so waht ya doin today?

[fiver]

yeah O/T was the thing to do this week.
Army and Michigan, BYU and Tenn., Washington, all 2 plus OT's.
Michigan looked completely confused until the end of the third quarter, Army was their own worst enemy on a couple of plays or they would have put them away before that.
good game though.
BYU finally got a field goal kicker and should improve, them not having one last year cost them 3 or 4 games.

 

[Intheshop]

Buying 400 wet N dry by anything less than sleeves is.....

Dang, I feel so blessed.... my shop/slop sink is,circa 1930.... "downtown" badarse cool. A dear plumber friend had taken it out of service in the #1 plumbing supply joint,near here. It was that facility mop sink but,all the plumbers that came in there washed up in this.... medium highwall cast iron sink.

I saw what my friend was trying to convey so took it,it is the coolest sink on the planet.... am so thankful. I use this sink,pretty much every day. The size is so perfect that words just aren't enough. Medium... high back.

Back to 3M part numbers.... that rubber squeegee is,pretty much the end all backer for anyone playin,"pro finisher" . These are basically,freebys....on the counter when you go visit auto paint supply joint. It's "supposed" to be used with modern,polyester.... but,well we know better.

 

[S Mac]

Coming from a former bodyman, why did you tear that sandpaper in such a manner? Fold in half and tear on the crease.

 

[fiver]

chuckle.
yeah BW whatsamatterwhichyou.

 

[Bret4207]

Rough day here, good friend/neighbor died in his sleep overnight. 52 yoa. He was a time bomb waiting to go off, we all knew it might come, but still...

 

[Ian]

good form on the head support BW.

+1 on that!

 

[JWFilips]

One of my apprentices ripped sand paper like that "once" Had to bring 2 octagon barrels and 2 flintlock plates and parts to "Bright" polish before I would let him touch anything! He never forgot that!

Today, well the same as the rest of the week! finally have to go back to the real world....super busy work, 10 hour days photographing commercial wire shelving for Metro Industries and every nut and bolt that they sell to service it! On location in the next "big city" Wilkes-Barre Nice 30 mile ride down but a real crappy one coming back home....Traffic is a nightmare on route 81 anymore & only 4 more days of this!

 

[CZ93X62]

The Dallas Cowboys handled their business with the NY Giants pretty decisively. I might get a chance at Monday Night Football tonight, dunno. I am unaccustomed to waiting until 8 PM local time for the game to start--I was ready for bed by half-time of the Sunday Night Game.

It appears Marie and I will be in Orlando until Thursday morning. I would prefer to have left this morning, but that would be a faux pas in terms of family dynamics.

Orlando exists as a city to facilitate the tourist industry and the theme parks that drive same. Santa Clarita and Anaheim in California are very similar in nature. Being an employee of the cities is likely a good thing, but customer service from the theme parks and related businesses is an uneven experience, putting it politely. Theme parks know that no matter how shabbily they treat their visitors there will always be 5K to 20K more arriving the next day. There is ZERO NEED to cater to customers.

Our hotel is a case in point. Holiday Inn Express Suites. The suites are nice, ambiance is quiet (for a family-oriented screaming-kids business, I was surprised). But the elevator cars are DARK inside--VERY DARK. The floor selection buttons are unlit. Once the doors close, you can't see the buttons. At all. Just some edgy "mood lighting" that cast a spooky glow on the fases of the occupants. It isn't just my old eyes that had troubles--my 29 year old daughter could neither find the panel nor read the numbers either.

This is the sort of avant-garde design element dreamed up by millenial admin types in cubicle farms in Chicago. Edgy, uber-modern, and useless. The oldest staff member I have seen here since yesterday afternnon's arrival can't be 40 years old, and most are about half that age and speak broken/heavily-accented English. And it's not Spanish as their first language--Flemish, Dutch, perhaps Czech as well.

Gotta find a gun shop tomorrow. GOT TO.

 

[waco]

Rough day here, good friend/neighbor died in his sleep overnight. 52 yoa. He was a time bomb waiting to go off, we all knew it might come, but still...

Sorry to hear about your friend Bret....

