Wreckster23
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Is that Burt? I don’t know, I think there’s still some amount of macho that won’t go away.
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kaymccampbell
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Eeew !
It's Sean Connery -- he was looking to change things up after having been James Bond for a long spell, and wound up in a weird futuristic scifi movie where he dressed like this, and a giant stone head flew around terrorizing the locals.
But today I found out they originally wanted Burt Reynolds for the role!
Sean Connery in a loincloth? How ‘Zardoz’ became one of the strangest movies ever
Fifty years after its release, one of the most unclassifiable works of science fiction continues to divide opinions: while some see it is a failed epic with philosophical aspirations, to others it is a misunderstood masterpiece about conformism and violence
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I haven't seen it yet. I think I'll try to watch all of Ken Russell's weird movies first.
Men want to be him, women want to shave him!
kaymccampbell
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With a lawnmower.
PugetDude
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What would you use to trim around the.......edges?
kaymccampbell
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Lawnmower.
Finallygotit
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What edges?? It looks like a complete envelope. Eeeeeeewwwww......
Although I shouldn't talk, I could give Sir Connery a run for his money. Never did like being covered in fur.
Wreckster23
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That’s about it. Man’s man, through and through. Even in that clothes line, the man is cooler than I’d ever be.
shortykorte
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Ok leaving California and getting back to Florida.
Dan, we vacationed a fair bit in Europe and the Caribbean in the '70s and '80s, including a few French islands so we saw more than our fair share of more and less fit men in very similar outfits. I too wore Speedos back then but gave them up when more and more of me and less and less of the Speedo was visible.I wish I could unsee that!
Rick, I may have paid more attention to the women in movies so when Burt isn't wearing a cowboy hat I don't recognize him.
Kay, there might be a relationship between the amount of head and body hair. The less hair on the head, the more on the body. My body hair is measured in hair per square foot but I have a decent sunshade up top. Female hormone treatments aren't changing that much.
@Squankum, with the traveling I did as a kid, going to the movies was a once or twice a year event. Once married I didn't see many more, except a couple of years in the late '60s and early 70s. When Cool Hand Luke, Bonnie & Clyde, The Graduate and In Cold Blood came out in I think 1967, I was looking forward to more frequent visits. Then came Bullitt, Planet of the Apes and Rosemary's Baby with Midnight Cowboy and Easy Rider soon after. I think we went to see The Godfather and soon after we moved to Florida and bought our first VHS player. It has been decades since we went to the movies.It's Sean Connery -- he was looking to change things up after having been James Bond for a long spell, and wound up in a weird futuristic scifi movie where he dressed like this, and a giant stone head flew around terrorizing the locals.
But today I found out they originally wanted Burt Reynolds for the role!
Sean Connery in a loincloth? How ‘Zardoz’ became one of the strangest movies ever
Fifty years after its release, one of the most unclassifiable works of science fiction continues to divide opinions: while some see it is a failed epic with philosophical aspirations, to others it is a misunderstood masterpiece about conformism and violence
I haven't seen it yet. I think I'll try to watch all of Ken Russell's weird movies first.
If Bond had driven a Corvette I might have wanted to be him.
Kay, it is odd that women are expected to shave legs and pits but men aren't expected to even trim their nose and ear hair.
Scott, I don't think Kay was suggesting anything less invasive or powerful.
Kay, you need a pretty small lawnmower to do the nose and ears.
Dan, Liane used to kid me about having more chest hair than me.What edges?? It looks like a complete envelope. Eeeeeeewwwww......
Although I shouldn't talk, I could give Sir Connery a run for his money. Never did like being covered in fur.
Rick, I think Sean's pinnacle macho role was in the Untouchables.
Shorty, did you visit the Big Party Garage without me? If so, I hope Don put you to work.
I seem to be recovering and even have some sense of smell back. Started small with some more spice cabinet organization. I'm calling it done and the only additional work will be to reduce the hoard.
Shaun (@sed335i) posted a neat mount for a foam cannon that I had never seen. Because the foam cannon is very top heavy, it often falls over when I pull something from the shelf it was stored on, even when the bottle is full of soap. In addition, the foam cannon and pressure washer pistol are stored on the opposite side of the garage from all the car wash and detailing supplies, including the electric pressure washer. The supply cabinets are shallow (1x8 shelving lumber) and I've hung 16-ounce bottle storage racks on the cabinet doors so the cannon and pistol have limited storage options. A sturdy double hook for the pistol and the 1/4" quick connect for the cannon fit nicely right next to each other.
