Hot and humid, but it did get below 80F last night, so there is that.\u00a0\u00a0 My neighborhood got hammered by rain in the afternoon, over an inch in places, but the rest of Houston got little.\u00a0\u00a0 I was out driving and could see the thunderstorm cell in\u00a0 the distance, and figured it was near my house.\u00a0\u00a0 It was.\u00a0 Some of the local water level monitoring stations alerted due to how much rain fell so quickly.\u00a0 One consequence is that I couldn’t cut the (wet) grass Monday or Tuesday.\u00a0 Not getting “Yard of the Month” any time soon.<\/p>\n
Did some of my errands.\u00a0 Dumped the debris I brought home from the BOL.\u00a0\u00a0 Checked out some stuff I saw in the dumpster when I picked up some auction items a couple of days ago.\u00a0\u00a0 It looked like cedar lumber, from a pergola or outdoor shelter kit.\u00a0 I have a need for some cedar lumber for repairs at the BOL dockhouse, so I went back for a closer look.\u00a0\u00a0 Unfortunately not cedar.\u00a0\u00a0 Lots of interesting stuff in the dumpster, from a big auction house that does mostly larger store returns.\u00a0 I don’t need any projects, but I might need materials for projects I’ve already got.\u00a0\u00a0 Keep a flexible mind when it comes to sourcing during the upcoming unpleasantness.\u00a0\u00a0 “Scrounger” was a necessary team member in some very “resource constrained” environments.\u00a0 On a more general note, knowing where to get stuff, when stuff is hard to get, is very useful.<\/p>\n
I’m thinking about some stuff, how it goes together, and how to teach or pass it on.\u00a0 Currently I’m at Reuse, Repair, Repurpose.<\/p>\n
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And of course, stack it high.<\/p>\n
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Hot and humid, but it did get below 80F last night, so there is that.\u00a0\u00a0 My neighborhood got hammered by rain in the afternoon, over an inch in places, but the rest of Houston got little.\u00a0\u00a0 I was out driving and could see the thunderstorm cell in\u00a0 the distance, and figured it was near my house.\u00a0\u00a0 It was.\u00a0 Some of the local water level monitoring stations alerted due to how much rain fell so quickly.\u00a0<\/p>\n