 

[popper]

Manatee springs is a neat area too, north of Orlando. Music minister had a stroke last night, mid 40s. 2 weeks, med tech is requesting blood work from labcorp, finally, got a new script for bp meds, pharm never got the first one. Always got a chuckle from the dads hauling the vid equip around at Universal and Disney. Never ever did understand taking toddlers there.

 

[Pistolero]

Sorry about your friend, Bret. What sort of a "time bomb"?

 

[L Ross]

Loaded 150 rounds of BP 44 w.c.f. and lubed another 550 RCBS 44-200-CMs. Trying to get ready for a shoot his weekend in Virginia, MN.

 

[462]

Drove the 40-mile round trip to the sheriff's department and picked up my concealed carry license. Had a short chat with the deputy and asked how many the department has been issuing -- "Six a day." Almost on my heels, as I entered the building, was a 50ish lady who was picking up her license. I am very impressed with the sheriff's willingness to issue them.

The county's population is about 435,000. Of that number, I would realistically estimate, 40% are foreign-born, non-English speaking non-citizens who couldn't get a license, anyway. Seems to me, then, the county has several thousand licensees.

 

[fiver]

first 2 grouse of the season down today.

I thought Littlegirl was gonna pull off her first double, but she missed the second one.
I seen them up ahead and grabbed the G-boy and circled around on them, then
we walked them to the edge of the quakies and they were gonna pop out over the sage brush giving her a pretty good shot at them both.
I could have got the second one pretty easily but decided to let her try for them both.
at the second shot all I could say was,, I heard 2 shots, I guess we got 2 birds, knowing full well she had missed the second one.
shut up.. I missed the second one.
soo not 2 birds.
I MISSED,,, OKAY?
no noo, not okay, why you wasting my junk shells like that?... LOL,,, quietly to myself.
...... shut up. [guess she heard the laugh]
so I got the boy going.
Mom pew,,,, miss,,, Mom miss.
yep,,, no chicken nuggies for Barrett.

the G-boy got a kick out of the bird hunting, but finally wore down after the second steep canyon trip.
he asked to shoot my shotgun so I let him shoot a couple of tree stumps [with his mom's help] on the way back down the second canyon.
I gave her one of my paper shells to shoot and he got his first whiff of paper hull and green-dot.
probably won't remember any of it, but I bet that smell is etched into his brain forever.

 

[Bret4207]

Bill, he was a Northen NY bachelor farmer, to borrow a phrase from the shamed host of "The Prarie Home Companion". He hardly ever left the farm and he did it was to go get Mountain Dew or meds for his cows. He lived to hunt, fish, trap and milk. He knew every cow in the herd by name, well over 100 head, and all their peculiarities, their lineage, etc. Best stockman I ever met, bar none! He had just about every heart related aliment you'd care to name, had a hernia the size of a large grapefruit for so long the intestine was fusing together, avoided the doctor as much as possible, was passing out doing chores, etc. Stubborn beyond belief and would do anything in the world for you and laugh the whole time he was helping. He lived in a trailer on his folks farm, got that after his grandfather died at 88 or 89. Usually covered in cow crap, I don't know that he ever had a girl friend or even considered it. He has an older uncle thats just like him, only healthy as a horse. Loud and socially awkward, he was 5'7" of red headed all around good guy. The farm had been going downhill since his father had a stroke last year and they were due to sell the cows by first snow. I thought he'd finally have a chance to do all the hunting he wanted. He just got done working on a food plot. Just a sad thing for those of us that knew him. Really putting his folks in a bind now too. But, we had 12 or 15 neighbors show up for chores last night and I'm headed over this AM too. I guess that shows that the family is respected and some of the friendship we have for them. It's a small town thing. We will continue to be there until the cows go later this week. That's a huge thing for a farm community, when someone has to sell out like this. Hits home like nothing else for some reason. I guess we all knew it was going to happen, we just didn't think it would be this soon.