I have a second 1/4" quick connect that I'm sure I'll find a use for. For now it will live on the shelf near the one securing the cannon. The cabinet is pretty maxed out now.
The past week has also seen me outside in the best weather Florida has to offer. Brought a couple of gardens under control and fertilized a fair number of vegetables (peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes) and flowers. My recent diet of liver and red meat has reduced the feeling I'm going to faint every time I stand up. Sinuses no longer expelling leeches or other blood evidence and I can breathe with no strain.
Shaun (@sed335i) posted a neat mount for a foam cannon that I had never seen. Because the foam cannon is very top heavy, it often falls over when I pull something from the shelf it was stored on, even when the bottle is full of soap. In addition, the foam cannon and pressure washer pistol are stored on the opposite side of the garage from all the car wash and detailing supplies, including the electric pressure washer. The supply cabinets are shallow (1x8 shelving lumber) and I've hung 16-ounce bottle storage racks on the cabinet doors so the cannon and pistol have limited storage options. A sturdy double hook for the pistol and the 1/4" quick connect for the cannon fit nicely right next to each other.
I have a second 1/4" quick connect that I'm sure I'll find a use for. For now it will live on the shelf near the one securing the cannon. The cabinet is pretty maxed out now.
The past week has also seen me outside in the best weather Florida has to offer. Brought a couple of gardens under control and fertilized a fair number of vegetables (peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes) and flowers. My recent diet of liver and red meat has reduced the feeling I'm going to faint every time I stand up. Sinuses no longer expelling leeches or other blood evidence and I can breathe with no strain.
Grizz1963
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I only use the Badia brand Cajun in those large containers.
On everything I cook.
Even works with eggs.
Like hot sauce on scrambled eggs.
On everything I cook.
Even works with eggs.
Like hot sauce on scrambled eggs.
jon72vega
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Bob,
I'm glad your nose is getting better.
I'm glad your nose is getting better.
shortykorte
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Bob I ran across a picture of one your IBM old coworkers.
Glad you’re out and about.
Glad you’re out and about.
PugetDude
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Bob, just sniffing around to see how you're doing. Glad the schnozzectomy went well.
madison069
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Alright Bob, you broke a cardinal sin on garage journal. You posted a new tool gadget and didn’t include the link! My foam cannon is guilty of tipping over and ive started cornering it with other items to keep it from tipping.
I’ve been wanting to convert my wand connections to quick connects so I can switch from long wand to the short length sprayer easily. What connectors are you using?
I’ve been wanting to convert my wand connections to quick connects so I can switch from long wand to the short length sprayer easily. What connectors are you using?
Geoff289
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Glad you're returning to rhinonormality Bob.
Rian, I now have two smaller containers of Badia Cajun Seasoning on its way.
The only spicy things in the house when I was growing up was Tabasco sauce (for Dad's Red Snappers [****** Mary with Gin]) and pepperoni. A stop in New Orleans on our way to Mexico in 1959 changed my life. Slowly but surely I added hotter and hotter seasonings to my food -- I now add Ghost Pepper Salsa to oatmeal.
Tonight I made myself an egg white omelette with onions, sweet peppers (ran out of fresh jalapeno peppers), mushrooms, pinto beans, salsa and avocado -- liberally dosed with Cholula hot sauce. Made two steamed sunny side up eggs with an English muffin for Liane.
Thank you Jon, it's a different experience being able to breath freely through it.
Shorty, that's the one I was date coding the vacuum tubes with nail polish.Bob I ran across a picture of one your IBM old coworkers.
Glad you’re out and about.
I've experienced the weakness that comes with blood loss before so it wasn't a surprise but it's good I like liver as much as I do.
Scott, was that faint dead cactus smell in the garage from you? It was so easy to breathe last night I almost forgot to wear my CPAP.
Cody, I was concerned the link would send too many people down a pressure washer accessory rabbit hole. For the easily led astray, here's a link to just the quick connect mount:
If you click on the link to the PWACCS store, they have all kinds of adapters. My SunJoe electric pressure washer came with that non-standard wand instead of a quick connect and PWACCS has an adapter to convert it.
