What did YOU do today?

[Rick W]

I’m getting ready to finally redo the code 3 lights, light bars, side strobes, etc. on the ‘96 F250. It’s only taken me 30 years. When I dug through the crimp connectors and terminal strips section of the shed of miracles, I was low on the strips. Only three or four slot drop pieces from the large strips I bought probably before I got the truck.

The 18 pattern side strobes came in yesterday.

I bought these today. Five 12 slot double row strips with jumpers. and a plastic protective cover for 22 bucks. I’ve never seen those jumpers before, that’ll save a couple hours.

Now I have to decide if I want to swap out my power hungry Federal light bar with the halogen bulbs and rotating beacons for a modern strobe set. That bar was $500 in 1996. Now you can buy one of the 48 inch 360, 20 pattern strobe and traffic advisor bars for 150 bucks. But I kind of like the classic lights and rotating beacons.

Now that I have all the stuff, I bet it won’t take another 30 years to finish it up

 

[superj]

Today is recovery from yesterday's hernia surgery. Sp far, so good

 

[Curious Hound]

Today is recovery from yesterday's hernia surgery. Sp far, so good

Take it easy. I did that back in the spring.

 

[Rick W]

Today is recovery from yesterday's hernia surgery. Sp far, so good

Big ouch!

 

[superj]

Still doing ok. Once i figured a good wsy to get out of bed last night, it was way better.

I wake up a bunch of times a night so being able to get in and out easily is a big plus.


but, definitely doing better now. I think tomorrow i will be doing really really well

 

[pjtoledo]

I’m getting ready to finally redo the code 3 lights, light bars, side strobes, etc. on the ‘96 F250. It’s only taken me 30 years. When I dug through the crimp connectors and terminal strips section of the shed of miracles, I was low on the strips. Only three or four slot drop pieces from the large strips I bought probably before I got the truck.

The 18 pattern side strobes came in yesterday.

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I bought these today. Five 12 slot double row strips with jumpers. and a plastic protective cover for 22 bucks. I’ve never seen those jumpers before, that’ll save a couple hours.

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Now I have to decide if I want to swap out my power hungry Federal light bar with the halogen bulbs and rotating beacons for a modern strobe set. That bar was $500 in 1996. Now you can buy one of the 48 inch 360, 20 pattern strobe and traffic advisor bars for 150 bucks. But I kind of like the classic lights and rotating beacons.


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Now that I have all the stuff, I bet it won’t take another 30 years to finish it up

question of the day: are you parked there because of the Spa, or H & R block?

 

[pjtoledo]

Today is recovery from yesterday's hernia surgery. Sp far, so good

depending on where the hernia was,,,,,,
be prepared for the "eggplant" side effect.

in all seriousness, I've had 4 hernias repaired and my belly still has a slight bulge.
life will get back to normal, I mean manageable in a few weeks. normal may take a couple months.
no coughing or sneezing.

 

[superj]

depending on where the hernia was,,,,,,
be prepared for the "eggplant" side effect.

in all seriousness, I've had 4 hernias repaired and my belly still has a slight bulge.
life will get back to normal, I mean manageable in a few weeks. normal may take a couple months.
no coughing or sneezing.

I kind of figure it will because there is a weird "line" i cam feel where the mesh is, i geuss

 

[JoshT]

Same as the rest of the week, nothing except go to work. Started raining Sunday, and didn't stop until Tuesday night. Just as well because I was sick Monday-Wednesday, probably on account of the weather changing. Started back raining mid day Thursday and is forcasted to go through tomorrow at least.

Sucks, I had a few things I needed to do outside this week and was going to go hunting this weekend. Not interested in changing the starter on the F-250, in the back yard, in the rain. Cleaning and organizing the shed is covered, but still cold and damp. If it hadn't continued raining today I'd have gone to the hunting club, but so much water has come down this week the roads out there are going to be a muddy mess. Really not even an issue with the ammount of water because it has been a lite rain for most of it, but it has been steady with no chance to dry out.

 

["Risky Bizness"]

Dropped off a new F350 at a shop for a farm bed. Came home and took a nap !!!!!!!!

 

[sgtsandman]

I kind of figure it will because there is a weird "line" i cam feel where the mesh is, i geuss

You will feel that mesh for a while and then only when you over do things. It eventually goes away but it does take a while. At least, that was how it was for me with the double hernia surgery I had.

 

[scotts90ranger]

There's been a flicker pecking at the house, as of 3 minutes ago it will no longer be bothering me...

Yesterday I pretty much just dinked around the shop, spent over an hour looking for my die grinder bits since I made a spot for them in the tool box... I didn't think I put them away, they'll turn up... made room to actually work in a bay a bit...

 

[ElectraRider]

I had a hernia surgery about 6 years ago and I can still tell times when I over do it and they say second time is not anything you want to happen. get well soon.

 

[scotts90ranger]

It was a burn day today so I got rid of the blackberry vines my brother piled up the other day, the weather held out so I went through the lumber pile next to the old camper that the blackberries were around and started pulling out the rotten stuff and separating out what could be salvaged into firewood... got about 1/3 through the pile and stacked cut up a decent amount with the cordless circular saw for firewood. With the help of a weed burner torch and two cordless leaf blowers I was able to get most of that burnt today. Oh and I cleaned the spark plugs on the wife's Camry... I really need to swap engines on that thing...

 

[JoshT]

Not even sunrise and the day is already going bad.

I've had a soft spot in my kitchen for a bit and known that I was going to have to investigate it, but didn't seem to be getting worse. The other day I noticed it seemed worse, and bumped it up on my list of things to do in the new year. Well a couple of hours ago I walked through another area and noticed it seemed a bit soft too. The location triggered something. Removed an access panel and sure enough water leak.

I live in a manufactured home. For what ever reason the water heater is boarded up behind a sheetrock panel. Many years ago it started leaking and had a puddle around the wall in the hallway where it is located. I replaced the water heater, and never reinstalled the panel. Little while back I serviced the water heater, put a leak detector alarm in the pan (tested it first), and reinstalled the panel. Sure enough the water heater is leaking and not a peep out of the leak detector, been doing it for a while too. Looks like I stead of being on top of the linoleum and puddling, it was getting under it and spreading around the house.

Looks like I get to start a remodel. Yay!

I was hoping to patch stuff up until I could sell as-is in a year or few. Looks like that is off the table. Now I get to dig in and see how much it's going to cost me. Probably going.g to be without hot water for several days at least while cleaning up before I can get a new water heater in.


Sorry for bitching, I get this way when I'm tired. Found the leak around 2am local (about 7 now), so ad you can probably imagine, sleep tonight.