dingoEsride
100 kW
Yeah, good to see that all is coming together and getting a fresh new start at the old house, that pic of your bike looks cool but can't see foot pegs or handle bars, a few cans of paint and it could look like a show bike
End of the World. Beginning of a new one. The Life of Amberwolf.
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No foot pegs; just using the pedals. (though this season I don't pedal much, if at all, cuz I hurt too much most of the time).dingoEsride said:
Handle bars are hard to see cuz they're inside the "dashboard" with the CA on it, and have "hand-windshield" guards around the grip areas, under the orange areas with black cat/dog on them. Can see them in the from-behind shot, not so well in the side shot.
Look at the CrazyBike2 thread in the last page or two for the details on that.
Paint...I don't think this bike will ever get paint on it again, unless it splashes up from the road from a spill or something. :lol: I'd like to paint it's replacement to actually look nice, but I doubt I even have the paint I'd planned to use on that anymore, and I probably won't go buy any now. Enough money wasted already on stuff lost to looters that doesnt' really have to be replaced, and can be lived without.
However...I am probably going to paint the *trailer* in DayGlo Pink, just to be more sure that people see it and don't come as close to scraping it as some have in the last two days, especially in parking lots, cuz I'd like to make Tiny (or any dog I'm carrying in it) as safe as I can. Probably not gonna happen *soon*, but eventually, once I find a good sale on the white primer and DayGlo Pink paints I'll need for it.
Just before going in to work today, I detoured south to the house to peek at progress. They were installing the laminate flooring, one person outside cutting pieces for edges of a room, I think. It's a kind of wooden (I think) laminate with what looked like plastic coating on top, made wiht interlocking edges. I couldn't clearly tell the color but I think it might be a little darker than the cabinetry, maybe the same shade.
Tile looked done for kitchen, bathrooms, and utility room. I coulnd't tell for sure but I think they had already done the bedrooms' flooring and were working on the front and back rooms at the same time.
I dind't have time to stop and talk and ask about things, had to head right off to work.
I did notice the dumpster was emptied and all the stuff I'd bagged up to go in there was already gone, but the unbagged stuff (except what wa sin their wheelbarrows) was still there, mostly, so I'll probably be puttin gthat stuff in there myself on Saturday, my next day off--the first of several in a row ostensibly to give me time to move back in and settle myself and Tiny in, though I still don't know if the house will be ready by then (should be, from what I can see).
Tile looked done for kitchen, bathrooms, and utility room. I coulnd't tell for sure but I think they had already done the bedrooms' flooring and were working on the front and back rooms at the same time.
I dind't have time to stop and talk and ask about things, had to head right off to work.
I did notice the dumpster was emptied and all the stuff I'd bagged up to go in there was already gone, but the unbagged stuff (except what wa sin their wheelbarrows) was still there, mostly, so I'll probably be puttin gthat stuff in there myself on Saturday, my next day off--the first of several in a row ostensibly to give me time to move back in and settle myself and Tiny in, though I still don't know if the house will be ready by then (should be, from what I can see).
bigmoose
1 MW
Amber, your new house looks spectacular! The kitchen looks huge! It's been a long time, but I'll bet you will enjoy having everything new and working in good order.
I guess it looks ok--it's not my style; though, and now that it's all new and stuff I won't be able to re-modify it all back to the way I can really use some things, like I was able to with the old worn-down stuff (that I had permission from the landlords to do whatever I wanted as long as it was an improvement or undoable before I left).
It is nice that since it is mostly new that everything will work, which is not how it had been even when we moved in, but for the moment that is all I can really say positively. It doesn't look the same, isn't arranged the same, and isn't "home" anymore. I knew that would be the case, but it still bothers me to walk inside the same walls and see a totally different place than where I lived. In a few years, or worst case a decade or two, maybe it will be "home" again, assuming I can afford to stay there with prices of everything else rising the way they are, and no changes in income (actually with income going down since I will have to pay the poor tax charged to all of us that cant' afford health insurance now).
Kitchen's not really that big, unfortunately--no bigger than it used to be. 12'x12', minus the space for the cabinetry and appliances on three sides. I wish I still had the old flatscreen monitor I wanted to put up over the sink for a "window" onto wherever I had a camera, like the backyard. I do still have small one with a video composite input that I will probably put there, if I sitll have and cna find my old USRobotics composite output webcam. Used to have two of them, dunno if either one was outside the burned room, though. (had a lot of "projects" stored in there that i worked on as time permitted, all of which are gone now, including some stuff for other people, and I didn't have a list of them so I will only know which ones are gone when I go to find them and they aren't findable anymore). If I don't have them anymore I am sure I can eventually find some other way to do it using thrift-store parts--ideally in HD so it will look more like a window and less like a TV screen.
Anyway, the kitchen will also still have my work table in the middle, though I only have the table*top* now, cuz the workers seem to have stolen the folding-table-top-cabinet that I had had in the middle; last I saw it they were using it inside the house during hte cleanup work, and hten one day it was gone, dind't see it in the dumpster, so.... I will have to build a replacement for that, eventually. Probably just stack bricks or boxes of stuff or something to hold up the table for now, once I move back in. I do still (for now, at least) have the old short cabinet that used to be in the southeast corner of the kitchen, and it has drawers, so I can use it with stuff stacked on it to make the table tall enough, until I cna come up with something else, if it turns out to be the right size to fit underneath.
I need to look around locally and see how much rolls of rubber sponge mats cost--the kind used in workshops and stuff--to replace the ones damaged or stolen, that I used over the tile before the fire, in the kitchen and front room and back room for working on stuff, for the major part of the year when I can't do the work outside cuz it's either too cold or too hot. I still have some of the long mats, but not most of them, and all of them have been outside not in sheds since the fire. Two of them I'd used out there before the fire, to work on stuff when the ground was wet or cold. Dunno how well they still work.
I also need to find replacement power cords for most of my appliances, as looters cut them off to steal them for scrap, and also took most of my wire I could've used to replace them with myself. Might still have some in the sheds, but wont' know for a while, and will need to put cords on the washer and fridges (I think one still has it's cord? not sure) immediately as I will need those as soon as I move back in. May also have to put a cord back on teh dryer, too, cuz I don't have a clothesline anymore either; will take some time to figure out a good place to put it (sheds are where it used to be) and find/make poles/etc to put it on.
I don't mean to sound gripey about all this stuff; just rambling about the things i need to find, do, etc. I guess I ought to just make a prioritized list. (I started to, but have lost the paper with it on there; have to do it on the laptop instead).