It's still too long for me so I just put an adapter on the pressure washer outlet and use a standard pressure washer hose (with female quick connects on both ends. As far as I can tell, Pressure washers all use M22 threaded connections but the inside diameter can be either 14 mm or 15mm so buying the wrong one can mean it either doesn't fit or leaks like crazy. My SunJoe has a 15 mm inside diameter like this one:
Here's what they are talking about:
To add to the confusion, my high pressure hoses are all M22 thread 14mm fittings. Needless to say, I have extra fittings....
Thank you Geoff!
kaymccampbell
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@Bob Heine , I have a drawer with tons of PW quick disconnects, because I despise those ****** Karcher type twist n snap connects. All the junk I own has the better fittings. It's so nice to just know that anything I pick up will make nice with anything else off the cart.
Miss the Pontiacs
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Glad to hear your sniffer is progressing well. Now that you have everything organized, smell some roses
Glad you found my post useful! And happy to hear that you're healing up. I've had sinus surgery twice now (the initial surgery to fix my deviated septum about 10 years ago), and the follow-up surgery to address some issues from that first surgery (Shaun (@sed335i) posted a neat mount for a foam cannon that I had never seen. Because the foam cannon is very top heavy, it often falls over when I pull something from the shelf it was stored on, even when the bottle is full of soap. In addition, the foam cannon and pressure washer pistol are stored on the opposite side of the garage from all the car wash and detailing supplies, including the electric pressure washer. The supply cabinets are shallow (1x8 shelving lumber) and I've hung 16-ounce bottle storage racks on the cabinet doors so the cannon and pistol have limited storage options. A sturdy double hook for the pistol and the 1/4" quick connect for the cannon fit nicely right next to each other.
The past week has also seen me outside in the best weather Florida has to offer. Brought a couple of gardens under control and fertilized a fair number of vegetables (peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes) and flowers. My recent diet of liver and red meat has reduced the feeling I'm going to faint every time I stand up. Sinuses no longer expelling leeches or other blood evidence and I can breathe with no strain.
) last summer, which seems to have done the trick.Cheers, Bob!
madison069
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You're forgiven Bob, I shouldn't have been lazy and googled the fittings myself. But like an addict, but one who's suffering with organization issues I was quick with my response. I will now start adding more stuff to my amazon wish list. Here soon, I'm just going to tell anyone I do work for to just go to my wish list and buy certain amount of stuff on the list instead of paying me cash.Cody, I was concerned the link would send too many people down a pressure washer accessory rabbit hole. For the easily led astray, here's a link to just the quick connect mount:
If you click on the link to the PWACCS store, they have all kinds of adapters. My SunJoe electric pressure washer came with that non-standard wand instead of a quick connect and PWACCS has an adapter to convert it.
It's still too long for me so I just put an adapter on the pressure washer outlet and use a standard pressure washer hose (with female quick connects on both ends. As far as I can tell, Pressure washers all use M22 threaded connections but the inside diameter can be either 14 mm or 15mm so buying the wrong one can mean it either doesn't fit or leaks like crazy. My SunJoe has a 15 mm inside diameter like this one:
Here's what they are talking about:
To add to the confusion, my high pressure hoses are all M22 thread 14mm fittings. Needless to say, I have extra fittings....
Kay, my collection is just a box in a drawer but I have to keep it there. If I put the collection in a more 'logical' location, I won't remember where that is.
I have quick connects on every air line, garden hose and pressure washer device/hose. At some point in my life I stopped screwing hoses on fittings because I forgot I used pliers or a wrench to tighten them and had to walk back to the tool chest to get the appropriate tool. At one point I saved (wasted) money by putting Gardena plastic quick connects on a couple of garden hoses. Before I got the quick connect adapters for the SunJoe the fitting corroded badly between uses so the o-rings got torn up too often. Water isn't the most expensive resource in my life but I hate wasting it because of leaking o-rings and washers.
I see you're up late/early. I hope it's because you got plenty of rest during the day. Be well my secret crush!
Thank you Emil! This is the time of year when our Gardenia blooms so it was weird not to smell them after the surgery. I'm delighted to be able to smell them again.
Sean, often the little incremental improvements really make me happy. A few years ago my first foam cannon fell off the shelf and broke the fitting off so I had to buy a new cannon.Glad you found my post useful! And happy to hear that you're healing up. I've had sinus surgery twice now (the initial surgery to fix my deviated septum about 10 years ago), and the follow-up surgery to address some issues from that first surgery (
Cheers, Bob!
