Author Topic: What did you do today Non moto (Read 765075 times)

Bounce · « **Reply #7250 on:** December 04, 2020, 12:29:29 PM »

Cash only
Local pickup only
Bring your own muscle and packing stuff

Man these things are beasts. I had "white glove" installation with the Samsung from B&H Photo when it was new (75" edge-lit LED). The new Sony X95(something) is direct matrix LED (but hard to tell the difference much of the time). Had to have my brother help me move them around because they are about 90# and awkward/fragile.

Bottom line is it fixed one issue I was just starting to have (The Boys (S2) on Prime wouldn't play because of some HDMI security stuff that required updates to certified high speed HDMI cables (and still didn't fix it). The TV hasn't gotten an update from Samsung in several years so there won't be a fix coming. It was just the one show but it will only get worse. Best to sell it now what it still have some value. MSRP was something like $6k but I got it on a black Friday discount of under $2k. Sold yesterday for $770.

The Sony, once in place, fixed the Prime streaming issue. Sure enough spec changes in the HDMI code require updates, people. Because of the stand differences (Samsung is a center-mounted base stand and the Sony is 2 "feet" on either side. That means my current shelving isn't wide enough anymore. ANOTHER expense (flat pack furniture time).

stevent · « **Reply #7251 on:** December 05, 2020, 10:26:43 PM »

Went up to visit these three monkey butts, my grandson turned 9 so we took them out for lunch and pressies. Really fun day, it's a 5 hour round trip so I don't see them as much as I'd like to.. (sniff)

Bounce · « **Reply #7252 on:** December 06, 2020, 01:59:19 PM »

Yesterday I was standing at the kitchen sink when I heard the neighbor and his toddler son outside talking. It was so clear that I knew they had to be standing between our houses so I opened the blind a little more to see. Sure enough, right outside the window.

I slowly angled the blinds closed a little and, in a deep voice, said, "HO HO HO! Have you been a good boy for Santa this year?"

I heard his dad ask, "Did you hear that?"

In an small, amazed voice, I heard the toddler reply, "Yes..."

"Who was it?"
"Santa!"
"And have you been a good boy?"
"Yes..."

... And so on. I slowly opened the blind where the dad could see me but the boy couldn't. As I smiled and waved, he smiled and gave a slight nod. My day was made.

CLAY · « **Reply #7253 on:** December 06, 2020, 05:40:08 PM »

Well done, well done.

Baxter · « **Reply #7254 on:** December 06, 2020, 07:39:24 PM »

Quote from: Bounce on December 06, 2020, 01:59:19 PM

Yesterday I was standing at the kitchen sink when I heard the neighbor and his toddler son outside talking. It was so clear that I knew they had to be standing between our houses so I opened the blind a little more to see. Sure enough, right outside the window.

I slowly angled the blinds closed a little and, in a deep voice, said, "HO HO HO! Have you been a good boy for Santa this year?"

I heard his dad ask, "Did you hear that?"

In an small, amazed voice, I heard the toddler reply, "Yes..."

"Who was it?"
"Santa!"
"And have you been a good boy?"
"Yes..."

... And so on. I slowly opened the blind where the dad could see me but the boy couldn't. As I smiled and waved, he smiled and gave a slight nod. My day was made.

Baxter · « **Reply #7255 on:** December 06, 2020, 07:43:17 PM »

Took a pre-driving age niece Christmas shopping for her fam under the pretext of taking her to use a gift card she'd received for her b-day. The presents are now hidden at our house, and I'll wrap them for her as well.

This scenario may be repeated with some of the other younger kiddos. Probably need to use a different ruse each time.

Baxter · « **Reply #7256 on:** December 07, 2020, 10:45:57 AM »

This happens so rarely that it deserves mention. I saw a performance car actually being driven in a performance manner.

I had just dropped my bro-in-law at the airport and was driving home on the interstate through downtown Milwaukee when a white BMW came zipping up fast from behind, utilizing all four lanes. I was cruising much faster than my friends in law enforcement may like in the far left lane, and the Bimmer swooped by and was gone. Usually, my little Civic passes any and every performance car--Porsche, Audi, BMW, M-B, what have you--because they're typically owned by folks who only want the name and associated prestige.

This seems to happen less than once a quarter.

jadziadax8 · « **Reply #7257 on:** December 15, 2020, 02:31:03 PM »

I commuted. What a weird concept.

My students needed to drop off their lab kits, so I sat by the front door of the building in which I normally teach for 3 hours waiting for students to arrive with ziploc baggies full of exotic materials in hand.

