ODIS
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Happy Holidays to you and family!
Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Bob Heine's Auto Emporium
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Workspaces between 485 and 705 squarefeet.
Toolfool
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Merry Christmas, Bob.
don long
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Merry Christmas Bob
casmurbax
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Merry Christmas Bob
LeonardY
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Merry Christmas to you and Liane.
I would love if you guys moved to Southern California. I’d be over at least once a week.
I would love if you guys moved to Southern California. I’d be over at least once a week.
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shortykorte
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Happy Birthday Liane
Merry Christmas to the Heine family.
Merry Christmas to the Heine family.
madison069
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Merry Christmas Bob! May your fruitcake be baked goods and your loose screws are in a drawer today!
Coolabah
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Agreed ! Mind you weird coincidence Bob worked just around the corner from me at IBM - like about a mile away- before I was aware of him and GJ and he was intuitive enough to head back to the USA before I could meet him . Some sort of spiderman -sixth-sense.... hmmm....Merry Christmas to you and Liane.
I would love if you guys moved to Southern California. I’d be over at least once a week.
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Trapps
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Thank you for being an inspiration and a lesson in how to get 'it' done.
Bob, all the best for you and Liane in 2025!
Bob, all the best for you and Liane in 2025!
Boy, I almost catch up on all the Watched threads and y'all sneak in here and leave Christmas posts. I'm overwhelmed by the sentiments you've shared.
little horrendous amount of work but if you give me 11 months notice I can probably squeeze a cot and a coffeemaker in it by the time you arrive.
It sold for $3,030,000 in 2017 and is valued around $4.5M today. Around 2021 they did a complete facelift on the building but I can't find photos. According to Domain, it has been sold 3 times and rented once.
Camino Christmas, Don.
I hope you and your new shop had a wonderful holiday!
Emil, the Workshop/Shed needs aBob I might just and try the mini liquor bottles next year. If it doesn't work out with the Boss of the house, I'll be moving to Florida.
Hope you have a spare room to let.
Rian, thanks for the kind words and I see you as my South African/British kin.
Aaron, thanks for taking the time to stop by and post. I hope you're enjoying the long days and sunshine this season.
Thank you Joel, Christmas day was just the two of us enjoying a quiet day together. I cooked a small standing rib roast, made a batch of instant mashed potatoes and a different veggie for each of us (pickled red cabbage for her, frozen sweet corn for me). Wish I had taken a photo of Jasmine when I gave her a taste of the roast beef -- she looked at me like I was the second coming.
Thank you @gman007, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and are looking forward to longer days in the New Year.
Same to you Jon!
Marc, I hope you had one as well!
Thank you Steve. I wish the absolute best for you and yours. May all your days in the coming year be hospital free. Oh, wait, that's not possible with the young woman you married.Bob, May you, Liane and all your family have a happy and healthy Xmas and new year.
Thanks for all you contribute.
Steve
Thanks Dennis. I enjoy the holidays but am relieved when they are over.
Thank you Dan. And thank you for the link to the Made in the USA capacitor. I put it in my basket Christmas day. The new Chinesium one arrived and I swapped it in. Still a no-go so I swapped the contactor. I hoped for the best but it appears it's the fan motor on the Condenser cabinet. I searched for a replacement and holy cow are those expensive. Asked my son if one of his A/C guys could get me a deal. In the course of the conversation he wondered why my 2.5 year old system wasn't still under warranty. Went to the Rheem site and checked. Sure enough, my limited warranty is still in effect and had it not been Friday night I would have contacted the company that installed the system in August 2022. We still have heat so with daytime highs in the upper 70s for the next five days, I don't have to rush or pay for a weekend service call.
Gil, that's very kind of you to say. I'm hoping everyone has had a memorable Christmas and a great coming year.
@Prospecter, I appreciate your visits as well. The boathouse is coming along great, especially impressed with the shelves going up and being put to use right away. Be careful with those garage door brackets.