This is my second round as well. First time fixed the worst side but the procedure required some dangerously deep anesthesia so I didn't get the second side fixed. Not sure why but the first deviated septum repair didn't take either. I didn't realize how pleasant it would be to breathe freely through the nose.
Cody, it's my pleasure to share my finds. I don't have family or friends who share my compulsions so hinting about tools produces the 'you've got so many tools already..." response and I end up with baskets of weird food (and sometimes delicious meats).
Nolift911
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Kay, my collection is just a box in a drawer but I have to keep it there. If I put the collection in a more 'logical' location, I won't remember where that is.
I have quick connects on every air line, garden hose and pressure washer device/hose. At some point in my life I stopped screwing hoses on fittings because I forgot I used pliers or a wrench to tighten them and had to walk back to the tool chest to get the appropriate tool. At one point I saved (wasted) money by putting Gardena plastic quick connects on a couple of garden hoses. Before I got the quick connect adapters for the SunJoe the fitting corroded badly between uses so the o-rings got torn up too often. Water isn't the most expensive resource in my life but I hate wasting it because of leaking o-rings and washers.
I see you're up late/early. I hope it's because you got plenty of rest during the day. Be well my secret crush!
Thank you Emil! This is the time of year when our Gardenia blooms so it was weird not to smell them after the surgery. I'm delighted to be able to smell them again.
Sean, often the little incremental improvements really make me happy. A few years ago my first foam cannon fell off the shelf and broke the fitting off so I had to buy a new cannon.
This is my second round as well. First time fixed the worst side but the procedure required some dangerously deep anesthesia so I didn't get the second side fixed. Not sure why but the first deviated septum repair didn't take either. I didn't realize how pleasant it would be to breathe freely through the nose.
Cody, it's my pleasure to share my finds. I don't have family or friends who share my compulsions so hinting about tools produces the 'you've got so many tools already..." response and I end up with baskets of weird food (and sometimes delicious meats).
Bob - I had the deviated septum surgery about 20 years ago - probably much more straightforward than yours given the circumstances. I will say that was the most miserable health experience I think I ever encountered. The recovery was horrible. I was supposed to have a "second round" but never went back to get it done. 6 hours of surgery for my back and then 2 months rehab and that was a breeze compared to what I was told is "pretty common, easy and routine surgery".Kay, my collection is just a box in a drawer but I have to keep it there. If I put the collection in a more 'logical' location, I won't remember where that is.
I have quick connects on every air line, garden hose and pressure washer device/hose. At some point in my life I stopped screwing hoses on fittings because I forgot I used pliers or a wrench to tighten them and had to walk back to the tool chest to get the appropriate tool. At one point I saved (wasted) money by putting Gardena plastic quick connects on a couple of garden hoses. Before I got the quick connect adapters for the SunJoe the fitting corroded badly between uses so the o-rings got torn up too often. Water isn't the most expensive resource in my life but I hate wasting it because of leaking o-rings and washers.
I see you're up late/early. I hope it's because you got plenty of rest during the day. Be well my secret crush!
Thank you Emil! This is the time of year when our Gardenia blooms so it was weird not to smell them after the surgery. I'm delighted to be able to smell them again.
Sean, often the little incremental improvements really make me happy. A few years ago my first foam cannon fell off the shelf and broke the fitting off so I had to buy a new cannon.
This is my second round as well. First time fixed the worst side but the procedure required some dangerously deep anesthesia so I didn't get the second side fixed. Not sure why but the first deviated septum repair didn't take either. I didn't realize how pleasant it would be to breathe freely through the nose.
Cody, it's my pleasure to share my finds. I don't have family or friends who share my compulsions so hinting about tools produces the 'you've got so many tools already..." response and I end up with baskets of weird food (and sometimes delicious meats).
I got the worst sinus infection of my life throughout the entire healing process which took about a month to recover from. All said and done didn't even really notice much benefit from it. My snoring is pretty bad and my wife wants me to get it "completed" but can't bring myself to do it.
Jeff
Thanks, Bob! I looked at that picture and was really curious what kind of fitting that was.
I agreee about quick releases. I'm not there 100% compliant on all hoses but I sure understand the urge.
