Got to have a little chat with HI today. It was about seaming some woven Stanton. Said the directions they have posted on line that they are out dated according to Stanton. No longer has to be handsewn. Nice talking to him. Enjoyed it.
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I talked to him a couple weeks ago. Nice guy. Knows a lot more about some carpet than I do for sure.
My daughter hit a rock and broke a tire and Walmart refused to honor the road hazard warranty. They are crooks.
I know I'm not going to get the road hazard warranty from them again. It's frickin' useless. The fact that they wouldn't even look at my tire to see if it could be repaired really pissed me off. Turns out the tire had a nail in it but also had a bubble so it wasn't safe to repair. The employee at the other tire place spent a significant time looking around outside in the 93 degree heat to find me a used 245 60R18 tire. The one he got has about the same tread wear as the rest of my tires & it was only $20 (until I can pick new tires). I'm still going to need a rear alignment & tire balancing though. Apparently when I paid to have my alignment done at the Honda dealership, they only did the front. My truck has independent suspension for front & rear so both need to be aligned.
I mentioned in another thread that I found out that the girl who accused a local man of rape admitted to her mother that she lied & the claims that a doctor corroborated an assault were also lies. Turns out the brat who attacked my friend was the one who came up with the idea of falsely accusing him because she was mad at him for some reason. Then she threatened to falsely accuse the witness who saw her fall & hit her head. I'm trying to figure out who to go to with the information to clear the guy who was falsely accused. He's a black man in rural Louisiana being accused of sexual battery & sexual assault of two teenage white girls-- he's looking at life in prison for it. The local cops won't even do the bare minimum in terms of investigating- they are poorly trained & many just don't care. They won't even pass info along to the parish police most of the time. It's just so frustrating. I generally respect police but these clowns are corrupt, inept, &/or lazy.
Meanwhile, my friend was finally able to come over & run the cable from the antenna through the wall into my house. Ended up putting the amplifier in the bathroom because it was the nearest spot-- up on a wall away from any water though. My mother called me on her cellphone from her bedroom so it's working. Before we couldn't even receive text messages inside much less make calls. Mom wants to do early voting today (she decided not to do it yesterday). I made stroganoff for dinner and hid the leftovers in hopes my brother won't find them & eat them all this time.
Also, I got a nasty papercut on my thumb from some sharp almost cardboard thick paper in the mailbox- it actually bled. It turned out to be some political flyer against the incumbent governor. 'Tis just a flesh wound though.
Still annoying.
I'm going to try to nap until it's time to go do early voting. It's open until 6pm but I want to go in probably early afternoon.
I mentioned in another thread that I found out that the girl who accused a local man of rape admitted to her mother that she lied & the claims that a doctor corroborated an assault were also lies. Turns out the brat who attacked my friend was the one who came up with the idea of falsely accusing him because she was mad at him for some reason. Then she threatened to falsely accuse the witness who saw her fall & hit her head. I'm trying to figure out who to go to with the information to clear the guy who was falsely accused. He's a black man in rural Louisiana being accused of sexual battery & sexual assault of two teenage white girls-- he's looking at life in prison for it. The local cops won't even do the bare minimum in terms of investigating- they are poorly trained & many just don't care. They won't even pass info along to the parish police most of the time. It's just so frustrating. I generally respect police but these clowns are corrupt, inept, &/or lazy.
Meanwhile, my friend was finally able to come over & run the cable from the antenna through the wall into my house. Ended up putting the amplifier in the bathroom because it was the nearest spot-- up on a wall away from any water though. My mother called me on her cellphone from her bedroom so it's working. Before we couldn't even receive text messages inside much less make calls. Mom wants to do early voting today (she decided not to do it yesterday). I made stroganoff for dinner and hid the leftovers in hopes my brother won't find them & eat them all this time.
Also, I got a nasty papercut on my thumb from some sharp almost cardboard thick paper in the mailbox- it actually bled. It turned out to be some political flyer against the incumbent governor. 'Tis just a flesh wound though.
Still annoying.I'm going to try to nap until it's time to go do early voting. It's open until 6pm but I want to go in probably early afternoon.
Ugh, need to split some wood for the pit fire. Thought I was done with that after we moved and no longer have a wood stove.
Got to mow my lawn , one of the last times for this year. Had frost this morning so everything will slow down a bit except the leaves falling.
30s here this weekend. No fall this year. summer to winter.
It was at 69 degrees early this morning but warmed up to about 80- although it felt hotter. Took my friend around looking at vehicles bc the engine in his Colorado is about to go & a replacement engine costs about $4400 (which is more than half what he paid for the truck). He's hoping thicker oil will help but we'll see. He can't get financing bc of what happened with the vehicle he got for his fiance (where they changed how much the monthly payments were to the point he couldn't afford them). He already got rid of that car-- passed it off to an uncle who is going to pay the insurance & make payments on it, but the damage to his credit is already done.
I went over to his house on my birthday to stain the newer cabinets & touch-up the old ones. I stained the side of the older base cabinets, the front & sides of the over-the-range cabinet, and the front and trim edges of the pantry cabinet. Still trying to decide if I should paint the sides of the pantry (I'll need a stepstool to get high enough bc I'm just a little too short to reach easily). He's thinking of using some sort of faux stainless steel peel-and-stick vinyl or something on the sides of the pantry & I'm not sure if it will stick better to unfinished wood or over the stain-- anyone know?
I took pics while stuff was still wet.
I went over to his house on my birthday to stain the newer cabinets & touch-up the old ones. I stained the side of the older base cabinets, the front & sides of the over-the-range cabinet, and the front and trim edges of the pantry cabinet. Still trying to decide if I should paint the sides of the pantry (I'll need a stepstool to get high enough bc I'm just a little too short to reach easily). He's thinking of using some sort of faux stainless steel peel-and-stick vinyl or something on the sides of the pantry & I'm not sure if it will stick better to unfinished wood or over the stain-- anyone know?
