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If you want to see some real dust just try living in the desert next to a horse ranch.

This place gets so dusty that it is almost impossible to keep up on it. I'll spend an hour dusting and the next day it's all dusty again.

I chased my little Corgi dog today. She took off chasing a big Lab that comes by. The same Lab that chased my German Shepherd back into the house when he tried to chase it. But he met his match with Coco. She is fearless and sent him packing.

My wife freaked out and we had to go looking for her. We couldn't find her. Reason being, she was sitting on the front porch waiting for us. She came back on her own. Corgi's are smart dogs. She is small but heavy all muscle. She jumps off the bed and the floor rattles like someone just dropped a sack of concrete on it. She is like a big dog with really short legs and an attitude a mile wide. That Lab found out the hard way not to mess with her.

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Welsh Corgis are one of the first dog breeds I learned about when I was a kid. I'm kind of partial to them. The reason is, I collected/played with Corgi Toys. Those and Dinky Toys. My folks didn't have a lot of money and we had a big family, but when they bought us toys they bought quality. Are you familiar with them. Also Matchboxes, which everyone knows. I still have all that stuff. The coolest Corgi Toy I had was a baby blue '63 Riviera. And I have a story about that.

Back in '82 was when I met the gal I ended up marrying. She had two kids so I had to grow up. I started my home contracting business out of a '71 K/20. I wanted her to have a car that was a cool mate to it, and I wanted something sporty but also plush. So I was looking for a '71 Monte Carlo when I ran across a baby blue '63 Riviera. I realized it was what a Monte Carlo came from and bought it for her. At some point I went digging through my old toys and came across that Corgi Toy. I don't know if it was a subconscious thing or coincidence, but I had bought the real version of one of my favorite toys as a kid. In all these years I have only seen one other baby blue Riviera. And I just searched Corgi Toy Riviera and only found two pictures of baby blue ones. The one was an old listed that was a dead end and the other is on Ebay, and it says it's the rare baby blue version. The rest are either gold or medium blue metallic. I don't know, but when I think About it, that is one of the coolest things in my life

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I never knew about Corgi toys. I'm also partial to the Corgi pups as that's the only family pet my family had in the home. In the future, if I decide to get a dog, it'll be a corgi. Until then, I think I'm going to go buy a Corgi toy :lol:

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We had a mutt and she was half Corgi. Looked like one but her coloring was off and she had floppy ears. Dear Dear was her name because she had coloring like a deer. She had more puppies than I can count. I'm also partial to them because they are from Wales and I have a chunk of Welsh in me. My great grandfather came from Wales. My grandfather's dad, on my mom's side. Her maiden name is Jenkins. I can't say I'm Welsh, I'm a mutt too!

That baby blue Riviera is going for $65! No box, which doesn't matter to me. I still have mine which is in "played with" condition. As far as I know they are the only one Corgi did this light think with. Kind of like fiber optics. On the ledge under the back window and on the dash are lenses to let light in. The rear one lights up the headlights and the front one does the tail lights. I could put my finger over one side of the lens on the dash to put the turn signal on. Pretty fascinating for a young boy. The two baby blues I saw pictures of have red interiors, mine has yellow. I wonder if mine is more rare yet. My real one had a blue interior. Definitely a nicer combo :cool:

Look up Corgi Toys. They made some cool cars. Mostly British or European. But they did a '59 Chevy I remember, and some others.

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I never saw one Corgi as a kid. I knew of Corgi toys. I don't remember if I had any. Mostly Matchbox and Hot Wheels. They were cheaper.

If you want a Corgi pup be prepared for the price tag. :eek: They aren't cheap. My little girl was $2500. The most that I have ever spent on a dog. And we had to drive to Nevada to get her. I figure with the price of the trip and the money my wife lost gambling it was about 4K by the time we got the puppy home.

Great dogs. But they definitely have an attitude.

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those tiny legs lol...

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The stubby legs are the best :lol:

Tim, I like that blue Riviera. That's one of those cars I'd like to own at least for a little bit one day.

Paul, $2500! :eek: We got Moose for free, so that was nice, but he was already older. His first owner was a veterinarian, so he was trained really well. Second owner was one of my mom's friends, but that family was more of a cat family, so they gave Moose to another family. The 3rd family had a daughter whose boyfriend gave her a puppy. That family also had a younger boy who tried to keep the two dogs from getting at each other as dogs usually do, so Moose got the boot. Went back to my mom's friend so they could find him a better home. We took care of him over Thanksgiving one year and never gave him back. He was a great pup. Whenever he was outside when my mom was at work, he would always sit at the top of the driveway waiting for her to get back. He was a momma's boy

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Moose looks a lot like our previous Corgi, Nacho. She got him for free. He was a momma's boy too. When Nacho passed away my wife was devastated. We both were. That's why I ponied up the bucks for Coco.

She isn't the same dog. But she's kind of is if that makes any sense. They are very much alike.

