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Whipper knows which side of the fence her food bowl gets filled from. :laughing:
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Whipper knows which side of the fence her food bowl gets filled from. :laughing:
RedNeckGeek
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Looks like you're taking the long way 'round, and that snow was a good reminder of why winters in Texas are worth the drive. Hope you enjoy the trip, and all the stops along the way!:thumbsup:
OP
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Not great start to the day. Helped my wife today at her shop. A large dog grabbed my hand. Ended up in ER. No stiches, but lots of trauma. My hand is swollen up good, nothing broken, but it is surprising how much that hurts. I was out of the ER by 11. Short day but not for good reasons. Gonna sit around for today. Can't do much one handed....
Have a good one!
Have a good one!
OP
300UGUY
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Not great start to the day. Helped my wife today at her shop. A large dog grabbed my hand. Ended up in ER. No stiches, but lots of trauma. My hand is swollen up good, nothing broken, but it is surprising how much that hurts. I was out of the ER by 11. Short day but not for good reasons. Gonna sit around for today. Can't do much one handed....
Have a good one!
Have a good one!
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34F and partly cloudy @ 12:00 ... overnight low last night was 19.4F @ 06:08
A couple of days I pulled out the washer to see what was going to be involved in getting to that switch for the lid. Yesterday The Woman announced that I had fixed it, simply by looking at it. There's a bit of a joke there, as an ex-business partner (who didn't care much for computers and all things digital) used to comment that whatever piece of equipment he was having trouble with seemed to magically fix itself in my presence ...
On a related note, the right front window in The Woman's car now seems to be working. (I probably punched the wrong switch when I tried to roll it up before)
Got the aquarium stand shimmed and leveled yesterday ... that took a little longer than I thought, but it seems stable. Also got the 10g filled up and running, with the air pump and heater connected up. Water is pretty cloudy, that could take a while clear up. Cupcake is currently @ the pet store, tasked with picking up a couple of Zebra Danios to help start cycling the 10 g aquarium.
Got the two pieces of piping for the filter plates in the 55g finished and glued up. They will connect to the supply line via a tee using a friction fit, and I filed the ends of the two pipes down last night so they would slip in the tee all the way easily. Glued up the dogleg offset on that, so the supply pipe will miss the cross-brace on the top plastic trim piece. All that's really left at this point on the plumbing is to cut the supply pipe to length and glue it together. Can't really do that until I get the plastic trim piece on though.
Speaking of the plastic trim piece I found a good tip yesterday on the internet about getting it on: fill bathtub with hot water and soak it to soften it up a little. The plastic trim is very hard/stiff ... mebbe styrene or something so I'm not real sure how well that will work. Going to crank up the hot water heater here in a bit once I've had my coffee and we'll see.
Spent several hours going over the top and back of the 55g tank with a single-edge razor blade, cleaning off the old silicone and mineral deposits. I have a product that will dissolve cured silicone rubber that I need dig up to get the last traces of it off. Also found an old can of Rust-Oleum Wood Preservative paint, in sem-gloss black that I'm going to use to paint the back (outside) of the 55g ... it's supposed to water-proof/resistant. Contains Teflon which I'm not all that keen about, but it's on the outside so hopefully that won't be an issue.
Got zero done on the backdrop ... too cold out in the garage. Might be able to get back to that tonight.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.
A couple of days I pulled out the washer to see what was going to be involved in getting to that switch for the lid. Yesterday The Woman announced that I had fixed it, simply by looking at it. There's a bit of a joke there, as an ex-business partner (who didn't care much for computers and all things digital) used to comment that whatever piece of equipment he was having trouble with seemed to magically fix itself in my presence ...
On a related note, the right front window in The Woman's car now seems to be working. (I probably punched the wrong switch when I tried to roll it up before
)Got the aquarium stand shimmed and leveled yesterday ... that took a little longer than I thought, but it seems stable. Also got the 10g filled up and running, with the air pump and heater connected up. Water is pretty cloudy, that could take a while clear up. Cupcake is currently @ the pet store, tasked with picking up a couple of Zebra Danios to help start cycling the 10 g aquarium.
