What did you do today?

[C.J.]

@Mark Brown don't mock the magical powers of the beaded seat cover. There’s a reason cabbies love them. I almost drove the car. Kinda wishin I woulda but it doesn’t have cruise control either. You know I sure as hell was gonna put the seat cover in there for the trip.

 

[zannej]

The only ReStore near me closed down. Big bummer on that one.
The whole spiel about us only using 10% of our brains is a myth.

I'm currently trying to type with a cat who keeps getting up in my face and touching my face with his paws. He's been fed so he just wants attention.

Saturday I got up somewhat early. Mom wanted me to take her to the store, which was unusual. She picked out some tv dinners.

Later on we went to meet my cousin in Lafayette. She had her oldest daughter, youngest son, new son-in-law (no one was told about the wedding-- it was a private justice of the peace affair). I don't think my cousin's ex knows his daughter is married-- but it's none of his business after how he treated her. He was verbally and emotionally abusive to my cousin and both of the girls. His father was actually there too-- the whole purpose of the trip was so my cousin's daughter could introduce her husband to her grandfather. He's a very nice man and we can't for the life of us figure out how his son turned out to be such a turd. But then we remembered the son was raised by his mother and the parents were divorced. I swear the ex gives off serial killer vibes. The neighbors apparently thought so because they bought my cousin a Ring camera to put on her door out of fear her ex would try to kill her. My cousin's oldest had gone no-contact with her father. He would probably blow a gasket about her marrying a Hispanic guy because he's supreme racist. He once talked about how he thought we should just shoot all the Hispanic people within 100 miles of the border. I'm sure my cousin is counting down the days to her youngest child's 18th birthday so she will never again have to read an e-mail or correspond with her vile ex. I'm sure her daughter will be happy to never have to speak with him again. She's terrified of him. But she's too terrified to go to court to ask to not have to be forced to go visit him. She's afraid he'll kill her and/or her mother. Anyway, the son-in-law is a very sweet and intelligent young man.

Sunday was a sad day though. Got a call that the woman who was like a grandmother to me passed away. We were the first people the son called. All of her other friends already passed away. She would have been 97 this month if she'd made it to the 28th. We were hoping to visit her for her birthday. Just mentioned it to our cousin the day before. Still waiting for the burial arrangements to be made so we can pay our respects. I was closer with her than to my own grandparents.

Meanwhile, it's hot as hell outside so I'm staying inside.

 

[highup]

Drove to Phoenix. The van is a champ. The tires can’t handle the heat. In their defense they do have a snowflake symbol on them. Lol. Guess I’m gettin a new set tomorrow that won’t melt on me.
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517,000 miles?

 

[highup]

@Mark Brown don't mock the magical powers of the beaded seat cover. There’s a reason cabbies love them. I almost drove the car. Kinda wishin I woulda but it doesn’t have cruise control either. You know I sure as hell was gonna put the seat cover in there for the trip.

Don't those things leave a bunch of dents on your ass after a long drive?

 

[highup]

The only ReStore near me closed down. Big bummer on that one.
The whole spiel about us only using 10% of our brains is a myth.

I'm currently trying to type with a cat who keeps getting up in my face and touching my face with his paws. He's been fed so he just wants attention.

Saturday I got up somewhat early. Mom wanted me to take her to the store, which was unusual. She picked out some tv dinners.

Later on we went to meet my cousin in Lafayette. She had her oldest daughter, youngest son, new son-in-law (no one was told about the wedding-- it was a private justice of the peace affair). I don't think my cousin's ex knows his daughter is married-- but it's none of his business after how he treated her. He was verbally and emotionally abusive to my cousin and both of the girls. His father was actually there too-- the whole purpose of the trip was so my cousin's daughter could introduce her husband to her grandfather. He's a very nice man and we can't for the life of us figure out how his son turned out to be such a turd. But then we remembered the son was raised by his mother and the parents were divorced. I swear the ex gives off serial killer vibes. The neighbors apparently thought so because they bought my cousin a Ring camera to put on her door out of fear her ex would try to kill her. My cousin's oldest had gone no-contact with her father. He would probably blow a gasket about her marrying a Hispanic guy because he's supreme racist. He once talked about how he thought we should just shoot all the Hispanic people within 100 miles of the border. I'm sure my cousin is counting down the days to her youngest child's 18th birthday so she will never again have to read an e-mail or correspond with her vile ex. I'm sure her daughter will be happy to never have to speak with him again. She's terrified of him. But she's too terrified to go to court to ask to not have to be forced to go visit him. She's afraid he'll kill her and/or her mother. Anyway, the son-in-law is a very sweet and intelligent young man.

Sunday was a sad day though. Got a call that the woman who was like a grandmother to me passed away. We were the first people the son called. All of her other friends already passed away. She would have been 97 this month if she'd made it to the 28th. We were hoping to visit her for her birthday. Just mentioned it to our cousin the day before. Still waiting for the burial arrangements to be made so we can pay our respects. I was closer with her than to my own grandparents.

Meanwhile, it's hot as hell outside so I'm staying inside.

My landlord died at 101. I'm sorry for your loss Zan. At 97 she lived a full life.

 

[Floorist]

Had a friend die in a car wreck a couple days ago. She was 80.

 

[highup]

So sorry about your friend
There is probably a time when a person shouldn't drive anymore. My landlord had her license taken away in her mid-90s. She backed into a car when leaving church. The farthest she ever drove was about 2 mi, either to the church for the grocery store. I've seen her drive and her driving was really good...... Even for a one-eyed old lady.