And I hope you had one as well Bret!
I hope you had a Merry Christmas as well Tony!Merry Christmas Bob
Thank you Logan, this is new territory for me. Men in our family don't live this long so I'm guessing as long as I can afford a Cadillac Medicare Supplement plan my chances of running the record up a bit are pretty good. One of Liane's ancestors (3rd Great Uncle) lived to 105.
@kitdoctor, I don't know exactly when the first property value explosion occurred but the we were the first tenants in the place we rented in Manly. The 3-bedroom, 2-bath, two 1-car garage upper unit sold for $595,000 in October 1989.
It sold for $3,030,000 in 2017 and is valued around $4.5M today. Around 2021 they did a complete facelift on the building but I can't find photos. According to Domain, it has been sold 3 times and rented once.
Mike, thank you so much. I feel the same about you. Watching you, your wife and your little people thriving on a farm warms my heart and seeing your thread highlighted on my Watch list is a precious gift every time.
Back at'cha Lou!
Ody, Happy Holidays to you and yours. I knew about the timing belts on the Ferrari's but don't remember seeing the process before. The videos are providing far more entertaining episodes than anything on TV.
Merry Christmas and a cooler New Year to you and yours, John. Shorty's gonna miss your shop.
Merry
Merry Christmas @LXCam.
Merry Christmas John.
Leonard, I would love it as well. In 1955 I looked like a homeless waif. We were staying at one of my aunt's house and I could walk to a busy street. Just sat on the curb watching for hot rods and customs to drive by. Had a sore neck by the time the sun went down. We left LA that day and didn't get in line for the big opening of Disneyland. One of our grandsons and his wife are living in the Sacramento area. They're both in the military so who knows how long they'll stay. I may sneak out to Cali when Liane isn't looking. I have enough Delta miles for a cattle-car flight.Merry Christmas to you and Liane.
I would love if you guys moved to Southern California. I’d be over at least once a week.
Thank you Shorty. I used to make a big deal for Liane's birthday but she said she'd treat my birthday like just another day if I would do the same for her. I never know when we'll celebrate Christmas because of our host's job. She and my son put it on so it's up to them to set the day and time. Ten in the morning Sunday was perfect. We had a blast.
I hope you and your new shop had a wonderful holiday!
Cody, I ended the little rectangle of fruitcake's misery. It's not my favorite but I feel bad for the ones that sit on the shelf for a decade or more. I still have a lot of screws loose but I'm thinking of wearing a magnet to keep them closer.
Greg, had we met I suspect one or both of us would have been in trouble. Pretty sure the reason New South Wales changed the BAC (Breath Alcohol Concentration) limit from .08 to .05 in 1990 was because I and another IBMer on assignment pulled readings just under the .08 limit at an RBT (Random Breath Test) stop. Even my departure in 1991 didn't prevent the Capital Territory from making the same change that year.Agreed ! Mind you weird coincidence Bob worked just around the corner from me at IBM - like about a mile away- before I was aware of him and GJ and he was intuitive enough to head back to the USA before I could meet him . Some sort of spiderman -sixth-sense.... hmmm....
Mark, thank you for those very kind words. I wish the very best for you and yours this coming year.
@Squankum, Santa snuck in early for us. Liane got some things to keep her warm in the slightly-below-Hell temperatures in Florida and my gifts were mostly edibles (mostly drug-free) so they don't have to be stored forever.Merry Christmas, Bob! I hope the skunk ape didn't keep Santa away!
@zanyad, I wish the same for you and yours.
hewey
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Merry Christmas Bob! Hope you and Liane have a good new.
Have you tried chicken hearts? Freeze-dried chicken hearts are loved by some of my cats. Have to dice them up first -- a problem a dog doesn't have. Sent some to a friend with a dog and he's gaga for them.
They are a little gross, being... a sack full of hearts. Smaller than an egg, larger than a grape.
