcter (Jimmy Perez) is not your typical quirky cerebral, cynical Sherlock Holmesian detective. He's a reflective, stable, responsible guy whose major strength IMHO is an empathic grasp of people. Worth looking up.

I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!

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My library has "Shetland" and I got season 1 out today SIG. Will let you know what I think of it.

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Gorgeous day for my walk once I get up and going.

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I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!


BRENDA: My library has "Shetland" and I got season 1 out today SIG. Will let you know what I think of it.

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Oh, cool! I'm very interested in how you react! I found the main character to be non-stereotypical, which was interesting to me.

FWIW, the remaining seasons are not based on any books by Ann Cleeves, they're "based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves". So I already detect "character drift" ... but that's another story (literally).

Also, if there is any place with more depressing weather and landscape than Shetland, I don't know what! (Except maybe Finland, where you have all the blessings of bad weather plus several months of near-total darkness. A Finn who used to work for me and who went back home sent me a picture of Christmas in Finland: it looked wet, cold, and DARK.)

I looked Shetland weather up, of course. It's never really gets below freezing in the winter, but never gets much above 50F in the summer. (My guess is bc the Gulf Stream circulates that far north). It gets a LOT of rain, has a lot of cloudy days, is relatively treeless (prolly bc of sheep grazing) and is subject to violent Atlantic windstorms in fall and winter (essentially like cold-weather hurricanes).

When there is an interior scene, look at the windows and the depth of the walls: the walls are very thick, the buildings are sturdy, and the windows are small.

BTW I wondered why Ireland is also treeless. It's not cold or dry, you would think it would support a luxuriant temperate rainforest. Turns out it USED to be forested with (mostly) low-growing trees/shrubs: willow, wild cherry, rose etc. before sheep and agriculture. Apparently there is an effort to replant some native species. Maybe, bybeing sheltered from the wind, a few oaks and beech and hornbeam will take root too.

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I had to look up where the Shetland Islands are. Gawd, they're in the middle of nowhere!


BRENDA: My library has "Shetland" and I got season 1 out today SIG. Will let you know what I think of it.

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Oh, cool! I'm very interested in how you react! I found the main character to be non-stereotypical, which was interesting to me.

FWIW, the remaining seasons are not based on any books by Ann Cleeves, they're "based on the characters created by Ann Cleeves". So I already detect "character drift" ... but that's another story (literally).

Also, if there is any place with more depressing weather and landscape than Shetland, I don't know what! (Except maybe Finland, where you have all the blessings of bad weather plus several months of near-total darkness. A Finn who used to work for me and who went back home sent me a picture of Christmas in Finland: it looked wet, cold, and DARK.)

I looked Shetland weather up, of course. It's never really gets below freezing in the winter, but never gets much above 50F in the summer. (My guess is bc the Gulf Stream circulates that far north). It gets a LOT of rain, has a lot of cloudy days, is relatively treeless (prolly bc of sheep grazing) and is subject to violent Atlantic windstorms in fall and winter (essentially like cold-weather hurricanes).

When there is an interior scene, look at the windows and the depth of the walls: the walls are very thick, the buildings are sturdy, and the windows are small.

BTW I wondered why Ireland is also treeless. It's not cold or dry, you would think it would support a luxuriant temperate rainforest. Turns out it USED to be forested with (mostly) low-growing trees/shrubs: willow, wild cherry, rose etc. before sheep and agriculture. Apparently there is an effort to replant some native species. Maybe, bybeing sheltered from the wind, a few oaks and beech and hornbeam will take root too.

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This series will be completely new to me as I know nothing about it outside of what you have said.

I think there are lots of little islands off the coast of England and Scotland. I know the Hebrides are off the coast of Scotland, at least I think. There's the Isle of Wight and the Isle of Skye too.

That would be fantastic if the Irish could do that.

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Back from my walk and my area is sitting at about 50F, which is right I think around normal.

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Ran out of steam and ordered pizza for the family. Have to say, my sense of taste is still screwed up; it wasn't intolerable but it wasn't as tasty as I expected, either.

But it was a great break from the cooking/dishwashing treadmill. (yeah, not supposed to do dishes, but I am.) The stack of pots, pans, baking trays, jars, utensiles etc etc from a few days of b'fasts and dinners was... daunting, to say the least! At least I got to finish the pots/pans/bakeware/storage containers b4 I ran out of steam and went for a 2-hour nap! All I have left are actual dishes, which have already been scrub-rinsed, and they're not so bad.

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Just a lazy Sunday around me but it is nice and dry out.

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It's nice that you have a day of rest, BRENDA!

I should try to set up something like that myself, altho so far my energy, aches and pains, and the weather have made any significant project kind of a catch-as-catch-can effort



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It is good.

And I agree you should try to set some time aside for you to rest and heal a little more.

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Well, using you as an example, I don't think I can do a weekly day of rest, but I've decided to take a nap or at least a rest every day between 3-4PM, and see how that goes

That way I think my efforts will be more consistent, I won't wear myself out one day and have to take the next day, or a 3-hiur nap, to recover!

Thanks for your good example!



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Well, using you as an example, I don't think I can do a weekly day of rest, but I've decided to take a nap or at least a rest every day between 3-4PM, and see how that goes

That way I think my efforts will be more consistent, I won't wear myself out one day and have to take the next day, or a 3-hiur nap, to recover!

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A nap every day for an hour or so should be very useful to you. It could help you store up some extra energy.

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Out for a walk in the rain.

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Back and meds refilled, dishes done, garbage taken out. Am trying to tidy up the kitchen table. Though I don't know why as no one else has seen it but me.

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Nice day for my walk and to get my taxes done.

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So far, that 1 hour rest seems to be helping

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That's great news SIG.

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Walk in, veg got and taxes done.

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Got your taxes done. That's always a relief.

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Great day today. I love it when things come along and take up my time and I can realize that I have so little invested in the State of the Union that life is pretty freakin' sweet around here when I'm not spending the day looking at all the fake news.

Going to go get me some groceries and load up on a bunch of free-after-rebate deals before taking a well deserved nap.



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