Tuesday

[Tim Russell]

Man nice out today but a little chill in the air. Hope the forcast for the weekend comes true. Mid 50's no rain. :banana:

Hey Joel, I stopped by Murry's and they had Monroe Senstrac (SP?) for $20.00 each. Since I don't have big $$$ to throw at shocks I think I'll grab 'em tonight unless you got a better price. Let me know if you get the chance. :D

[dufkis]

I will look today at work and see what I can do

[MachGigolo]

i will look and get u a better price than that tool

[Kirk]

Not too bad this morning. Atleast I was able to drive in with the top down. It just started to rain as I got to work.

Luke/Joel:
I have Lukes scanner with me. What's a good time to drop it off to either of you?

[Tim Russell]

i will look and get u a better price than that tool

I think that you are the :tool:

What's with the nasty 'tude dude. :D

[dufkis]

Luke/Joel:
I have Lukes scanner with me. What's a good time to drop it off to either of you?

My Dad will be home all day today I think so you could drop it by when ever, if no one is there then just leave it on my door step.

Vince :rolleyes:

[Kristin]

i hate tuesdays........my kids are so bad on tuesdays!!!! :thud:

[Kirk]

My Dad will be home all day today I think so you could drop it by when ever, if no one is there then just leave it on my door step.

Vince :rolleyes:
Cool.

I will drop it off this afternoon.

[MachGigolo]

2 more days of school, im not guna make it

[Kristin]

so i hear it's gonna be 70 today..........might just have to roll the pony outa the garage and wash it.........that'll be the most action she's seen in a while :thud:

[bk_breaker_svt]

did you get her fixed yet?

[Tim Russell]

So tired, not enough time to do all the stuff I need to do. :thud:

[dufkis]

Well I am gonna drive my Pony!!!!

[Kirk]

'bout time Joel!

Not much new here, just getting everthing ready for the siding guy.

[MachGigolo]

yea, im washin/waxin my car today, then hittin the road

[Kristin]

did you get her fixed yet?


so far so good i drove her to blockbuster and to the gas station just now, now she's sitting in the driveway waiting to dry from her mr. clean car wash that i just bought, she's going to mullets again on saturday :thud:

[Tim Russell]

Today sucks :thud: way too busy. Car still clunking but it's safe so I hope it's corrected when I fit the new LCA's

[Kirk]

Awesome day. Temps hit 72* top down & shorts on this afternoon.

[Tim Russell]

Man it was nice this evening. Got a bunch of stuff done outside. Got all the lawn and garden power equipment out and ready to go. Stored the snowthrower. Installed the PCV fix and changed a tail light bulb on the car and cleaned up the garage. Bed time for sure. :thud:

[Kirk]

Brrrr. in the 30's now and the forecast is for mid 70's Friday!

Must be Chicago 40* swing in 3 days. :thud:

[Kristin]

is this day almost over yet? :thud: :mad:

[dufkis]

Um no quit ur bitching

[Kirk]

And besides it's only Tuesday, so there's a long way to go for this week.

[Tim Russell]

Tell me about it but it's really nice up here in St. Paul.

[Kirk]

Oh that's right. You are up in the great north for a few days.

[Tim Russell]

Happy Tuesday! Looks like the weather's gonna cool off for a few days. Where are all the SOB people today?

[Kirk]

Busy, busy, busy....

[Kirk]

Well we passed our rough inspections yesterday.
Sunny today but cool. But the next two days are looking real good. Mid 70's!!!

James, Thanks for sending some So. Cal weather over here. :D

[Tim Russell]

We don't want So Cal weather, I heard on the way to work it was 99 yesterday in LA. Kirk congrats on the inspections. :cool:

[Kirk]

No south of LA.

San Diego weather is to die for. Cool in the morning and sunny & 70's by lunch.

[Tim Russell]

That would be sweet but I like the way the car feels when the air is cool.

The struts are here and the car's going in tomorrow morning to have them installed and an alignment. :thumbs_up

[Kirk]

Tim,

What did you get?????

[Kirk]

Time is just flying by now. 12 more days until the V6 Ford Challenge III.

And now lots of work to do on the second floor. Drywall is up & taped, so it's cleanup time, and then primer & paint.
So it does not look like I will make any changes to the car before the race as I had planned.

[TheRealStubot]

No south of LA.

San Diego weather is to die for. Cool in the morning and sunny & 70's by lunch.
About 4 years ago, I went on a business trip to San Diego for 3 weeks in February. A large and influential customer was having problems and was threatening a divorce unless prompt and decisive action was to be taken. SO, I get shipped out there on a moment's notice. I basically babysat a huge site that was running flawlessly for 3 weeks. It was in the upper 60 most of the time, very comfortable. I would call back to Milwaukee daily and they would be telling me how it was 6 degrees and snowing a foot an hour. I watched the evening news and saw the horrible storms sweep across the plains, as I lounged in my shorts and got a tan. It was commonplace to see Ferrari's and babes of the highest caliber. I hated every miniute of it! :hehe:

[Tim Russell]

One day gone and 3 1/2 to go. Got back into fixing up the house last night. I had some minor drips coming from the heating pipes (hot water heat) and some changes to get ready for basement and bathroom renovations. So since it's summer I drained the system and got to work.

To start I almost got owned by a fitting. :mad:
This 1/2 copper fitting (pipe capped and no longer in use) was leaking where it screwed into a black pipe T and was frozen solid. After heating the fitting several times and getting a good grip on it with a pipe wrench it turned :banana: only 45 minutes spent. Just need to pick up a pipe plug for it.

I also fixed a copper joint that had been leaking a few drips. The pipes looked like my first soldering job ever. I was able to cut a section out and replace it, should be good and water tight now.

Next up on the zone in the addition (plumbed in copper) I disconnected some heating pipes leading from the main line to an old unused floor warming system in the back bath room (floor being replaced this winter). I also cut a section of the main heating pipe for that zone that had these saddles with 1/4" pipes coming out of them for 1 small radiator in the basement again not used.

Tonight I to put it all back togeather, need to plug the T fitting, remove 2 radiators and plug their T fittings. Next I need to cap the old lines that went to a floor warming system and replace the section of the copper main line.

Ok so I'm a bit board today at work, I wish I could leave and go home and work on the house. Once I get this stuff out of the way I got a green light for redoing the bathroom and then the basement. Don't get me started on the basement electrical. :thud: Gotta love old houses.

[Kirk]

Hopefully it's not knob & tube.


There I go dating myself again. :D

[Tim Russell]

A friend moved into a house with that in it but they had it removed. Nope the people who added wiring to the basement tapped into existing circuits and did a bunch of stuff wrong. IE running BX in the slab in one place. Got a bunch of crap to figure out here. :D

[Kirk]

If you need any assistance let me know.

A good friend of mine is an Electrician so if youo find anything more than you can handle he does good work.

[Tim Russell]

Finished the heating system, soldered the caps and main line section in. Removed the radiators and plugged the T fittings they were connected to. Filled the system and no leaks :banana: Gott most of the air worked out of the system I think, I ran the pumps and vented the radiators till I didn't hear gurgles. Once we start using the system I'll probably need to vent some more air.

I'll keep that electrician friend of your's in mind if I find some really weird stuff. Mostly it's just circuits that are run off of other circuits with old BX that can be disconnected and yanked out. Then I can run new circuits, lots of room in the existing main breaker box for that. I can believe they ran BX and cemented over it :eek: (already disconnected that).

[Kirk]

Wow.

Four Tornado's out by DeKalb tonight.

Lot's of rain around here.