In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
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UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Got most of the insulation up on the shed/porch wall. I didn't even start with the ceiling like I thought I would.
Because I have no immediate plans to cover any walls in the shed and was hoping to get away without having to do so with the 4.5 gallons of paint on them now, it was not a simple insulation job. For starters, the studs on that wall are anywhere from 20" to 22.5" apart, so instead of being able to just run them vertically I have to cut them to fit horizontally and also have enough length on them to staple the flaps to the studs. And because it's going to look like this until I decide to cover it, I had to make a lot of intricate 3D cuts on them from the back to fit over things like electrical boxes, conduit and the 2x6"'s that I put up to mount the TV on the other side.
I'd say it's about 80% done now. As gross as the attic will be to work in, it should go WAY quicker than this wall did when I get to it.
I hope I have enough.
We'll find out next week.
Right now, I'm ITCHY!!! Shower time.
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I got my car back!
Going to take it easy tomorrow while driving to my friend's place.
Ran a few errands that needed to be be run and everything seems good so far.
At this point I hope he actually was doing work on other cars and wasn't working on mine for 3 days straight, because he charged me almost 20 bucks less than what the final quote was. I'm not sure how he stays in business at those rates. Maybe he just takes the bad jobs with the good ones and they even out in his favor or something.
I'm still not happy it took two weeks, but he says he's going to do some inquiries and see what he can do about fittings and the nylon tube to fix the fuel line too and give me a quote if he can do it. He showed me a picture of what it looks like and it's pretty terrifying.
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Alright, SIX.
I'm glad everything seems to be working on it now.
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Yeah. So far so good.
Wish me luck that I survive the trip back and forth on the expressway today. I usually like to do a lot more local test driving after something gets fixed before doing that, but I can't ask him to pick me up 3 weekends in a row when I finally got my car back.
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Yeah. So far so good.
Wish me luck that I survive the trip back and forth on the expressway today. I usually like to do a lot more local test driving after something gets fixed before doing that, but I can't ask him to pick me up 3 weekends in a row when I finally got my car back.
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Good luck SIX.
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Out for my walk soon. Need to replace the hot water bottle I have been using on my shoulder. It sprung a leak last night.
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Quote:My guess is he was working on other cars that he knew wouldn't take as long.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
I got my car back!
Going to take it easy tomorrow while driving to my friend's place.
Ran a few errands that needed to be be run and everything seems good so far.
At this point I hope he actually was doing work on other cars and wasn't working on mine for 3 days straight, because he charged me almost 20 bucks less than what the final quote was. I'm not sure how he stays in business at those rates. Maybe he just takes the bad jobs with the good ones and they even out in his favor or something.
I'm still not happy it took two weeks, but he says he's going to do some inquiries and see what he can do about fittings and the nylon tube to fix the fuel line too and give me a quote if he can do it. He showed me a picture of what it looks like and it's pretty terrifying.
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Working on old cars is tough. Parts are hard or impossible to find, and everything is rusted together or brittle as shit. Someone I know had a 20+ year old car in for repair and it took forever... and this was in SoCal, where cars aren't exposed to de-icing salts.
Those salts are murder on cars. My sis sent me a picture of "something" that fell off her car ... a rusted part ... and her car isn't even that old. Maybe 8 years. She asked me to ID the part ... my guess was, it was a bracket of some sort, possibly for a brake line, it was about that size. Back there, they have safety inspections every 2 years where they check the brakes and brake lines, wheel bearings and alignment, lights and all that stuff, so if they're doing a good job at least I know her car is safe to drive.
I'm glad it's back! Fingers crossed that it survives the freeway trip!
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Back from my walk and all done for today. Local tv mag says "The Rookie" is back tomorrow night. Just hope "House of the Dragon" doesn't make me choose between the two.
