What did you do today?

[Ron Van]

Hah, I love that song. Was a it a coincidence half the band was wearing football jerseys, or was this for some kind of tailgating event or something?

I play guitar, bass, and some other instruments but generally when I'm jamming with people I'm playing guitar.

We all planned on wearing jerseys but there were a couple non-compliant members. This was not a normal event for us. It was a multi band event with the headliner being the guy from "Big Daddy Weave." It was a treat because all the equipment was there, we just brought our personal gear and amps and they had the soundboard with sound guys and floor wedges, etc. There was a sound guy on stage right dedicated to mixing the floor wedges. Personally, I'd rather have in-ears and the ability to mix it myself.

That day I was playing through a Line 6 HD500 pedal board to a Line 6 amp with a Bogner tube power amp. At events like this, they normally just throw a mic on a little stand in front of your amp and then run the mic through the soundboard. They layer the amps so that when we were finished, we grab our stuff and the next band rolls their stuff up front and go as fast as possible.





You're lucky to have a drummer in your backyard. They are hard to come by these days...I guess it's too much equipment to set up.

Here's my current band from last week. I traded my Les Paul for the Martin . . .not literally though. I still have the LP.

 

[Flyover]

Today I discovered my car has an oil leak, and it's coming from the oil drain plug! I haven't had time to troubleshoot it yet. Not sure why this would happen all of a sudden (leak definitely wasn't there yesterday). I have one of those Valve-o-max things installed too, which should offer double protection against leaks...so I thought. And I changed my oil fairly recently too (oil on the garage floor was reddish brown) so I don't want to drain it all if I can avoid it.

 

[ekrig]

Everyone is pretty busy with plenty of hobbies.

Today, I finally finished remaking my bench/desk space, Went from a 4ft long piece of plywood on sawhorses to a proper table. The table legs were made from wood reclaimed from old pallets, plus a couple of 2x3s to reinforce an old piece of piece of plywood that I had. That plywood used to be part of the subfloor and was in bad shape, but managed to get it to look ok with filler and several coast of paint. I also added additional french cleats (from 1x3 furring strips) for organization. It took longer than I anticipated because when installing the cleats some screws popped, requiring drywall repairs and painting.

 

[Ron Van]

Everyone is pretty busy with plenty of hobbies.

Today, I finally finished remaking my bench/desk space, Went from a 4ft long piece of plywood on sawhorses to a proper table. The table legs were made from wood reclaimed from old pallets, plus a couple of 2x3s to reinforce an old piece of piece of plywood that I had. That plywood used to be part of the subfloor and was in bad shape, but managed to get it to look ok with filler and several coast of paint. I also added additional french cleats (from 1x3 furring strips) for organization. It took longer than I anticipated because when installing the cleats some screws popped, requiring drywall repairs and painting.

Very nice! I like using reclaimed wood! It's such a waste to throw it away. I made a shed out of old pallets and left over fence pickets at our old house. It had corrugated plastic roof panels on top. I kept a lawnmower and some other tools in there. Worked great!

 

[Ron Van]

Today I discovered my car has an oil leak, and it's coming from the oil drain plug! I haven't had time to troubleshoot it yet. Not sure why this would happen all of a sudden (leak definitely wasn't there yesterday). I have one of those Valve-o-max things installed too, which should offer double protection against leaks...so I thought. And I changed my oil fairly recently too (oil on the garage floor was reddish brown) so I don't want to drain it all if I can avoid it.

If you just had the Valve-o-max installed, I'd suspect that. Reddish brown sounds like tranny fluid but it shouldn't be on the Valve-o-max. I have installed a couple Fumoto valves and they haven't leaked yet.

 

[Eddie_T]

I prolly should have posted this on the funny thread but if you google compression rods all the hits are for tension rods. It seems that the world has compression and tension reversed.

 

[Flyover]

I installed that Valv-O-Max years ago, it's never leaked until now. Thus my confusion. And it was definitely oil, I smelled it and even saw the point where it was dripping out of the car (from the Valvo-O-Max).

 

[zannej]

Flyover, I hope you can get the oil leak thing sorted. Also hope the caulk removal goes well. The caulk on my tub is like dried superglue but 10x stronger.
I've decided I want to go with a waterproof hardeeboard for behind my shower walls. It's more expensive but the purpleboard mfr said you can't glue shower walls to their product.

