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Today I quoted my very first 1M dollar job. Go Me!
... funny thing is tomorrow i have another one due. Not too bad for my first week on the job i gotta say.
I will let you know if i got them right.
 
What is the component in Marmoleum that gives it the name? I believe Linoleum used Linseed?

My birthday is also in October!

Got a new power brick and cord for my laptop. Been too busy to see if it works. Got the 3 year warranty on it and hope it doesn't overheat or anything. Great laptop but the battery in it drains super fast.

The other day I got tired of tripping over trash in the living room so I got to cleaning-- filled a contractor's bag until it almost overflowed. Then filled a 30 gallon bag. My brother was supposed to clean it up but I don't need to twist my ankles again. Mom actually thanked me and said I did a good job and it was a lot of work. (She normally skips the thanks part and goes right to criticizing that I missed something, but not this time-- I asked "Who are you and where is my real mother?") My brother saw the trash bags and took them out and then emptied the bathroom trash. He didn't say anything to me but I guess that was his way of showing appreciation for me doing his chores.

Tuesday I went for a regular checkup. A1C is 8.5 (too high). Everything else looked good. My cholesterol is finally good and my thyroid is back within normal range. Kidneys look good despite my right kidney constantly churning out kidney stones. Passed one last week and am likely going to pass another one soon-- I can feel it is getting closer to the egress. Dr gave some diet advice-- cut out (or back on) white rice, white flour, white potatoes, milk, carbs in general. He recommended Almond milk. I tried it & it tastes ok at first but has a bitter aftertaste. I told him about the stew my brother makes and he recommended rutabagas instead of potatoes. My brother was with me (since he'd missed his appointment last week) and the doctor was cool with that. He told my brother not to eat/drink too much soy. We got on to the topic of Soylent and I showed him the picture of the green bottled Soylent. We all had a laugh and simultaneously said "Soylent green is people!" He said my rotator cuff should take 8 weeks to heal (I injured it falling out of the back of my truck when trying to get something out of the bed that slid forward- and then reinjured it the night before by tripping over the dog and having to catch myself). He showed me some simple exercises and gave me a sheet with instructions. Also prescribed Metformin for insulin resistance. I will keep using naproxyn for the inflammation in my shoulder.

Went to my friend's house to check on progress. The guy who left his car there never picked it up so he had it towed to the guy's house at the guy's expense whether the guy liked it or not. Guy then had the gall to call and complain saying there was stuff missing from his car. The dude left it there with the keys in it for over a year and a half and refused to remove it when asked; he doesn't get to b**** about the condition of the car or anything missing. My friend had no obligation to secure it & it actually blocked the landscaping people from getting in to the back yard to do work.

Some guys stopped by with a dowsing rod to try to find the sewer line so my friend could dig it up and add a cleanout. Found two potential spots several feet apart and marked them. We think it was the second location marked, but are not sure. But if it's there, it's deeper than 4ft. First we started digging. Then we went to the hardware store and got one of those T-handle rods for poking in the ground to find stuff. The pipes are clay as far as we know and there's a layer of gray clay a few feet down, but it's not the pipe. We dug at both spots and dug near the ditch. Even poked in the ditch but fire ants got on me. We poked holes every few inches across the span of where the pipe might be. If it's there, it's deeper than 4'. We even poked inside the 3' deep holes we dug. No dice.

We price checked those devices plumbers use to detect sewer lines and they were over $1k so that was a hard pass. Plumbers in town don't have them. We'll have to look outside of town to see if any plumbers have them and find out how much it costs. I really think his pipe has collapsed. We discussed the possibility of the line being under the sidewalk but the dowsing rod pointed next to it instead.

Went to the grocery store and then dropped my brother off back at friend's house so he could cook beef stew with rutabaga there while I went home and made shepherd's pie for mom. I use pre-packaged mashed potatoes out of laziness. I derped and forgot to put them in the microwave. Actually ran the microwave and then realized I set them next to the microwave instead of in it. LOL. Threw in 4 eggs on medium in the pan while the potatoes cooked. It turned out pretty good.

My brother called when the stew was ready so I went over (after some cleaning up) and brought a tupperware container to bring home some of the stew. It turned out great. Rutabaga is better than potatoes in the stew.

Got back home and was trying to sleep when catastrophe struck. Two of my brother's cats decided to have a major fight and knocked the box with my toilet tank in it down. It flew out of the box and broke. I'd been worried about it and wanted to take it down and move it last week but my rotator cuff was not cooperating. It sat there since 2008 without falling, but last night they finally took it down. New tank is $90. It's reminding me I need to stop procrastinating and finish fixing my floor.

