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@awsum140 . . . Once again - THANKS for suggesting that security camera, not only do I think it will meet "My" NEEDS when and if someone enters "My" apartment without notifying "Me" . . . I have been in contact with the company on a few minor issues and they have been great . . . Matter of fact, since Amazon refused to do anything, I mentioned the goof-up with about the price . . . $20.00 less - then going up as I was about to purchase . . . they refunded the difference without question to "keep you our satisfied customer" - NICE ! ! ! 
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So - DITTO ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ While it may not seem like I might have done so given some of "our" conversations here, but - Yea, I've done some construction/home improvement work in "My" day and I also watch a lot of DIY home project shows . . . There are some really good Videos on YouTube that show "You" how it is done for both Pre-Hung Doors and Slab Doors . . . Although the video is for a "Pre-Hung Door - it is fairly basic & decent one to give Ya' an idea of what it entails - might also give Ya' the opportunity to "Do It Yourself" too . . .
From this Old House: Installing a Prehung Exterior Door
EDIT: IMO - This is even much better: Ask TOH | Front Door, Rebar
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Maybe instead of the twenty bucks you should have hosed him down
So - DITTO ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ While it may not seem like I might have done so given some of "our" conversations here, but - Yea, I've done some construction/home improvement work in "My" day and I also watch a lot of DIY home project shows . . . There are some really good Videos on YouTube that show "You" how it is done for both Pre-Hung Doors and Slab Doors . . . Although the video is for a "Pre-Hung Door - it is fairly basic & decent one to give Ya' an idea of what it entails - might also give Ya' the opportunity to "Do It Yourself" too . . .
From this Old House: Installing a Prehung Exterior Door
EDIT: IMO - This is even much better: Ask TOH | Front Door, Rebar
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'afternoon, Voltatics
A slow day here, everything is wrapped and under the tree already. Cards in the mail. Just some cleaning and messing around the house for the next two or three days before the "BIG" day.
In another thread, here on ECF, someone mentioned "death Wish" coffee and, of course, I had to try it. A little on the pricey side but I said "what the heck" and ordered a pound. It came yesterday and I just had to test drive it. I used two tablespoons for the first try, playing it safe, for a 16oz cup. OK, but nothing spectacular. The second cup got the suggested three tablespoons.
That brought out the flavor and robustness of the coffee, as well as gave me a caffeine buzz about halfway through the cup. It definitely has a much higher caffeine level than anything normally bought at the grocery store. It does have some bitterness which kind of goes with really strong coffee, but nowhere nearly as bitter as Starbucks coffees. If you want a coffee with a real caffeine kick and strong flavor give it a try.
A slow day here, everything is wrapped and under the tree already. Cards in the mail. Just some cleaning and messing around the house for the next two or three days before the "BIG" day.
In another thread, here on ECF, someone mentioned "death Wish" coffee and, of course, I had to try it. A little on the pricey side but I said "what the heck" and ordered a pound. It came yesterday and I just had to test drive it. I used two tablespoons for the first try, playing it safe, for a 16oz cup. OK, but nothing spectacular. The second cup got the suggested three tablespoons.
That brought out the flavor and robustness of the coffee, as well as gave me a caffeine buzz about halfway through the cup. It definitely has a much higher caffeine level than anything normally bought at the grocery store. It does have some bitterness which kind of goes with really strong coffee, but nowhere nearly as bitter as Starbucks coffees. If you want a coffee with a real caffeine kick and strong flavor give it a try.
Mornin, i guess it didn't have the "Jeff Bezos" sparkle on it and you didn't see it a lot.
A Giant Leap (Backward) for Space Travel | MIT Technology Review
Deployed actual satellites and came home
A Giant Leap (Backward) for Space Travel | MIT Technology Review
Deployed actual satellites and came home
I saw the video earlier today and it is a big leap! Landing on a launch pad has to be a better idea than a barge bobbing up and down in the ocean. There was also an interesting photo of the launch and landing trails in the same photo.
I do wonder just how reusable the first stage really is. Rocket motors, historically, haven't been built with reuse in mind. The heat stresses and pressure stresses are immense.
I do wonder just how reusable the first stage really is. Rocket motors, historically, haven't been built with reuse in mind. The heat stresses and pressure stresses are immense.
Landing on shore requires less energy, however they already perfected the other design and added new control boosters, they successfully landed on the barge twice but again no sparkles like the others.
New motors, new materials, new designs allow this, those aren't disposable and are designed to do that, makes space travel cheaper.
