This and that and Chat

[El Dee]

Mark the chrome piece that surrounds the bottom of the tank came free..Be it known I was trying my best to cram a 510 in there prior...The DBox comes with a tip that I never used...It has a vise like grip on the tips...I usually park my pv in an upright position and it gets knocked over from time to time...If the tip was the first thing to contact,,,,sheared right off...Then as I was toting my bags and unlocking the beach house door a very slight bump on the door sheared my prized lime green Ming...The hole needs a couple of thousandths extra clearence...I had more than a few tips stored that couldn't have been hammered in there...all previously used 510s...............

Five one thing I didn't like when looking inside the sealed area was the bonding agent used....It was soft indicating to me it was silicon...Chinese industrial grade not worth a good dang silicon and not much of it....The glass looks to have been scored and snapped instead of cut...My first impression was that I'd broken the glass...The amount of silicon would have never sealed the uneven glass...As you stated it should be roughed prior...evened out would be a plus as well...The link to the epoxy looks like great stuff to me...FDA approved so it'll prob kill you graveyard dead!!!!!!!!!JK/JK!!!!!! I usually go with Fusor products...I have the applicator guns but unless you use it often a $35 tube will be rock solid before it's needed again...As Mark stated JB is all good as well and a definite option. I have used Permatex from Lowes a couple of times now...Comes in a syringe with two mixing tips and it's clear as well...It worked as well as the Fusor and much cheaper...Rough that bottom piece up as well as the glass and it should be there when the Bovinas come home.....I believe the qb we got from you is Matt Flynn...at any rate you want him back????The Raider Nation is raising heck for Tyrell Pryor...is he related to Richard???? I sure hope so....We're coming for a visit next week...

Wharf I'll be checking the link when I finish this book....Thanks.....and GO NINERS!!!!! They are afterall the second best Bay Area team.....

 

[arkador]

So, I have been using ONLY Notcigs vaping products for 18 months now. Started with my first Buzz Pro, just before I started cycling, and 6 months after I quit smoking with a cheap Joye 510 ecig.

Fast forward 2 years, and I just finished a 100 mile, bicycle endurance ride! there is NO way I could have even done half that if I were still smoking!

Granted, I did not touch my ecig the morning of the ride, but I am still very satisfied with my accomplishment, and know there is NO way I would have done it without ecigaretts! Without my NotCigs products, I would likely still be smoking analogs.

Thanks Notcigs and the entire community here for all your advice, and great products that made this possible for me!

 

[Bovinia]

Congratz to you Arkador!! I saw your rally pics on FB, must have been hella fun! Thank you for your kind words, you earned this accomplishment

Afternoon all. Got the shed project finished...finally!

 

[5cardstud]

Mark the chrome piece that surrounds the bottom of the tank came free..Be it known I was trying my best to cram a 510 in there prior...The DBox comes with a tip that I never used...It has a vise like grip on the tips...I usually park my pv in an upright position and it gets knocked over from time to time...If the tip was the first thing to contact,,,,sheared right off...Then as I was toting my bags and unlocking the beach house door a very slight bump on the door sheared my prized lime green Ming...The hole needs a couple of thousandths extra clearence...I had more than a few tips stored that couldn't have been hammered in there...all previously used 510s...............

Five one thing I didn't like when looking inside the sealed area was the bonding agent used....It was soft indicating to me it was silicon...Chinese industrial grade not worth a good dang silicon and not much of it....The glass looks to have been scored and snapped instead of cut...My first impression was that I'd broken the glass...The amount of silicon would have never sealed the uneven glass...As you stated it should be roughed prior...evened out would be a plus as well...The link to the epoxy looks like great stuff to me...FDA approved so it'll prob kill you graveyard dead!!!!!!!!!JK/JK!!!!!! I usually go with Fusor products...I have the applicator guns but unless you use it often a $35 tube will be rock solid before it's needed again...As Mark stated JB is all good as well and a definite option. I have used Permatex from Lowes a couple of times now...Comes in a syringe with two mixing tips and it's clear as well...It worked as well as the Fusor and much cheaper...Rough that bottom piece up as well as the glass and it should be there when the Bovinas come home.....I believe the qb we got from you is Matt Flynn...at any rate you want him back????The Raider Nation is raising heck for Tyrell Pryor...is he related to Richard???? I sure hope so....We're coming for a visit next week...