It is nice that since it is mostly new that everything will work, which is not how it had been even when we moved in, but for the moment that is all I can really say positively. It doesn't look the same, isn't arranged the same, and isn't "home" anymore. I knew that would be the case, but it still bothers me to walk inside the same walls and see a totally different place than where I lived. In a few years, or worst case a decade or two, maybe it will be "home" again, assuming I can afford to stay there with prices of everything else rising the way they are, and no changes in income (actually with income going down since I will have to pay the poor tax charged to all of us that cant' afford health insurance now).
Kitchen's not really that big, unfortunately--no bigger than it used to be. 12'x12', minus the space for the cabinetry and appliances on three sides. I wish I still had the old flatscreen monitor I wanted to put up over the sink for a "window" onto wherever I had a camera, like the backyard. I do still have small one with a video composite input that I will probably put there, if I sitll have and cna find my old USRobotics composite output webcam. Used to have two of them, dunno if either one was outside the burned room, though. (had a lot of "projects" stored in there that i worked on as time permitted, all of which are gone now, including some stuff for other people, and I didn't have a list of them so I will only know which ones are gone when I go to find them and they aren't findable anymore). If I don't have them anymore I am sure I can eventually find some other way to do it using thrift-store parts--ideally in HD so it will look more like a window and less like a TV screen.
Anyway, the kitchen will also still have my work table in the middle, though I only have the table*top* now, cuz the workers seem to have stolen the folding-table-top-cabinet that I had had in the middle; last I saw it they were using it inside the house during hte cleanup work, and hten one day it was gone, dind't see it in the dumpster, so.... I will have to build a replacement for that, eventually. Probably just stack bricks or boxes of stuff or something to hold up the table for now, once I move back in. I do still (for now, at least) have the old short cabinet that used to be in the southeast corner of the kitchen, and it has drawers, so I can use it with stuff stacked on it to make the table tall enough, until I cna come up with something else, if it turns out to be the right size to fit underneath.
I need to look around locally and see how much rolls of rubber sponge mats cost--the kind used in workshops and stuff--to replace the ones damaged or stolen, that I used over the tile before the fire, in the kitchen and front room and back room for working on stuff, for the major part of the year when I can't do the work outside cuz it's either too cold or too hot. I still have some of the long mats, but not most of them, and all of them have been outside not in sheds since the fire. Two of them I'd used out there before the fire, to work on stuff when the ground was wet or cold. Dunno how well they still work.
I also need to find replacement power cords for most of my appliances, as looters cut them off to steal them for scrap, and also took most of my wire I could've used to replace them with myself. Might still have some in the sheds, but wont' know for a while, and will need to put cords on the washer and fridges (I think one still has it's cord? not sure) immediately as I will need those as soon as I move back in. May also have to put a cord back on teh dryer, too, cuz I don't have a clothesline anymore either; will take some time to figure out a good place to put it (sheds are where it used to be) and find/make poles/etc to put it on.
I don't mean to sound gripey about all this stuff; just rambling about the things i need to find, do, etc. I guess I ought to just make a prioritized list. (I started to, but have lost the paper with it on there; have to do it on the laptop instead).
I guess I must really wanna go back to the house: Last night after work, instead of going up to Bill's to "go home", I automatically and unthinkingly went to the house instead, and was almost there before I realized I had gone (a couple of miles in the) wrong direction. :/
So I just went to the house anyway to see what progress there was, and since I wouldn't be getting in the way I went inside, using the phone as a flashlight since it was after 10pm already and totally dark. (no power yet).
Flooring is almost completely done, pile of baseboards in the kitchen ready to cut an dinstall, no countertops yet, no grout/mortar between tiles in tiled rooms, but everything else looks all done. There is hope that it will be done this week, or very early next (which is good, cuz my "vacation" to move back in starts tomorrow, and lasts until next Thursday, and next friday I go back in to work in the afternoon.
So I just went to the house anyway to see what progress there was, and since I wouldn't be getting in the way I went inside, using the phone as a flashlight since it was after 10pm already and totally dark. (no power yet).
Flooring is almost completely done, pile of baseboards in the kitchen ready to cut an dinstall, no countertops yet, no grout/mortar between tiles in tiled rooms, but everything else looks all done. There is hope that it will be done this week, or very early next (which is good, cuz my "vacation" to move back in starts tomorrow, and lasts until next Thursday, and next friday I go back in to work in the afternoon.
Spoke to Adam today and found that he's still waiting on the final city inspection, plus SRP to drop a new line and a new meter, before I can even begin to move back in. It's unlikely that either one will happen before end of next week or more likely the week after, so my vacation would be pointless.
I've passed that on to the bosses at work, in the hopes that they can reschedule it for later when the house will be ready for me to move back in.
However....it also means that I'll be here at Bill's much longer than anticipated, which could be a problem, as his sister (who actually owns the house) is coming back before then.... This creates at best some logistical problems, and at worst some conflicts between Tiny's "needs" and hers.
For my stuff that's here, since I'm not using hardly any of it and wont' need to until I am at the house again (or somewhere else other than Bill's if things work out to take too long), I could take a whole day this weekend at the house, with Tiny along as usual, and unpack a shed to see if I can make room in it for some/most of the stuff here, then borrow Bill as truck driver for a couple of loads of stuff to pack in there. But since I know there is not room in the sheds for hardly anything else, it means leaving a significant amount of stuff out in the weather and exposed to theft, etc. (even more exposed than already is in the sheds without anyone there to deter looters).
It still leaves the issue of Tiny, who gets agitated by noises, and barks at strangers in "her" territory, which by now she thinks the backyard is, probably even when she is in her pen/dogrun area (that hasn't been tested yet). I don't know that I have even a potential solution for that one.
Then there is the issue of me, since I've found that I really can't sleep well, hardly at all, unless I'm down there with Tiny, which means outside. I don't have a problme with it, but presently that means on the porch, where his sister likes to sit and read or smoke or whatever, and I think it would probably be pretty disturbing to her to have me there. I have a couple of ideas about that one, but don't know how well either would work or go over with them, so have to ponder and discuss them.
I guess this weekend I'll need to spend time sorting out what to do about all that, cuz at this point I think I've run out of brains for thought, and the worries and anxiety are mounting instead of going away.
I've passed that on to the bosses at work, in the hopes that they can reschedule it for later when the house will be ready for me to move back in.
However....it also means that I'll be here at Bill's much longer than anticipated, which could be a problem, as his sister (who actually owns the house) is coming back before then.... This creates at best some logistical problems, and at worst some conflicts between Tiny's "needs" and hers.
For my stuff that's here, since I'm not using hardly any of it and wont' need to until I am at the house again (or somewhere else other than Bill's if things work out to take too long), I could take a whole day this weekend at the house, with Tiny along as usual, and unpack a shed to see if I can make room in it for some/most of the stuff here, then borrow Bill as truck driver for a couple of loads of stuff to pack in there. But since I know there is not room in the sheds for hardly anything else, it means leaving a significant amount of stuff out in the weather and exposed to theft, etc. (even more exposed than already is in the sheds without anyone there to deter looters).
