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deadeyedick Offline
#401 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 6:37 AM EST
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Fore!!

Out for a mountain hike early then dropping by our favorite breakfast place. Plenty of good football 🏈 after that.

Happy long weekend guys!
Ram27 Offline
#402 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 7:13 AM EST
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Hello Saturday and Hello y'all.Herfing
Gene363 Offline
#403 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 8:07 AM EST
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Hello Ram!

Good Saturday Morning! It's 78° on the way to 88° today.
danmdevries Offline
#404 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 9:33 AM EST
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Starting to pack for Colorado. Sending big and heavy stuff with a buddy's RV so I can have a decent loadout to feed a dozen people but not pay for three checked bags. He's not taking his enclosed trailer, just an open trailer so that limits me a bit. No pitbike is gonna be the worst part, I'll be walking 15 miles a day or more. He's leaving Tuesday so I'm gonna stop by after work and load out.

I fly out early Thursday.
HockeyDad Offline
#405 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 9:50 AM EST
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Painting is the chore for the weekend.
frankj1 Offline
#406 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 10:02 AM EST
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hoping for a few degrees warmer so the beach can be visited today, but tomorrow for sure, iff'n it don't rain.
HockeyDad Offline
#407 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 10:09 AM EST
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Temp forecast for the next 6 days: 91, 100, 105, 105, 99, 99.
8trackdisco Offline
#408 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 1:01 PM EST
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First Fall cold front whisking through.

15 mph winds and a hopeful high of 70.
HockeyDad Offline
#409 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 2:25 PM EST
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Burned out an old belt sander. Hadn’t touched it in at least 7 years. Home Depot run done. New little sander works far better and is cordless.

I gotta pitch some ancient power tools I’ve just been lugging around through various relocations.
Ram27 Offline
#410 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 2:50 PM EST
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^ Not before clearing it with Jonesy. Think
MACS Offline
#411 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 3:21 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Painting is the chore for the weekend.


Pffft... Certa Pro just finished up.
BuckyB93 Offline
#412 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 3:45 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Painting is the chore for the weekend.


While doing weekend warrior home improvement projects, I despised doing drywall and painting. Hanging drywall, not too bad but the mudding, skim coating and sanding it sucked.

Painting sucked - taping everything off, brushes, rollers, trays, up and down the ladders, cleaning the brushes and rollers... ugh. I never saved the brushes or rollers. Just put them in bags until the final coat for the particular project was done then I just tossed them. New brushes and rollers were bought when another "honey do" project was forced upon me.

Contractors have it down to a science. Plastic sheets and tape over the stuff that doesn't get painted (windows, doors, etc.) then blast the whole room with a spray gun.
8trackdisco Offline
#413 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 4:23 PM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Burned out an old belt sander.


Geeze, how big is your belt?

Will you be sending him back to Guatemala?
HockeyDad Offline
#414 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 4:57 PM EST
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Doing some sanding mudding, priming, painting to take out some imperfections. My dilemma was to do some of this myself now or wait until October and have pros do it. Once my bathrooms are done, the realtors will do a walkthrough and then I’ll have a cosmetic improvement budget in the area of $15k. Paint, carpet and yards are suggested but paint and carpet would happen after my move out and delay the listing date to sell.

If my fix now sucks I’ll have wasted the weekend and have real painters fix it in November. Sanding and mudding done. Having a cigar and a Robert Young Rachel’s Rose bottle of wine.
Sunoverbeach Online
#415 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 4:58 PM EST
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BuckyB93 wrote:
Contractors have it down to a science. Plastic sheets and tape over the stuff that doesn't get painted (windows, doors, etc.) then blast the whole room with a spray gun.

