What did you do today?

[zannej]

I asked my friend and he said something about using a mobile transfer app. If you have a Best Buy near you perhaps you can ask an employee in the phone department how it's done. They are usually pretty helpful even if it's not something you are purchasing from them. If you're not asking them to transfer the data for you, they might explain to you what you need to do. Pretty sure older phones need some sort if KIES or something, but they may have changed that.

When they transferred data from my brother's old phone to new phone, they initially kept the sim card in his old phone I think. I will ask my friend.

 

[Floorist]

Anyone gaining/losing weight? I have actually lost 14 lbs. since March. No fast food and no breakfast out. I sure miss breakfast out, but my wife won't go.

 

[highup]

I asked my friend and he said something about using a mobile transfer app. If you have a Best Buy near you perhaps you can ask an employee in the phone department how it's done. They are usually pretty helpful even if it's not something you are purchasing from them. If you're not asking them to transfer the data for you, they might explain to you what you need to do. Pretty sure older phones need some sort if KIES or something, but they may have changed that.

When they transferred data from my brother's old phone to new phone, they initially kept the sim card in his old phone I think. I will ask my friend.

That link I showed is google and looks like it can be done by connections the phones together when at a WiFi location. I think I'm going to try that. Not having done that before, I worry when going through the process, it's going to ask me questions....... and I won't know what to do.
I connected the phone to my pc and downloaded all ofy photos and 'downloads' onto a flash drive.
I just need my laptop running while I do it so I don't have to write down the procedure from Google's site.

 

[highup]

Anyone gaining/losing weight? I have actually lost 14 lbs. since March. No fast food and no breakfast out. I sure miss breakfast out, but my wife won't go.

I haven't checked. I skip lunch most of the time. I make up for it by buying cookies when I stop to buy something for dinner.

 

[zannej]

I'm pretty sure I've gained weight. My brother has really gained weight back. I think he's back up to 300lbs again.

Highup, I hope you can get everything transferred.

I'm still trying to figure out what my friend can do about these false accusations from the casino. I got called as a potential juror before over cases involving theft from the casino so I know that the tribal police work with local law enforcement. I really don't know how they could charge him with something when they have zero evidence of any wrongdoing, but I've learned that it doesn't matter here. There is no "justice" in the justice system here. Guilty until proven innocent. My friend can't afford an attorney & we've already seen that the public defenders are useless. My friend thinks if he avoids the casino he's safe-- but the problem is, they will alert state and parish cops to arrest people. The fact that he identified the culprit as looking like the son of a local cop won't help him. There may be retaliation for that.

My lungs hate me for being out in the cold wet air for so long yesterday. So I spent the day playing with Pinterest and Houzz.

Tomorrow I have to go to the store to get prescriptions. Not looking forward to it. Too many people tend to be at the store.

For now I'm huddled up with my kitties.

 

[highup]

Anyone gaining/losing weight? I have actually lost 14 lbs. since March. No fast food and no breakfast out. I sure miss breakfast out, but my wife won't go.

Well I had to check I'm just over 212 and a half. So I'm guessing I'm pretty much the same . I'll stick with my Marie callender's, cookies, and chocolate milk.

 

[Tom Picciani]

My weight is probably going up. Problem when I go to doctor is that the scale reads metric and that's like a foreign language when I want to know my weight. My sugar numbers are up but it's the holidays. A bit more insulin takes care of that.

Snow is cleared from driveway and walkway. Heavy and wet. It's fun for 15 minutes. Then after the wind starts blowing the snow back in your face, it's not fun anymore.

Got 8 inches because the freeze line went north of us. Otherwise we would easily had over a foot.

Last work day of 2020! Woo Hoo!

All restaurants are closed till 1/6. But I have a restaurant that set up a plastic tent with bunches of propane high hat heaters inside. My biggest complaint is there are no eat in breakfast places. I miss my Belgian waffle with strawberries and whipped cream!

 

[havasu]

I'm pretty sure I've gained weight. My brother has really gained weight back. I think he's back up to 300lbs again.

