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I helped my friend pick out some rake trim from the scrap pile that the lumber yard had in the back. Got about 15ft of it for free. Bc his roof wasn't even, it ended up with a bit of a gap on one end & the rake trim will cover it. For the other side, there is a bit of an overhang (he didn't want to unscrew all of the panels & scoot them over 3" bc they are slippery to walk on & it's a total pita to do stuff on the roof). I suggested that on the side that overhangs, he could fold the metal over so wind can't blow under it. He could always put rake trim on top of that if need be.
Another mutual friend (who also has terrible luck-- house burned just before x-mas) moved his trailer on to my friend's property & is staying there for awhile. Guy had been staying with his psycho father but the father tried to murder the mother by setting the bed on fire & locking her in the room. She managed to escape but afterward he locked her out & threw out all of her stuff, all of our friend's stuff, and all of the grandkids' stuff. He couldn't let his kids be around someone so volatile anymore so he moved away. The upside is, that friend is now available to help with fixing stuff up & he's strong as an ox.
Downside is my friend *still* can't figure out what is wrong with his car. Replaced the computer, the wiring harness, connectors, sensors, fuel pump... but now the injectors aren't firing. My mom said he needs to clean the injectors but he'll need some parts for that.
I've been struggling to find the shower Mom wanted for her bathroom bc it seems with all the coronavirus stuff, things aren't getting shipped over and a lot of stuff is out-of-stock.
My brother came home with some kind of respiratory crud but insists it's just a cold. Passed it on to me & I'm washing my hands and trying to avoid passing it to Mom, but it's had me feeling down. Been dizzy & tired. All the other casinos have shut down except the one my brother works at & they just changed his hours to be less consistent. He really wants to transfer to another kitchen where he can get better hours and not finish work at 2am.
I briefly went to the post office and was planning to go to the store but ended up feeling too sick to go. Last time I went there was no hamburger meat left. Friend said there was no toilet paper either & they were out. We usually stock up and get 24-Mega roll case that lasts us a couple months. We often give some rolls to our friend. So I had some to give him, the bathroom cabinet is stocked up with the previous case, & the new case is still in the truck bc I've been too lazy to bring it in.
Tomorrow (actually later today) I need to go to the store and get my cholesterol medicine since it's almost out. I probably need to grab some milk and see if they have any hamburger meat. First thing I do when I get in is wash my hands because I'm very bad about touching my face/mouth constantly when I'm in the truck. I also catch myself scratching my nose & need to stop that. The more I think about how I'm not supposed to touch my face, the more my face starts to itch though. LOL.
Rusty, sounds like you had a problem similar to what phideaux (Jim) on the homesteading forums had. Glad you pulled through. I had about the opposite issue- I started feeling dizzy Friday night and had trouble finding my pulse. When I did find it, it was very slow. I felt like absolute garbage so I opened the door & called one of my cats (he knows his name and comes running when called). He zipped in and curled up with me and purred to make me feel better. I discovered the dog was in the room (under the covers) when she popped up after he sat on her.
Another mutual friend (who also has terrible luck-- house burned just before x-mas) moved his trailer on to my friend's property & is staying there for awhile. Guy had been staying with his psycho father but the father tried to murder the mother by setting the bed on fire & locking her in the room. She managed to escape but afterward he locked her out & threw out all of her stuff, all of our friend's stuff, and all of the grandkids' stuff. He couldn't let his kids be around someone so volatile anymore so he moved away. The upside is, that friend is now available to help with fixing stuff up & he's strong as an ox.
Downside is my friend *still* can't figure out what is wrong with his car. Replaced the computer, the wiring harness, connectors, sensors, fuel pump... but now the injectors aren't firing. My mom said he needs to clean the injectors but he'll need some parts for that.
I've been struggling to find the shower Mom wanted for her bathroom bc it seems with all the coronavirus stuff, things aren't getting shipped over and a lot of stuff is out-of-stock.
My brother came home with some kind of respiratory crud but insists it's just a cold. Passed it on to me & I'm washing my hands and trying to avoid passing it to Mom, but it's had me feeling down. Been dizzy & tired. All the other casinos have shut down except the one my brother works at & they just changed his hours to be less consistent. He really wants to transfer to another kitchen where he can get better hours and not finish work at 2am.