It still leaves the issue of Tiny, who gets agitated by noises, and barks at strangers in "her" territory, which by now she thinks the backyard is, probably even when she is in her pen/dogrun area (that hasn't been tested yet). I don't know that I have even a potential solution for that one.
Then there is the issue of me, since I've found that I really can't sleep well, hardly at all, unless I'm down there with Tiny, which means outside. I don't have a problme with it, but presently that means on the porch, where his sister likes to sit and read or smoke or whatever, and I think it would probably be pretty disturbing to her to have me there. I have a couple of ideas about that one, but don't know how well either would work or go over with them, so have to ponder and discuss them.
I guess this weekend I'll need to spend time sorting out what to do about all that, cuz at this point I think I've run out of brains for thought, and the worries and anxiety are mounting instead of going away.
Well, I checked and still have enough vacation time to take another week off once the house is ACTUALLY ready to move into, so I guess I'm taking this one anyway, and am off the next few days. I'll take the chance to rest up some, if I can, and go clean up more of the yard at the house. I don't really have a lot of choice anyway, since the hours I'd've worked are already assigned to others, and if I were to work we'd be over budget on hours, so someone else would have to take a vacation instead, and the only ones that could I guess don't want to or can't for other reasons (I'm not totally sure about that part). But I do want to take the time off, it's been so stressful thru the holidaze that I probalby need to even if I'm not doin anything constructive with the time.
I've realized that so far this year I haven't slept in a house or other "official" dwelling at all, just outside with Tiny. Right now due to the city delaying the final inspection and SRP delaying the power line and meter install, I'll probably still be sleeping outside when February comes. Could be worse--it could be July. :lol:
The rest of the house is basically done except for the coutnertops, grout in the floor tiles, and baseboards, and a few square feet of the floor in one of the rooms--one of the work crew estimated at most 2 days of work left on it, and that was only halfway thru yesterday so could be a lot less by now.
Unfortuantely until the city does their thing, I can't do any kind of moving bakc in at all; it' sjust not allowed I guess.
For now me and Tiny are still doing fine here at Bill's; she has lots of energy last few days and has run around in bursts for a few minutes when I get home from work each night, which means I then have to wait to feed her for an hour or so after she's settled down, so she is not at so much risk of bloat (which can kill big deep-chested dogs; this happened to one of hte rescuers' dogs not very long ago, and the dog died before a vet could fix it). I don't have anywhere near her energy, actually much less than I have had previously, and have often had to skip her neighborhood walkies and just let her walk around the yard on her own while I am out here with her.
But things are getting closer, if much more slowly than I would like, to me finally getting to go "home" and try to restart "normal life".
I've realized that so far this year I haven't slept in a house or other "official" dwelling at all, just outside with Tiny. Right now due to the city delaying the final inspection and SRP delaying the power line and meter install, I'll probably still be sleeping outside when February comes. Could be worse--it could be July. :lol:
The rest of the house is basically done except for the coutnertops, grout in the floor tiles, and baseboards, and a few square feet of the floor in one of the rooms--one of the work crew estimated at most 2 days of work left on it, and that was only halfway thru yesterday so could be a lot less by now.
Unfortuantely until the city does their thing, I can't do any kind of moving bakc in at all; it' sjust not allowed I guess.
For now me and Tiny are still doing fine here at Bill's; she has lots of energy last few days and has run around in bursts for a few minutes when I get home from work each night, which means I then have to wait to feed her for an hour or so after she's settled down, so she is not at so much risk of bloat (which can kill big deep-chested dogs; this happened to one of hte rescuers' dogs not very long ago, and the dog died before a vet could fix it). I don't have anywhere near her energy, actually much less than I have had previously, and have often had to skip her neighborhood walkies and just let her walk around the yard on her own while I am out here with her.
But things are getting closer, if much more slowly than I would like, to me finally getting to go "home" and try to restart "normal life".
oatnet
1 MW
Amber, seems as you have been on the go nonstop since the fire, so some time off will do you some good. You have so many things to take care of it may be hard to remember to take care of you. Give yourself permission to let all those things go for a few days, do nothing, watch TV and sunsets, think about things you haven't had time to think about. I bet you will find that re-shouldering that load afterwards will be half as hard.
-JD
-JD
First, before my reply to Oatnet, I have some questions for anyone still reading these updates:
I've got a "grand opening" coupon flyer from Harbor Freight, and am going to have to get a few things anyway to replace stuff that's destroyed or stolen, once I move back into the house, so am considering some other things while I'm at it. I don't have lots of money, but a little bit (it seems like a huge amount to me personally, but in reality it is very little for it's purchasing power) from all of the contributions from ES members and such, so I am trying to find the most efficient way to use it. There's a lot of other stuff I will also need to get outside of what I am listing below, mostly household stuff like furniture, kitchen stuff (dishes, pots/pans, towels/rags/potholders, small appliances, etc), a bed (or really a mattress or two), things like that. But for those, I have other places to find them, most likely, that won't cost much if anything, besides whatever it takes to get it to the house.
So, the items I'm looking at are, item number on HF website first:
68751 The HF solar panel kit, which I first mention in this thread:
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=56656
I'm not sure it'll ever be powerful enough to do anything really useful with, for my purposes, especially for the money. But it *might* be....and that's the best deal for it I've seen in a long time, at $140.
60238/44506/38119 The crappy 5-speed drill press, which I already know is really small and also has terribly wobbly bearings, etc. It's only $50 with the coupon, and is probably cheaper than I could build one for?
90154 The 1195lb 4'x8' "folding" trailer. $250, which is a lot of money for me, especially since I probalby won't use it a whole lot. It's meant for cars, but I've already planned to put a ball hitch on the bikes anyway. With that, I could haul even appliances around, and scrap loads, etc., that simply aren't possible with the bicycle-type trailers that I've already got. I could always *build* a heavyduty trailer, and have planned to, but I don't think I have most of the materials I was going to use anymore, cuz they seem to have disappeared from the yard for the most part when the work crew cleaned up other scrap and trash stuff (in a totally different area, and they weren't supposed to take anything not in the scrap/trash areas, but they did, and I got no reply when I asked about that). So first I'd have to reacquire the materials, and hten have the time to design and build it and work out the bugs. Buying this would save me all that time and labor, but not sure it's worth it.
I'm not really able to think of much of anything outside of all the things I have to get done at the house, once I am back there, or all the things I wish I could be doing but can't because I am not there yet, etc. Or the things I need to reacquire that were stolen or destroyed.
