Official Status Update Thread #203...Fall is about to....Fall

[doddg]

3 days and 9 furniture shops later, my wife ordered 4 new pieces of living room furniture to replace 3 pieces we now have.
I thought we could go on another 10 yrs. with what we've had for 15 yrs.
Of course, she didn't ask.
We have a small kitchen remodel (countertops, new sink & an upper cabinet) that an old friend of mine & I are going to do later this month (I'm the helper just like 25 yrs. ago when I worked with him in the summers).
I warned him I could only work for 15 minutes, then had to rest 15 minutes, so he's not going to be pleased with how old I've become.
I also told him after 2 hours, I'm done for the day.
It's going to be a very long day, maybe 1.5 days b/c of me.

 

[churchmouse]

Perhaps my proudest moment in mechanical stuff was when I had a 73 Nova SS. I had the tranny replaced, but volunteered to do the shifter and linkage (4 speed manual) myself. Did it in a gravel driveway. I strictly eyeballed it - looked at the old linkage to see where the nuts were, then just "remembered" where they were when I put on the new piece. Worked pefectly on the first try! But I was in my early 20's (almost 40 years ago), so I was more ambitious.

Countless hours on our backs in the gravel.

 

[maxwelhse]

Countless hours on our backs in the gravel.

...until we could afford that first piece of 3/4" hardwood plywood.

...and god help you if you cut it up for something!

 

[Expat]

Dang it. Page 4...

 

[Expat]

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[mom45]

Post whore

Evening all

 

[churchmouse]

...until we could afford that first piece of 3/4" hardwood plywood.

...and god help you if you cut it up for something!

We may have relieved a piece or 2 from a local construction project somewhere across the path well traveled.

 

[Expat]

Hello mom

 

[churchmouse]

Good work man.

 

[target64]

Good evening.

 

[Expat]

Good work man.

Thank you sir.

 

[GregD]

Hi Expat

Hi Target

 

[red_zr24x4]

About that time, I hate working/ Monday's

 

[red_zr24x4]

I don't wanna go to bed though

 

[churchmouse]

I need the rain box.

 

[GregD]

Nite Red

 

[mom45]

I have to go in early tomorrow. We have a staff meeting at 8 on our first day back after doctor's week off.

And...we start winter hours so now Thursday will be a full day. Maybe he will tell me tomorrow what days he wants me to work...otherwise, I guess I just keep working every day the office is open like I have been.

 

[Haven]

Evening all.

I seem to have come down with a summer cold. I feel like heck. I think I am going to bed now.

Ugh.

 

[GregD]

Nite Haven
Hope you feel better tomorrow.

 

[maxwelhse]

We may have relieved a piece or 2 from a local construction project somewhere across the path well traveled.

Heathen!

Pretty sure my first chunk was the lid of some sort of shipping box. Probably no bigger than 3'x4'. I think after that I bought a piece of 15/32, or whatever was cheap, CDX that I'm confident is still in Dad's [STRIKE]junk pile[/STRIKE] lumber pile, despite looking like someone murdered a bulldozer on top of it, and all the chunks missing, and dents from the jack, and probably a good bit of blood.

Note to others: NEVER use OSB... Splinter hell awaits those who dare trespass within.