In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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Still not having any immediate desire to work on any more doors, but still itching to get work done, I've made a dent in the de-hoarding in the small bedroom. And that's after making sure that the only stuff left in the master bedroom that doesn't belong there is all the clothes that have homes that I need to go through.
The same can now be said for both the linen closet and the bathroom/cabinets too. Nothing in any of those places that I don't need or won't eventually need anymore. Really, come to think of it, I could say the same now for the pantry and coat closet, the living room and about 80% of the kitchen cabinets too. And nothing right now is out of place in any of them except for some dishes in the sink I need to wash. The room right in the basement doesn't have anything in it aside from the fact it's a great place to throw down a tarp and some horses and do work in a comfortable environment.
I went through everything left in my free after rebate stuff that isn't tool/power tool related, and photographed everything I'm not keeping so I can send that out and see if anybody wants it before it all goes to goodwill. (I think I'm actually going to see if the small thrift shop I noticed not to far from me wants it first. It will give me an excuse to go in there and see what they're all about).
I will go through several bags of various bits and blades and other stuff when I get out to the garage to really do that dehoard and re-org, but I'm still not even considering it with the current temps.
I threw out some stuff too, and I've already actually brought down 3 more tech-related boxes from the attic and staged them in my pile for whenever I get to going through all of that stuff.
Everything still in there is moved FAR away from the closet so I won't have anything pissing me off by being in the way when nothing goes right as I'm trying to put them up.
We get a few day break I believe starting tomorrow from the heat. I am going to try to at least get the front mowed and run some errands. Maybe I'll do the back too if it's not too bad and just get it all out of the way so I can start doing the sanding projects I wanted to do outside. I want to make the most of my nice days.
Maybe I'll hold off on the back yard though. Trash day is coming up, and I really should do what I can to get as much trash out of that back room in the basement, even if I don't take any real time to sort and organize what I'm not throwing away yet.
Oh....
And speaking of the basement, I had one of my huge totes I got from my Grandma that was full at one point of all these various things I'd bought for the house like all the soft-close hinges and oil rubbed bronze hardware, and flapper switches/outlets/decorative plates, oil rubbed bronze hinges and door knobs and who knows what else that at one point was so overstuffed there was probably 3 inches over the brim keeping the lid from closing. I went through that last night before drilling the hole in the door and now it's only about half full and the lid has no problems closing on it.
So much stuff I got for free or on ultra-cheap clearance or just a really great sale price over the last 10 years that I knew I would eventually get to.
And now I get to look in that box and see how little there is left to still put up. And 1/3rd of what is in there easily is just extra pieces that probably would only get used on whatever cabinetry ends up in the 2nd bathroom one day.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
That is the other thing. What is offered down there in the way of streaming can be different up here.
My poor old tv is good enough for now as I spend enough money on replacing things and trying to get new things like a freaking couch.
When you say old though, how old are we talking?
It's a flat screen and not one of those old heavy Tube TVs, right?
If it's got the same HDMI port on the side or the back somewhere, you wouldn't need a new TV.
That's what the fire sick is for. Think of it like attaching a VCR or DVD player to your TV and switching the inputs to be able to use them to watch your movies.
But instead of a large box that you put discs or tapes into, it's just a little device that's about twice the size of those thumb drives we had you backing up your book to that's just sticking out of your HDMI port, and plugged into your wall for power. That's it.
Basically, for the price of $20 to $40 USD depending on if you buy it on sale or not, you turn your old TV into a smart TV, but only when you switch the input to the device like you would switch to your DVD player or your VCR in your TV options.
Now you connect that thing to your wireless internet you're already paying for, and you can watch practically any basic cable station in real time on an app called "Pluto TV". Or watch YouTube videos on your TV. And there are some other streaming apps you can easily put on the stick for free that will allow you to stream any movies and shows they have on hand, with the only catch being they're going to interrupt the movie or show with commercials of their own. But it's usually quite a bit less commercials than if you were watching a movie on regular TV. And I'm pretty sure they even have some music apps on there that may have different genres playing on a loop and maybe you find a station or two you like that you could just have playing in the background while doing chores or whatever.
Something to think about. A $40 investment could be a HUGE upgrade to your television experience, and since you're already paying for the cable internet connection, there would be zero additional monthly payments for anything after you're all hooked up.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
When my mum bought it going on 29years ago it was considered a flat screen. So no HDMI port on the back. Just connections for VCR and DVD player. Would have to be a really new tv to do what you are talking about.
Man, your pictures of all the work you are putting into your house look fine.
You should be really proud of yourself.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
When my mum bought it going on 29years ago it was considered a flat screen. So no HDMI port on the back. Just connections for VCR and DVD player. Would have to be a really new tv to do what you are talking about.
