What did you do today....other than work on your car!?

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Same as yesterday...

 

[Cranky]

Englishmen drink warm beer because Lucas made refrigerators too!

 

[cosgig]

Assembled a new Weber grille to replace the old 15+ year old Weber grille.

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There’s got to be over a hundred bucks worth of packing material that goes into boxing one of these things up!
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Crazy isn’t it? And, there’s actually an entire industry of packaging engineers to design this ****, so we end up with a bunch of useless packaging. Yay for us!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Crazy isn’t it? And, there’s actually an entire industry of packaging engineers to design this ****, so we end up with a bunch of useless packaging. Yay for us!

Yeah, getting everything to fit just right in specifically designed boxes, wrappings and Styrofoam is a whole science unto itself.

 

[MarPar]

Assembled a new Weber grille to replace the old 15+ year old Weber grille.

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There’s got to be over a hundred bucks worth of packing material that goes into boxing one of these things up!
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15 year old Weber?? Pffft. Just getting broken in and seasoned. lol

 

[cosgig]

Yeah, getting everything to fit just right in specifically designed boxes, wrappings and Styrofoam is a whole science unto itself.

Yep, a much better method than my method of putting an ad on my local community website looking for swimming pool solar covers that folks may be throwing away. Some people call it garbage, I call it miles of bubble wrap!

 

[Richard Cranium]

15 year old Weber?? Pffft. Just getting broken in and seasoned. lol

It could even be older than 15 years for all I know? I've had to replace a few parts over the years, but the cover & some other pieces were rotting pretty badly. It served us well using it several times a week throughout all 4 seasons.

 

[Cranky]

Repurposed a 10x20 aquarium stand to be a microwave stand....that was yesterday. Kinda sucks not having plentiful wood working tools anymore but got reminded of why I don't lol. Today was a bit of housework....finished cutting up a spiral cut ham and got it into containers and into the 'regurgitator' then cleaned up some of the turkey day left overs and dirty pots and pans. After that, went out into the shop and did a few odds and ends that I've been putting off.

Drilling the 10 holes for the lift install. This was flat out the hardest concrete I have ever drilled. Burned up a new double cut bit and finally had to resort to a quad cut, and it was still a PIA. What should have taken a couple of hours at most (allowing for the drill to cool), ended up taking two half days.

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Rather beat my head against a wall than drill concrete!!

View attachment 1764445 New washer Day before thanksgiving and the wife is happy. Only 6 year’s of use.

My washer is probably 15 or more....and the dryer is no telling as it came from the SOTR Discount. All it needed was a door switch. Picked it up for scrap but once looking it over, saw that it was pretty nice and then checked the switch. Yup....broken. That 'new' dryer replaced a dryer that was probably 25 years old and on it's last leg.

I replaced mine, plus the wheelbarrow, with solid tires that won't go flat.

Have two hand trucks....one with hard tires and one with pneumatic. I like the pneumatic better unless I'm moving something thats over 200+ lbs.

Bolted down the lift columns today. Floor was not level so a couple of shims were needed. Ten bolts torqued to 125 ft/lbs would not have been a problem ten years ago. Today, they kicked my *** a little but they are bolted down and plumb all around. Guess I am starting to show my age a little (very little)! NOPE, I blame it on the wrench being so close to the ground that it was hard to get my back muscles to help!

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Cheater pipe maybe?

My youngest out of the blue a few weeks ago got tickets and treated my wife and I to the Flyers/Rangers game yesterday. 50/50 money got up there. The money people spend down there is insane as it was a packed house and our tickets and parking was $785. Other than traffic it was a great game, great seats and a great time.

EDIT: Best part was I caught a shirt that was shot into the crowd so I gave it to my kid.

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Must be a lot of people walking around that are making good money or are in debt.....

 

[Photon440]

Have two hand trucks....one with hard tires and one with pneumatic. I like the pneumatic better unless I'm moving something thats over 200+ lbs.

I agree, hard tires are good only on smooth concrete. But I use the flat free tires that look and act like they have air in them. I don't know if they're foam filled or whatever, but they bounce like a regular tire.

 

[440 4 speed]

It could even be older than 15 years for all I know? I've had to replace a few parts over the years, but the cover & some other pieces were rotting pretty badly. It served us well using it several times a week throughout all 4 seasons.

About 4 years ago, the front burner on our 1989 Weber malfunctioned. Tried but could not get parts. So I moved the middle burner and port to the front. Still working, just have to think differently, still would like to find a replacement.
As long as I can turn the gas on, we bbq. Did a Christmas turkey at -25F one year.

 

[MarPar]

Did a Christmas turkey at -25F one year.

Nice!

We roasted a pig for Christmas (Cuban tradition) a few years back in -10*F.

From Left: The Old Man, my youngest brother and yours truly. Middle brother couldn't make it. Had to work.

 

[71RRHI]

Got tired of turkey leftovers. Since Fedex ruined the brisket I planned to smoke today. Smoked a rack of pork instead.

 

[71RRHI]

Nice!

We roasted a pig for Christmas (Cuban tradition) a few years back in -10*F.

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I love the way the skin comes out so crispy in those la caja boxes

 

[YY1]

The harbor freight flat free tires for wheelbarrows are pretty nice.
I have them on my 2 wheel conversion barrow and my lawn trailer.
$25 each when I bought them. Now $45.
I wish they made them in hand truck size.

You can use spray foam insulation in hand truck tube tires but it's hit and miss and if it doesn't work the first time, you're done with a half full tube.

 

[junior340]

I raked leaf's and got blisters, luckily my neighbor came over and helped me rake. Cool people.

 

[68BabyBlue]

I agree, hard tires are good only on smooth concrete. But I use the flat free tires that look and act like they have air in them. I don't know if they're foam filled or whatever, but they bounce like a regular tire.
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The flat free tires have a foam insert instead of a tube. They've become popular for wheelchair use. They don't roll and handle quite as well as true pneumatic tires, but I like them for situations where you absolutely don't want to deal with a flat, like when I went to Mecum Kissimmee two years ago.

 

[MarPar]

I love the way the skin comes out so crispy in those la caja boxes

Those caja chinas work great.