Yep. I got the compressor moved, pegboard hung, and hoses and extension cords coiled and hung. I even pegboarded my hydraulic jack and jack stands – because I could.
That red tank thingy is really handy. it’s “portable air”. It’s what I used to brad in the baseboard the other day. After I went out and bought 100-ft of new yellow hose and a shitload of fittings and fixed up the red and blue hoses.
Well, at least I have plenty of air hose now. And they’ll all snap together! Shut up.
Tomorrow I’m gonna hang a 8-ft ladder, and an 6-ft’er too. Why? Because they don’t go “all the way up”.
So there.
June 12, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Damn, McGoo. Everything is so….organized….such neatness is beyond my bohemian sensibilities. I can’t even get into my garage.
June 13, 2009 at 4:44 am
I’ve been in that state before several times, cb. I’m trying to avoid it. I built this oversize garage/shop to USE – not for storing stuff, by Circe!
One of my personal mini-obsessions is that I despise having anything sitting directly on the floor – like that little red tank. (I’ll probably find a convenient spot to put a shelf for it somewhere.
I dislike having anything where a) water can get at it, and b) where a mouse or other critter can hide. Having a cleared floor makes sweeping and cleaning so much easier. I like to water-clean the garage floor (Spring & Fall) to keep down sawdust and such. It makes a difference.
So – what’s on your agenda for the weekend? I need to mow the lawn and continue garage work. Things are starting to move now!
June 13, 2009 at 10:35 am
I am preparing to be inundated with children, not too many, but enough to delay lawn maintenance.
Someone bamboozled me last night by putting soap in the dishwasher and NOT running the whole cycle. So when I loaded and ran it–I ended up with an “I Love Lucy” flashback, suds oozing out from the bottom of the door, Ah, family life.
June 13, 2009 at 11:12 am
Oh, no!
But…at least now the kitchen floor by the dishwasher is really, really clean!
That’s happened to me, cb. But – being a bachelor – I had no one to blame but myself.
So Myself had to clean it all up. Of course, Myself ALWAYS has to clean the mess up. Every mess. Comes with the territory.
I think I’ve figured something out about married men, cb. Their primary “hobby” simply HAS to be family-raising. It’s a full-time job, or so I surmise.
June 13, 2009 at 11:21 am
BTW: I went ahead and hanged the ladders this morning just after dawn. It was quick and painless, and they didn’t struggle. There were no mourners, nor was a religious service read.
Then I moved a 27″ TV from downstairs into the newly baseboarded but otherwise empty room to size it up in a corner.
Then I went to Lowes and bought some 5/8″ particle board, 2 1/2″ caster wheels, Titebond glue (’cause all mine dried out in storage. Who would have thought it?), and flat black spray paint.
Reason: because no one in the entire world makes a corner TV stand that’s worth even the tiniest pinch of ‘coon shit – that’s why!
So I’m making one. It doesn’t have to be fancy – just “quiet” i.e does not attract attention to itself.
June 13, 2009 at 12:01 pm
A common announcement on US Navy Aircraft Carriers: “There is a loss of El Pierre, 2nd deck and below.”
Took me 2 deployments to figure out who “El Pierre” was and why he was lost!
June 13, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Well? Are ya gonna keep us in suspense?
Who is El Pierre and why is he lost? Or is that some variation on “LP air” or sumpin?
I’m feeling especially “duh” right now, as I’ve been working out in the garage since 10am.
I think I’ll go take a refreshing bath.
June 13, 2009 at 1:57 pm
You figured it out “LP air” was the answer! Your brilliance is only matched by your ability to find gorgeous teeth on the innerwebtubes!
June 13, 2009 at 2:07 pm
No shit? The answer must have been piped directly from space to me. Musta been the Space Twats – watching me, as they always do.
I’m surprised that a single synapse is even firing up there in my noodle right now. I’m pooped.
I’m building a little corner TV stand for a spare TV I got somewhere. I’m having to find every tool, every screw, nut, bolt, clamp, towel, drill bit, etc because my shop is not fully organized yet. I don’t even have much decent scrap wood in the scrap box, because I emptied it all when I packed it – 15 years ago.
Well, now I’ll have some. I’ve got some scrap baseboard in there now, and some 5/8″ particle board. It’s a start.