In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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Wow, that's beautiful, SIX.
Wouldn't it be nice to work with such beautiful wood every day??
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Wow, that's beautiful, SIX.
Wouldn't it be nice to work with such beautiful wood every day??
Thanks Sigs.
If money didn't matter and/or I could find a way to make it work, I could do that every day for the rest of my life and you'd never hear me complain.
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Yeah... Maybe don't listen to my advice below...
Everything is still okay, but that second coat presented a problem I didn't have the first time around. Lots and lots and lots of bubbles.
Truth be told, I've been fighting bubbles on this job from the very beginning. It probably made poly much harder than it needed to be, and I'm going to blame my cheapness and refusing to buy new poly when I had a "perfectly good" half can of it in my basement from who knows how many years ago and even if it was ever mine in the first place.
But on that sponge the 2nd time around it was brutal. Don't know why that happened when it was fine the first time. So glad I only have one more application to go and I won't have to worry about it anymore.
I'll still leave what I did below...
I just figured out something pretty cool that might be useful to your or your husband one day...
I didn't have any foam brushes, and I was going to cut a kitchen sponge into strips and try using that, but when I was out in the garage I found something that ended up being way better than that, and I didn't even cut it up.
It was a small palm-sized auto sponge that I got from the Dollar Tree. I think it was meant for either applying or buffing out wax on your car. Not a big sponge with big holes like for wiping off grout, but tons of micro-holes that you can't even see. I already had my brush and the can of poly wrapped up from last night (for like 4 days I've been doing that too without cleanup or wasting poly, btw)...
So because of that brush still in the way, the fact that I only have less than 1/2" of poly at the bottom of the can, and the fact the can is pretty rusty around the top because it's ancient, I thought what if I just used the poly on the brush to wipe it on the sponge and then use the sponge on the lips?
That works great. I did my best to rub from the center outward to the 2 finished sides and then wiped it in a straight line. Some poly did get off the side where I didn't want to, but it's so little and thin that it easily wiped right off with a dry part of the sponge without any issue. No dripping, just a little excess that needed to be removed quickly before it bonded to the previous layer.
It is a thin coat, but it's a solid one. I'm only doing 3 like that and it should be more than enough. But I was really worried about gravity screwing me on this one and it turned out okay.
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Originally posted by 6ixStringJack:
I know you've mentioned the weather on your computer before. Do you need to see it there?
If not, there are certain "widgets" we can turn off on your task bar such as "News & Weather" among other things that may be running that can cause the task bar to glitch up like this.
I'm just trying to come up with easy ways to keep this from happening to you. A brand new Windows install or just a "Reset This PC", which would allow you to keep all of your files but would require you to reinstall Word and your internet browser and other things I'd be too afraid to have you try without me being able to walk you through it. Until you got a laptop that we know can connect you here, that's not an option for us.
Just try the Restart in the CTRL+ALT+DEL menu tonight and let's see how it goes this week.
Worst case, for now, is that you will know how to restart the computer when it happens again and if you have to restart more often going forward so be it.
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Well, when I miss the weather on the news I do use it. The clock I use to know when get up and take my meds.
Yeah, to do something that technical I would need someone standing over me, directing me and explaining why I am doing certain things. Too much for me.
Like I said I will set things in motion before I go to bed.
That's what I was thinking. If this going to keep happening I will but it does worry me about trying to get some writing done.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, when I miss the weather on the news I do use it. The clock I use to know when get up and take my meds.
The clock would stay. That's always been a part of windows since the very beginning and separate from the weather/news "widgets" that are always connected online to update that info for you.
I've looked up what could be causing your taskbar to freeze up like this, and every time I've asked that weather/news widget always comes up as a potential suspect. (I just did again right now and I'm working on putting something together for you).
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Yeah, to do something that technical I would need someone standing over me, directing me and explaining why I am doing certain things. Too much for me.
Like I said I will set things in motion before I go to bed.
Cool... Try to remember the date you do this (the 4th), and we'll see how many days it lasts before it happens again. I'm still thinking that one good proper restart could fix the issue completely.
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That's what I was thinking. If this going to keep happening I will but it does worry me about trying to get some writing done.
That's why I want to put a few new tools in your arsenal and get you more familiarized with using Windows.
Like right now, we're forcing a restart (and probably need one anyway), but the next time your taskbar freezes I want you to watch this video and follow along with him. This way you are able to restart a process called "Explorer.exe" which controls File Explorer and your Task Bar among other things. When it restarts, your task bar will come back to life and it doesn't require you restarting the computer and waiting for it to reboot.
Here's the video:
If it seems like it's fast, it's because it is.
A lot of this stuff is actually safe and pretty easy, Brenda. We just have to get you more confident with your computer is all.
