What did you do today?

[Jon]

zannej I am sorry to hear about your teeth problems
I reckon we should be born with plastic teeth. One has to be a lawyer to be able to pay a dentist here. Dentists know how to charge

 

[Tom Picciani]

Won’t to a diner for some really good crab cakes but had to drive 40 minutes to get there. All yard work today. Edged the lawn along the driveway. Pulled out a Bush I accidentally killed with weed killer. And I sprayed the lawn for weeds. Time I showered and lay down!

 

[Tom Picciani]

Oh, and I found some really cool wooden models that use no glue. Ugears.com has these things with wooden gears, moving parts and powered by rubber bands. They even have a horse automaton that walks! Cars with visible pistons, other cool stuff. One day I’ll own every one of them!

 

[highup]

The hobby bench is done!

That's a neat little space Tom. Love to have something like that.

 

[highup]

I’m sitting on the couch totally exhausted. Edged the driveway and pulled out a stubborn dead bush. Bad storm last night but no damage for me.

Oregon could use some of that rain right now. Locally here on the coast, were -24 inches so far this year. 65 or 67 is normal.

 

[Jon]

Oregon could use some of that rain right now. Locally here on the coast, were -24 inches so far this year. 65 or 67 is normal.

Are dams are only half full and we are not allowed to wash cars, water gardens etc etc
I reckon the fire brigade used all our water putting millions of gallons of water trying to put out that fire we had at Sky City awhile ago. They used all our water over about 10 days trying to put it out
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12326548

 

[zannej]

Tom, the hobby bench & cabinets look great!

I did absolutely nothing yesterday. Slept most of the day & still tired today. Tooth isn't hurting as much. Stretching the painkillers 6 to 14 hours in between doses. My brother ate my soup so I'll have to go buy more at some point.

Pressure switch on the jet pump is getting worse. I'm going to have my friend look at the wiring to see if anything is damaged (I'll shut off the power to it first). I suspect there's a damaged wire at the D-Box on the float valve.

I want to do something productive but I'm tired & can't seem to focus.

 

[Floorist]

Jon, can't they bring non-potable water from the ocean?

 

[Tom Picciani]

Ordered an automaton horse model from Amazon along with a few tools. Haven’t built a model in 10 years

 

[Floorist]

Ordered an automaton horse model from Amazon along with a few tools. Haven’t built a model in 10 years

I am glad that you can. My arthritis in my hands limits what I can build.

 

[DarisMulkin]

I am glad that you can. My arthritis in my hands limits what I can build.

You just need stronger DRUGS.

 

[Tom Picciani]

The official end of the project is at hand. Got the extra hinges for the door on the electric panel. Will put on tonight. I have an entire sheet of 1/4 inch plywood Left. Going to crosscut it and put in the back of the garage shelves so I don’t push my tools through the insulation again.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Calling the project done. Yes I need doors for the closets but no hurry. I have a rug to put in room and a recliner. Make it look like something more than a basement

 

[Tom Picciani]

Started the model

 

[Tom Picciani]

Starting to look like a horse

 

[highup]

I hope to eventually build a real workshop. Sharing the garage with my wife's pottery wheel is a pain.

Be nice to have a workshop with a a separate painting/spraying room.

 

[highup]

Started the model

Must give a hats off to whoever designed the parts and how they interact. That's neat. Never seen anything like that.

 

[Floorist]

I can spend hours making a part for something fit, but never had patience to do models.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Must give a hats off to whoever designed the parts and how they interact. That's neat. Never seen anything like that.

Some of the gadgets are incredibly engineered. As many as 500 parts in one small device. Part engineering and part magic I think.

 

[highup]

Some of the gadgets are incredibly engineered. As many as 500 parts in one small device. Part engineering and part magic I think.

Probably only 497 if the box, wrapper, and postage sticker aren't included.