What did you do today?

[MikeAntonetti]

After about 5 tries until demo day I tried to push off a shower demo to the tile guy. Half tiled wall, angled glass door, top glass wall, 2nd day my brother demo’d it, we did floor tile, carpet, tack strip, base removal.

 

[Mark Brown]

Today I finally got my oversized 360A alternator installed. It was a gigantic pain in the ass because the diameter is about 0.5 inches larger than the last one so I had to remove the brackets from the engine block, install a set back plate, guess what size belt I needed and then proceed to swear for about 5 hours to make all of that work but now, now it works like a hot damn and I could not be happier with it.

This weekend the stereo goes back in and it will be the first time that I would be able to power it without voltage/power drop so we will see how that works. I know I am jacked.

 

[Jon]

McDonald's saves the day again.
We don't have a lot of power outages and that's..... a good thing.

Are you having no power cause of the fires in your area?

 

[havasu]

I got me a 25' tall flag pole. Dug a hole 18" deep, inserted the sleeve, and buried two bags of concrete. Tomorrow I will set up the rollers and rope, and hang the flag of the good ol' US of A.

 

[Tom Picciani]

Making progress hanging drywall in garage. Outlet cuts are still a little off but better than my first one. Idiot builder could have paid a little more attention to the measuring tape when he studded the wall. Studs are 16 1/4 on center. Ran out of stud after 2 panels. I have one panel left on this wall. Then I need to drywall around door and a 3 foot wide piece on first wall.
I can safely say one thing. I’m glad I became a computer technician rather than a drywall hanger!

 

[Floorist]

I got me a 25' tall flag pole. Dug a hole 18" deep, inserted the sleeve, and buried two bags of concrete. Tomorrow I will set up the rollers and rope, and hang the flag of the good ol' US of A.

You can do that in Kommiefornia?

 

[highup]

Got 6 sheets of drywall. Heavy stuff! My friend brought it over. Stood up 3 sheets against wall and 3 on 2 x4’s over saw horses. Too hot in garage so I opened the door to the house to cool things off.

I've been disccovering in the last 6 months to a year that everything that was heavily is now heavier.
I'm pretty sure it's just me and the stuff is actually the same way that used to be. Because of that I think that two people are better than one in a lot of instances.

 

[highup]

You can do that in Kommiefornia?

I somehow missed his post on that. I'd almost think he might get arrested.

 

[highup]

Got me a hill crescent wrench today at the habitat store.
300 cents bought me this 10-in beauty. The jaws are much wider than any crescent wrench I have seen. Though it seemed some use the jaws move as fine as a Swiss watch. This was back in the day when they actually made a nice wrench. I'd rather own this one than a brand new one at the same size.

 

[zannej]

I went to Walmart with my brother to get groceries. Felt exhausted the entire time. Could still barely bend or move. Fortunately, he did most of the bending and lifting. Went home and cooked for mom. Took a nap until mom wanted food again. Got back up and cooked again, then changed the AC filter. It was getting way too warm at night. Now it's nice and chilly.

Watched some TV with mom (I figured out what was wrong-- power strip was burned out so I swapped it out & mom watched tv). There was a show about cop bodycams showing stuff happening. I didn't see the whole thing but gist was a cop pulled a woman over for some traffic violation and while dealing with her, some idiot in a Honda CR-V was cruising at 117mph and ran in to the back of a Ford Windstar. Lady in the Windstar had just refueled & the sparks from the metal started a fire. Looked like there was an explosion. Cop grabbed a fire extinguisher, rushed over, sprayed the woman and front seat with the extinguisher, undid her seatbelt, and dragged her out. He had already called in for backup and had cops move her farther away from the burning wreckage. Paramedics showed up and were going to treat the woman who caused the accident but the cop yelled that the other woman was the priority. He then had to go back to the lady who he pulled over to ask for her info & promised not to give her a ticket-- said he just needed her as a witness to what happened and said he was glad she didn't get hurt by any of the debris. Lady was asking him if he was OK and saying she was worried and how brave he was to rush over to a burning car like that. Lady in the CRV survived and was prosecuted. Lady in the Windstar had a broken back, punctured lung, broken ribs, injured spleen, 2nd & 3rd degree burns. A couple months after she'd already had 16 surgeries and still needed more. She'd apparently been unconscious in the hospital for 3 weeks after the wreck. All she remembered was sitting at the red light and then waking up in the hospital.

It was nice to see something about good cops.

Thursday I'm making plans with my friend to go have a Loki marathon at his house. I'll bring food and we can hang out and watch. I hope I can get my mom to come over too. She might if she gets to hold the baby.

 

[highup]

I went to Walmart with my brother to get groceries. Felt exhausted the entire time. Could still barely bend or move. Fortunately, he did most of the bending and lifting. Went home and cooked for mom. Took a nap until mom wanted food again. Got back up and cooked again, then changed the AC filter. It was getting way too warm at night. Now it's nice and chilly.

