I Spy...

This is the last post of the nite. I had some catching up to do. Thought I would end it with a game...

I SPY A Soccer Shoe...

All 2x4s are not alike

The red line represents how an ideal stud should be, you know, straight. The green line represents what many of the studs were really like. So a couple of the walls have several useless screws in them...or they're penetrating the electrical wiring which I'll find out this weekend. I thought my $15 stud sensor was a piece of crap...well actually today I found out it was operator error.

"We're Not Professionals"

Word of The Day

O.R.M. "Operational Risk Management"

The garage is almost complete and so far no incidents...

The following wasn't the smartest thing I've ever done:

There was a 2x6 board sticking out of where the garage door used to be and it needed to be trimmed down in order to get the siding flush. The smart thing would have been to replace the 2x6 before putting up the framing.
So I tried about every type of saw in order to trim this down as much as possible. Every time I pulled the trigger I was waiting for the saw to kick back and fall on my head. Battery powered tools don't have the balls of 120V so I didn't have too much to worry about. Jack did try the 120V circular saw which kicked back instantly...we decided it could turn into a really bad day to try and continue using it. 18V it is.
Many unrequired hours later the board still hung over about an inch and the siding bumps out a little but hey, we're not professionals.

Waiting for the kickback...

"Make My Day"

Jack puts on the last piece of siding

Done!

How not to dry off a Cell Phone

This was the genius idea of one of my new roommates who will remain nameless until I have permission to post his name.
Phone in pocket, he went for an unexpected swim in our pool and rather than wait for his phone to air dry, he decided to bake it in the oven.
Here's the recipe for anyone willing to try it:

> Preheat oven to 350 degrees
> Take one slightly damp cell phone, place in 9x12 pan
> Cook until popping sound and grey smoke occurs

"We're not professionals"

Bananas and Blogs

Here I am waiting for some banana bread to finish and figured, what better time to finally get my blog going. I haven't figured out what I'm going to be doing here yet, I'll just be playing it as it goes. Hopefully I'll keep some interesting stuff up here and not bore anyone to death.




Chinese Proverb of the day:
"Touching hot pan with wet oven mit will yield 2nd degree burns to skin"