Thank you Hewey. I hope you and yours have a wonderful new year and get to put some fun miles on the Mini and the pocket rocket.
@Squankum, we would never spoil Jasmine with Freeze-Dried Chicken Hearts. Mostly because her treat basket is already at capacity and the last thing I want to do is hint that we need a bigger basket (it would probably mean moving a vehicle out of the garage (baskets are treasured beyond measure by SWMBO). At the moment, there are six containers in the basket:Have you tried chicken hearts? Freeze-dried chicken hearts are loved by some of my cats. Have to dice them up first -- a problem a dog doesn't have. Sent some to a friend with a dog and he's gaga for them.
They are a little gross, being... a sack full of hearts. Smaller than an egg, larger than a grape.
On a Costco visit in September Liane found Freeze Dried Beef Liver pieces (bag on the left). The dried liver pieces are small and weigh almost nothing so 17.6 ounces for $10.89 seemed too good to pass up. I go to Trader Joe's for the Charlie Bears, which are only 3 calories each. At $3.99, they are a less than a third of what Amazon charges (On Sale!) and half what our local Pet Supermarket charges. Costco has had Jerky Treats on sale forever so we ended with three bags. The Better Belly no rawhide treats are big so I cut them into thirds and they keep Jasmine occupied for a longer time.
A refill order for DreamBone Twist Sticks is on its way from Amazon. I cut these up as well. My Milwaukee M12 Pruner does a great job portioning those really tough chew sticks.
Amazon will soon be delivering another bucket of Mini Milk Bone treats. They are 5 calories each so not as frequent a treat as the Charlie Bears but a little more substantial. The charlie bears remind me of the little soup and oyster crackers -- they look like something until you bite one and it's hollow.
PugetDude
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Mmmmmm .....
Nothing like a bite of Iguana first thing every morning.
GeddyT
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I hope you and your family had an awesome Christmas, Bob!
I've been trying to catch up on your thread for over a month now, and I'm never able to even get to the front page. You've definitely won the popularity contest and are now just piling on!
I've been trying to catch up on your thread for over a month now, and I'm never able to even get to the front page. You've definitely won the popularity contest and are now just piling on!
Lyndon
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Bob
Belated Merry Christmas wishes to you and Liane (sorry - I've been occupied - but have been watching your thread).
Glad to hear you came out of the fall OK. You are 80 now so be careful old fella! I told Irene what you did and she let out a sharp gasp, and then I wont repeat what she said (but it contained "silly old ******").......
We both hope you and Liane enjoy a happy and safe New Year, and let's hope 2025 is long and prosperous.
Lyndon
Belated Merry Christmas wishes to you and Liane (sorry - I've been occupied - but have been watching your thread).
Glad to hear you came out of the fall OK. You are 80 now so be careful old fella! I told Irene what you did and she let out a sharp gasp, and then I wont repeat what she said (but it contained "silly old ******").......
We both hope you and Liane enjoy a happy and safe New Year, and let's hope 2025 is long and prosperous.
Lyndon
gman007
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Bob
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
Lou's Garage
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Happy New Year!
@Squankum, sadly Jasmine can't read but she brings in "Nutritious Soft Moist" Iguana bites. She was planning on having her snack on the master bed. A brief discussion and tug of war with the remains of the #30 "...Appetite Stimulating Color & Flavor" Bites went in our private iguana cemetery that gets taken away bi-weekly.
Scott, Jasmine's Cushing's disease has slowed her down so the iguana bites are sometimes spaced weeks or even months apart. Last check the scoreboard was: Jasmine 37, Iguanas 0.
Lyndon, so good to hear from you and thank you so much for posting. I've been watching your exploits as well. I don't know how you private jet-setters can bear mingling with the peasants.
Are you aware preparation for retirement involves resigning or refusing promotions on committee and jobs?
