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MACS Offline
#251 Posted: Sun, May 22 2022, 8:32 PM EST
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^^A lot like a mechanic...

Parts are sometimes pricey, but usually reasonable. It's the expertise and labor that you pay for. And the brother has to pay for those expensive specialty tools... and computer programs... etc.
Stogie1020 Offline
#252 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 12:41 AM EST
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Our 6 1\2 hour drive to the coast took 10 friggin hours... Between the crazy traffic, the very frequent "dad, I think I have to pee" and the probably-toxic toy that exploded its sand interior all over the 2 year old and required a full removal, disassembly and cleaning of her car seat some where outside of Blythe, we got to the rental just in time for dinner. Squeezing the minivan into a garage sized for a Prius was just the final challenge.

Smoking a cigar and drinking a beer on the patio to wind down. Wait, is it legal to smoke on one's patio in California? Fuggit. I am doing it anyway.
BuckyB93 Offline
#253 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 1:01 AM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Our 6 1\2 hour drive to the coast took 10 friggin hours... Between the crazy traffic, the very frequent "dad, I think I have to pee" and the probably-toxic toy that exploded its sand interior all over the 2 year old and required a full removal, disassembly and cleaning of her car seat some where outside of Blythe, we got to the rental just in time for dinner. Squeezing the minivan into a garage sized for a Prius was just the final challenge.

Smoking a cigar and drinking a beer on the patio to wind down. Wait, is it legal to smoke on one's patio in California? Fuggit. I am doing it anyway.


Ahhh... (in a relax form), the day of toddlers. Someday you'll reflect back and wish you could capture those days.

My kids are mid teens. "Dad, can you put some money on my ATM card? I'm going shopping with my friends for summer clothes."

I complied with an agreement that they get a summer job like last year once school is out. I'm open to give them money but they have to get a part time job in the summer and good grades in school.
Palama Offline
#254 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 1:03 AM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Our 6 1\2 hour drive to the coast took 10 friggin hours... Between the crazy traffic, the very frequent "dad, I think I have to pee" and the probably-toxic toy that exploded its sand interior all over the 2 year old and required a full removal, disassembly and cleaning of her car seat some where outside of Blythe, we got to the rental just in time for dinner. Squeezing the minivan into a garage sized for a Prius was just the final challenge.

Smoking a cigar and drinking a beer on the patio to wind down. Wait, is it legal to smoke on one's patio in California? Fuggit. I am doing it anyway.


Holy chit! Where the frank do you live that it takes so long to drive to the Left Coast? Scared

Man, you’re gonna need a vacation to recover from your vacation!

Nonetheless, enjoy your time with your family!
Stogie1020 Offline
#255 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 1:24 AM EST
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Thanks. Phx to Newport Beach. As long as the kids have a good time, I am happy...
Palama Offline
#256 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 4:18 AM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Thanks. Phx to Newport Beach. As long as the kids have a good time, I am happy...


Yup! ThumpUp
Sunoverbeach Offline
#257 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 5:16 AM EST
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Enjoy your trip, Stogie. Hopefully more so than the drive anyway.

Monday morning, peoples. Up and at 'em. We can't all be slacking this week.

Yeah, I know several of you can, but still
8trackdisco Offline
#258 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 6:42 AM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Ahhh... (in a relax form), the day of toddlers. Someday you'll reflect back and wish you could capture those days.


Neither my wife or I enjoyed the infant through two almost three years. Years three through eight were the best.
The Wold starts getting to them about the same time school becomes less fun, they start comparing what they have vs other kids, hormones, girls, and girls hormones don’t make it any better.

Finally on their own, they come back around and it feels good. The relief we didn’t totally screw him up.

YMMV
MACS Offline
#259 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 6:57 AM EST
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My kid was a peach until about 13-ish. Then he knew everything.

Even as a baby and a toddler. Very rarely was he fussy. When he was into lego's it was awesome. I was, too. LOL
deadeyedick Offline
#260 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 7:09 AM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Our 6 1\2 hour drive to the coast took 10 friggin hours... Between the crazy traffic, the very frequent "dad, I think I have to pee" and the probably-toxic toy that exploded its sand interior all over the 2 year old and required a full removal, disassembly and cleaning of her car seat some where outside of Blythe, we got to the rental just in time for dinner. Squeezing the minivan into a garage sized for a Prius was just the final challenge.

Smoking a cigar and drinking a beer on the patio to wind down. Wait, is it legal to smoke on one's patio in California? Fuggit. I am doing it anyway.


Shuda just rented in Blythe. Wonderful place. Many years ago on a nice 114 degree day I spent a week there one day with brake issues.
Ram27 Offline
#261 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 7:17 AM EST
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Monday greetings y'all, enjoy Stogie. Applause
deadeyedick Offline
#262 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 7:24 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
https://imgur.com/gallery/nPoYe5k


Trying to keep moving but I'm struggling. Goal is to get halfway today.


