What did you do today?

[havasu]

Two Mondays ago, I take my new Cad to the dealer for an oil change. I also showed them a glob of paint on the roof edge, as if there was a fly when they painted the car at the factory. The dealer looked disappointed and said I should have called on this, as they would have to send it to the body shop to correct. They asked me to come back last Friday, and they would give me a new loaner. Last night, they called and said the car was done. I dropped off the loaner, took the car home, and discover there was about 12 drops of gray paint on the hood. Well, now I'm pissed and ask for the manager to meet me there at 0900 this morning. When I hang up, I saw a magnetic thin blue line flag had been stolen from the trunk of the car. The manager looked on the camera and discovered the flag was there when it was dropped off, and there when it went into the paint department, but someone in his paint area stole my flag. He promised he would get me a new flag, even though they are a special order item on the internet. I was then provided a new Cadillac to drive home. He called this afternoon and said the paint had been removed, but now there were swirl marks on the hood, so he was going to send it into paint again, and will paint the hood. Mind you, this car only has 3100 miles. I think that is it. I am going to demand a replacement car (yeah, I'll pay more but I'll get a 2019 instead of this 2018). To be continued....

I forgot I had bitched about this in a post. Thanks to Zanne's inquiry, I found the original post a bunch of pages back.

OK, so I was given loaner car #4 for a full week while another body shop re-painted the hood of my car. During this time, I was also shipped two magnetic "back the blue" flags, courtesy of the original paint company. Last Monday the dealership called and told me that my car was finally back, and they even got the car detailed at no extra cost to me. (this darn car only has 3,500 miles and still smells brand new, so what exactly was needed to be done to detail it?) I returned the rental car and spent 20 minutes looking at the paint job to make sure it matched correctly. They did a great job, I was satisfied, and I drove home with the car. Later that night, I began to wonder whether they taped off the entire car, or did they just take off the 4 screws to the hood and paint it off the car. If so, are there wrench marks on the bolts?

I went into the garage, popped the hood, and sure enough, they had removed the hood. The company did have the mind to repaint the screws, so I was pretty impressed. I did see a flaw with rough paint under the hood, but since it is under the hood, It really doesn't matter. So I went to close the hood and go inside to watch the ball game and low and behold, the hood would not shut. I could get it to the first latch, but when I tried to secure the hood flush with the body, it just sprang back.

OK, now I am furious. I called the VP of Cadillac of America, the general manager of the business, the Cadillac customer service rep, the service manager, and the service writer. I told them I now have a new car that the hood won't close, and to get a fu**** tow truck up here and drop off another rental. The service manager said to just slam or semi latch the hood and drive on down, and if it pops open while driving to the dealer, he would assume all responsibility. Well, I drove down to the dealer with my hood partially opened, where they had car rental #5 waiting for me, but since we had things to do (and I wanted to pressure them) I told them I was going to wait right there for the car to be adjusted correctly. Well, one hour later, they adjusted the hood, it shuts correctly, and my parting words were...

"this car has been ruined for just a simple oil change. I now have three different paint jobs on a brand new Cadillac, and I'll be dammed if I want this car. I have my name on a new 2019 Cad XT5, with every bell and whistle, and I will be back for a swap as soon as the general manager consults with the company attorney".

The saga continues...

 

[highup]

Had you just purchased a 1968 Chevelle SS with a 396..........
..........naw, a 67 with a 427. With cash left over to cover you move to AZ.
https://www.google.com/search?q=196...=2ahUKEwjE-f_6uZXeAhULlKwKHTNWAsEQsAR6BAgFEAE

 

[havasu]

I'm fond of the '66 Chevelle with the big block myself.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Hi Z , Screening is a nylon mesh sanding screen with little holes in it .. It removes all the scratches the sand paper leaves in the floor ..
What OS is the confuser ?, and what are you using to play them.. For now try doing a sys restore ..

Do you mean drywall sanding screen? If so, do you think 180 or 120 grit would be better?

 

[Nick]

They're are slimier.. 100 grit is fine .. the more you use them the better they work .. if they get clogged all you have to do is bang them against something ..

Both sides are usable ..