Speaking of which, the layer we did without the additive is not nearly as strong as the first layer that was botched. It already cracked in some spots. I was checking things out and realized the closet flange isn't level so I will have to fix it and I think I will see if the additive is in stock so I can use it next time to see if it makes the floor sturdier-- although, at this point I'm tempted to go get some of that self-leveling mix in a bucket (so it won't have a bag that tears), find out the ratio of water to powder, make a small batch, and pour it out instead of trying to mess with manually leveling stuff. But, I'll see how manual leveling goes first. If I can get rid of the bumps and make sure where the toilet sits is level, I won't care too much about it being completely level. Gonna be fun leveling the closet flange (which slopes down to the right) because some of the leveling stuff got over one of the screws.

On the upside, my better-behaved kitties are snuggled up with me. Also, even though it's $90, the new tank will come with the new tower flush system.

My brother and our friend are both waiting to get their stimulus checks. His ex and the girl staying with them both got theirs already. I think they are going alphabetically on the distribution. The girls' surnames begin with D & F. Friend's surname starts with an L. Friend didn't get his previous stimulus check so don't know what happened there.
 
Finished plugging in everything to my scope and it all works. Of course, that's the reason for all the cloud cover and drizzle. Doing my part to help the farmers. And boy are they fertilizing!
 
I don't know how much rain we got today but it was absolutely pouring. I took my brother to get his tooth pulled at the dentist. Sat in the waiting room on an uncomfortable chair for 40 minutes. Was playing word games on my phone but battery got low. So I went to sit in the truck to charge my phone and nap. Looked out the window and it was coming down hard and wind was blowing it. It stopped raining before my brother came out though. Next stop was Walmart to pick up prescriptions and groceries. I got myself a ranch cobb salad and got my mom an apple walnut salad. Took my metformin with food and am waiting to see if I have side effects.

My cat, predicate is perched on my shoulder with his face pressed against my face. He's a sweet kitty. Anytime I leave the house he gets super clingy when I get home. He's clingy even when I've been home, but he's extra clingy when I've been away for a couple hours. Has to follow me around and sit on me and hug my neck or arm or hand.

Tomorrow I'm going to Lowes to pick up some stuff I ordered. I need to order a new toilet tank but I ordered some wing nuts for the tank bolts, some sharkbite fittings for my water supply lines (they claimed they were in stock but everytime I looked I couldn't find them) and some additive and fresh Henry 547. Since the layer without the additive cracked, I want to make sure the next layer doesn't. Instructions said the additive could be diluted with water so I may dilute it just a bit.
 
I still feel there should be a video forum. 😉
This guy Cletus is a big-time YouTube Star. He had somebody build him a sleeper car, a Ford or Mercury Marauder. He takes his friends for rides in it to film the reactions not knowing what's really under the hood. I'd love to see what his speedometer is doing when he does what he does....... But on tape he definitely be in jail providing evidence that he doesn't want anybody to see.
 
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Shoulder and arm are not cooperating with me. I had to buy a new pencil because I couldn't find a single pencil anywhere in the house. I was practically tripping over them last week. I had to go to the store to get cheese and lunchmeat since Doofusaurus ate it all and didn't tell me. Had roast beef au jus with potatoes and a ranch cobb salad for dinner.

Found some brussel's sprouts with cheese and bacon that are good.

Tomorrow (later today) is mom's foot doctor appointment. I washed her feet and put anti-fungal cream on her toes & toenails. Put some shea butter moisturizer on her feet and ankles because her skin was dry and cracking.

I'm hoping it won't take too long and that I can work on the floor at least a little when I get home. My first task will be leveling the closet flange. Worst case scenario (if it breaks) , I can cut it out and replace it and level the new flange.

Trying to find a new light for the hallway since the old one burned out (tried different bulbs). Mom wants the annoying kind with a glass dome where you have to get on a ladder and unscrew the dome and hope it doesn't fall. I hate those kind. I'd rather get an integrated light with high lumens.
 
So I dont know where i would post this, so here seemed good. It isnt so much something i did as what my kids say. Those little bastards keep us on our toes, let me set the scene.

I was playing a little Grand Theft Auto 5 last night killing away the last of Sunday when my 7 year old pops round and starts watching me play. This is the part of the story where we can all gripe about how not age appropriate that may or may not be but at 7 my favorite movies were Conan the Barbarian (with Arnold) and Predator (see a theme) so anyhow, lets just say I am not one to shelter my children. Back to the story......
So at one particular point in the game there is a black guy on the screen and a white guy in a verbal interaction in a cinematic.
My kid turns to me and asks, "Which guy are you daddy"
I said "The black Guy"
She said "That guy?"
Seems logical enough right? Well the "that guy" she was referring to was a white guy in a black shirt, where as i was a black guy in a white shirt...
Just a nifty little moment in life that I think I must be doing something right if my kid does not even define race as a characteristic of humanity or at the very least not the tone of someone's skin
That or maybe they just are not that bright. I will assume the former, you know, for my own sake.
 
