Had a customer with save the environment stickers all over back of vehicle. Check engine light is on. Needs a new catalytic converter. $1300 worth.

Wants to know if they can keep driving it for another year. Budget constraints.

So what about that save the environment stuff??

- woodbutcherbynight

Will it run without a proper converter? I have been told by friends their Ford trucks require a $5,000 tune-up every few years when they shut down due to pollution controls plugging up.

 

The hit song, called "Fake Woke", reached Number One across all genres on Saturday despite MacDonald not having a record label, manager, or distribution network.

Tom MacDonald - "Fake Woke"

- Desert_Woodworker

Too bad that isn't closed captioned ;-))

 

Corelz- maybe a snowstorm joke tonight?

Major Storm Slams the Northeast, Crippling Air Travel and Closing Subway
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/01/us/winter-storm-snow

- Desert_Woodworker

Nope, no joke ;-( "In Allentown, Penn., the police said they responded to a call that a 67-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease had walked away from her home early Monday morning. She was later found lying in the snow, dead from hypothermia, according to the county coroner."

 

It started snowing last night and hasnt stopped. The winter storm warning is in effect until 6 am tomorrow. Had 14" this afternoon by about 4pm. Made me order a new snow blower tonight. Now i'm gonna have to build another shed to store this one in.

 

Corelz- I was thinking of you and the Dire wolf- may it give some solace…

Key with a vet collar which in my opinion is worse than a snow storm…

 

So the pall falls over the joke- and yet we LJocks from the North know snow… I lived in Michigan. No specific jokes I remember many hardships in minus 0… Yet society went to work, flu, snow, and schools… moral of the story we adapted… For people who haven't experienced snow… it is part of life. As a kid throwing snowballs (I will never admit to what I threw snowballs at) to the hardships that the storm threw at us…

Adapt or perish…

The memory of the past- rubber galoshes… the 4 buckle was the best…

 

USPS is NOT allowed to wear those things….4" of snow, and they just can;t deliver any mail…...in OHIO? Really?

I am not allowed to use the snow shovel, anymore….but, I will pay a kid tomorrow to shovel my sidewalk up to my porch step…..and no farther….mail box is right there at the step….close enough.

There be a lid in the clamps, now…

Sized to fit that box back there…..

 

Just got in, busy night gluing the foam to the inside pieces of a small box I am making for my Dad. Will hold 4 small weights for holding maps down for search and rescue work. These are nice heavy polished brass one's. two are magnifying glasses, one is a compass and the last one is a clock. All the same diameter. He wanted a box to house them that could take being dropped. And no nails or screws. Pictures tomorrow.

 

Thanks for proofreading and the suggestions guys. That goes to the city council meeting public comments and is limited to 350 words. I did change "no" to "generally" and "stupid" to "callus." Normally I use the psychological definition of stupid instead of the word; conscious and willful ignoring fact motivated by greed, narcissism, and tribal instincts. Being limited to 350 words I chose the term. I'm not worried about them ignoring me these days, this BS started a decade ago. The local news media ignores their negligence. I asked one of the reporters about it. He said the city says everything met standards when it was installed. Since that is all they will say, he says he has nothing to pursue. He could verify facts, eh?

- TopamaxSurvivor

I wish you well in this quest, and to me and others here it seems like a reasonable and responsible thing for these people to carefully consider and act upon it. But this being politics, I suspect they will continue to kick it down the curb and wait until AFTER the disaster before pointing blame on anyone but themselves. Very sad.

 

We had no snow at all last winter so making up for it this year. It is what It is. No work for me for 2 days. No complaints since we been working tons of hours. Dire wolf doesn't mind the snow. Yea that old saying the USPS had is long gone. The boxes should be interesting.

 

We had no snow at all last winter so making up for it this year. It is what It is. No work for me for 2 days. No complaints since we been working tons of hours. Dire wolf doesn t mind the snow. Yea that old saying the USPS had is long gone. The boxes should be interesting.

- corelz125

Has Pottz sent some relief food there is cooking at the pit did he send "rescue food"?

I have some Hot pockets and Paw Cookies if needed…

 

double

 

Hmmm..warming up with some ZZ Top…then Cosmo Factory by CCR…..then some FOGHAT….should get things going on a Bummer Monday….

 

I wish you well in this quest, and to me and others here it seems like a reasonable and responsible thing for these people to carefully consider and act upon it. But this being politics, I suspect they will continue to kick it down the curb and wait until AFTER the disaster before pointing blame on anyone but themselves. Very sad.

- woodbutcherbynight

Thanks for the good wishes. I have concluded it is not politics, it is organized crime. When management willfully and intentionally ignores safety standards resulting in injury and death, it is murder. It is not accidental when it was an intentional decision. Boeing is the most recent killing 346. They basically plead guilty to criminal fraud https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/boeing-charged-737-max-fraud-conspiracy-and-agrees-pay-over-25-billion . Pacific Gas and Electric plead guilty to 84 murders in the Paradise fire https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pg-e-pleads-guilty-84-counts-manslaughter-devastating-camp-fire-n1231256 The Wall Street Journal reported in March 2019 they lied to regulators about maintenance and took the money for upper management bonuses for a decade. The killed had a couple of dozen in previous fires.

