My MIL, since passed, and her boyfriend did this every morning. Thank god, as that's how it was discovered that she had had a stroke as she was talking gibberish. She recovered fully as they were able to get her to the hospital on time. DH and I talked to her every evening.
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Used an angle grinder with a special blade on it to remove the deteriorating cement between the bricks on the front porch and refilled it with some stuff from a tube made by Quikrete that looks just like cement but isn't. We'll see how long this lasts, if it starts to crumble or something it's not a big project to remove it and put in real cement.
A nice feature I've seen at some of the CCRCs I've looked at is a button in your residence that you have to push every day before noon. If you don't, you'll be called on the phone and if no answer the security folks will do a wellness checkup in person.
Of course, if you're traveling you can turn this system off, but I think it's a great idea.
skyking1
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I got "Huck Finned" for a good part of the day, after we stood the king log and set the beam in the mortise.
The mortise came out perfectly on grade.
I built the 2x8 bearing wall that goes beyond the king log to the back wall by myself, and we stood it up and fitted the little glue lam there.
My friend enjoying his view.
The mortise came out perfectly on grade.
I built the 2x8 bearing wall that goes beyond the king log to the back wall by myself, and we stood it up and fitted the little glue lam there.
My friend enjoying his view.
NeilDH
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It’s summer! I’m doing a lot of biking and watching baseball. I had a heat wave week, too, but hate staying cooped up in the AC house all day, so I went riding in the early morning — an achievement for me since I’m a night owl, but I found it very nice. It led up to my Bike MS charity bike ride, 152 miles last weekend.
street
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Very interesting!!! Thanks skyking.
I'm hoping in the next two weeks I get that old house demolished. The guy will dig a hole and push it in and bury. I than will try to get a small structure build on this same spot.
I'm looking forward to the project and really enjoy your posts.
Awesome build! That King Pin Center support is a beauty of a stick of wood.
I'm hoping in the next two weeks I get that old house demolished. The guy will dig a hole and push it in and bury. I than will try to get a small structure build on this same spot.
I'm looking forward to the project and really enjoy your posts.
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Went last night to see the musical "Funny Girl" at the Maine State Music Theater in Brunswick. It was really well done.
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Do not build over the fill with the house demo in it. bury it to one side of you must. I prefer never burying anything that could come back to haunt me.
street
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Yep, it will be off to one side.
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My buddy's FIL owned a farm that had an old coal mine on it. The shaft area was left uncovered when the mine ceased operations maybe 80 years ago. Buddy's FIL dumped old machinery, grain bins, garbage, and old buildings into the hole over the course of 60+ years. I saw him push his tornado ravaged house into the hole about 10 years ago.
I hope nobody ever wants to build anything over that.
Played around in Photoshop, following along in a book about the software. Between various aches and pains, the frustration of running it on an old too-slow computer, and just being occupied with other stuff I'd let my photography and Photoshop skills atrophy, to the point that I rarely even opened the program, just using Lightroom. It was disappointing to realize how much I had forgotten about using it. Time to fix that. At least this time it's a lot easier to do since most of it I've done before, just not recently.
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They had some variation on the top plate due to a near blowout of the ICF forms, and we had to use 1/2" OSB rips for shims almost everywhere. I had to custom shave them down to a 1/4" or less at the end, using a planer.
I was ground guy feeding everything, all the rim boards and floor joists for the first floor. We got all the shimming and first rim boards on, and about half the joists. I am beat.
Glu lam secured by 1/2" x 12" lag bolts.
I was ground guy feeding everything, all the rim boards and floor joists for the first floor. We got all the shimming and first rim boards on, and about half the joists. I am beat.
Glu lam secured by 1/2" x 12" lag bolts.
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I hope your cabin friend is going to do as much labor on your new house as you are doing on his house. I can see why you're beat!
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Got on my gravel bike and rode out on my favorite dirt trail to spectate the last hour and last mile of the Western States 100 mile Trail Run.
WOW!!! Saw very focused runners on their last mile, determined to reach the finish line before the 30 hour cutoff!
Was an impressive display of human endurance and determination.