New motors, new materials, new designs allow this, those aren't disposable and are designed to do that, makes space travel cheaper.
Yes, we're going away to Philly to the family for a few days. I ordered a book for my nephews that hasn't arrived in the mail yet. I sure hope it comes tomorrow.
Meanwhile, I wrapped all the other gifts. Did you ever try to wrap a case of wine? It's bulky and heavy! But I got it done. It's a variety of wines from several local wineries for my brother and sister-in-law. That's what I give them every year. And every year, it's a b**ch to wrap! I left it till last, being the procrastinator that I am, and then just did it. As usual with procrastinating, it wasn't as bad as I was making it out to be.
Yesterday, I tutored. I had a talk with the boy's mom after my talk with him. I think she just thinks he's lazy and looking for excuses. Anyway, whatever she said or did, all the kids had better, more careful homework this last time, and the boy was especially cooperative. Did I detect a note of falseness in his cooperation? I'm not sure. He was bending over backward to be the "good kid." I heard a quick warning from the mom when I picked them up about not getting tutoring anymore if they couldn't cooperate. You'd think if they don't like being tutored, they wouldn't cooperate, just to get rid of me! That's what I might have done as a kid. Then again, maybe not. When I was 10 or so, outward defiance against adults was unheard-of. I probably would have done just what the boy did: try hard for a time or 2. Then I would have gradually gone back to my old ways, so I'll be looking for that.
Meanwhile, I'm trying to make the reading more interesting for the boy. He said he wants to "play with atoms," and I'm not sure what that means. At one point, while we learned about Einstein, he learned about the atom bomb and how it devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, so maybe he'd like to learn to blow something up. (I have a copy of the Anarchist's Cookbook. Do you think he'd like reading that?) But I have given him reading on atoms in general, and next time, we'll learn about atomic energy, how splitting the uranium atom makes electricity.
They got their Christmas gifts yesterday, since I won't see them again till after Christmas, and the boy liked the book I got him, which he had asked for. It's the 7th in the Wings of Fire series, which is about dragons.
The girl was absolutely thrilled with the box of crochet stuff. I got her everything she needs, and she was really excited when she saw the scissors. Now she won't have to ask to borrow her older brother's scissors. The youngest one doesn't have scissors yet, so I think for his birthday, he'll get those ones with a rounded tip. Other stuff, too, of course.
While I tutored the others, the girl read the instructions and tried to start to crochet, but when it came to her turn to be tutored, we did the regular worksheets and then, instead of reading, I taught her to make the first loop and to chain. She was getting it but still clumsy. I told her to keep practicing till it became easy, and then maybe she'd want to try learning a single crochet from the book. But I expect that over the next week, she may mostly work on getting easy with the chain stitch. When I left, she was still in the study room working away at it.
The new girl got a book on origami. She seemed excited about doing the whale, and she wanted to know where the instructions were, so I showed her how to use the index. I noticed that, though it was in the W's, she started looking at all the letters from the beginning, so we'll have to work on alphabetizing at some point. Looking through the book and learning about the index was educational, but I soon had her put the book aside to look at after the lesson, and we proceeded with the usual part. She is a hard worker, and she is learning fast, but we need to work a lot on sounding out words. It's an ongoing project, and for all the kids, its a harder concept than you might think.
I'm eager to see where her older brother is and why he needs tutoring, too. No one has told me much about it, but I'll figure it out and see where he's at in his work. That'll be Saturday, a week from this next one. I ordered a book from Amazon, Green Futures of Tycho, which is sci-fi for young readers. I looked at a few sample pages and it looks easy enough for all the older kids. Not the 5-year-old, of course. I want to start the new boy reading this to me and see how he does, then maybe use it as our reading every week or give it to him to read independently, depending on how he does. Then the boy who has trouble will get it, and then the girl. The new girl will not get it for quite a while, I think. She is a quick learner, but I'm just venturing into 3rd-grade stuff that she reads with my help. She's in 3rd grade. But consider that in September, she was reading at 1st-grade level, and you know how far she's come already!
Tomorrow, I'll be looking for that book I want to give my nephews. It's a book of skeletons of all sorts of animals. I got it out of the library, and all the kids I tutored were interested. That makes me think it'd be interesting for my nephews. It's out of print, so it was rather expensive, but it's such a neat look, I think it's worth it. Skeletons: An Inside Look at Animals: Jinny Johnson, Elizabeth Gray: 9780895776044: Amazon.com: Books
What do I do if it doesn't come by tomorrow midday? Go buy other gifts for them? Just not give them anything under the tree and send it later? Actually, under the tree, they get so much stuff it might get lost in the shuffle, and coming later might make them really consider it.