Watched some TV with mom (I figured out what was wrong-- power strip was burned out so I swapped it out & mom watched tv). There was a show about cop bodycams showing stuff happening. I didn't see the whole thing but gist was a cop pulled a woman over for some traffic violation and while dealing with her, some idiot in a Honda CR-V was cruising at 117mph and ran in to the back of a Ford Windstar. Lady in the Windstar had just refueled & the sparks from the metal started a fire. Looked like there was an explosion. Cop grabbed a fire extinguisher, rushed over, sprayed the woman and front seat with the extinguisher, undid her seatbelt, and dragged her out. He had already called in for backup and had cops move her farther away from the burning wreckage. Paramedics showed up and were going to treat the woman who caused the accident but the cop yelled that the other woman was the priority. He then had to go back to the lady who he pulled over to ask for her info & promised not to give her a ticket-- said he just needed her as a witness to what happened and said he was glad she didn't get hurt by any of the debris. Lady was asking him if he was OK and saying she was worried and how brave he was to rush over to a burning car like that. Lady in the CRV survived and was prosecuted. Lady in the Windstar had a broken back, punctured lung, broken ribs, injured spleen, 2nd & 3rd degree burns. A couple months after she'd already had 16 surgeries and still needed more. She'd apparently been unconscious in the hospital for 3 weeks after the wreck. All she remembered was sitting at the red light and then waking up in the hospital.

It was nice to see something about good cops.

Thursday I'm making plans with my friend to go have a Loki marathon at his house. I'll bring food and we can hang out and watch. I hope I can get my mom to come over too. She might if she gets to hold the baby.

There's a YouTube channel called video leak police that shows what cops really go through when things get tough. If the news would show these videos instead of the anti/negative cop stories, a lot of people would change their mind and appreciate the police for things that can happen when the cops are called to a crime or a scene.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

I’m surprised you could find flagpoles, I thought Republicans bought them all to beat Police with.

shhh I hear crickets!

Mark, you keep that fire hazard car 3000 k away from me.

 

[havasu]

You can do that in Kommiefornia?

Next I'll put my "thin blue line" flag up there and watch my liberal neighbor's heads explode!

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Don’t forget your Trump 2024 flag

 

[C.J.]

Next I'll put my "thin blue line" flag up there and watch my liberal neighbor's heads explode!

That’s the shit that just baffles me. I was talkin to an obviously liberal customer a couple weeks ago and was mentioning how in Portland they would steal your Trump signs n bullshit like that. She gave the thumbs up like that was perfectly acceptable. I asked her what she would do if I came into her yard and started stealing shit, you would pull a gun on me, that’s what you would do. So why is it acceptable for them to do that shit to someone else. We all have differing opinions. I don’t have to agree with you but I also don’t have to be disrespectful about it and break the law just because I don’t agree with you. How about you just shut up and stay on your side of the fence. She didn’t like that answer and I didn’t care. We agreed to disagree and life went on. Funny how that works.

The other thing is people losing their shit over a rebel flag. You can step over homeless people sleeping on the sidewalk like it’s no big deal but a rebel flag, that obviously means something different to those who have family members who fought in the civil war, just makes you go nuts? If you can ignore the human trash that’s littering cities across America then clearly you can ignore a flag on someone’s front porch in the boonies. For a group of people that go around telling us to celebrate diversity, they sure do seem a bit intolerant of those that are different than them.

 

[C.J.]

Don’t forget your Trump 2024 flag

They should have a retrofit kit for the Trump 2020 flag. Just a #4 that you sew on over the 0. Depending on how his indictment goes it might have to be a Free Trump 2024 flag.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Chris read this box and tell me your thoughts on the two claims. Advance flex technologies & Hides most subfloor imperfections. I told a GC’s employee after I grinded floor saying it wasn’t too flat, he replied the new Core Tec is supposed to be ok, “is what “they” claim. He got the “claim” part right.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

Here’s where I cut tile to different rooms where hardwood is going in. 1/4” inside the door line to allow the lip of a T mold on top of tile, transition under door, When door closed. Today’s homeowners flagpole, US, Marine,POW, he said his son is in “military”

 

[C.J.]

Chris read this box and tell me your thoughts on the two claims. Advance flex technologies & Hides most subfloor imperfections. I told a GC’s employee after I grinded floor saying it wasn’t too flat, he replied the new Core Tec is supposed to be ok, “is what “they” claim. He got the “claim” part right.

What the box says is just a bunch of jibba jab meant to help sell product to those that either don’t know any better or don’t care. It’s called normalized deviation. People have been pushing the limits and straight up breaking the rules so much that it’s considered normal anymore. It’s like driving on the freeway in Charlotte, if you’re not speeding, you’re pissing people off. Doesn’t mean you’ll get a ticket but if you do it’s gonna cost you.

Funny thing is people complain that there is no pride or craftsmanship anymore. How can there be when the very product you’re getting paid to install straight up says rules don’t matter on the box. That’s some Ron Popeil bullshit right there, just click it and forget it.

And for the record that ProCore stuff has a very fragile drop n lock butt joint that likes to break under ideal conditions. You’re just asking for problems if the floor isn’t flat. The plank itself may flex but the butt joints will pop open until the end of time.

 

[MikeAntonetti]

I wasn’t sure about if they were improving it somehow so the joints wouldn’t disconnect. From what I grind I try to take out some humps, but dam, slabs are like swells in the ocean.