Black Hills · « **Reply #7258 on:** December 15, 2020, 03:02:22 PM »

shoveled the driveway and went to work

Andrew · « **Reply #7259 on:** December 15, 2020, 03:10:39 PM »

Day #3 of sitting on my ass or just sleeping, I did get out of the house long enough to get a q-tip shoved from my nose to the back of my head, and back home to rest.

radon222 · « **Reply #7260 on:** December 16, 2020, 06:42:04 AM »

Quote from: jadziadax8 on December 15, 2020, 02:31:03 PM

..... with ziploc baggies full of exotic materials in hand.

I hear more and more States are making that legal now

CLAY · « **Reply #7261 on:** December 17, 2020, 08:28:34 PM »

Over the last week I converted most of the fluorescent lights on the un-insulated side of the barn to LED tubes, all of which I got free. It's CRAZY bright in there now, using FAR less electricity, and hopefully I won't need to touch them for a long time.

CLAY · « **Reply #7262 on:** December 28, 2020, 09:22:30 PM »

Smoked duck breasts. Marinated, covered in bacon, and smoked to about 140. VERY tasty.

Also started a Chuck roast in the SOus Vide yesterday- seared it and had it for supper along with the duck.

Eh2zed · « **Reply #7263 on:** January 03, 2021, 01:42:09 PM »

I’m tearing apart my microwave. The exhaust hood/fan is shite. It might work if I can reroute the duct up the backside thereby bypassing ridiculous 90 degree bends inside.
Who designs this stuff?

Flyer · « **Reply #7264 on:** January 03, 2021, 07:24:52 PM »

Tiny, inscrutable hands.

Baxter · « **Reply #7265 on:** January 03, 2021, 09:34:52 PM »

Was that intended for the "Just three words" thread or was it an answer to Eh2zed's question?

Papa Lazarou · « **Reply #7266 on:** January 04, 2021, 03:12:23 AM »

Digitised more old 35mm slides. The earliest date back to 1957. Mostly Calcutta, Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong, with some UK pics. The slides of late 1950s Nepal seem to have gone missing, along with most of the HK slides. Might post a few of general interest on here later.

Flyer · « **Reply #7267 on:** January 04, 2021, 04:55:56 AM »

Quote from: Baxter on January 03, 2021, 09:34:52 PM

Was that intended for the "Just three words" thread or was it an answer to Eh2zed's question?

Yes, it was.

Shovelled the neighbour’s drive and walkway.
Awarded a homemade lasagna for the effort.
Best deal ever.

Flyer · « **Reply #7268 on:** January 04, 2021, 07:29:17 PM »

So pleased with my lockdown coping skills!
I completed three separate trips
down the driveway to the street.
One each for paper, recycling, and trash.

Papa Lazarou · « **Reply #7269 on:** January 05, 2021, 03:00:19 AM »

Quote from: Flyer on January 04, 2021, 07:29:17 PM

So pleased with my lockdown coping skills!
I completed three separate trips
down the driveway to the street.
One each for paper, recycling, and trash.

you appear to have nailed this. perhaps you could start a Youtube channel?

Eh2zed · « **Reply #7270 on:** January 05, 2021, 07:22:14 AM »

Success! So now when I burn whatever food I’m converting to charcoal the smoke goes out the exhaust vent instead of into my lungs.
Cough. Cough. Mostly. Cough.

Eh2zed · « **Reply #7271 on:** January 05, 2021, 07:23:33 AM »

In my next life I’ll install a hood and stick the microwave somewhere else.
Combo units suck.

Bounce · « **Reply #7272 on:** January 05, 2021, 09:03:42 AM »

Clothes dryer went out Sunday. Crawled around in the attic on Monday and chimney swept the exhaust duct (out of the roof) and swapped one of the light bulbs in the far end of the attic. No love. Cut power, pulled the fascia and the heater coil failed continuity checks. Called American Appliance Parts and they had it and the 2 sensors for me by 3pm. Everything swapped, tested, and buttoned up in about 30 minutes after getting home.

Things dry a LOT fast now.

I think I found the reason for the open circuit...

jadziadax8 · « **Reply #7273 on:** January 05, 2021, 09:07:38 AM »

Oh shit!

Andrew · « **Reply #7274 on:** January 05, 2021, 08:12:53 PM »

Well done Bounce

Bounce · « **Reply #7275 on:** January 06, 2021, 08:21:58 AM »

Yep. the assembly is locked in place by a metal "tube" that bolts around it to channel air over the coils and into the tub. It was split in half from the heat-over-time; not me removing it.