Highup, I hope you can get everything transferred.

I'm still trying to figure out what my friend can do about these false accusations from the casino. I got called as a potential juror before over cases involving theft from the casino so I know that the tribal police work with local law enforcement. I really don't know how they could charge him with something when they have zero evidence of any wrongdoing, but I've learned that it doesn't matter here. There is no "justice" in the justice system here. Guilty until proven innocent. My friend can't afford an attorney & we've already seen that the public defenders are useless. My friend thinks if he avoids the casino he's safe-- but the problem is, they will alert state and parish cops to arrest people. The fact that he identified the culprit as looking like the son of a local cop won't help him. There may be retaliation for that.

My lungs hate me for being out in the cold wet air for so long yesterday. So I spent the day playing with Pinterest and Houzz.

Tomorrow I have to go to the store to get prescriptions. Not looking forward to it. Too many people tend to be at the store.

For now I'm huddled up with my kitties.

Don't cut yourself short on Public Defenders. They are usually golf buddies with the judges, and provide more leniency to defendants than a highly paid attorney.

 

[highup]

How much snow do you get Tom? We're lucky to see 2 inches every other year...... That's total snow. I don't own a shovel that small so I take the day off.

 

[Floorist]

We usually only get about 10 inches spread over several months. Rarely more than an inch at a time.

 

[zannej]

Don't cut yourself short on Public Defenders. They are usually golf buddies with the judges, and provide more leniency to defendants than a highly paid attorney.

To clarify, I don't mean all public defenders, I mean the ones in this area. I've only seen/heard of 3 and they all suck. There's the one that wouldn't communicate with my friend's fiance at all and then dropped her case so it got passed to another one who refused to even attempt to defend her (even though she had a good case for dismissal) and then there's the 3rd guy who was running for judge, called my house and defamed his opponent (who won) and then didn't bother to show up for court on his client's trial date.

Friend continues to have problems. His truck stopped running. All of the spark plugs in the motor burnt out. There was brake fluid on top of the motor and a damaged cover-- it was some round thing sort of in the center over the motor. So it doesn't seal properly. Spark plugs had oil on them when pulled out but only from the inside. Motor only has 17k miles on it. I did my best to help him change the spark plugs (bought the new ones) but I could really only reach one. My arms are too short. I'm about 220lbs so I'm definitely overweight. My gut got in the way a little bit, but I couldn't even come close to reaching stuff with my short arms. I have long legs but a short torso and arms. If my torso was proportionate to my legs I'd be taller than my friend.

Sadly, while we were working on stuff, a neighbor's dog came over and scared one of the kittens into the road. Someone in a red SUV was speeding down the road on the wrong side of the road and ran the kitten over. My friend retrieved the body and the mother cat and siblings came over to sniff the body and the mother sat near him waiting for him to wake up.

At the auto parts store my friend talked to his uncle and cousin (who both work there) and they were telling him how all of his sisters have Covid. The family hasn't been communicating with him much. His mom stopped by once and when she found out he couldn't give her $ or drive her anywhere she stopped talking to him. She only comes over or messages him when she wants something.

I went to the grocery store and picked up my RX and then got back home to feed Mom. Currently under a pile of cats because it's already getting cold.

Almost forgot, I put a new latch (old one broke) on the doors to the front room so if we need to lock it we can.

 

[highup]

Something is terribly wrong with oil on the plugs at 17,000 miles. Was the engine rebuilt?
On older Chevy's, there's a shift solenoid on the side of the tranny. It's vacuum operated and controls shifts. If the diaphram ruptures or gets a pinhole in it, transmission fluid can get sucked up the hose and into the engine.
I suppose newer cars are all electronic now.
Too bad about the kitty. Cats aren't usually very smart around cars.

