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Sunoverbeach Offline
#251 Posted: Sun, Aug 28 2022, 9:07 PM EST
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Handrail and doorframes painted in upper hallway/stairwell. Interior decorator has chosen a wall color. Sample will be painted before buying a 5gal bucket, because I learn from my mistakes.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#252 Posted: Sun, Aug 28 2022, 9:46 PM EST
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Storm tried to interrupt my smoking time, but cat like reflexes allowed me enough time to relocate to cover
BuckyB93 Offline
#253 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 12:53 AM EST
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Traveling down memory lanes. Converting some old camcorder tapes to digital. I want to get them in a media format that won't degrade over time.

Some snipets... Kids learning to crawl and walk.. tossing food off the highchair and the dog was right there to clean up (I swear the rug rats did it on purpose.. I don't like green beans so toss them on the floor and the dog will eat them. Some clips of family members that have passed away. They may be gone physically but the memories live on and captured on vids.

I'm not too proud to admit that I've shed some teasr watching the tapes.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#254 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:08 AM EST
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Morning, peoples. Dragging my butt back to the rat race
MACS Offline
#255 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:45 AM EST
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Mornin' dudes... still kinda dark at 0645.

Coffee done. Time to get moving. Tank ain't gon' walk hisself. Well, I'm sure he would, but he's so damn handsome somebody would steal him.
8trackdisco Offline
#256 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 7:16 AM EST
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72 now, topping out at 85, high humidity and rain.

Off to shpo.
deadeyedick Offline
#257 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 7:19 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Morning, peoples. Dragging my butt back to the rat race


Monday morning mourning?
danmdevries Offline
#258 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 7:30 AM EST
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Bought a log splitter yesterday.

Makes more sense money wise to rent once or twice a year but I was just tired of doing that and rushing to get the job done and machine returned on time.

Ram27 Offline
#259 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 7:31 AM EST
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Just another Monday...........
dkeage Offline
#260 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 7:40 AM EST
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44 here in Montana. Be 88 when we get back to the house in Wyoming
DrafterX Offline
#261 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 9:36 AM EST
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Cool Dudes...
Ram27 Offline
#262 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 9:44 AM EST
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X is in the house. Herfing
DrafterX Offline
#263 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 9:56 AM EST
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danmdevries wrote:
Bought a log splitter yesterday.

Makes more sense money wise to rent once or twice a year but I was just tired of doing that and rushing to get the job done and machine returned on time.




No kids around to take care of that..?? Huh
deadeyedick Offline
#264 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 10:13 AM EST
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A 5 miler finished. Been feeling energetic, so I took apart all the wood slats from the front porch bench. Gonna sand it down and refinish with new stain and varnish. Prolly take a few days in between smokes and beer though.
Stogie1020 Offline
#265 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 10:50 AM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
A 5 miler finished. Been feeling energetic, so I took apart all the wood slats from the front porch bench. Gonna sand it down and refinish with new stain and varnish. Prolly take a few days in between smokes and beer though.


Good projects take time.... You just can't rush them.
MACS Offline
#266 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 11:04 AM EST
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That sounds like a plan, DED.

I'm prolly gonna be busier than a one-legged man in an ass-kickin' contest for the next couple weeks. Prolly gonna spend a buncha money on stuff, too. d'oh!

Momma's gonna want stuff to fill da house. Poppa's gonna need new lawn equipment. Mower, trimmer, edger... my buddy has EGO stuff. Battery operated. He has the mower, edger, trimmer and blower. All take the same battery.