Irene is a lot kinder than some of my advisors. I'm just thrilled to get up from the falls. Hell, I'm thrilled to fall from a standing position. I'm considering getting rid of the bed frame and box spring and sleep on the mattress on the floor. There's a good chance I'll survive a fall from the prone position six inches off the floor.
The New Year is great so far. The 80 calls a day have fallen to a dozen. The rare calls from people we know (and might want to talk to) show up on the handset ID screen as well as the TV. I haven't forgotten how to answer the phone but I have forgotten how to rush to grab it on the second ring. Once we ignore the first 6-ring call and it triggers the answering machine, subsequent ignored calls trigger the answering machine on the second ring. Even better, Robo calls are blocked after the first ring.
@gman007, I hope you are having a happy New Year as well.
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I actually did some work IN the garage that didn't involve organizing stuff. Of course it involves a long story....
In 1968, a month after my father passed away, my mother gifted us bicycles. His and Hers Schwinn Varsity 10-speed road bikes.
Used them a lot in our hilly neighborhood in Wappingers Falls (the new neighbor across the street was a New York State Trooper and he gifted us the bumper sticker).
Twenty one years later (1989), after a house-hunting trip to Australia, Liane decided she didn't want to drive a car there and added her bicycle to the air freight container as part of our 1500 pound allotment. At the end of the two years she decided to sell the bike in Australia so she could bring back several dozen antique indigenous masks from Papua New Guinea. When she requested a new bike in 1991 it had to be no more than 5-speeds and sport thicker tires than the road bike (Florida is very sandy). The Solar Bicycle - Solar Flare beach cruiser I brought home was not what she wanted. She rode it five or six times and it ended up hanging from the ceiling between garage door tracks.
Fast forward 32 years and Liane decides she's never going to ride it again (we're both over 80) and wants to gift it to our oldest great granddaughter who is soon to turn 16 (she's our grandson's stepchild). I lowered the bike to the floor and wiped off the dust. Grabbed one of my little tire inflators and listened to the tires creaking and groaning as they headed to 40 psi. I quickly backed away from the bike when I saw the sidewalls. The tread still has the little casting pins and the center still has a mold parting line but these won't be safe.
I immediately ordered a pair of new tires with tubes. While waiting for the tires to arrive, I wiped the frame and wheels down with some Griot's ceramic detail spray, cleaned and lubed the chain and buffed some light rust from the pedal sprocket shield. I was reminded of an oddity on this bike -- it didn't come with a kickstand so I bought one way back when and cut it down to the right size. It's aluminum so that and the brake handles had to be buffed to a like-new shine.
I bought and "installed" new red and white rechargeable safety lights. They have fancy rubber bands to install them on the seat post and front frame.
Rather than buy a new helmet I decided the never worn 32 YO helmet would do for a start. Had to buy a kit with three pair set of nuts to replace the one missing on the front axle. Why does one nut cost more than six? It's a 15mm hex and 10mm thread but I couldn't determine the pitch and wasted way too much time going through my sadly large collection of mixed but inedible nuts. Years ago I put overly large water bottles in the holders on the frames of both our bikes but we figure if it bothers her she either has a drink bottle that is a better fit or can acquire a bottle more to her liking in the future.
After taking this photo I realized the seat might be too high and used a 6mm allen wrench to loosen the clamp and lower it. While doing this really simple task I realized this particular grandson isn't one of the handy ones in the family. I ordered a $9 'Swiss Army Knife' style tool with all the bike's nut, socket head, sockets, phillips and other fasteners in one compact tool that fits in the little bag on the handlebars. The tool comes with tire levers and a single hex wrench (not sure why). Years ago I bought a pair of RayBan sunglasses on sale but I failed to notice they are too small for my fat face so those are going in the little bag as well.