Now for the next 10 years, you need to carefully groom her in school and point her towards journalism. I think we need someone like that as a news anchor on one of the big three or the other one. 😁
That's a great story.
 
Quite ahead of its time. There is only four of them. I watched an episode of Jay Leno's garage featuring this car. David described the difficulty of forming the sheet metal made of magnesium into these shapes.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.topgear.com/car-news/classic/one-bugatti-worlds-finest-replica?ampI also read if you had a spare $115 million you might be able to get one of these works of art. It was more of a concept car and I'm not sure if only one was made from magnesium. If so this is the second one.
 
Mom's foot appointment went well. Stopped by Samsclub after to get water & there was almost a shooting. Apparently a black lady had been driving through the pedestrian crossing & didn't yield to a white lady. The white lady was pushing a flatbed cart full of flooring & decided to ram the cart into the car on the rear passenger side. Black lady got out & stood leaning on her car while her child got out on the passenger side to look at the damage. I walked up as the white lady pulled her gun out and started waving it around at the other lady & the kid. I rushed over ready to intervene when other people shouted at the woman to holster it. She put the gun away but continued to have a screaming match. Black lady was swearing at her saying "You hit my f***ing car with a f***ing cart and then you f***ing pulled a f***ing gun on me?!!" The white lady tried to claim she felt threatened. Black lady said "I'm over here, you over there with yo gun!" Black lady was asking why she rammed her car when she had apparently tried to move out of the way (not clear how as I missed the impact- but other people around were saying the white lady rammed her car). She defended herself by saying she had right of way. I walked past them to the doorway and started pulling out my phone to record if the altercation escalated. White lady saw me & looked alarmed. Guess she didn't want to be on Youtube as another Karen so she turned away from the other lady and stalked toward me with the cart. Black lady got back in her car to leave. I decided to go inside and grab a cart. White lady tried to mow me down but I managed to get out of the way. I called her a stupid b*** and walked behind her. She halfway blocked the door but I got around her to show the greeter my card. B*** stopped to tell the greeter that a lady had run over her cart when she was trying to return stuff & that the lady had threatened her life so she pulled her gun. Greeter looked alarmed at the mention of a gun but told her to go to the returns section. She stood there and continued to halfway argue to set up her story saying they should check the camera footage. Greeter repeated her instructions so the b*** went on her way toward returns and nearly mowed down an elderly couple on the way. The tone she used when making her excuse was that tone where you know the person is lying. I maybe biased though bc she did try to ram me with her cart. Good thing she didn't bc I'd be in jail for throat-punching her.

I got 5 cases of water and headed back to the truck (mom was waiting for me). We went to Lowes to look for new ceiling lights for the hallway. I'd sent her a link to a good one but she said 11" was too big for a hallway. I sent her some smaller ones but she said "I don't like it" every time. She didn't see anything she liked in Lowes so we left. I sent her another link to a light & she asked if she should get it. I said yes. She later woke me up to tell me she didn't want the 7.5" light so she got a 12" 2k lumens one instead. So much for "too big for the hallway".

Couldn't sleep last night bc it's the anniversary of my dad's death. I got lachrymose over it. Mom & I hugged it out and cried together in the morning. I wish we hugged more. Dad used to hug me every day. Last time I saw him alive he gave me a big hug & we said "I love you" to each other. We did that all the time, but I'm glad it was said and done one last time. I don't think my brother is aware of what day it is & we decided not to tell him bc it might bum him out. He had an 8am dental appointment. I took him there & waited while he got his teeth assessed & cleaned. Then I took him to get bloodwork drawn and popped in to the post office and went back to pick him up. We stopped by Burger Inn just as it was opening up & were the first ones in to get fresh fried chicken. I don't know if its my meds or bc I made myself sick from crying or what, but I don't have much of an appetite. Only managed to eat 2 pieces of chicken. I haven't gotten this weepy in a long time so I guess I'm just getting it out of my system. I don't actually feel really terrible emotionally, I'm just missing my dad-- if that makes any sense. I was rehashing the day he died and looking at photos. I need to focus on something productive.

Got a charlie horse in my deltoid which isn't helping things. One bright side is I found out I have an existing power hookup outside not too far from where I want a barn built. Breaker box with two breakers (is that what they are called?) inside. Downside is it had a wasp building a nest in there & I'm not sure how to kill it. LOL. I think spraying wasp spray directly in there might not be a good idea. Will need to figure out how to seal it up so it doesn't leak. Area where I want to put the barn is not flat enough so I will have to figure out some way to level it or eat the cost of having the barn installers level it. I got one of those tools you roll on the ground that tells you how many feet you've covered and I mapped out 20' x 20' I'll have to get a dowsing rod to see if there are any waterlines under there. I wish my shoulder & arm would heal up so I could work on stuff more.

Highup, that is very cool!
 

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