In reply to Antihero :
I wore Wrangler rip-stop cargo pants for years until their quality went to E36 M3.
I went through quite a few brands, and I'm now wearing Lee Extreme Motion cargo pants. They have been durable and flex enough to let me move without cutting off circulation to important parts.
They are about $25 on Amazon.
eastsideTim said:914Driver said:Looks like the one in my garage, also 20+. Today I learned my hot water heater is from 2009, fix now or wait for the explosion?
My hot water heater from 2000 finally started leaking late last year.
I'd wait. They usually fail by springing a slow leak, so it's not really catastrophic. The downside is then there's a scramble to get a new one before you need a shower.
PMRacing said:Who the berkeley sends out an all hands meeting notice at 3:40 p.m. on a Saturday when the rumor mill at the office is already running loose like a crack smoking wild horse and when half the office is out for spring break? I need a break from everything. Just need to go disappear for a month. I can feel my hair turning gray.
Is your company CEO named Elon? 
:sigh:
7 out of 24 of one type of collar is useable due to tolerance (barely.) 10 out of 24 of another is usable.
Precision is great. Spread of maybe 3-thou difference across. Accuracy is E36 M3, though.
Well, my new lead is already at it, screwing everything up.
I spent months putting together To-Do lists for the department so we could stay ontop of what was coming and going. I had to cross reference 5 different sources of information to do this. Everthing from the room block app, the raw BEOs, emails from departments I made friends with, and Av's quotes, and the calender. I had gotten it down pretty good and was within 95% of being totally accurate.
New Lead gets made, looks at what I am trying to teach him, and goes "berkeley that E36 M3" (actual quote) and just decides to thumbtack raw BEOs to our cork board and make us look at the calender to figure out what needs doing. So far I have picked up almost a full day of OT because he doesn't know when things are ending and doesn't schedule anybody to be here to take them down.
Yes, I am petty, that position should have been mine as I was doing it already, but I am not going out of my way to help him any further than I have to. Our director owns this E36 M3.
I was excited to win a box of 10 reams of paper for about half price from one of the local auctions since we were just about out of the last box that I got since The Dancer goes through a fair amount of it for her nonprofit. It wasn't until I was unloading the box at home (meaning I'd already loaded it into the car after getting it from the auction place...) that I realized it was a box of 10 reams of Legal size paper (8 1/2 by 14) and not standard 8 1/2 x 11. -_-; I don't think our printer even has a tray for Legal (though it can use it I'm sure, but only a few sheets at a time).
So now I get to figure out what to do with 5,000 sheets of Legal-size printer paper...
How the hell do you get ahold of a person at LKQ junkyards?
800 number goes to a call center god-knows-where, and they are damned sure unhelpful.
The clowns have started to pull every wheel from cars and are trying to sell them alone.
WTF.
Ashyukun (Robert) said:I was excited to win a box of 10 reams of paper for about half price from one of the local auctions since we were just about out of the last box that I got since The Dancer goes through a fair amount of it for her nonprofit. It wasn't until I was unloading the box at home (meaning I'd already loaded it into the car after getting it from the auction place...) that I realized it was a box of 10 reams of Legal size paper (8 1/2 by 14) and not standard 8 1/2 x 11. -_-; I don't think our printer even has a tray for Legal (though it can use it I'm sure, but only a few sheets at a time).
So now I get to figure out what to do with 5,000 sheets of Legal-size printer paper...
Find your local print shop and ask them to cut them to size for you. They have heavy duty shear cutters that can cut multiple reams at once. It might take them 5 minutes, most of that setup. Or maybe they'll just trade you for reams of 8 1/2 x 11.
Screwing in some support boards under the tables for the bar patio. My earbuds keep falling out of my ears while I'm lying on the ground. This is frustrating.
ShawneeCreek said:Ashyukun (Robert) said:I was excited to win a box of 10 reams of paper for about half price from one of the local auctions since we were just about out of the last box that I got since The Dancer goes through a fair amount of it for her nonprofit. It wasn't until I was unloading the box at home (meaning I'd already loaded it into the car after getting it from the auction place...) that I realized it was a box of 10 reams of Legal size paper (8 1/2 by 14) and not standard 8 1/2 x 11. -_-; I don't think our printer even has a tray for Legal (though it can use it I'm sure, but only a few sheets at a time).