WOW!!! Saw very focused runners on their last mile, determined to reach the finish line before the 30 hour cutoff!
Was an impressive display of human endurance and determination.
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Returned from the Traverse City Cherry Festival with Blue Angels airshow. My diet is taking a hit.
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We were on the last day of the Rockport trip and the front a/c blower motor cut out... Hot, humid & scads of mosquitos so couldn't roll down the windows.
Ordered the part on Amazon for delivery the next day when returning home and started the drive @ 6am and ran the back cabin air (half-cool).
30 minutes after getting home, the motor arrived and 10 minutes later I was back in business... 3 screws and a power connector. Easy peasy.
Ordered the part on Amazon for delivery the next day when returning home and started the drive @ 6am and ran the back cabin air (half-cool).
30 minutes after getting home, the motor arrived and 10 minutes later I was back in business... 3 screws and a power connector. Easy peasy.
skyking1
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gotta like that. Is this in a motorhome, @Surewhitey ? My wife, Peanut and I went up to the property to do some measuring and lasering. It was a typical display of rain shadow today. It drizzed here and there, some thunderstorms on the way up. We get there and see damp pavement but no rain for the 4 hours we were there, and the clouds were broken up down-shadow all the way to Canada. The air was clear out to the San Juans. We left and found more wet pavement on the way home.
Surewhitey
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Nah, just the Sienna. It's a 2012, so not bad for the first thing to break. Been a solid ride otherwise. After market part was just $60.
Pretty sure the mosquito invasion was caused by the big tropical storm that blew in a couple of weeks ago.
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Mostly, I rested up from a 12 mile hike yesterday, though I did clean the gutters in front of the house.
I also bought a new campground tent online, along with several pairs of hiking socks for my upcoming trip. After dinner, I installed a plastic bumper protector on top of the rear bumper of my new car.
I also bought a new campground tent online, along with several pairs of hiking socks for my upcoming trip. After dinner, I installed a plastic bumper protector on top of the rear bumper of my new car.
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Are blower motors a weak point for Toyotas? I've changed them on a couple of Toyotas, but never on a car from another brand.
As mechanical weak points go, it's one of the least bad, though.
skyking1
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we had a 98 Camry and I never had to fix that, but I did see they had made the heater core super easy to change out. I was impressed. it slid out like a cassette.
Surewhitey
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I wouldn't think 12 yrs in TX as a weak point. It definitely got a workout at 150k miles. We had a 2002 Avalon and only changed one tail light in 16 years... I'm a believer in most Toyota stuff and have owned 3 now in the past 22 years. Not stylish, but reliable and the van is great for my small biz (& mini rv) with so much volume for my needs.
I've found most things easy to change & tons of tutorial videos for most popular vehicles out there. Fan was so easy. I looked up the cost of labor and "they" said $300-500 to do it. This is probably before stupid inflation problems too.
Met up with a couple of other guys at the R/C flying site and brushed on paint primer to three of the airplane preparation stands. Two of them are brand new, built just a couple of months ago. Tomorrow I have a Dr. appt., but Wednesday we'll be back and applying the paint. I'm going to bring a battery powered airless sprayer to make the job go faster, at the expense of using more paint. But my back cannot take much more of all that bending I did today so spray it is.
skyking1
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We went back to the seafood plant job today to finish the big piping in the groundworks.
I had to bring 12 tons of gravel and pick up a pair of trench boxes. About 10 miles short of getting there one of the drive tires unzipped with gusto.Boom! I limped on in at reduced speed. Then I noticed the heater core is leaking. I think the truck is mad about being neglected.
I dug this pipe up unassisted, then we set the box over it and got started.
I had to bring 12 tons of gravel and pick up a pair of trench boxes. About 10 miles short of getting there one of the drive tires unzipped with gusto.Boom! I limped on in at reduced speed. Then I noticed the heater core is leaking. I think the truck is mad about being neglected.
I dug this pipe up unassisted, then we set the box over it and got started.
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Early start with selling I bonds. I'm all out as none had the "extra gravy" rate. Just the 2.98% APY. Gonna be trading for 4-5 yr CD's.
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