I briefly went to the post office and was planning to go to the store but ended up feeling too sick to go. Last time I went there was no hamburger meat left. Friend said there was no toilet paper either & they were out. We usually stock up and get 24-Mega roll case that lasts us a couple months. We often give some rolls to our friend. So I had some to give him, the bathroom cabinet is stocked up with the previous case, & the new case is still in the truck bc I've been too lazy to bring it in.
Tomorrow (actually later today) I need to go to the store and get my cholesterol medicine since it's almost out. I probably need to grab some milk and see if they have any hamburger meat. First thing I do when I get in is wash my hands because I'm very bad about touching my face/mouth constantly when I'm in the truck. I also catch myself scratching my nose & need to stop that. The more I think about how I'm not supposed to touch my face, the more my face starts to itch though. LOL.
Rusty, sounds like you had a problem similar to what phideaux (Jim) on the homesteading forums had. Glad you pulled through. I had about the opposite issue- I started feeling dizzy Friday night and had trouble finding my pulse. When I did find it, it was very slow. I felt like absolute garbage so I opened the door & called one of my cats (he knows his name and comes running when called). He zipped in and curled up with me and purred to make me feel better. I discovered the dog was in the room (under the covers) when she popped up after he sat on her.
Took the wife grocery shopping yesterday. Being she was in the hospital with the type A flu for 6 days, which is 3 weeks ago now, she put a mask on and wore latex gloves she put on in the car. Took off the gloves and trashed them when getting in the car. Hope it helps protect her some what. Last night they announce all casinos in the state will be closed for 2 weeks starting tomorrow. When the close casinos you know they are expecting the worst. But it is a good thing as most people are old people that use them.
Casino here has a lot more people cleaning machines and quite often. Instead of just wiping the machines, they are spraying something and wiping. Also atm's, credit card machines, cage counters door handles anything touchable. I got an email from the saying they are changing decks of cards 4 times per shift. Many more hand sanitizer stations to.
Seems there doing everything possible. My brother and I were going to go to a show there on the 28th.
Probably not because of this virus.
The governoris declared no gatherings over 250 people.
Seems there doing everything possible. My brother and I were going to go to a show there on the 28th.
Probably not because of this virus.
The governoris declared no gatherings over 250 people.
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My heart problems are electrical. No muscle damage.
Don't go getting any ideas.
With the electrical problem, don't they normally cauterize the part that is misfiring?
My brother was really sick today & had to call in to miss work. He can't afford to miss many more days now. Unless they close the casino down, he may have to call in more though. I'd tell him to go get tested for covid-19 but they don't have the tests in my area and likely won't test people even if they had the tests. Plus he doesn't take my advice on anything.
My PEX cinch tool arrived in the mail so that made me happy. Still not feeling great though. Hoping it's just a cold & that it will go away.
My brother was really sick today & had to call in to miss work. He can't afford to miss many more days now. Unless they close the casino down, he may have to call in more though. I'd tell him to go get tested for covid-19 but they don't have the tests in my area and likely won't test people even if they had the tests. Plus he doesn't take my advice on anything.
My PEX cinch tool arrived in the mail so that made me happy. Still not feeling great though. Hoping it's just a cold & that it will go away.
Sorry to hear this Jon. Strange times we live in now.
Hope you were able to enjoy the first part of your cruise.
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Back in the forum from a long hiatus. Pennsylvania is shutting all restaurants and other businesses that draw a crowd. Takeout only. I work in IT at a college so I'm essential. Not going to lose work. We have plans to work the Help Desk from home if needed. Students won't be coming back till Summer. No cases in my county or west of me in Pa. Hoping it stays that way.
On a more related note, the Coretec 9x72 Alexandria Oak put down in July 2019 is still looking fantastic. Hunter's claws still haven't put a mark on it. Using a Wet Jet to clean up messes. Very easy cleanup.
Next project will probably be to paint the concrete floor in the lower section. Rustoleum Rep said I don't need to etch. Just clean well. Don't really have a good way to remove water except by shop vac. Might clean it in sections anyway. All depends on what happens at work.
3 years till retirement! Wish it were sooner!
On a more related note, the Coretec 9x72 Alexandria Oak put down in July 2019 is still looking fantastic. Hunter's claws still haven't put a mark on it. Using a Wet Jet to clean up messes. Very easy cleanup.