New construction, yes. But existing and lived in homes, usually the ladders, dropcloths, brushes and rollers. I miss having minions to do the prep work
HockeyDad Offline
#416 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 5:01 PM EST
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I learned a lot watching the pros doing the bathroom remodel. I would have franked that up so bad as DIY.
MACS Offline
#417 Posted: Sat, Sep 3 2022, 7:56 PM EST
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There was one guy who did my painting project and it took him 2 1/2 days with a roller and a brush. Skinny white dude... 60 years old.
deadeyedick Offline
#418 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:03 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Temp forecast for the next 6 days: 91, 100, 105, 105, 99, 99.


Meh. Sounds good to me.

Up and out into 89 headed for 107.
Sunoverbeach Online
#419 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:07 AM EST
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Mrs. Beach's painter doesn't work like that nowadays. He's gotten fat and slow over the years.

Morning, peoples. Off to the nephew's Bday party today. He's into football cards and his grandparents buy him full sets of the current year. Kind of a lame way to collect IMO. So, I did some eBaying and FB Marketplacing, and assembled a decent set of Bears players from 1966-2004. I guess he still doesn't get the thrill of the hunt this way either, but at least I enjoyed myself
MACS Offline
#420 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:37 AM EST
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Congrats on the win, SOB. If you wanna have a little more fun with it, rub it in whistles face. LOL

Mornin' dudes... time to vacate the rest of our stuff from the apartment. Then fill this place with food, beer and booze. BigGrin
Cheno Offline
#421 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:43 AM EST
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Happy Sunday y'all! Slow cooker tacos for dinner tonight, gonna start them soon. I need to get some coffee in me first.
danmdevries Offline
#422 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 8:19 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Burned out an old belt sander. Hadn’t touched it in at least 7 years. Home Depot run done. New little sander works far better and is cordless.

I gotta pitch some ancient power tools I’ve just been lugging around through various relocations.


I'm in the process of converting to pretty much all cordless. Battery tech has finally caught up at least for my use. Circular saw needs new brushes, but instead of that I'm going to replace it with a battery one. Still have a corded sawzall and two corded hammer drills - one of those is a big 15amp motor and can't be replaced by battery yet. Or maybe it can, but I doubt I could afford it, the big one used cost me $800.

I've gotten rid of a lot of corded power tools over the past few years. They sell easy if you sell em cheap. I'll probably dig through my parts bins and try to find brushes that fit the old screw drive circular saw to make it run nice and get $50 for it. I replace when they need to be fixed. If they're still working for what I need, I'm in no rush.

Hell, I've even given up on a lot of pneumatic tools because the modern battery equivalents are better in almost every way. You just can't run em all day in constant use like a pneumatic. But my 1/2" battery impact gun takes wheels off better than my pneumatic gun did and no hoses to drag around.
Ram27 Offline
#423 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 8:42 AM EST
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Hello Sunday and hello peeps. ram27bat
8trackdisco Offline
#424 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 9:50 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Then fill this place with food, beer and booze. BigGrin


'Bout time you get your priorities straight.
Gene363 Offline
#425 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 10:19 AM EST
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Good Sunday Morning! It's 83° on the way to 85° today.
Gene363 Offline
#426 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 10:19 AM EST
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MACS wrote:
Congrats on the win, SOB. If you wanna have a little more fun with it, rub it in whistles face. LOL

Mornin' dudes... time to vacate the rest of our stuff from the apartment. Then fill this place with food, beer and booze. BigGrin



Sounds like someone had a great night's sleep... after. Beer
BuckyB93 Offline
#427 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 1:14 PM EST
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Getting to the end of the garden season. It seemed a bit short this year.

My beans were not very productive. Talking with others in the neighborhood it's not been a good season for them either. The bees haven't been pollinating them. I have one cucumber plant still holding on but they are close to being done. I had a pretty good harvest on cukes. Tomatoes and peppers are still going. Bumper crop of jalapenos.

This was my first year doing the container/garden bag thing.

