What did you do today?

[highup]

I never get tired of reading this stuff.
https://www.motortrend.com/news/top-fuel-numbers/Wouldn't that be a kick in the butt to have an engine that puts out well over three horsepower per pound....... of the weight of your car?

 

[highup]

Probably doesn't drive well in the winter.

 

[highup]

It was brought up a while back about the price of plywood. I figured living in Oregon and the land of plywood mills and fir trees, the price wouldn't be as bad as it is. It is.
Seems like it wasn't that long ago that that mdo was around 70 or 75 bucks. I didn't need any plywood, I just stopped in to check the price.

 

[zannej]

Went to take mom to return something via UPS. Was halfway in to town when she remembered she was supposed to receive a text for the return label but the landline number was listed instead of cellphone & there were no text messages. Grabbed mail & food and back home so she could sort it out and get the thing e-mailed to her. I printed it for her & we'll go tomorrow. Also, she was going to have me go to FedEx store but I noticed it was UPS.
Grabbed some feed for the cows. Employee saw me trying to lift the bag & told me he couldn't let me do that and he loaded it on to the cart for me. There was some sort of messup at the factory & the bags had no printing/ink on them. They were plain white but had bar codes to indicate what they were. Cashier was confused. Employee had told me he'd meet me out in the parking lot to help me load it into my truck. When I got out there I saw he was helping another customer so I loaded them myself (using my left arm primarily). Employee saw me and apologized. I told him it was no problem, I've lifted them before.
Since I've been taking Magnesium my back hasn't been bothering me as much.

 

[Mark Brown]

It was brought up a while back about the price of plywood. I figured living in Oregon and the land of plywood mills and fir trees, the price wouldn't be as bad as it is. It is.
Seems like it wasn't that long ago that that mdo was around 70 or 75 bucks. I didn't need any plywood, I just stopped in to check the price.

I bought two sheets of 1/2 inch cdx sheathing the other day.... for 66.57 a sheet. Over two dollars a sqft. The tile i will be installing on said tile cost me 1.87 a foot. Sure they are at wholesale prices and not retail but man alive it really made me burn!

 

[Incognito]

I bought two sheets of 1/2 inch cdx sheathing the other day.... for 66.57 a sheet. Over two dollars a sqft. The tile i will be installing on said tile cost me 1.87 a foot. Sure they are at wholesale prices and not retail but man alive it really made me burn!

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I think it's a very few, select people who understand. It's not really plywood getting expensive.........real estate.......health care........private education.......food......CONTRACTORS LABOR..........

It's your PAPER money degrading in value due to irresponsible/corrupt/incompetent fiscal policy.

 

[Mark Brown]

Oh for sure it is, however there are some hard leading products that are winning that race.
I really think we are in for a strong world of hurt coming up and frankly, I dont want to talk about it. Mostly because it scares the bajeebus out of me

 

[Tom Picciani]

Kind of freaked out this afternoon. Plugged my phone into the charging cord in the truck and a couple hours later and I came back I figured it was all charged up. It was actually lower.
Brought it into the house and plugged it in and it didn't start charging.
I have another charging unit in the bedroom and I plug that one in and it didn't start charging.
I'm glad I was still at 26%, long enough for me to use Google to ask a question.
There's a number of options and the only one I could try since my battery is not removable, what's the simply restart the phone.
I'll be darnd. Plug it in and it started charging immediately. Never had to reboot a rotary dial, so that's not something I would have thought of.

I had this happen. Took it in for service and the phone died. Got a new iPhone.

 

[Tom Picciani]

It was brought up a while back about the price of plywood. I figured living in Oregon and the land of plywood mills and fir trees, the price wouldn't be as bad as it is. It is.
Seems like it wasn't that long ago that that mdo was around 70 or 75 bucks. I didn't need any plywood, I just stopped in to check the price.

Once I visited a place in Pennsylvania called Oil City. Had the highest gas prices in the state!

 

[Floorist]

I worked in KC at a Phillips station many years ago. They had a refinery 20 miles from us. But our gas came from Oklahoma, 300 miles away. Probably a dozen different companies filled from the same supply. DX had the old "super boron". That was a gallon dumped into a several thousand gallon tanker.

 

[Floorist]

 

[zannej]

My friend rolled his eyes at me earlier when I was telling him he shouldn't throw away his wood scraps & should store them safely. He let perfectly good sheets of plywood rot. Now he really regrets it.

I have a couple random sheets in my workshop but all different sizes & nothing large enough to complete a single project I'm working on. Which reminds me, I need to make myself work on my bathroom floor tomorrow.

Still waiting for Mom to get up to want me to take her to the UPS store to return a package.

 

[highup]

I had this happen. Took it in for service and the phone died. Got a new iPhone.

Maybe you just made it to reboot the phone and they pulled one over on you.

 

[Floorist]

Daughter's boyfriend asked to borrow my trailer. Uh, no. He used it once several years ago. I found it sitting, unlocked, in the front yard of an abandoned house. He broke my tailgate, the new taillights I had just put on it, bent my license plate in half. The floor of the trailer was covered with broken glass. I actually considered shooting him. So, no.

 

[highup]

I like watching Jay Leno's channel.
Boy he's got the coolest shop on planet Earth.
The best part of this video starts at 15 minutes as he talks about what can be done with damaged or missing parts and how they make brand new exact replicas on a 3D printer. Just amazing.

 

[highup]

Daughter's boyfriend asked to borrow my trailer. Uh, no. He used it once several years ago. I found it sitting, unlocked, in the front yard of an abandoned house. He broke my tailgate, the new taillights I had just put on it, bent my license plate in half. The floor of the trailer was covered with broken glass. I actually considered shooting him. So, no.

That's because there was a good excuse, right?

 

[Floorist]

Highup. did you see where Jay Leno will be on a reboot of "You Bet Your Life" this fall?

 

[highup]

No, that's news to me. How's he going to find time to work on his cars?

 

[Floorist]

No, that's news to me. How's he going to find time to work on his cars?

He has been a regular on "Last Man Standing" for several years.

 

[Floorist]

I miss the days of entertaining late night shows. Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman. Even Craig Kilborn. They made fun of everyone. Now, Democrats seem to be "off limits".