What did you do today?

[zannej]

I remember one time a tank at the dive shop blew. Flew all around inside the storage room. Fortunately no one was inside & there were no injuries, but it caused a lot of damage. Those things can be dangerous.

I got one of the pressure switches with that little lever. Friend installed it but it wouldn't work. He had to manually hold it in the on position for it to stay on. Wouldn't lock in. Fortunately, I'd also purchased one without the lever just in case. Returned the lever one & explained the issue. Poor friend squatted down over the pump and hit his balls on the pressure gauge. Life is really not being kind to him right now. Turns out the reason his check was garnished of all but $2 is bc the govt is charging him for his daughter's insurance. He's on Medicaid bc he can't afford insurance & she should be on his insurance with him but they are making him pay premiums even though he can't afford it. They started out as $30 but now they skyrocketed to almost his whole paycheck. It's insane & I don't know what he can do about it.

At least the new pressure switch seems to be working now. Went grocery shopping & found stuff Mom wanted although a lot of stuff was still out of stock. Got my friend some food from Popeyes & gave him $40 (I didn't have much cash on me) as a thank you for changing out the pressure switch. He's offered to come help clean at my house as best as he can in exchange for some help with his bills since $2 didn't do jack & he's got overdraft fees and is $150 in the red.

The showerhead we bought about 3 days ago dropped in price on Saturday. I told Mom and she said sometimes Prime members can get a price-match on things that drop shortly after purchase. Will have to see if that can apply bc it was almost $20 difference. Got the showerhead, arm, valve, and trim set ordered for the guest bathroom. Still need to figure out other details like what wall panels to use, shower curtain, towel ring, etc.

I should be sleeping right now but my dog kept me awake barking & whining bc she wanted to go chase raccoons. She was getting all agitated over it. I had to hold her and pet her soothingly & calm her down. Shouting "Calm your tits!" was not helping. LOL.

 

[Floorist]

Saw a guy knock over his welding tanks. Knocked the top off. One went through a wall.

 

[highup]

No one makes that stapler anymore.

They had one at the habitat restore. Maybe $10? It's a Duofast, probably same as yours.

 

[highup]

Saw a guy knock over his welding tanks. Knocked the top off. One went through a wall.

They are hard to destroy, but recall our shop teacher telling about one going through a cinder block wall.

 

[Floorist]

They had one at the habitat restore. Maybe $10? It's a Duofast, probably same as yours.

Wish I still had one. The one I used belonged to another guy.

 

[Jon]

I remember one time a tank at the dive shop blew. Flew all around inside the storage room. Fortunately no one was inside & there were no injuries, but it caused a lot of damage. Those things can be dangerous.

A couple of years ago here a certain brand of dive tank blew up when it was getting filled so they condemned all different brands of dive tanks which were made before 1992? even though it was only one manufacturer of dive tanks were there was trouble
Do you want to buy 4 dive tanks which cant be filled?
I think you get about $20 or $30 for scrape metal and the tops get cut off so nobody can fill them if they have a large compressor somewhere
One of our carpet layers had a full one in his van along with his dog when the rubber o ring blew The dog was never the same

 

[highup]

"Dog was never the same "
Actually those would probably fantastic for a regular air compressor because they only get up to 120 to 130 lb. If aluminum they'd last forever because they don't rust. How much is postage and shipping?
I'm guessing 500 bucks.

 

[Jon]

Here they do a visual each year by taking the top off and looking inside with a long rod thingy then the following year they do a hydro test which blows up the tank, to me stretching the ali which must shorten the tank life

 

[highup]

I watched a video, something similar to thisone, on how it's made. Incredible process made by incredible machines.
https://www.leisurepro.com/blog/scuba-diving-stories-news/scuba-tank-construction/

 

[highup]

You got me interested Jon.
Here's how steel cylinders are made. It's hard to imagine these kinds of pressure that can simply shove hardened steel into a desired shape.

 

[highup]

Here ya go Jon.
Compared to this guy, I feel like a common warehouse sweeper on his first day.
There are hundreds and hundreds of automatic transmission types, each with their own internal designs.
This guy is as impressive as it gets.

