Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

[Janet H]

Good morning! How are you & Mike & the kid's?
I've just been distracted. Dr visit yesterday took days of pumping water into myself so bloodwork would be easier. Did some cooking, which require a lot of sitting down. I use a lot of prechopped frozens to cut down on standing time. I did find out why my right foot has been painful to walk on. Told the Dr it feels like it's a little out of joint. He says it's not seated in the joint correctly because the ankle is collapsed into the foot. The cartilage is damaged by the RA & wearing away. But it could have happened many years ago so he gave me kudos for taking such good care of my joints.
Getting ready for lots of extended pet sitting over the holidays, too.

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At least they know what's wrong. Anything you can do about it other than staying off it and RA meds? Like maybe a supportive boot?

Nah; just quiet sometimes.

We just put an offer in on a new house. It will be good to get out of this tiny, temporary apartment and get our 55,000 pounds of household good out of storage. Of course, no place is going to be perfect. We still will have to get a zoning variance so I can have an addition built on to the garage for my shop. However, it DOES have a back porch.

Oh my, I hope it goes through for you! At least you've already got your stuff in storage so you're ahead of the game for moving in. We've been in our house for 32 years. The thought of downsizing terrifies me! We're toying with the idea of moving. Our daughter needs to move closer to Brian's work and we need to be closer to them to help out. Our son is most probably staying put so it's going to be tricky trying to move half way between them. I've spent hours the past few days looking at Zillow. Ugh!!

 

[MikeE3]

Nah; just quiet sometimes.

We just put an offer in on a new house. It will be good to get out of this tiny, temporary apartment and get our 55,000 pounds of household good out of storage. Of course, no place is going to be perfect. We still will have to get a zoning variance so I can have an addition built on to the garage for my shop. However, it DOES have a back porch.

Wow! 55,000 pounds! I don't suppose you'll be moving that yourself, eh? So what it's like 25,000 pounds of books, 25,000 pounds of tools and the rest household goods.

 

[3mg Meniere]

Wow! 55,000 pounds! I don't suppose you'll be moving that yourself, eh? So what it's like 25,000 pounds of books, 25,000 pounds of tools and the rest household goods.

polymath - Dictionary Definition One negative thing about multi-talented people.

 

[DavidOck]

Yep, it's a mystery. For whatever reason(s); the short wicks compared to KFLs leach juice back into the tank? The physical layout of the Skyline's deck/juice holes allowing more leaching? The coil configuration heats the tank/juice more than a KFL? Don't know what causes it, but it happens with all the Skylines we have in rotation.

I did rewick one the other day with trimmed tails, mulletizing the bowtie method. No leaks. First refill, no appreciable backwash. Of course, I've not paid that close attention in the past, so don't know if that's the usual or not.

And other possibilities popped into my head, that the act of removing the top provides enough suction to pull some out, or that, maybe, just closing the juice flow creates enough drag on the remaining juice to slosh it back. If the latter, then closing it off to refill while holding it upside down may alleviate it. Figure I'll do this first test without doing that part, so there's only the one variable (trimming the tails.)

 

[Uncle]

polymath - Dictionary Definition One negative thing about multi-talented people.

HEY - "YOU" . . .

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[3mg Meniere]

HEY - "YOU" . . .

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No, not likely, although I do try to use as much brain as I have left.

 

[Uncle]

No, not likely, although I do try to use as much brain as I have left.

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[Kenna]

At least they know what's wrong. Anything you can do about it other than staying off it and RA meds? Like maybe a supportive boot?



Oh my, I hope it goes through for you! At least you've already got your stuff in storage so you're ahead of the game for moving in. We've been in our house for 32 years. The thought of downsizing terrifies me! We're toying with the idea of moving. Our daughter needs to move closer to Brian's work and we need to be closer to them to help out. Our son is most probably staying put so it's going to be tricky trying to move half way between them. I've spent hours the past few days looking at Zillow. Ugh!!

Not really anything to be done about it. Surgery would take a year for recovery with no guarantee of a positive outcome. The cartilage is just basically dissolving so not supporting the ankle. There is very little protruding ankle at this point.
Moving. Ugh. I hate moving. I spent most of my life moving every year or 2. Hate it.

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[Nermal]

Good morning. Hello? Anybody home? Where did everybody go? Did you all go to have fun somewhere and not invite me???

I have a CLUE. I found three 'new posts' for four of the threads I watch, but no alerts. We're relying on alerts and they just aren't happening.

 

[pwmeek]

Wow! 55,000 pounds! I don't suppose you'll be moving that yourself, eh? So what it's like 25,000 pounds of books, 25,000 pounds of tools and the rest household goods.