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kaymccampbell
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Your hopes are crushed. I'm sleeping like I'm in a cement mixer. Bad dreams, worse quality of sleep. Extended illness just *****. I'm living on ibuprofen and curse words. At least Otto's enjoying the last bit. He loves it when I swear. The more violent n vituperative, the better. I'll be walking along swearing n whatnot and he'll be dancing at my side.
scooterbum46
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Bob - Rabbit Holes? I chased down one not too long ago, followed a tunnel and popped out another entrance. Pretty sure it was Squankum sitting there pointing folks into that one.
Dan in Pasadena
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Bob, Glad to hear you're feeling better....well, at least a little better....... I've hung 16-ounce bottle storage racks on the cabinet doors....
I went to Amazon looking for these "....16oz. bottle storage racks" and I can't find them. Do you have a link or a source for them? I'd been using aluminum rain gutter sections screwed to the doors of my garage cabinets but they ultimately came loose because I have ****** particle board cabinets (that I should replace) so I am looking for a replacement and a means of attaching them to the crappy doors.
Above is on page 6 of my "Glendora Garage" thread elsewhere.
Jeff, I don't know exactly when sinus surgery changed but this one was a walk in the park. When I had the first side done in 1971 the leading edge technology was multi-layer x-rays, which became CT scanning. The surgery was ****** and the anesthesiologist had to bring you down to the brink of death so the surgeon could see what he was doing. Pretty sure hammers and chisels were involved. At the end of the surgery the doctor packed the sinuses with yards and yards of gauze that was supposed to stay in place for more than a week.
My sinus infection was the opposite of yours. My infection started in August 2023 after having 8 teeth extracted. One of the sockets infected and formed a fistula between my mouth and sinus (I could force air [or fluid] from my mouth into the sinuses). Antibiotics reduced but never eliminated the infection and I opted for the surgery when the pain moved to the area above and behind my left eye.
I would ask a doctor or nurse you trust for the name of the ENT (ear, nose and throat) surgeon they would use for themselves or a member of their family. Doctors tend to know who is best at their job.
As to the snoring, I would see a sleep specialist and have an overnight study done. If you have Sleep Apnea it can cause serious problems beyond the tiredness and noise. I didn't know I had it until Liane told our primary care doctor that she had to hit me at night when I stopped breathing. Turned out I stopped breathing an average of 25 times per hour (72 times per hour sleeping on my back) and my blood oxygen level dropped into the 70s. At that level you can lose consciousness and die in your sleep. A CPAP mask keeps me below 10 episodes per hour and my blood oxygen is in the mid-90s. A person with untreated sleep apnea has a 30% higher chance of stroke or heart attack and an 80% higher risk of atrial fibrillation. I was diagnosed with Afib about 5 years ago and have had two cardioversions, a cardic ablation and finally a pacemaker to keep my ticker ticking.
@Squankum, quick connects make my life easier so I have adopted them wherever possible.
Kay, I'm saddened by your health issues and wish my invisible friend would honor my requests.
I ran into two of your relatives today. Well, I didn't actually run into them but both had very limited vocabularies. As I came out of the grocery store I heard a woman in a car a hundred yards away screaming obscenities at another driver. They were stopped at the railroad crossing waiting for the light to change and the raging continued through the intersection and carried on after a right turn. The cars were out of sight but I could still hear the screaming. I shook my head, got in the Corvette (lovely top-down weather) and headed for the parking lot exit. I drove along the very edge of the parking lot until I got to the last row and turned to go down the one-way row with diagonal parking space lines. Sitting in the middle of the parking lines but at a right angle was a newish refrigerator white mid-engine Corvette. Its running lights were on so I slowed down, expecting the car to move. When it didn't, I drove past it and looked at the windshield. The side and rear windows had real dark limo tint so I couldn't see inside. I stopped at the end of the row and turned toward the exit. Stopped at the exit before making a right turn and the white Corvette pulled right up behind me and started blaring his horn. I thought maybe something was wrong but continued to the traffic light 50 feet in front of me. I stopped in the center lane, which had an arrow to go straight ahead. The lane on my left was a clearly marked left turn lane and the lane on my right was a clearly marked right turn lane. The white Corvette pulled up on my left and as the window went down all I heard were variations of the f-word (f*ck, f*cked, f*cker, f*cking) with an occasional noun or verb separating them. He seemed to think I nearly hit him, drove by without seeing him and I was too old to be driving. I was wearing my Aviators and just looked at him like he was a two-year old who didn't get the candy bar at the checkout. Being an absolutely fabulous driver, he drove through the intersection, cutting off the two cars ahead of me. I followed him down the road until he made an illegal u-turn to go back to where he meant to go. I was tempted to give him the finger gun salute to remind him Florida is a permitless concealed carry state and it's a bad idea to piss off old people who laugh at a 'life in prison' sentence.