Baxter · « **Reply #7276 on:** January 09, 2021, 10:46:28 AM »

Quote from: Flyer on January 04, 2021, 04:55:56 AM

Quote from: Baxter on January 03, 2021, 09:34:52 PM
Was that intended for the "Just three words" thread or was it an answer to Eh2zed's question?
Yes, it was.

Shovelled the neighbour’s drive and walkway.
Awarded a homemade lasagna for the effort.
Best deal ever.

1.

2. Good on you for watching out for the neighbors!

Bounce · « **Reply #7277 on:** January 10, 2021, 09:18:48 AM »

I remained a voice of reason in a world gone crazy.

Quote

Given the actions of the past 2 weeks, I think legislators that have been the the eye of the divisive-politics storm got an wake-up notice about what happens when your plan of pitting The People against each other actually bears fruit.

Your gated communities and sequestered office spaces become no safer then those you claim you’re different from; that you smiled about and blew off when it wasn’t your city burning and it was your “dogs of war” doing the burning.

There will be a time when it all spills over on everyone; even those who got comfortable using it to keep The People distracted from what their legilsators were actually doing.

I suspect they thought that anarchy could be controlled and they could focus it against their enemies. Like Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, “Life doesn’t work that way.”

Baxter · « **Reply #7278 on:** January 10, 2021, 02:21:24 PM »

Before we retired and before our doggo became ill, we'd decided that he'd be our last pet for several years, or even decades, so we'd have an easier time traveling. Over the past few days I've cleaned and laundered his bedding, packed up his stuff and leftover food and treats, and donated it to the Humane Society. And I've been doing a thorough cleaning at the ole homestead since he'd lost his house training due to illness. I had cleaned up right away, but I'm now doing a corner-to-corner clean and polish of the wood floors in every room.

Still feels weirdly empty around here. $:-\$

Vulcanbill · « **Reply #7279 on:** January 11, 2021, 06:25:53 AM »

Got the rest of the big ole woodpile split yesterday. Now on to stacking. I hate stacking wood. Stems from childhood when it was used as punishment. Oh well. Now it's what results in a monthly electric bill of about 50 bucks.

Also emptied the hot water heater and refilled it.

mr.awesome · « **Reply #7280 on:** January 11, 2021, 07:38:57 AM »

Quote from: Vulcanbill on January 11, 2021, 06:25:53 AM

Also emptied the hot water heater and refilled it.

Why do you need to heat hot water?

Got 6 led shop lights for the barn. A buddy bought too many for his shop project. I originally had 4-4' florescent tubes running up the middle of the barn. Now have two rows of 3 and will move two old ones to the ends to make them 4 per row. Man are these things bright.

I have one row screwed to the bottom of the trusses and another on top of the trusses. The light out put is about the same but the ones above don't seem to blind you like the lower ones. I'll give it a bit of time and see which ones I like better and make them all the same.

Eh2zed · « **Reply #7281 on:** January 12, 2021, 04:30:17 PM »

I built a forklift.

1/87 scale.

Flyer · « **Reply #7282 on:** January 12, 2021, 06:56:32 PM »

Quote from: Eh2zed on January 12, 2021, 04:30:17 PM

I built a forklift.

1/87 scale.

To carry loonies to the piggy-bank?

I opened a bottle of cab/sauv.

stevent · « **Reply #7283 on:** January 12, 2021, 09:30:27 PM »

I found out I have a few more skin cancers to be removed so that's not much fun. A combination of Lilly White Northern European skin and laying out in the sun as a yoot.

Still Judith made a killer spaghetti with zucchini and we gargled a delightful bottle of Bogle old vine Zin so it wasn't all gloom and doom.

Baxter · « **Reply #7284 on:** January 13, 2021, 06:13:14 AM »

Quote from: Eh2zed on January 12, 2021, 04:30:17 PM

I built a forklift.

1/87 scale.

HO scale railroad?

Eh2zed · « **Reply #7285 on:** January 13, 2021, 06:50:13 AM »

Eh2zed · « **Reply #7286 on:** January 13, 2021, 06:53:42 AM »

I tried posting a short video but being tech illiterate it didn’t work.

Baxter · « **Reply #7287 on:** January 14, 2021, 11:22:21 AM »

Some of our dishes have broken over the past 20+years. So I counted everything up and ordered used replacements online while they are still available.

Aah, the excitement of retired life!

Flyer · « **Reply #7288 on:** January 14, 2021, 11:29:13 AM »

Quote from: Baxter on January 14, 2021, 11:22:21 AM

Aah, the excitement of retired life!