Finally I could see the pic. Looks like nice work. Guess I was thinking brick pavers all along. I have never seen that kind as everybody uses brick in my area. I had Alahandro install a paver sidewalk from front driveway around to the pool deck last year and I like it much better than concrete. Cost about $10 sq/ft IIRC.
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#263 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 7:55 AM EST
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Welcome back to Monday fellas.

Boy's last day of 3rd grade today.

Getting back at the patio in a bit. Want to wait for a little sunshine to dry the dew off everything. Sharp casting flakes on the edges of some of the pavers already sliced up two pair of leather gloves, don't need em wet and slippery on top of sharp and cutty. Goal today is to get to the well head.
MACS Offline
#264 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 7:57 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Shuda just rented in Blythe. Wonderful place. Many years ago on a nice 114 degree day I spent a week there one day with brake issues.


Ain't nuthin' in Blythe but a Riverside County jail with about 100+ inmates.
HockeyDad Offline
#265 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 10:57 AM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:

Smoking a cigar and drinking a beer on the patio to wind down. Wait, is it legal to smoke on one's patio in California? Fuggit. I am doing it anyway.


You’ll prolly have to check local ordnances. Luckily since the whole state thinks it’s immune compromised and are still wearing masks the neighbors won’t smell the cigar smoke. If they are not wearing masks they will prolly just cough or sneeze or some other passive aggressive thing.
HockeyDad Offline
#266 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 11:00 AM EST
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Shower glass install crew arrived today. Bottom tile was not installed yet so they could not install the glass. Misfire.
Gene363 Online
#267 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 11:22 AM EST
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Good Monday Morning! It's 68° on the way to 82°, a severe thunderstorm passed over earlier today, rain off and on most of the day.
rfenst Offline
#268 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 2:25 PM EST
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Hot and humid in Orlando today.

Going down to Miami overnight to find a place for my son to rent for August 1, when school begins, and returning tomorrow evening. 500 miles round-trip. Thankfully, the weather is cooler, less humid and there is a breeze there.

Gonna go eat at Versailles at least once, but probably twice (dinner tonight and lunch tomorrow)!
Stogie1020 Offline
#269 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 4:55 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Shuda just rented in Blythe. Wonderful place. Many years ago on a nice 114 degree day I spent a week there one day with brake issues.


Lol! Man, all of Blythe was like the bad neighborhoods in Kingman. I don't envy you having to spend the entire day there. Even the Starbucks in Blythe was super sketchy.
8trackdisco Offline
#270 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 6:57 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Lol! Man, all of Blythe was like the bad neighborhoods in Kingman. I don't envy you having to spend the entire day there. Even the Starbucks in Blythe was super sketchy.


Remember being in Kingman and seeing that trailer park that went on seemingly forever. Was in awe of such a sight.
8trackdisco Offline
#271 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 7:03 PM EST
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Big props to DED. 5 miles nearly every day.
At the shpo today it was less busy than usual. Fitbit counted 12,000+ steps.
Add to the walking part slinging a dozen tires from one place to the next along with loading up a moped into the back of a jacked up pick up truck, its like a white trash triathlon

Tile guy back today. 98.2% done.
One of the lights in the kitchen with a 20 year warranty wouldn't turn on today.
Guess we are lucky. We only had 19 years, 11 months and 28 days left.

How long it will take to get him back might be the issue.
danmdevries Offline
#272 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 8:48 PM EST
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Got the patio to the well head and then some.

Did other things.

Ate too much.
delta1 Online
#273 Posted: Mon, May 23 2022, 9:44 PM EST
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getting a work out just reading all the activities going on in here.... couched during the past few hours watching Dodgers lay a whoopin on the Nats...going for a 3-4 mile walk after sundown...
Sunoverbeach Offline
#274 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 5:10 AM EST
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Top o' the Tuesday morning to ya, peoples.
8trackdisco Offline
#275 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 6:20 AM EST
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Ready to go at it again.
Getting back onto 24 ounces of water before allowing myself coffee. Had fallen off that wagon.
Start whipping that Tuesday horse.
Ram27 Offline
#276 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 6:57 AM EST
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Tuesday greetings friends. horse
deadeyedick Offline
#277 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 6:59 AM EST
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Giddy up!

Only thing on the list for the day is buying socks. Life in the fast lane baby!
8trackdisco Offline
#278 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 7:03 AM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
Tuesday greetings friends. horse


What are you going to do today, Ram?
8trackdisco Offline
#279 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 7:04 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Giddy up!

Only thing on the list for the day is buying socks. Life in the fast lane baby!