 

[Jon]

They are about NZ$400 each and did you think I wanted to buy a couple of new ones at my age and stage in flooring because my old ones are condemned due to that other brand ?

 

[highup]

Probably not ...unless you can take them aboard a ship.

 

[Floorist]

Here ya go Jon.
Compared to this guy, I feel like a common warehouse sweeper on his first day.
There are hundreds and hundreds of automatic transmission types, each with their own internal designs.
This guy is as impressive as it gets.

This is why I gave up transmissions after I went to the Toyota transmission class.

 

[highup]

This is why I gave up transmissions after I went to the Toyota transmission class.

I'm pretty good at taking stuff apart and putting it back together but I get looking at the hundreds of parts balls springs seals shims, etc. That is just overwhelming.

 

[highup]

Heck I'm trying to figure out what I pulled out of this event hole in my starter yesterday.

 

[Floorist]

Back in the 70s, a special pair of snap ring pliars for transmission work was $100. I bought a pair and gave them to a mechanic friend of mine in the 90s. They were not good for anything else.

 

[zannej]

We actually gave away our old dive tanks to a dive shop. Owner had gone diving with my dad a few times. They participated in an underwater pumpkin carving contest at some point. He was sad when my dad died but he gave us some $ for some of the equipment & other stuff we just let him have to pass on to others as freebies or use for dive lessons. Back in Guam though, he still had a dive tank from the 1960s or 70s & the dive shop there wanted to put it in a museum. LOL.
I didn't enjoy diving much. Tank would pop up and hit me in the back of the head sometimes bc the vests never fit right. Like Conan O'Brien, I have long legs and an inordinately short torso.

Today was a mostly lazy day. I did a little cleaning, fed the animals, and made a last minute trip to the store to get gas and a blanket for the truck. It's going to be getting colder so a blanket will be nice before it gets warmed up. Plus my friend is super skinny & has no body fat so he gets very cold very fast. I'm taking him to the doctor tomorrow & want him to be warm. Need to find and wash the heated blanket that went in the truck. One of the dogs peed on it while on the way to the vet.

I can't remember if I stated my plans already or not, but I was thinking about the window trim for the shower (since Mom was not Ok with just covering the window & wants the shower wall cut around it. I got a surround that the mfr said can be cut. The Sterling window trim kit was too small & too expensive. Got a window kit for $100 less that was larger-- Mustee thermoplastic Duratrim (3 pieces). They say to cut it to size, but I was thinking that since it's relatively thin, I could attempt to lightly score the back & use a hair dryer to warm it enough to try to bend it up at the corners of the sill to make a better seal, then overlap the side pieces. I've seen people do that with plastic & a hair dryer does get hot enough. So long as I have a straight edge, if it breaks off then it's still ok bc it will be like cutting it. I'd start with only a 2" piece & if it fails horribly, I still have enough leftover to cut further down. It's a 24" rough opening and the piece is 36".

 

[highup]

Can you imagine what's inside these newer 6 and 10 speeds?

 

[zannej]

My brain is not working properly to know what 6 and 10 speeds are... LOL.

Took my friend to the ER today to get an MRI. Took over 6 hours for him to get the MRI and then another hour and a half before they released him. They told him it would be less than an hour for results but it was an hour 20. He's only 30 but it turns out he had a stroke. Has a blood clot in his head that is preventing his eye from working properly. He needs to see a neurologist to see what can be done about it. Meanwhile, he's trying to take it easy. TX roadhouse closed before he got out but I ordered on the phone and went to get it and set it on the heated seat under a blanket until he got out.

While I was out a package was delivered to our porch. Mom saw the delivery. She later heard the dogs barking & growling like crazy. Someone (I suspect neighbors) came over to see if there was anything to steal-- opened the package, dumped the contents & then left. Either they didn't see anything they want or got spooked by the dogs. Scumbags. We need to get some cameras set up with warning signs about a security system so this won't happen again.