Pretty close. My best estimate has been 20,000 books shelved in my library; at a pound apiece, that would come pretty close (except quite a few are paperbacks, which are much lighter). I'm trying to cut back on my books. As I can, I'm getting digital (mostly Kindle) editions of my favorites. Amazon assures me that, like hard copies, I can leave these digital copies (in my Amazon archives) to my children (assuming they have Amazon accounts). What I can't do is replace my older, more obscure books which have no digital equivalent - the very ones that tend to clog up my physical library because I just don't know where I'd find other copies if I felt the need to go back to them.

Unfortunately, there are no digital equivalents for things like a 3,000 pound (1360 kg) milling machine. Up until now, my life has been an escalation of space, along with the escalation of things to put in that space. Now, going from 10,000 square feet (930 m^2) (plus two large outbuildings) to 1500 square feet (140 m^2) (with a 24' by 24' (7.3 m square) addition for a shop) is proving to be quite a shock. I'm going to have to let some things go. (And I have; we filled four 20 yard (15 cubic meter) dumpsters while packing to move, and gave away tons (literally) of stuff.)

polymath - Dictionary Definition One negative thing about multi-talented people.

Amen. I had rarely (except when searching for some spare nook or cranny to stash a new acquisition) felt that having lots of interests was anything but a positive thing.

 

[Janet H]

Pretty close. My best estimate has been 20,000 books shelved in my library; at a pound apiece, that would come pretty close (except quite a few are paperbacks, which are much lighter). I'm trying to cut back on my books. As I can, I'm getting digital (mostly Kindle) editions of my favorites. Amazon assures me that, like hard copies, I can leave these digital copies (in my Amazon archives) to my children (assuming they have Amazon accounts). What I can't do is replace my older, more obscure books which have no digital equivalent - the very ones that tend to clog up my physical library because I just don't know where I'd find other copies if I felt the need to go back to them.

Unfortunately, there are no digital equivalents for things like a 3,000 pound (1360 kg) milling machine. Up until now, my life has been an escalation of space, along with the escalation of things to put in that space. Now, going from 10,000 square feet (930 m^2) (plus two large outbuildings) to 1500 square feet (140 m^2) (with a 24' by 24' (7.3 m square) addition for a shop) is proving to be quite a shock. I'm going to have to let some things go. (And I have; we filled four 20 yard (15 cubic meter) dumpsters while packing to move, and gave away tons (literally) of stuff.)



Amen. I had rarely (except when searching for some spare nook or cranny to stash a new acquisition) felt that having lots of interests was anything but a positive thing.

We have a 3 car garage so we spent one winter filling one of the bays with stuff we wanted to get rid of. A local auctioneer dropped off a trailer so we filled it up and he took it away. We ended up getting a check for $650 - for junk we didn't want!!! We stopped by the auction and some things went for way more than we thought and other stuff went for way less. It was a win-win for everybody. If they have auctions in your area it sounds like you could have had an auction right at your house and saved the cost of the dumpsters!

 

[Iffy]

Now, going from 10,000 square feet (930 m^2) (plus two large outbuildings) to 1500 square feet (140 m^2) (with a 24' by 24' (7.3 m square) addition for a shop) is proving to be quite a shock

OUCH! Well, so much fer da 'elbow room'.

At least you'll have a shop!

 

[pwmeek]

We have a 3 car garage so we spent one winter filling one of the bays with stuff we wanted to get rid of. A local auctioneer dropped off a trailer so we filled it up and he took it away. We ended up getting a check for $650 - for junk we didn't want!!! We stopped by the auction and some things went for way more than we thought and other stuff went for way less. It was a win-win for everybody. If they have auctions in your area it sounds like you could have had an auction right at your house and saved the cost of the dumpsters!

I sold four truckloads to a liquidator. (He buys lots of things and auctions them off and keeps all proceeds, hoping to make a profit.) I got several hundred $$ for what was mostly junk. This was more or less getting paid for things that would have required another dumpster or so. Pretty much a win.

We had an online auction of most of our furnishings and a lot of my tools and equipment. Auction company came, photographed, cataloged, and put things on-line for bids. We got about $40,000 for that, but the prices realized just made me sick. Jewelry that I paid thousands for going for $50 or $100; furniture and tools going for 2 to 5 cents on the dollar. Worst of all, in the few months since the auction I have had to buy at retail several tools that sold cheap at the auction. Seller's remorse writ large! I still have more that I will need to rebuy. Not a big fan of that kind of auction. I don't see how we could have accommodated either the people or parked their vehicles for a live auction, though.

Then we auctioned off the house which had been on the market for nearly three years without a single offer in spite of being listed for a fraction of what it cost to build. The auction brought, again, about 10 cents on the dollar.

On the brighter side, our offer on the (prospective) new house has been accepted contingent on our getting a zoning variance to build a garage extension for my shop. The township offices seem encouraging about getting the variance.

Here's hoping this will be our new home.

 

[MikeE3]

Worst of all, in the few months since the auction I have had to buy at retail several tools that sold cheap at the auction.

Now that's one of my biggest fears, getting rid of some of my tools when we finally downsize, then buying them back again 'cause I shouldn't have sold them in the first place.

