In reply to BoxheadTim :
Hey, look on the bright side:
I remember when official government forms were usually illegible 20th-generation photocopies because they had lost the analog original years before and no one was willing or able to create a new one.
Having a close family member with mental illness is berkeleying exhausting. I keep looking for success stories but everything seems to just end with the family giving up and the person dead on the street somewhere. I should probably shift my thinking from "how can I help" to "mourn early".
In reply to slefain :
I've had friends with issues and even that is exhausting. I'm sure being family makes it that much worse. I can only advise you to take care of yourself first, because what you can actually do for them is limited, no matter how badly you want to help.
Best of luck to you.
Destroyed a wheel on the highway last week. Had a nearly new tire that seems intact, but I don't trust now. Got a replacement wheel from the junkyard. Went to order a tire and to have it installed. Not in stock. I can order it, and pick it up myself next Monday. But they won't let me schedule an appointment for next Monday, because it isn't in stock.
So, I guess I just order it, go pick it up, then hand it right back to them and say, when can you install this?
eastsideTim said:Destroyed a wheel on the highway last week. Had a nearly new tire that seems intact, but I don't trust now. Got a replacement wheel from the junkyard. Went to order a tire and to have it installed. Not in stock. I can order it, and pick it up myself next Monday. But they won't let me schedule an appointment for next Monday, because it isn't in stock.
So, I guess I just order it, go pick it up, then hand it right back to them and say, when can you install this?
"Sorry, we don't install customer supplied tires...."
I changed a lower control arm on my wife's van this weekend due to a bad bushing. The Amazonians brought me the cheapest Chinese replacement for around $150. Pulled the front wheel off and a wheel stud snapped. Great. None in stock so overnight from the Amazonians again. The ball joint that came on the LCA was junk. It would not go back into the spindle all the way but I didn't realize that until I went to put in the pinch bolt and absolutely wrecked the threads on the factory pinch bolt as well as the ball joint. Fine. Had to drive to Advance Auto - not the close store, the one another 20 minutes past the closest store to buy a Moog ball joint for $59. Drive back home to test out the pinch bolt and hardware. The threads on the pinch bolt from the factory were galled up. Another 1-hour round trip to exchange the part and I'm good. Got it all back together on Saturday and replaced the wheel stud yesterday (Sunday).
Last night after replacing the wheel stud, I decided to pull the clutch and flywheel off the low compression 5.3 LS engine I have in my garage. I took out the flywheel bolts and all of them came out with significantly less threads. The crank threads are basically trash too. I don't understand. I used factory flywheel bolts when I assembled this thing.
Either I just suck at threading in bolts or I'm cursed. Maybe both?
My annual goals are due at work today. I'm guessing that neither "Make it to retirement with a minimal amount of BS" nor "Find a job where I don't have to waste my time coming up with annual goals" are what they're looking for.
berkeley! We've been using uncertified, but highly competent welders for years to build things like trellis brackets, and use certified welders for things like moment frames. The structural engineers around here agree, as they don't even put on weld symbols unless it's something more critical. Now I've got a snot-nosed inspector saying that anything welded needs to be inspected. Okay, except the house that we just did used 40 brackets set in concrete pilings. Anyone with an ounce of common sense can see that the brackets are build like brick E36 M3houses.
Building departments around here just keep on tightening the noose. Now there are three types of construction going on: For rich people, for middle-class who are seeing their life-savings disappear, and unpermitted.
In reply to APEowner :
I've learned to make them quite specific, achievable, and verifiable.
Dumb practice in 75% of my jobs.
mtn said:In reply to APEowner :
I've learned to make them quite specific, achievable, and verifiable.
Dumb practice in 75% of my jobs.
Thanks. I do, actually know how to write them I just find them annoying but I do appreciate the tip.
In reply to Kreb (Forum Supporter) :
And the proper answer is almost always, unpermitted.
Those who can, do. Those who suck at life become inspectors.
I'm trying to determine the exact symptoms of the leveling jacks on the motorhome so I can go about trying to diagnose them. I worked the system a bit and wrote everything down, So I think I've got a good idea. I decided I'd sit inside and work through the details and while I was sitting here, I would run the generator to give it its monthly exercise.