The whole bike thing happened because our grandson and his family have been living in a high-rise in downtown Miami for the past few years. His wife and daughter emigrated from Brazil more than a decade ago and Liane and I have been surrogate grandparents/great grandparents. When I make their birthday cards I include Portuguese translations so they don't forget their heritage. We learned they were moving from Miami to a rental unit in Boca Raton, real close to where our first Florida home is located. There's a bicycle shop a tenth of a mile walk (but a mile drive) from their house and there's a strip mall with a grocery store a few blocks away but best of all it's a 1.1 mile ride to the beach. She can go to the beach for free by bicycle. The fee to enter the Boca Raton beach parks with a car is $35 a day on weekdays, $50 on weekends or an annual pass for $85. Hopefully this is a little freedom for a young lady who really deserves some.
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Speaking of Organization, our daughter gifted me a 32"x48" Wall Control metal pegboard kit. Only one wall in the garage has room for it so I took down my whiteboard and will have to remove a bunch of broom (and other stick related items) holders. Let the Tetris game begin!
rixtrix1
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Happy New Year, Bob! I'll have to catch up later, but am hoping you're keeping up on everything, as usual, in your own inimitable way!
patlun
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Then you are happy, being busy
I have enjoyed your latest adventures and stories without commenting. Jasmine is a though one, my old dog a rough collie had ran in the other direction if he had met a iguana, well he had hide behind my legs barking at the strange creature
gman007
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Happy New Year, Ric. Sorry to hear about your back issues and Eric's Millennial nurse. Hopefully your shot carries you through to October 2025. I feel very fortunate having nothing more than olditis and chronic stupid syndrome.
Patrik, I am very happy to be busy. I would be even happier if my progress was faster but that's like growing younger. I've become content with the life I have rather than the one I wish for.Then you are happy, being busy
I have enjoyed your latest adventures and stories without commenting. Jasmine is a though one, my old dog a rough collie had ran in the other direction if he had met a iguana, well he had hide behind my legs barking at the strange creature
I'm so pleased that you took time to post. I completely understand the reading and not commenting. I sometimes have to stop myself. I'd say your rough collie is a keeper.
@gman007, I keep expecting Jasmine to show up with a wound from something she fails to kill. It's amazing how sweet she is with people considering her attitude towards lizards (pretty sure she only brings the big ones home for Show & Snack).
We brought the bike over to our great granddaughter and it was a big hit. Her mother and father and younger brother took turns on it as well. Their son is soon to be seven and can't ride a two-wheeler but wants to very much. I suggested they check out the thrift stores this time of year because many kids get new bikes for Christmas and their old bike is donated.
I have mixed emotions about the metal pegboards. They are truly wonderful but they are very proud of their slot brackets and fixtures. I'm more used to the wire stuff for the round holes. I'll have to find some white wire ones to match the Wall Control decor.
I took down the stuff on the wall that was in the way and installed the pegboard. Had to use lacquer thinner to remove the whiteboard marker stuff that had roman numerals for prices. The whiteboard didn't disappear the first time I put it out so it will go out again to either a new home or an old dump site.
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I thought about using the pegboard to store tools but it's not conveniently located close to the workbench. I spent another $63.88 for four 4" shelf units so I can store canned goods at eye level. They are currently stored three cans deep in two dumpster dive 27"Hx24"Wx10"D wooden cabinets that support a table. Looking for a can of soup shouldn't require assistance getting down and back up.
Those old cabinets would be perfect for holding automotive fluids and supplies.
And before you ask, yes, those baskets are all mine. I believe Liane keeps hers in a secret storage rental unit. I've never seen them but the ones she gifted me are always on display.
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Geoff289
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Hey Bob, we're all looking forward to following your new build, including an impressive garage, when you move just down the coast a bit.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...pid/?msockid=046730806a89677d015723766b636661
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/...pid/?msockid=046730806a89677d015723766b636661
shortykorte
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I have the same wall control kit. I like the boards and shelves, but not a fan of some of the hooks. It’s staying with the house, so won’t be mine after this week.
That Schwin brings back memories. My stepbrother had one and he attempted to ride it from Tampa to Tallahassee. He was running away. I think he got as far as Oldsmar.