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Really like "Your" tutoring updating and finding out what the Kids are doing. . .
AND - Have FUN in Philly ! ! !
NOW - If I may suggest, print out the picture below (or a larger one) and either put it in a card or "wrap" it up in a tube (like one from an empty roll of toilet paper or paper towels) to give him at Christmas and let him know the book is on it's way . . .
EDIT: Here is one that I enlarged for Ya': http://i.imgur.com/fLutWHG.jpg
Once "You" have it opened the link in another Window - Click on the image there and it will enlarge even more, before printing it out . . .
AND - Have FUN in Philly ! ! !
NOW - If I may suggest, print out the picture below (or a larger one) and either put it in a card or "wrap" it up in a tube (like one from an empty roll of toilet paper or paper towels) to give him at Christmas and let him know the book is on it's way . . .
EDIT: Here is one that I enlarged for Ya': http://i.imgur.com/fLutWHG.jpg
Once "You" have it opened the link in another Window - Click on the image there and it will enlarge even more, before printing it out . . .
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@SandySu The boy who likes dragons is the same boy with no imagination????
I have to work today and then run to Home Depot for some trim. Lowes did not have a good selection of trim.
We got door casing, threshold, the door which is a pretty awesome looking door, two locksets that are keyed the same [one for when we do the front door], and a few other items like door stain. We should be ready to do the door.
I have to work today and then run to Home Depot for some trim. Lowes did not have a good selection of trim.
We got door casing, threshold, the door which is a pretty awesome looking door, two locksets that are keyed the same [one for when we do the front door], and a few other items like door stain. We should be ready to do the door.
Good luck with the door, Lizzie.
Yes, the boy who likes the dragon books is the one who says he can't think of anything to write when I try to get him to imagine something. Odd, isn't it? I think the difference is that the books put in something imaginative, but getting something imaginative out of his brain is more work. The new girl has the same problem. The original girl has overcome it somewhat, though she still needs to develop her budding talent for imaginative writing. Maybe I'm asking too much of them too early?
'afternoon, Voltaticalytes.
I'm all decked out in traditional Christmas gear, shorts and a t-shirt. I did have a sweatshirt on earlier but switched when I came back from walking Bo. It's 70 outside with 91% humidity so it feels a bit more like 80. The sun keeps playing hide 'n' seek, but if it comes out for a little, continuous, time it'll probably get over 75 without a problem.
Tritium, you only have two more hours, plus a few minute, to wait, LOL!
I'm all decked out in traditional Christmas gear, shorts and a t-shirt. I did have a sweatshirt on earlier but switched when I came back from walking Bo. It's 70 outside with 91% humidity so it feels a bit more like 80. The sun keeps playing hide 'n' seek, but if it comes out for a little, continuous, time it'll probably get over 75 without a problem.
Tritium, you only have two more hours, plus a few minute, to wait, LOL!
Supposed to be 85 here tomorrow. Warmest since 1924. I sure hope we get a freeze next month or it's going to be one heck of a summer for parasites. Skeeters, fleas and ticks. As it stands now the bears and gators are getting cranky for lack of sleep. They don't seem to know they're supposed to be hibernating lol.
Yeah, we need a freeze here, too, Wuzz. The fruit trees need that as a signal to start the blooming process. I'll bet we get that freeze before much longer. It was the same way here last year, until mid January. The it got colder than a bill collectors heart.
How are you and Mrs. Wuzz doing?
How are you and Mrs. Wuzz doing?
It's Sunny and hot here too. I believe if it will get colder it will go directly to -40 lol.
awsum can't wait, it's already Christmas here but i'll wait till the morning
SO Merry Christmas everybody!!! (first)
awsum can't wait, it's already Christmas here but i'll wait till the morning
SO Merry Christmas everybody!!! (first)
Hello Voltville and Merry Christmas!! I went and visited my mom yesterday and spent the night. 5 this morning we woke to a tornado warning, with a touchdown about 8 miles away from her 
Yeah not fun..... But we survived and made it back home.
I hope y'all have a great Christmas or some sort of Happy Holiday I hope y'all are surrounded by the love of anyone you consider family even if y'all are miles apart. 
Yeah not fun..... But we survived and made it back home.I hope y'all have a great Christmas or some sort of Happy Holiday
I hope y'all are surrounded by the love of anyone you consider family even if y'all are miles apart. 
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