 

[pwmeek]

Now that's one of my biggest fears, getting rid of some of my tools when we finally downsize, then buying them back again 'cause I shouldn't have sold them in the first place.

My late cousin. Jerry, had a policy of getting rid of anything that he hadn't used within the past three months. He didn't sell it or even give it away. He put it in the trash. (This had always pained me, but he insisted that the logistics of disposing of things in any other way than simple disposal would hamper such deacquisition. Maybe he was right, but it still pained me.)

He claimed the the cost of buying new tools, even a new tool that he had trashed the day before, was vastly exceeded by the cost of owning and maintaining a place big enough to hold all the tools and materials that he might need again someday in the future.

As a person who held to the exact opposite - maintaining a series of larger and larger places and never throwing anything away that might have some use in the future - I have to say that there may have been some truth to his position. The mental cost of suddenly being forced to switch policies, and dispose of a myriad of useful tools and materials (I couldn't find a home for my three Teletype 33-ASRs, so they went in a dumpster, but I might have found a use for them or the parts thereof) has been fairly extreme.

 

[Janet H]

Good morning!

I sold four truckloads to a liquidator. (He buys lots of things and auctions them off and keeps all proceeds, hoping to make a profit.) I got several hundred $$ for what was mostly junk. This was more or less getting paid for things that would have required another dumpster or so. Pretty much a win.

We had an online auction of most of our furnishings and a lot of my tools and equipment. Auction company came, photographed, cataloged, and put things on-line for bids. We got about $40,000 for that, but the prices realized just made me sick. Jewelry that I paid thousands for going for $50 or $100; furniture and tools going for 2 to 5 cents on the dollar. Worst of all, in the few months since the auction I have had to buy at retail several tools that sold cheap at the auction. Seller's remorse writ large! I still have more that I will need to rebuy. Not a big fan of that kind of auction. I don't see how we could have accommodated either the people or parked their vehicles for a live auction, though.

Then we auctioned off the house which had been on the market for nearly three years without a single offer in spite of being listed for a fraction of what it cost to build. The auction brought, again, about 10 cents on the dollar.

On the brighter side, our offer on the (prospective) new house has been accepted contingent on our getting a zoning variance to build a garage extension for my shop. The township offices seem encouraging about getting the variance.

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Here's hoping this will be our new home.

Wow, I didn't know they do online auctions. Never thought about doing that but it makes sense. So what happens after the auction is over? Do you have tons of people coming to pick up what they bid on?

I'd think that unless it's vintage, just about any tool is going to go for less than you paid for it. I know from experience that jewelry and furniture only sell for a fraction of what you paid. If you're going to toss it anyway though, at least you're getting something for it.

Many wishes for a successful move with a lovely new shop!! I hope it all comes together for you quickly!

My late cousin. Jerry, had a policy of getting rid of anything that he hadn't used within the past three months. He didn't sell it or even give it away. He put it in the trash. (This had always pained me, but he insisted that the logistics of disposing of things in any other way than simple disposal would hamper such deacquisition. Maybe he was right, but it still pained me.)

He claimed the the cost of buying new tools, even a new tool that he had trashed the day before, was vastly exceeded by the cost of owning and maintaining a place big enough to hold all the tools and materials that he might need again someday in the future.

As a person who held to the exact opposite - maintaining a series of larger and larger places and never throwing anything away that might have some use in the future - I have to say that there may have been some truth to his position. The mental cost of suddenly being forced to switch policies, and dispose of a myriad of useful tools and materials (I couldn't find a home for my three Teletype 33-ASRs, so they went in a dumpster, but I might have found a use for them or the parts thereof) has been fairly extreme.

Yikes! I could never toss things like your cousin did! At the very least I'd put up a FREE sign and put the stuff on the curb. As much as I hate that Mike saves everything "just in case he should need it some day" it makes sense to me to hold onto the tools, but get rid of all the nuts and bolts and pieces of wood, containers and stuff that someday could be fixed etc. All that stuff just takes up room and gathers dirt. My dad saved everything, but at least he was meticulous in how neatly he stored everything.

Mike had the brilliant idea to take a tool to either of the kids houses to fix something and then leave the tool with them. Unfortunately, they have less room than we do to store the stuff. We need to talk them into buying bigger places!

 

[Iffy]

I'm da curator of da museum of Arcane Articles and Repair Projects (AARP).

 

[MikeE3]

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Well since you're a Pro at it ... would you mind coming by my place and inventorying and organizing my shop, garage and basement? I either have to 'discard' some stuff (heaven forbid) or build an out building for more storage.

 

[r77r7r]

I can go into my disorganized shop and come back upstairs with the proper tools in 2 minutes. I don't know that I could do that after organizing. It's a risk I'm unwilling to take . I'm fairly sure that women are just jealous of the talent that a man has that can do that.

 

[Iffy]

... or build an out building for more storage.

Dat's da spirit!