Knock your socks off, DED.
Ram27 Offline
#280 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 7:33 AM EST
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Doing laundry ^8 now and records request from one of my doc's for Thursday appointment. Coffee and cigar first.
MACS Offline
#281 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 11:19 AM EST
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Walked the dog for a short one today. He kept wanting to stop and was being hard headed, so he can sit in the back yard all day.
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#282 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 12:17 PM EST
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Yay! I got to send out 2 form letters today! I wonder if I'll get Customer Service Rep of the Year again? I might have to get a trophy case.
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#283 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 2:00 PM EST
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CelticBomber wrote:
Yay! I got to send out 2 form letters today! I wonder if I'll get Customer Service Rep of the Year again? I might have to get a LARGER trophy case.


fixed
Palama Offline
#284 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 2:02 PM EST
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CelticBomber wrote:
Yay! I got to send out 2 form letters today! I wonder if I'll get Customer Service Rep of the Year again? I might have to get a trophy case.


Thank yew for your service StephAn! Applause
Ram27 Offline
#285 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 2:19 PM EST
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Added to today's list,flowers shopping with better half and grocery trip to Acme. Done!!!Brick wall
Gene363 Online
#286 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 2:25 PM EST
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Good Tuesday afternoon! The temperature is already at the predicted high of 86° and it's pretty nice outside.
MACS Offline
#287 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 3:14 PM EST
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80 here in Sunny SoCal... got a few more things done today.
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#288 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 6:17 PM EST
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Tried to work on patio. It'll be done with like 4-5 hours of work. But my back wasn't cooperating. I spread leveled and compacted 10 more bags of paver base, spread and leveled 4 bags of sand, laid two more pieces of retention trim, and got one more course of tiles set.

I could've finished but I was afraid to push it since I've got a week of paid work starting tomorrow. I was hurting pretty quickly today and could feel a real injury coming while I was trying to set one of the big tiles and said it's not worth it.

Mowed the lawn instead.
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#289 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 7:58 PM EST
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Drove a old, dirty Prius. What’s the fuss?

Almost filled the boss’s gas take for $125.00. The pumps stop pumping (in Wisconsin) when the $125 threshold is met.

Sat in another biohazard vehicle. A bag of dirty laundy from a recent hospital stay locked in the car, in the sun for about 9 hours. Lucky me, opening the door for the test drive.

Think I got the Monkey Pox.
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#290 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 8:05 PM EST
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Went to work. Came home. No risk of major injury. No biohazard vehicles nor $125 gas bills. Feeling pretty good about the day now.
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#291 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 9:09 PM EST
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Palama wrote:
Thank yew for your service StephAn! =d>


I see what yew did there!
Mr. Jones Offline
#292 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 9:51 PM EST
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Getting w.e.a.k. around here ...

Tired old threads...

No new blood ..
Sunoverbeach Offline
#293 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 10:01 PM EST
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Well just 207 more posts and you can start a shiny new 500
Palama Offline
#294 Posted: Tue, May 24 2022, 10:06 PM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Tried to work on patio. It'll be done with like 4-5 hours of work. But my back wasn't cooperating. I spread leveled and compacted 10 more bags of paver base, spread and leveled 4 bags of sand, laid two more pieces of retention trim, and got one more course of tiles set.

I could've finished but I was afraid to push it since I've got a week of paid work starting tomorrow. I was hurting pretty quickly today and could feel a real injury coming while I was trying to set one of the big tiles and said it's not worth it.

Mowed the lawn instead.


Weather was nice enough but had lunch in town with HOnizuka and another friend of ours. We were supposed to eat Steamed Duck Noodle at this hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant but they were all out of the steamed duck! Argh! 😤

Hopefully tomorrow’s weather will be the same and I can get some mowing done.
Ram27 Offline
#295 Posted: Wed, May 25 2022, 5:27 AM EST
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Happy Hump Day danm, suno, DED, MAC, Gene & all you peeps. RollEyes
Sunoverbeach Offline
#296 Posted: Wed, May 25 2022, 5:33 AM EST
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Happy humping, Ram & the rest o youse
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#297 Posted: Wed, May 25 2022, 6:51 AM EST
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Back atchu gents. Up and out before the sun. Looks like a string of 100 degree days are headed my way.
MACS Offline
#298 Posted: Wed, May 25 2022, 7:33 AM EST
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Mornin' dudes. 54 headed to 82.

How on Earth does one accumulate so much crap? Brick wall
Gene363 Online
#299 Posted: Wed, May 25 2022, 8:21 AM EST
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Good Wednesday Morning! It's a cool 68° on the way to 86° today.




^ Macs, just wait until you start unpacking the stuff you moved and cannot imagine why you packed some items.
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#300 Posted: Wed, May 25 2022, 10:12 AM EST
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Mr. Jones wrote:
Getting w.e.a.k. around here ...

Tired old threads...

No new blood ..


Righties crushing Lefties in all the forums, not just the Politics section is going to have an impact. We are seeing that now.
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