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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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All right, then. I won't worry any more about having to remove the one from the roof of my car. It's a Mitty-autographed Binford 6100 twin-barreled Bofors-inspired 40 mm that I use to deal with idiots on the road. It aims where I'm looking without my having to wear any special optical sighting devices.
I still want my own "Blue Thunder" helicopter. I could fly high above everything, generally unbothered, but still have the option to blow any annoyances to smithereens. :thumbsup:
 
If ever there is a day to get baked, it's today. This afternoon at 40 minutes before 5 is ideal.

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Physical therapy after bilateral knee replacements also means a home skills assessment. I baked a cake. I imagine mens get to caulk enclosures and such?

No, our test is much more difficult. We have to interact with at least one woman for five minutes without saying something pig-stupid. It's a killer.
 
Therefore! :woot:
  • Drill only the minimum size hole needed for the conduit, and thoroughly caulk both ends of it, inside and out.
  • Put the outlet on its own breaker, and switch it off at the panel when it's not in use.
  • Encase the outlet in metal weatherproof enclosure (rated for wet areas, not just "damp") with a built-in padlock hasp.
  • Close & lock the enclosure when not in use.
  • Caulk the edges of the enclosure anywhere it meets the wall.
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Post dual iron lions to protect the premises.
 
Post dual iron lions to protect the premises.

Both lions visible here at the NBD of this bass almost three years ago :p

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Edit. I like the Gotoh Res-o-lite 350 tuning machines the bass wears now.
 
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I still want my own "Blue Thunder" helicopter. I could fly high above everything, generally unbothered, but still have the option to blow any annoyances to smithereens. :thumbsup:

The toy one on Mars costed $80 Million, factor in salaries and facilities and costs are a lot more. Maybe NASA can loan you something considering that you paid for some of it.
 
In the shops, a lot of kids cringe when you say cash. They can’t make change in their head and need a calculator.
Truth! I once paid for a $0.75 toll coming out of the Halifax airport with a very old Canadian $1 bill that was hidden in my passport wallet. Heck, twonies had been in circulation for some time. Loonies had been around forever. Anyway, the lady gave me $19.25 change, because the old $1 bill was very similar in color to the current CAD$20 bill.

I was a good boy, though. I sat there for a bit until she realized her mistake. She told me she hadn't seen one since forever and didn't have anywhere in her cash drawer to put it! Ha. I kept the quarter and returned the $19.
 
The Thing That's Still Going Around No Matter What Else Is Say means many people refuse to handle cash. My primary coffee pusher started doing this, and I see little chance it will change When It's Not Going Around For The Moment. Electronic transactions means nobody has to handle someone's manky bills and $deity who knows where they've been :jawdrop:
the bills or the people

the upshot is people too poor to carry plastic have to buy cards-for-cash. Which means someone or something wholly unrelated to what would have been a clean cash transaction is making money on the deal
There's some FILTHY money out there.

I was in the Admiral's Club at Heathrow, waiting for my onward flight east when I ran into a colleague returning to the U.S. from India. While we were talking, he put his hands in his pockets, only to quickly withdraw them, holding a handful of India's currency in his right hand. He apologized and went to the bathroom to wash his hands before doing ANYTHING else.
 
Truth! I once paid for a $0.75 toll coming out of the Halifax airport with a very old Canadian $1 bill that was hidden in my passport wallet. Heck, twonies had been in circulation for some time. Loonies had been around forever. Anyway, the lady gave me $19.25 change, because the old $1 bill was very similar in color to the current CAD$20 bill.

I was a good boy, though. I sat there for a bit until she realized her mistake. She told me she hadn't seen one since forever and didn't have anywhere in her cash drawer to put it! Ha. I kept the quarter and returned the $19.
My daughter worked retail for a short time ~20 years ago. Even then she'd hafta ask her manager what to do with 50 cent pieces and $2 bills. Generally under the cash drawer. I have a bunch of 50 cent coins and a few $2 bills that I hang on to because I can. Oh. Also a coupla $1 coins. Those get a look when you 'pass' one-like WTH is this?:wacky:
 
The Euro is so much easier for me to deal with. There's a 5 Euro note that stays in my wallet. Have a couple lire coins too! Using the ATM to withdraw 300,000 lire is a trip.
I used to have a 'lire' for my tenor sax for marching band. Or are we talking 'bout sumpin' else.:rolleyes:
 
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