Next project will probably be to paint the concrete floor in the lower section. Rustoleum Rep said I don't need to etch. Just clean well. Don't really have a good way to remove water except by shop vac. Might clean it in sections anyway. All depends on what happens at work.
3 years till retirement! Wish it were sooner!
My wife is an Art major. No one can explain how she is supposed to do the mandatory screen print class at home.
Schools closed here, limits on large groups of people but restraints still open. A casino shut down it's largest eaterie. It was a smorgasbord type. I got a call from a friend tonight. He went down this afternoon and the called me to say that 1/2 the machines are unplugged. They unplugged banks of machines. Most are groups of 6 or 8.
I suppose with less people coming in, it's a lot easier to keep 350 machines Clean than 700.
Oregon has 39 cases and one death.
That is impressive because to the north and south are Washington and California. Their rates are 769/42 deaths and 486/6 deaths.
Must be because of the gun turrets we have on the borders.
I suppose with less people coming in, it's a lot easier to keep 350 machines Clean than 700.
Oregon has 39 cases and one death.
That is impressive because to the north and south are Washington and California. Their rates are 769/42 deaths and 486/6 deaths.
Must be because of the gun turrets we have on the borders.
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I think there are people who aren't being tested who are dying from the virus but are being classified as deaths from flu. Testing is very slow where I live. My best friend's fiance's friend is currently in the hospital & has been tested but is waiting for results. She recently had a baby & has been running a fever of 104. I hope she'll be OK. She's in her early 20s but medical treatment in this area is substandard so I worry about her.
All casinos closed here, but security personnel still have to work. My brother was told he has to report for work for an employee meeting at 10am (even though large gatherings are supposed to be prohibited). He was laughing about how dumb it is for them to have everyone gather up like that. Casino is giving employees PTO while things are shut down.
My friend will be getting 70% to 80% of his paycheck during the shutdown, which means he'll probably come up short on some of his bills. At least he'll have time to work on some home repairs though. He said he'll come by and help us with some cleaning & fixing stuff up as well.
I'm still feeling under the weather but had to make another trip to the store bc my brother has been consuming food in large quantities. He had about 7 corn dogs at once (and those are supposed to be for Mom). It's going to be tough to keep food stocked up when he eats so much. I will have to go back to the store again for another prescription. It wasn't ready to pick up when I got my last RX but it's ready now. I've been making sure to wash my hands and to cough in to my sleeve at the elbow.
Anyone noticed that houserepairtalk and plumbingforums are down? Or is it just me?
Was having trouble with my computer shutting off randomly. Earlier I turned it back on but it cut out as soon as I opened Chrome. I noticed 3 of the 4 fans inside aren't working so I need to order new ones. I also opened it up and cleaned out a bunch of cat fur, which I think helped. I do wonder if having too many chrome windows open was causing problems. It started after my Radeon graphics drivers were updated, but that could be a coincidence. I hope it's not my power supply because it's not going to be fun finding a good 1000watt 80 gold plus one for a decent price.
Speaking of price-- when I first looked at the shower Mom wants, it was around $500+ but then it went up to $600+ and now it's over $900+. I'm debating whether to just order it at that price or see if it goes down again, but I'm worried it will go up instead. I'm also noticing it's out of stock at HomeDepot which has more reliable shipping. I might see if I can go to Lowes and get it ordered in the store & have military discount applied. I've also seen some of the pieces for sale (the wall set & shower pan and stuff) but am trying to find the ones that are compatible AND in stock to order. It's the Sterling Store Plus shower with modular shelves but the shelf kit is out of stock and the right hand shower pan is out of stock-- BUT the shower pan that Sterling says will work is the Ensemble one. They have all sorts of different wall heights & multiple different kits so it's confusing. I wish they had it in stock. They have the back wall in stock at the local store, but they only have the 34" side walls and center drain shower pan. 34" is too wide to fit between the wall & the doorway.
I just got brain freeze.
Jon, I hope you enjoyed at least some of the cruise.
I hope everyone else is staying safe and well.
All casinos closed here, but security personnel still have to work. My brother was told he has to report for work for an employee meeting at 10am (even though large gatherings are supposed to be prohibited). He was laughing about how dumb it is for them to have everyone gather up like that. Casino is giving employees PTO while things are shut down.
