Coffee 4-24-10

Chris, that was under your carpet? Wow that is nice!!!

AA130FIREMAN wrote:I found out that the twin line breaks does not stop the hemorrhage if one line fails, you still lose them in short time.

You lose them in a short time, but you know you have a problem plenty quick, on the first stop, so you can do something about it before you lose all the fluid. I lost the brakes in my 1970 VW bug in a panic stop (well, I wished it had stopped), and there was no partial braking at all. Part of the brake line ran INSIDE the passenger compartment, right under the brake pedal itself. It must have been damaged when I cleaned out the gravel that had accumulated under the pedal area. That's where it ruptured, so I guess it was before any split into independent lines. What a stupid design! Ralph should have been checking the Beetles along with the Corvairs.

I got out to check the garden plot this morning. A couple years ago some cute little sedums got in, and they were so pretty I let them grow. It turns out they love the hay that I mulch with, and they make a big dense root mass and now they would like to have the whole garden. I can see they are going to be a real headache to get rid of.

DVC500 at last wrote:Afternoon all! Or is it evening now... Long day.... Spent the morning at our local church, doing Spring-Cleanup projects. Rewarding work. Then, around 1:00pm, started working on our house again, getting it ready for a Showing tomorrow. Finished the Great Room just in time! Working on cleaning up the other rooms now, which is VERY difficult to do with active kids.
Heres a couple of pics of the Great Room's hardwood floor (Honey Oak) that we found under the old carpeting. Not too shabby! 16 foot center beam with 4 foot drops on the fans, they are at the 12 foot level. Nice and quiet.

wow, those are some beautiful hardwoods. Your pictures of the great room look fantastic. You guys have done a wonderful job

I wish you good luck

Heading back from vacation , we drove down to Sanibel Island, FL....it was 75-85 everyday, no rain. it was just about perfect. Pretty tough to leave when the sunsets look like this every night...... OH well, back to reality.

Seems like everybody I know has gone there this month .... except me!

My buddy said the same thing. First thing he did was crank the heat up to 75° in his house when he got back.

DVC500 at last wrote:Afternoon all! Or is it evening now... Long day.... Spent the morning at our local church, doing Spring-Cleanup projects. Rewarding work. Then, around 1:00pm, started working on our house again, getting it ready for a Showing tomorrow. Finished the Great Room just in time! Working on cleaning up the other rooms now, which is VERY difficult to do with active kids.
Heres a couple of pics of the Great Room's hardwood floor (Honey Oak) that we found under the old carpeting. Not too shabby! 16 foot center beam with 4 foot drops on the fans, they are at the 12 foot level. Nice and quiet.

Floor looks great! I noticed the forum is on the laptop. Oh and you need a larger clock!

Wood'nCoal wrote:Floor looks great! I noticed the forum is on the laptop. Oh and you need a larger clock!

Thanks ! John, you got good eyes to spot the coal forum!
Yeah, I couldn't find a larger clock, figured that one was large enough.
The first house showing went very well! The people were openlly happy with it. No "On-the-spot" offer though.
The 2nd showing will be Tuesday.

Wow. All kinds of things going on, Motorcycle engines, Corvairs, hardwood floors, retaining walls, travelling. Despite my disagreements with you Rberg, we're still fellow Americans and good luck with your garden. I just got back from NYS, nice to see the scenery and drive through NEPA.

What's that last picture? The railroady thing....

Took that pic this morning, a few miles south of Binghamton, at a rest stop on 81S.

I've been at that rest stop and have seen that Lokie.