Won't start. Won't even crank. This thing was working perfectly before. Wtf?
Turns out that at some point on the last trip we took, the cable terminal for the +12 cable to the battery broke so there's no power to the starter. I guess I should feel really lucky that the cable didn't rest on any of the metal housing that surrounds it because there's no fuse or breaker between the battery and the starter.
mtn said:In reply to APEowner :
I've learned to make them quite specific, achievable, and verifiable.
Dumb practice in 75% of my jobs.
Yeah, especially when you have a craptastic manager who blows everything off until the 11th hour and then just gives you all "Average" on your performance review despite exemplary performance way outside your job description.
The person in the seat behind me has brought almost a whole 7-11 on a 2 hour flight.
The munching noise is nuts.
ShawnG said:The person in the seat behind me has brought almost a whole 7-11 on a 2 hour flight.
The munching noise is nuts.
Couldn't the noise also be chips?
In reply to BoxheadTim :
Sometimes you need to pay the man. I think this situation qualifies.
wae said:I'm trying to determine the exact symptoms of the leveling jacks on the motorhome so I can go about trying to diagnose them. I worked the system a bit and wrote everything down, So I think I've got a good idea.
I need to diagnose mine as well, once I get around to crawling under there. Did you get a new motorhome?
Problem: my anxiety and adhd are exacerbating each other. I've been unable to find a medication/medication combo that helps for more than a few weeks.
Solution: talk with your psychiatrist
Problem: I cannot find a psychiatrist that is accepting new patients and is accepted by insurance. When I do, they're simply writing prescriptions (I found one I kind of liked, but they were quite simply unaffordable. Literally no room in the budget for them)
Solution: go to therapy instead
Problem: therapists just tell me things I already know and are unhelpful.
Solution: find a new therapist
Problem: I am unable to find a therapist that is accepting new patients and accepting my insurance
Solution: Get new insurance
Problem: yeah, that's either not affordable, or not possible, or worse than I have to deal with now
Why is it this hard? Oh, forgot to mention up there that my last therapist is pretty sure I'm on the autism spectrum. Which would explain quite a bit and makes a lot of sense.
In reply to mtn :
Remember all those politicians saying how mental health is such an important factor for society? Doctors saying mental health is important for patient well being?
Turns out nobody actually gives a berkeley.
Bought a Roku last week after years of Fire sticks lasting less and less time before some sort of failure(Last one made it three days shy of a year). I guess logging in to Prime Video with it triggered an algorithm somewhere, because I went onto the Amazon site, and I now have a coupon code for a new Fire stick. Umm, I'll pass, maybe y'all should start making them better quality.
I'm not rough on my electronics, either. I have an original XBox, a laptop from 2011, and an iPhone 8 that all still work.
EvanB said:wae said:I'm trying to determine the exact symptoms of the leveling jacks on the motorhome so I can go about trying to diagnose them. I worked the system a bit and wrote everything down, So I think I've got a good idea.
I need to diagnose mine as well, once I get around to crawling under there. Did you get a new motorhome?
I did - we brought home a V10-powered 35 foot long 2007 Winnebago Sightseer with a king bed in the back, a couple bunks, and two slides. I think the problem with the jacks is that the control box has failed and, unlike my old one, the whole jack system needs to be able to think about stuff instead of just having buttons to push. What's up with yours? If you've got the ones that sort of swing down, I know that it's not unusual for the springs to get weak and cause problems.
In reply to wae :
Yep, mine has the old HWH system with four levers and the swing down jacks. The fronts work fine but the rears just deadhead the pump when the levers are pressed to swing them down and they don't move. I haven't crawled under yet to check out the overall condition of them. I need to do that and possibly have someone operate the controls while I can watch them to see what is happening.
Nothing to say:
Jehannum said:ShawnG said:The person in the seat behind me has brought almost a whole 7-11 on a 2 hour flight.
The munching noise is nuts.
Couldn't the noise also be chips?
I'm a couple days behind on this thread, but that's exactly what I was gonna say.
I sent a message about my GRM Magazine subscription. No response. Hello....'This thing on? Hello?
Edit: Paris Van Gorder reached out. All Good.
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