 

[C.J.]

Don't those things leave a bunch of dents on your ass after a long drive?

I’m sure they do. After a drive that long you don’t care so much about your ass as you do about getting out of the van and not just falling down.

 

[C.J.]

@highup you like to tinker. This looks like a fun project and would come in real handy after workin on your truck.

 

[highup]

I don't think I need that many margaritas. Neat idea though.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my half horse Dayton 850 RPM
motor that I got from Habitat. It says farm use/fan. I figure it would run one of those 15-in fans that you see hanging from the ceiling in a shop, greenhouse or a commercial chicken coop.
If I can find a 12-inch stone for it it would make a hell of a grinder.
I already rewired it from 250 to 120 and added a cord. Purse like a kitten and there's zero movement in the shaft.
Maybe if the tiny pulley I can make a rock tumbler with an old automobile tire..... You know, a tumbler for those man size polished rocks.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

it was a Chinese idea.(seat beads) I’m not a fan of ac motors anymore, the energy usage is excessive. Here’s my garage fan, I have one in attic on a thermostat starts at 99 degrees, haven’t got to get up there to disconnect.

direct current variable speed (which who doesn’t want variable speed) is the way to save energy, needing one on my pool pump.

even reversible is a nice option.

 

[highup]

The one I bought is a brushless motor and it's rated at half the speed yours is. It would be nice if it was 1725 because that would work better for making this into a belt sander, a disc Sander or even a belt sander. This one doesn't have a mounting plate on the bottom which surprises me. It's pretty heavy and there are double nuts on the front of it indicating that it was mounted directly into a fan shroud of some sort.
I can make it go a lot faster with the right size pulley, but that eliminates direct drive. It was 30 bucks I just couldn't pass it up. If I could attach a drill chuck to it it would make one hell of a mixer for self leveler. A bit heavy but it would work

 

[C.J.]

The one I bought is a brushless motor and it's rated at half the speed yours is. It would be nice if it was 1725 because that would work better for making this into a belt sander, a disc Sander or even a belt sander. This one doesn't have a mounting plate on the bottom which surprises me. It's pretty heavy and there are double nuts on the front of it indicating that it was mounted directly into a fan shroud of some sort.
I can make it go a lot faster with the right size pulley, but that eliminates direct drive. It was 30 bucks I just couldn't pass it up. If I could attach a drill chuck to it it would make one hell of a mixer for self leveler. A bit heavy but it would work

How about a concrete mixer version of a margarita maker. You could call it High up on the rocks.

 

[Tom Picciani]

My carpenter friend just sold me a 10 inch Ryobi sliding miter saw, unopened, for $100. Bought it 6 months ago but didn’t have time to open it for a few months. When he looked at it, he realized it wasn’t cordless. Too late to return it. Looks really nice. Pretty compact too. Has led blade alignment.

 

[highup]

How about a concrete mixer version of a margarita maker. You could call it High up on the rocks.

I don't do enough self leveler and I haven't done anything in concrete for a couple of decades.
I wonder if my neighbors would like this 24/7

https://www.google.com/search?q=roc...ate=ive&vld=cid:77b8469a,vid:I0avPXuwiEE,st:0With a shaft speed of 850 RPM this looks damn near like it could be direct drive with the roller powered like the one above.
I'd still like to experiment with a sander or a grinder to see what speeds could be made to work with a large pulley.

 

[Csason]

I’m waiting on hurricane Elsa to cross over so maybe I can get one day of fishing in before vacation Is over. Yesterday I watched the kids swim and ate a brothers-in-law hamburger

 

[Tom Picciani]

I don't think I need that many margaritas. Neat idea though.
I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my half horse Dayton 850 RPM
motor that I got from Habitat. It says farm use/fan. I figure it would run one of those 15-in fans that you see hanging from the ceiling in a shop, greenhouse or a commercial chicken coop.
If I can find a 12-inch stone for it it would make a hell of a grinder.
I already rewired it from 250 to 120 and added a cord. Purse like a kitten and there's zero movement in the shaft.
Maybe if the tiny pulley I can make a rock tumbler with an old automobile tire..... You know, a tumbler for those man size polished rocks.

To quote the song, Just keep it between the navigational beakons!

 

[highup]

To quote the song, Just keep it between the navigational beakons!

I'd Google it but I'll let you explain. My hearing is crappy but I'm guessing it's not from Margaritaville?

 

[Tom Picciani]

Alan.Jackson and Jimmy Buffet. It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere.

 

[zannej]

Rusty, sorry to hear about your friend.

We had an elderly friend who lived to be 91 and should not have been driving. He flipped his truck when he was 90 and was fine. He would blow through stop signs without even slowing (particularly when they added new stop signs to streets that hadn't had them before) and he nearly crashed in to me a few times. Nice old man. Very nosy and always up in people's business. He once followed the police in to a house that was being raided for drugs. They had to very politely ask him to please step back for his own safety. No one wanted to yell at a 90yr old man. I feel very badly for his cat TweedleDee. His dying wish was for someone to take care of her so my friend who just passed away Saturday is the one who took the cat in. As far as I know, she still had the cat.

Service is today at 1pm. I'll have to ask her son what happened with the cat. I hope he didn't have the cat put down like her son did with the dog. I'm hoping it won't be too hot out there.

I had a rough night. Between my shoulder and kidney stones on both sides -- but mostly on my right) I had trouble getting comfortable. I had to take about 1500mg of Naproxyn to be able to get to sleep. Left side is still giving me fits. I'm hoping the stone is not stuck.