 

[Tom Picciani]

They're are slimier.. 100 grit is fine .. the more you use them the better they work .. if they get clogged all you have to do is bang them against something ..

Both sides are usable ..

I checked and they have to be mail ordered. I have all grits of sandpaper from 100 down to 220. I’ll use that. Maybe with the spring project...

 

[Nick]

Use some 400 grit steel wool then .. even the 220 grit sand paper is going to leave scratches in the wood ..

 

[Don Monfils]

450 sq.ft. of floating lvt, solo.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Use some 400 grit steel wool then .. even the 220 grit sand paper is going to leave scratches in the wood ..

That I can do

 

[highup]

I'm fond of the '66 Chevelle with the big block myself.

Tell the dealer that's what ya want.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Took a good look at wood and decided that the frame inside the doorway didn’t look right. The heartwood took too much stain. I belt sanded it off then proceeded again through the grits to 220. Stain still was blotchy. So I decided to paint with stain to darken the light areas. Looks a little like it was cut from a burl. Had to hit it 3 or 4 times to get it right.

Will look at it in morning

 

[highup]

Drove to the large carpet job I mentioned earlier, the one I went off the deep end drawing a layout. When I was there last week I asked the owner how he sands the seams in the OSB before he puts down the pre-finished wood flooring. He said, "a belt sander" .......I said, "I'll see ya next weekend, I got something better"
Today I brought my hardwood edging sander, the 13" Clark buffer along with a dust collection pre-filter I made to go before my shop vac. I have 35 feet of hose so I don't have to drag the shop vac all over.
There's over 1000 feet of hardwood going in so that's a lot of subfloor seams to go over with a belt sander.
36 grit paper and the edger sander made relatively quick work of those seams. He did most of that and the sanding with the buffer. I vacuumed and cleaned up next to the walls.
There was a lot of over spray on the subfloor from the spray texture application on the walls and vaulted ceiling. That little Clark buffer with 36 grit paper made the wood in the OSB visible once more.
I offered the assistance so I wasn't about to charge anything. He tossed me $40 and it paid for the sandpaper and gas, lunch and $3 leftover for my Megamillions ticket.
If I win, I'll pay his house off. If however I don't win.......... I won't pay his house off. How's that for being fair!
His wife told me he's been working on the house for a year with one day off. He's our cities police captain, but was a home builder before joining the local police department 10 or so years ago. This is the 4th house he's built ....in his spare time. He's one of the best builders I've worked for. Even build high end cabinets himself............. because he also worked as a cabinet builder in a prior life.
I figured some better tools and a little assistance today would save him a lot of time, something he's running out of especially as far as weather goes. He, his wife and 3 girls have made home in the large (unheated) shop since the home has been under construction. The temperature got below 39 degrees for 5 days in the past week or so.
That shop living has got to be very uncomfortable this late in the year. Carpet is supposed to go in about a month from now.

 

[zannej]

Hi Z , Screening is a nylon mesh sanding screen with little holes in it .. It removes all the scratches the sand paper leaves in the floor ..
What OS is the confuser ?, and what are you using to play them.. For now try doing a sys restore ..

Thanks for explaining screening.
I have Windows 7 Ultimate. The video playback is in google Chrome. I think the cat just stepped just the right combo of keys to speed up the videos. The weird thing is, sound still plays normally, but video goes superfast and then stops to buffer. Then audio will play while the picture is frozen. I suspect rebooting will fix it.

Havasu, I would be pissed if I were in your situation. I would definitely want a new car.

Speaking of vehicles, my precious truck will be in the shop for awhile. Last night I was making a left turn when a drunk driver behind me tried to pass me on the left. There were no street lights & it was dark so I didn't even see him until he hit me, spun sideways, and slid about 30ft. His gas tank busted open and was pouring fuel out.

People stopped and rushed over to check on him & then he got out and rushed over to check on me. He's volunteer fire department but he was driving after having a few beers. His truck was totaled. Mine had the fender smashed, edge of the hood bent, head light destroyed, front bumper borked, and it popped my tire & scratched my rim.