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Shiny! Let's be good guys
My brother wore that to work everyday as his replacement lanyard for our keycard badges. It's the only Firefly memorabilia I own. Takes up so little space I guess I never got rid of it.
And I knew I'd find that picture of the 3 gay chefs my brother and sister in law gave me after they were out antiquing along with the statue.
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It's all done now. All I have to do is figure out how to prop up the lid so I can get the hinges attached without marring anything and we're good. My dad is coming by on Thursday probably, so maybe I can have him help out somehow.
That bookcase can't cure fast enough...
I found so much stuff today. Found the box with my other Grandma's Wedgewood pieces that I managed to have somebody in the family take for me from her collection, and after my mom found out that I liked those she gave me a piece she had when they moved out of state. I found a picture of my uncle holding me when I was a baby that my mom matted and my step-dad made a frame for too. I've got a nice jewelry box from my Grams that was decorated with real sea shells, and I found my other uncle's collection of seashells and really cool stones that he had sitting in this giagantic kiln-dried ashtray that has some of the coolest designs on it. I also have Grams' HUGE Dictonary that I made sure to take even though I had to tape the thing up because the binding was so broken. That thing has all the words that They are trying to erase and always will. That book was brought out 10 times in a Scrabble game when her sister came over and played. They were out for blood and if you joined them they weren't going to take it easy on you for a second. 
There's things I've found that I'm already forgetting I found.
And as soon as those shelves cure and I can get some contact paper up there I've got a new home for all of it.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Well, when I miss the weather on the news I do use it. The clock I use to know when get up and take my meds.
The clock would stay. That's always been a part of windows since the very beginning and separate from the weather/news "widgets" that are always connected online to update that info for you.
I've looked up what could be causing your taskbar to freeze up like this, and every time I've asked that weather/news widget always comes up as a potential suspect. (I just did again right now and I'm working on putting something together for you).Quote:
Yeah, to do something that technical I would need someone standing over me, directing me and explaining why I am doing certain things. Too much for me.
Like I said I will set things in motion before I go to bed.
Cool... Try to remember the date you do this (the 4th), and we'll see how many days it lasts before it happens again. I'm still thinking that one good proper restart could fix the issue completely.Quote:
That's what I was thinking. If this going to keep happening I will but it does worry me about trying to get some writing done.
That's why I want to put a few new tools in your arsenal and get you more familiarized with using Windows.
Like right now, we're forcing a restart (and probably need one anyway), but the next time your taskbar freezes I want you to watch this video and follow along with him. This way you are able to restart a process called "Explorer.exe" which controls File Explorer and your Task Bar among other things. When it restarts, your task bar will come back to life and it doesn't require you restarting the computer and waiting for it to reboot.
Here's the video:
If it seems like it's fast, it's because it is.
A lot of this stuff is actually safe and pretty easy, Brenda. We just have to get you more confident with your computer is all.
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Those who dance always seem crazy to those who can't hear the music.
I got the widget thing to come as an answer to a question. Don't remember what though.
I will write it down. So I don't forget. And will let you know how long it lasts.
Appreciate the help. Everyone around me in RL seems to be tired of answering my questions.
Will watch the video when I get back today Professor.
I know I've come across Explorer.exe when I've been looking for a solution to all of this.
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Out in a bit. Need groceries and meds. Still a little hazy by the look of it.
Even though I couldn't smell it yesterday it made my throat a little scratchy. Probably some particulate matter in there.
Washington state is a disaster right now. Town called Spokane is practically burned to the ground. So many homes lost.
People getting on fire services here in BC. When the fires are too hot the firefighters have to pull back. Then the only ways to try and stop it is drop retardant, water bombers and helicopters bucketing and building fire breaks.
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Oh, SIX the only icon on the start page not to come up was ADOBE reader but I don't really use it. Course it maybe back now.
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I got the widget thing to come as an answer to a question. Don't remember what though.
Yeah... It's a problem I never have because when I install windows it's among the whole ton of things that I disable. I didn't realize how buggy the feature was because of this. If we continue to have issues down the road, we might have to find an alternative for your weather that isn't integrated directly with your taskbar which is too important to be glitching out for the weather updates.
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I will write it down. So I don't forget. And will let you know how long it lasts.
Yeah... I'm still foggy about what exactly you've done so far, so I'm half-convinced that you haven't actually forced a legit Windows restart yet. This could fix the problem.
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Appreciate the help. Everyone around me in RL seems to be tired of answering my questions.
No worries.
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Will watch the video when I get back today Professor.
The video is only 17 seconds long, but it basically shows you what might take me 3,000 words or more to get across for you. If you find it's going too fast when you watch it, I can go into more detail about what he's doing, but you can see how quick and easy it actually is.
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