Between 485 & 705 SQ/FT Bob Heine's Auto Emporium

[madison069]

Bob, regarding your cable service it's not uncommon to see that around here. I'm one of the people that gets a noticed that a one call ticket was submitted. So I'm usually aware of when cable company and other utilities company are digging in the area. The Cable company has a habit of laying cables down and letting them stay till the third party company comes behind them and bury it. Sometimes the cable runs across the driveway and let me tell ya, those folks will be calling the municipal building and I'll have to go visit the address to see how bad the cable is left out. but usually they find a crack and follow the crack with the cable so it's not going to cause any tripping.

I swear one older fella called and said his grown son tripped on this wire. I go over there and I find the wire in a crack like usual, even has some tape down on the sidewalk to hold it in place. I ran into the son while I was there and he said nobody tripped over it, it's just the old man wanting to cause trouble. All I could say was "Have a nice day then!"

 

[harley jim]

There was a townhouse development being completed when I lived up north. In the fall and people started moving in and setting up life. The cable company came in and staked down the cable to the ground and sod was going over the cable. It snowed before the sod made it.
Have you ever seen a snowmobile with about 1000 feet of everyone's cable wrapped up in it. That was a mess, funny as hell but a mess.

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[Bob Heine]

Bob, regarding your cable service it's not uncommon to see that around here. I'm one of the people that gets a noticed that a one call ticket was submitted. So I'm usually aware of when cable company and other utilities company are digging in the area. The Cable company has a habit of laying cables down and letting them stay till the third party company comes behind them and bury it. Sometimes the cable runs across the driveway and let me tell ya, those folks will be calling the municipal building and I'll have to go visit the address to see how bad the cable is left out. but usually they find a crack and follow the crack with the cable so it's not going to cause any tripping.

I swear one older fella called and said his grown son tripped on this wire. I go over there and I find the wire in a crack like usual, even has some tape down on the sidewalk to hold it in place. I ran into the son while I was there and he said nobody tripped over it, it's just the old man wanting to cause trouble. All I could say was "Have a nice day then!"

Cody, I'm the old guy who rarely complains. I just call and tell them "I have no idea how to run a XYZ company but I expect you do or can connect me to someone who does. If not, I'll look for a company that does knows how to fix my problem." In this case I'm going to let things play out. If the cable gets cut by our lawn service, Liane will be waiting in her web when the AT&T guy shows up. Something will be buried.

There was a townhouse development being completed when I lived up north. In the fall and people started moving in and setting up life. The cable company came in and staked down the cable to the ground and sod was going over the cable. It snowed before the sod made it.
Have you ever seen a snowmobile with about 1000 feet of everyone's cable wrapped up in it. That was a mess, funny as hell but a mess.

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Jim, sounds like a good day for a little camp fire and a chair and maybe some refreshments. People pay to see stuff like that.

 

[Bob Heine]

I have been enjoying the cooler weather, except the other day when I woke up to 41*F. Sat that one out because that little heater in the shed takes forever to raise the temperature 30-degrees.

I replaced the wheels on the garden cart but the new ones were for a 1/2" axle and the cart had a 5/8" axle. Just happened to have some 5/8"OD x 1/2"ID stainless tube so I made a couple of sleeves. Used 1/2" all-thread for the axle with nuts to keep the spacers in place. Couldn't find any 1/2" Nyloc or Acorn nuts so I just double-nutted both ends. If I remember, next time I'm in a big box store, that might get upgraded.

I kinda forgot that I had been overzealous with a shovel on this cart and the bottom was cracked. Had i remembered, I might have tossed the cart. I patched the big crack with a piece of 1/8" thick aluminum strap from the scrap pile. Unfortunately that crack generated one in the leg opening.

Another scrap piece of aluminum reinforces that crack and we'll see how it holds up.

Inside the cart it looks like it has a case of chicken pop[rivet]s. It will get used to carry tools to and from the projects in the yard.

