What did you do today?

[Tom Picciani]

New shortage item: Midweight joint compound (purple lid). Nobody has it. Going to green lid. But it’s a pain to sand.
My friend says they are putting up drywall on a job and I can have any stuff left over. Might get a few sheets for free.

 

[Floorist]

Gave an old Craftsman band saw away just to get it out of my way. 1956 model. needed a motor. I still have a 12" Grizzly and a 16" Craftsman.

 

[zannej]

Went to the funeral. It was rather short due to the outdoor nature and it being so hot. At least it was cloudy but it was very high humidity. There was a reception at a little diner in town. We met some of the family of our late friend that we hadn't seen in years. They acknowledged that we had been a huge part of her life. We took care of her and her husband for many years before her husband passed away and we took care of her for the few months she remained in the house before moving far away. Her caregiver was at the funeral. Very sweet lady. She's considered part of the family. The minister actually let other people speak and talk about our memories of her. The general consensus was that she was the sweetest most kind person we ever met. She gave me the experience of seeing what it was like to have a grandmother who spoiled the grandkids. Always offering ice cream and cookies. She would make extra blueberry pie when my sister came to visit because my sister could eat a whole pie by herself.

After the diner we went to see our friend. His gf had been sent home from work because her heartrate spiked but her blood pressure dropped and she nearly passed out. There's something not right with how her brain is sending signals to her heart and vice versa. So she needs to see a cardiologist again. The baby woke up while we were there and he crawled to my mother to be held. The bass singer Geoff Castellucci put out a version of Misty Mountains Cold so I put that on and it immediately got the baby's attention. He crawled closer to the TV and stared. Any time that singer is on, he stops and watches.

Former town veterinarian's son was out trying to level my friend's driveway. Got some of it done but he needs more rocks. There's a guy who has been working on my friend's yard-- cutting weeds & such. Friend bought him a lawnmower and weedeater so the guy said he'd work on his yard for free for a year. He works hard even in the heat. Started raining just after he finished.

Got kidney stones in both kidneys-- worse in the left one though. I tossed and turned all night. If I slept on my right side my shoulder hurt. If I slept on my left side my kidney hurt more. Sleeping on my back made both sides hurt. Mom woke me up at 2am over a door being open and a cat getting where he wasn't supposed to go. My whole lower back is sore and it hurts to move. 1500mg of naproxyn didn't do much. Hoping both stones will pass soon. I had lemonade at the reception so I hope that will help.

 

[highup]

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

I told you I had bad hearing. I just looked at the lyrics and I don't think I'd recognize the song without music.

 

[highup]

Gave an old Craftsman band saw away just to get it out of my way. 1956 model. needed a motor. I still have a 12" Grizzly and a 16" Craftsman.

A little over 20 years ago I bought a 12 inch Jet bandsaw just to do one job. It was an octagon home with wilsonart laminate downstairs and Pergo select laminate in two upper octagon sections. I always made my straight cuts freehand. There is no way I was going to freehand a 45 or a 22 and 1/2.
The only place I had to store it was in the carport
I bought it on sale. Sold it for almost what it cost me to buy it. I really like the saw, but just didn't have much of a use for it. I didn't want to let it sit out in the carport for a year and get rusty and then try and sell it, so as soon as the job was completed I talked to the retailer I'm asking if he wanted to buy it. Worked out good for me because he got the sale price same as I did.

 

[highup]

Went to the funeral. It was rather short due to the outdoor nature and it being so hot. At least it was cloudy but it was very high humidity. There was a reception at a little diner in town. We met some of the family of our late friend that we hadn't seen in years. They acknowledged that we had been a huge part of her life. We took care of her and her husband for many years before her husband passed away and we took care of her for the few months she remained in the house before moving far away. Her caregiver was at the funeral. Very sweet lady. She's considered part of the family. The minister actually let other people speak and talk about our memories of her. The general consensus was that she was the sweetest most kind person we ever met. She gave me the experience of seeing what it was like to have a grandmother who spoiled the grandkids. Always offering ice cream and cookies. She would make extra blueberry pie when my sister came to visit because my sister could eat a whole pie by herself.

After the diner we went to see our friend. His gf had been sent home from work because her heartrate spiked but her blood pressure dropped and she nearly passed out. There's something not right with how her brain is sending signals to her heart and vice versa. So she needs to see a cardiologist again. The baby woke up while we were there and he crawled to my mother to be held. The bass singer Geoff Castellucci put out a version of Misty Mountains Cold so I put that on and it immediately got the baby's attention. He crawled closer to the TV and stared. Any time that singer is on, he stops and watches.

Former town veterinarian's son was out trying to level my friend's driveway. Got some of it done but he needs more rocks. There's a guy who has been working on my friend's yard-- cutting weeds & such. Friend bought him a lawnmower and weedeater so the guy said he'd work on his yard for free for a year. He works hard even in the heat. Started raining just after he finished.