I don't normally spend any time doing it these days, but I have been "watching TV" via Hulu, Youtube, etc., after I get home and am trying to get to sleep outside in the blanket-tent with Tiny; it can help distract me from my thoughts long enough to doze off, at least, though I don't usually stay there very long. I won't be able to do that when I am back at the house, probably, as the "leeched" wifi I'll be using with longrange antennas/dishes will probably not be high enough bandwidth for that, and I can't stand commercial interruptions (they either jar me out of what I'm trying to watch, and prevent me from getting back into it when they're over cuz there's another one just as soon as I start to, or else they jar me awake every time I begin to doze if I'm using the TV to try to distract me for sleep). So I have no use whatsoever for anythign that is still broadcast around here (and thus also wouldn't get any form of pay TV even if I could afford that).
I've got a "grand opening" coupon flyer from Harbor Freight, and am going to have to get a few things anyway to replace stuff that's destroyed or stolen, once I move back into the house, so am considering some other things while I'm at it. I don't have lots of money, but a little bit (it seems like a huge amount to me personally, but in reality it is very little for it's purchasing power) from all of the contributions from ES members and such, so I am trying to find the most efficient way to use it. There's a lot of other stuff I will also need to get outside of what I am listing below, mostly household stuff like furniture, kitchen stuff (dishes, pots/pans, towels/rags/potholders, small appliances, etc), a bed (or really a mattress or two), things like that. But for those, I have other places to find them, most likely, that won't cost much if anything, besides whatever it takes to get it to the house.
So, the items I'm looking at are, item number on HF website first:
68751 The HF solar panel kit, which I first mention in this thread:
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=56656
I'm not sure it'll ever be powerful enough to do anything really useful with, for my purposes, especially for the money. But it *might* be....and that's the best deal for it I've seen in a long time, at $140.
60238/44506/38119 The crappy 5-speed drill press, which I already know is really small and also has terribly wobbly bearings, etc. It's only $50 with the coupon, and is probably cheaper than I could build one for?
90154 The 1195lb 4'x8' "folding" trailer. $250, which is a lot of money for me, especially since I probalby won't use it a whole lot. It's meant for cars, but I've already planned to put a ball hitch on the bikes anyway. With that, I could haul even appliances around, and scrap loads, etc., that simply aren't possible with the bicycle-type trailers that I've already got. I could always *build* a heavyduty trailer, and have planned to, but I don't think I have most of the materials I was going to use anymore, cuz they seem to have disappeared from the yard for the most part when the work crew cleaned up other scrap and trash stuff (in a totally different area, and they weren't supposed to take anything not in the scrap/trash areas, but they did, and I got no reply when I asked about that). So first I'd have to reacquire the materials, and hten have the time to design and build it and work out the bugs. Buying this would save me all that time and labor, but not sure it's worth it.
I'm not really able to think of much of anything outside of all the things I have to get done at the house, once I am back there, or all the things I wish I could be doing but can't because I am not there yet, etc. Or the things I need to reacquire that were stolen or destroyed.
I don't normally spend any time doing it these days, but I have been "watching TV" via Hulu, Youtube, etc., after I get home and am trying to get to sleep outside in the blanket-tent with Tiny; it can help distract me from my thoughts long enough to doze off, at least, though I don't usually stay there very long. I won't be able to do that when I am back at the house, probably, as the "leeched" wifi I'll be using with longrange antennas/dishes will probably not be high enough bandwidth for that, and I can't stand commercial interruptions (they either jar me out of what I'm trying to watch, and prevent me from getting back into it when they're over cuz there's another one just as soon as I start to, or else they jar me awake every time I begin to doze if I'm using the TV to try to distract me for sleep). So I have no use whatsoever for anythign that is still broadcast around here (and thus also wouldn't get any form of pay TV even if I could afford that).
FeralDog
100 W
amberwolf said:
#1) HF Solar Panel Kit ; a friend bought one about 3 years ago and it , surprisingly, has taken a lot of hits and is still working (my friend did do the silicon caulk trick to it) . I can't attest to how well it still works, but it sure surprised me it even lasted 3 years at all in a hostile environment (very strong winds, hot >110F, cold -11F , 2 foot snow, & getting knocked over ect.). My friend found it was not quite enough power for many of his needs so he uses HF ICE as needed http://www.harborfreight.com/900-peak800-running-watts-2-hp-63cc-gas-generator-60338.html---- until his wife bitches about the noise.
#2) The small drill press works out better thru time IF you first test it out and "break it in" to see if the bearings wobble (run-out) or make noise. If you have a local HF , and it seems funky, return it to them promptly ; or exchange it for another one if it wobbles too much. They seem to come in batches and quality is slowly getting better. That unit loves sharp drill bit(s) and a darn steady place to mount it (we use 55 gallon drums to bolt it on). Not a bad drill press, rate it C+ to B grade. Don't expect it to be heavy duty, mid to light-duty more realistic.
#3) I have an older version of that trailer. It is a real workhorse. I have used (and abused) the hell out of it and was very pleasantly surprised how well it stood up. You would not believe the jobs I put it to. Mine needed moderate assembly on a flat level surface. BUT--- That particular model you show may be too BIG in size and weight for your bicycle pulling needs . It is heavy, needs wider turning radius ,and is made for highway speeds. Once it gets a plywood deck, it gets heavier. It does have a spacious deck. Still OK, just not perfect.
The 870 pound payload version may suit you better (lighter, cheaper, still able to haul) http://www.harborfreight.com/870-lb...ailer-with-8-inch-wheels-and-tires-42708.html NOTE: the rated "capacity" has a lot to do with the DOT tires and NOT the actual payload for you at low speeds. The "pounds payload" is thus rated on the tire size and strength at 45mph ... so note tire size of 12inch versus 8inch versions.
Regardless of either sized trailer, we like them because they come with a "Manufactures Title" so the $$ value on Re-Sale is good (as they can be licensed in our State and insured as they are NOT classified as "home-made" ... check your local laws).
I strongly recommend getting a wheeled trailer jack http://www.harborfreight.com/1000-lb-swing-back-trailer-jack-41005.html ,or better yet a trailer dolly http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-duty-trailer-dolly-69898.html.
The reason for the "trailer dolly" is that you can use the trailer like a yard-cart on steroids. Also makes the trailer a great moveable work bench. We haul stuff around the property with that dolly & trailer instead of using a wheel barrow. That "dolly" is an excellent accessory to the trailer and you would really be surprised how it adds to the functionality. The trailer jack saves a lot of strain on your back as you don't have to pick the "hitch" up off the ground , and it can serve to "dump" the trailer too. You can even store stuff on the level trailer (like that solar panel) and move it around when needed. Put a tent on the trailer and make a camper?
Best of Luck to Ya, and always, a special thanks for helping so many of us here with your advice on e-builds!!
