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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jul 22, 2020 10:23:26 GMT -5
Am on the second coat of paint and the book box (little free library) will be ready to be assembled and planted on the curb. Just sent off for my official LFL plaque, which should arrive in a couple of weeks. I can probably attach it after I already have it in the ground. Can't wait to have it out there!  Did you get it up? Let's see some pics! Not yet. When I handed it back over to the guy, he mentioned he had something going on one week. I forget, but he might be calling me on these days off (that are mere hours away). Still gotta paint the wood pieces that will go around the window, then return those to him. I did get my official LFL metal plaque in the mail (to affix to the box). Now that I have that, I can put my box location on their worldwide map! |
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Post by Billy A. Anderson on Jul 22, 2020 13:35:05 GMT -5
Deeky, it is nice that you liked my post. I have used Gorilla Glue in my own household repairs, and wondered if you had used it, and and what you think of it?
My experience with glue is that even the gluiest glues that are supposed to be infallable, can all fail, and often do fail.
And, this question is not just to Deeky. It is to anyone on the board who has used Gorilla Glue: what do you think of it?
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jul 22, 2020 16:28:04 GMT -5
Deeky, it is nice that you liked my post. I have used Gorilla Glue in my own household repairs, and wondered if you had used it, and and what you think of it? My experience with glue is that even the gluiest glues that are supposed to be infallable, can all fail, and often do fail. And, this question is not just to Deeky. It is to anyone on the board who has used Gorilla Glue: what do you think of it? What are you repairing with it? Different kinds of glues would be used for different purposes...Gorilla Glue makes several different kinds, I think... |
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Post by Billy A. Anderson on Jul 22, 2020 19:28:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the post, Lemmy. I have had a problem with the console, or cobalt arm rest and container between the 2 front bucket seats in my car, sagging.
The stops were attached by very flimsy, fragile and thin plastic.Before I go to the expense of buying a new console, I want to see if I can repair it.
The stops themselves are very thick sturdy plastic, and I'm hoping that if I drill holes from the outside to inside of the console, and tighten them with lock washers, they will stay in place, and the console won't sag. That is the main repair that I am hoping to solve my problem. I just thought that adding some Gorilla glue under the stops might be a good idea, although with the console being repeatedly raised and lowered, I think this could well be a case where even the strongest glue might become unglued,and to repeat myself, I'm counting on the bolts and lock washers to hold the stops in place, but with the console being moved up and down, I'm not even sure those bolts and nuts will not loosen up over time.
Being the do-it yourselfer that I am, I just want to give this idea a try.
And, might wind up buying a new console, or just leaving that accessory to the front seat off altogether.
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Post by Deeky on Jul 22, 2020 22:27:42 GMT -5
Almost done with the drywall.  |
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Post by Deeky on Jul 22, 2020 22:31:52 GMT -5
Thanks for the post, Lemmy. I have had a problem with the console, or cobalt arm rest and container between the 2 front bucket seats in my car, sagging. What kind of car do you have? |
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Post by Portrait in Flesh on Jul 22, 2020 22:53:02 GMT -5
Almost done with the drywall. So you've already walled up the bodies you plan on hiding in there? |
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Post by Portrait in Flesh on Jul 22, 2020 22:58:30 GMT -5
Went in this afternoon for a "working interview." Ended up getting a key to the office and was told to lock up at the end of the day. (The attorney had to leave early.)
I guess they like me.
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jul 23, 2020 0:04:54 GMT -5
Almost done with the drywall. So you've already walled up the bodies you plan on hiding in there? Trying to hide corpses behind drywall is a terrible idea for sooooo many reasons....
- Dissolve corpse in lye solution (pro-tip: purchase lye with cash at chemical/pool supply stores in multiple counties/states)
- Slowly adjust back to pH-neutral (this makes step 3 much easier, but it does increase overall volume for step 4 --again pool-supply stores are your friends: wear different throwaway baseball caps and remember to bring cash)
- Use industrial mixer to grind up any remaining solids (look for used restaurant supplies on Craigslist --bonus: after you wash it out, you can make frozen Margaritas by the garbage-can-full)
- Pour small batches of remaining solution into city storm sewer --preferably from multiple, widely-separated locations; ideally, plan a road trip to at least three different cities
Yeesh. You humans *invented* murder. How do you forget good evidence-disposal practices so easily?