 

[Bob Heine]

Managed to make a simple job more complicated. Walking past the rear of the PT Cruiser I noticed a fairly big space between the edge of the tail light housing and the indent in the body. I touched the light housing and it moved -- not supposed to do that. Removed the one Torx screw that holds it on and it fell right out. Turns out the plastic around the retainer clips as well as the guide pin had broken off. Used some Gorilla super glue on the pieces and let them set overnight.

The socket also cracked but I thought it might be OK so I re-installed it. Once it was back on the car, I looked closer and the plastic lens is crazed and cracked all over the place bit it's especially bad in the orange section. The passenger side looks fine.

I don't want this light housing to disintegrate while Liane is out driving. She'd be nice to the officer but maybe not to me. Time to order some new plastic parts for the Cruiser.

 

[Bob Heine]

A Rock Auto package arrived this morning and I got right to work replacing the old taillights. The new one in the background comes with new sockets and bulbs.

The old taillights are 15 years old so I hope the new one (foreground this time) lasts as long. I'll be disappointed if they fail before I turn 90. Without looking at the new sockets, I removed the connectors. Using the same pressure to unlatch them, the black plug came loose just fine but the tabs on the gray plug snapped off.

When I plugged everything back in, I thought it was fine and after putting the driver side together, repeated the process on the passenger side. All of the tabs on those two plugs snapped off and they didn't feel right when I put them together. Upon closer inspection the new bulb sockets don't have the alignment pins like the originals (original is on the right).

Not knowing if it would make a difference, I swapped the new bulbs into the old sockets so they would be in their original orientation. Taking the socket out of the old driver side taillight housing resulted in lots more broken plastic so this was a just-in-time repair.

It was time to test the lights so I turned on the ignition, checked the night lights and directional signals (as well as the backup lights) and was going to ask for help to check the brake lights. I realized my camera would make it a one-person job -- a mirror would work but the car is too close to the garage to see both sides. Since digital pictures are basically free, I just set the camera on a tripod and used a 10-second delay to click the picture, get in the car and step on the brake pedal until the camera makes its noise.

After repeating the process on the passenger side, I cranked the tripod up and took a picture of the third brake light. Can't remember the last time I checked that and because we don't have vehicle inspections in Florida, it does need to be done every once in a while.

Yes, the weather is horrible. Sunny and 75*F with a light breeze.

 

[Bob Heine]

It was such a nice day I went down to the workshop and cut the opening for the third and last window. Test fitted the window and screwed it in place temporarily. I'll see if I can get it caulked in place tomorrow.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Your day sounds pretty productive.

Those old plastic pieces will get you everytime.

 

[shortykorte]

Thanks for shedding some light on both the PT and shed projects. How do you like Rock Auto? I’ve thought about using them but most of my parts needs are right now needs.


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[sawduststeve]

Bob,you have my sympathises for the terrible weather conditions you find yourself working in :roll eyes:, you have however managed some great repairs all-round in very arduous conditions.

Your cars seem to, bake to bits, plastics and rubber,I'm guessing, ours fall to bits under rust and muck.

Your saw blades and sharpening prices seem similar to mine about £50/£60 for a decent blade and £10/£12 for sharpening. I do pay £20 for a band saw blade sharpened , but it is 16' 4".

Have a good week
Steve

 

[Bob Heine]

Your day sounds pretty productive.

Those old plastic pieces will get you everytime.

Uncle Willie, got more done than expected. I keep thinking that PT Cruiser is still pretty new but it's 15 years old and spent all that time in an oven.

Thanks for shedding some light on both the PT and shed projects. How do you like Rock Auto? I’ve thought about using them but most of my parts needs are right now needs.


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Stewart, I don't always go to Rock Auto first but I compare their prices to other sources. Sometimes they win, sometimes they lose. A Corvette part from a Corvette specialist site can sometimes be double the price Rock Auto charges.