The good thing is that no one was hurt. But I never got the guy's information in all of the havoc. Cops wouldn't give me his info (all I really wanted was his insurance policy #). I had to call 911 bc I couldn't find the # for the sheriff's department & there was the gas leak. EMTs arrived first, then local cops who were just doing traffic control, then the fire truck showed up, then the parish sheriffs made it over from Oberlin.

While we were waiting, a woman hit a deer further down the road so some of the cops had to go check on her. Said it was a 6-pointer. One of the EMTs was asking if the deer had been picked up by anyone yet bc he wanted deer stew.

The good news is that no one was hurt- although the other driver got a "hard ticket". Cop was annoyed with him & told him he was very lucky that nobody was hurt. But, now he has that on his record & his truck he got 2 months ago is totaled (and he only had liability insurance) so he's going to pay for it. I just hope his insurance had decent enough coverage for my damages. But, I have to wait 10 days to get the police report. At least my insurance will move on getting things repaired in the meantime. The guy who towed me (the one I asked for specifically bc he's always nice) also does bodyshop work so I will get an estimate from him and get an estimate from the Honda body shop. I'm sure Honda will be more expensive, but I trust them to be able to do it right. I didn't want to go with my insurance's preferred guy bc he's slow & his paintwork is crappy (I mean, if you like orange-peel texture it might be ok). I might as well find out how much it will cost extra to repair the damage where Mom backed up into a tree. I'm still just glad nobody was hurt. I was more worried about the other driver when I saw how his truck flew and crashed off the road. And the cops and EMTs were all very nice.
Hard to see bc it was very dark out-- although the police livery reflecting is pretty cool.

Hope everyone else is having a better day. Although, as tired as I am, I'm not upset. I got some Snickers bars and I feel I deserve them.

Tomorrow I'll try to work on the plumbing again. I've been putting it off while sick and when I tried to take the universal spud off I couldn't get the screws out. Went to Lowes and remembered the screws weren't put in with a screwdriver, but with a tiny allen wrench. Durrrr. So, I'm going to take that off tomorrow.

On removing the valve, I turn it all the way on and then use the tool thingy and turn it left? Or right? to remove the valve. And to put it back in, I just push it and turn the opposite direction?

 

[Nick]

Hi all, I've been busy & sick so haven't posted in awhile. I couldn't fit everything in 1 post so I'll have 2.

Havasu, how is it going on the getting the new car replaced?

I'm glad you have a candidate that you like and can support regardless of party affiliation. Around here we just have a bunch of racist, sexist "good ole boys" and even the ones who claim to be Democrats would be considered Republicans in other places.

I don't worry too much about the 911-access thing to the phone because I don't get cell signal at home & I keep my phone off most of the time. I only turn it on when I am expecting calls, need to make a call, or want to take pictures.

Floorist, what happened with Paypal?

I don't use it but my mother used it for auction sites and places she doesn't trust her CC# with. I do remember a website I used to visit had their paypal frozen (they used it to pay for the domain) bc a competing site was jealous & lied to Paypal saying it was being used to pay for a pornography site. Site owner had like $22k in paypal & it was frozen up. Took awhile to get it sorted out. The competing site illegally charged $ for custom content for the Sims, but ended up having to stop when EA games told them they weren't allowed to charge for it & that they'd have them shut down. Now there is a subscription fee to not have ads but the content is all free.

I used Ebay a few times years ago but stopped after I got screwed over. Had a guy who sold me a motherboard "new" supposed to be unopened. Not only was it opened, it was damaged. Right after I purchased & payed, Paypal suspended their account and sent me notice to say I should not go through with the transaction. But bc they did that, I wasn't able to file a complaint or get a refund/return. Another person around the same time screwed me on a processor. Was supposed to be a certain core & new in box. Was opened and not the right one. Guy's return address was not valid so he never refunded me for the return & eventually after 2 months it was sent back to me bc they couldn't deliver it to him for the refund. Ebay refused to do anything about it & it was more than 10 days after so I couldn't leave a negative review. I think they may have

I'm trying to keep up and remember other posts. Glad to hear catheters have been removed & that there don't seem to be negative effects. I've never had one and hope to never have one. My father actually had a stent put in by a Dr. Schluder with the navy. ******* was supposed to use anesthetic but didn't. Ended up pushing the kidney stone back up into the kidney & the entire time it was in my father was miserable and dripping blood. They were supposed to use the machine to break up the stone but someone had dropped it and broken it & they were waiting for another. When they got a new one back in, the stone was under the pelvic bone so the machine wouldn't work. I've been fortunate that my kidney stones have all just passed normally (although the one that passed most recently cut the skin on the way out).