That Schwin brings back memories. My stepbrother had one and he attempted to ride it from Tampa to Tallahassee. He was running away. I think he got as far as Oldsmar.
There... I did it. I finally got through your thread from page one. And your Luckiest Day thread, too. I promised that I'd write something in this thread once I finished. It was an incredible read. I'm not sure I can put into words in such a way to do justice to you and your writings. We parallel what we do in so many ways. But, you've done things that I haven't, so I've learned things from you. Like replacing speaker foam surrounds. Your organizing is going quite well. Something I need to do for my own treasures... (Ok tools....) The work you do on your Corvettes is awesome. If a part needs replacing, or upgrading for more power, that part doesn't go back on that car until it is polished and gleaming bright, that you need to wear sunglasses to put the final bolts back in. Ha. But awesome job. You love animals, especially doggies. Me too... Echo is resting peacefully on the couch, next to me as I write this. Actually, I think he fell asleep... Shhhh... But he spent the day with me in the shop.
On another note, you've been through so much on the medical front, lately. And always bounce back with a skip in your step. My Dad had some heart issues and needed an artificial valve put in. He left us in 2006. Before his surgery, I went on a tour at St. Judes, the Plant in St. Paul, where they make these valves... I have a keychain that they gave everyone on the tour. It's only the outer ring, no butterfly valve flaps inside of it. The quality control in that place was just amazing... Awesome tour. I'ma gonna keep that keychain for ever and ever and never use it....
On another note, you've been through so much on the medical front, lately. And always bounce back with a skip in your step. My Dad had some heart issues and needed an artificial valve put in. He left us in 2006. Before his surgery, I went on a tour at St. Judes, the Plant in St. Paul, where they make these valves... I have a keychain that they gave everyone on the tour. It's only the outer ring, no butterfly valve flaps inside of it. The quality control in that place was just amazing... Awesome tour. I'ma gonna keep that keychain for ever and ever and never use it....
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Adam, the price of Wall Control panels and accessories made me look away. Our daughter decided I needed a starter set and now I have spent another $105 on shelves. I was a big fan of pegboard in my youth. Mostly because I had only one tool storage unit (and I still have my concrete tools in it).
Masonite pegboard and the hooks were a cheap solution to tool storage. Bought my first stacked tool chest from JC Penney. The 1977 Christmas catalog shows the #3 Roller and #6 Chest that came to just under $200 -- a big deal for us.
When we sold our first Florida home in 1998 the new owner simply moved their stuff in. Photos taken 21 years later show the garage still has the pegboard and workbench I put up in 1978. The door-less opening is where I kept my 25 gallon compressor.
Geoff, that $200,000,000 lot would be perfect for a really really big metal shed for my
I'm torn between that lot and a finished house on that island or one nearby. One house on an island leading to the bigger island has just had it's price dropped $3,000,000 so maybe I can make a real low-ball offer below the current $12,500,000. It was built in 1948 and has 7 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms.
The garage is described as being 3-spaces but at 20'x24' it's barely a 2-car. An electric door opener is mentioned as well as covered parking so I guess the third "space" is a carport. Google provides a view of the parking area and I suddenly realize why the house has been on the market for 248 days. It's separated from a major road by one house and the gated entrance splits in two right in front of the lot.
Shorty, I agree with you. I bought four 4" shelves and found I need a fifth. Bought some smallish rectangular pegboard baskets and will dump my jug of wire pegboard hooks on the workbench and see if I find something useful. At the moment I have soup and vegetable cans on the Wall Control shelves and I like seeing a single layer of cans. In the wooden cabinet the soup was three deep and when I pulled the canned tomatoes out of the bottom shelf I found one can 11 years and four cans 5 years past their expiration date.
You'll note I moved the only claw hammer in the garage from the tool chest hammer drawer to the pegboard (I have many more in the workshop/shed where I destroy lumber). Also hung my least used screwdrivers.
