What did you do today? 2019 version.

[tb001]

Oh my goodness walt, so glad he's ok. We have young kids and a pool and this is a huge fear of mine. I refuse to rent a vacation home near any body of water that's not fully fenced because of it. Can happen so easily.

[Walt34]

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Originally Posted by tb001 Oh my goodness walt, so glad he's ok. We have young kids and a pool and this is a huge fear of mine. I refuse to rent a vacation home near any body of water that's not fully fenced because of it. Can happen so easily.

I gather that the pool is fenced, but the lock on the gate was broken such that a 3-year-old was able to finagle his way in. Even if the parents don't sue, I'll wager their health insurance company is going to come after the owner of the rental house for that expensive helicopter ride and associated costs.

Of course, all this is third- and fourth-hand information about an event that happened today so the accuracy might be just a tad off.

[Moemg]

We went out to dinner and I had chicken Francese .It was to die for . Best Italian meal since I left New Jersey .

[Walt34]

A brief follow-up on the grandnephew in the pool. Apparently he is none the worse for wear, although it was close. When he came out of the pool he was not breathing and neither parent was successful with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation although not for lack of current training. Grandma, DW's sister and a retired RN, was successful. He spent the night at the hospital and is now back with his family. Yikes is an understatement.

Today was a gym day for me, pick up a prescription, and take down the hardware for the dining room curtains. After the painting was done DW decided she didn't like the current curtains and wants new ones. So all the old hardware has to come down (couldn't use the old stuff of course) because the new curtains are different. And patch and paint the holes in the freshly painted walls. Good thing the painters left us a few gallons of the new paint, enough that I'm thinking of using it on one of the smaller bedrooms.

In the early AM before the heat came on strong we got the new screen door mounted on the back porch. While the painters were busy I was putzing in the air-conditioned basement painting the door, installing hinges and such, and we installed that this morning. DW is pleased. That's always a good thing.

Figured out how to assemble a spray paint shelter from Home Depot. I'd ordered it online and it arrived today. In hindsight maybe I could have gone to Walmart and bought a cheap tent and maybe even had a floor instead of having to use a drop cloth for about the same money. This does have good airflow through it for drying that a tent shouldn't, so it'll work. But when the pressure washer arrives (apparently UPS lost it, or more likely somebody stole it out of shipping, but it "disappeared") and this hot weather breaks I'll be able to clean up and paint the Amish-built glider we have for the back porch.

Oh, and I got an automated email today that I have a CT scan for my back at 10:00 tomorrow morning. Be nice if they told me where though, it could be at any one of three buildings, fortunately all close together, and I'll have time to clarify that before the appointment time.

Good thing I'm retired, I don't have time for that work stuff anymore.

[NW-Bound]

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Originally Posted by Walt34 ... Had a scare by phone with one of the grandnephews. They're on vacation down in VA, and renting a house with a pool. We didn't go because of schedule conflicts. Making a long story short, the three-year-old was found floating in the pool. Grandma there is a retired nurse and got him breathing again and he was airlifted to the Children's Hospital in Norfolk...

What a scary close call!

Here in Phoenix where backyard pools are so common, we read in the news all the time about newcomers having their kid drowned in the first or second day in town.

My niece has her daughter taking swimming lessons very early. It's amazing they can teach babies to swim.

[kwblack]

Today DH went to the gym, while I stayed home trying to decide if I was getting a cold or if allergies were flaring up. Although I felt rotten, I did a serious dust attack on all areas of our room. Hoping that will make for a better tomorrow (also, spent some time deeply ashamed I'm such a meh housekeeper!). Still felt yucky so he went out for take-out/fast food fare for the first time in...I don't remember. I'm almost always a cook-at-home person.

After the all-out cleaning, I curled up and played my on-line game and he's having unstructured TV time.

Still better than a day at work. Or starting to feel throat-tickly and getting anxious about what that means to the coming work day. The bliss of taking it easy if you don't feel 100% when you're retired can't be exaggerated.

[pacergal]

Walt--so glad your grandnephew is ok, how frightening for everyone!

Tonights dinner was home made vegetable rice soup, fresh veggies from farmers market. Very Good.

[MRG]

We went to Durango to talk about my neck with a surgeon. The guy is considered on of the best in the world. I can see why. He clearly explained my issues and what the best treatments are, at this time surgery is not my best option. Things may change in the future but right now I'm continuing aerobic exercise and PT as needed. I can have another cervical injection, if needed. He gave me some things to beware of. I'll see his PA in 4 months.

We have talked about buying a new Wrangler for over a year. DW has a very nice 2010 two door Wrangler Sahara, only 27k miles. However the two door is too small and the short wheelbase, light weight make it a horrible ride. We looked at the four door Unlimited in both Sahara and Rubicon models. DW didn't like the turbocharged Saraha(it was a sceamer) and wanted the Rubicon. We're a couple thousand dollars apart, they hadn't seen her trade in yet. She's transferring money so I guess we're going down there tomorrow to finalize the deal.