Not going to judge because Lord knows I've got more than enough of my own quirks and eccentricities of my own, particularly regarding technology, but I think you're really missing out by not upgrading.
I've only ever bought one flat-screen TV in my life, and that was a 32" Sony to replace the 27" Sony that my brother had at his apartment and I spider-webbed on him with my fist after he had taken my computer off the ground about an inch and slammed it into the ground. We could get pretty heated with each other and do stupid stuff, then I'd feel absolutely terrible about it later.
But anyway... That happened before I bought this house Brenda. 15 years ago. That TV has since found its way back to me and is now the TV in my master bedroom. It's got 3 HDMI ports and I've got an Amazon Fire Stick in it.
I'm pretty sure that brand new monitor you bought would be able to use the fire stick without any problems. Literally any used flat screen TV that came out in the last 20 years should have them. You know what they look like now. If you ever see a flat screen that's around the size you think you'd like at your apartment when you're out at Goodwill you might want to check for at least one HDMI port and it should be a pretty light carry for you back home.
Even if you decide not to go through with it for some reason, it could be tucked in the closet and be a very cheap backup monitor for your computer in case the good one you just bought breaks. I'd imagine you could get one in the 35" range for $20 now, used. There's so many of them out there now I've seen people throw out perfectly good smaller ones and not even bothering to take them to goodwill.
Even your DVDs should look quite a bit better on a flat screen, and certainly any HD channels you get on the antenna will look much better. And with the internet you already pay for it opens up so many more viewing possibilities for you too without any additional cost beyond a smart TV and/or a firestick in the HDMI port.
Just something to consider.
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Man, your pictures of all the work you are putting into your house look fine.
Thanks. Yeah. Gettin' 'er done now. There so many small finishing steps that I never took that I'm knocking out pretty quickly here.
I still technically don't have a single room done because I have to get touchup paint for that really expensive stuff I used upstairs in all 3 of the colors and over the next few weeks I need to sand down and spray paint all the vents, but the Master Bedroom is otherwise done now, along with the hallway. Small Bedroom will be in the same state just awaiting a few paint touchups once this closet door gets installed and I make a solid "door" for the cool little trap door to hide things that somebody made in that closet that needs a really nice top to it. I'm also going to make the box inside really fancy instead of just having things lying on top of the ceiling drywall in the basement.
It's just so cool right now being able to do these small things that really don't take so much effort along with a deep clean of a room and finally feel like some real things are finally getting done.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
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Niiiice!
I found the Atari 5200 that my brother gave me years back. We never knew what happened to the one we had when we were kids after the controllers went bad, but he managed to pick one up that was working with good controllers and 3 or 4 of the games we had and a few we didn't. I haven't looked in there in probably 10 years and didn't realize how nice it all looks. Brand new, practically. Box is in pretty decent shape for being over 40 years old now too.
The best part is it looks like he also had bought some sort of converter for it too, since depending on how old the unit was it either only has co-ax or REALLY ancient connectors on TVs that were from before I was born where you'd screw two phillips head screws on the back of the TV into these connectors and that had a switch box where you'd select whether it played on channel 3 or channel 4, because depending on where you lived chances are 1 of those two were free.
I have a piece of old tech no longer necessary in my current TV setup I've been meaning to remove from the equation and if this thing works with the converter on my TV it deserves a spot front and center under there. My old man will get a real kick out of that.
Not going to get my hopes up though. I've had that thing in my attic for years under pretty extreme temps. Hopefully I didn't screw it up.
Fingers crossed.
Oh... no more pictures tonight, but I found something that my brother gave me years ago that I think any Firefly fan might appreciate.
And I've decided that the very sturdy but pretty beat up book shelf that used to be in my Grams living room is going to get the sand down and high-gloss white treatment. I'm going to put that on the opposite side of the TV stand from the curio cabinet where there's a lot of empty space and quite a few neat and tight looking cables all along that wall coming from the corner table and the router to the back of the TV stand. I could hide most of that with this piece. I've found some of my old books that I can put up there, and I can also put the limited library of games that I've still got up there for various systems too. The living room is so wide that even when I get that 75" TV I want and put it on the new shelf I'm going to make to put on top of that TV stand, there will still be plenty of room for that bookshelf without it looking cramped on that side. I really like it because it's not stupid oversized like an old IKEA one I had that went damn near to the ceiling. It's probably only about 3.5 feet tall.
