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Didn't work on it, but used it. Still helping clean up the shop. Today's work was to load up for hazardous waste recycling. This will be the second load with the 70 and 2 loads with the Nissan. 30+ years of various paint cans, and there is still a good bit more. Getting close to being done cleaning it out. On the 3rd dumpster, but headway is being made.
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That's hazardous waste? Huh. I coulda swore they sell that stuff right over the counter to any paying customer. All it says on the can is don't get it in your eyes and if you ingest it just puke :lol:
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Old paint is hazardous waste here, too. California, go figure.... :rolleyes:
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No truck today. The bike did double duty. Toy Run and then our Back the Blue. Weather held out just fine. Good turn out on the run, which means a bunch of happy kids! :) If you want to see our run, here it is.
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Worked on some bowls for the wife for Christmas . We don’t buy all that much from stores for gifts . Mostly homemade items for everyone like maple syrup and crafts . First is cherry the other is black walnut. This is just roughed out lots of finish sanding the next few days
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But I got a present from Summit . The new rockers for my Chevelle
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Discovered that a small water leak on the roof of our house has turned into a larger leak. The roof was replaced in 2009 and held for several years before the roofer patched it the first time. Looks like it will take a bit more effort this time but not until the weather changes. For now it's big blue tarps held down with bricks and a box fan in the attic trying to dry it out.
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They still take paint here Once a Year at a Collection center. |
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Our county collects hazmat stuff every other month, here.
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Dropped off the big guns on Friday. Dug the hole Saturday morning and started pushing the barn in. Finished pushing it in on Sunday and last picture is Noon on Monday. Finished it all up by 3pm. LockDoc |
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I’m glad I was able to see it before it’s burial Hope you guys are well Merry Christmas |
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Thanks Eric. I really hated to lose it but it was a real eye sore the way it was. Merry Christmas to you guys too. LockDoc |
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I hate to see an old barn go down, but mother nature forced this one. She was trying to push it down herself. You just gained a big footprint of ground
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Here's my peeve. If they are so concerned about excess paint being hazardous waste, then why has it gotten to where buying two quarts costs about what a gallon does? It used to take three, quarts went up. So now, for economics it makes more sense to buy the gallon if you 'might' need to get into the third qt. Environmentally, that has created an excess of waste paint, a lot of half gallons (or more) get tossed |
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My garbage company will take paints as long as they are hard meaning dryed . I've used cat litter to dry it . Guess as long as it cant leach into the soil it's all good . This is for modern paints not the old lead paints. We had a hell of a time getting rid of all the old Sinclair green paint my uncle had from the gas station . Some of the cans were 60 years old. Seems he would get a few gallons for free every year from Sinclair to paint the islands and trim .
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Oh wow Leon!
Growing up in NY, I saw a lot of beautiful old barns collapse from snow loads. That barn was MASSIVE! |
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Yes, big barn. That Derecho (wind storm) that went through ruined a lot of old barns around here. Now I have a lot more yard to mow...:) We are supposed to have 50-70 mile an hour winds again tomorrow. I need to batten down the hatches.... Bummer LockDoc |
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Paid off our primary home yesterday. 8.5 years early from our original 30-year mortgage. Debt free 'cept for the new car we just bought The Queen. And at 1.79% interest, not sure we are in a big hurry to press that one.
It feels pretty damned good. |
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Congratulations! We're shooting for August 2022... but only to replace it with paying for daycare for the next few years...
I also took out a loan to buy my new Jeep TJ toy... personal loan at 3.1% was too good to pass up, as opposed to using my shop build money I have saved. |
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Yep...easy $$$ these days. But, I have read that some folks are taking out equity loans at the super low rates and throwing the $$$$ at the stock market for the higher returns(?)...Not this kid. I don't mind a friendly game of Texas Hold'em for time to time. But, I wouldn't gamble that kind of $$$ in the stock market. My little 'ol portfolio gives me plenty enough heart burn as it is.
And childcare? I can't believe how expensive that has become. Good luck! |
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Finished up my wife’s Christmas present 4 coats of Carnauba wax . This is Black Walnut . The cherry bowl I started needs a little more drying time it’s at 25% right now . So I made a makeshift kiln dryer ,a box with a 100 watt incandescent bulb .
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Got lucky on this one. Just went out for a look around and no major damage. One small piece of fascia gone on the house and a few things blown around. Peak gust here was 70 mph. Good deal! 5 tornados reported in Western Iowa. LockDoc |
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That was a nasty wind. Glad you were spared any serious damage. When we had that derecho come through here, my place was just outside its path. I was away in WVA for the weekend and the windows were open. Where I was got hit, but I was in a low area so it just shook the Jimmy up that I was sleeping in. But all around there was damage and power was out, like 8 powerline poles snapped in a row. I was at a flea market and the next morning no vendors were showing up. I was concerned about my house, but when I got home it didn't even look like any rain blew in.
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OK, on a more positive note, I baked Sugar Cookies this morning. I wanted to start at 5am but the wife was still sleeping and I make a LOT of noise when I do anything in the kitchen. I'm not your conventional cookie baker so you never know what they are going to look like. Doesn't look like a lot of cookies but somehow some of the dough and a few cookies disappeared during the process....:(... The recipe says it makes about 40 cookies. I must have made them bigger than they did....:) LockDoc |
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You know how it is. A baker's dozen is short a few..
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Hung out with my grandson today. His daycare has been closed since the beginning of December. Staff tested positive for COVID so it’s been an enjoyable few weeks . They are suppose to open Monday
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Last day of school for most kids. Those with A's, B's, and C's with no more than 4 absences this semester are done today. My Geometry classes made snowflakes. Here's my bulletin board with those snowflakes. I think they did a good job.
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You know, they say no two snow flakes are alike. ;)
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Replaced water filter assembly in my refrigerator. The bottom of the refrigerator. Not a tuff job but, too much time on these old knees. Got 'er done though.
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Figured I better hook the grader attachment up to the bobcat and get the lane leveled out before the ground freezes. makes it a lot easier to plow snow should we get any.
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I almost killed a horse today.
I was just driving down Hwy 178 (two lane road) Minding my own business. There's a white pickup in front of me me and a guy towing a horse trailer in front of him. So I'm fiddling with the radio and look up and the guy in the white pickup is going off onto the shoulder of the road. :confused: Then I see it. The guy towing the horse trailer has stopped in the road to make a left. Dead stopped. He has no brake lights or turn signals to warn anyone. Nothing. He's just sitting there. So now I'm rolling at about 70 mph in my F450 dually praying that I can stop. I couldn't. But I could slow it down enough to follow the path of the white truck on the shoulder and miss the trailer. I could see in my mirror the guy make his left turn after he just ran two trucks off the road like it was nothing. I have to wonder about people. How can you do that? No lights. And you stop in the middle of the road? My truck has a GVW of around 14,000 pounds. If I hit you at 70 mph that's going to smart. I'm just glad that my truck handled it as well as it did. She did okay.. |
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