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Booked a B&B in Bar Harbor Me for our Acadia NP trip
We went last October! Loved the park.
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Booked a B&B in Bar Harbor Me for our Acadia NP trip
Today I went to the Lazy Boy store and ordered a new lift recliner. [...]The bottom line including taxes and delivery was $2,175,
Impressive that you managed to move it in your Honda Pilot! I didn't try to lift it at the store, but it looks really heavy. Glad you still enjoy it. I think that's a great way to Blow That Dough.That looks a lot like my Lazy Boy. When I had a temporary move (6 years, and only seasonally) to Texas I went pretty cheap on most stuff but bought this as a splurge. I even managed to move it back to my permanent home in my Honda Pilot after I was done there. I still enjoy it a lot.
Speaking of recliners, my DGF just purchased one for 1,300 for the living room to help her back situations when watching TV for an extended time.
For us, this is a definite BTD. LOL
I got a call yesterday from Lazy Boy and my recliner is finished and it won't be long before it is delivered! I am SO EXCITED about it. Yesterday I moved furniture all around in my den, making lots of space for it. After it is delivered and in place, I can move things back closer to it. It probably weighs a ton, and I plan to live in this house until I croak. So, my thoughts are that once it is in place it is going to stay exactly where they place it until the end of time, at the very least.
I just wanted to suggest to those who want to Blow some Dough, that a new recliner is a really, really exciting way to do this. As we used to say back in my teenaged surfing days, I am so stoked. I attached a photo of it in the brown color that I selected.
Frank is pretty excited about getting my old cheap-o recliner, which he plans to fix and then use at his house. Since I have had more money than I can spend lately, I thought I'd rather just get a new one for myself. Why not? If he wants to fix the old one for himself, more power to him. As for me, I am going with the Blow That Dough approach.
What bike did you add?
Ordered up a pound of fresh bluefin and a pound of mahi-mahi from Catalina today. Gonna make some sushi/sashimi and mahi on the grill.
Only a hundred bucks delivered -
Finally broke ground on the new deck + gazebo project. Struggled with the city for about 6 months to get the permit.
Lol-what will you do with the hardware?I always wanted a Gerstner tool chest. Gerstners are recognized as "the finest tool chests built in America". I didn't want to spend almost $1k for even a small tool chest, so I figured I'd make my own. A few weeks ago, I ordered hardware from Gerstner to use on the tool chest that I'm building.
I called to check on order status. A human answered the phone. Unusual. And the human was a Gerstner employee - he took my name, went to check my order, and came back on the phone to tell me that it would be shipped soon.
Today I watched several youtube videos on Gerstner. Company started in 1906. They still make tool chests out of the same building that they worked out of in 1913. Amazing company.
I couldn't stop myself. I ordered a Gerstner tool chest. Now I'll have to get some new tools to fill it. And I can use the chest as a prototype for the tool chests that I'm making.
I always wanted a Gerstner tool chest. Gerstners are recognized as "the finest tool chests built in America". I didn't want to spend almost $1k for even a small tool chest, so I figured I'd make my own. A few weeks ago, I ordered hardware from Gerstner to use on the tool chest that I'm building.
I called to check on order status. A human answered the phone. Unusual. And the human was a Gerstner employee - he took my name, went to check my order, and came back on the phone to tell me that it would be shipped soon.
Today I watched several youtube videos on Gerstner. Company started in 1906. They still make tool chests out of the same building that they worked out of in 1913. Amazing company.
I couldn't stop myself. I ordered a Gerstner tool chest. Now I'll have to get some new tools to fill it. And I can use the chest as a prototype for the tool chests that I'm making.
We are not retired quite yet, but we do blow some dough along the way as "deferred spending training!"
We have our 20th and my 50th all in same month, so we are headed to Waldorf in Maldives for a week this April (pending any coronavirus outbreaks there! ). We decided might as well go big on this trip because we prob won't go again since there's so many other places we want to visit. Also, because we currently live on that side of the world, it makes sense to do it now with Maldives only a 4 hr flight from here!
I always wanted a Gerstner tool chest. Gerstners are recognized as "the finest tool chests built in America". I didn't want to spend almost $1k for even a small tool chest, so I figured I'd make my own. A few weeks ago, I ordered hardware from Gerstner to use on the tool chest that I'm building.
I called to check on order status. A human answered the phone. Unusual. And the human was a Gerstner employee - he took my name, went to check my order, and came back on the phone to tell me that it would be shipped soon.
Today I watched several youtube videos on Gerstner. Company started in 1906. They still make tool chests out of the same building that they worked out of in 1913. Amazing company.
I couldn't stop myself. I ordered a Gerstner tool chest. Now I'll have to get some new tools to fill it. And I can use the chest as a prototype for the tool chests that I'm making.
One of my regrets in life, not laying claim on my machinist Dad's Gerstner tool chest when he passed.
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it's still a heirloom that I regret letting slip through the family's hands.
One of my regrets in life, not laying claim on my machinist Dad's Gerstner tool chest when he passed. At the time my brother had a lot more blue collar contacts then I did and I presumed he'd be better positioned to sell my Dad's machinist tools to benefit my Mom. I don't know that my Mom ever saw any money from Dad's tools or chest, as my brother has always been well versed in blowing the dough even when he had very little. I don't really have a great need for a Gerstner chest, and I could well afford buying a new one if I do desired, but it's still a heirloom that I regret letting slip through the family's hands.