Houston we have a problem

[Red Leader]

Alright Rick, its update time! What is new?????

 

[rickairmedic]

Hey Dave well other than 2 new kittens the shop came to a bit of a standstill with the holidays and things needing finishing touches in the house . The kittens are from my stray who has already given us one kitten . The good news is the older kitten is a good mouser .


Rick

 

[rickairmedic]

Heres a couple pics of the garage critters . They have their own door and beds out here SWMBO doesnt do animals in the house . The first pic is our first kitten " Little Bit " The second pic is Scrounge " the original garage kitty " and her 2 new little ones who are about a week old now .


Rick

 

[tinbender 66]

Cool critters! We just got a new kitty about a week and a half ago. She's hell on wheels. Great fun! Getting another one next week because my wife thinks this one needs a 'friend'. I don't mind, I love cats. I don't have a pic handy but I'll get one later. Happy Thanksgiving!! (only 11:08 here haha)

 

[Grizz1963]

Cool progress and development of everything.

I have an older designe lathe, saw, planer combo and love it.

The garage critters made me reply.

Fortunately (or not) Nicola would let the cats live in the house and move into the garage herself.... yep, life is not fair.

I have one of our 3 cats that loves the garage, woodworking shed and generally being with tools and under my feet.

She is also a security cat.

Harley.

Look forward to updates on the kittens.

 

[rickairmedic]

LOL Paul its been Friday here for about 3 hours when you posted . I am an animal person SWMBO tolerates them although Little Bit is turning her around . He will hop up in my lap and then walk across to hers if she is out here at the pub table with me . Her idea of a " pet " is her fish I keep teling her to pet one otherwise they are " looks " .


Rick

 

[rickairmedic]

Grizz Harley looks like a fun shop cat . Thats another reason I have been sluggish on the garage as
I knew Scrounge was pregnant and I wanted her to feel comfortable having the kittens inside as its getting a little cold outside for them . She surprised me last week being in an area of the garage she normaly doesnt go and thats when I found the new babies . Needless to say I have tried to keep the noise down out here for about a month now . Once the kittens are a month old I will get back to semi normal out here .


Rick

 

[shopnut]

Needless to say I have tried to keep the noise down out here for about a month now . Once the kittens are a month old I will get back to semi normal out here .


Rick

Now that's a true cat lover - willing to slow down progress in the shop so the new kittens are comfortable! Good on you Rick.

 

[rickairmedic]

The funny part is its more to make moma kitty comfy than the babies . They are born blind and deaf so no amount of light or noise would bother them for the first week anyways .


Rick

 

[Red Leader]

Ahh, cute kitties!

I am an animal lover, but we are holding off on getting the 'shop dog' until the kid grows a little more and we can factor the pet into the budget.

-Dave

 

[rickairmedic]

Dave honestly thats a good plan little ones can be a little rough on puppies and kittens ( remember I have a 2 almost 3 year old grandson here ).


Rick

 

[KermitFrog]

Make sure you get the cats fixed. My dad started out with taking in one cat - total from that one has been around 40! Most have disappeared so now he's down to around 18. Garage is riddled with fleas.

 

[rickairmedic]

Soon as these guys are weened momma goes for her clip and snip and they wont be far behind . I would have already had her done but she snuck this batch in on me .

Rick

 

[KermitFrog]

Soon as these guys are weened momma goes for her clip and snip and they wont be far behind . I would have already had her done but she snuck this batch in on me .

Rick

That's what happened to my dad, didn't get fixed in time. He has two "keepers" that have been fixed and have been great cats for years. I have two boys but they know inside the garage is off limits. I may let them stay in there this winter on extra cold nights.

 

[Red Leader]

Rick hows that Kentucky winter treatin' ya?

 

[rickairmedic]

LOL Dave I am starting to wonder if somehow my house got moved to Jeffs Neighborhood without me noticing in the middle of the night . 7:45 PM here and still 49* with no wind chill . I am about reaqdy to unpack the shorts I just packed up for ? winter ? .


Rick

 

[Red Leader]

Hah! Send some of that our way! We got snow today

 

[rickairmedic]

Dave I'll trade ya . I have heat in my garage and furnaces work harder the colder it gets which makes them more prone to break and require repairs .


Rick

 

[Red Leader]

I'd rather be repairing a heater right now than the status quo

 

[tinbender 66]

Maybe I missed somethin' but I've been wonderin' where you are.

 

[Red Leader]

Ditto above. Where ya been? Hopefully everything is A-OK on your end.

 

[GirlnAgarage]

Yeah, me three. What's up Rick?

 

[fergus]

Hopefully you're buried with work and bringing home some extra $$$!

 

[rickairmedic]

Ok Ok I'm back .Went to visit family for the holidays I gues I shoulda put in a leave request .


Rick

 

[GirlnAgarage]

Rick!

Ya, put in the leave chit next time please.

 

[tinbender 66]

Welcome back

 

[flybefree]

Hope you had a great time...

Shaun

 

[Red Leader]

Whew, glad your okay. You can't just leave like that!!!

...freakin' us all out over here

 

[shopnut]

Hey Rick, wingnut65 gave us a quick report today that you survived the storms up there. I saw some footage on the news about a tornado that passed through near my old stomping grounds in Lexington. Nasty weather, for sure.

Anyway, its great to hear you are doing okay. Check in with us once in a while here at GJ, would ya.

 

[Red Leader]

Come in Houston, come in...

 

[tinbender 66]

You gonna resurface one of these days Rick? I hope you and yours are well! You are missed!!!

 

[d money]

Been a lurker for a few weeks and enjoyed scanning around some of these post . My question what happened here was following and enjoyed the reading but come to a abrupt stop . CURIOUS MIND WANTS TO KNOW

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Been a lurker for a few weeks and enjoyed scanning around some of these post . My question what happened here was following and enjoyed the reading but come to a abrupt stop . CURIOUS MIND WANTS TO KNOW

Click on the name in the LH box to see a GJ member's profile. You can see when they last posted. In this case, Rickairmedic last posted on 1/9/12, over two years ago. Sometimes life gets in the way, and people go other directions, things happen, etc.

Charles

 

[d money]

Charles your right and had I not been so caught up in this reading I would normally been aware of that . At any rate I was like a addict going cold turkey and couldn't get my fix but completely understand about lifes direction . THANKS RICK

 

[Wingnut65]

I checked in with Rick back in spring of 2012 and he was very involved with family and friends who all had damage from tornados that went through Kentucky. Between that and work, he was getting ******* and didn't have time to get back here on GJ.

I'd like to get some more of his expertise as I finally break out my small lathe and start some small flashlights or other learning curve projects.

Rick, if you are still monitoring this, you are missed around here!

 

[Red Leader]

Still on the lookout for you, fine sir.

Let us know when you'll have us back.

 

[marvinlee]

Ok my pics didnt show up lets try this again .

Rick

I view your garage as a praiseworthy example of maximal use of a given floor space.

 

[eeapo]

Cleaned er up a little, next week will be busy Lord willing. Will start to build me a welding table for outside welding.