Bob,you have my sympathises for the terrible weather conditions you find yourself working in :roll eyes:, you have however managed some great repairs all-round in very arduous conditions.

Your cars seem to, bake to bits, plastics and rubber,I'm guessing, ours fall to bits under rust and muck.

Your saw blades and sharpening prices seem similar to mine about £50/£60 for a decent blade and £10/£12 for sharpening. I do pay £20 for a band saw blade sharpened , but it is 16' 4".

Have a good week
Steve

Steve, thanks for stopping by. This time of year makes me feel like this is the right place for me. My overheated brain no longer functions in the hot part of the year so we end up staying put.

You've got that right about the vehicle wear and tear. We brought our 1968 Pontiac GTO to Florida with us when we moved in '75. It had some rust in the quarters and some frame rust even though I washed the car every week in the winter. A year later the paint on the hood, roof and trunk of the car was failing and had tiny rust pimples. They wouldn't buff out and sanding just made everything worse. Same with the '71 Vega GT.

I hate tossing a saw blade when it gets a little dull, which is why I have a collection of black-edged non-carbide blades hanging on the ends of the cabinets. My band saw is tiny and meant for metal cutting (sometimes misused for wood) so even there $20 to sharpen weighed against $20 for three new Lenox blades doesn't make sense. I do like the idea of keeping those saw sharpening guys in business.

 

[Bob Heine]

Saturday my son called to tell me he planned to come over next Saturday to do the shed roof. Got on the computer and ordered the shingles with delivery on Monday. Spent all day Sunday pruning the tree that covers the left (north) side of the roof. Roof access went from none...

...to a lot better.

Still have a few branches on the other side to trim but that can wait for another day. By the time I finished cutting up the branches and taking 5 wagons full of cuttings to the curb for Monday pickup, I was wasted.

Next morning I felt awful so I went back to bed for 3 hours to see if it would help. Still felt like **** so later in the afternoon I took an ECG (electrocardiogram) with my Kardia app. It suggested "Possible Atrial Fibrillation" so I took a couple more readings and it said "Tachycardia" (fast heartbeat). The boss wants me to call our doctor but I know he'll put me in the hospital to wait overnight for another cardio-version (like Craig [aka CBAcres] predicted).

Didn't die overnight so Liane called our Primary Care Physician at 8:00 am and he called my cardiologist. By 9:00 am I had a real ECG at the cardiologist's office and an appointment at the hospital with a Cardiac Arrhythmia specialist to do another cardio-version at 10:45. Liane dropped me off and picked me up at 1:00 pm. With the doctors and hospital visits we drove a total of six miles. Could have cut that in half if we hadn't gone home for the hour-and-a-half in between.

Good to be home and I might be able to sneak out and move the shingles from the pallet in the driveway to the shed before someone takes them elsewhere. As Craig predicted, I'll be going in for a cardiac ablation to freeze or cook the offending cells making my heart do bad things. Looks like I'll be in DO-NOTHING-JAIL for a few days.

 

[bj383ss]

Bob please take care of yourself! There is no one to take your throne here on GJ.

Bret

 

[Finallygotit]

Looks like I'll be in DO-NOTHING-JAIL for a few days.

As you should. Like Bret said, you are irreplaceable. SIT! STAY!

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Looks like I'll be in DO-NOTHING-JAIL for a few days.

Ohh. I hate that place. After my head injury and resulting emergency brain-ectomy I was incarcerated for 4 weeks. After having some scrap metal infused in my spine I was locked up for 6 weeks. Both times I was told I couldn't lift anything heavier than a coke can. I asked both docs if I could substitute a beer can instead. They said only if I don't drink 40s. LOL.


Good luck to ya. Take care of that ticker.

 

[drivesitfar]

Bob: sorry you aren’t feeling great and hope it’s just something telling you to keep off of roofs and nothing worse. Prayers sent!!