Another question before replying to the above:
I was also looking at this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/500-lb-capacity-deluxe-cargo-carrier-66983.html
as a possible cargo section for a longjohn frontloading cargo type bike, to save me welding it up. But...having seen lots of cheap HF junk I wonder if it could hold up to the uses I'd be putting it to. Essentially I'd be welding it between a bike front end and back end, cut apart from each other, and build a remote steerer that goes under it, along a heavyduty pipe/tube that connects the bike parts. I *might* leave the unit itself as a bolted-together unit, with the tube interconnect for the biek parts also bolted together rather than welded, with several inches of overlapping different diameter tube in the middle, so that I can unbolt the bike halves along with this and transport or store it easier (since it's gonna easily be 10-15 feet long).
I actually was considering buying his from him, when he was half-thinking of selling it a while back (he decided not to, so...). I like it's size, but one issue with it is it isn't big enough to carry full sheets of building materials (like plywood) and that's a small part of why I would want to have something bigger than a bicycle trailer. Other than that it'd probably do everything else I want, though I would likely want larger wheels on it than the ones that come with it.
In the same flyer there's a coupon for that folidng jack for $20, IIRC.
I would probably wind up making my own "trailer dolly" for it as that is easy enough and I have stuff around that would quickly do the job, I think. (well, assuming it's still there by the time I get back to the house)
I don't think I could put a camper on the small trailer, but hte big one would certainly work. could be a pop-up with storage and stuff on top of a collapsible sleeping area (cuz the storage would then help insulate against sun and rain and cold). Unlikely that I'd ever end up using it, though, since I REALLY hope I never have the situation I'm in now happen again. :/ And unfortunatley I can't see a time ever happening when I'd have the money to not be working constantly to keep up with living expenses, and be able to road trip somewhere far enough to need such a thing. If I had it now, though...I'd be using it.
Storing stuff on it at my house--maybe, probalby not though cuz I have the sheds now, and I intend to not fill them and the house up (yeah right) and be able to use at least one as a workshop and hopefully another as bike parking/storage, since I don't have a garage.
Moving stuff around with it, though, would be useful. As would using it as a movable workbench. Hadnt' thought about either of those options.
And thank you for the details on the other items, too. Still not sure on the solar thing, though I probably will get the drill press unless someone knows of a better one for the price. (I can sort of use the lathe as a horizontal drill press, but only for certain sizes/shapes of items that will fit in the chuck, and stick the drill chuck/bit into the far end, and run it into the item).
I was also looking at this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/500-lb-capacity-deluxe-cargo-carrier-66983.html
as a possible cargo section for a longjohn frontloading cargo type bike, to save me welding it up. But...having seen lots of cheap HF junk I wonder if it could hold up to the uses I'd be putting it to. Essentially I'd be welding it between a bike front end and back end, cut apart from each other, and build a remote steerer that goes under it, along a heavyduty pipe/tube that connects the bike parts. I *might* leave the unit itself as a bolted-together unit, with the tube interconnect for the biek parts also bolted together rather than welded, with several inches of overlapping different diameter tube in the middle, so that I can unbolt the bike halves along with this and transport or store it easier (since it's gonna easily be 10-15 feet long).
That's essentially identical to the small trailer Bill has for his motorcycle, minus the (essentially) cartop carrier included with his as a cargo container. It isn't perfect, but it has held up for him except for the lights that came with it being pretty crappy, and the bulbs failing almost immediately (and being way too dim to start with; easily fixed with "real" replacements from an auto parts store). We did have to take a leaf out of the springs, though, cuz unless it's heavily loaded it bounces around.FeralDog said:
I actually was considering buying his from him, when he was half-thinking of selling it a while back (he decided not to, so...). I like it's size, but one issue with it is it isn't big enough to carry full sheets of building materials (like plywood) and that's a small part of why I would want to have something bigger than a bicycle trailer. Other than that it'd probably do everything else I want, though I would likely want larger wheels on it than the ones that come with it.
In the same flyer there's a coupon for that folidng jack for $20, IIRC.
I would probably wind up making my own "trailer dolly" for it as that is easy enough and I have stuff around that would quickly do the job, I think. (well, assuming it's still there by the time I get back to the house)
I don't think I could put a camper on the small trailer, but hte big one would certainly work. could be a pop-up with storage and stuff on top of a collapsible sleeping area (cuz the storage would then help insulate against sun and rain and cold). Unlikely that I'd ever end up using it, though, since I REALLY hope I never have the situation I'm in now happen again. :/ And unfortunatley I can't see a time ever happening when I'd have the money to not be working constantly to keep up with living expenses, and be able to road trip somewhere far enough to need such a thing. If I had it now, though...I'd be using it.
Storing stuff on it at my house--maybe, probalby not though cuz I have the sheds now, and I intend to not fill them and the house up (yeah right) and be able to use at least one as a workshop and hopefully another as bike parking/storage, since I don't have a garage.
Moving stuff around with it, though, would be useful. As would using it as a movable workbench. Hadnt' thought about either of those options.
And thank you for the details on the other items, too. Still not sure on the solar thing, though I probably will get the drill press unless someone knows of a better one for the price. (I can sort of use the lathe as a horizontal drill press, but only for certain sizes/shapes of items that will fit in the chuck, and stick the drill chuck/bit into the far end, and run it into the item).
You're (all) welcome. I try...but I am really just passing on all the help I got (and am still getting) when I started my Electricle project 7 or 8 years ago.
Dauntless
100 TW
dogman dan
1 PW
You should definitely go buy whatever you think will make you happy with that money. I have also looked at some of the smallest trailers at HF, and thought hmm. Same with the solar panels, too small for daily charging of a 700wh battery, but still they look FUN. Gotta start with something, and a 200w panel is still very high dollar. Two sets of the panel kit could get you into significant recharging of an ebike.
The bottom line, is we all sent that money with the intent that you would not starve or go homeless first, but also so that you would not go miserable either. So get what cheers you up.
The bottom line, is we all sent that money with the intent that you would not starve or go homeless first, but also so that you would not go miserable either. So get what cheers you up.
Harold in CR
100 kW
As long as you have the AC pumps, use them as AC plug in the wall, for now. You can also buy the Solar set up and use that. I started out with NO pumps, so I bought all 12V DC stuff. Boat Bilge pumps are $25.00 at Home Depot. I got some 6V air pumps for 5/$30.00 shipped to Fl. I'm charging batteries from the wall socket, but, I'm also checking out how the system functions. My son gave me a new boat wash down pump, also. LOTS of marine use stuff out there, but, you are a little ways from the Ocean. 