I also typod. It wasn't $15million in wage theft, it was $15billion. The accumulated property theft types combined don't even reach $14billion. So wage theft is pretty much the most costly and rampant form of theft-- but you almost never see any prosecutions & people aren't going to jail for it. If they actually started prosecuting some of these bigwigs who steal from employees like that, it might reduce it a little. Almost every member of my family who ever had a job has been a victim of wage theft. My dad was, I was, and my brother too. My sister has only worked for one company & the worst they did was pay her less than her male counterparts for years. When they got in hot water over it, they raised her pay & gave her some compensation/backpay for it. Mom has never had a job so she's managed to dodge that bullet.

 

[Eddie_T]

It just doesn't get any better than this. My supper was; steak and eggs, grits, oven toast (buttered homemade yeast bread) and local sourwood honey.

 

[Eddie_T]

I need to get a drain valve. Sometimes I go way too long between changes because I don't want oil allover my hand when the plug comes out.

 

[havasu]

My drain plug usually ended up in the drain pan. With oil $7 a quart, an oil filter costing $15, it is just easier to go to an oil change place which gives you a free car wash, all for $29.

 

[Flyover]

My drain plug usually ended up in the drain pan. With oil $7 a quart, an oil filter costing $15, it is just easier to go to an oil change place which gives you a free car wash, all for $29.

Yeah, I usually take my wife's SUV to the local mechanic after they send out a coupon for a $25 oil change. My car's small enough it's still easy/cost effective to just do it myself, plus the whole satisfaction thing...

Of course now with the leak I'm thinking maybe I'll have to take it to a mechanic anyway. I don't think diagnosing the leak is beyond my capabilities, but it might be beyond what I have time and energy for, what with all my other obligations.

 

[Ron Van]

An S-trap can work well under most conditions. The inverted siphon holds water and the upper siphon only works as a siphon when the drain pipe is full. IOW when releasing a sink bowl of water it may siphon but not when washing hands or rinsing with running water. However it can present a problem thus the code.

S traps used to be common place in the 70s. Then they tried to fix them with a "Crown Vent" which ultimately didn't work because a turbulence is created right after the trap which is why there is a minimum distance specified between the trap and the vent.


The minimum distance between the trap and the vent is 2 x the diameter of the trap arm. This is why the Crown vent didn't work either.



The rule of thumb is that the trap weir must see the vent. The vent can be a dry vent or a wet vent but you still have to follow this rule of thumb.



With standard slope (1/4' per foot), a 1 1/2' trap arm would be flooded in 6' but code says, max 42" to be safe.

A friend of mine is building a house and he posted this picture. This is a sink stub-out and a sink drain. There will be, in the future, a trap and trap arm connected to the slip fitting on the drain there.



I asked him how he was going to vent this and he said, "It's vented on the other side." I told him, in a kind way, that I don't think this will pass inspection but then I remembered that in another picture, he showed that the sheetrock is now on. This means, either the inspector found nothing wrong with this and I am confused about something, -or- he isn't getting anything inspected. I haven't heard from him yet.

What do you guys think?

 

[Eddie_T]

I got a 30W Behringer GX110 years ago on a closeout sale for $70 or less. It was cheaper than a pedal. This is a pic of the newer version. Mine has a GX110 badge where the virtube badge is. I think it has a 10" speaker.

 

[Ron Van]

I got a 30W Behringer GX110 years ago on a closeout sale for $70 or less. It was cheaper than a pedal. This is a pic of the newer version. Mine has a GX110 badge where the virtube badge is. I think it has a 10" speaker.

I have several Behringer mixers and even though they are less expensive than the the big name ones, I was always impressed with the Behringer models. They have features that make sense. Your GX110 has tons of effects.

 

[Eddie_T]

Turns out my friend gave me seven 60 cap bottles of SR Tart Cherry. I will have to find a way to attempt reimbursement. At Amazon prices that's around $140 + tx. Way too much for a freebie.

 

[Eddie_T]

@Ron Van I checked out your church's website. It looks like an interesting and friendly church. Is it independent or have national affiliation?

 

[zannej]

I believe crown vents are against code now. My plumber tried to fix my S-traps somewhat by doing circuit vents. The vents are added under the house after all of the traps so they don't do much good.