So now I get to figure out what to do with 5,000 sheets of Legal-size printer paper...
Find your local print shop and ask them to cut them to size for you. They have heavy duty shear cutters that can cut multiple reams at once. It might take them 5 minutes, most of that setup. Or maybe they'll just trade you for reams of 8 1/2 x 11.
^this or if you know someone who has one of these, cut it yourself
ShawneeCreek said:Ashyukun (Robert) said:I was excited to win a box of 10 reams of paper for about half price from one of the local auctions since we were just about out of the last box that I got since The Dancer goes through a fair amount of it for her nonprofit. It wasn't until I was unloading the box at home (meaning I'd already loaded it into the car after getting it from the auction place...) that I realized it was a box of 10 reams of Legal size paper (8 1/2 by 14) and not standard 8 1/2 x 11. -_-; I don't think our printer even has a tray for Legal (though it can use it I'm sure, but only a few sheets at a time).
So now I get to figure out what to do with 5,000 sheets of Legal-size printer paper...
Find your local print shop and ask them to cut them to size for you. They have heavy duty shear cutters that can cut multiple reams at once. It might take them 5 minutes, most of that setup. Or maybe they'll just trade you for reams of 8 1/2 x 11.
This is grm. Sandwich it between two boards of plywood and clamp it down real good and run it through your bandsaw with a fine tooth blade
In reply to Dusterbd13 :
Alas I have only on up-vote to give, so I'll use smileys instead 
Toyman! said:In reply to Antihero :
I wore Wrangler rip-stop cargo pants for years until their quality went to E36 M3.
I went through quite a few brands, and I'm now wearing Lee Extreme Motion cargo pants. They have been durable and flex enough to let me move without cutting off circulation to important parts.
They are about $25 on Amazon.
Hell yes, I'll buy some. Thanks!
'Here's the additional pictures you asked for. And by the way, we've got a lot of interest in this car, so we're raising the price by 2 grand' -dealership I was hoping to buy a car from.
I know it's their car and they can do what they want, but man, it still leaves a bad taste.
Second day of Spring an it snows n my Summer car...
Apparently my passenger side bearing is failing, had a vibration , checked it and it was hot as hell.
Of course it happened on Monday, 25 miles from home do I drove slowly, pulled over every few miles and doused it with snow and water which maybe helped.
I did get home though so less of a rant
Streetwiseguy said:Water heater life is remarkably varied, it seems. I think a bunch of it is initial quality of the part, but the mineral content and acidity of the water is a big factor too. My brother in Regina had a lease deal, got a new one whenever they started leaking. 5 years or so, each. Mine, in a city with different water, is about 25 years old.
Also the lifespan between electric and gas water heaters is shocking as well.
My parents house has an electric water heater. Two of them had the bottom rust out and flood the basement. The original to the house (built in 1986) failed while they were at work. The water ran for about 4 hours before someone came home. The replacement lasted about 5 years before failing the exact same way. Fortunately it happened while we were all home.
The house me and my now ex-SWMBO bought in 2009 had a gas water heater that was 26 years old. We had it inspected after closing and it was determined to be in good shape. I didn't replace it because I had to sell the house 9 months later due to divorce.
My current house's electric water heater is 12 years old. It sits directly on carpet (that's a whole 'nother WTF) that shows signs that it's been soaked before. It's getting replaced as soon as I get back from deployment.
In reply to Dusterbd13 :
I figured your advice would be to light that bitch on fire out of spite.
Toyman! said:In reply to Antihero :
I wore Wrangler rip-stop cargo pants for years until their quality went to E36 M3.
I went through quite a few brands, and I'm now wearing Lee Extreme Motion cargo pants. They have been durable and flex enough to let me move without cutting off circulation to important parts.
They are about $25 on Amazon.
I have a pair of Lee Extreme Motion jeans. I think I paid about $19 on the jungle website (thanks BensBargains!).
They are my favorite pair of jeans I've ever owned. The stretchiness keeps things comfortable. They are amazing.
[the following is a first world problem]
car upgrades are depressingly expensive...