[NW-Bound]

We have 2 old iPhone 3GS that we still use to stream music. I spotted the one sitting in a corner of the desk all puffed up with the glass screen pushed out of the frame and the back cover bulging and cracked. Didn't know how long it had been slowly doing that.

OMG. It's the battery. The phone was not even hooked up to a charger. My wife said the cord was bad. And so, the phone just sat there, and the discharged battery slowly inflated itself and exploded out of the case.

I cracked it opened to investigate. Yes, the battery has inflated itself like a puffer fish. Nothing much usable as spare parts because everything is so small. The little vibration motor fell out. Even that is small. I tested it, and it ran. That's about the only thing salvageable. I will keep it as a keepsake.

[ckelly78z]

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Originally Posted by ckelly78z I bought a BRINLY single bottom (pull behind) garden tractor plow from a local steam engine show at our county fair grounds for $60, and rusty. I dis-assembled it and took it to work, where I was able to use the blasting cabinet to remove all the old paint/rust/crust down to bare metal. I sprayed primer on all the pieces, and then sprayed color. I am now spraying clear lacquer to protect the paint, and make it shine. I usually do 2-3 plow days a year (in the fall) where 20-30 guys will plow a farmer's field with our garden tractors....lots of fun, comaraderie, and good food at these events. No costs involved other than gas.

I finally got some pictures.

[ckelly78z]

Here is the tractor I use, it's a 1978 John Deere 214 with electric lift, and knarly ATV tires for traction.

This picture has my old smaller plow mounted.

[aja8888]

1. Cut grass in backyard.
2. Cleaned carpets (Ugh!).
3. Ordered a new wheelbarrow (6 cu. ft.).
4. Took an old 40" flat screen TV to recycle center ($10 charge to get rid of).
5. Several dog walks in between all this.
6. Pulled my old medical records from the file cabinet to have with me when i see the Doc about my sore right hip. Assuming it's the same arthritic problem I had with the other hip, I'm guessing this Fall for hip replacement #2.

Outside of the above, the day went as planned.

[iloveyoga]

Since it was cool and rainy here today, I caught up on some office stuff. Walked in the light rain with my DH in our neighborhood. We had a window to take back to Menards and that went ok. So not very exciting, but so relaxing. Soon I am meeting some friends for pizza, beer, and some good conversation.

[Palmtree]

Spent another few hours in the woodworking shop on a couple of projects. The first was helping a friend prep and sand a slab of natural edge white oak. He's going to use it in his game room as a drink shelf near the pool table. The other was a working on a custom table I'm building for a specific spot in our house. It will have a black walnut legs with a book-matched curly maple top and shelf. The prototype only took 2 hours to built. The table will take at least a week to ten days.

[Ronstar]

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Originally Posted by Palmtree Spent another few hours in the woodworking shop on a couple of projects. The first was helping a friend prep and sand a slab of natural edge white oak. He's going to use it in his game room as a drink shelf near the pool table. The other was a working on a custom table I'm building for a specific spot in our house. It will have a black walnut legs with a book-matched curly maple top and shelf. The prototype only took 2 hours to built. The table will take at least a week to ten days.

A great way to spend the day!

[Ronstar]

I built a 30" tall mounting platform for a friend's shooting tower. Installed the platform and tower on his hay wagon. Now it's too high for him to get into (due to age). Need to fashion a set of stairs.

Cut the grass and put down lawn fertilizer/ weed killer.

[Souschef]

Busy day! Our hardwood flooring was delivered, and we are going to have to empty all the china closets and hutches.
It is an ill wind.... DW discovered she saved avery card we exchanged and put them in a drawer. Today they went into the trash.
I have a curio cabinet full from all my travels, and I will empty it and pack up everything.


Our biggest headache will be the den/office. We have 2 complete computer systems to pack up, along with the TV, satellite box and sound bar.

DW also got rid of her old Kenwood amp and CD player (boat anchors). We donated about 300 CD's to our local library.

[Moemg]

We play trivia on Wednesday nights at our local pub. We usually do very good . We have come in first , second and a few thirds . It is so much fun !

[Walt34]

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Originally Posted by ckelly78z I finally got some pictures.

Nice! I enjoy seeing photos of old machinery "brought back to life" like that. They just don't make stuff like that anymore.

Got a phone call from the Dr.'s office informing me that the CT scan shows I have degenerative disk disease, hence the back pain I've been experiencing and why we recently laid out $6k for having painting done instead of me doing it.

I am NOT liking this "getting old" stuff.

[REWahoo]

Wrapped up a multiple-day project to paint the cabinets in the master bath. Removed the doors (8) and drawers (5) and sanded them before applying two coats of paint. Due to the heat I could only work two or three hours each morning so it took me a week to finish up. Been putting off the job for months so I'm really glad to have it done.