Good morning.

I'm gonna kick it off with a continuation of yesterdays closing .....

Good Morning CGs!

Sitting here as I just finished my morning protein shake and now I'm eating my bowl of oatmeal with craisins. I might not have mentioned it but this month and in July I am on a clean bulk diet trying to put on a few lbs. My goal is 8 lbs of muscle. That's about a lb a week which is not impossible, but still tough. And before any suggestions, Tommy, eating fast food won't help me accomplish my goals any sooner.

I talked to the trans guy a couple of times yesterday. I told him some of the suggestions Pete had and he said no problem. He told me he could tell from the quality of the kit that I bought that I wanted the trans done right. So if it needs a miscellaneous piece here or there that is better quality to put it in. When I've already spent this much, an additional $5 seal that is better won't kill me.

Weather is cool here for the season. I put my hand in the pool water last night and it was freezing. Overnight has been in the 40s-50s for the past two weeks or so. Doesn't help the swimming temps. A pool heater is a nice treat, but very expensive to run.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Matthew

Good mornin

I just finished my morning shake. I'd like to put on a 1/2 lb of muscle on what I just finished shakin but I'm sure it's a lost cause. Wifey is coming to pick me up soon to do some quick shopping for stuff that's on sale. Beef jerky, pistachios, mixed nuts and other household essentials that I like to load up on when the price is right. I'm sure that stuff is all high in protien.

I got somethin else for ya Matt, that's high in protein, right here.


Oohhhh!

Looks like we're kickin it off right from the bottom today. No need to wait till mid day.

Malo le ma'uli!

The forecast was for a 20% chance of rain this afternoon, so it sprinkled 3 times on the way to the office this morning. When I grow up, I'm gonna be a weatherman. Oh well, the weekend is only hours away.

Have a good day, yawlz!

Matt. When we lived in NE Ohio I took care of our swimming pool all summer, but I only got in once. I still remember August 12 as the only day of summer that year. Tired of the snow and long dreary winters that was our last summer in Ohio, by February we were moved to GA. It was also the year the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore and got renamed the Ravens.

I am building a retaining wall on the front yard in order to create a terrace. Not easy digging thru all the rocks to plant the supports, but I got up early and got the last two supports in already.

Next project is to go pick up the Yahama Grizzly I bought last night. Bringing it home and learning how to use it is my only other project for today.

Here's your morning shake.

Morning guys...Back to the original job this morning to pick up some clamps that I left there while the glue set and back to the second job to make a pattern for a top I need to make for an odd-ball shaped peninsula and add a couple trim pieces.

Last night after coming home from the GSs' ball game I set up a new computer for my wife at work. Not hard work, but time consuming, finished up about 12:30am.

As to lasts nights post, Matt, I ain't proud and admit it.

Good Morning Gurus. Its been almost a month since my security gig in Afganistan. I can now drive by a car on the side of the road with out sweaty palms, I buckle my seat belt now since I have no longer the need to bail out of the drivers seat or make room for a tactical vest. Yea life is good! Weather in Northern Indiana has been great, warm mornings cool nights, scattered showers here and there.
Have honey do lists to complete and need to fix my air compressor pressure switch.

There are many retirement options. Here is a guide to help you make the right choice.
You can retire to Phoenix or Tucson , Arizona where...
1. You are willing to park 3 blocks away because you found shade.
2. You've experienced condensation on your hiney from the hot water in the toilet bowl.
3. You can drive for 4 hours in one direction and never leave town.
4. You have over 100 recipes for Mexican food.
5. You know that "dry heat" is comparable to what hits you in the face when you open your oven door.
6. The 4 seasons are: tolerable, hot, really hot, and ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!

OR

You can retire to California where...
1. You make over $250,000 and you still can't afford to buy a house.
2. The fastest part of your commute is going down your driveway.
3. You know how to eat an artichoke.
4. You drive your rented Mercedes to your neighborhood block party.
5. When someone asks you how far something is, you tell them how long it will take to get there rather than how many miles away it is.
6. The 4 seasons are: Fire, Flood, Mud, and Drought.

OR

You can retire to New York City where...
1. You say "the city" and expect everyone to know you mean Manhattan.
2. You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park, but can't find Wisconsin on a map.
3. You think Central Park is "nature."
4. You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual.
5. You've worn out a car horn. (Ed. Note if you have a car).
6. You think eye contact is an act of aggression.

OR

You can retire to Wisconsin where...
1. You only have four spices: salt, pepper, ketchup, and Tabasco .
2. Halloween costumes fit over parkas.
3. You have more than one recipe for casserole.
4. Sexy lingerie is anything flannel with less than eight buttons.
5. The four seasons are: winter, still winter, almost winter, and construction.