 

[shortykorte]

Good that you’re getting things checked. Looking at your label it appears your expire date is sometime in 2050

Well, guess you’ll have to supervise from a comfortable chair while drinking a cold one. Hope your son brings a grand helper.


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[Vieux]

You fixed the crack on the wheelbarrow perfectly.
I'm sure the roof will be fine too!

 

[sawduststeve]

Bob,so glad you didn’t die over night, now take it easy, and don’t do anything heavy
like, oh I don’t know, re-roofing the shed. You have to look after yourself, cos we will want to visit again one day.

Take care.
Steve

 

[jon72vega]

Bob,
I've heard you talk about your invisible friend.
I have the same friend.
I talked to him this morning about you.
Praying that the Dr's get you all fixed up.

 

[xtremek]

Please take care of yourself. I don't mind saying I'm being a little selfish when I say that, because I enjoy your posts.

 

[madison069]

Hey Bob, take care of yourself now. Might see about hiring a young kid to do some of those task around the house. Some high school football player in the neighborhood who would enjoy the money and workout?

It could be a win-win situation!

 

[2001ZR2]

I hope your wife doesn't consider alternative uses for duct tape to keep you in the Do Nothing Jail. <G>

 

[drivesitfar]

Bob: just letting you know I'm thinking of you and hope you woke up feeling better.

maybe a good time to make some of that spicy stew to give your body some needed energy.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Hey Bob, take care of yourself now. Might see about hiring a young kid to do some of those task around the house. Some high school football player in the neighborhood who would enjoy the money and workout?

It could be a win-win situation!

And give Liane something to watch out the window!!!

 

[bolensboneyard]

Bob you are on the prayer list. Take care. I have another friend who has had his heart shrunk up several times. I guess it has become routine over the last decade. Never any fun to go to the Hotel Boring, with no pictures on the wall or views out the window. We go there because we feel like ****. They dress us up so we look like ****. Makes no sense. I guess they don't want to spoil the décor for those who visit; vintage American technology artifact, restoration? Get it over with. Doctor's need a project too. Let's hope those working on you take as much pride in their work as we have. Bobby

 

[StormcrowAz]

Bob - As many of said...take it easy and take care of yourself. I am looking forward to your review of those PT Cruiser replacement lights when you turn 90.

 

[Bob Heine]

Bob please take care of yourself! There is no one to take your throne here on GJ.

Bret

Bret, thanks for the encouragement, especially the reminder of how much time folks my age spend on the throne.

As you should. Like Bret said, you are irreplaceable. SIT! STAY!

Dan, thank you and I'm fighting the urge to do stupid things. I now understand the frustration retirees who focused on their job and had no hobby or interest feel.

Ohh. I hate that place. After my head injury and resulting emergency brain-ectomy I was incarcerated for 4 weeks. After having some scrap metal infused in my spine I was locked up for 6 weeks. Both times I was told I couldn't lift anything heavier than a coke can. I asked both docs if I could substitute a beer can instead. They said only if I don't drink 40s. LOL.


Good luck to ya. Take care of that ticker.

Uncle Willie, you gave me a funny flashback. When my 11-day hospital visit for dancing with trains ended, I was released with no restrictions. My lack of blood gave me an unusual gray skin tone usually seen in the morgue and a good portion of me was covered in bandages but I didn't see any reason to lay around in bed. First day I put a bread bag over the stump (grocery stores didn't have plastic bags in 1965) and removed the battery from my '56 Chevy. I was preparing to put a 283 with a Hydramatic in the '55 Chevy. Turned out that little battery lift wore me out and spent the rest of the day in bed. Who knew?

Bob: sorry you aren’t feeling great and hope it’s just something telling you to keep off of roofs and nothing worse. Prayers sent!!

