What are you doing today?

Feeling a little sad and disappointed.

To make a long story short, when I was a teenager I worked for the family company in the summer doing pipe lining. It was hard work, but paid well. Then the summer I was 18 they had no pipeline jobs going on and the handyman/builder that built my parents house with his dad and the addition with his cousin, needed a hand. Said cousin broke his leg, so dad told him I would come help him. So we built a sunroom for this family in town. I was mainly a step and fetch it as I knew nothing about construction (at least not related to pipe lining) so I just did what I was told.

So FF 38 years and the daughter and her family are wanting to move in so they can take care of their mom. I was hired to convert the sunroom into a MIL Suite. Should have been an easy job (and my last since I am selling out to my partner and moving west). Started into some light demo and and it was a freaking mess. Wood was rotted under every window because they weren't properly flashed, nails were rusted all to hell because they weren't galvanized, found a couple of electrical splices buried in the wall. Just a mess. We had planned to donate the windows to Habitat, but they were all too rotted to be of any use to anyone.

I ended up working with this guy for 3 summers and he taught me a lot and it was then I developed my love of building. But seeing how he did things, I can't help but feel disappointed. He was old school who learned from his dad and probably did things the same way for 40+ years. But things change and you have to keep up. I had to quit using an electrician because he refused to wire switches the way I wanted (and now code) and insisted on doing it the way he had done it for years.

Fortunately for this client, at least for this project, it probably isn't going to be a major additional cost since we are taking it all down and will build back all new which is easier. But he did a lot of work for this family, so no idea what else they may find in the future. :(
 
Missed out on the partial solar eclipse. Overcast. Bummer.

Ah, well, at least got to experience the associated weird reduction of light for a bit.
 
Pumbaa said:
Missed out on the partial solar eclipse. Overcast. Bummer.

Ah, well, at least got to experience the associated weird reduction of light for a bit.
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North America's off the path of that one... and right here we'd also have been hard pressed to see it, due to lingering fog. But never mind... for us in the northern climes there's a so called golden age of solar eclipses coming up: six of them in total from 2023-29.

Can't be foggy for all of them, can it? (well... climate change issues might say yeah on that).

www.forbes.com

When Is The Next Solar Eclipse In North America? After Europe’s ‘Smiley Face’ Sun Today Comes Six Eclipses For The U.S. And Canada

There’s a solar eclipse in Eurasia today—but when is it America’s turn?
www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
 
Ah, life in California. "Did you feel it?" is a question any Californian finds themselves asking friends, family, and co-workers every now and then. A 5.0 earthquake just happened south of San Jose. I did not feel it this time! Maybe I was thrown off by the construction going on outside, but a number of my co-workers and some of the students were talking about it, all checking their phones. Hope that's as bad as it gets today.
 
Some vacuuming (why is there always so much dog hair), some laundry, and I developed my first roll of black and white film in real chemicals today. I've been using a hybrid solution, but moved on to the real stuff. waiting for the roll to dry so I can scan it.

Have to take my son for new lax cleats and hit the grocery store also.
 
got a second refund check from comcast for 160.00 no clue why. we dumped comcast/xfinity internet when we ran out of the last contract for 45.00 a month and and for t moble wireless internet. canceled the service returned the free cable box we had to have and got a 5 checked a few months later. now I just got one for 160 and this is from comcast. we haven ot had any of their equipment for many years and even then it was just a modem. I dont think we have had tv cable for 10 years. Plus the cable box they insisted they send us with the last package did not cost us anything. we returned it unopened.
well it will buy our granddaughters new bike.
 
TBL said:
Ah, life in California. "Did you feel it?" is a question any Californian finds themselves asking friends, family, and co-workers every now and then. A 5.0 earthquake just happened south of San Jose. I did not feel it this time! Maybe I was thrown off by the construction going on outside, but a number of my co-workers and some of the students were talking about it, all checking their phones. Hope that's as bad as it gets today.
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Saw some video of it from a weather cam. Have never experienced one but figure the offspring will sooner or later.
 
TBL said:
Ah, life in California. "Did you feel it?" is a question any Californian finds themselves asking friends, family, and co-workers every now and then. A 5.0 earthquake just happened south of San Jose. I did not feel it this time! Maybe I was thrown off by the construction going on outside, but a number of my co-workers and some of the students were talking about it, all checking their phones. Hope that's as bad as it gets today.
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I only just read about this prior to stopping by this site. Had no idea. I felt nada in SoCal. Glad you're okay!
 
Herdfan said:
Saw some video of it from a weather cam. Have never experienced one but figure the offspring will sooner or later.
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I've lived through so many. It's the sudden out-of-nowhere "jolt quakes" that can be scary. Or the big ones like the Northridge quake that hit in the wee hours. That one seemed to go forever. Very scary.
 
Listening to backhoes, dump trucks, all sort of industrial noise :oops:

They're digging the trenches to put the new fiber in this area, I'll have to decide if we want to switch, we can get about 5x the bandwidth for the same price, but Comcast Business has been pretty solid.
 
shadow puppet said:
I've lived through so many. It's the sudden out-of-nowhere "jolt quakes" that can be scary. Or the big ones like the Northridge quake that hit in the wee hours. That one seemed to go forever. Very scary.
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I finally got used to the minor tremors in San Francisco when I lived out there going to school and working as an au pair. Dishes in the cupboards would rattle sometimes during breakfast. Took my cue from the family's head of household who would shake his newspaper and mutter "yet again" but not get up from table. I didn't have the sense to wonder if "the big one" was coming on the heels of those things.

What one doesn't get used to in New York State is any kind of quake. They're rare here but they happen. Was astounded one day to realize we were having a 4.0+ surprise while I was sitting in my studio... watching coffee ripple in the mug and feeling the whole house gently sway while a pendant hanging on a wall lamp's arm stood still... arggh! And me with a chair parked approximately atop the gas furnace below in the cellar. It felt like a long time was passing but I think it lasted less than 20 seconds. Same with another time down in NYC when my office building creaked during a quake and the swaying motion briefly made me feel ill. It was slight enough that had I been walking instead of sitting at the time, I might not even have noticed it.
 
Alli said:
Back to the dentist today. Hopefully, they can start the bridge work and maybe even get in some kind of temp.
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We're bailing on our dentist and headed back to the previous one. We mostly changed because of convenience, and somewhat because of insurance.

About 2-3 years ago, they sold their location to a new practice, we're like, fine, but it's gone downhill, and then the final breaking point was some shit they pulled at a visit this past Wed.

The other place is nicer, maybe a little more expensive, but we're also changing insurance in a month or so, maybe we can improve that - and the big advantage, the little G's braces have to be "de-wired" for a cleaning, and then wired back up, and her ortho and the old dentist are like 2 miles apart, in the same area of town (with very few lights, really easy to travel between the two offices).
 
Wanted something a little extra for dinner, picked up T, headed downtown to Prohibition Kitchen, so good, I had their insane short rib grilled cheese, it's vulgar buttery delicious - since we got poutine, opted for the beer cheese soup for the side ...

FOR DUNKING! :D MORE CHEESE! :ROFLMAO:

Box of macarons afterwards (so far, coconut and salted caramel are a hit), and now, off to some horror flicks, good drinks, etc., etc. :D
 
Yesterday, treated myself to some Ethiopian coffee (purchased in a small, local roaster), French bread (in the French bakery), and beer (yet to be delivered).

Today, I am brooding over the fact that the clocks went back an hour last night. And sipping some Ethiopian coffee with organic hot milk.
 
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