 

[L Ross]

Bill, he was a Northen NY bachelor farmer, to borrow a phrase from the shamed host of "The Prarie Home Companion". He hardly ever left the farm and he did it was to go get Mountain Dew or meds for his cows. He lived to hunt, fish, trap and milk. He knew every cow in the herd by name, well over 100 head, and all their peculiarities, their lineage, etc. Best stockman I ever met, bar none! He had just about every heart related aliment you'd care to name, had a hernia the size of a large grapefruit for so long the intestine was fusing together, avoided the doctor as much as possible, was passing out doing chores, etc. Stubborn beyond belief and would do anything in the world for you and laugh the whole time he was helping. He lived in a trailer on his folks farm, got that after his grandfather died at 88 or 89. Usually covered in cow crap, I don't know that he ever had a girl friend or even considered it. He has an older uncle thats just like him, only healthy as a horse. Loud and socially awkward, he was 5'7" of red headed all around good guy. The farm had been going downhill since his father had a stroke last year and they were due to sell the cows by first snow. I thought he'd finally have a chance to do all the hunting he wanted. He just got done working on a food plot. Just a sad thing for those of us that knew him. Really putting his folks in a bind now too. But, we had 12 or 15 neighbors show up for chores last night and I'm headed over this AM too. I guess that shows that the family is respected and some of the friendship we have for them. It's a small town thing. We will continue to be there until the cows go later this week. That's a huge thing for a farm community, when someone has to sell out like this. Hits home like nothing else for some reason. I guess we all knew it was going to happen, we just didn't think it would be this soon.

Sorry you lost a friend. He sounds like quite a few characters I know, knew over the years. They hold special places in our memories.

 

[Intheshop]

Coming from a former bodyman, why did you tear that sandpaper in such a manner? Fold in half and tear on the crease.

Haha,it was torn to begin with....happened to be laying there. I have sheet metal templates hanging within 2 feet of there..... they're sized for specific blocks. Got a slew of Duroform blocks but use high dollar rolls of stick on paper. Really have come to rely on these for wood wacking,case work.... where flat is crucial.

 

[Intheshop]

Got some lite reading to do,cpl books came in yesterday.

 

[KeithB]

Went to GP Dr yesterday, called at 9, they had a cancellation so I was seeing him at 11:30 same day. Been having some minor problems that I think are a result of taking too high a dose of Lisinopril. Five years ago when I had my foot removed I weighed about 245 and wasn't very healthy. The dosages of Lisinopril, Metoprolol, Clopidogrel, and aspirin that I have been taking were established then. Now that I weigh less than 200 lbs w/o my prosthesis and am much healthier I believe that those dosages are too high. So does my doctor after some discussion. They took a lot of blood samples to get facts to back up his learned opinion. Cut my L dose from 20 mg to 10 mg, eliminated the baby aspirin, and prescribed a home blood pressure monitor.

Will meet with Morton building rep at 1 pm today to make final payment on building shell. All that really does is transfer ownership from Morton to bank, we won't own it for many years if ever but it is one more loose end getting tied up.

Business has been doing pretty well lately, got enough $ ahead to pay off last $4500 on CNC mill loan six months early. Loan was with same bank that is financing building, bank rep said that would help raise credit rating (already real good) and make it easier to get another equipment loan in future. Would be nice to not have to borrow money but in practical terms you can't make enough $ w/o equipment to pay for equipment. Saved several hundred in interest anyway.

Been talking to electrical contractor and utility company to get power to building and lights and a few outlets inside building to aid other contractors. Hope that happens soon.

Been working on new shop project, a manual 4th axis table for a milling machine to attach to my rotary indexer. The parts are at one of our business associates, a very talented fabricator with the right equipment and skills to TIG weld some heavy 6061 aluminum plates. As soon as he is done with it I will finish machine it and put it in service. Plan to post thread w/photos in machining section.

 

[JonB]

I've never been much for spectator sports...since some of you are talking Football...I'm gonna have to mention something I am into...I stumbled onto and watched a neat movie last weekend. I won't make a regular thing about this, But I had never heard of this movie, and it was excellent.
"True Romance" 1993. Nothing True in it, and nothing romantic in it. Lots of big name actors in it ( and many of them "before" they became big names). Written by Tarantino but produced and directed by others ...and yeah, it's a typical Tarantino movie with Mafia, drugs, and bloody murders. It had a 3-way shootout at the end, big excitement! ...I think Tarantino used that again in one of the movies he directed.