Drives, I'm back to feeling fine. Doctor says I have a little scarring in my heart from who knows what (probably sleep apnea) and the scar tissue is blocking signals from getting through. They put a tube in my groin and pass a tool through it into the heart so they can locate the offending tissue and either freeze or burn it away. Doctor claims 98% success rate.
My issue with roof work is my vision. When I see double, it's easy to mistake which is the real edge and when I close one eye the edge and the ground look like they are in the same plane. Can't count the number of times I've stiff-legged the last step on a stair or ladder. I'm grounded.

Good that you’re getting things checked. Looking at your label it appears your expire date is sometime in 2050

Well, guess you’ll have to supervise from a comfortable chair while drinking a cold one. Hope your son brings a grand helper.


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Stewart, I was 11 years old when the last Civil War Veteran died. If I made it to 2050 I would be his age (106). I'm pretty much focused on making it through 2020.

You fixed the crack on the wheelbarrow perfectly.
I'm sure the roof will be fine too!

Vladimir, coming from my best mentor, that means a lot. I hope to be the one grilling the meat for the roof project.

Bob,so glad you didn’t die over night, now take it easy, and don’t do anything heavy
like, oh I don’t know, re-roofing the shed. You have to look after yourself, cos we will want to visit again one day.

Take care.
Steve

Steve, I would love to see you here again. I would hate to disappoint your daughter by not being here. She's a very impressive young lady.

Bob,
I've heard you talk about your invisible friend.
I have the same friend.
I talked to him this morning about you.
Praying that the Dr's get you all fixed up.

Jon, I did get the feeling someone was trying to get through. First time this happened, I let it go for a month. This time (against SWMBO's wishes) I only waited a day. She would have had me spending the night in the ER waiting room instead of my bed.

Please take care of yourself. I don't mind saying I'm being a little selfish when I say that, because I enjoy your posts.

Kirk, I feel the same selfish way about a whole lot of GJ members.

Hey Bob, take care of yourself now. Might see about hiring a young kid to do some of those task around the house. Some high school football player in the neighborhood who would enjoy the money and workout?

It could be a win-win situation!

Cody, we live in a Florida neighborhood where you rarely see children and the ones you do are just passing by. In 23 years we've had a total of five kids show up on Halloween. I think they hit the condos and neighborhoods where the houses are close together.

I hope your wife doesn't consider alternative uses for duct tape to keep you in the Do Nothing Jail. <G>

2001ZR2, I am so so glad Liane doesn't read this stuff.

Bob: just letting you know I'm thinking of you and hope you woke up feeling better.

maybe a good time to make some of that spicy stew to give your body some needed energy.

Drives, you do get a little hangover from the anesthesia but every day I feel better. Hopefully the next procedure near the end of February will fix the problem permanently.
Probably going to be spicy vegetables and chicken tonight.

And give Liane something to watch out the window!!!

Uncle Willie, she doesn't wait for me to bring them home. It's rare to go shopping without her introducing me to her just-met boyfriend.

Bob you are on the prayer list. Take care. I have another friend who has had his heart shrunk up several times. I guess it has become routine over the last decade. Never any fun to go to the Hotel Boring, with no pictures on the wall or views out the window. We go there because we feel like ****. They dress us up so we look like ****. Makes no sense. I guess they don't want to spoil the décor for those who visit; vintage American technology artifact, restoration? Get it over with. Doctor's need a project too. Let's hope those working on you take as much pride in their work as we have. Bobby

Bobby, you're right about the procedures that were a big deal a few years ago and routine today. That dress-up thing struck a nerve. I'll never understand why they give you a dress to wear. Then they tell you the open side goes in the back and it ties together in three or four places. I can tie my shoes one-handed but the chances of me tying more than the top string on the hospital 'gown' is zero. At this point I just let all the scarred and sagging stuff hang out -- hey, it's their nightmare, not mine.

 

[Guster]

Good luck with the treatment Bob and enjoy the rest for a bit. You have definitely earnt it with all the hard work and hopefully get to enjoy what you have renovated soon.

I find the downtime is perfect for a little planning and design work. Finishing up with some lists and budgets if that is your kind of thing. Else anything that needs taking apart and cleaning or servicing is good too.

