what did you do today? (2008-2015) (closed)

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Back from about a month of ignoring the world. NORDO, NOTV, NOPAPER.

Highly recommended.
Quick scan; mayhems, disasters, politics as usual. Anotherwords SOS. Did not miss anything.

My nearby skating rink is re-opening tomorrow. Something fun useful to do.

Looking at Al's woodpile, I'll get an order in and fill up the oil tank.
 
I baked a cake today. While I was frosting it the top layer split and fell apart. I have never had that happen before. While I was working on the cake I accidentally melted a piece if vintage Tupperware (the expensive stuff not the cheap plastic containers I buy these days). Guess it is not my day to be in the kitchen. I decided it was time to surf the net instead On the other hand, to assuage my frustration I ate a really big piece of the broken cake and it was delicious.
 
It's time to rotate the tires, and I have to decide whether to do it myself or have it done free at Costco. The former involves about 30 minutes of work, the latter about 1.5 hours of waiting (plus driving).

BTW, it's easy to rotate tires without jackstands, and no sites on the Internet mention this. Just replace one wheel with the spare, then move the tires successively to their new locations, then replace the spare. Five jackings required.
 
TromboneAl said:
It's time to rotate the tires, and I have to decide whether to do it myself or have it done free at Costco. The former involves about 30 minutes of work, the latter about 1.5 hours of waiting (plus driving).

BTW, it's easy to rotate tires without jackstands, and no sites on the Internet mention this. Just replace one wheel with the spare, then move the tires successively to their new locations, then replace the spare. Five jackings required.
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What a PITA! If it were me, I'd go to Costco and fool around for an hour and a half instead. We don't have Costco, but from what I have read on the board it sounds like it wouldn't be too hard to kill an hour there (especially if you take an e-reader). Think of the people watching opportunities!
 
REWahoo said:
Me too, and I'm on the ragged edge. I'm waiting for a call back from the AC guy.
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Follow-up:

It appears the problem was a clogged drain line. If condensation doesn't drain adequately and backs up in the drain system, the unit has a sensor that cuts off the compressor. More new-fangled technology...

The good news is with a little Liquid Plumber the system is working fine and the service call was under warranty.
 
TromboneAl said:
BTW, it's easy to rotate tires without jackstands, and no sites on the Internet mention this. Just replace one wheel with the spare, then move the tires successively to their new locations, then replace the spare. Five jackings required.
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That's the way I've always done it. Gives me a chance to look at the brakes while I'm at it.
 
REWahoo said:
Follow-up:

It appears the problem was a clogged drain line. If condensation doesn't drain adequately and backs up in the drain system, the unit has a sensor that cuts off the compressor. More new-fangled technology...

The good news is with a little Liquid Plumber the system is working fine and the service call was under warranty.
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Great! That's about the least painful call to an HVAC man that I've ever heard of. :D
 
FIYes said:
On the other hand, to assuage my frustration I ate a really big piece of the broken cake and it was delicious.
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The broken cookie rule also applies to broken cake. Once broken the item no longer contains calories, fat or carbs. The rule also extends to the attached frosting.

But I bet you already knew this.
 
Cleaned both my desks, backed up the computer files, made copious printouts of Google Maps directions criss-crossing San Antonio, printed up a stack of business cards, washed several aloha shirts, finally found a second pair of dress socks.

Packed a suitcase.

Heading to the airport in an hour.

See y'all later.
 
Beautiful day with nice temps. 50's this morning with high around 75. Great for this time of year. Played golf and later took my dog to the local state park. On one of the trails we ran across a doe. She was no more than 30 feet from us, just standing there looking at us. We headed on down the trail and she followed us. When we stopped, she stopped. Too bad I didn't have my camera with me.
 
A huge hawk flew into our closed sliding glass door. He was OK and flew away. It was fun because I saw the whole thing, he flew straight at me, and just got bigger and bigger, as in a cartoon, and then bam. I don't know what he was thinking.
 