:lol: :lol:
Once we get into the dry season,I will have Solar Panels built, (I hope), and get the dam built in the creek for generation and water pumping. Then, I start on the wind turbine. Eventually, I hope to be off grid on MOST of my stuff. The rolls of LEDs are working great, so far. A 5Meter roll is $10.00 mailed to Florida. I can make several light "bulbs" with 1 roll.
Good luck on your "New" house adventures.
:lol: :lol: Once we get into the dry season,I will have Solar Panels built, (I hope), and get the dam built in the creek for generation and water pumping. Then, I start on the wind turbine. Eventually, I hope to be off grid on MOST of my stuff. The rolls of LEDs are working great, so far. A 5Meter roll is $10.00 mailed to Florida. I can make several light "bulbs" with 1 roll.
Good luck on your "New" house adventures.
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On spending money for happiness... Science has provided us with one actionable piece of knowledge: spend on others for more happiness
(amount spent is irrelevant. Self physiological basic needs should be given priority.)
http://www.m.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/can-money-buy-happiness?page=6
I suppose so. But I'm nto really trying to buy happiness, just get the best bangforthebuck functionality I can, that will also last the longest, cuz I probly ain't gonna get to re-buy this stuff anytime soon once I spend this money. Plus some things like the solar kit I don't actually *need* right now, but am thinking it could be a good idea to start collecting for future use.The Stig said:
(not that that's really gotten me very far lately, since most of the stuff I've done that with I've either had to get rid of, back in 2011, or had destroyed in the fire, or had nowhere to keep but out in the open in the yard after the fire so it got destroyed or stolen or tossed out between the fire and now).
I considered that but these were only a few dollars each (originally like $60 and $80 each), and so were a bargain even though I guess they're AC-only.Harold in CR said:As long as you have the AC pumps, use them as AC plug in the wall, for now. You can also buy the Solar set up and use that. I started out with NO pumps, so I bought all 12V DC stuff. Boat Bilge pumps are $25.00 at Home Depot. I got some 6V air pumps for 5/$30.00 shipped to Fl. I'm charging batteries from the wall socket, but, I'm also checking out how the system functions. My son gave me a new boat wash down pump, also. LOTS of marine use stuff out there, but, you are a little ways from the Ocean.
I'd just been pondering alternatives when considering using them on DC, cuz I sort of always do that, even when it's not practical I tend to consider all the possibilities. It's part of what makes me take so very long to get anything done. :lol:
I've considered buying such light strips to power via solar or even just the grid, but the power I'd save on them vs my normal lighting needs is minimal, compared to the cooling and cooking needs I have, and some for hot water, (though the cooling may be a lot less than it used to be now the the house is better insulated by a little bit, though it might end up costing more instead since I now only have central A/C and no evap cooler, and no window A/C units that I used to use instead of the central A/C). I tend to leave all the lights off except the ones I'm using right then anyway, and use CFLs or LEDs or other more-efficient-than-incandescent lighting for everything I can already.
I've also looked at them for lighting up the bikes better, and for that purpose I probably will get some, eventually.
I wanted to save the heat exchanger from the old ground-mounted AC unit that's getting tossed, but they're going to rip the copper out for salvage so I can't even buy it from them (cuz I'm sure that even if I paid more than scrap copper prices for it, it'd be far less cost than buying such a heat exchanger coil/fin setup even used somewhere). I was thinking of flattening it out and using it for a solar water heating project, in a black box on the roof. Even if twas toxic inside due to the freon or whatever it had in there before, it could still have been used as a secondary stage in the heating process, with it's own sealed loop of heat transfer fluid. Oh, well.
Thanks. I think I need the luck. :/
Well, basically I am not trying to get things to cheer myself up, but things that I actually need, or will need shortly, or at the very least can practically use for real and not just becuase it'd be neat or nifty.dogman said:
So things like teh solar stuff are not high on my list, fun or not. I'm much more in need of a new battery for the bikes, so that I could have longer range or higher power, or whatever, or one to keep on a differnet bike than the one I use mainly, as a spare bike that I don't have to do anything to but get on and ride if something is wrong with the main bike. (I'd planned on building one from repaired packs and such, or using hte vpower/cammy pack, or building one from individual cells, etc., and using my old SLA stash for any fixed-storage needs, but AFAIK most or all of that stuff is now gone with looters or repair crew, so I will have to buy something new to deal with that).
Regarding panels, I've seen 200W panels on amazon and other places for a lot less than 4 of these "45W" kits would cost, which would not quite be "200W" of panels. Dunno about relative quality. Some had cheap shipping, or free, most I didn't check. Either way if I wanted to use them to charge my big bike up I'd probably need more than 200W of panels, for every day use. Haven't calculated it out, though. And I expect I'd need some serious KW worth of panels to power my household usage.
I did calculate that out once around here somewhere, but I don't remember what thread it was in and all the physical notes are gone in the fire. I also don't have access to any of the old SRP smartmeter data (or my old bills, which are gone in the fire, too, AFAIK). So, best guess if I was using my old window AC units is 20-40KWh/day? Can't remember. No idea what it would take for the roof-mounted new thingamabob, and that takes 230V anyway. Anyhoo, I really just meant to say that the solar kit is sort of a "is this kind of thing worth even bothering with" idea, and I guess I'm asking because I think it probably isn't, but at the discounted price I just thought, if I'm going to bother at all, now would be the time.
Harold in CR
100 kW
Amber
When you get situated, we can start a thread on how to build a "Breadbox" water heater. Use all recycled stuff, almost. Possibly. :lol:
In your travels, look for a glass door, preferrably double glass. House remodels usually throw them away. Look for 1-2 water heaters at the curb. Pieces of Plywood a little longer than the tanks. The tanks will be stripped bare. Very little if any copper pipe needed.
I used to build and sell these. It's easy.
When you get situated, we can start a thread on how to build a "Breadbox" water heater. Use all recycled stuff, almost. Possibly. :lol:
In your travels, look for a glass door, preferrably double glass. House remodels usually throw them away. Look for 1-2 water heaters at the curb. Pieces of Plywood a little longer than the tanks. The tanks will be stripped bare. Very little if any copper pipe needed.
I used to build and sell these. It's easy.
FeralDog
100 W
@amberwolf.
Brother.
From your words that I'm reading , you are simply in the darkness before the dawn.
I've been where you are now. I've even entered into places where only half of us have walked out of. I have seen neighborhoods swept away in a single night.
Your writings remind me of the faces of people I have seen in trauma , kinda hollow-eyed and slowly moving like they was drifting into mental quicksand.
Your are in the pit ... but you do have a ladder.
Shake it out of your mind bro --- You are about to soon have the new positive essentials of life !
Shelter, water, and food.
Thus brand new rooms to shit, shower, AND shave in. :wink:
Your presently way-overthinking, and ya about ready to over-spend your $ bucks. That's a normal human reaction to pulling away from devastation.