Seen some electric craftsman stuff at Lowe's... Under $600 for mower, trimmer, blower and extra battery pack. Never used cordless yard machines. Not sure if I want to do that or just buy a gas mower. As early as you have to mow in the summer... cordless would probably be best.
HockeyDad Offline
#267 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 11:09 AM EST
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I got the EGO mower. Works fine on Cali grass. Not sure how it will work on Florida grass which is likely St Augustine. I got Ryobi for the string trimmer and attachments. I think I’m gonna junk it all and get a Mexican.
Gene363 Offline
#268 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 11:10 AM EST
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Good Monday Afternoon, got up a little late with a stiff back so I'm taking it easy, just a Costco run today. It's already 83° on the way to 85° today.
deadeyedick Offline
#269 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 12:47 PM EST
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I have two Ryobi blowers and three battery packs, one for each house. They work fine for leaves and light stuff but I also have the Toro electric when I really need a larger BJ. Not sure how well and for how long the hedge trimmer and mowers work but the reg size battery packs for the blower only lasts about 15-20 minutes. I'm sure the mower pack is larger.
danmdevries Offline
#270 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 1:30 PM EST
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Tornado sirens are hollering and its 9pm dark outside. Moved some potted plants indoors and weighed down other things. NWS says 80mph winds. Looks like a good one. Gonna sit on the front stoop n watch. Neighbor across the street is still shooting on his range.
MACS Offline
#271 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 1:32 PM EST
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Yeah... maybe a gas mower and electric trimmer and blower, like I had before. That Toro worked very well and doubled as a vacuum.

Plan is still to price out the artificial for the back yard.
Ram27 Offline
#272 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 1:56 PM EST
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Hopefully passes danm.d'oh!
Gene363 Offline
#273 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 2:21 PM EST
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F'ing Costco!

Went to Cosco today, our basket had an unusually small number of items so we tried the self-checkout line. To be clear, in most stores I prefer the self-checkout. The first problem, we could not drop a box in the scanned items bin to eliminate the extra time to load the boxes after checking out. It's too hot here in Georgia to do that in the sunny parking lot. Then the scanned items bin holds much less than a partially shopping cart, so the items must be piled high. They also cannot be removed from the scanned items bin to load the shopping cart as we are checking out. The self-checkout arrangement is not suitable for a volume store where many customers fill up a shopping cart and possibly two carts. This problem needs to be fixed, by re-designing the self-checkout isles, programming self-scanning of items with a cellphone, (like a similar chain already does), or hiring more checkers.
danmdevries Offline
#274 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 2:38 PM EST
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I was unimpressed with the storm. Big promises, little delivery.

But I am impressed with the flank steak and skirt steak I cooked sous vide at 130 for 2 hours. I've cooked those cuts before, long marinade and short sear as well as a low n slow bbq style. Always tough n chewy.

These are as tender as a pork tenderloin. Just falls apart in the mouth. Great flavor too. Did one with lemon slices and cilantro, the other with butter and thyme. Of course both had salt pepper and garlic powder.

Wife is unimpressed says it tastes like meat that isn't chicken.

She wanted me to try making chimichangas for dinner. Got some chicken thawing. Imma have fajitas.
Stogie1020 Offline
#275 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 2:47 PM EST
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Man, Skirt steak is one of the best cuts out there!

Being unimpressed with skirt steak is like saying, "yeah, that wasn't a very good BJ"... Within reason, even if it's terrible it's still good.
Ram27 Offline
#276 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 2:53 PM EST
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Totally lost on your self checkout at Costco Brick wall Most be a different set for us Yankees.d'oh!

I use the wand scan and bag.
danmdevries Offline
#277 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 3:04 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
Man, Skirt steak is one of the best cuts out there!

Being unimpressed with skirt steak is like saying, "yeah, that wasn't a very good BJ"... Within reason, even if it's terrible it's still good.


I've had terrible on both those and didn't finish either.

I've thought I could learn to like beef if I could learn how to cook it right. The sous vide is a big fat easy button.

I've tried to do skirt steak a few times but it's expensive and I've never gotten it right. This one was $22/lb but it was just 0.75lb. The flank steak was $18/lb and was about the same weight. $30 for one meals worth is an awful lot but goddamn it's delicious.
Gene363 Offline
#278 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 3:15 PM EST
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Ram27 wrote:
Totally lost on your self checkout at Costco Brick wall Most be a different set for us Yankees.d'oh!

I use the wand scan and bag.