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Don't underestimate those tiny legs. I know it defies physics but she can outrun my Shepherd. :lol:

I don't get it either? :confused: :lol:

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I've never known one of the Corgi dogs, but they look cute as heck. Didn't know they were so feisty. I did have that 007 car though, and I wonder if it's still around, buried in a box somewhere.

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I watched a thing on YouTube about 18 things Wales is best known for. Sounded like a snooty Brit to me. He tells about Tom Jones and some other insignificant things and left out one I feel is important, at least in American history. Tom Jones is a person who happens to be from Wales. Wales isn't known for Tom Joneses, Tom Jones is known for being from Wales, that's all. He is well known for being a performer. Anyway, no mention of Welsh Corgis, which is their actual name, like German Shephard.

I didn't think of those cute little big dogs, but I did comment on something else that has to do why many Americans have Welsh ancestry is due to their superior iron working skills. The B & O Railroad was America's first commercial railroad and Welsh iron workers were sought after to immigrate and facilitate the making of some of the first iron rails made in America. So their iron working skills were obviously well know dating farther back than that. My great grandfather was one of those who came to work at the Mount Savage Iron Works in the town of the same name, just outside Cumberland, Maryland where the C & O Canal had been built to. This is big US history right there. The rails made there way east on the canal boats to build the rails west. I got a lot of kudos from those with Welsh ancestry from as far as Australia. No comment from the snooty Brit, though :rolleyes: And I delivered ny comment with great diplomacy, as not to offend :cool:

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Sugar Cookies to start off the day. I ran out of Chocolate Chip Cookies yesterday so I needed to bake something. I tried this recipe once before but it called for orange juice and I didn't care for them. I left the orange juice out and put chocolate milk in place of it. They taste a lot better this time. YUMMMMY!

Mouse droppings on some, plain white frosting others and some plain.

I had to put my initials on the big one so no one would eat it.... :)

LockDoc

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Haha, mouse droppings. I don't know if I'll ever be able to eat chocolate sprinkles again. By the way, Australians have a really peculiar name for sprinkles, does anybody else know what it is?

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Yeah. Thanks for ruining chocolate sprinkles for me too Leon. :lol:

They really do look like mouse poop. :(

I have no idea what the Australians call sprinkles... Dingo's? :confused:

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Made headway on the vanity .

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Are you going to skin that vanity, or are you going for rustic? I want a new vanity in the front bathroom and have enough oak to do it, but the wife's probably going to want particle board with melamine. :rolleyes: I have to pick the right fights.

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The oak came out of my barn . Not sure how old the oak is but the barn pre-dates the civil war these were in the horse stalls , so they have been added later. Just going to oil them up let the 100 + year patina show

Test piece the darker area is BLO the center is clear laquer far right natural . I like the natural but in a bath it needs to be sealed

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Thanks for the reply. I'd oil it and then apply water-based poly or pre-cat lacquer, personally. It's an interior bath with no windows, so I need to keep the off-gassing to a minimum.

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Cleaned out storage shed some. This was the shop temp in the "heat" of the day. Losing my Yankee roots. This too cold to piddle outside now days

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Shucks Bill ...it was warmer than that here today.

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The sprinkles were store brand and they didn't have the best flavor, but they weren't too bad on top of the white powdered sugar frosting. All you have to do is close your eyes when you eat them. I usually have one in the morning before I turn on the lights...:)

I don't know what the Aussies call them either.

LockDoc

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Well I really don't care what they look like or what they call them. I love chocolate sprinkles. They were my favorite on a donut as a kid.

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I still greatly enjoy donuts of that variety. I may have to give it a week or two to forget Leon's description and then I can go back to eating them with reckless abandon. Or at least occasionally.

One of my buddies works for an Australian company and travels there occasionally. They call sprinkles: hundreds and thousands. My buddy told me that and I couldn't even make sense of it. But I watch an automotive YouTube show and they happened to mention them in passing as if it was a normal term that everyone would understand. From what I understand, it's the term they use for all sprinkles, but here is the only example I could find easily.

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That looks cool.

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:lol: Dr. Oetker. Hundreds and Thousands? I would have never guessed sprinkles with that name. That name sounds like a busy gynecologist to me. :lol:

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A busy gynecologist would be seeing millions of little...bits. ;)

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So it's going from Mouse droppings to worse things.... :) .. :(

LockDoc

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They are called "Jimmies" around here. We have a Jimmy Cone in town. One of two. This one is the second one. That is where our cruise-in night happens

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Jimmies???

That's just...

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Wife and I decided to get out of the house Saturday and go check out some waterfalls. First photo is her driving through Car Wash Falls but it was mostly frozen. Second one is crossing Hurricane Creek. She was a bit nervous driving across this but I told her to just idle through and we made it without problem.

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Wife discovered our water heater is rusted through and has started slowly leaking. Checked the two local sources and ordered one. Should be here in 3 - 4 days.

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Most interesting thing I did today was figure out how many towels the last rental group managed to stain.

