What's under your lip/in your nose right now? - Part 2

[rothenbj]

The one video I watched showed how the glue strips pulled out, pretty slick. Yeah, that sounded like a pretty good deal for the getting the phone up and running and cool that they had a kit to provide the tools needed.

You're doomed on the TV issue, same as I. The DVR finally isn't an issue here since it was upgraded to 6 at once. Before I was constantly fighting for TV time when you coud only record two shows and still watch tv on the one attached to the dvr.

 

[hittman]

I used to go nuts when we had the two show dvr. There was constantly two shows recording.

 

[rothenbj]

Yeah, you had an extra one or two women in the house, must have been crazy.

 

[hittman]

My oldest daughter never really watched a lot of tv through her high school years. She was always really busy with other stuff. My youngest watches quite a bit. I tend to watch too much myself during the winter months.

 

[hittman]

Well, winter is really here now. It was 15 when I left the house this morning. We had a tiny bit of snow yesterday but it didn't cause a lot of problems in my area. I saw where a little further south there were some accidents due to icy bridges. There were some people driving really stupid yesterday on the way home. That's ok though. I'll wave at them in the ditch when I drive by.

 

[rothenbj]

Things look worse in Michigan land as well as FC country.

They were trying to install my new door all week. Rain stopped it Monday thru Wednesday so it was scheduled for today but workers called in sick so it's been moved to Saturday. Wish it got done before the cold got here. It was in the 40s today but a high of mid 30s by Saturday. Glad I won't be here most of the day due to poker. It'll be cold when I get home I'm sure.

 

[hittman]

It was 15 this morning and high of 29. About the same tomorrow.

 

[Waho]

Yeah, it's looking like we're gonna get it. 27 degrees right now, but 14 wind chill. We've been getting spotty snow, but it hasn't really stuck thus far.

Glad I bought the z71 earlier this year, that's for sure.

The washing machine for my mother in law gets delivered tomorrow. Hopefully the roads stay good through the weekend since I took Fri/Sat off to deliver and install it for her.

 

[hittman]

Well aren't you the good son in law. Never hurts to get some extra brownie points.

 

[Waho]

It's mainly my fiance and her siblings wanting to pitch in to get her one, them agreeing I should put it on my credit card, and they'll totally give me their share when they can.

I'm still waiting for their cuts from gifts as far back as 5 years ago. Such is life haha.

 

[hittman]

So in other words, you're buying the fridge.

 

[Waho]

Washing machine, concert tickets, round trip airline tickets to Florida, you name it haha.

 

[The Rebel]

Around 4 inches of snow over here so far, another 2 to 4 predicted for tonight. Winter is upon us I fear. Southwest Michigan had some spots that saw over 10 inches and the pileup on I96 certainly showed some people were not ready for winter driving. Get off the phones, let off the gas, and pay attention. Not hard by any means, but impossible for some. Those ones get weeded out and usually involve a nice towing bill along with a hike in insurance. Just remember Waho, four wheel drive is great for moving forward, but don't do squat to help you stop.

 

[hittman]

I can't tell you how many over confident drivers I've seen in four wheel drive vehicles sitting in the ditch. I have 4wd on my jeep but am still a cautious driver.

 

[Waho]

That's why I like the ground clearance, I drive so slow I've gotten stuck from snow dragging on the bottom of the car.

I'm that guy going 5 mph slower than everyone else, but I always make it home!

 

[hittman]

I'm not liking the Xmas snus as much as I thought I would. I was thinking it would have a little sweetness to it but it doesn't. There's a dark or bitter taste to it behind the gingerbread flavor. I am However really grooving on the lab 13.

 

[rothenbj]

Well two of the three phases on the house are complete. Roof's on and front door is replaced. Next up, the siding should start next week pending the weather. The only problem I have now is come spring and summer. I had one of those cheap $20 screen doors on before and altered it so the dogs could pass through the bottom screen and have access to the front deck. I sure can't but that back up with the gorgeous new door and there's nothing I've found that allows the functionality I need.

Will Army finally break their losing streak. I thought this would be the year. Inside the 10 yard line right now for the lead.

 

[hittman]

I finally got out and got the snowthrower ready for winter. I knew it would be hard to start since I never used it last year. I've always been able to use stabilizer in my gas and top off my toro mower. It has started first or second pull every year for about twelve years now. The toro snowthrower is not the same. I started it and let it run a little bit last year with non ethanol gas and some sea foam. I had to take the top off, pulled and cleaned the plug, and gave it a shot of starting fluid. It did start and hunted a little bit at first. It smoothed out after a few minutes. Hopefully I'm good to go for winter now. In the spring I'm going to run it dry.

 

[Waho]

Slow day around here. It's been snowing for hours and doesn't look like it's going to let up for a while yet. Close to 6 inches right now. I'll wait until tomorrow morning to blow it, hopefully its close to done by then.

Mother in law loves the new washer. The motor on her old one died, so she was washing clothes in the sink and hand wringing them before putting them in the dryer, so they took forever to dry. We got her one like mine with no agitator so its easier to cram big blankets into. I ended up having to reuse the old water lines, the fittings were totally corroded onto the valves. I would have ended up breaking them before getting the lines off.

My fiance convinced me to let her have one of her Christmas gifts early, so she opened up the sprouting kit. Months ago she was talking about growing her own bean sprouts, so I looked it up and its pretty easy. Got her the sprouter and a bunch of assorted seeds to try, along with a pound of the regular mung beans.

 

[hittman]

The sprouting kit sounds interesting.

I'm glad you are getting the snow instead of me. I was not prepared until today. I don't mind the snow except for having to drive downtown to work. A lot of people don't know how to drive in it. I grew up in Ohio and we had some pretty bad winters so I learned pretty quick. I had a 77 cutlass supreme with a 350. Front wheel drive was about unheard of back then.