Apparently, our local Sam's does that, but even if they have a wand at Costco the scanned item has to go into the scanned items bin to be weighed. They check the weight to make sure some theiving A-Hole didn't slip streaks into a cereal box. We have a gypsy/Irish Travelers camp in this gypsies are notorious shoplifters/scammers.
Ram27 Offline
#279 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 3:18 PM EST
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^Okay now I follow you.
MACS Offline
#280 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 4:08 PM EST
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Gene... this is one reason why I will go to Sam's club over Costco if I can. Sam's club app on my phone allows me to scan sh-t as I put it IN the cart... when I am done loading the cart, I swipe the "pay now" and walk out of the damn store. Receipt barcode on my phone. Buying booze? No worries... lady at the door makes sure you're 21.

Costco is dragging their feet on this and I have NO idea why. It's frickin' brilliant. And people still get in line at Sam's... and I laugh at those people.
corey sellers Offline
#281 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 4:36 PM EST
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Afternoon Tank and Mac and fella's
Gene363 Offline
#282 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:05 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Gene... this is one reason why I will go to Sam's club over Costco if I can. Sam's club app on my phone allows me to scan sh-t as I put it IN the cart... when I am done loading the cart, I swipe the "pay now" and walk out of the damn store. Receipt barcode on my phone. Buying booze? No worries... lady at the door makes sure you're 21.

Costco is dragging their feet on this and I have NO idea why. It's frickin' brilliant. And people still get in line at Sam's... and I laugh at those people.


Yes, it was your previous post that makes their current system look so lame. I posted the same stuff on the Costco Facebook page, they have no email address, they just want you to call them, something I'm not interested in at all.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#283 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:07 PM EST
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I like meat that isn't chicken, dammit. I like chicken too for that matter
delta1 Offline
#284 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:10 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Traveling down memory lanes. Converting some old camcorder tapes to digital. I want to get them in a media format that won't degrade over time.

Some snipets... Kids learning to crawl and walk.. tossing food off the highchair and the dog was right there to clean up (I swear the rug rats did it on purpose.. I don't like green beans so toss them on the floor and the dog will eat them. Some clips of family members that have passed away. They may be gone physically but the memories live on and captured on vids.

I'm not too proud to admit that I've shed some teasr watching the tapes.


thank goodness for the memory aids, like photos and videos...helps to bring back loved ones and past events accurately, and in all their glory...unlike reliance on aging memories...they will become more valuable the older we get...
delta1 Offline
#285 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:12 PM EST
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hmmmm...howcome I've never thought about a BJ while eating skirt steak?

even while eating fajitas at a diner next to the beach on da Big Island
deadeyedick Offline
#286 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:17 PM EST
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Present value calculation:

Most of my adult life I have done my own maintenance on my houses and saved whatever it would cost to have a landscaper/painter, etc do it for me. The dividend was some knowledge gained and the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Now I’m older and have a new calculation rational. I just discovered an underground leak in my bubbler system. It is about 103 degrees outside and I could dig it up, go to Home Depot for the $2 part I need to fix it, cover it back up and be done in about one hour. Or I can call my landscape guy who will send a $15/ hour laborer out and charge me $50 to fix it in about ten minutes, while I lay in the pool with a cold drink and a cigar.

If I do it myself, I get a bad back for maybe the next 4-5 days, walking around stooped over complaining, sweat my gonads off for one hour, take Alleve and listen to the wifey tisk, tisk me incessantly.

Guy should be here any minute. Angel
delta1 Offline
#287 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:28 PM EST
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fog

ThumpUp ThumpUp
HockeyDad Offline
#288 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:31 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Present value calculation:

Most of my adult life I have done my own maintenance on my houses and saved whatever it would cost to have a landscaper/painter, etc do it for me. The dividend was some knowledge gained and the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Now I’m older and have a new calculation rational. I just discovered an underground leak in my bubbler system. It is about 103 degrees outside and I could dig it up, go to Home Depot for the $2 part I need to fix it, cover it back up and be done in about one hour. Or I can call my landscape guy who will send a $15/ hour laborer out and charge me $50 to fix it in about ten minutes, while I lay in the pool with a cold drink and a cigar.