 

[Toolfool]

Bob, take care of yourself.

 

[HOTFR8]

Bob. Take care.

 

[mybigwarwagon]

Glad your ticker is still ticking.


My wife threatened to tie me down after my back surgery. After a week I had enough of the indoors. I managed to get on a pair of sweat pants and shoes, negotiated the three front steps, found a small Autozone shopping cart we got in a load of scrap metal, found my trash stick, and started hobbling around cleaning thing up. She caught me, said I looked like a crazy homeless man, and made me go back inside. I was in no shape to fight.

When the doc released me to walk around and told me to walk as far as I could every day, I took it as a challenge. At the 2 week checkup he asked how far I could walk. I told him three miles, and showed him the tracking app on my phone.
He said he was going to give me another two weeks of rest, but I was hopelessly stubborn so he might as well release me.

 

[drivesitfar]

Bob: i'm happy to hear you are feeling a little better each day since your roof and tree trimming. it reminded me of my gramps when I heard he was re roofing his garage with hand split cedar shakes he was making when he was 87. since he worked as a logger up in the mountains til he couldn't pass his eye test a few years earlier cause he was legally blind is what made it more interesting.

he'd already taken off all the old cedar shakes and was laying tar paper and had the first row of shakes on his roof by the time I heard about it and went up to help him. It was also I think a 4/12 pitch so I ended up blowing out 2 pairs of tennis shoes out their sides doing the roof cause it was so steep.

when i showed up I asked him how he was nailing the shakes in cause he could barely see out the sides of his eyes (degenerative eye disease) and he said he just tried not to hit his fingers too hard until he got the nail set.

take it easy which is pretty hard for you and hopefully your son and maybe grandson can get the roof figured out.

cheers!!

 

[Bob Heine]

Good luck with the treatment Bob and enjoy the rest for a bit. You have definitely earnt it with all the hard work and hopefully get to enjoy what you have renovated soon.

I find the downtime is perfect for a little planning and design work. Finishing up with some lists and budgets if that is your kind of thing. Else anything that needs taking apart and cleaning or servicing is good too.

Eugene, thanks for the kind words. I'm getting a head start on my taxes.
I managed to get to the store and buy the 26 birthday/anniversary cards for the year. I used to go out and buy them one-at-a-time but missed the big day a few too many times. I also mark all the calendars in the house to improve my chances for success.

Thanks to a GJ enabler I have some new mechanical pencils to scratch out some ideas. I ordered one and Amazon sent me a box with one of the 12 pencils missing. Now I have Pentel Graphgear 1000 pencils loaded with B, 2B and HB leads.

Bob, take care of yourself.

John, thanks, I'm trying!

Bob. Take care.

Will do Simon!

Glad your ticker is still ticking.


My wife threatened to tie me down after my back surgery. After a week I had enough of the indoors. I managed to get on a pair of sweat pants and shoes, negotiated the three front steps, found a small Autozone shopping cart we got in a load of scrap metal, found my trash stick, and started hobbling around cleaning thing up. She caught me, said I looked like a crazy homeless man, and made me go back inside. I was in no shape to fight.

When the doc released me to walk around and told me to walk as far as I could every day, I took it as a challenge. At the 2 week checkup he asked how far I could walk. I told him three miles, and showed him the tracking app on my phone.
He said he was going to give me another two weeks of rest, but I was hopelessly stubborn so he might as well release me.

Uncle Willie, I look like a homeless person most of the time. When my good thrift store clothes get raggedy-looking they graduate to the "Garaggio" collection. When identifiable flesh shows through, they go in the "Garbaggio" collection -- wash 'em one more time and then throw them out when they get dirty.

