What did you do today?

[Nick]

So do i .. Works wonders when you take your girl to watch the submarine races ..

 

[Floorist]

My wife grilled today. Brats, corn on the cob, homemade potato salad and ice cold beer. May keep her another 35 years.

 

[Floorist]

Back in the 80s I was installing a whole house of carpet by myself. Not unusual. No A/C in the house, windows painted shut. 100+ outside, thought I was invulnerable. Woke up. I had passed out sometime while doing the last closet. Customer got mad because I had to come back the next day to finish that last closet. Heat really bothers me now, never did before.

 

[Nick]

She would have been glad to pay me ..

 

[Nick]

Lost 2/3 s of my Internet speed today .. Bought my own router 18 months ago.. finally figured out it needs a firmware update .
Netgear don't do it .. They say the ISP has to send it down the pike .. They say they only update their cheap, and slow modems..
Best Buy want's $99.00 to do it .. I'm ready to go Postal..

I have to try a Hackers site ..

 

[Floorist]

I had a old woodworker pass on a neat trick to get stains and rust off cast iron work tables like on table and band saws. Get a cheap "cut and loop" oscillating palm sander. A metal scotch brite pad will stick on them just like the sandpaper. it will make the cast iron look like new. It does a much better job than sandpaper

 

[Nick]

I use a product called Iron out from HD , or Lowes .. Powder form ..just add a little water , and wait 1/2 hr , then wipe it off ..

 

[Floorist]

Doesn't that open the pores?

 

[Nick]

Not that i know of ?

 

[DarisMulkin]

I haven't had to do my saw top in a few years, but I use car wax on it a couple times a year just like my stretcher tubes.

 

[havasu]

Morning. Crazy weather yesterday. Was up to 111 degrees, then the monsoons hit. We had at least an inch of rain in 20 minutes, 60 mph winds, and it dropped to 91 degrees. Neighbor's Ez-up blew 2 blocks away, we lost 2 trees on the street, and every lemon on both of my lemon trees dropped to the ground. I am still throwing away the lemons and lost about 200 pounds of fruit. It was a nice change of pace.

 

[Floorist]

Morning. Crazy weather yesterday. Was up to 111 degrees, then the monsoons hit. We had at least an inch of rain in 20 minutes, 60 mph winds, and it dropped to 91 degrees. Neighbor's Ez-up blew 2 blocks away, we lost 2 trees on the street, and every lemon on both of my lemon trees dropped to the ground. I am still throwing away the lemons and lost about 200 pounds of fruit. It was a nice change of pace.

Sounds crazy

 

[Nick]

It is .. My lemon tree is Plastic ..

 

[Floorist]

I haven't had to do my saw top in a few years, but I use car wax on it a couple times a year just like my stretcher tubes.

Most of my woodworking tools were stored in an unheated shop for several years.

 

[highup]

Morning. Crazy weather yesterday. Was up to 111 degrees, then the monsoons hit. We had at least an inch of rain in 20 minutes, 60 mph winds, and it dropped to 91 degrees. Neighbor's Ez-up blew 2 blocks away, we lost 2 trees on the street, and every lemon on both of my lemon trees dropped to the ground. I am still throwing away the lemons and lost about 200 pounds of fruit. It was a nice change of pace.

I thought monsoons were for AZ?
Dang, that's got to be scary living in paradise.
.......OK, so Paridise is 500 miles North. Still gotta be scary. Was the weather change forecasted?

 

[highup]

......or just make lemonade?

 

[havasu]

Hi, there was a slight possibility we could get monsoons here, as this is the remnants of the hurricane down in Mexico. Because of the high pressure, it spun it to the west instead of the normal easterly path through New Mexico and Arizona. I found out today that this monsoon sent a flash flood down the street, covering the intersections south of me with 18" of water. Funny thing is my pool is covered in pine needles. The only pine tree is about 300 yards away, which gives you an idea of how bad the wind was.

 

[highup]

I now recall on the news seeing that storm pattern in the gulf. I forgot it was headed your way.

 

[highup]

..now you know where the pine needles came from, you can return them to the owner. You'll probably be amazed at their response.

 

[Floorist]

My dad and I, many moons ago.