Well, it might be wet today. Or not. National forecast says ‘clear’ but Houston has been saying ‘some clouds and looks like rain’ when I look at the sky. Either way, I’ve got stuff to do. It was very nice yesterday despite some clouds. Shirt sleeves comfortable all day and into the evening. It was a bit cool and overcast in the morning, but I’ll take that to get gorgeous afternoons.
I slept in, then went and did pickups. Chatted with my consignment auctioneer but they still don’t want my stuff. I’m going to have to find another seller. Oh well. Then I headed to my shop to unload the lathe. It went without incident, and nothing even sketchy or pucker inducing. Just slow and steady.
It’s on the concrete in the shop and now I can move it around. I got a chance to see the motor nameplate and it is 3 phase. That means running a VFD or a static phase converter. I’ve got both, and if I was keeping it, I could set it up with the VFD. I might put the static on it to test and sell it if it’s the right capacity. I had a guy want to buy it off the truck but his english wasn’t good enough. I gave him my number and told him to text. Hopefully he’ll get some help with the language…
I then spend a couple of hours breaking down scrap. I got about half way through the remaining pile. I’ll be back over there today if it’s nice out. Another month’s rent on my storage unit is due on the 1st, and I REALLY want to be out of there. I need to make more room at the shop though. That’s job one today and Monday.
There is always more to do.
Always room for improvement.
Not always room for more stacks. Do it anyway.
nick
Sunday. Good morning! The clocks went forward in the night, and gremlins stole an hour of my sleep. Grr. Daylight savings nonsense.
Back at base after Iceland and BOL. Buddy sent me photos of our Biltong. It looks very good. I hope some of it survives until I can get back to the BOL for a taste test!
W1 informed me that the Easter holidays will include replacing/repairing her mother’s garden pond, the rubber liner of which has developed a hole. A nasty, wet, slippery, smelly job.
I indicated extreme reluctance, as that is well within my “get a profesional to do it ” category, but I suspect the wimmenfolk will insist, so I will be spending some time today gathering tools and supplies for the job.
I know from the past that my in-laws have woefully inadequate equipment for DIY activities at their place. I have already stashed a toolbox of my own there for electrical and general household DIY, but I will need to bring my own gardening gear and clothes for this. Grr.
I suppose I am storing up treasure in heaven by helping the elderly and infirm. I just hope it doesn’t result in an injury or infirmity for me…
Irish people use “plug out” too. Perfectly normal, if you ask me!
Weird is “unloosen”, like Joe Pie, a YouTube machinist in Austin, TX, says for the opposite of “tighten”.
Paul, it’s not that strange to quasi-understand German if you had some exposure to it as an infant. English is anyway about half angelsächsisch, a Germanic dialect, and about half Norman French, with a few words robbed from Greek, Latin and every other language for good measure.
It is not so very long ago that German was the second, or even first, language of many people in the US, especially the Midwest.
An Australian friend of mine told me that his immigrant missionary grandparents lived in a completely German-speaking community. English replaced German there only upon the outbreak of WW I; they hid the Gothic script schoolbooks and Bibles in the attics. Even the Battenbergs became Mountbattens.
That guy was a trained agent just like Jill Biden is a doctor.
You could do such a calamitously bad job that they don’t have you help anymore.
Or you could simply say No.