Hello NSA/FBI surveillance. I have not actually murdered anybody and disposed of their corpse. I am a harmless lizard --albeit one who has watched/read a lot of mysteries/police procedurals and done some related thinking.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jul 23, 2020 0:24:25 GMT -5
Went in this afternoon for a "working interview." Ended up getting a key to the office and was told to lock up at the end of the day. (The attorney had to leave early.) I guess they like me.
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jul 23, 2020 10:36:55 GMT -5
Went in this afternoon for a "working interview." Ended up getting a key to the office and was told to lock up at the end of the day. (The attorney had to leave early.) I guess they like me. And do you like them? What is the job going to be? |
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Post by Billy A. Anderson on Jul 23, 2020 12:29:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the post, Lemmy. I have had a problem with the console, or cobalt arm rest and container between the 2 front bucket seats in my car, sagging. What kind of car do you have? Deeky, it is a 2007 Pontiac G5. Wasn't 2007 the last year Pontiacs were made? |
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Post by Portrait in Flesh on Jul 25, 2020 17:52:17 GMT -5
So you've already walled up the bodies you plan on hiding in there? Trying to hide corpses behind drywall is a terrible idea for sooooo many reasons....
- Dissolve corpse in lye solution (pro-tip: purchase lye with cash at chemical/pool supply stores in multiple counties/states)
- Slowly adjust back to pH-neutral (this makes step 3 much easier, but it does increase overall volume for step 4 --again pool-supply stores are your friends: wear different throwaway baseball caps and remember to bring cash)
- Use industrial mixer to grind up any remaining solids (look for used restaurant supplies on Craigslist --bonus: after you wash it out, you can make frozen Margaritas by the garbage-can-full)
- Pour small batches of remaining solution into city storm sewer --preferably from multiple, widely-separated locations; ideally, plan a road trip to at least three different cities
Yeesh. You humans *invented* murder. How do you forget good evidence-disposal practices so easily?
Hello NSA/FBI surveillance. I have not actually murdered anybody and disposed of their corpse. I am a harmless lizard --albeit one who has watched/read a lot of mysteries/police procedurals and done some related thinking.
Gah, that just sounds like so much work. It exhausted me just finding out whether to use lime or quicklime to cover 'em up in the backyard. |
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Post by Portrait in Flesh on Jul 25, 2020 17:55:13 GMT -5
Went in this afternoon for a "working interview." Ended up getting a key to the office and was told to lock up at the end of the day. (The attorney had to leave early.) I guess they like me. And do you like them? What is the job going to be? I'm not entirely certain yet, but I am having some concerns. It's a PT position, and I was told that mostly I'd be handling phone duties, mail, and some court filings. Maybe a little by way of discovery if I work out OK. It's a very, very small office, basically just the attorney and his investigator/general dogsbody. His front desk person (who I assumed I'd be stepping in for until the position is actually filled) is gone. As is his office manager. And apparently he now wants me to take on office manager duties as well, including billing, which I have never done and frankly have no interest in doing. Tallying billable hours is one thing. Handling AP/AR and other bookkeeping stuff is something else entirely. Sure, I'm a fast learner, but if I'm expected to juggle too many balls (apart from, you know, the general legal work (which is time-consuming enough) that I've repeatedly told by him I've been hired for at an expensive price), then it's not going to work out. I've done "too much" before, and it led to a nervous breakdown. Give me what I know how to do (or can bone up quickly on), and I'm pretty damn good at it. But when I'm given tasks which don't fit in with my particular skill set, then...I don't know. I'd like for this to work out. I don't realistically have decades left of useful work life expectancy left in me, and if I plan to be able to feed my beasts as long as I can I need a reliable source of income. Plus this place is only a 10-minute commute. Then again, this is countered by the exorbitant parking fee. I've been told six, maybe seven times over a three-day period that I'm being paid top dollar for what I'm doing and that I'm "pretty expensive." That...rubs me wrong. (Actually, of the three assignments I've placed with my temp agency, this is the worst paid.) It's only supposed to be PT position. I'll give it another week to see if my misgivings dissipate. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jul 25, 2020 18:28:26 GMT -5
