you grew up in the 40s and 50's??? and I thought Bronze was old...jk
I remember the 60s ... I was watching Captain Kangaroo when a news flash came on about Pres Kennedy...
another moment in my life that was "intense" was when I was at a bowling alley waiting for the league to gather up and the Challenger was taking off... was watching it on TV and when it "discharged" the SRB way to early I yelled out " It Exploded".... no one believed me... and sure enuf... it did. My heart sunk and I didnt want to believe what I saw... and still staring at the TV, people were still applauding the flight with no idea what they just witnesses ....
Bronze is old, just not as old - we are young at heart and we have child-like minds.
I was hard at work when JFK was assassinated; like most I remember exactly where I was to the square foot and what I was doing.
The new water heater is installed. I’m gonna hang some mistletoe over it and give it a lil kiss on Christmas morning.
“Brilliance” in action:
The small maintenance room has a drain & piping directing any overflow outside through the side of the building. Intended to minimize water damage.
“Less Brilliant”:
The drain is directly under the water heater. There’s a 1 inch PVC pipe flush to the floor. Drain pans have a side mount for overflow drainage. So a hole is cut into the drain pan in the middle and that hole is placed over the PVC drain pipe. It is then “sealed” with caulking.
Guess what happens to the caulk when a heavy water heater is set down on it and gets heavier when filled with water?
SMOOSH!
No seal. No safe drainage. Water heater drain pan is now worthless.
Our installer bypassed that mess. He used PVC on the side drainage from the drain pan and ran it so any overflow will go out onto the water sealed balcony and will drain safely away just like the rain. And we will have a visual alert to any flooding going on.
Life is good.
“Brilliance” in action:
The small maintenance room has a drain & piping directing any overflow outside through the side of the building. Intended to minimize water damage.
“Less Brilliant”:
The drain is directly under the water heater. There’s a 1 inch PVC pipe flush to the floor. Drain pans have a side mount for overflow drainage. So a hole is cut into the drain pan in the middle and that hole is placed over the PVC drain pipe. It is then “sealed” with caulking.
Guess what happens to the caulk when a heavy water heater is set down on it and gets heavier when filled with water?
SMOOSH!
No seal. No safe drainage. Water heater drain pan is now worthless.
Our installer bypassed that mess. He used PVC on the side drainage from the drain pan and ran it so any overflow will go out onto the water sealed balcony and will drain safely away just like the rain. And we will have a visual alert to any flooding going on.
Life is good.
I did the same thing a couple of times. After bathing in that cold lake water once, I decided my fishing buddies would just have to put up with the funk. I did clean up on the last day before the float plane came a picked us up.
That’s exactly what I did. I got in the lake to my knees and said screw that! I just let the mushrooms grow on me for a week before jumping in an hour before the bush plane showed up to go home. Pure pain!! We were all ripe so there was no finger pointing. I mean come on...it’s fish camp!
Oh, yeah!! That Canadian lake bath was the quickest bath in my life. Like no more than two minutes. Took a year for my manhood to forgive me.
My belly is made of iron. I never puke. I mean never. But the closest I came was on that one particular trip. It was toward the end of the week and we had to take the fish guts out of the fish shack and dump them in the middle of the lake. About 10, five-gallon buckets. No problem. OMG!!! That was the most vile smelling filth I ever experienced in my life! Hands down. By the time we got to the middle of the lake I was on the cusp of blowing chunks. Absolutely disgusting!! I almost jammed my face in my buddy’s arm pit to get rid of the smell. Week old pit stench! Couldn’t possibly be worse than rotting fish heads.
They say that nothing makes a bigger imprint in your memory bank like your smelling sense. It’s true. If I get dimentia I might forget everything I ever knew. But I wont forget the hideous rank of them rotting fish. I hope I’m dead before that’s the last thing I remember. Too cruel!!
They say that nothing makes a bigger imprint in your memory bank like your smelling sense. It’s true. If I get dimentia I might forget everything I ever knew. But I wont forget the hideous rank of them rotting fish. I hope I’m dead before that’s the last thing I remember. Too cruel!!
Not a good place to take a chick on a date.
If dating was about honesty, it might be the perfect place to take a chick. I’d say it depends on the chick. It would be revealing to both of you, don’t you think?
The Canadian fish camp version of speed dating!
(Cannot believe I have actually used the word “chick” - and more than once! Shame on us both.
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I’ve got the other Innokin EQ pod loaded up with well-aged Serendipity. This will be a good test of how long the pod coil lasts with a flavor that’s a bit less clean-burning.
Morning...Let the 5 day weekend begin... Yup got asked if I wanted off...
Think I'll get a few things done today so I don't have to go near any stores tomorrow..
Think I'll get a few things done today so I don't have to go near any stores tomorrow..
Mornin All...
Morning friends!
Waiting for water heater guys to return. They have to bleed the heating system line. Probably has an airlock. Last nights choice was hot water or heat. With a mountain of dishes and showers needed, we chose hot water.
Without heat our place has only been dropping to 68-ish by morning. Good sleeping weather!
Without heat our place has only been dropping to 68-ish by morning. Good sleeping weather!
We keep our heat on 68 at night, perfect!
Waiting on (kid's) truck repairs, into hour 3 now. I'm betting they finish it by lunch time. I'm out of snacks so I sure hope so.. For the mechanics.. Upper ball joints and 1 lower (replaced the other lower one last month) 350k miles on the Tundra..
Waiting on (kid's) truck repairs, into hour 3 now. I'm betting they finish it by lunch time. I'm out of snacks so I sure hope so.. For the mechanics.. Upper ball joints and 1 lower (replaced the other lower one last month) 350k miles on the Tundra..
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