Throw in a little “Twist”.
https://youtu.be/Nx0-wjpGu3Q

Winter pond pump maintenance for me.
Cool, cool water...

Leanintree · « **Reply #7289 on:** January 14, 2021, 03:12:57 PM »

Stood our clothes dryer on its head yesterday evening.

New 'sound' led me to uninstall, minor disassembly, clean and reinstall. Per the wife, a missing aglet from a hoodie was likely the culprit, but wasn't able to find it. Rather than doing full tear down to find one small piece of metal that was likely jammed in the drum mechanism (and lightly scraping on each revolution), I just turned the unit on back, right side, left side and top, turning the drum by hand forwards and backwards. Must have dislodged the noisemaker, since it's dead silent again now and works fine still.

Sometimes gravity is your friend.
LT

garry · « **Reply #7290 on:** January 14, 2021, 04:59:27 PM »

I went skiing at the local hill (Seven Springs, PA). My bad leg worked OK. Nice to know I can still ski. Not sure about telemark turns for the future, but parallel worked fine.

maddjack · « **Reply #7291 on:** January 14, 2021, 06:48:53 PM »

I started carving a new duck,a pintail this time,out of a hunk of wood I found on a walk.Hopefully it will come out as nice as the Mallard I did.

Bounce · « **Reply #7292 on:** January 15, 2021, 08:54:52 AM »

Quote from: Leanintree on January 14, 2021, 03:12:57 PM

Stood our clothes dryer on its head yesterday evening.

New 'sound' led me to uninstall, minor disassembly, clean and reinstall. Per the wife, a missing aglet from a hoodie was likely the culprit, but wasn't able to find it. Rather than doing full tear down to find one small piece of metal that was likely jammed in the drum mechanism (and lightly scraping on each revolution), I just turned the unit on back, right side, left side and top, turning the drum by hand forwards and backwards. Must have dislodged the noisemaker, since it's dead silent again now and works fine still.

Sometimes gravity is your friend.
LT

Mine has "paddles" in the drum to stir up clothes while spinning. Those can be unbolted and sometimes the flotsam from pockets can be found in one of those.

Last week I swapped the heating element that even the carrier plate for the coil was broken in half (heat fatigue). Then climbed into the attic to "chimney swept" the exhaust duct. Much improved over the 5-hour fluff dry it did the last time when I knew the element was dead.

CLAY · « **Reply #7293 on:** January 17, 2021, 09:48:27 PM »

Vinyl plank flooring in the bedroom. Trim to got yet.

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Papa Lazarou · « **Reply #7294 on:** January 18, 2021, 05:13:41 AM »

sick and tired of the dullness of pop up ads, I have started googling Rolex and Rolls Royce. A noticeable improvement.

Bounce · « **Reply #7295 on:** January 18, 2021, 07:06:07 AM »

Went to my brothers house and trouble-shot his LAN. One issue is a headless PC for stand-alone background tasks. Win10 did an update and set there waiting for questions to be answered about the account that had already been answered when first set up. The end result? Sitting there, dead after a reboot, waiting for input that you can't do using RD because it's not past the boot process. Once again Windows snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.

Black Hills · « **Reply #7296 on:** January 18, 2021, 07:52:57 AM »

Went for a little drive in the woods and did a little shooting. Unfortunate due to the lack of availability ammo had to be restricted to 50 rounds each of 9mm and .40 and 100 rounds of .223, but it was still an enjoyable afternoon. It either needs to snow so I can ski or warm up so I can ride

Skee · « **Reply #7297 on:** January 18, 2021, 08:23:39 AM »

Quote from: Black Hills on January 18, 2021, 07:52:57 AM

It either needs to snow so I can ski or warm up so I can ride

Climate change is ruining the weather.

Baxter · « **Reply #7298 on:** January 19, 2021, 10:09:18 AM »

The PO of Chateau Baxter had a pendant light hanging in front of the basement fridge. It wasn't in a good place to put a pub table or anything under it, and as near we can guess, it was just for light in the bar area when the main lights weren't on. Taller people had to duck when getting a beer or pop. It was ridiculous.

I replaced it with a flush mount led unit which can easily serve the "nightlight" function and which won't hit my 6+ foot tall nephew in the head.

Black Hills · « **Reply #7299 on:** January 19, 2021, 10:17:19 AM »

Quote from: Skee on January 18, 2021, 08:23:39 AM

Quote from: Black Hills on January 18, 2021, 07:52:57 AM
It either needs to snow so I can ski or warm up so I can ride

Climate change is ruining the weather.

I wish it would ruin it in the same way as last year. we had the best snow year ever!