What did you do today?

[Floorist]

Well the 3/4 ton suspension did make a huge difference with heavy rolls of carpet as far as stability. The ass end would swing around with the 1/2 ton even if the roll was not so heavy.

Worked at one store in the 80s where a guy could get 200 yards of carpet and pad on an S 10. I could only imagine how squirrelry it handled.

 

[C.J.]

What I wouldn’t give for a decent running old school VW caddy. I know you can still find them but just like the busses, you’re gonna pay for one. I’m talkin 1980ish, diesel with a manual transmission. 45+ MPG!!!

I’d put a canopy on the back and prolly some roof racks on top. I’m sure after I load the damn thing up with my saws n stuff that it sure as heck won’t be getting that kinda mileage anymore but even if it got 30 mpg that’s double what I’m currently getting.

 

[highup]

Worked at one store in the 80s where a guy could get 200 yards of carpet and pad on an S 10. I could only imagine how squirrelry it handled.

I was asked to do the seams in 24 new rooms at the Bandon Dunes golf course. It's about 20 miles south of me. I suppose I made 8 trips down there, each time with five 21' rolls of carpet... So 140 yards per run. Yeah, to rode smooth. The carpet was a very dense patterned woven wool material. I was down there for over a month. All I did was cut the carpet pieces to size, align the pattern locations in the rooms and put the seams together. The job just about did me in..... I'd never think of working on a job that size again unless I was advising and supervising.
...the truck had no issues even with a few long uphill grades.

 

[C.J.]

Found a 3 pack of these for a buck at the DG. They’re great for making cut lists. Some guy in front of me found something out on the sales floor for a penny. Don’t know what it was but he was tickled pink about it. The cashiers were peeping back n forth like a couple chickens about it. I guess it’s a thing. I just sat back and took the whole experience in. What a great day.

 

[Tile Tom]

The rust is part of living on the coast for sure. It is more evident around windshields and fenders but it doesn't rot the frames like that wet salt spray that coats the underside of cars. If I built a house over there, I'd embed a sprinkler system in my driveway so the underside of the car would get rinsed off every time I came home.

I actually know a guy that has a system for when he pulls in his garage. Like the car wash

 

[Tile Tom]

Damn good idea. They have underbody sprays at car washes to rinse off all that crap and there’s always a line around the block in the winter for it. I can see why people become snow birds. I’m halfway there.

I’m all the way there man.


We leave for Florida on Christmas every year. Spend about a month in the Orlando area. Been trying to figure a way to spend the whole winter there but my kids in school. The school already gives me a hard time about him missing 3 weeks of the 4 we go. One week is Xmas break.

 

[highup]

I actually know a guy that has a system for when he pulls in his garage. Like the car wash

Kind of ironic that he has to salt his own driveway so he can leave the next morning.

 

[C.J.]

I’m all the way there man.


We leave for Florida on Christmas every year. Spend about a month in the Orlando area. Been trying to figure a way to spend the whole winter there but my kids in school. The school already gives me a hard time about him missing 3 weeks of the 4 we go. One week is Xmas break.

Good man!!! I haven’t made it to Florida yet but I imagine it’s a lot like Phoenix with humidity.

 

[Tile Tom]

Kind of ironic that he has to salt his own driveway so he can leave the next morning.

His driveway is heated! It’s all stamped concrete with in floor heat. No plowing/ shoveling for him…… yeah, HE’S rich!

 

[Tile Tom]

Good man!!! I haven’t made it to Florida yet but I imagine it’s a lot like Phoenix with humidity.

It’s the best! January is high 70’s-low 80’s. NO humidity!!!


Even more fun because I have a 10 year old. So universal studios is a place we spend a lot of time at. As well as a few other fun places.


Warm sunshine and palm trees do big things for someone when you look in your ring camera at home to see 5’ of snow & a daily high of 3 degrees.

 

[zannej]

Man, my driveway is just dirt. Used to have gravel but when we came back from overseas our gravel was gone and our neighbors' driveway was filled with identical looking gravel. Not difficult to put 2&2 together on that one.

Heated driveway sounds pretty cool.

Rested yesterday. Tried to rest today bc my legs really hate me. Having a hard time squatting/moving from seated to standing & vice versa. Kitties approve of the new cat tree, although Rupert keeps wanting to climb up me and sit on me. I'm his personal warmer. He's snuggled up with me right now. Got a satin throw on black friday sale and Ginger seems to love it. She parked herself on it almost immediately. Itsy likes it too. Got a satin cap to keep my stupid hair up and hopefully keep it from tangling while I sleep. It gets wrapped around stuff and sticks to my neck, gets in my face, etc. The cap also covers my ears and keeps them warm. It looks stupid AF but its comfortable.

Went to post office and got a bunch of packages. A cop saw me carrying an armload of stuff and offered to open my truck door for me so I could put stuff in. Another man opened the door to the post office for me when I had my arms full and another one helped carry one of the boxes. I normally don't like people but there were some nice ones today. The one who opened the door for me apparently fell down the steps before-- same step where I fell. I mentioned I was taking the ramp instead of stairs since I fell before and he said same thing happened to him. That's at least 4 people that fell on those steps before they painted the last one with textured paint. LOL.

