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keesan
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Accomplish
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Jun 23 01:50 UTC 2003 |
What did you accomplish recently?
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keesan
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response 1 of 190:
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Jun 23 01:52 UTC 2003 |
We went over to work on some metal stud framing in the house we have been
building since 1986, started by going over to try out the neighbor's new pool
(about 8" short of knee-deep but refreshingly cool, and full of all sorts of
toys that squirt), and ended up building a house complete with a door and a
window and a chimney and porch, plus a fort next door to it. Lincoln Logs.
This is the second day this weekend we got distracted.
Nice to actually finish a project once in a while. Also demolished it.
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krj
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response 2 of 190:
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Jun 23 03:53 UTC 2003 |
I did about six hours of work in the garden today. The major physical
labor was getting the collection of dahlia tubers in the raised bed;
more dahlia tubers survived the winter than we had thought.
I also disinfected tomato cages and pots with a bleach solution,
caged the tomatoes and cucumbers, planted three last tomatoes in
containers. Also planted the first half of the pole bean crop, and
the corn. And watered, watered, watered.
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naftee
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response 3 of 190:
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Jun 23 03:54 UTC 2003 |
corn? Are you growing at least 200 plants?
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krj
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response 4 of 190:
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Jun 23 04:08 UTC 2003 |
No, we grow 4 each, of two varieties. Usually I try to pollinate
it manually. Some years we get a few ears to eat, but mostly we
grow corn as an ornamental plant.
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russ
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response 5 of 190:
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Jun 23 11:57 UTC 2003 |
Finished routing the rabbets, cutting the miters and gluing the
reinforcements on the corner shelves I've been working on for
(mumble) weeks now. The second shelf of the pair is all clamped
up on my kitchen floor as I type this, and I've already cut the
support pieces that will mount them on the wall (but they need
to be shortened a bit to be loose enough to be installable).
Bit of sanding and some finish, and they should be good to go.
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jep
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response 6 of 190:
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Jun 23 13:47 UTC 2003 |
I built shelves in my closet yesterday.
There's no storage for my apartment complex aside from the closets.
It's a large closet, but was awfully cluttered. I put up 5 30"x48"
shelves, and now can find all of my tools, camping gear and holiday
stuff.
The shelves are 19/32" plywood mounted on 2x6 boards; strong enough for
my 7 year old to sleep on if he wants to. (He'll probably try it.) I
only have to dread when I move out because of the damage I've done to
the walls.
It is very satisfying to turn a bunch of wood into a solution to a
problem.
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rcurl
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response 7 of 190:
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Jun 23 14:55 UTC 2003 |
Cleaned the gutters. Now, no more Niagaras pouring over the edges (until
Fall...).
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janc
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response 8 of 190:
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Jun 23 15:30 UTC 2003 |
I cleaned my gutters too, but still have a Niagra. Turns out there is a half
inch gap between on gutter and the house, and the Niagra is going down that.
Need to get some screws and caulk and spend more ladder time, preferably not
breaking another pair of glasses.
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dcat
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response 9 of 190:
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Jun 23 15:47 UTC 2003 |
resp:4 i didn't know corn could be an ornamental plant. . .
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remmers
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response 10 of 190:
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Jun 23 15:53 UTC 2003 |
We had our servants clean the gutters.
If i accomplish anything this week, I'll announce it here.
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gregb
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response 11 of 190:
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Jun 23 16:26 UTC 2003 |
The only kind of ornamental corn I've seen is Indian Corn; The kind
with the different colored kernals.
I had my gutters replaced altogether. They were bent in place, gaps in
others, missing downspouts. Now the water flows the way it's supposed
to.
Another accomplishment is /finally/ getting 'round to cataloging my
book collection. Since I have several hundred, this'll probably take
awhile.
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tod
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response 12 of 190:
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Jun 23 16:27 UTC 2003 |
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naftee
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response 13 of 190:
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Jun 23 17:41 UTC 2003 |
re 4 you can get inbreeding depression if your plants, well, inbreed
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rcurl
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response 14 of 190:
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Jun 23 19:21 UTC 2003 |
It's "Niagara Falls", Jan, not Niagra (regardless of how you say it).
Has anyone any experience with self-cleaning (auto non-clogging) gutters?
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mdw
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response 15 of 190:
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Jun 23 19:24 UTC 2003 |
I probably will after this year. I have a lot of trees, which drop
leaves, "cotton", needles, and twigs.
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slynne
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response 16 of 190:
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Jun 23 19:34 UTC 2003 |
I havent accomplished anything around the house recently. I havent even
finished my list of things to do although after reading this item, I
might add "gutters" to the list. ;)
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dcat
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response 17 of 190:
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Jun 23 20:36 UTC 2003 |
resp:11 : once, long ago, got a catalogue of my books together, but never
got (much of) it computerised. . . someday maybe i'll get a round tuit.
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tod
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response 18 of 190:
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Jun 24 17:45 UTC 2003 |
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russ
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response 19 of 190:
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Jun 25 01:56 UTC 2003 |
Got the second pair of mounting brackets routed to thickness,
then cut to length and mitered to proper angle. All four
brackets sanded (shelves were sanded yesterday), and all
the wood is slathered with stain. It is all now sitting
outside, bleeding off petroleum fumes. The morning will tell.
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janc
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response 20 of 190:
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Jun 25 17:50 UTC 2003 |
Got new glasses. Valerie actually made an appointment with LensCrafters
before reading the item in spring agora, so while I thank you for all your
advice, we didn't actually use any of the doctor recommendations. Valerie's
eyesight checked out just fine. I got a new perscription with a little
extra bifocalish stuff for reading. Since the reading correction was pretty
small, the optometrist, Dr Lutz recommended progressives - the distortion
isn't going to be that great with a small correction. I was very satisfied
with Dr Lutz (in the Briarwood Lenscrafters). I wasn't especially impressed
with the glasses-selling part of Lenscrafters, but they weren't outright bad
either. I did end up with a fairly expensive pair of glasses. Might have
been possible to get the equivalent cheaper someplace, but I don't feel bad
about that.
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lynne
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response 21 of 190:
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Jun 25 23:58 UTC 2003 |
Mailed stuff to mom & brother, installed AC as mentioned in Happy item, and
have purchased and boxed up/addressed birthday present for bf. If only I
were this good at getting research done!
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ea
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response 22 of 190:
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Jun 26 21:32 UTC 2003 |
Patched a hole in a window screen, and chemically balanced a swimming
pool.
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jaklumen
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response 23 of 190:
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Jun 27 02:07 UTC 2003 |
Yesterday, I took away some belongings of mine from my folks' house.
They are downsizing from their California split to a one-story rambler.
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gregb
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response 24 of 190:
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Jun 27 14:03 UTC 2003 |
Completed cataloging my ST book collection. Final tally: 515.
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