Rick, you have been through an epic battle swimming through all these outpourings of word and photo effluent. I really appreciate the time you have spent and your very kind comments. A lot of the things I have tried to do are because of the members of this forum. I am both inspired and humbled.
That whole polishing thing came from my time as a 10-year-old in LA admiring the sea of chrome inside the engine compartments of the cars I saw and all the car shows I attended in the years that followed.
I'm not surprised by the awesome tour of the heart valve factory. Failure after implanting one is a career and probably a company ending story. The advances in cardiovascular medicine in my lifetime have been astounding. Artificial heart valve in 1952, pacemaker in 1958, heart transplant in 1967. My Cardioversions, Cardio Ablation and Pacemaker procedures were so routine I wondered why a root canal was such a nightmare. My brother in law had a bad valve replaced in 2023 and he just celebrated his 84th birthday. When the weather breaks in Maine he'll be back on his bike roaming Acadia National Park and the abandoned railroad beds inland.
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madison069
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Saw this short video of someone’s epoxy floor. Then I saw it was from Boca Raton, Fl
You holding out on us Bob???
You holding out on us Bob???
Cody, I didn't want to bring attention to it. First mistake was letting them swap the garage door for the man door in the corner. Side of the Cadillac is looking pretty beat up. Then I let them choose the pattern and I have to use a cane to feel my way around. If I open my eyes I get really dizzy and fear I'm going to fall into the abyss. I accidentally dropped one of my gray T-shirts and for the life of me I can't feel or find it. Kinda wish I splattered some bacon fat on it -- Jasmine would have found it in a heartbeat.Saw this short video of someone’s epoxy floor. Then I saw it was from Boca Raton, Fl
You holding out on us Bob???
Tom, first I want to apologize for failing to respond for 21 days (probably not a record but still pretty bad). Second, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well.
I feel for you because I have been trying to catch up on everyone else's threads since before Christmas as well. It's part of the reason I slowed down posting on my own thread.
The other reason is me spending more time helping Liane. I was not aware she is such a filthy person but based on the number of loads of laundry she does, there has to be some underlying problem. I know I'm a filthy person but I rarely change clothes. When my pajama pants fall off from age, I throw them out rather than give her another item to wash. Every day she asks: "Do you have any whites" and 29 days out of 30 I say: "No." There are things in my large garage hamper that may have been white at some time but have morphed into another color, either dirt or dirty grease. Before I turn those over they spend time steeping in a 5-gallon bucket of toxic chemicals and rinsed in a stainless steel sink before being gifted to the Laundry Queen. I use a restaurant 30-inch wooden stirring stick to extract the items because flesh and bones do not survive contact with my brew.
By the way, your house numbers are works of machining art. Mine are store bought plastic on the mailbox and brushed stainless steel on the front door. I used the screws supplied with the latter numbers and they are carbon steel so stainless steel is stained. I'll replace the screws when I take the numbers off to paint the front door, which will happen any decade now.
gman007
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BobSaw this short video of someone’s epoxy floor. Then I saw it was from Boca Raton, Fl
You holding out on us Bob???
Please do not step into this garage! It will drain your soul!
The garage photo only shows part of the Dementors’ bodies, here is the full photo of one of them
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GeddyT
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Great, there goes my day catching up again. Thanks, Bob!... On the bright side, you won't have to spend more of your precious laundry time on my thread soon, as the freezing weather is preventing me from painting trim so I can hang those numbers.
madison069
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Hope things are well with Liane.
It's the opposite with me and my wife. I usually have laundry to do and often, I usually have enough to do at the end of the week for 2 loads. While my wife will not do laundry often and sometimes will rehang her clothes in the closet since she claims they are not dirty cause she doesn't do any hard labor at work. Oh well, that's the difference of how we were raised mostly. Her parents didn't have strict cleaning habits, while my mom was always cleaning when I was a child, but old age did slow her down.