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Speaking of chocolate sprinkles, just this morning I emptied all the contents in a kitchen drawer after spotting chocolate sprinkles donated by an unwanted guest. I cleaned out the drawer and washed any 'chocolate' residue (possibly the other stuff as well) off. I just had the drawer at the opposite end pulled to fasten that countertop extension I made. I don't remember buying or using any chocolate sprinkles, but some were in there and have been cleaned up. While the drawer was out I saw what I can do to halt the sprinkle donations and will be outside shortly to make up custom 'sprinkle blockers'
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I don't know if I showed a picture of the counter extension for the microwave all finished up, but I decided to make a rack beneath it to stash the cutting board

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I like to use about a 60/40 mix of boiled linseed oil and odorless mineral spirits. It seals very well, and when you feel it's looking leached out, just wipe clean and brush more on. Never a chip, never re-sand (unless the wood gets impact damage), so much easier and enrichens the wood sweetly. If you don't like that idea, in my downstairs bath, which has walls of Douglas Fir porch ceiling, I use a Varathane product. Not sure if still available
. I still have a can. It, too, is an oil type finish that is as easy to apply as the linseed/mineral spirits. Almost looks like a poly when first applied, but mellows into a more natural looking finish
That is coming out nice. Are you going to install a toilet to match the vanity basin? Would go great with the rustic woodsy leaf theme. Also could save money on toilet paper :lol:
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The backsplash in my kitchen has had an ugly gap since building & installing the countertop 30 some years ago. With giving attention to the kitchen I decided it was time to finish that up. I was hung up on wanting to make a filler between backsplash and log wall. Other than the irregular surface, it has about a 2" taper. I decided to try making a ledge to sit on top with a slight reveal
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No need for caulk

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That looks nice! Good work on scribing to the wall.

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Looks great .

I thin the blo too. Today I used some epoxy to fill some knots and worm holes . Used dewaxed shallac to seal the wood first hope the small cracks don’t get worse but I can always do a couple of bow ties if they do

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Thanks, LT7A. I was apprehensive about it, but got my head into slow down be the craftsman mode and it went fairly well. Back to the saw once for refinement cutting. That was the second piece, which I had to make a 20 mile round trip for and spend about $25 (oak 1 x 4 x 8'). The first piece was an old 1 x 6 I had in my stash. I had ripped it down to a closer width, carefully scribed, then went to the router to round the edges over. I wish I had routed the edge first. I found the right bit, was a small shank, so put it in a small router I have only used a couple times. Carefully got the depth set just right and sampled on some scrap wood. Good to go! It gets locked to depth with a paddle-type fastener. You know, flip it up to loosen and set, then flip it down to lock. I'm gliding it along the edge and notice the router is bogging more and more. lift it from the stock to see it was cutting deeper and deeper into the wood. Ruined it! The locking mechanism was not tight enough to hold it, and there was not enough width in the stock to rip and make another pass. How it got loosened is a mystery to me. Argh!!


Mark, that's clear like resin? That's a nice way to fill natural voids. I have a threshold in my house with a 4" long and probably 1/2" deep divit/knot/worm hole, or whatever it is. It's made from an attic floor board out of an old log place I did work on 30 years ago. I also made my stairs with that wood, oak. It's hard to clean that spot out and after 30 years I'm getting tired of it. Just the other day, after getting it good and cleaned out, I was at the hardware store looking for resin but that didn't have any. I used it on a kitchen countertop I made for for this artsy gal. She put glitter in the resin after I poured it. I'm working over there now and was looking at it. Not my thing, but pretty cool idea.

Today I spent about all day doing what I thought would be a simple morning job. Fixing it so mice can't get into under my kitchen sink and into the drawers. I did finally get it done, so no more cleaning chocolate sprinkles out and washing every utensil in the drawer. I had to be a contortionist to get it done. I'll be a hurtin' unit after doing that. Already feel it some in my neck and back. Damn mice!!

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Epoxy resin for thick pours. I'm using just to fill voids . Then I'm going to sand the whole thing and use waterlox on it . Give it a nice satin sheen

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I agree...that's a great solution and execution.

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Screeded a bunch of river rock to get the dirt and cypress needles out of that mess, and put the rocks on the parkway between the bigger rocks. My aching back! Didn't finish it off, I had a boneless leg of lamb on the rotisserie that I only wanted cooked, not burnt. I've had enough of that. I'm NOT a cook. This bad boy came out done all the way through, and not incinerated. I'm at a point where I realize that while I really like lamb, I like t-bones even more. Now, if that stuff didn't cost an arm and a leg...like the lamb didn't. :rolleyes: I was at CostCo Saturday, and beef was at stunning prices.

As for the aching back, I'm looking at engine rebuild/replace options, and realizing that I'm probably not going to be able to do the work myself. Given that I don't like depending on other people to do my work, and that I used to be able to do it all, it's humbling to see that I'm simply getting old, and just can't do it. :(