Wharf I'll be checking the link when I finish this book....Thanks.....and GO NINERS!!!!! They are afterall the second best Bay Area team.....

It's too bad they didn't tread the Pyrex or do a compression type fitting on them. I got some 2 part glue I use that dries rock hard but I don't know if it's food safe. Probably is after drying because it does get hard. I'm with you on the Chinese glue it does stay soft just like silicon. I love them when they work but another good thing, like you mentioned, it would be nice if all these things had a universal size for everyone to use their tips on. That seems to be the first complaint I read on many of the new products coming from China. But there's always drilling to size I guess.

 

[Wharf Rat]

.....and GO NINERS!!!!! They are after all the second best Bay Area team.....

Sad but true...

 

[markfm]

I'll definitely give the Jb weld a shot if/when the bottom comes off.

Progress on the deck, put the stairs in, nice to see it moving along.

 

[Bovinia]

Nice progress Mark...tell wifey I love her concrete Welcome art

I'm staying out of the tank discussion /wanders off mumbling about another billion dollar market we've handed to China on a silver plater

 

[908Tracy]

Popping in to say hello!!!

Nice deck Mark and I agree with Bov, tell the Mrs. nice art on the crete!

Tomorrow is Maddie's first day of kindergarten and middle DD's first day of her Senior year!!! We met with the teacher on Friday and toured the classroom. She's quiet and observant for awhile but when asked if she'd like to join in on playtime, she happily does. This year is going to be nuts for me, at least until dd gets a car of her own. Thank God I have my Mom's help bc I just can't be in 2 places at once.

Congrats on the 3 years to those who apply!!! That's awesome! My 2 year mark is coming up this Saturday. Yay!!! Vape on everyone!!!

 

[Bovinia]

Happy 2 year Vapaversary Tracy!

 

[markfm]

Today was spent with a fresh fusion in the m1a1, on the BP. It got pounded, normal for a klutz doing building, was a stellar vape as usual

 

[El Dee]

Dang the first day of kindergarten and a Senior as well...My niece starts middle school....Time stops for no one....I surely wish it would slow down...Congrats on the vaping anniversary as well...908!!!!!!!!

Mark the DBox will be fine...Mine was abused constantly....It only came apart after I was trying to cram the drip tip in....

Bov at least Cherry Vape the maker of the Ming is a USuvvvA company....How you gonna call a US product a Ming????? All this time I've been picturing a little Chinese guy sitting at an injection molding machine making those tips....

I had this Uncle that owned a trucking company...He's the one I mentioned months back that went away for making moonshine...We had a long and colorful past...I loved him much...He was the oldest of seven children and brother to my Mom...When Granny became ill all her worldly belongings were put under his control...My Mom ran things and he took care of the finances...His wife whom I can best describe as a greedy beech and my Aunt whom is even greedier and beechier got together and drove a wedge between him and Mom...It split the family right down the middle...One side were those whom had done everything around the farm for years...the other side the lazy, moved to the city, only visit Granny for Sunday dinner folks...I was left with mouth agape but we continued to do whatever was needed until Granny went too Heaven that night...I was sitting right there....I followed her body out of her house and have never set foot in there again...The Aunt that drove us apart...remember "El Diablo aka Dee"....I ain't forgot that and I sure as Hell ain't forgiving....My other Aunt{his wife} I've not seen since she came crying to me at his graveside services...She died Friday....Visitation tomorrow followed by the funeral...I'm neither happy nor sad...Both of those Aunts have reaped what was sown....the other can't attend because she's in rehab from surgery last week...Greed is something I hate....I'm gonna pay my respects...everyone had better act respectfully as well...This could get nasty....