Next year I'm going to stagger the seed germination. When one series of plants are done, I'll have another set of seedlings ready to go and keep going until a hard frost.
BuckyB93 Offline
#428 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 1:14 PM EST
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Four 2 NINE!
tonygraz Offline
#429 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 1:35 PM EST
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My beans were ok, cukes didn't last long, peppers and tomatoes ok, squash still producing. Problems with something eating tomatoes and digging near plants. First lettuce crop was OK, but the heat and drought stopped the next two plantings. This year's garden is about 1/6 th of what I used to plant. I had time for a big garden until a few years after I retired.
HockeyDad Offline
#430 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 1:44 PM EST
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My tomatoes have sucked for the last two years. It’s not getting hot enough. They grow great but don’t set much fruit.

With our move pending I’m removing the garden rapidly and won’t plant a fall/winter crop. Usually do romaine, carrots, onions, garlic.

I’m buried in grapes. I have Chardonnay, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon that I’m sharing with the birds.
Palama Offline
#431 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 1:54 PM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Mrs. Beach's painter doesn't work like that nowadays. He's gotten fat and slow over the years.

Morning, peoples. Off to the nephew's Bday party today. He's into football cards and his grandparents buy him full sets of the current year. Kind of a lame way to collect IMO. So, I did some eBaying and FB Marketplacing, and assembled a decent set of Bears players from 1966-2004. I guess he still doesn't get the thrill of the hunt this way either, but at least I enjoyed myself


How much was that Gale Sayers card? In one of my early football memories, I was watching the delayed broadcast of the Chicago- San Fran game when Sayers injured his knee. I didn’t really know how good he was but from the way the broadcasters were talking, knew he was a good player and the injury was serious. Oh what might have been had he played in the ‘90s and “modern” medical technology would have just scoped his knee instead of slicing and dicing?
MACS Offline
#432 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 5:15 PM EST
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Gene363 wrote:
Sounds like someone had a great night's sleep... after. Beer


Whistle

Yep. Went to the apartment, got all our stuff... commissary to fill the pantry and fridge... Home Depot for some more household stuff... and then to Costco for more stuff. Coffee, water, ice cream, beer, bourbon... you know... the essentials.
Gene363 Offline
#433 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 5:51 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Whistle

Yep. Went to the apartment, got all our stuff... commissary to fill the pantry and fridge... Home Depot for some more household stuff... and then to Costco for more stuff. Coffee, water, ice cream, beer, bourbon... you know... the essentials.


Perfect! I hope the new home is continuing joy for both of you.
rfenst Offline
#434 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:13 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
Turf guy coming on Tuesday to give me an estimate. I'm hoping his estimate doesn't give me a coronary, cuz that sheit ain't cheap.

Drainage and percolation bro, especially on low or flat land, or anything other than real sandy soil. Possibly even a couple or several French drains. Might even need a permit depending on what water district you are in. Got a neighborhood association requiring pre-approval? There is a reason people don't have turf lawns in Florida, but I know you have your heart set on it. Herfing
MACS Offline
#435 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:23 PM EST
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It's in my fenced back yard. Nobody will see it. JEA is the water/power, but I give exactly zero fucks what anyone has to say.
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#436 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 7:35 PM EST
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MACS wrote:
It's in my fenced back yard. Nobody will see it. JEA is the water/power, but I give exactly zero fucks what anyone has to say.


Friggin Merika! 🇺🇸
MACS Offline
#437 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 8:05 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Friggin Merika! 🇺🇸


I thought so... until I tried to enter the commissary today with no mask on. Literally NO supermarkets in CA, no stores for that matter, were requiring masks. None here in FL are, either... except the commissary, which is on the base... controlled by the US gov't.

I thought we were following the science? Haven't we established that the face-diapers were no more than a friggin' placebo? Hasn't Father Fauci already admitted it? Isn't the CDC website even acknowledging it? Pissed me off, it did.

Been bringing Tank with us wherever we go. He needs to get used to the place and we need to get the turf installed before we leave him in the back yard alone... it's stupid muddy because of the fkn weather here.