About an hour before my encounter with Captain Roid Rage I was blowing leaves and seed pods off the sidewalk in front of the house. I was concerned they were a trip and fall hazzard (slippery leaves hiding hard wooden wedges). I heard the sound of a car downshifting and accelerating like a full-on drag race. It was a refrigerator white newish mid-engine (C8) Corvette trying to catch the light a quarter mile ahead. Didn't have a radar gun handy but I guess he got to tripple digit speed on our 2-lane 30 mph residential street. If it was the same guy, I expect he'll be in the paper pretty soon with the caption "Deadly Single Car Crash in Residential Neighborhood."
Gerry, I swear I see him exiting one of the many entrances to every rabbit hole I go down. I never see his face so I can't be sure.
Dan, I like your rain gutter storage racks a lot. I didn't think of that when I started organizing containers so I could see what I had.Bob, Glad to hear you're feeling better....well, at least a little better.
I went to Amazon looking for these "....16oz. bottle storage racks" and I can't find them. Do you have a link or a source for them? I'd been using aluminum rain gutter sections screwed to the doors of my garage cabinets but they ultimately came loose because I have ****** particle board cabinets (that I should replace) so I am looking for a replacement and a means of attaching them to the crappy doors.
Above is on page 6 of my "Glendora Garage" thread elsewhere.
I buy the parts for those 8- and 16-ounce squeeze bottle and spray can storage racks from Amazon but there is some assembly required. I discovered that exhaust tubing comes in different sizes that fit those containers quite well. I cut the pipes up and weld the pieces together along with some steel strapping.
For the first rack (8-ounce) I used 2-inch (ID) exhaust pipe for the 8-ounce bottle racks I bought long pieces of tubing but they make short couplers as well (fewer cuts required).
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/...e-diameter-exhaust-pipe-connector/nic0/548504
For the 16-ounce squeeze bottle racks I bought 2.5" exhaust couplers. The price of the couplers has doubled but still a reasonable amount to make a custom size rack -- I needed a 10-bottle rack over the workbench. Instead of hauling out a gallon can every time I need some fluid I can grab one of these.
The 5-bottle racks in the detailing cabinet are made the same way but without the strap across the rear. I just tack the tubing at the top and the strapping to the bottom and drill mounting holes on the top edge on the back of the rack and screw the rack to the ****** particle board doors.
The cabinet carcasses on the wall of the garage are made of 1x8 shelving so I can get two rows of spray cans on each shelf. It meant pulling cans off the shelf to see what was in the back row. That led me to another set of the same kind of racks.
Cutting the short pieces of tubing with a rotating saw felt dangerous so I started using an exhaust pipe cutter.
I kinda got carried away making racks for spray paint cans. These require 2.75" couplers, which are a little harder to find. I can only fit four-can racks on the doors but all the spray cans are visible when I open the cabinet. Without the racks I have to pull cans down to see what's in the second row. Turns out there's actually room for round 32-ounce cans on the shelf without interfering with the spray can racks.
"I just hope that when I die I go like my Grandad, peacefully in his sleep, and not screaming in fear like his passengers."
- Emo Phillips
Bob, years ago I listened some respected GJ'er and got one of these for my air hose and boy, am I glad I did. I assume you have something like this, too? Just the thing for one-handyman.
kaymccampbell
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Bob, it'd be nice, but my visible friend says fuzzy cuddles cure all. He's got something there.
Those aren't my relatives, they're my neighbors. The other day, we were enjoying the window, when Otto alerted. I looked out in time to see a red flash hit easy 3 figures at my driveway, on a sleepy dead end residential street, in summer, with kids around. I'll admit that was some car, cause he went 0-100 in 400 feet, but that ****'s for the highway, not my driveway.
