Good morning!!!!

[Ed of all trades]

No rain here to speak of yet. Flash flood watch until 2;00 am Wed.

Ron, RNG, spent some time praying about the lathe this morning and am going to just sit tight about it for a bit longer. Will see what happens. To get a lathe for that price I would have an old Craftsman/ Atlas with back gears and less ridged. Better lathes here sell for around $4000 to start.

Have a great day. Ed

 

[toppop52]

NOT a fair contest!

Randy wears high heels everyday.

Only on days that end in Y.

 

[toppop52]

Late to the party, and I respectfully decline to participate in the beauty contest. Since I once accepted monetary remuneration for modeling, I must disqualify myself. :laughing:

Had a shower this morning that dropped .87 “ on us, 89 now, barely got below 80 last night. A couple more days of this coming.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Potomac river is above flood stage. Supposed to go at least 10 ft over, flood the c&o and maybe reach the RR tracks. Numerous roads flooded. Keep getting rains on and off.

Sitting in tire shop getting alignment on the new pilot. At 150k miles it is hardly new.

 

[PJSprog]

Sounds like the boy would be a good match for my VW mechanic. He's now lost or fired all of his help, and the shop is still a wreck. He'd fit right in!

Not for long. He'd sleep in and show up late, regardless of start time, and eventually stop showing up at all. He'd break about 50% of everything he touched, and leave the tools and parts in complete disarray. And, he'd never actually finish anything.

Actually, now that I think of it, having seen your video of that shop, ... he might fit right in.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

My mommy told me I was cute!

And everyone knows, Mothers don't lie to their kids...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

My next door neighbor with a pond decided to regrade his property.

In so doing, he created a serious water retention issue between himself and his neighbor.

To fix that issue, he dug culverts in to move that water to his pond.

His pond now collects that water issue he created, and now overflows on my property when it rains. The overflow is bad enough that I complained to him and the county as now I have moving water through my hay fields.

This doesn't sound quite right. Water runoff and drainage are big deals with the government, as they own all of the water itself. Did your neighbor consult with a government agency, or just do this willy nilly ?

 

[toppop52]

And everyone knows, Mothers don't lie to their kids...

Correct!

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Not for long. He'd sleep in and show up late, regardless of start time, and eventually stop showing up at all. He'd break about 50% of everything he touched, and leave the tools and parts in complete disarray. And, he'd never actually finish anything.

Actually, now that I think of it, having seen your video of that shop, ... he might fit right in.

Yep, yep, YEP!:laughing:

Does he listen to the Grateful Dead all the time and spend half his life stoned? The mechanic doesn't do either, but all the helpers he's had up 'till now do/did. Even if the kid is straight, his work habits would align perfectly with the owner's, except maybe the 50% breaking part. This mechanic would actually have to DO something before he could break anything.ullinghair:

Seriously, though, maybe it's time to start going over help wanted ads with him. It would give him a good idea of what jobs are available, and he's young enough to start school/training to get one. It would help if he was motivated to get a job, hopefully one he thinks he'd like and enjoy doing. That's a tall order these days though, what with limited blue collar jobs and lots of green card workers willing to work for almost nothing. But that's why he needs to go to college or learn a trade, so he's not stuck at the bottom of the jobs ladder doing something that's going nowhere. Unsolicited advice, but maybe worth :2cents:

 

[txdon]

It looks like we are topping out at 109˚ today. Biking was the 45 minute spinning class in AC. The garage is officially unpacked and the "Drop Zone" has been ordered. It will consist of a tall cabinet on one end for vacuum cleaner and brooms, a countertop on the other for cell phones and keys and a 38" bench in the middle for putting on and taking off shoes. Storage above and below counter and bench.

I'll take Whipper for a walk when the sun sets if the road is not too hot and give her a shower before and after the walk. She is chilling in the house now.