What did YOU do today?

[lil_Blue_Ford]

 

[Snoranger]

Apparently... my world is sideways.

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That’s a nice glass.

 

[sgtsandman]

Yesterday, on Orange County Choppers, or whatever your favorite show is that always has some kind of short time line they have to meet, I got a couple more pieces of aluminum angle done on the right half of the plaform for the drawer box and picked up most, if not all of the hardware needed to attach both sides to the box as well as the steel angle to attach the uprights that will hold the larger pieces of gear in place.

I do have most of the tee nuts needed to bolt the refrigerator slide in place. I just need two more and the eight bolts, of the correct length, to finish the job when I get to that part.

 

[sgtsandman]

That’s a nice glass.

Mine got put in the dishwasher and the print got destroyed. Stuff happens.

 

[Snoranger]

Mine got put in the dishwasher and the print got destroyed. Stuff happens.

My wife is not allowed to wash those glasses. She would put them in the dishwasher.

 

[Curious Hound]

The one I got that had the misprint got put in the dishwasher. It’s kinda funky now. My good one is still pristine.

 

[Saddle Tramp]

Misprint?
It didn't say Toyota, did it?

 

[Snoranger]

Misprint?
It didn't say Toyota, did it?

I wouldn’t have carried that half way across the country or given it to anyone. I would have rejected the entire order due to a misprint like that.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Probably gonna be back to the grind today…

That is, cutting more steel…

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

So… those metal cutting circular saw blades…

Having that chip exhaust thing on the saw was really nice too, I could aim most of the debris away from me. Worked really slick, right up until I tried a few plunge cuts. The third plunge cut killed it. Well, it cuts still, but not well at all. I managed to force it through the last few cuts. Gonna buy another blade though and just remember that plunge cuts need to be done with a death wheel.

 

[superj]

Went and taught a fellow gulf war veteran how to submit claims to the va for medical issues from his service time.

I really like helping my fellow vets with doing this. Its not that they arent capable of figuring it out but most people are scared of messing it up and getting denied help. I have done a bunch of claims for myself and others so i am really comfortable navigating the website.

I also learn things about my time while doing it. Helping them remember things and showing them how to write their issues out sometimes brings memories to me that i have covered/forgotten because of how stressful they were. Today, helping my buddy from work, made me really anxious because i remembered things i have blocked for 30+ years about training events and schools where things happened. I left his house with my chest feeling very tight and breathing very shallowly. I still feel on edge, now, and its been over an hour since i left.

I am thankful to have learned what i have and to be able to share this with guys like me, who got out before they gave the va training while outprocessing. We kind of learn on our own, it seems, so getting help for mental and physical issues sometimes never happens which leads to guys committing suicide or becoming hooked on drugs and alcohol.

Its definitely going to be a sleeping medicine night though

 

[JohnnyO]

Ran a burial service at the local National Cemetery (I'm a funeral director).
Got a bunch of other stuff cleared out at work. Exactly zero urns in the storage room, everything is picked up or shipped out to everyone.
Came home and weed whacked along the back yard fence and cut down some 4' high weeds and took them to the lawn dump.
Painted the railings in front of the house yesterday. This goes much faster with a sponge brush.
No rain in the forecast for two weeks so I gotta get my outdoor work done.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Started tearing off the deck on my car hauler. Many years ago I used 2x8 and 2x6 spaced about 1.25" apart then covered with 1/2" plywood. The last car I hauled I noticed that the front tire was sitting about an inch below where it should be. The deck was soft. I scored a bunch of pressure treated 2x10 and 2x12 for $100, so its time. The pic is of the trailer hauling the lumber home...
You can see the plywood is seperating. And under the seams the 2x is rotting.
I'll have to figure a way to attach them. Using self tapping screws won't last long because the treating is corrosive. And I don't want to drill and bolt if I can help it. But that's what I'll probably have to do.

 

[pjtoledo]

stainless screws, or regular decking.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

Do they make a stainless self tapping screw? I thought stainless would be too soft. But I guess there are all sorts of alloys. I'll take a look, thanks for the suggestion.