I reported it, just in case. Appears there were over 100 complaints that day for the same thing. The SS info system reported back that the red car was found, with damage appropriate to a pedestrian complaint. We got a jogger that carries rocks. Big ones. One of the rich yuppies in the enclave nearby bought their 16yo a supercar. Then went to work.
Appears the car is no longer in their possession, and lawyers are being warmed up. We've got a tech savvy police force, I understand they successfully downloaded the entire trip, with GPS waypoints and exact times. Now to see who takes the fall for junior. Can Mom or Dad afford a decade in jail? There are supposed to be over 100 felony eligible entries in that log. This is where I like the tech.
This ain't the big city. It's country. We're slow where it counts. Those assholes are in for a ride. I think, so is the Sheriff, if he gets to try out that thing. Knowing him, he'll look at it n say, it ain't a pickup truck, and go on. It so funny how he's changed. When he first came to us, it was big city law n order. Now we've had him a while, he's just folks. He turned into one of us.
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Bob, I can already tell this is gonna be an epic thread and read! I'm only on post 81 from way back in early 2016, but I'll get there!
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Bob, I can already tell this is gonna be an epic thread and read! I'm only on post 81 from way back in early 2016, but I'll get there!
EDIT: Only 9,713 posts to read!
Wreckster23
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Haha, welcome to the party. This is a big one.
Welcome to GJ! After you read this one, go read The 12 Gauge Garage thread! It used to be the #1 gateway drug to GJ.
Grizz1963
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PugetDude
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^^Food **** reported.^^
@Squankum, I'll probably go peacefully as well but fewer and fewer people get in the car when I'm driving. Liane is the exception and she keeps me awake.
I put Prevost couplers on the two air hose reels in the garage. However, because the hoses are 1/2" Flexzilla with 3/8" fittings on the ends I had to buy the 3/8" NPT versions. Expensive but avoiding a flying fitting hitting one of the cars seems worth it.Bob, years ago I listened some respected GJ'er and got one of these for my air hose and boy, am I glad I did. I assume you have something like this, too? Just the thing for one-handyman.
My enabler was Mike (@zmotorsports) back in late 2022.
I could have sworn it was a rabbit. My bad!
Kay, I love fuzzy cuddles but Jasmine doesn't know what they are. We do have two bonding moments every day. In the morning I deliver a 24-ounce Tervis tumbler full of a beverage vaguely resembling coffee to the Duchess of Boca and sit down on the linen chest at the foot of the bed. Jasmine stands on her hind legs and gives us kisses until I give her a mini milk bone and two Charlie Bears. At night I line the rim of a small condiment bowl with 9 small squares of boiled ham and a square of doggie jerkey in the bottom. I deliver the bowl to her crate where she waits patiently. In a second or less she clears the bowl, licks it clean of any trace of biological evidence and comes out of her crate to assume her protector of the realm station on the bedroom couch next to Liane.
We live on a two-lane 30-mph street with two synagogues, five churches and a mosque. Children are often coming and going from these places so it's beyond reckless to treat it like a dragstrip. There is also a high crown on the road in front of our house and the houses on either side of us so these a-holes frequently have their curbside tires in the bike lane and sometimes in the swale.
Thanks for reminding me that tech isn't all bad.
@ScepterToad, my sincere apologies for failing to control my verbal diarrhea. As I write things down I realize I've had an amazingly blessed life.
Rick, maybe I should have suggested acquiring a comfortable chair early in this thread.
@Squankum, a lot of us were drawn to the Garage Journal because of Jack's thread:
The 12-Gauge Garage
This is a long thread. I won't try and stop anyone from reading all of it. But for a more-concise tour of the place, it'll only take you 10 minutes to go through this video: And here are some recent pictures. If you go through the thread from the beginning, you'll be able to see the...
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Restored 1930's Auto Shop
Here are a few before and after pictures of a shop I restored, starting in Nov,2005. It was built in the late 1930's and used by a father as a blacksmith/welding shop and later in the 1950's one of his sons started doing automotive repair there until his death in the mid 1970's. The father...
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Rian, I had to wait for my keyboard to dry off to reply. I finished both of mine but next time I'm going to give it a bit more time -- the crust wasn't raw but it wasn't flaky all the way through.Sorry Bob
Not Sorry.
Scott, we meed a warning in these random food posts. "Not responsible for keyboard issues if you fail to back away from the keyboard!"
No need for a warning when the title of the thread gives ti away, like "What did you cook in the kitchen today?"