OR

You can retire to the Deep South where...
1. You can rent a movie and buy bait in the same store.
2. "Y' all" is singular and "all y'all" is plural.
3. "He needed killin" is a valid defense.
4. Everyone has 2 first names: Billy Bob, Jimmy Bob, Mary Ellen, Betty Jean, Mary Beth, etc.
5. Everything is either "in yonder," "over yonder" or "out yonder." It's important to know the difference, too.

OR

You can retire to Colorado where...
1. You carry your $3,000 mountain bike atop your $500 car.
2. You tell your husband to pick up Granola on his way home and so he stops at the day care center.
3. A pass does not involve a football or dating.
4. The top of your head is bald, but you still have a pony tail.

OR

You can retire to the Midwest where...
1. You've never met any celebrities, but the mayor knows your name.
2. Your idea of a traffic jam is ten cars waiting to pass a tractor.
3. You have had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" on the same day.
4. You end sentences with a preposition: "Where's my coat at?"
5. When asked how your trip was to any exotic place, you say, "It was different!"

OR
YOU can retire to Chicago
and hope you aren't one of the 500 people who get murdered every year...
OR

FINALLY You can retire to Florida where.
1. You eat dinner at 3:15 in the afternoon.
2. All purchases include a coupon of some kind -- even houses and cars.
3. Everyone can recommend an excellent dermatologist.
4. Road construction never ends anywhere in the state.
5. Cars in front of you often appear to be driven by headless people.

hahaha...I pick the Midwest...I'm doing all that anyway..

Gotta go....have a nice day Guru's......

Brought my new (to me) toy home.
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Cool, I've been thinkin' about selling my dirtbikes and getting one for a while.
They don't beat you up as much as a bike, still will wear you out though, it just takes longer.

So, I was running the 92 at 85mph this morning and the ABS and service ABS lights both came on.
It bothered me for a second..........until I remembered that the front wheels weren't turning.
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The car was on jack stands.


Had to clear the Lf and Rf wheel sensor codes.

Cool toy, Andy! A friend used to have a couple ATV's up at his cabin, lots of fun riding them through the trails.

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This ain't a joke. It's all that and more.

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If directions to your house include "Turn off the paved road." you just might be a redneck.


You can fix what that blue strap in the front is holding with a little bailing wire and duct tape.

Y'all can carry two bucks on that thing and bring them back from out yonder.


Have fun Andy.

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Tommy, actually the paved road ends at my place. Right at my first driveway (I have two drives) the public road ends. Then at my second driveway there is no more road, just two neighbors and my driveway, not even any sign of when the road was dirt and went on past us.

The little blue strap says Yamaha on one side and winch on the other. I am still going to take it slow in learning how to drive it on the hills.

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That's funny, the pavement at my house turns into dirt right at the house behind me. I can ride the dirtbike right outa my drive and into the hills.

Yea, watch the hills, those things are easy to roll. About the only time you can sit down on one is going straight up. Going sideways on a hill, you need to have your butt off the seat, half standing up for balance.

Wheeee! The sun came out after I got home, so I got to mow the lawn. Twice. And then Mrs. Pianoguy thought it would be prudent to give some of the shrubbery a haircut. Anyway, my yardwork is done, just in time for it to rain again over the next couple days. I would be happy to send it to Magdalena, New Mexico, where they are out of water.

My neighbor across the street has an old Anglia - real nice street rod with the wheelie bars, etc. He had a visitor while I was out working in the yard - a bone-stock Model A that looked like it just rolled off the showroom floor.

Evening guys....long day. I finished up the one job. Spent an hour with the other carpenter figuring out the the billing, as the change orders had to be figured. Turned in our bills I turned in three separate ones. The original bid, the first change orders and the second change orders. Since school was out those bills added up to a little over $10k (gross, I had quite a bit of materials out of that amount). Worked on a couple computers, then went over to the 2nd cabinet job and did a few trim items. Made the pattern for the peninsula top and as I was driving away the owner caught me and wanted to know if I could go to and pick up the counter tops he found at Menards, so I went to the "city" and picked up the supplies I needed to do the counter tops. Stopped and had my sunglasses worked on at the optometrist then came home.

This evening I built the top for the peninsula and glued the Formica down.

I'm tired but now trying to recover the data from the old computer I replaced the new one with. Microsofts' "Easy Transfer" has been anything but easy. The transfer starts and right in the middle it will make the machine turn off. So far the best that I have gotten is 730Mb of the 10Gb of data that needs to be transferred. I hate Microsoft.