That will be one more huge thing out of the garage, needlessly taking up space for years. At least it was on rollers though. I've had both of the large hope chests that I took, as well as the bookshelf and a few smaller things sitting on top of the base of an old projection screen TV so I could roll it around and move it out of my way when I needed something behind it. I'm sick of looking at that 9 foot tall pile of garbage.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
When my mum bought it going on 29years ago it was considered a flat screen. So no HDMI port on the back. Just connections for VCR and DVD player. Would have to be a really new tv to do what you are talking about.
Not going to judge because Lord knows I've got more than enough of my own quirks and eccentricities of my own, particularly regarding technology, but I think you're really missing out by not upgrading.
I've only ever bought one flat-screen TV in my life, and that was a 32" Sony to replace the 27" Sony that my brother had at his apartment and I spider-webbed on him with my fist after he had taken my computer off the ground about an inch and slammed it into the ground. We could get pretty heated with each other and do stupid stuff, then I'd feel absolutely terrible about it later.
But anyway... That happened before I bought this house Brenda. 15 years ago. That TV has since found its way back to me and is now the TV in my master bedroom. It's got 3 HDMI ports and I've got an Amazon Fire Stick in it.
I'm pretty sure that brand new monitor you bought would be able to use the fire stick without any problems. Literally any used flat screen TV that came out in the last 20 years should have them. You know what they look like now. If you ever see a flat screen that's around the size you think you'd like at your apartment when you're out at Goodwill you might want to check for at least one HDMI port and it should be a pretty light carry for you back home.
Even if you decide not to go through with it for some reason, it could be tucked in the closet and be a very cheap backup monitor for your computer in case the good one you just bought breaks. I'd imagine you could get one in the 35" range for $20 now, used. There's so many of them out there now I've seen people throw out perfectly good smaller ones and not even bothering to take them to goodwill.
Even your DVDs should look quite a bit better on a flat screen, and certainly any HD channels you get on the antenna will look much better. And with the internet you already pay for it opens up so many more viewing possibilities for you too without any additional cost beyond a smart TV and/or a firestick in the HDMI port.
Just something to consider.Quote:
Man, your pictures of all the work you are putting into your house look fine.
Thanks. Yeah. Gettin' 'er done now. There so many small finishing steps that I never took that I'm knocking out pretty quickly here.
I still technically don't have a single room done because I have to get touchup paint for that really expensive stuff I used upstairs in all 3 of the colors and over the next few weeks I need to sand down and spray paint all the vents, but the Master Bedroom is otherwise done now, along with the hallway. Small Bedroom will be in the same state just awaiting a few paint touchups once this closet door gets installed and I make a solid "door" for the cool little trap door to hide things that somebody made in that closet that needs a really nice top to it. I'm also going to make the box inside really fancy instead of just having things lying on top of the ceiling drywall in the basement.
It's just so cool right now being able to do these small things that really don't take so much effort along with a deep clean of a room and finally feel like some real things are finally getting done.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
Well, you the story. Short on money and for a couple or three years my tv was in storage. When I got it out I wasn't sure it would even work. And like I said it was high tech for the time.
I will admit I have been looking because I
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Out in a bit but my area is still sitting in the mid 80F. Has to be. At least four temperature readings were broken in province yesterday. In the valley and into the Interior.
28C, so yeah. 86F.
DVDs to go back to the library are actually in my backpack. And a couple of small things to do.
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Hey, SIX.
I started watching "Killers of the Flower Moon." I like it. So many parallels to so many things. Will set up a thread later.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, you the story. Short on money and for a couple or three years my tv was in storage. When I got it out I wasn't sure it would even work. And like I said it was high tech for the time.
Yeah... I know how it is. I almost finally bought myself a flat screen back around April, but my buddy told me the one I wanted was going to be too big for my room, so I hesitated... I checked out the size a few days later, not really worried about it because the sale was going on for another 3 weeks, but when I went back 3 days later after confirming that the TV was not too big for my room, they were sold out and never got restocked until the sale was over. It was a 75" TV for only $309. Oh well...
If you don't count that replacement TV I bought my brother, the last TV I bought was a 320lb rear-projection TV. I've always regretted throwing that out with the last de-hoard because I've never had a TV as big as that since. The picture on the 40-something inch that one of my brothers gave me when they got a huge TV is higher definition than the rear projection was, but not by much and it's just so much smaller. That final generation of rear-projection screens put out by Hitachi were 720p and really nice looking.
Soon I'll get a bigger screen, but for about 6 or 7 years now I've been working with a downgrade myself.
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I will admit I have been looking because I'm just not sure when it will blow. The boxes on flat screens do talk about HDMI but I would have to look really close at the display models to see.
Not a bad idea. If you've got a storage closet, you may want to hold on to the old one as a backup for a while, but eventually you might just want to find a 2nd cheap flat screen as a backup instead. Once you finally do make the switch over I don't think you're going to want to ever go back.