Meanwhile, I almost got taken out by my induction cooker. I've got this Cuisinart 2-burner portable induction cooktop. Cats knocked something on to of it and cracked the glass. It wasn't so bad at first, but while I was cooking it started flashing errors for awhile but I finally got it working again. I use silicone handle covers on my pans bc the metal ones get too hot and are hard to grip. In the middle of cooking my hand slipped a bit and gripped the metal part. I heard a ZZZZT sound and felt electricity shoot through my hand and up my arm to my shoulder, neck, and chest. I hopped up a bit when it happened too. It caused the already sore bicep muscles to contract and I couldn't move my arm. I was swearing up a storm for a couple of minutes before going to vent to my mother. She asked if I needed to go to the hospital. I said they wouldn't know what to do if I went in bc they suck here. At first I couldn't even move my fingers but then I got them wiggling a bit. I had her rub my bicep until I could move my elbow and bend my arm. Took several minutes but I could move although its a bit weaker. I had arrhythmia for a little bit but it's settled down. I managed to finish cooking, but now my entire arm hurts- including my hand. it's more of a sore/tingly/burning sensation and its more annoying than anything else. Tomorrow I'm throwing that cooktop in the garbage.

Could be worse though. Could have been zapped as badly as my friend and lost feeling in hand and both feet.

 

[Spicoli43]

Huh, the notifier turned off and I didn't know people posted... I'll get to everybody's posts...

OH... I know, the system didn't want me to post another 2 HOUR video lesson!

Well the system FAILED... Make like a Tree and get out of here!

This lesson is the First on a series of 11 or so episodes called "The Real Skinny on Fat" that features several Doctors and even a Neurosurgeon that talk about the benefits of the Keto diet...

I think the series was retired, I did find a way to buy it, but it seems real suspicious as in the webpage doesn't look official... I wouldn't do that, but this episode will give you a lot of info...

YOU NEED to have a Functional Medicine Doctor to guide you through Keto, I don't care what anybody says because we are all different... Keto can mess you up if you don't have the Doctor to help you with blood testing and monitoring and late night 5 card Monte games etc...

 

[Spicoli43]

Here's a webinar, about an Hour and a Half from an Ayurvedic Doctor that's also an expert in Traditional Chinese Medicine. He talks about Teas and Supplements to help lung health as well as how to knock out a Cold / Flu in a day.

Some of you remember the 7 week Detox I did that completely healed my 22 year gut problems the first week of the program. This is the same Doctor. It's well worth your time to listen to it and to stock up on specific teas / supplements.

Of course, you have to figure out if there is interactions with any drugs you take.

You want to watch this, even if it takes a few days. If you don't and you are in day 5 of a Cold / Flu later this season, you will remember reading this!

Holistic Help for Healthy Lungs - Video

go.internationalintegrative.com

Oh, My Bad... Sorry to repost this, but I forgot to mention the Doctor's name... If one were to click on my video, they might think it's from "Fred's Natural Cures" or some garbage like that... There's only 1800 Trillion of those sites...

Also, for anybody that doesn't know, I'm not making a cent from telling you this stuff, if you hire and pay said Doctors then you will reap the rewards, but everything I post is 100% Free...

The Doctor is K.P. Khalsa, an Ayurvedic Doctor of almost 50 years... If you are a Tea drinker, you probably know the "Yogi" brand... He was the formulator / lead consult for 30 plus years... Maybe he's the founder, he doesn't say...

I didn't sign up for his 7 week detox course because I read he was the Chief of Yogi Tea, I signed on because he's a Professor at Bastyr University in Seattle, which was my stomping grounds for most of my life... I knew about Bastyr and had experiences with their practitioners long before I had heard of K.P. Khalsa...

Bastyr is basically the Rolls Royce of Alternative Medicine Schools, to include Indian (Ayurvedic) and Traditional Chinese Medicine that includes Acupuncture... Students from all over the Planet go there and graduate...

I have had Acupuncture from a "regular" clinic that did nothing, and had Acupuncture from a graduate of Bastyr University that took my Root Canal pain away in 4 seconds... The Doctor literally told me I would feel no pain in a few seconds...

My first experience with a Bastyr Doctor, and I didn't even have time to laugh at how ridiculous his statement was... One needle in my Chin if I remember correctly, one needle in my Arm... PAIN GONE... Exsqueeze me please? I'm a convert from everything I have ever known!

If you have never had deep tooth pain you can't control, and you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you need to eat more Fast food and Processed food...

The much needed Root Canal waited a year with zero pain until I had Dental coverage through the VA to get the tooth pulled... It wasn't a horrifically rotted out tooth, so for said year, I barely noticed it... I brushed like normal, just didn't have any pain... I didn't do anything special, as far as the Acupuncture tech knew, I paid the $25 and would come back when I came back...

If you have had that pain, you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about... ALL plans cancelled, heading to the ER to get at least some serious painkillers... There's nerve pain in your back where you can adjust and sit differently... Yeah, can't adjust the teeth...

So, Long Story End.. When have you heard that?

I'm getting the Cold / Flu Herbs the Good Doctor recommends. I'm also telling everybody in my Planet about this video.

Prost!

Aaron