My friend will be getting 70% to 80% of his paycheck during the shutdown, which means he'll probably come up short on some of his bills. At least he'll have time to work on some home repairs though. He said he'll come by and help us with some cleaning & fixing stuff up as well.
I'm still feeling under the weather but had to make another trip to the store bc my brother has been consuming food in large quantities. He had about 7 corn dogs at once (and those are supposed to be for Mom). It's going to be tough to keep food stocked up when he eats so much. I will have to go back to the store again for another prescription. It wasn't ready to pick up when I got my last RX but it's ready now. I've been making sure to wash my hands and to cough in to my sleeve at the elbow.
Anyone noticed that houserepairtalk and plumbingforums are down? Or is it just me?
Was having trouble with my computer shutting off randomly. Earlier I turned it back on but it cut out as soon as I opened Chrome. I noticed 3 of the 4 fans inside aren't working so I need to order new ones. I also opened it up and cleaned out a bunch of cat fur, which I think helped. I do wonder if having too many chrome windows open was causing problems. It started after my Radeon graphics drivers were updated, but that could be a coincidence. I hope it's not my power supply because it's not going to be fun finding a good 1000watt 80 gold plus one for a decent price.
Speaking of price-- when I first looked at the shower Mom wants, it was around $500+ but then it went up to $600+ and now it's over $900+. I'm debating whether to just order it at that price or see if it goes down again, but I'm worried it will go up instead. I'm also noticing it's out of stock at HomeDepot which has more reliable shipping. I might see if I can go to Lowes and get it ordered in the store & have military discount applied. I've also seen some of the pieces for sale (the wall set & shower pan and stuff) but am trying to find the ones that are compatible AND in stock to order. It's the Sterling Store Plus shower with modular shelves but the shelf kit is out of stock and the right hand shower pan is out of stock-- BUT the shower pan that Sterling says will work is the Ensemble one. They have all sorts of different wall heights & multiple different kits so it's confusing. I wish they had it in stock. They have the back wall in stock at the local store, but they only have the 34" side walls and center drain shower pan. 34" is too wide to fit between the wall & the doorway.
I just got brain freeze.
Jon, I hope you enjoyed at least some of the cruise.
I hope everyone else is staying safe and well.
Just got home and now with a decent puter instead of the phone so I can copy things
If anybody is interested here is a link of our cruise with lots of photos written by somebody else on the cruise
https://boards.cruisecritic.com/top...rn-encore-with-photos-sydney-sydney-38-32220/
Good morning all.
First off, to Zanne, Houserepairtalk and Plumbingforums went through a Xenforo update, as all our forums are forced to complete. Simply clear your browser cookies and cache, and then come back in and say hello, since all is fine "post" update.
Yes, being 64 1/2, I don't get to go to the grocery stores earlier, as they do with folks 65 or older, but I am nearly as acceptable as them. We went to 4 stores looking for chicken, since I can live on chicken and rice every day if needed. We did have some chicken in the freezer which we thawed, so last night I went out to BBQ it. Wouldn't you know, we had a downpour of rain at that time. Well, I got my chicken cooked, probably with steam from the rain, but it was fantastic. I looked like a drowned rat when I got done, but all is well here as we semi-hunker down for this Covid crap. Well, everyone hang in there, and keep us informed how you kill the time of the day while we are being isolated.
First off, to Zanne, Houserepairtalk and Plumbingforums went through a Xenforo update, as all our forums are forced to complete. Simply clear your browser cookies and cache, and then come back in and say hello, since all is fine "post" update.
Yes, being 64 1/2, I don't get to go to the grocery stores earlier, as they do with folks 65 or older, but I am nearly as acceptable as them. We went to 4 stores looking for chicken, since I can live on chicken and rice every day if needed. We did have some chicken in the freezer which we thawed, so last night I went out to BBQ it. Wouldn't you know, we had a downpour of rain at that time. Well, I got my chicken cooked, probably with steam from the rain, but it was fantastic. I looked like a drowned rat when I got done, but all is well here as we semi-hunker down for this Covid crap. Well, everyone hang in there, and keep us informed how you kill the time of the day while we are being isolated.