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Like I said it looks great. And you are making me jealous because there are things that I would love to be able to do. I've always wanted to own a house just to know it is mine. But that's just me.
Oh... I don't mean to do that. Sorry.
I think we've got quite a lot in common on certain things, particularly the independent streak, so I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong to feel that way.
But I am about to go outside and spend almost 3 hours mowing my lawn today before I get to pulling or spraying for any weeds. And I get to look at how the moles trashed all that work I did on the landscaping last year. And my beautiful refinished driveway I did about 6 years ago eventually got all the cracks back and the finish is finally starting to peel off, so I've got to go spend about $400 to resurface that, probably next summer (I won't be doing all the crack filling this time since that was a huge waste of time, effort and money).
I just had a tornado roll through my area last month and the only reason my house is standing is probably because of how the damage split like Moses parting the water and houses on either side of me (in front or behind me) suffered major damage, had trees fall on their houses, or had their entire houses destroyed to the point they need a teardown and rebuild.
Now granted, I don't live in anything remotely close to a user-friendly property here, and I have to deal with some things that most people never have to think about in their lives, but even when none of those problems exist, you've either got to fix what goes wrong when it does yourself, or have enough money to pay somebody who's going to overcharge you to do it.
You don't even want to know how difficult it is to swap out a kitchen faucet, for example. It's really not fun laying backward into that cabinet while reaching up and having the bottom of the cabinet door digging into your back while you're working.
And if you don't want to do it yourself and pay somebody else, they could charge you $500 like they ch
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, you the story. Short on money and for a couple or three years my tv was in storage. When I got it out I wasn't sure it would even work. And like I said it was high tech for the time.
Yeah... I know how it is. I almost finally bought myself a flat screen back around April, but my buddy told me the one I wanted was going to be too big for my room, so I hesitated... I checked out the size a few days later, not really worried about it because the sale was going on for another 3 weeks, but when I went back 3 days later after confirming that the TV was not too big for my room, they were sold out and never got restocked until the sale was over. It was a 75" TV for only $309. Oh well...
If you don't count that replacement TV I bought my brother, the last TV I bought was a 320lb rear-projection TV. I've always regretted throwing that out with the last de-hoard because I've never had a TV as big as that since. The picture on the 40-something inch that one of my brothers gave me when they got a huge TV is higher definition than the rear projection was, but not by much and it's just so much smaller. That final generation of rear-projection screens put out by Hitachi were 720p and really nice looking.
Soon I'll get a bigger screen, but for about 6 or 7 years now I've been working with a downgrade myself.Quote:
I will admit I have been looking because I'm just not sure when it will blow. The boxes on flat screens do talk about HDMI but I would have to look really close at the display models to see.
Not a bad idea. If you've got a storage closet, you may want to hold on to the old one as a backup for a while, but eventually you might just want to find a 2nd cheap flat screen as a backup instead. Once you finally do make the switch over I don't think you're going to want to ever go back.Quote:
Like I said it looks great. And you are making me jealous because there are things that I would love to be able to do. I've always wanted to own a house just to know it is mine. But that's just me.
Oh... I don't mean to do that. Sorry.
I think we've got quite a lot in common on certain things, particularly the independent streak, so I'm not going to tell you that you're wrong to feel that way.
But I am about to go outside and spend almost 3 hours mowing my lawn today before I get to pulling or spraying for any weeds. And I get to look at how the moles trashed all that work I did on the landscaping last year. And my beautiful refinished driveway I did about 6 years ago eventually got all the cracks back and the finish is finally starting to peel off, so I've got to go spend about $400 to resurface that, probably next summer (I won't be doing all the crack filling this time since that was a huge waste of time, effort and money).
I just had a tornado roll through my area last month and the only reason my house is standing is probably because of how the damage split like Moses parting the water and houses on either side of me (in front or behind me) suffered major damage, had trees fall on their houses, or had their entire houses destroyed to the point they need a teardown and rebuild.
Now granted, I don't live in anything remotely close to a user-friendly property here, and I have to deal with some things that most people never have to think about in their lives, but even when none of those problems exist, you've either got to fix what goes wrong when it does yourself, or have enough money to pay somebody who's going to overcharge you to do it.
You don't even want to know how difficult it is to swap out a kitchen faucet, for example. It's really not fun laying backward into that cabinet while reaching up and having the bottom of the cabinet door digging into your back while you're working.
And if you don't want to do it yourself and pay somebod
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All done for today and my area has hit almost 90F. Just a couple of degrees lower so 88F.
Remembered the library but went out without my medical alert necklace. Remembered it when I reached the cross walk. Ugh!
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