You are now experiencing the worst part of the shock of destruction, and that is the dust storm going in ya' dreams.
If disaster came with instructions it would tell ya that the worst part always comes later. Your passing that part now.
Put some brakes on your thoughts & plans and try and coast a bit more. Save your cash, you will need it later. Sunshine is only a week away.
I worked with some Hmong people. Tough and strong little folks. I wondered how they endured such suffering as many had been POW's of VC.
One often told me the Buddhist cliché "Q; How you eat elephant? ..... "A; One bite at a time". He would laugh his ass off every time he told me that, which was about once a week. I think his sense of humor kept him alive and kept him always going forward. Tough and strong little folks.....
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Brother.
From your words that I'm reading , you are simply in the darkness before the dawn.
I've been where you are now. I've even entered into places where only half of us have walked out of. I have seen neighborhoods swept away in a single night.
Your writings remind me of the faces of people I have seen in trauma , kinda hollow-eyed and slowly moving like they was drifting into mental quicksand.
Your are in the pit ... but you do have a ladder.
Shake it out of your mind bro --- You are about to soon have the new positive essentials of life !
Shelter, water, and food.
Thus brand new rooms to shit, shower, AND shave in. :wink:
Your presently way-overthinking, and ya about ready to over-spend your $ bucks. That's a normal human reaction to pulling away from devastation.
You are now experiencing the worst part of the shock of destruction, and that is the dust storm going in ya' dreams.
If disaster came with instructions it would tell ya that the worst part always comes later. Your passing that part now.
Put some brakes on your thoughts & plans and try and coast a bit more. Save your cash, you will need it later. Sunshine is only a week away.
I worked with some Hmong people. Tough and strong little folks. I wondered how they endured such suffering as many had been POW's of VC.
One often told me the Buddhist cliché "Q; How you eat elephant? ..... "A; One bite at a time". He would laugh his ass off every time he told me that, which was about once a week. I think his sense of humor kept him alive and kept him always going forward. Tough and strong little folks.....
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dogman dan
1 PW
Of course buying a thing only makes you happy for a moment or two.
What I meant was go ahead and buy anything that will give you many hours of happiness playing with it. Pretty much, ALL tools fit this category for me. HF is a huge toybox.
Though not particularly needed, dorking around with the solar panels may provide lots of feeling better for you once you get back in the house. Doing even the littlest things off grid might be what gives you a lot of happiness.
I sure get happy winter mornings when I open the vents to my solar thermal panels and start getting the free heat. I save a few pennies at best a day, but every morning I smile when I feel the free heat convecting into the house. Free is fun, always.
But Feral Dog is also correct, hang in there, get into the new place, and settle in before blowing the money. What will make you happy may be spending on another dog instead.
What I meant was go ahead and buy anything that will give you many hours of happiness playing with it. Pretty much, ALL tools fit this category for me. HF is a huge toybox.
Though not particularly needed, dorking around with the solar panels may provide lots of feeling better for you once you get back in the house. Doing even the littlest things off grid might be what gives you a lot of happiness.
I sure get happy winter mornings when I open the vents to my solar thermal panels and start getting the free heat. I save a few pennies at best a day, but every morning I smile when I feel the free heat convecting into the house. Free is fun, always.
But Feral Dog is also correct, hang in there, get into the new place, and settle in before blowing the money. What will make you happy may be spending on another dog instead.
I have one WH now, as long as no one's stolen it out of a shed. I'd've had two, but the landlord didn't save the old gas one for me as discussed.Harold in CR said:
I had a glass door, but someone stole it probably for the aluminum frame--most likely the workers there when they stole other things too big for looters to have taken (without taking part of the fence down, which woulda been kinda obvious). I may be able to get some glass sheets from work, intended for the remodel but never used and are now in the way in the warehouse.
Unless they take it in the final cleanup (they're not supposed to), I have some plywood and framing wood that is enough to house one heater core. Not all in one piece, but easily put together.
Some of the plywood is thin enough that if I can make a parabolic frame I can shape the plywood to the frame. Short of that I have (maybe, if it's not stolen yet) lots of masonite that can be wet and shaped. Then I could mirror the surface with foil or something to better collect the light/heat onto the surface of the WH core.
Well, I guess so.dogman said:
If I ever end up with the time to *use* them to do the projects...seems harder and harder to do that with all sorts of things getting in the way, and my body being less and less able to do stuff I want to do.That's a near-certainty, and I am sure I will end up with more than one--if nothing else I already know that having another one there when one passes helps tremendously, cuz losing one when there's no one else there is really really hard. (not even counting a disaster like the fire where they're all lost at once).
I was like that especially in the beginning. After getting Tiny it has been much less, but it is still there, lurking. Right now it's the worst it's been since then, and I keep trying not to be depressed about the delays, but it is very hard, after being told "this time" then "this time" then "this time" etc, all these months. And now being at Bill's and imposing on him and his sister, who wants to come back but doesn't want to be here while I am, and is probably coming back next week anyway cuz the weather in Texas is so bad she doesn't want to be in it anymore.FeralDog said:
So...theoretically the end of this week or so the house should be ready, and I'd be leaving here anyway. But I doubt that is true, as I have yet to hear anything from the landlord, and honestly don't expect to any time soon.
They've already had their "wrap up party" this past weekend (according to the sign posted in the house), even though it's not really done yet--though that isn't their fault, its the city and the power company that have to do things still, and neither one of those can ever be induced to do anything on on any schedule other than their own whims.
It's also depressing becuase at work they've cut back hours post-holidaze, and that means I end up cashiering a lot, which I really really don't like (very very stressful), because being a full-timer my hours can't be cut too far, but all the part timers that normally cashier do get hours cut instead. And of course since hours are cut, but there are still the same amount of people to help and things to get done, it's even more stressful because there is simply not enough time to help them all or do the things (there never is, but it is worse now).
I can't even do little things like give Tiny a bath, cuz it's too cold out here, and would just make a huge mud puddle, so she's really stinky of urine since she still leaks a lot in her sleep (the meds for that don't seem to be helping much, if at all, though they did for the first week or so, I guess). She wouldn't care about the cold, but my hands do. And the mud would probably take a couple of weeks to dry out, in present weather--most likely she'd end up getting even dirtier in it than she started out to be, too, and I don't think Bill's sister would appreciate the mess in the yard.
I also can't wash the blankets and pillows I'm sleeping on, so they smell like that too--I can only air them out in the little bit of sun the backyard gets part of the day, hanging off a chair or spread on the ground. (if I wash them in Bill's machine, it'll leave huge amounts of hair in there, and they don't really get clean anyway, cuz it's one of those front-loaders that uses a few cups of water...I tried one small blanket and that was a mistake).