Manager asks me if he's a service dog. Yup. She asks - what is he trained to do? Keep me calm when idiots ask me stupid questions. She left me alone. Literally did an about face and walked away.
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#438 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 8:23 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
saw a 7 somewhere else from you.
Whatcha counting?

5,4
Days until neck 2nd neck surgery.
One hour procedure on the the backside of my neck (as opposed to going through my throat): laminectomy to relieve spinal cord compression, removal of a synovial cyst (non-malignant) impinging on a nerve root in the facet joint, and fusion from C6-T1. Glad you asked? LOL. ram27bat
HockeyDad Offline
#439 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 8:28 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
5,4
Days until neck 2nd neck surgery.
One hour procedure on the the backside of my neck (as opposed to going through my throat): laminectomy to relieve spinal cord compression, removal of a synovial cyst (non-malignant) impinging on a nerve root in the facet joint, and fusion from C6-T1. Glad you asked? LOL. ram27bat


Dude, you ain’t bionic yet?!
tonygraz Offline
#440 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 8:33 PM EST
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Nice to see you are making friends. So how do you like living in the necropolis of America ?
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#441 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 9:15 PM EST
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MACS wrote:


Manager asks me if he's a service dog. Yup. She asks - what is he trained to do? Keep me calm when idiots ask me stupid questions. She left me alone. Literally did an about face and walked away.


You could also tell them, for most people, they find the Service Dog preferred to you Service AR 15.
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#442 Posted: Sun, Sep 4 2022, 10:49 PM EST
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rfenst wrote:
5,4
Days until neck 2nd neck surgery.
One hour procedure on the the backside of my neck (as opposed to going through my throat): laminectomy to relieve spinal cord compression, removal of a synovial cyst (non-malignant) impinging on a nerve root in the facet joint, and fusion from C6-T1. Glad you asked? LOL. ram27bat

I am glad I asked, Robert.
Cuz now everyone can send whatever the frank they got your way!
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#443 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 12:28 AM EST
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Home again finally. The kid loved his cards. I was a little concerned a 9yr old wouldn't know a thing about the '85 Bears, let alone Butkus, Sayers, and Piccolo.

Exhausted. Sleepy sleep now.
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#444 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 3:36 AM EST
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Sunoverbeach wrote:
Home again finally. The kid loved his cards. I was a little concerned a 9yr old wouldn't know a thing about the '85 Bears, let alone Butkus, Sayers, and Piccolo.

Exhausted. Sleepy sleep now.


This might help him out:

https://www.amazon.com/NFL-Greatest-Rivalries-Packers-Defeat/dp/B003O97W50/ref=sr_1_7?crid=19GEBH4NSOM8H&keywords=green+bay+chicago+dvd&qid=1662366864&sprefix=green+baychicago+dvd%2Caps%2C542&sr=8-7
MACS Offline
#445 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 5:29 AM EST
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Mornin' dudes... coffeed up. Almost ready for the morning stroll.
Ram27 Offline
#446 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 7:14 AM EST
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Morning MAC and all.

Happy Laboring Day .............
8trackdisco Offline
#447 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 7:44 AM EST
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Slowly getting started.
Dog will have to wait another 45 minutes.
HockeyDad Offline
#448 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 8:23 AM EST
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Supposed to hit 110 today.
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#449 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 8:30 AM EST
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HockeyDad wrote:
Burned out an old belt sander. Hadn’t touched it in at least 7 years. Home Depot run done. New little sander works far better and is cordless.

I gotta pitch some ancient power tools I’ve just been lugging around through various relocations.

I still have my father's saw, drill and block/brick layers' 4 foot long level (aluminum) from like 50 years ago. Also have his specialty shovel (short-handled spade).
Ram27 Offline
#450 Posted: Mon, Sep 5 2022, 8:30 AM EST
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4 4 NEINER Beer

Snagged by Robert............Brick wall
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