 

[Bovinia]

Dee, that's sad. I've seen families torn apart by that same greed. I figure if I didn't earn it, I got no claim to it. Katie's sister (the last of her siblings) died a year and a half ago and the estate is still not settled. There are only 2 heirs in her Will...Katie and a nephew who is the Executor of the estate. This same nephew threw a wall eyed fit over not getting money from one of the other sibling's estate. Katie has asked him several times for a copy of the Will, to date she has not gotten it. She refuses to let me contact this nephew because she knows I will not be very polite with my own requests. It's a decently sizable amount. The really sad thing is that all of this, combined with Katie's estate will all go to Kevin when Katie's time comes.

 

[El Dee]

Bov I firmly believe that in the end you must pay for your dirty deeds...I try and be a good kid...They left me with nothing but memories so I took that and soldiered on...Wherever I may roam it's with a clear conscious and no looking over my shoulder...I'm happy and that's what matters most....

 

[FranC]

Well said Dee!!

 

[5cardstud]

I agree LD and nicely put. A person has to like the person staring back at them in the mirror.
Good morning Buzz Army!
I forgot to say I didn't get to sleep until 4 am and I was awake by 7am but it's a good thing. I slept saturday night at least 8hrs. and that's something I haven't done for many years. It felt so good I slept some more as the day went on so I was rested and didn't need a lot last night. I'm a happy camper.

 

[Bovinia]

I couldn't agree more Dee! I'd rather have little in material, and be rich in my heart. Just makes me sad to see them taking advantage of Katie.

5, glad to hear you finally got some good rest.

Morning / Afternoon all!

 

[5cardstud]

I couldn't agree more Dee! I'd rather have little in material, and be rich in my heart. Just makes me sad to see them taking advantage of Katie.

5, glad to hear you finally got some good rest.

Morning / Afternoon all!

Money is too easy to come by to sell your heart and soul to get it. Love, friendship, self worth, and who you are can't be bought with all the money in the world. Those are something a rich person have a harder time obtaining than a person without lots of money but in the end they are priceless and the only things you can take with when your time comes.

Thanks Bo it felt good.

 

[TexasT]

Guys, I apologize for not being around more often. Daggone real world keeps getting in the way. Let me try to catch up here.

Happy 2 years with no cigarettes Tracy! Believe me, we're just as proud of YOU! That's a significant accomplishment.

5Card, Bov and Mark. I can say with all honesty that in the past few days I have accomplished absolutely nothing. I'm so proud of me!

Mark, get a solid railing around that deck asap! We have a back porch that is about five feet off the ground and a few weeks ago I was out on it and decided to take out one of the hand rails with full body pressure and then my intent while I was airborn and heading toward the ground was to do a Spiderman triple flip in the air followed by a three point landing.

I failed.

I splattered.

So three weeks later I go to the doctor and he was very abusive wanting to know why I hadn't come in sooner. I explained that I didn't have any gaping wounds or gushing blood, so saw no reason to hurry. He asked how I injured my shoulder and I told him I was sky diving and right before I hit the ground a gust of wind caught me and I smashed into the ground with my right shoulder.

He didn't believe a word of it.

He x-ray'd the shoulder and said I had three broken bones and seperated the shoulder.

I told him that was probably why it hurt and if he would give me a pill I'd get on out of there.

TT

 

[Bovinia]

Yay, my car door handle came today. I told Katie I would still get out and open the door for her after I fix it tho

Still waiting for my cabin filters. The other day when I opened the slot that holds the filter, I blew a bunch of leaf fodder and junk out of the coils. I left the slot cover off when I put the glove box back in to save on skinned knuckles, and today when I turned the air conditioner on crap blew and flew everywhere lol.

Oh no TT!! I'm sorry to hear about your sky diving accident...take care of yourself and mend quickly

 

[markfm]

Full railing should be in this week, including handrails for the stairs. Tomorrow and Wed after work will be trimming and tying down the deck planks (2x6, I Don't bother with 5/4 boards). Night/motion detecting flood for the stairs went in before the stringers, a sweet little Dorcy dc unit that will turn on a few feet before you reach the landing (I tested it).

Pretty much anything I do is to better than code standards. Rail posts will be 4x4, proper spacing, using ledgerlok screws, plus some healthy angle braces at key points (ends of each run of railing).

DW busts my tail for overbuilding, but I'd rather do it once really well than take shortcuts