Theoretically I could take them to a laundromat, but I have to use Tiny's trailer for hauling the stuff on the bike, and she has to have the trailer to be able to get in in her doggy run when I'm not here, so.... I'd have to build or buy a second trailer to carry teh stuff. I have two old ones at the house, if they ahven't been stolen yet, but both would require converting the hitch on them from my DayGlo Avenger type to something that would fit CrazyBike2.
I *might* be able to use Delta Tripper trike to carry the load instead, but it needs work now as I've taken bits off to fix CrazyBike2, so it needs a taillight, downlighting, rewiring for lighting, moving hte CA back to it from CB2, moving a battery from CB2, etc. I probably could have done all that and the laundry during the "vacation" but I didn't really care about doing anything at all until the last day of it, and had already committed that to helping someone else. Wouldn't have had time in the single day to do it all anyway.
I guess I'm just complaining to complain, since the only one that can do anything about this stuff is me.
I wish it was, but I don't believe that.
I've been coasting for quite a while now, and I'm pretty mcuh out of momentum. Still, gonna have to wait and see what happens. Not much way around that right now.
Wow I guess I bitched and moaned a lot in the last post. I must really be getting depressed about this stuff.
After a day off yesterday that actually accomplished *something* I am a little better today. We'll see how long that lasts. No news on the house yet; eta had been end of this week, last I'd heard a couple weeks back. Bill and I passed by (didn't go in) yesterday on our way past the area, and it looked exactly the same from the outside as it had the week before, except that it looked like the trench for the water line had been filled in. (not totally sure about that, as I didn't relaly notice till we were past the yard and at the wrong angle to be sure). So...I have no confidence in it being done anytime soon.
Bill's sister is coming back sometime after this Saturday. So that day, my next day off, will probably be spent figuring out a way to keep Tiny and myself from intruding on her. Best bet is to move myself and my stuff into the shed, but that also means rearranging what they have in there already, and I'd rather not do that if I don't have to. Discussed this with Bill previously and the consensus was to wait until it's absolutely necessary to change things.
Anyway, we were talking about "buying happiness" and ways to wisely use the fire recovery money, and that one thing I'd have to use some on was another battery to replace the ones stolen by looters. Well, I did that, and it arrived and is now a "plug and play" replacement I can use on CrazyBike2 or Delta Tripper (or DayGlo Avenger if that's still around by the time I get to move back to the house). Info in the CrazyBike2 thread here:
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12500&p=848590#p848590
I must really be getting depressed about this stuff. After a day off yesterday that actually accomplished *something* I am a little better today. We'll see how long that lasts. No news on the house yet; eta had been end of this week, last I'd heard a couple weeks back. Bill and I passed by (didn't go in) yesterday on our way past the area, and it looked exactly the same from the outside as it had the week before, except that it looked like the trench for the water line had been filled in. (not totally sure about that, as I didn't relaly notice till we were past the yard and at the wrong angle to be sure). So...I have no confidence in it being done anytime soon.
Bill's sister is coming back sometime after this Saturday. So that day, my next day off, will probably be spent figuring out a way to keep Tiny and myself from intruding on her. Best bet is to move myself and my stuff into the shed, but that also means rearranging what they have in there already, and I'd rather not do that if I don't have to. Discussed this with Bill previously and the consensus was to wait until it's absolutely necessary to change things.
Anyway, we were talking about "buying happiness" and ways to wisely use the fire recovery money, and that one thing I'd have to use some on was another battery to replace the ones stolen by looters. Well, I did that, and it arrived and is now a "plug and play" replacement I can use on CrazyBike2 or Delta Tripper (or DayGlo Avenger if that's still around by the time I get to move back to the house). Info in the CrazyBike2 thread here:
http://www.endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=12500&p=848590#p848590
e-beach
10 MW
dogman said:
+1
I didn't see it until after I got home from work, but I got a message from the landlord yesterday while I was at work to "call me", nothing else, and terse messages in my experience usually means bad things. So I called as soon as I got the message but he'd probably already gone to bed by then and I got his voxmail; left him a message and decided I'd try again at 9am the next morning.
Then because my mind was rolling and roiling with all the possible bad things that my mind could imagine that he might want to tell me, that after the first very short nap that I woke from nightmares, I couldnt even get to sleep at all until near dawn, and even then I had nightmares that woke me after only moments each time I dozed. I tried to get a little sleep anyway, until 9am, and I guess I might've gotten a couple of hours of fitful dozing, in total.
then I got up and called hte landlord, and it turned out to be all good news: The house is finished except that SRP wants him to put a new masthead on there for the new power drop, and the fence damage is still being fixed. There is one final inspection to be done, but he said that as long as I keep stuff away from the walls, I can move stuff into the middle of the rooms in the house, and only a few days from now I should be able to start living there again.
So...I am *almost* back.
I am so tired right now that I am having a hard time being excited, but I *am* happier, however with all the delays and disappointments so far I am having trouble actually believing in my heart that its done with, until I am actually living there again.
Today and tomorrow Bill and I will be moving stuff I don't need for the next week or so, from his place into the house, though, so maybe that will make it more real.
I also called my workplace and talked to the manager, so that she can work out whatever time off I can get the week after next, or even after that. Not much point in having the time off until I can actually be living there, so am going to work the already-scheduled days this coming week.
So right now, I will probably take a nap so i don't fall over while laoding or unloading boxes later today when we start the moving process.
Then because my mind was rolling and roiling with all the possible bad things that my mind could imagine that he might want to tell me, that after the first very short nap that I woke from nightmares, I couldnt even get to sleep at all until near dawn, and even then I had nightmares that woke me after only moments each time I dozed. I tried to get a little sleep anyway, until 9am, and I guess I might've gotten a couple of hours of fitful dozing, in total.
then I got up and called hte landlord, and it turned out to be all good news: The house is finished except that SRP wants him to put a new masthead on there for the new power drop, and the fence damage is still being fixed. There is one final inspection to be done, but he said that as long as I keep stuff away from the walls, I can move stuff into the middle of the rooms in the house, and only a few days from now I should be able to start living there again.
So...I am *almost* back.
I am so tired right now that I am having a hard time being excited, but I *am* happier, however with all the delays and disappointments so far I am having trouble actually believing in my heart that its done with, until I am actually living there again.
Today and tomorrow Bill and I will be moving stuff I don't need for the next week or so, from his place into the house, though, so maybe that will make it more real.
I also called my workplace and talked to the manager, so that she can work out whatever time off I can get the week after next, or even after that. Not much point in having the time off until I can actually be living there, so am going to work the already-scheduled days this coming week.
So right now, I will probably take a nap so i don't fall over while laoding or unloading boxes later today when we start the moving process.
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