What Pleased You Today!

[crazyjim]

I'm trying Carl.

[Snake45]

On 5/21/2023 at 11:10 AM, crazyjim said:

Friday marked 6 weeks since the installation of my pacemaker.  Saturday I did a little bit of yardwork and today I trimmed and cut the grass.  Feeling pretty good - for an old guy.  Tomorrow I plan to do some general weeding.

Good for you! About one year ago, I had mechanical heart valves put in. A couple weeks ago I noticed my overall muscle tone had gone completely to hell, so I started riding a bike. The first few days it took everything I had to make it to the top of the slight hill at the end of my block--in low gear. Now I am doing two blocks, then one block over, then two blocks back and one block over--six in total! (Although, truth to tell, some of the return trip is downhill.) And most days, I'm doing that twice a day! 

[Snake45]

On 5/21/2023 at 3:02 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining, birds are singing, air smells like wild roses and honeysuckle.

I have too much paperwork to get through today to take a hike, but I slipped the leash long enough to walk the 2 miles to the store and back.

Fixin' to have a tomato sandwich for lunch. Life is good.   

EDIT: I find it helps me deal with big, difficult things to be mindful and thankful for the small things.  

ABSOLUTELY! I keep telling The Lovely Mrs. Snake that one of the reasons she's so depressed alla time is that she doesn't appreciate anything; she isn't truly grateful for what she has. Apparently she doesn't believe me. 

When the Late Great Prophet Warren Zevon, with one foot in the grave, gave his last interview on the Letterman show, Letterman asked him something like, "Going through this experience, do you now know something that the rest of us don't know?" And Zevon rather famously replied, "Not unless it's just to enjoy every sandwich." This ultimately became the title of his posthumous tribute album. 

https://www.salon.com/2015/05/20/enjoy_every_sandwich_david_lettermans_most_heartbreaking_show_ever/

 

 

 

 

[bobthehobbyguy]

Snake was wondering how your bike riding was going. Keep up the good work.

[Calb56]

It's the little things...

[Mike C]

 I just wanted to tell you a little story about my watch winder that I was able to fix easily and cheaply. I got it about a year ago, after about 6 months it started acting up. It seems now when I remove a watch I need to replace it with another to keep it balanced so it can still spin them around. But after another 6 months it started getting worse. I would have to tap it to get it to go, but it continued getting worse. And I noticed it was squealing when trying to turn. So I figured there must be a belt in the gearbox. So, it was easy to open up, all that's needed is a Philips head screwdriver. So I opened up the gearbox and there was an orange "O"-ring belt, it looked a little greasy. So when I removed it for cleaning it broke into 4 pieces. So off to Home Depot. I went to the plumbing dept. and found the right size pretty quickly, a pack of 10 for $3.13, so it was a cheap and easy fix, it's like new again.

What I want to add is that it naturally had bad reviews (it was from Amazon). I edited my review as these problems happened including how I repaired it. But I get the impression that I'm the only one that figured out this cheap and easy repair. Here's the watch winder:

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Edited May 25, 2023 by Mike C

[cobraman]

Nice cool morning for a walk . 

[cobraman]

Looks like my video did not transfer, sorry. 

[JollySipper]

5 minutes ago, cobraman said:

Looks like my video did not transfer, sorry. 

I can see it just fine........ 

[iamsuperdan]

My daughter turns 16 this summer, and is going to need a car.

And I have a lead on a good candidate, so I might have another VW project in the driveway soon.

Going to have a look tomorrow.

 

[cobraman]

13 hours ago, JollySipper said:

I can see it just fine........ 

That's strange, I get a can not find message. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

52 minutes ago, cobraman said:

That's strange, I get a can not find message. 

Me too...

[slusher]

17 hours ago, cobraman said:

Looks like my video did not transfer, sorry. 

Real nice video Ray..

[HomerS]

8 hours ago, iamsuperdan said:

'My daughter turns 16 this summer, and is going to need a car.

And I have a lead on a good candidate, so I might have another VW project in the driveway soon.

Going to have a look tomorrow.

 

My youngest turned 16 in November but he was in no rush to get his license.  He'll get the 'new to him' 2003 Durango.  4.7L so not a speed demon when moving that much SUV.  He's not driving the wife Crew Cab Dodge Ram (hemi equipped) and I'm marginally responsible with the Genesis G80 (AWD)

[Ace-Garageguy]

23 hours ago, cobraman said:

Looks like my video did not transfer, sorry. 

It depends on which browser you're using. I can see it on Firefox.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

Finished this month's-end paperwork just now, probably going to steal a little bench time after a quick sandwich.   

[Engine 51]

Magic Keyboard for my iPad. Really like this thing. A little spendy, but my wife made it an early Father’s Day gift. 

[John M.]

I'm finally started to get out of my modeling slump and started to work on a couple of built cars of over a dozen that I've been neglecting for a while due to my schedule at work and other things going on. Nothing big. They just need minor reassembling each. It's my weekend off and have all the time I need.