I took pics while stuff was still wet.
Looks good
Thanks. The bare sides bugged me & I read that the peel & stick faux stainless stuff wouldn't adhere to just the unfinished wood so I stained it. I did a bit more touch-ups on previously stained cabinets & then finished off the can on the outer side of the pantry. Opened a new can to start on the other side so it applied much thinner. I'm going to do another coat & maybe add some poly to try to make it as smooth as possible so the sticker will adhere better.
Total waste of a day. Left my wife's car at the shop all day, they never got to it. HVAC guy never showed
Went to start my truck and the 9 month old Interstate battery was dead as a doornail. I took it back to Costco for an exchange, but they charged me an additional $4.85 because the battery prices went up. Anyone else think this is unreasonable?
Sounds crazy to me.
Rusty, I hate days like that. It's especially aggravating when you are waiting on other people to do their jobs & they don't. I've had both of those things happen (well, not an HVAC person, but a plumber-- which is why I try to fix the plumbing myself now whenever I can) but not on the same day.
I hope today goes better for you.
Havasu, that sounds crazy to me as well. If it was under warranty & less than a year old they should have honored it & not charged you more. It's not like it's a tire where the tread gets torn up over time. It's a battery that is supposed to last a certain amount of time but it failed.
Speaking of tires, I've been searching for new ones for the CR-V because at least one of the tires on it is completely bald at this point. Gonna get some deep thread all terrain tires this time. And I'm not going through Walmart. I'll have the smaller local tire shop that does balancing & alignment do it.
I'm going to rest a bit before I go to the store to get more meat so I can cook tonight. I was up late brainstorming on the layout for my friend's upper cabinets. The cabinets that are available have limited sizes so the idea of having 18" tall uppers that went up to the same height as the pantry got nixed. The ceiling is only about 10" above the pantry which makes it so the 30" height ones (which are pretty much all that's available in the right width) will come down 20" instead of 18". I did a mockup in Sketchup with some guesstimates on the measurements as well as what I did remember on the base cabinet sizes we ordered & the countertop. With a 24"x30" corner cabinet that leaves room for two 24"x30" cabinets between the corner & the pantry. On the shorter counter end it's about 29" left. A 30" wide one would butt into the doorway so we'd have to go with a 27"x30" cabinet. We'll just have to see for certain how much room we have to work with once I get my measuring tape over there. I extrapolated the ceiling height from when we were figuring out what size upper cabinet would be needed above the stove. Figured out what height cabinet plus height of the range hood plus space in between & height of the stove. Came out to about 94".
I hope I'm not forgetting anything important on the measurements side. We're going to need more shims for the uppers against the walls since both walls lean back and the floor slopes all over the place. But here's the sketch I came up with (drawing in doors & drawers). I applied stainless steel texture to the sides of the pantry.
Adding another picture because I realized too late that I forgot to add the little backsplash for the countertop.
I hope today goes better for you.
Havasu, that sounds crazy to me as well. If it was under warranty & less than a year old they should have honored it & not charged you more. It's not like it's a tire where the tread gets torn up over time. It's a battery that is supposed to last a certain amount of time but it failed.
Speaking of tires, I've been searching for new ones for the CR-V because at least one of the tires on it is completely bald at this point. Gonna get some deep thread all terrain tires this time. And I'm not going through Walmart. I'll have the smaller local tire shop that does balancing & alignment do it.
I'm going to rest a bit before I go to the store to get more meat so I can cook tonight. I was up late brainstorming on the layout for my friend's upper cabinets. The cabinets that are available have limited sizes so the idea of having 18" tall uppers that went up to the same height as the pantry got nixed. The ceiling is only about 10" above the pantry which makes it so the 30" height ones (which are pretty much all that's available in the right width) will come down 20" instead of 18". I did a mockup in Sketchup with some guesstimates on the measurements as well as what I did remember on the base cabinet sizes we ordered & the countertop. With a 24"x30" corner cabinet that leaves room for two 24"x30" cabinets between the corner & the pantry. On the shorter counter end it's about 29" left. A 30" wide one would butt into the doorway so we'd have to go with a 27"x30" cabinet. We'll just have to see for certain how much room we have to work with once I get my measuring tape over there. I extrapolated the ceiling height from when we were figuring out what size upper cabinet would be needed above the stove. Figured out what height cabinet plus height of the range hood plus space in between & height of the stove. Came out to about 94".
I hope I'm not forgetting anything important on the measurements side. We're going to need more shims for the uppers against the walls since both walls lean back and the floor slopes all over the place. But here's the sketch I came up with (drawing in doors & drawers). I applied stainless steel texture to the sides of the pantry.
Adding another picture because I realized too late that I forgot to add the little backsplash for the countertop.
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The height of the upright tall pantry seems very awkward to me. Can you order a small box to raise the lever with the wall cabinets?
Ernesto wish we were there with you as its raining and cold here
Nice.
Ernesto, that looks beautiful! Reminds me a bit of Guam.
It's starting to cool off here & the cats don't like the cold so I have a pile of them on me right now. LOL. At least they are keeping me warm too.
It's starting to cool off here & the cats don't like the cold so I have a pile of them on me right now. LOL. At least they are keeping me warm too.
Good point, although after measuring I see that the cabinets will not be that much higher as the ceiling is about 3" lower than I'd thought. My friend was happy with how it looks in the picture & he can store stuff on top of the pantry since it's an 18"x24" spot. The ceiling is also not straight at all so we'll have to go along and figure out where the lowest spot is. I need a thicker measuring tape than the one I was using earlier bc it kept flopping over instead of reaching higher.