This rant came to a head this morning but has been festering since last fall...
Last fall I purchased a set of buckets for my corvette. I got what I thought was a good deal on a set of barely used Marrad ST3 seats. The seats came /w FDF raceshop seat mounts and set me back around $1200 plus shipping. By the time I got the correct seat mounts, harnesses, airbag simulators, harness bar, and the assorted nuts and bolts I more than doubled my investment and am in at least $3000.
Today's rant is where the reality of car upgrades became depressing. After getting the car out and about i started to think about a big brake kit on the front. I had picked out the Aero6 kit used on the spec Corvette only to find out it won't fit behind my stock wheels. Corvette wheels that fit big brakes all require wider tires which means to run bigger brakes I need a new set of wheels, matching tires, and the brake kit. A $1900 upgrade turns into $6000. Kinda hard to justify my entire entry fee budget worth of dollars for what amounts to a better brake pedal.
ShawneeCreek said:Ashyukun (Robert) said:I was excited to win a box of 10 reams of paper for about half price from one of the local auctions since we were just about out of the last box that I got since The Dancer goes through a fair amount of it for her nonprofit. It wasn't until I was unloading the box at home (meaning I'd already loaded it into the car after getting it from the auction place...) that I realized it was a box of 10 reams of Legal size paper (8 1/2 by 14) and not standard 8 1/2 x 11. -_-; I don't think our printer even has a tray for Legal (though it can use it I'm sure, but only a few sheets at a time).
So now I get to figure out what to do with 5,000 sheets of Legal-size printer paper...
Find your local print shop and ask them to cut them to size for you. They have heavy duty shear cutters that can cut multiple reams at once. It might take them 5 minutes, most of that setup. Or maybe they'll just trade you for reams of 8 1/2 x 11.
That's not a terrible idea... we have a fair number of posters and such printed each year for the nonprofit and pretty much exclusively work with one print shop so have a decent relationship with them- they might be willing to help us out.
stanger_mussle (Supported by GRM undergarments) said:Streetwiseguy said:Water heater life is remarkably varied, it seems. I think a bunch of it is initial quality of the part, but the mineral content and acidity of the water is a big factor too. My brother in Regina had a lease deal, got a new one whenever they started leaking. 5 years or so, each. Mine, in a city with different water, is about 25 years old.
Also the lifespan between electric and gas water heaters is shocking as well.
My parents house has an electric water heater. Two of them had the bottom rust out and flood the basement. The original to the house (built in 1986) failed while they were at work. The water ran for about 4 hours before someone came home. The replacement lasted about 5 years before failing the exact same way. Fortunately it happened while we were all home.
The house me and my now ex-SWMBO bought in 2009 had a gas water heater that was 26 years old. We had it inspected after closing and it was determined to be in good shape. I didn't replace it because I had to sell the house 9 months later due to divorce.
My current house's electric water heater is 12 years old. It sits directly on carpet (that's a whole 'nother WTF) that shows signs that it's been soaked before. It's getting replaced as soon as I get back from deployment.
I've never had a hot water heater rust out- but both houses I've owned have had all-gas appliances and thus gas water heaters. My old house that I was in for about 10 years I never had to do a thing with the water heater (I think it was pretty much new when I bought the house, I don't remember). The current house had a less-than-year-old gas hot water heater when we bought the house. After about 8 years IIRC it stopped working, and I eventually figured out that the gas heating element portion of it had failed. I had to drain it to replace the part, but it wasn't very expensive or difficult to replace, and it has worked perfectly since.
I wonder if there's some kind of galvanic corrosion in play with the electric heating elements that causes them to rust faster that isn't present in gas heaters...
Updated rant:
Apparently my possible failing bearing is actually a frozen caliper just barely dragging.
So that's cool, that like......4 times the work to replace both calipers and bleed them. I hate bleeding brakes
(total first world problem) WTF is with phone menus still using 'button presses' rather than spoken responses? It's a pain with a cell phone. Or assuming that the phone itself is always listening in, why can't the phone auto-convert a spoken number to touchtone, or at least get rid of the 1-second delay before showing the number pad...
In reply to Antihero :
I have never in 29 years seen a failing wheel bearing get noticeably hotter than the other.
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