What did you do today?

[Floorist]

I finally started going through some old toolboxes. First one I opened had a new duofast electric tacker that I had completely forgot about. Second one had a 16" Poulan chainsaw. Think I used it twice. Somewhere is a cotton head for my stretcher. Commercial stretch-in is rare here.

 

[Jon]

Both pieces are brown, almost the same color too. That said, you can't see the underside of the patch material.
I've been bouncing around on the internet and deleting emails also but I saved yours I just haven't read them yet. I'll do that now and see what you came up with.

The original vinyl with that white/grey backing would be that funny stuff Also looking at the way that small off cut kinda shows the backing is that funny stuff with the way its not laying flat. With these newer type vinyls they dont curl up like that off cut as one can loose lay them

 

[Jon]

Jon sounds funny in person. I've been lucky eough to meet him. Tried to pawn off some of his pretty money on me.

Daris want to head back to Vegas before I throw this flooring away but with this Covid I would think heading to America and a few other countries is not a good idea In NZ we are fine as there is no Covid in the public, only with people returning to NZ bringing it with them. Okay they are in a quarantine for 14 days at their cost so everybody else can carry one as pre covid days. We are still meant to scan going into a building but not many people do that
I am really glad we have done heaps of travel all over the world in the past and not just starting cause I think travel days are over for a long while
They were thinking of opening up between Aussie and NZ but with all the new cases Aussie is just got I think travel between NZ and Aussie is going to be dropped for a long time
NZ doesnt want Covid crossing our boarders but letting tourists in

 

[highup]

The original vinyl with that white/grey backing would be that funny stuff Also looking at the way that small off cut kinda shows the backing is that funny stuff with the way its not laying flat. With these newer type vinyls they dont curl up like that off cut as one can loose lay them

I'm not understanding your point Jon. I use the old Armstrong material because it was thick. I was simply using that as a consistent and flat filler. I made a small fill in the linoleum, and then made a wider overlapping filler on the second layer so that it would come out smooth and flat for the top layer. By layering an overlapping these sections of old vinyl it's somewhat duplicated the structure of the old floor. Had I put cement filler to fill in the void of two layers of loosely adhered linoleum and vinyl, my finish layer would have been adhered to an unstable structure.

 

[Floorist]

Stimulus bill?
Pakistan: At least $25 million is being set aside for programs in Pakistan, broken down as “not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available for democracy programs and not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available for gender programs.” Although there are not a lot of details in the bill itself, gender equality is a component for development of Pakistan, according to the United Nations Population Fund.
$135 million to Burma
$85.5 million to Cambodia
$1.4 billion for "Asia Reassurance Initiative Act"
$130 million to Nepal
$700 million to Sudan

 

[highup]

The government needs to start separating bills. The stimulus bill could have been completed a couple months ago. This Pakistani aid can be dealt with in a different bill. Why argue over 10 different items or 50 different items in a single bill when the only one that is immediately important is the stimulus bill.

 

[Tom Picciani]

The government needs to start separating bills. The stimulus bill could have been completed a couple months ago. This Pakistani aid can be dealt with in a different bill. Why argue over 10 different items or 50 different items in a single bill when the only one that is immediately important is the stimulus bill.

a lot of those claims are phony internet rubbish. Check your sources.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Ok. The story is there are 2 bills. There’s the 1.4 trillion omnibus package that includes foreign aid. Then there is the COVID-19 relief package. The COVID-19 package has no foreign aid money in it

 

[highup]

Well that sounds a lot better. Just cut 50% of the foreign aid and apply that to the corona bill to help pay for it.

 

[Tom Picciani]

I understand your point. But you have to understand that money buys political influence. If we don’t send money to them, Russia will. And Pakistan has nuclear weapons. We don’t want them to embrace terrorism. And Putin wants exactly that

 

[Floorist]

But while we have people in this country without, or with inadequate medical care, we send money to Egypt each year to provide medical care for their people.

 

[Sherry]

do you believe that Russia is not already sending money? The money that the USA sends to these countries is going to a few people at the top. It is bribery. Do you believe that the Pakistani people ever see a penny of that money -- or that they will all of a sudden love the USA? They already embrace terrorism. Pakistan sheltered and hid Osama Bin Laden for years. The USA has been sending money to these countries for years. How is that working for us?

 

[Floorist]

do you believe that Russia is not already sending money? The money that the USA sends to these countries is going to a few people at the top. It is bribery. Do you believe that the Pakistani people ever see a penny of that money -- or that they will all of a sudden love the USA? They already embrace terrorism. Pakistan sheltered and hid Osama Bin Laden for years. The USA has been sending money to these countries for years. How is that working for us?

It only works out for those at the top.

 

[highup]

It's like Tom, it buys influence. We don't like many of Saudi Arabia's practices, but logistically, they give us power and access. That's why we didn't do much when the prince had that guy butchered a couple years ago. You take the good along with the bad as long as you get what you want or need.
https://militarybases.com/overseas/saudi-arabia/

 

[highup]

The media started hammering on Trump because he was trying to be best buddies with Kim jong-un. Trump knows how despicable this guy is just as well as anyone else but in order to attempt some sort of an agreement with him on nuclear weapons, he did what he had to do. You're a used car salesman and some guy you can't stand or hate comes in to buy a car.....
are you going to be friendly and make the sale so you get a paycheck or you going to be a real jerk and lose the sale? It's obvious to anybody with a brain that Trump doesn't like Kim anymore than any of the rest of us do. Trump was attempting what nobody else has been able to do. When he felt there might be a chance of some sort for a nuclear deal, he stopped calling him rocket man and started saying nice things about him. Sanctions didn't seem to work so he tried an alternate method. It still hasn't worked but he tried a different approach.

 

[Floorist]

Trump got peace treaties signed in the middle east that had been on the table since 1948. The media "crickets".

 

[highup]

Trump got peace treaties signed in the middle east that had been on the table since 1948. The media "crickets".

He did what? ....I never saw that on the news. ...ok, maybe once.
How he doesn't receive a Nobel Peace prize for that is beyond me.

 

[havasu]

Cuz he's not black, a gay, lesbian, or one of the other a,b,c,d,e f, or t genders?

 

[Floorist]

Terrorist attack in Nashville. Fry the mo fos

 

[zannej]

I've got a bit of a cough- probably weather or allergy related. Didn't go anywhere today. I got up and cleaned a little and cooked for Mom. Nothing special because I forgot the stores were closed today and should have gone to the store yesterday.

Been trying to find a decent replacement front door for my friend's house. His old one is being held together with duct tape right now. It's a 32x80. Trying to decide if Masonite or Jeld-Wen is the lesser of two evils. I've heard JW uses pine jambs but that Masonite uses mdf. Not sure if that is still accurate or not.

My sister called and my friend called. I think my mom called all of her sisters.

It's cold so I'm sitting under a pile of cats and a dog. The kitties make nice hand warmers. I managed to find one of my warmer bedsheets in my dog's nest so I reclaimed it to use. I found some of my fuzzy pants too. She loooves to drag things out of laundry baskets. I'm still looking for my green hooded cloak. It might be somewhere in her pile but perhaps further down. She's made herself quite the huge nest of blankets, plush animals, pillows, and laundry.