I've seen the Joe Pike guy on stuff before. Great voice! That is so cool that you know him!

Tom, great job! It's looking good. Sorry to hear you pulled a muscle. I hope it heals quickly. I like the flat panel cathedral style cabinet doors. If I were the homeowner, I would have wanted the fridge bumped over to the right just a little to give more room for opening.

I've not had much luck with Frog Tape. The kind I got didn't want to stick once I put it on.

Nick, what do you mean by "screen it"?

In my world, I spent my birthday in bed sick. Next day I had to drive my friend's fiance to a cardiology appointment in Shreveport, then next day to Alexandria to pick up a medical CD then to Leesville to get her cast removed, then next day to Shreveport again. They kept changing which building the appointments were in for Shreveport so we did a lot of walking until we found out they have a free transport bus that can be texted to come pick us up and take us to another building. On the Monday Shreveport appointment they did a procedure where they stick a tube down the throat & take pictures of the heart somehow from the inside. It was done while she was unconscious in Alexandria but she didn't have the CD to give them (which is why we had to go Tuesday). They didn't knock her out this time so partway through she started choking, her nose started gushing blood, she started screaming so they had to abort, but they damaged her throat & she's having problems swallowing & breathing (although some of it is probably psychosomatic). Alexandria gave her the wrong CD so we will have to go back. I've been sick since late September & am hoping to get over this crud soon. I slept over 16 hours straight yesterday, got up briefly to eat and cook for mom and then went straight back to sleep for a few more hours.

Meanwhile, my brother got a new job lead at the nearest casino. He put in an application on Sunday and got a callback on Monday with two job offers. First guy said "You're qualified as f***! Sorry, I mean, you're very qualified." He starts orientation next week to be a cook in the front restaurant. It's a short drive to work & they promised they are professional & that no supervisors will be calling on his day off and yelling at his mother.

On a computer tech note, I need to figure out how to fix something: My cat stepped all over my computer when I was watching a video. It made the video portion speed up, but did not affect the sound. It happens on all videos now & I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix it (aside from rebooting). I should reboot, but I want to know what I can press to fix it. I tried right-clicking to see if there were options, but nothing to do with play speed worked.

Videos like on You tube?

Try different browser to see if same thing happens?

 

[highup]

Dang, Zan........... what a bad night. Glad you're OK. I haven't been even close to an accident in 22+ years.
I'd Google that particular valve. That's one thing I've never taken apart. Usually right is to tighten, but one in a while not.

 

[Floorist]

We don't watch much TV, other than I watch some football. Had a 22" TV. Wife came home with a 40" . Probably small for you guys, but nice to me.

 

[Nick]

I have a 65" , Looking at the 82" Samsung ..

 

[havasu]

I also have the curved Samsung 65" 4k, perfect fit for my corner where the tv is mounted.

 

[Floorist]

Out of my price range.

 

[zannej]

Highup, I seem to attract idiot drivers somehow. In either 2014 or 2015 an old lady backed in to the side of my car in a parking lot, then lied to the cops and said it was my fault.
Then in 2016 I was driving through an intersection on a green light when someone ran a red.
I've had a few near misses multiple times since then, and now this.

I love Samsung TVs although I do not allow any of my "smart" devices to connect to my internet. I know some of them act as wiretaps, but I don't really care about that. I just don't want them using up my data. I don't trust them not to try to do updates. I've got an old 32" flat screen Samsung with the speakers on the front. It's not as nice as newer TVs but it has all of the ports I need and it's fine for watching a bit of TV.

In the living room we still have an old Sony projection TV with huge speakers built in as a stand underneath them (it's one of those 240lb one-piece units). Motherboard went on it a few years ago but we got someone out to fix it & it's been fine ever since.