I discovered that Itsy will sleep on the cat tree when I'm not home or not in my room. Cats are starting to pile on me now. LOL.

 

[MSLI]

We leave for Florida on Christmas every year. Spend about a month in the Orlando area. Been trying to figure a way to spend the whole winter there but my kids in school. The school already gives me a hard time about him missing 3 weeks of the 4 we go. One week is Xmas break.

Take a Teacher with you

A cop saw me carrying an armload of stuff and

I thought that story was going to end differently Z

 

[zannej]

Over on the plumbing forums someone mentioned that there was an episode of Unsellable Houses with the late Terry Love's family. https://watch.hgtv.com/video/unsellable-houses-hgtv-atve-us/impossible-expectations

Terry was a sweet man. He gave me some good plumbing advice, helped me (via advice) to install a toilet for the first time & just a couple weeks before he died he was encouraging me to finish my bathroom reno. Cancer sucks!

I'll share the frustrations of my day later. Trying to focus on happier things. Found a really cool hand-forged medieval style flatware set on Cyber Monday deal (sale is over with now). The set looks like this:


I saw another somewhat similar set that had a corkscrew and thought it would be cool to have a matching one (even if only digitally), so I played around in MSPaint and came up with some options. Which one do you guys like best?



Or any suggestions for improving the style? I'm thinking maybe the bottom ones could have the side pieces shorter? Not sure. But larger like that would give a good grip for twisting.

 

[havasu]

Problem with those corkscrews is they are really hard to use. I end up straddling the bottle with my feet, them pulling up where they usually smack my gut or chin. If I had one like those, I'd place it in a shadowbox frame and mount it on red velvet.

 

[zannej]

Problem with those corkscrews is they are really hard to use. I end up straddling the bottle with my feet, them pulling up where they usually smack my gut or chin. If I had one like those, I'd place it in a shadowbox frame and mount it on red velvet.

Yeah, they are purely decorative. I'm just creating some images for a digital setup. I do D&D worldbuilding
I like the corkscrew things with the wing like handles that you push down to pull the cork out.

Which one did you like the best from the collage?

 

[MSLI]

Which one did you like the best from the collage?

I find “ A’s “ shape more aesthetic than the others.

With a name like Terry Love how can you not be giving of your time and encouragement to others. Sorry for the loss of your friend Z

 

[zannej]

So, because Mom wasn't eating right (which meant she wasn't taking her insulin regularly) while she had Covid and somehow got a UTI, she ended up going into diabetic ketoacidosis. Her blood sugar was 900 when we got her to the ER. They don't have an ICU at that hospital so she's being transferred to another one and they said I couldn't go with her. Got home after midnight. Hoping everything goes smoothly on the transfer. I gave my number for them to call to update me or in case of emergency. Hoping she will recover quickly, but we need to get a better system for her blood sugar monitoring. She doesn't check her sugars.

 

[C.J.]

So, because Mom wasn't eating right (which meant she wasn't taking her insulin regularly) while she had Covid and somehow got a UTI, she ended up going into diabetic ketoacidosis. Her blood sugar was 900 when we got her to the ER. They don't have an ICU at that hospital so she's being transferred to another one and they said I couldn't go with her. Got home after midnight. Hoping everything goes smoothly on the transfer. I gave my number for them to call to update me or in case of emergency. Hoping she will recover quickly, but we need to get a better system for her blood sugar monitoring. She doesn't check her sugars.

Dang it, Z, that’s rough. We went through the same thing with my old man and it’s a tough job. Funny how sometimes he would forget to take his medication but he never forgot to eat.

Right around this time of year is especially a tough time because everywhere you go someone has holiday treats out for you. Christmas cookies, peanut brittle, fudge. I don’t do fudge anymore cus some people make it with Velveeta and I just won’t take that chance. Then you got the whole liquid side of the equation. Hot cider, hot cocoa, egg nog and foofy alcohol drinks. I don’t drink most of those mentioned things but can sure as hell make egg nog disappear faster than I can beer . Same thing with a pack of Oreos. What is a serving size of Oreos anyway. 3? Should be one half of the package cus that’s what I’m gonna eat.

 

[Floorist]

So, because Mom wasn't eating right (which meant she wasn't taking her insulin regularly) while she had Covid and somehow got a UTI, she ended up going into diabetic ketoacidosis. Her blood sugar was 900 when we got her to the ER. They don't have an ICU at that hospital so she's being transferred to another one and they said I couldn't go with her. Got home after midnight. Hoping everything goes smoothly on the transfer. I gave my number for them to call to update me or in case of emergency. Hoping she will recover quickly, but we need to get a better system for her blood sugar monitoring. She doesn't check her sugars.

My wife has the Dexcom, it sounds an alarm when your sugar gets above 180 and also if it drops low.

 

[DarisMulkin]

My wife has the Dexcom, it sounds an alarm when your sugar gets above 180 and also if it drops low.

I had that system and trashed it. out of 10 patches that you apply 1 worked. Patches may not be the right terminalogy.