 

[highup]

Well the Google pixel 4a is alive. Photo quality seems a lot better. I don't recall the differences, moto might have been 12mb and this one 16?
I'm attempting a repair in a vinyl floor and I took pictures of what I'm doing. The house was built in 1906 and has a stripped wood for a floor that was covered with linoleum. A second layer of vinyl was put on top of that one probably in the early seventies. The one you see in these photos I'm going to guess is a mid-80s or late 80s? Somehow the floor got a really deep gouge that went through all layers almost into the wood floor and tore things up pretty good.
So I trimmed up the edges of the tear in the linoleum and straightened up the edges a little bit scraped off the old glue and epoxied in a piece of old paper backed Designer Solarian.
Next I trimmed the second layer of vinyl further away from that patch squared it up and did a second patch. I sanded the surface of the Solarian vinyl to match the thickness of the second layer of vinyl on the floor. The epoxy I use was JB weld made for plastics. This seems to harden less brittle. I think with the second patch in place I'm ready to do the actual replacement that I'm going to scavenge from underneath the stove. Once I trim a patch to fit, I'm going to scuff up the second layer of vinyl and glue it in with the same epoxy. Tan color this time instead of black. With the epoxy, I won't need to worry about the edges curling up and I won't need to do any filling where my patches are because the epoxy will act as a filler and adhesive in one step.
I'm going to try and get the brick repair part done tomorrow. No matter what happens it will look better than a nasty gouge.

 

[Jon]

What is that white stuff highup?

 

[Tom Picciani]

We got 8 inches. Freeze line moved north so we got some freezing rain instead of snow. Btw it was 8 degrees at 7 am this morning

 

[Floorist]

40s here today, 60s Monday and Tuesday and really cold after that.

 

[highup]

8:30am and 55. The overnight low was 54........ not factoring in the wind chill.
You east coasters are survivalists.

 

[highup]

What is that white stuff highup?

That's the paper side (bottom side) of some old Armstrong Solarian. I belt sanded the top side with 50 grit to remove all the gloss, so that the epoxy would bond better....... and it bonds good.
Under the linoleum is a fir floor, so I wasn't about to use floor patch..... besides, leveling evenly with floor patch would be difficult in such a tiny, irregularly shaped area.
Today I plan to do the actual surgery to complete the repair. I've got a cut loose a piece from under the stove to do this repair. I'm just hoping that piece comes loose fairly easy.. if the backing tears a little bit in the process I don't think it'll be a huge deal because I'll be gluing the piece in with epoxy and I'll be able to flatten out the floor with a hand roller to smooth out any irregularities. I also have some Masonite over at the house and I can lay that on top of the patch and put weights on it to keep it flat as the epoxy cures. So there is a method to my madness... and I hope it works.

 

[DarisMulkin]

39.9* here just now. Rain and/or snow in the forecast for today and night. If the temp drops, well we know what that means.

 

[zannej]

Highup, no idea if it's rebuilt or not. Will have to ask my friend. Hope he doesn't need a new motor, but it's just the kind of luck he's got. The poor kitty wouldn't have run in the road if the dog hadn't scared him and probably wouldn't have been hit if the vehicle hadn't been speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road. Do you have to test the flooring for asbestos before you pull older stuff?

Today would have been my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. Mom is a bit bummed and said she really misses my dad. We all do, but I know it's hitting her harder on holidays. I wish I could do more to cheer her up. Her sisters were commenting on Facebook about how lovely the wedding was and how beautiful the bridal dresses were. Funny thing is, my mom *hated* those dresses and doesn't speak so fondly of the wedding-- always focuses on things that went wrong- like the priest forgetting to lift her veil. She's the "glass half empty" type.

Since I installed a new latch on the doors to the front room my brother decided to let the kittens loose. They had a lot of fun running around. I got up this afternoon and saw the doors were open. My brother didn't secure them properly. I thought the kittens had gotten out but found them both sitting in a recliner. I made sure to secure the door after letting one of the older cats out of the room-- that room is his favorite and he considers it his territory but he got used to the kittens being in the kitty condo in there. We had only let them out while supervised before. They are enjoying their freedom.

Other than cooking for Mom, I didn't do much. It was raining hard which makes me sleepy. I really need to try to be productive tomorrow.