Got kidney stones in both kidneys-- worse in the left one though. I tossed and turned all night. If I slept on my right side my shoulder hurt. If I slept on my left side my kidney hurt more. Sleeping on my back made both sides hurt. Mom woke me up at 2am over a door being open and a cat getting where he wasn't supposed to go. My whole lower back is sore and it hurts to move. 1500mg of naproxyn didn't do much. Hoping both stones will pass soon. I had lemonade at the reception so I hope that will help.

I'm glad you got some acknowledgment from the relatives that what you did to help take care of them was appreciated. You always seem to be there to help anyone in need, so you're much better person than me. I do my part when necessary but you seem to be helping out literally everybody. That would wear me out.

 

[zannej]

Thanks, Highup. I'd trade it for your ingenuity. LOL. I wish I was better at figuring out how to modify things. Although right now I'd like to modify my damn kidneys.

 

[highup]

Well let's just say we're not going to make a trade, like you I have too much time invested.

 

[highup]

I'm watching a television show on Oregon public broadcasting. It's called Oregon Artbeat. They usually have two to four artists during each show during a totally different things. Since I was about the fellow that's on there now is a guy that had an early age in life attempted suicide and ended up blind. He then became addicted to meth and ended up moving back into his parents where he's sobered up and at some point got into woodworking.
His suicide attempt left him blind.
He makes wood bowls on a lathe. He even cuts up pieces of wood and glues them together or laminates them together to create patterns in the wood before turning the bowl on the lathe. Wow is an understatement.
He's a perfectionist. Checking out the clamped laminations on the block of wood before he glues the pieces together for the final time, he uses a knife to feel if the board joints to see if there's any more sanding that needs to be done to eliminate any gaps.
So anyway, here's this guy standing at his wood lathe turning a bowl and feeling it with his fingers as it's turning at a zillion RPM.
He says, I know that you're not supposed to put your hand on something spinning this fast....
.....but I don't want this bowl to look like it was made by a blind guy.
Everyone needs an attitude like this guy.

 

[highup]

......ok, if you can't handle the whole thing at least the last 3 minutes.
The show is over they're ready to go and they get one last call and here's how they play it out.

Daris probably won't like this one because he likes "original" music like he grew up with rubbing sticks on rocks and howling at the moon.

 

[C.J.]

Spending money today.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Sams Club?

 

[C.J.]

Discount tire.

Got some Cooper Discoverers. Supposed to have a 55k warranty. I’ll believe that when I see it. I’ll be happy jus to get a year out of them. 35k? I only got 20k out of my BFG’s weight in the van and heat really eats up tires.

 

[zannej]

Tossed and turned again last night. Feeling a bit better today. Still can't bend well, but it doesn't hurt to walk. Although, when Mom paged me to get her something to eat I reached for the phone and pain shot through my shoulder and down to my elbow. So the shoulder is still not any better but the kidney stones have moved.
I cooked something for Mom, did a brief wipedown of the counters and inside the microwave, and then helped mom fix a computer problem. Windows forced another update. She has settings to say never update but they force it anyway. This latest iteration somehow affected her BIOS and changed the boot order. Her primary SSD was set as the #3 in boot order instead of #1. Now, if Windows didn't do it, maybe the BIOS changed itself by not detecting her drive at first and then setting it last when it did detect it. I googled how to enter BIOS and what the issue was. Watched a video for a few seconds that said to use Ctrl Alt Del from error message screen (saying she needed to insert a boot disk) and then F2 when rebooting (differs by machine). Got her into BIOS and walked her through checking the boot order and changing it to select her SSD as the #1. Exited, saved & reset so it finally booted.

 

[Floorist]

Got that old desk out of my shop. Getting closer to being able to rearrange it.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Starting work on putting up drywall in garage. Need to finish walls so I can put up window treatments. Got Levolor 2 inch blinds for basement windows. I have some blue/grey paint for trim. I’ll paint walls a pale gray to tie it all together.

 

[Floorist]

My daughter's USB phone charger in her car quit. So she went to Auto Zone. They pulled the fuse block under the hood and triggered the kill switch. Then would not reset the check engine light. So she called me. While I am driving there a mechanic pulled in next to her. He changed the under dash fuse and used a scanner to kill the light. He would not take any money. There are still some good people out there.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Very few

 

[Tom Picciani]

This is what it looks like when you run out of drywall, lol. I needed to get a piece next to the window because the casing will cover the taped joint. Using Fibafuse tape. Much better than paper. Excess mud squeezed through so no chance of bubbles. Going to put drywall around most of garage but leaving the subpanel and plumbing clear. Why they put the water main in an unheated area I have no clue. But there is heat ‘leakage’ over the top of the dividing wall so it never goes below 45. Feather joints tomorrow. Then time to break out the primer.

 

[highup]

ll no more fun to be had than doing drywallQUOTE="Tom Picciani, post: 73350, member: 6936"]
Starting work on putting up drywall in garage. Need to finish walls so I can put up window treatments. Got Levolor 2 inch blinds for basement windows. I have some blue/grey paint for trim. I’ll paint walls a pale gray to tie it all together.
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No more fun can be had than hanging drywall and taping seams.