I did a bunch of repair stuff yesterday then just before dark took my cousins daughter for her first driving lesson in my explorer. She is going to write her first level exam soon. I drove to a recently combined open field at the back of the farm and let her take it from there. She went from asking if the big pedal was the brake and screaming as she hit the gas to reversing all the way around the field near the fence row and doing a three point turn in a reasonably confined area in an hour and a half. She could also start uphill on wet grass without the auto 4WD kicking in. I was way proud of her and she listened to everything I said. She is going to know how to drive not just how to pass a driver test. We will send her to skid school as soon as she qualifies. I had a riot.
 
Dawg52 said:
Too bad I didn't have my camera with me.
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That's why I've started carrying at least a point 'n shoot camera with me all the time.

DW asked yesterday why I put the camera bag into the truck when we were just going to her father's to take out the old dead TV and hook up the new one. Today we'll stop by the recycling place and drop the dead one off.

A famous news photographer (Weegee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) was asked the secret to his success and his response was "f/8 and be there". The f/8 was for depth of field and you have to be there with a camera in hand.

Too many photo ops have gone unrecorded simply because I didn't have a camera with me.
 
Walt34 said:
That's why I've started carrying at least a point 'n shoot camera with me all the time.
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This is a good reason to get a really small camera. I now carry my Nikon Coolpix S630 with me almost all the time (the one I found on the freeway). I also have a camera in the car at all times (the one I got for $1 at a garage sale).
 
TromboneAl said:
This is a good reason to get a really small camera. I now carry my Nikon Coolpix S630 with me almost all the time (the one I found on the freeway). I also have a camera in the car at all times (the one I got for $1 at a garage sale).
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I agree, especially if they have no cost. However, those with arthritis or the less dexterous find the size too challenging.
 
I decided to rotate the tires myself. It took exactly 45 minutes, and I discovered that the toy spare time was low on air (better now than on the highway in Nevada).
 
This afternoon we went to explore our public library. We were pleasantly surprised, and got new library cards. I read the latest Economist and browsed through a few interesting hobby books. The public library will be much more convenient than the university library that we had been using.

Then one of those major grocery shopping expeditions that seem to come up now and then.

Tomorrow I plan to arrange for a small electrical upgrade to my house, two more wall outlets that will be so convenient.
 
Listening to Vanilla Fudge. Had a bit of an easy day. Took my cousins daughter to school at 6:45. Went for haircut at 7. Barber on Holiday. He is 70 and keeps irregular hours but is usually there at 7 AM. Stopped at friends for coffee at 7:30. Cleaned in the laundry room and did a few maintenance items. Played with my TV antennas for a bit. Made an excellent meatloaf with corn on the cob. Shared same and conversed for a while. Now on the computer Vanilla fudge has morphed into Steppinwolf into John Lee Hooker into George Thorogood. Good times!
 
Got up around 9:30, moseyed around the house and later had a bite to eat. Took a nap and slept for an hour and a half. Pulled myself together long enough to surf the net, then made some homemade banana pudding.

Later made eggs benedict and hash browns for supper.

I'm gonna have to keep my finger out of that puddin'...if I don't I'm gonna turn into a weeble.

 
Applied for social security to start at age 62. Haven't had a job that me to pay into social security since 1991. Will almost be embarrassed to accept the monthly payment the government will send, but will force myself. Canceled a Penfed Amex card after sucking up the freebies. Took cat to the vet to see how her tooth removal is healing. She hates me. Managed to hook up an old floppy drive and adjust the setup (bios?) to allow it to be used - the gal is going through the old floppies looking for pother good stuff before we toss the floppies.
 
Walt34 said:
That's why I've started carrying at least a point 'n shoot camera with me all the time.

DW asked yesterday why I put the camera bag into the truck when we were just going to her father's to take out the old dead TV and hook up the new one. Today we'll stop by the recycling place and drop the dead one off.

A famous news photographer (Weegee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) was asked the secret to his success and his response was "f/8 and be there". The f/8 was for depth of field and you have to be there with a camera in hand.

Too many photo ops have gone unrecorded simply because I didn't have a camera with me.
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That's what my Blackberry is for. I'm not such a good photographer that I need f/8 stops.
 
Lisa99 said:
Today is my big 5-0. I'm five years and one day away from the planned retirement day (not that I'm counting or anything) :dance:
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Wow, that's exciting! I turn 50 in November....but can't quite FIRE yet. I'll be behind you about a year or two.
 
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