I love these car fixup channels on youtube. Mostly because that's how I got my rides, back in the day. I'd buy beaters almost exclusively. Even now, I have a modern beater - a 2011 Rav4. Sure, it's newer, and sort of shiny. But it didn't cost much and although it's low mileage, it's nearly … Continue reading FFS Just Get On With It
Category: Get r’ Done
Riding the Pain Train
Saturday it was dry and cool enough to fix the sprinkler head and pipes in the front yard that I started a week ago. I puzzed all week about how to splice this all together, since it turns out the damage to two pipes wasn't nature, but my ham-handed use of the sawzall to remove … Continue reading Riding the Pain Train
MyQ – Control your stuff
Like most of the country, I have a chamberlain garage door opener. They are probably the most ubiquotus one out there. And they have some cool plugins for OCD guys like me that obsess that I left the door open. You see, hereabouts, driveways and garages face the back of the property. You typically drive … Continue reading MyQ – Control your stuff
Clay Bars
We have two massive pecan trees in our back yard that provide shade during most of the afternoon. Even though some numbnut topped them, they still are magestic. The bad part is they are pretty prolific producers of pecans. When I started spraying them, the nuts have recovered to where maybe only half of them … Continue reading Clay Bars
Cuban Chrome
I love watching car shows. Not the new stuff. The fix up the junk ones. My favorite is Vice Grip Garage. I'll watch everything Derek puts out. Why? Because that was me at one point. Sure, it wasn't my business, but it was my life back in the day. I'd buy beaters, fix them up, … Continue reading Cuban Chrome
Finally, it’s working
Saturday, my garage door ended up busted. Busted torsion spring There were none to be had anywhere, so I had to order them. If memory serves, I think I got the last ones I installed on eBay, or some other knockoff site for $50 or so. This time, I simply ordered a decent set from … Continue reading Finally, it’s working
Stuff’s Breaking all Over
I was chatting with the fellas while volunteering at the Church this Sunday about doing house maintenance chores. What started the conversation is this: Busted What's that you say? That is a torsion spring. It balances the weight of a garage door. Without them, the door weighs like three tons. I hit the button Saturday … Continue reading Stuff’s Breaking all Over
Funny Update
Remember this? Funniest thing I've seen all week. The city showed up to fix the damage from the numbnuts that wiped out the street sign. They cut off the bent up parts and stuck it back in the ground. The stop sign is now at my eye level - around six feet. Fuck me. I … Continue reading Funny Update
Gonna Be a Great Weekend, Tater.
Last week we got rain. No shit. Just like in the movies where it starts raining and people start bawling. 45 minutes of rain, and then under 100 temps. This week, Same thing. Rain. Then it barely hit 90 today. It felt like we won the lottery. When actually it's just Texas weather. A month … Continue reading Gonna Be a Great Weekend, Tater.
Yin & Yang
I've seen Yin/Yang described as chaos and order, crisis and opportunity. I got tired of trying to look it up. So the hell with it. Witness Chaos: What you see here is the cleanup process of a toolbox dump. I have a toolbox that handles irrigation - sprinkler parts, hose parts, tools, and a few … Continue reading Yin & Yang
Inspected By Pat 