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It's been a conga line of cleanup... in order to do this, I have to do that, but in order to do that I have to do something else. But progress is being made! I got dear daughter to organize the pills and supplements she's been putting out for us, and the go ahead to (FINALLY!!) get rid of the old VHS tapes we no longer have a player for.
In the meantime I'm tidying and cleaning the office/storage space as best as possible.
Well, back to work!
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My guess is he was working on other cars that he knew wouldn't take as long.
Yeah. I know he must have been. I forgot to tell you at one point I said "put her on the phone. I want to make sure she's okay.". He didn't get it and said "what?" I told him I was treating this as a hostage situation now. He has a sense of humor. We actually did have a good laugh over that one.
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Working on old cars is tough. Parts are hard or impossible to find, and everything is rusted together or brittle as shit. Someone I know had a 20+ year old car in for repair and it took forever... and this was in SoCal, where cars aren't exposed to de-icing salts.
Those salts are murder on cars. My sis sent me a picture of "something" that fell off her car ... a rusted part ... and her car isn't even that old. Maybe 8 years. She asked me to ID the part ... my guess was, it was a bracket of some sort, possibly for a brake line, it was about that size. Back there, they have safety inspections every 2 years where they check the brakes and brake lines, wheel bearings and alignment, lights and all that stuff, so if they're doing a good job at least I know her car is safe to drive.
I'm glad it's back! Fingers crossed that it survives the freeway trip!
She ran like a dream. But in some sick twisted fate of irony, my friend's car didn't. I thought he popped a flat but he didn't feel it on his side. That's because he kicked up some debris from the road under his car and whatever it was broke at least one brake line and even worse... something that made his oil leak all over the expressway.
I was swimming in mouse shit for 10 hours (FINALLY got that done), and really wasn't feeling good and just couldn't wait to get home. Had to wait for an EXPENSIVE tow on the freeway, then when we got it back to his house after I moved my car, he went to move his other car and it wouldn't start. It turns out it just needed a jump, so that's not so bad, but the tow guy was impatient and dropped that car off in a spot that his fiancee is NOT at all pleased about. Now he's in the dog house and he really didn't do anything wrong.
The poor guy has this catastrophe of a house to deal with, his dad went to the hospital and isn't in great shape, and far less importantly his dad can't help him with the work he was going to help with on the house too, and then not one but two cars are non-starters in one day. It's probably not even worth fixing the car that's sitting in his driveway now.
At least I was able to give him a jump on the other one before I left.
Then I showered and I think I'm going to slip into a coma. I'm not going to say that anything is "wrong" just yet, but I may be coming down with something not too pleasant. Probably way too many days in a row working long hours and the stress of the car for two weeks and my friend's dad on top of it.
I can't even remember the last day I just did nothing.
I'm pretty sure the way I feel now tomorrow is going to be the next one though.
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Well.... I'm still alive.
Got a decent nights sleep, and though I'd love to sleep some more it appears my body and mind won't let me do that right now.
I'm fairly confident that any lingering thougts in the back of my mind of actually getting sick from the mouse turds and other horrors were unfounded. However not right I feel this morning is still about 100 times better than I felt last night. I certainly don't feel like doing anything laborious today though. I'll probably just tidy up the place and relax today. I tend to pile up things instead of doing chores when I get this heavy into working on projects everyday, so it could use it.
Or maybe I'll do nothing?
I gotta get that porch done though. Even if my friend's dad can't make it out any time soon. The window jambs were really the last part I needed him for, but I might have to attempt those on my own. They're tricky because the windows are all level but the porch addition is not. They need to be built out with blocks. But the more I think about it, it may be better if I do it on my own. If they aren't PERFECT, I'm not going to be happy. My friend and his dad do good work fast, but where I'd take 3 days to do those things to perfection, he'd get it done in 3 hours.
But yeah, they've got to be done so I can start putting up casings. And I can't put up the baseboard until the casings are all up. And right now I have tons of nice painted trim staged in my basement. It shouldn't flood this time of year, but what a travesty that would be if it did.
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