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dlong · 2022-10-02T14:37:57-0400

Took apart the upstairs bathroom heat-a-vent-light . Thing gets very full of lint and will cause the heat element to fail. Every other year I take down and vacuum it out and use a Bent 22 caliber wire brush and clean all the fan fins. The lint just dumps out. It runs more efficient and less of a fire hazard with all the lint off the heat element. Lousy job and I got a major boo-boo on my finger. So that’s done.
Rainy out.

dlong · 2022-10-02T15:15:05-0400

What’s the best way to get tree sap,
,blue spruce, off the car? Tree never dripped sap until recently.

nfcracin · 2022-10-02T16:23:45-0400

dlong said:
What’s the best way to get tree sap,
,blue spruce, off the car? Tree never dripped sap until recently.

Don't know best way, easiest is a new car.

lesptr · 2022-10-02T16:46:29-0400

dlong said:
What’s the best way to get tree sap,
,blue spruce, off the car? Tree never dripped sap until recently.

Paint thinner / mineral spirits works well.
Will need to reapply wax.

Boilerjack22 · 2022-10-02T16:55:00-0400

Al,

The new avatar is disturbing, a Halloween version??

Szumi · 2022-10-02T16:59:46-0400

I'd tell you about my day getting the water heater running but I"m too tired to write about it. Lets just say very few things went as plan and I still have some tidying up left.

I have had a sorely needed hot shower and I'm washing the dirt out the clothes I wore crawling under the house.

Szumi · 2022-10-02T17:06:00-0400

Wait for winter and use a razor knife very carefully.

Boilerjack22 · 2022-10-02T17:08:49-0400

dlong said:
What’s the best way to get tree sap,
,blue spruce, off the car? Tree never dripped sap until recently.

Flame thrower……..

dlong · 2022-10-02T17:20:10-0400

lesptr said:
Paint thinner / mineral spirits works well.
Will need to reapply wax.

Dawn power scrub took it right off. Then a coat of polymer.

Blackwolfe · 2022-10-02T17:20:56-0400

Szumi said:
I'd tell you about my day getting the water heater running but I"m too tired to write about it. Lets just say very few things went as plan and I still have some tidying up left.

I have had a sorely needed hot shower and I'm washing the dirt out the clothes I wore crawling under the house.

My plumbing projects never go well, or as planned, unless the plan is that it isn't going to go well.

Boilerjack22 said:
Flame thrower……..

I was going to suggest fire, but you beat me to it.

Maybe Goo Gone or Goof Off.

Szumi · 2022-10-02T17:25:09-0400

Blackwolfe said:
My plumbing projects never go well, or as planned, unless the plan is that it isn't going to go well.

This was plumbing and electrical. Double Whammy. At least nothing leaked.

gmd1950 · 2022-10-02T17:29:19-0400

Szumi said:
I'd tell you about my day getting the water heater running but I"m too tired to write about it. Lets just say very few things went as plan and I still have some tidying up left.

I have had a sorely needed hot shower and I'm washing the dirt out the clothes I wore crawling under the house.

My "projects" seem to be much harder to pull off the older I get...

Al the Infidel · 2022-10-02T17:32:38-0400

dlong said:
What’s the best way to get tree sap,
,blue spruce, off the car? Tree never dripped sap until recently.

Hold an ice cube on it for a minute and pop the sap off with a fingernail, if ya have any left after watching the DOW this week. Let me know if it works.

Boat's not as good as I'd like but its not ceramic coated nor a hafa yr old either. Beauty sunny day and I forgot the camera.
Traffic was exciting with everyone impatient including some shmuck hauling 4 logs on a boat trailer @ 47.314mph prompting folks passing on blind curves. I did get 98mph outa the Ram passing a chevy HHR who speeded up to 85 in the passing lane, the filthy animal.

Oh, saw 1 large and 3 smaller turkeys close together that got flattened with a few feathers still attached for an ID.

56º

Al the Infidel · 2022-10-02T17:50:38-0400

dbmjr1 said:
Not feeling great today. Out of rhythm of sorts.

Thats not funny.

Boilerjack22 said:
Al,

The new avatar is disturbing, a Halloween version??

Nerp... its my usual black fox sitting on the hearth.

lesptr · 2022-10-02T18:23:46-0400

dlong said:
Dawn power scrub took it right off. Then a coat of polymer.

Good to know.
Did you have any road tar to clean as well? And if so how well did the dawn work on that.
I’d prefer you use something less harsh if it works.

mdew · 2022-10-02T18:27:40-0400

Checking on my food plots the radish and turnips are up but very dry. Tomorrow I’ll load up the spray tank with water and give them each about 30 gallons of water. We have no rain in the forecast for the next week.

dlong · 2022-10-02T18:39:46-0400

Electric, no problem. Plumbing is a nightmare.

dlong · 2022-10-02T18:44:56-0400

lesptr said:
Good to know.
Did you have any road tar to clean as well? And if so how well did the dawn work on that.
I’d prefer you use something less harsh if it works.

Never thought of that. I do have a bit of tar behind the wheel wells and some on the wheels. I’ll have to give them a squirt.

W8LON · 2022-10-02T18:53:42-0400

The pup is going to be a great one! Six months old pointing and retrieving.

Plant Tree People in nature Dog Outdoor recreation

Blackwolfe · 2022-10-02T19:01:19-0400

Hey you pineapple ranchers, .gov is going to announce October 13 the % more pineapple increase you can expect for 2023 and it’s expected to be a sizable increase. At least one senior organization projects the increase to be 8.7%

When will the Social Security Administration announce the COLA increase for 2023?

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