Bob: i'm happy to hear you are feeling a little better each day since your roof and tree trimming. it reminded me of my gramps when I heard he was re roofing his garage with hand split cedar shakes he was making when he was 87. since he worked as a logger up in the mountains til he couldn't pass his eye test a few years earlier cause he was legally blind is what made it more interesting.

he'd already taken off all the old cedar shakes and was laying tar paper and had the first row of shakes on his roof by the time I heard about it and went up to help him. It was also I think a 4/12 pitch so I ended up blowing out 2 pairs of tennis shoes out their sides doing the roof cause it was so steep.

when i showed up I asked him how he was nailing the shakes in cause he could barely see out the sides of his eyes (degenerative eye disease) and he said he just tried not to hit his fingers too hard until he got the nail set.

take it easy which is pretty hard for you and hopefully your son and maybe grandson can get the roof figured out.

cheers!!

Drives, thanks for the reminder -- I have macular degeneration to look forward to. When my mother had her cataracts removed in her late 80s she no longer had to wear glasses but was told to never go outside without sunglasses on. In her 90s she would forget to take the sunglasses off and ask why our house was so dark.
I have an advantage over your grandfather. It is virtually impossible for me to hit my fingers with a hammer. I did buy a Dead On hammer with a magnet in it to take the place of my fingers.

It's handy but it doesn't work with stainless nails. Those have to go in the pneumatic nail gun.

Funny coincidence. Our daughter-in-law called today to ask if I was ready for a crew to come over to finish the shed on February 22 but that's the day I come home from the hospital. Now she and my son are going to come over on the 21st to help Liane drive me the mile to the hospital.

 

[patlun]

Laughter is the best medicine so keep laughing! Beside that take care

 

[T-handle]

Get well soon Bob Take it easy and use some delegation for the ruff work.

Relax and enjoy life Bob

 

[shortykorte]

Since mechanical pencils were once the tool of my trade, they are definitely the way to go. Hope you got the different sizes too. .05, .07, .09.


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[sawduststeve]

Laughter is the best medicine so keep laughing! Beside that take care

I find it only hurts when I laugh. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it

Have a peaceful weekend
Steve

 

[2001ZR2]

Wait, wait , wait I thought in your shop the tool you call a Dead On "hammer" with a magnet in it was a drill? If it's kept in the drawer labeled drills then it's a drill right?

One of the 1st posts covered this or so I think.

 

[Bob Heine]

Laughter is the best medicine so keep laughing! Beside that take care

Patrik, you are so right. If you can't laugh, you end up crying and that can ruin your day and stain your shirt. Thank you for the well wishes.

Get well soon Bob Take it easy and use some delegation for the ruff work.

Relax and enjoy life Bob

Tapio, I'm being good and it's not too much longer and I'll have a better pumping heart. My daughter-in-law is rounding up the delegates.

Since mechanical pencils were once the tool of my trade, they are definitely the way to go. Hope you got the different sizes too. .05, .07, .09.


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Stewart, I do have a decent 0.5mm as well as a couple of cheap ones. Also have one 0.7mm cheap pencil and a couple of antique 1.1mm IBM Electrographic pencils (in case I have to take a SAT test to get accepted into the nursing home).

I find it only hurts when I laugh. That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it

Have a peaceful weekend
Steve

Steve, you bring up a good point. Back in 1975, when the nurse came out to tell me my elbow was fractured, I heard a familiar voice say "Don't look at me, I'm not wiping your ****!" Amazing how much a chuckle can make it hurt.
I am working on taking it easy. It came back to bite Liane today. On her daily inspection of the grounds, she noticed a banana plant was about to fall over. As she said "You need to cut it down...." I gave her that: "Are you sure you want me to do that?" look.

Wait, wait , wait I thought in your shop the tool you call a Dead On "hammer" with a magnet in it was a drill? If it's kept in the drawer labeled drills then it's a drill right?

One of the 1st posts covered this or so I think.

2001ZR2, I think 'Dead On Hammer' is the brand name for that drill and the thing sticking out is a straight drill bit (much faster than the twist drill bit).