Kimberly Clark killed over 500 with defective surgical gowns. Their CEO was on 60 Minutes arguing the failure rates weren't as high as reported by testing. His position was the ones that fell apart when taken out of the box were not tested so they did not fail. Management ordered the pins taken out of a crane being disassembled in Seattle to speed it up and save a buck. They killed 4 when it collapsed. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/findings-of-investigation-into-fatal-april-crane-collapse-to-be-released/ It goes on and on.

The first time I stood up to one of these bullies the idiot was exhausting heaters into a hospital we were building to save heat. 35 guys would have been in deep trouble in a couple of hours. He told me he would have me removed from the job if I didn't get back to work. I told him he had better hurry. I am going to pick up my tools and call Labor and Industries to come search for survivors when I pass a payphone.

These Management Massacres are very common. Unless managers face prosecution and the death penalty for ignoring safety standards, it will continue. Boeing's CEO took $60 million when he left Boeing. He would have $40 million more but the board cut off his severance. If they hanged the B@$7@*d that would get worldwide attention and should be a deterrent. They claim it isn't a deterrent for most criminals, but they really don't have much to lose. These millionaire and gubbermint managers do have a lot to lose.

 

USPS is NOT allowed to wear those things….4" of snow, and they just can;t deliver any mail…...in OHIO? Really?

I am not allowed to use the snow shovel, anymore….but, I will pay a kid tomorrow to shovel my sidewalk up to my porch step…..and no farther….mail box is right there at the step….close enough.

There be a lid in the clamps, now…

Sized to fit that box back there…..

- bandit571

4" stops the PO! Sissies reign supreme today.

If you can't shovel more shop time, eh?

 

4" stops the PO! Sissies reign supreme today.

- TopamaxSurvivor

Expanding on this theme: My wife watches alot of Netflix series, so shes sitting on the sofa watching on a laptop, while I am at my desk reading. And I overhear the dialogue. Something that I have noticed is that all the men seem to speak in this restricted, hushed, I-am-so-emotional tone, like they are trying to be sensitive like women or something. I suspect this trend started with the Batman, maybe. Anyway, this drives me nuts because it is so contrived and fake and limp-noodle-armed. Men dont speak like that, ever. Eastwood, Newman, McQueen, Cooper, Brando, Connery, all played the "sensitive" type, but mostly these were guys you didnt want to be messing with.

Then, we have the Boogaloo Bois and the Proud Boys and all the other Boys. Where are the MEN!

Magnificent 7 - kick a$$ and take names later.

James Coburn - Cat Ballou - now that was a role model! (sarc/)

 

DW I'm a little slow at times.

I used to make money shoveling snow!

Wildwood - think Hallmark channel .

 

Dry fitted #3 insert this morning. Passed so will give back another coat of finish tonight. Might be ready by Friday.

 

Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. It's six more weeks of winter

 

Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow. It s six more weeks of winter

- Desert_Woodworker

I'm sending up few of my wife's cats, groundhog season is open. LOL

 

This Chamfer plane is not what you think. Bought it on Amazon for about 20 bucks.

The blade needed sharpening badly, and I had to remove the paint in the "V" sole, but after that it works great.

It did not come with all the blades as promoted, I did write a note to the MFG and Amazon. No word yet. What I really wanted was the 1/8" round over. So I ordered that from the company that makes the original in a hope that the threads are the same.

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."-Leonardo Da Vinci

 

Petey- your post was interesting for I still love new types of tools and gadgets.

Here is a homemade version that I found interesting… but for $20 I would go with what you have

Easy to make chamfer plane

 

4" stops the PO! Sissies reign supreme today.

- TopamaxSurvivor

Expanding on this theme: My wife watches alot of Netflix series, so shes sitting on the sofa watching on a laptop, while I am at my desk reading. And I overhear the dialogue. Something that I have noticed is that all the men seem to speak in this restricted, hushed, I-am-so-emotional tone, like they are trying to be sensitive like women or something. I suspect this trend started with the Batman, maybe. Anyway, this drives me nuts because it is so contrived and fake and limp-noodle-armed. Men dont speak like that, ever. Eastwood, Newman, McQueen, Cooper, Brando, Connery, all played the "sensitive" type, but mostly these were guys you didnt want to be messing with.

Then, we have the Boogaloo Bois and the Proud Boys and all the other Boys. Where are the MEN!

Magnificent 7 - kick a$$ and take names later.

James Coburn - Cat Ballou - now that was a role model! (sarc/)

- wildwoodbybrianjohns

Not being able to hear Netflix sounds like a good deal ;-))

 

Two F-16´s did a flyover today, thought it would be fun to fly 4" above my house and try to blow out all my windows. Gosh, those suckers are loud - and fast. Took them all of a 1/2 second to clear the valley.

I think the dogs are traumatized, maybe have some nightmares tonight.

Fun history facts:

During the Spanish Civil War, the Italian Aviazione Legionaria and the German Legion Condor, both bomber divisions, were stationed on Mallorca.