And do you like them? What is the job going to be? I'm not entirely certain yet, but I am having some concerns. It's a PT position, and I was told that mostly I'd be handling phone duties, mail, and some court filings. Maybe a little by way of discovery if I work out OK. It's a very, very small office, basically just the attorney and his investigator/general dogsbody. His front desk person (who I assumed I'd be stepping in for until the position is actually filled) is gone. As is his office manager. And apparently he now wants me to take on office manager duties as well, including billing, which I have never done and frankly have no interest in doing. Tallying billable hours is one thing. Handling AP/AR and other bookkeeping stuff is something else entirely. Sure, I'm a fast learner, but if I'm expected to juggle too many balls (apart from, you know, the general legal work (which is time-consuming enough) that I've repeatedly told by him I've been hired for at an expensive price), then it's not going to work out. I've done "too much" before, and it led to a nervous breakdown. Give me what I know how to do (or can bone up quickly on), and I'm pretty damn good at it. But when I'm given tasks which don't fit in with my particular skill set, then...I don't know. I'd like for this to work out. I don't realistically have decades left of useful work life expectancy left in me, and if I plan to be able to feed my beasts as long as I can I need a reliable source of income. Plus this place is only a 10-minute commute. Then again, this is countered by the exorbitant parking fee. I've been told six, maybe seven times over a three-day period that I'm being paid top dollar for what I'm doing and that I'm "pretty expensive." That...rubs me wrong. (Actually, of the three assignments I've placed with my temp agency, this is the worst paid.) It's only supposed to be PT position. I'll give it another week to see if my misgivings dissipate. We shall see. I find myself wondering why everyone else cleared out... |
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Post by Deeky on Jul 26, 2020 23:36:48 GMT -5
Primered. (Or is it "primed"?)  |
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Post by Lemmy Caution on Jul 27, 2020 0:53:32 GMT -5
Trying to hide corpses behind drywall is a terrible idea for sooooo many reasons....
- Dissolve corpse in lye solution (pro-tip: purchase lye with cash at chemical/pool supply stores in multiple counties/states)
- Slowly adjust back to pH-neutral (this makes step 3 much easier, but it does increase overall volume for step 4 --again pool-supply stores are your friends: wear different throwaway baseball caps and remember to bring cash)
- Use industrial mixer to grind up any remaining solids (look for used restaurant supplies on Craigslist --bonus: after you wash it out, you can make frozen Margaritas by the garbage-can-full)
- Pour small batches of remaining solution into city storm sewer --preferably from multiple, widely-separated locations; ideally, plan a road trip to at least three different cities
Yeesh. You humans *invented* murder. How do you forget good evidence-disposal practices so easily?
Hello NSA/FBI surveillance. I have not actually murdered anybody and disposed of their corpse. I am a harmless lizard --albeit one who has watched/read a lot of mysteries/police procedurals and done some related thinking.
Gah, that just sounds like so much work. It exhausted me just finding out whether to use lime or quicklime to cover 'em up in the backyard. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing properly... |
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Post by Billy A. Anderson on Jul 27, 2020 17:21:32 GMT -5
Good progress, Deeky, a lot faster than a slow poke procrastinator like myself who would probably not even have the drywall all put up yet.
Is this project entirely solo on your part, or did you have any help from anyone else?
I can well believe that a well motivated person who likes and enjoys this type of work can do it all by themselves with no help from anyone, and that's how a lot of my work is done.
I prefer doing it all by myself if possible, because I think when no one else is involved, I can get things fixed to my satisfaction.
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Post by Billy A. Anderson on Jul 27, 2020 17:29:32 GMT -5
PS to Deeky: Hope the basement room turns out to your satisfaction.
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Post by Deeky on Jul 27, 2020 19:07:09 GMT -5
Is this project entirely solo on your part, or did you have any help from anyone else? My boyfriend helped with applying the joint compound as well as loaning me his miter saw. But otherwise it's just been me. |
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Nice! 