[jaymcminn]

On 5/25/2023 at 8:31 AM, Mike C said:

 I just wanted to tell you a little story about my watch winder that I was able to fix easily and cheaply. I got it about a year ago, after about 6 months it started acting up. It seems now when I remove a watch I need to replace it with another to keep it balanced so it can still spin them around. But after another 6 months it started getting worse. I would have to tap it to get it to go, but it continued getting worse. And I noticed it was squealing when trying to turn. So I figured there must be a belt in the gearbox. So, it was easy to open up, all that's needed is a Philips head screwdriver. So I opened up the gearbox and there was an orange "O"-ring belt, it looked a little greasy. So when I removed it for cleaning it broke into 4 pieces. So off to Home Depot. I went to the plumbing dept. and found the right size pretty quickly, a pack of 10 for $3.13, so it was a cheap and easy fix, it's like new again.

What I want to add is that it naturally had bad reviews (it was from Amazon). I edited my review as these problems happened including how I repaired it. But I get the impression that I'm the only one that figured out this cheap and easy repair. Here's the watch winder:

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Orient Sun and Moon! I have the white dial version. 

[stavanzer]

Watching Game One of the Stanley Cup with the family.

Kids and Grandkids, and Pizza & Chips.

Im taking a break to keep the Amazon Parrot company so he does not freak out.

[bobthehobbyguy]

Well went to go to run an errands and had my battery give up. Now at least this was at home. Second I have several appointments this week and next week and not having my car would have been an issue. In addition I can get a ride from my sister tomorrow to get another battery. Looked at date on the battery and it was purchased in August of 2018 so I got 5 years out of a 3 year warranty battery.

[Engine 51]

Got to go thru the Dearborn truck assembly plant, and as an added bonus, also went thru the REV Plant (Rouge Electric Vehicle). I was able to get up close and personal in both plants. Started at the beginning and walked all the way to the ship out “Guard Shack”.  The ICE plant as they call it (internal combustion engine) was 2004 tech. Hot, loud and with multiple lines for each operation (trim lines for example). The Lightning plant (REV) is 2023 tech. Whole different world. Air conditioned, quiet, much more open and the “line” stops at each station for about six minutes. The output of that plant is set to go way up over the next year or so. It was the most fun I’ve had in a long time and I’m thankful I had the opportunity to do it.

Edited June 6, 2023 by Engine 51

[Ace-Garageguy]

Only the second time since 2016, one of the companies I work with has been able to find a young person who wants to work on cool cars, and who has the requisite mechanical aptitude and work ethic.

Kid's 17, decided he wanted to learn about cars when he was 12. Started hanging around a family friend's resto shop, eventually got put to work part time sweeping, etc. 

By the time he was 15, after having learned the basics of a variety of shop operations, including welding, he bought a rusty basket case '70 Chevelle SS396 with money he'd been saving from the beginning. So far he's replaced all the rusty floors and done the bodywork himself, and our painter helped him shoot it in our booth. Not up to our standards, but for a kid's first paint job, it's very nice.

The shop has him doing the entry-level grunt work, and he never complains. He works all the time he's there, and I haven't caught him once playing on his phone, or hiding.

He's also polite without being a suckup, speaks well, seems plenty intelligent to do something "white collar", and offers to help everyone else in the shop in any way he can. Plus, he wants to learn...and when he doesn't know something, he admits it instead of trying to bluff his way through by pretending (which never works around guys who know their stuff from doing it for decades).

Cool kid. 

 

Edited June 7, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[porschercr]

1 hour ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Only the second time since 2016, one of the companies I work with has been able to find a young person who wants to work on cool cars, and who has the requisite mechanical aptitude and work ethic.

Kid's 17, decided he wanted to learn about cars when he was 12. Started hanging around a family friend's resto shop, eventually got put to work part time sweeping, etc. 

By the time he was 15, after having learned the basics of a variety of shop operations, including welding, he bought a rusty basket case '70 Chevelle SS396 with money he'd been saving from the beginning. So far he's replaced all the rusty floors and done the bodywork himself, and our painter helped him shoot it in our booth. Not up to our standards, but for a kid's first paint job, it's very nice.

The shop has him doing the entry-level grunt work, and he never complains. He works all the time he's there, and I haven't caught him once playing on his phone, or hiding.

He's also polite without being a suckup, speaks well, seems plenty intelligent to do something "white collar", and offers to help everyone else in the shop in any way he can. Plus, he wants to learn...and when he doesn't know something, he admits it instead of trying to bluff his way through by pretending (which never works around guys who know their stuff from doing it for decades).

Cool kid. 

 

Sounds like a keeper. Very rare to find those qualities now a days.

[Ace-Garageguy]

5 minutes ago, porschercr said:

Sounds like a keeper. Very rare to find those qualities now a days.

Yup. Hard to find those qualities in older "experienced" guys too.

Last self-styled "fabricator" the other shop hired tried to make a trans mount from old rusty exhaust tubing hammered flat, bent, and brazed.

Geez. ?