so waht ya doin today?

[Winelover]

Just look at stairs as a form of therapy, for your knees. When I got my knees replaced, the hospital wouldn't release me till I could climb and descend the five or six stairs they had purposely had built with hand rails on both sides.

 

[smokeywolf]

John, even with the elevator operational you won't choose it over stairs unless your knees, hips, whatever are so painful and messed up you shouldn't be on the stairs anyway. With the exception of the few weeks after Mrs. smokeywolf's release from the hospital, our elevator gets used once a month at most. With the time it takes to open the doors, close the doors, push the button, you can traverse the stairs.

 

[Mitty38]

Took the Escape across town to my go to guy for when things are beyond my abilities and antiquated car knowledge. He thinks I am right.
But he will not have time to look at it for a couple days.
Asked him if it is possible just to disable the PTO- Type Transfer case, pull the drive shaft and just run it Front Wheel Drive. He said it might be a possibility just to pull the spider gear if that transfer case is the problem, and it is designed like other ford's he has worked on. He said there are a couple other things it can be, so do not get my panties in a bunch yet.
So guess, just wait till he gets a lift open, and see.

 

[Rick H]

There is another alternative to a new house without stairs. My brother is all busted up, back broken twice, 6 vertebrae fused, both knees and hips replaced and his lives in his dream house, a huge 3000 sq ft. colonial. The basement is storage and heating/cooling access, and seldom used. He has a ground floor laundry. His solution was to install one of those folding chair elevators to access the upstairs. It runs along the wall of the staircase and charges automatically when it docks, will run for weeks between charges and only takes up about 4" of room when folded. They are pricey (he installed his himself and saved almost $1K) but it works. It is also a lot cheaper than a new house.

 

[JWFilips]

That’s a Horse clam. The Geoduck’s little brother.

looks like it has the horsey hangdown

 

[462]

Walked out to the truck after this morning's range session to find it puked a bunch of water. Got a bucket from the range officer, poured water in with the engine running, left the radiator cap off, and was able to make it the seven highway miles to home. Back home, I poured in more water and it surely looks like the problem is the water pump. I've zero inclination to do it myself so will be making another donation to my mechanic's vacation fund.

 

[JonB]

There is another alternative to a new house without stairs. My brother is all busted up, back broken twice, 6 vertebrae fused, both knees and hips replaced and his lives in his dream house, a huge 3000 sq ft. colonial. The basement is storage and heating/cooling access, and seldom used. He has a ground floor laundry. His solution was to install one of those folding chair elevators to access the upstairs. It runs along the wall of the staircase and charges automatically when it docks, will run for weeks between charges and only takes up about 4" of room when folded. They are pricey (he installed his himself and saved almost $1K) but it works. It is also a lot cheaper than a new house.

I have the habit of watching craigslist and FB marketplace for all kinds of random stuff. I recently seen a used staircase elevator chair system advertised for sale, for a pretty good price ($500), It's a straight one, so would likely work for any straight staircase.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/153276439977753/

 

[popper]

Saw a pic on an other site, about 80 flights of circular stairway fire escape. Kinda like the slide ones we had (and used for fun) but with 'bumps'. Musta been some Mumbai tower or somthin.
Just pullin crabgrass today. Gotta find somebody to mow without re-seeding all the weeds.

 

[Rick]

I've zero inclination to do it myself so will be making another donation to my mechanic's vacation fund.

Is your duty to support your mechanic in the manor in which he would like to become accustomed.

 

[KeithB]

My BIL had one of those chairlifts installed installed and seemed pretty happy with it except it was difficult to move anything other than a human being, you have to hold everything in your lap. I'm holding out for a single level house, flat works even if the power goes out.

 

[S Mac]

Walked out to the truck after this morning's range session to find it puked a bunch of water. Got a bucket from the range officer, poured water in with the engine running, left the radiator cap off, and was able to make it the seven highway miles to home. Back home, I poured in more water and it surely looks like the problem is the water pump. I've zero inclination to do it myself so will be making another donation to my mechanic's vacation fund.

As a now retired mechanic, yours probably make a living but I doubt he's gittin rich, and earning every penny.

 

[462]

As a now retired mechanic, yours probably make a living but I doubt he's gittin rich, and earning every penny.

Nice young couple who took over the family business. The wife went into hysterics when I said vacation fund -- kind of like what vacation? When I dropped the truck off I told them I'd be making a donation to their kids' college fund, instead.

 

[Mitty38]

Well I have a feeling that my go to Mechanic, will be earning every penny of the job I just sent him.
Also....
That lift ,that is pretty much required to do this job, in any amount of reasonable time, was not cheep.

 

[JustJim]

Still excited about yesterday's primer and powder find. It almost makes up for the lousy weather today, snow combined with a dog who thinks she needs to go out every time I stand up. As soon as I get enthusiastic I'm going to start stripping the Krag I'm parting out, work on the list of parts I need for the project guns I'm keeping, and check the usual suspects for 50-70 brass in inventory.

 

[RBHarter]

Ran the sawmill some today .
I sawed 3 logs , learned about stubs , gotta slow down in the grain change where it goes from cross cut to rip in part because it won't cut as fast but it also tends to deflect some .
Ended up with about 25 2×4s and 3 more slabs to saw for 2×4 probably about 35 studs and 15 pieces for about 30 ft of wall .

I got a little outta whack on one run ended up with a 4×4 post about 5.5×6.5 across its points .
It's ok ya gotta have something for footer forms .

 

[Ian]

As a now retired mechanic, yours probably make a living but I doubt he's gittin rich, and earning every penny.

You got that right. Sitting here with a busted pinkie knuckle and ice in my neck and elbow from using a 3# swing press the entire afternoon to separate the hubs, knuckles, ball joints, and axle shaft U-joints from a 1-ton diesel rust queen. I passed the flat rate time right about quitting time and am not quite halfway finished.

 

[S Mac]

Yeah, I think they set labor time using nice clean vehicles, all the tools laid out and a few trial runs under their belt.

 

[Ian]

They do. I did a couple of time studies for Daimler Chrysler about 20 years ago, used brand new training center vehicles in an air conditioned building and shiny new snap-on tools. The only time that is counted is time touching car parts. Turn to get a tool? Time stops. And they claim that administrative and road test time is included in the repair.....hogwash.

 

[L Ross]

Worked on adding walk out ramps on a boat trailer. My neighbor and friend is a professional metal fabricator. He spent over two hours this morning allowing me to help him repair the ramps and fabricate new mounting brackets.

Something I can do for him is cast lube and size some .430" round nose 240 grain bullets he wants for his .44 Russian cowboy revolvers. I do believe he'll be surprised when I drop off 30 lbs. of finished bullets I made this afternoon.

My honey baked up a blue berry/peach pie for dessert after home made spaghetti and venison meat balls. Despite 40 degree temps and a nasty 12 to 20 mph NW wind I have to classify today as a good day.

Later I will toast the 246th anniversary of the shot heard 'round the world.

 

[Rick H]

I need some of those walk on trailer ramps. Our launch sites get slippery with slime and I no longer have the sense of balance needed to imitate the great "Wallenda's" while teetering on a 3"x3" slick steel tube. I tried those stick on rubber pads but they peel off. It might be entertaining to watch an old man cursing and windmilling the air with his arms as he splats onto the slimy ramp.....but I can say for certain it hurts like hell when you do it.