What did you do today?

[havasu]

I tiled my outdoor shower today.

 

[zannej]

I made breakfast for Mom and then went to Walmart to pick up my RX.
We both had Chinese leftovers for lunch. I'm about to take a nap.

 

[Floorist]

Just got out of the hospital again. Someone there stole my damn phone.

 

[C.J.]

I was wiping down some countertops with acetone today. Dad gum if you won’t be reminded of every cut and scrape you have on your hands. That **** hurts!

 

[highup]

Can you blame them we can be scary looking.

Artists at a wee bit off. They just have to accept it.
You know the guys in the unwrinkled blue shirts and polyester pants like in the Empire Carpet ads?
...the ones with no scraps or unfinished edges to be seen, and the carpet has already been vacuumed ?
....and the room has a toolbox in the middle of the room with two guys doing absolutely nothing to the carpet edges.
Don't hire them.
Hire the guys with the tattoos.

 

[Floorist]

Artists at a wee bit off. They just have to accept it.
You know the guys in the unwrinkled blue shirts and polyester pants like in the Empire Carpet ads?
...the ones with no scraps or unfinished edges to be seen, and the carpet has already been vacuumed ?
....and the room has a toolbox in the middle of the room with two guys doing absolutely nothing to the carpet edges.
Don't hire them.
Hire the guys with the tattoos.

Years ago, installers would line up outside Empire and bid on jobs. So the customer would get the cheapest installer. How could that go wrong?

 

[highup]

I can fill a 5 gallon bucket in a day if I’m doing a lot of rip cuts. Especially if it’s real wood vs MDF.

Wow, even when installing the first was minimal. I never did much volume.

 

[highup]

Years ago, installers would line up outside Empire and bid on jobs. So the customer would get the cheapest installer. How could that go wrong?

That's not true. They never hired me

 

[highup]

I tiled my outdoor shower today.View attachment 18969View attachment 18970

What will the neighbors think?

 

[highup]

Just got out of the hospital again. Someone there stole my damn phone.

Assuming you tried calling it?

 

[Floorist]

Assuming you tried calling it?

I think they blocked our other numbers.

 

[highup]

I think they blocked our other numbers.

..makes you wish phones were still dialup and on the kitchen wall by the recorder.
I can imagine the panic. I've temporarily lost one...misplaced it a few times and the panic sets in fast. That sucks.

 

[Floorist]

Got a new phone. Cricket locked the other phone and blacklisted it.

 

[MSLI]

Got a new phone. Cricket locked the other phone and blacklisted it.

You would think the carrier could hack in, take a picture of the thief’s face and then forward it to 5 O

 

[Incognito]

I think they blocked our other numbers.

Most likely they'll want to pop out the SIM card. The whole point of that card is to TRACK you. So they'd have to be very foolish not to remove and replace.

 

[Floorist]

Got a new phone.

I have AF, so they are monitoring my heart for 14 days to see if I am a candidate for a "watchman". I can't have blood thinners because of anemia.

https://www.watchman.com/en-us/home.html

 

[C.J.]

My Mullet arrived yesterday. New toys always get me excited. I’m a little achy today so I’m staying home. Guess I’ll have to be patient and wait a day or two. It will give me a reason to go in this weekend cus I’ve got a project on my mind.

At my job we like to mess around with side projects after hours. I’ve got some black filler and crystal clear wax that is supposed to be delivered today. Dave’s workbench top has seen better days so I figured I would skim the top with black filler, sand it smooth and wax the piss out of it. I did the same thing to my bench but I sprayed a few coats of poly instead of waxing it. Everybody thought I was crazy until I was done. I think it came out pretty damn nice for a workbench top, but not too nice that you don’t really want to work on it cus it’s so nice. Anyway, I think Dave will be pleasantly surprised come Monday morning.

Does anybody else still make or pimp out their stuff? Your van, front or back, inside or out? Your tools? Your workspace? Anything?

Must not be that much of a thing anymore because I do get some strange looks at the things I’ve made. Don’t care, those things literally make my life easier and they didn’t cost that much for materials or take that long to make. The router sled took me maybe an hour to build while I was BS’n with my buddy, all the others were each a day project.

 

[zannej]

Rusty, sorry about your phone getting stolen. I hope karma gets whoever it was. Glad you were able to get a new phone, but it still sucks losing the old one.

CJ, hope you are feeling better today.

Samsclub and chinese place yesterday. Today I'm resting and breaking up cat fights. It's been raining so kitties have a bit of cabin fever and Senator Snugglebum is being an ***. He attacked two of the female cats (not trying to mate with them-- actually wanting to fight them for no apparent reason) and his brothers took umbrage. Biscuits defended Ginger, got his *** whipped by Snugglebum and made a French retreat because Yasuke jumped in to fight Snugs. Then Gravy Jones jumped in to defend Bethesda when Snugs attacked her. It's weird because Snugglebum and Bethesda usually get along. They groom each other and cuddle but he's in a bad mood today.

I was trying to find the door lever for my bathroom earlier. Found 3 boxes of knobs and the 3rd was the right one. I couldn't remember why I had one of the knob sets and then remembered its for my bedroom door. The other knob set is for the guest bathroom-- which I really need to start working on. Need to use my Stanley Fatmax Fubar to demo the existing guest bathroom and to clear out all the junk in the hallway that my brother just shoved there.


As an aside, this gave me a chuckle

 

[Floorist]

Thanks. Cricket was able to transfer my contacts and pictures, before they locked the old phone. It is just a paperweight to who ever has it. It is on a list that no company will activate. I did not know that the phone companies keep a list of stolen phones.

 

[zannej]

I didn't know they were able to retrieve the photos and contacts remotely like that. I wonder if whoever has it now will try to sell it to some unsuspecting rube or if they will try to use it for parts. My friend used to unlock phones and help set up used phones for people but he had someone who brought him a stolen phone and told them they were s.o.l. on getting it activated. I didn't know they could blacklist phones like that though. I wonder if that works if they change the sim card in it.

Been a lazy day watching Youtube videos.