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Waco wrote:As the new owner (slave) of the wife's new to us 2001 Audi TT...I finally understand what you mean. The thing is a nightmare to work on.
Chuckaluphagus wrote:I do not do ladders*, so I recently paid someone else to do a similar repair to my chimney. At the top of the chimney, the mortar was so far gone that the workers were able to just pull the bricks off by hand. Glad that was taken care of before a storm blew it over.
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* Heights are ok. Tall ladders are deeply nerve-wracking and I will only ascend one if absolutely necessary.
anotherengineer wrote:lol squirrel
you working right now? how do you have time for all that stuff? kids moved out? Good work though, like super dad. Odd seeing a breaker outside, here more of a disconnect outside and breaker inside.
I got a pile of work, biggest priority gets the time, and other stuff gets the back burner, winter tires have to come off this week, then finish off the PC desk, it will be nice when that's done, it's been on the back burner for years!!
SecretSquirrel wrote:anotherengineer wrote:lol squirrel
you working right now? how do you have time for all that stuff? kids moved out? Good work though, like super dad. Odd seeing a breaker outside, here more of a disconnect outside and breaker inside.
I got a pile of work, biggest priority gets the time, and other stuff gets the back burner, winter tires have to come off this week, then finish off the PC desk, it will be nice when that's done, it's been on the back burner for years!!
I don't watch TV -- not knocking those that do, in the least. Daughter is in college, I don't stop -- my wife will tell you that. I'm always doing something.
--SS
anotherengineer wrote:SecretSquirrel wrote:anotherengineer wrote:lol squirrel
you working right now? how do you have time for all that stuff? kids moved out? Good work though, like super dad. Odd seeing a breaker outside, here more of a disconnect outside and breaker inside.
I got a pile of work, biggest priority gets the time, and other stuff gets the back burner, winter tires have to come off this week, then finish off the PC desk, it will be nice when that's done, it's been on the back burner for years!!
I don't watch TV -- not knocking those that do, in the least. Daughter is in college, I don't stop -- my wife will tell you that. I'm always doing something.
--SS
Same thing here, but it's usually fixing all the stuff the kids break. Lots of parenting since wife is a 12hr shift worker (nurse). 8 yr old boys are especially hard on stuff. The military should use them to test stuff for durability!!
cheesyking wrote:It's not a repair but I made this:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/zH9pvPXLKVvL6zGM7
Yes it's another bookcase but it's also a door and in proper scooby-doo style, pulling a particular book forward releases the catch (well it will once I've figured the catch out). It only leads to a small cupboard and it's bit gappy around the top, bottom and right hand side but I'm not actually trying to hide priests from the reformation
Fortunately there's a wall underneath the bit of floor it sits on so I'm not worried about all the weight causing it to fall through the floor.
It took me about a week and I wasn't trying to film it at the same time so I'm also at a bit of a loss as to how some of these maker types manage to find the time for everything they do. Of course I was working in my garden with hand tools, I suppose it would have been a lot quicker if I had a proper wood shop setup and had some actual training and/or skill at woodwork.
Here's a quick video I made after I'd fitted the hinges so you can see it in action.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bR17WrjrYREFf1XC6
The way it closes on it's own is of course a feature and nothing to do with me messing the hinges up.
ludi wrote:notfred wrote:My house was built in 2006
And the builder used multi-turn valves? Ugh.
cheesyking wrote:It's amazing the number of car problems that can be fixed by cleaning the battery terminals
Blahpony wrote:I replaced the door piston on a bedside gun safe. The old piston was less than enthusiastic about opening. The new one works much better. It's about half an inch shorter, so the door opens slightly less. Now I don't have to unlock it then pry it open with a screwdriver.