Got the two pieces of piping for the filter plates in the 55g finished and glued up. They will connect to the supply line via a tee using a friction fit, and I filed the ends of the two pipes down last night so they would slip in the tee all the way easily. Glued up the dogleg offset on that, so the supply pipe will miss the cross-brace on the top plastic trim piece. All that's really left at this point on the plumbing is to cut the supply pipe to length and glue it together. Can't really do that until I get the plastic trim piece on though.
Speaking of the plastic trim piece I found a good tip yesterday on the internet about getting it on: fill bathtub with hot water and soak it to soften it up a little. The plastic trim is very hard/stiff ... mebbe styrene or something so I'm not real sure how well that will work. Going to crank up the hot water heater here in a bit once I've had my coffee and we'll see.
Spent several hours going over the top and back of the 55g tank with a single-edge razor blade, cleaning off the old silicone and mineral deposits. I have a product that will dissolve cured silicone rubber that I need dig up to get the last traces of it off. Also found an old can of Rust-Oleum Wood Preservative paint, in sem-gloss black that I'm going to use to paint the back (outside) of the 55g ... it's supposed to water-proof/resistant. Contains Teflon which I'm not all that keen about, but it's on the outside so hopefully that won't be an issue.
Got zero done on the backdrop ... too cold out in the garage. Might be able to get back to that tonight.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and productive day.
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Good afternoon all. 36F this morning, clear light breeze. high forecast for 61F at 62F now . Choir practice and bike ride done, trip prep and nap fill out the rest of TMA. Leaving Wednesday for STL, visiting family and friends, and a few chores for Mom while there. Internet access will be problematic while in STL, don't think Mom has any. Also have a good shot for snow Monday according to forecast
. Choir practice and bike ride done, trip prep and nap fill out the rest of TMA. Leaving Wednesday for STL, visiting family and friends, and a few chores for Mom while there. Internet access will be problematic while in STL, don't think Mom has any. Also have a good shot for snow Monday according to forecast
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Likely the jostling involved with moving the washer jolted the switch back into position where it would work again. But now that your're not looking at it, it's just as likely to bump itself back to where it doesn't work again, with associated loss in optical repair prowess. Download the repair manual for the infernal machine and browse through it in preparation for an almost inevitable showdown where you're sure to put that wayward switch in its place permanently, or face the ignonominable loss of you're laying on of hands ability to effect a mechanical miracle. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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LOL ... good one RNG :thumbsup:
I actually think I found a manual for it today ... in one of the drawers in the kitchen ... in a 4" pile of manuals, paperwork, recipes, and cards for plants/shrubs we've bought.
IOW: a Cupcake rathole ...
I know I found the receipt for it for sure (Best Buy, 2006)
When I received the inevitable interrogation as to what did I think I was doing ? ... (cleaning out the drawer, obviously ...) I explained that I planned to take all the paperwork and place them in manila folders, and then into appropriate filing cabinet drawers, organized accordingly to the type of information be filed ...
The reply that I got was "Well, you realize that that (essentially stuffing stuff - willy-nilly - into any drawer or open space that can be found) has been a workable system ..."
Several possible replies that immediately came to mind were:
... for who ?
Oh, yeah, sure ... provided you don't mind spending 15 minutes (or more) going thru (at least) one 4" pile of crap to find whatever it is you're looking for ...
SMH ...
I actually think I found a manual for it today ... in one of the drawers in the kitchen ... in a 4" pile of manuals, paperwork, recipes, and cards for plants/shrubs we've bought.
IOW: a Cupcake rathole ...
I know I found the receipt for it for sure (Best Buy, 2006)
When I received the inevitable interrogation as to what did I think I was doing ? ... (cleaning out the drawer, obviously ...
) I explained that I planned to take all the paperwork and place them in manila folders, and then into appropriate filing cabinet drawers, organized accordingly to the type of information be filed ...The reply that I got was "Well, you realize that that (essentially stuffing stuff - willy-nilly - into any drawer or open space that can be found) has been a workable system ..."
Several possible replies that immediately came to mind were:
... for who ?
Oh, yeah, sure ... provided you don't mind spending 15 minutes (or more) going thru (at least) one 4" pile of crap to find whatever it is you're looking for ...
SMH ...
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20 right now...heading up to 38 today. Clear though!
Heading to Hartford CT in a couple hours for some training.
20 right now...heading up to 38 today. Clear though!
Heading to Hartford CT in a couple hours for some training.
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30 this morning high of 52 later today at least not as cold as yesterday