If I do it myself, I get a bad back for maybe the next 4-5 days, walking around stooped over complaining, sweat my gonads off for one hour, take Alleve and listen to the wifey tisk, tisk me incessantly.

Guy should be here any minute. Angel


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Gene363 Offline
#289 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 5:34 PM EST
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deadeyedick wrote:
Present value calculation:

Most of my adult life I have done my own maintenance on my houses and saved whatever it would cost to have a landscaper/painter, etc do it for me. The dividend was some knowledge gained and the satisfaction of accomplishment.

Now I’m older and have a new calculation rational. I just discovered an underground leak in my bubbler system. It is about 103 degrees outside and I could dig it up, go to Home Depot for the $2 part I need to fix it, cover it back up and be done in about one hour. Or I can call my landscape guy who will send a $15/ hour laborer out and charge me $50 to fix it in about ten minutes, while I lay in the pool with a cold drink and a cigar.

If I do it myself, I get a bad back for maybe the next 4-5 days, walking around stooped over complaining, sweat my gonads off for one hour, take Alleve and listen to the wifey tisk, tisk me incessantly.

Guy should be here any minute. Angel


My life.
MACS Offline
#290 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 6:15 PM EST
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Cost benefit analysis.

I will do what I am confident and capable of doing. When I have doubts... I pay someone.
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#291 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 7:05 PM EST
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Shpo Fun:

-Guy with a 2009 Lexus something had an estimate on work to be done. Under $300 in total. He left the vehicle there and is not returning calls. Ticket and Tow time! Getting the work done would have been cheaper.

-Drove a GMC pick up (2010ish). The steering wheel had a suicide knob on it! Reminded my of driving tractors back on the farm.

-Pro-Tip: If you ever buy a vehicle from some mom and pop used car place, put miles on the car early and often. Woman was telling me this is the third time she's had the vehicle in over the last 45 days. The warranty was 30 days or 3,000 miles.
Turns out this dealer and others like them buy vehicles at auction and then send them to a shpo for a good complete physical of sorts.

A car might have five issues. The dealer can tell the shop to fix issues #2 and #4 and leave the rest. They ask for things related to sights (warming lights) and obvious drivability issues (alignments & sounds) but ignore other things- like slow oil leaks.

The thought is, the vehicle will not show issues 1,3 and 5 until after the 30 days or 3,000 miles.

Shenanigans!

8trackdisco Offline
#292 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 8:29 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
thank goodness for the memory aids, like photos and videos...helps to bring back loved ones and past events accurately, and in all their glory...unlike reliance on aging memories...they will become more valuable the older we get...


Still haven't seen our wedding video from 1995. It's on VHS tape somewhere.
The world needs to see that dashing mullet.
Sunoverbeach Offline
#293 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 10:39 PM EST
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I've had to watch ours about a half a dozen times. Had some family friends record. The high points were caught, but I particularly enjoy the 30mins of baseboard that was captured when they forgot to stop recording
dkeage Offline
#294 Posted: Mon, Aug 29 2022, 10:51 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
I've had to watch ours about a half a dozen times. Had some family friends record. The high points were caught, but I particularly enjoy the 30mins of baseboard that was captured when they forgot to stop recording



Sounds like my bachelor party when I was wearing a GoPro hat....





Disclaimer....what were we talking about? Think
MACS Offline
#295 Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 3:59 AM EST
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I've got CRS. Can't remember sh-t.

Not sure if it was the pot, the concussions, the booze, or a combination of all of them. fog
Sunoverbeach Offline
#296 Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 5:48 AM EST
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I like to think of it as the body's natural defense against information overload.

Morning, peoples
MACS Offline
#297 Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 5:51 AM EST
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Coffee... evacuation of the innards... time for a walk.
8trackdisco Offline
#298 Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 7:11 AM EST
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64 moving to 78 today. Wonder what I will learn today.

Have a fantabulous day, thailers!

What ever happened to Fabulous Nathaniel?
MACS Offline
#299 Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 7:19 AM EST
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Probably the same thing that happened to Homer J Simpson. That guy was funny!
Ram27 Offline
#300 Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2022, 7:47 AM EST
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Tuesday greetings y'all.
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