MitchThe$nitch 238 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Started to build a shed that will fit into my gangway (aka-space between my garage and fence) about 4 feet wide. I’m not a builder - never built anything actually. Got some tools and lumber and got started. More to do still. Pictured - said gangway and noob tools. 5 1 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hua Guofang 2,820 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, stunt double said: My first beer is still bottle conditioning, looking forward to cracking into them and sinking a few. How did you get into brewing all grain @Hua Guofang? Seems a lot more rewarding, but much more in depth with a lot more variables... Same way as you. Not sure what drove me years ago but did a bunch of kits and experimented. Had to take a break as living in a Beijing shoebox for a few years held me back. Returned home, started spending way too much on craft beer and decided to brew my own. Ego won't let me be satisfied with shit bought in a can, so I learn how to do all grain and go from there. Lot's of failures, some I still don't understand why, but on a good track now of decent beers. Built a keezer and have a double batch, three vessel system in the brewery that I love tinkering with. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MitchThe$nitch 238 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 (edited) Never used or had an impact driver - those are game changers. I’ll post progress pictures/failures. Edited May 12 by MitchThe$nitch 1 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty_habiT 3,449 Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 3 hours ago, Hua Guofang said: Same way as you. Not sure what drove me years ago but did a bunch of kits and experimented. Had to take a break as living in a Beijing shoebox for a few years held me back. Returned home, started spending way too much on craft beer and decided to brew my own. Ego won't let me be satisfied with shit bought in a can, so I learn how to do all grain and go from there. Lot's of failures, some I still don't understand why, but on a good track now of decent beers. Built a keezer and have a double batch, three vessel system in the brewery that I love tinkering with. Lol, so now I'm wondering what you would say if you canned your own beer and then drank IT out of a can. 😄 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty_habiT 3,449 Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 3 hours ago, MitchThe$nitch said: Never used or had an impact driver - those are game changers. I’ll post progress pictures/failures. No bullshit, even a small impact driver is night/day difference for running screws into whatever depth you want. Of course you have to use stuff like deckmates or the square/star bit screws that won't strip the heads..... but yeah right into the wood like butter. I've been wanting a shed for a while now so I can move some things out of my one car garage at this duplex. But..... I don't really want to spend a lot of time/effort/money on improving a place I'm renting..... which is crazy given the story above about improving the gardens in the apartments. 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glorydays 1,650 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Started a garden 5 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SMdoubleXL 5,082 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 11 hours ago, Schnitzel said: Can i ask what a thirst trap is? some shit I don’t need to be doing at this point in life but on the other hand I am requiring a lil more attention and adoration than I am currently receiving. Im tryna have some company 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glorydays 1,650 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 1 hour ago, SMdoubleXL said: some shit I don’t need to be doing at this point in life but on the other hand I am requiring a lil more attention and adoration than I am currently receiving. Im tryna have some company you're a honey pot, if that's the case thirst trap, i believe, has a negative connotation 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
One Man Banned 10,790 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 2 hours ago, glorydays said: you're a honey pot, if that's the case thirst trap, i believe, has a negative connotation Pooh meme? 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SMdoubleXL 5,082 Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 2 hours ago, glorydays said: you're a honey pot, if that's the case thirst trap, i believe, has a negative connotation Ha. You’re too kind. but no. I set some traps. I’m probably just gonna go ahead and delete that other IG. 🦶🏼 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Some1 141 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Chopped the top side off my 74 VW Bus so I can turn into a bar for my business. Fuck Im old I cant believe this site is even around still! 7 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glorydays 1,650 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 2 hours ago, Some1 said: Chopped the top side off my 74 VW Bus so I can turn into a bar for my business. Fuck Im old I cant believe this site is even around still! Welcome back!!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ko SprueOne 672 Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 3 hours ago, Some1 said: Chopped the top side off my 74 VW Bus so I can turn into a bar for my business. Fuck Im old I cant believe this site is even around still! Interested in seeing progress and then completion shots of this project. 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Schnitzel 2,580 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 nice work on the kombi! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightmareOnElmStreet 2,410 Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 Cool thread. Seems pretty general. Like, general discussion, within a discussion thread discussion. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fist 666 2,939 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Incestion starring leo and his step sister. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KILZ FILLZ 7,113 Posted May 16 Share Posted May 16 Built a new bedframe and rearranged some shit. started recovery process for CoinBase finally looks like the problem I was having was browser incompatibility. Apparently Brave Browser isn’t comparable with the CoinBase browser site. Who woulda thunk it 🤔 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NightmareOnElmStreet 2,410 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 On 5/15/2020 at 8:47 PM, KILZ FILLZ said: Built a new bedframe and rearranged some shit. started recovery process for CoinBase finally looks like the problem I was having was browser incompatibility. Apparently Brave Browser isn’t comparable with the CoinBase browser site. Who woulda thunk it 🤔 fuck this thread. but also, wtf happened to you coinbase login? I basically waited damn near a year before figuring out my pw and re-gaining access. and mega props for the bed frame.....pics or gtfo though. that's dope. been on the horizon for a while now even though I don't know shit about building anything. but I can paint the shit out of it doe. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mercer 8,582 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 (edited) @KILZ FILLZbrave browser blocks all Javascript by default. You have to click the brave browser logo right next to the address bar to allow it. Most websites like that won't work in the fully safe/blocked javascript mode. I use brave on Coinbase all the time. It's that grayed out lion face after "what-... |" If the face is in color you're blocking scripts on the site, if it's gray, you're allowing them. Edited May 17 by Mercer 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mn1_fuckos 414 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 man I thought I was gonna be productive and reach enlightenment and edit though thousands of photos. then I realized fuck that I dont want to do shit. Typically I work 50 hours a week and this has been the closest thing to summer vacation since I was in high school. overall Ive lost weight without hitting the gym or even going for a run. Ive lost all my gains I made when I was hitting the gym and I havent gone running at all but I figure once life gets some what back on schedule Ill just go back to being productive 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fat ralphy 1,598 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 garden progress fixed some broken sprinklers general home owner bullshit which is a pain but I am grateful to be able to do.... 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fist 666 2,939 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Not much at all. Kinda felt good to just fuck off... 2 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hua Guofang 2,820 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Got my little girl playing with other kids as our lockdown is easing. She freaked out at first, her little spot on the floor with all her toys and stuff all of a sudden had a bunch of strangers up in it. After she warmed up, one of the other little girls was trying to be nice, passing her a toy and belted her in the face with it. Other than that, it was awesome. She now gets that there are others that she will interact with, not just mum, dad and grandma. Day before we went out on a picnic. As I said, our lives are starting to return to normal now and there's no known cases in our state. However, I know a spot where no one else goes, looking over a lake and across the mountains. I hand-feed birds there and know the place pretty well. So it was a great spot for little pumpkin head to craw around, check out the wildlife and look at nice things. Has me fucked. I was never one for marrying or kids, but I hit my mid 30s and realised that it was either get with the program or be the dude who's rarely invited to things and spend the holidays by himself because everyone else has family. That was a recipe for an early death via liver cancer. Now, I can't believe how much I love this shit, even committing all the time that usually would have been my own, to the family gives a strong sense of self worth. I do worry that I've brought a child into a fucked up world, but my goal is to make the world a better place than I found it. And if I replace myself with some one that is positive, capable and virtuous then I've achieved my aim. Having a family really is fulfilling. 2 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dirty_habiT 3,449 Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 That was an awesome post @Hua Guofang. I have watched a lot of my friends have kids and "grow up" very quickly afterwards. I think it does good things to most people. I'm going to be 38 this year and I don't have any kids yet. It makes me feel like my time is running out to parent a child properly but I also have all these requirements in my head.... like I have to own something. I don't want a kid while renting a duplex. I just feel like the expense of a child right now would severely get in the way of buying land. Maybe I'm being selfish.... I dunno. I like other peoples' kids, they're wild to watch and the shit they say is hilarious most of the time. Anyway..... I got some shit accomplished. Remember the heavy duty racks I wanted to get? I got them this morning and moved them to my shop this afternoon where my dad helped me unload them. The racks did not have any grating or shelving on them so I had to cut some wood to make shelving. It came out good and I will definitely share pictures when it's done. Here's the picture from the post on craigslist where I bought it today: This is fucking beast. It takes 16 sections of 2"x6" board to fill one shelf. I got 13 boards today done. I need to buy 34 8' sections of 2"x6" to finish the rest. It's going to hold ALL of my car shit that I've accumulated over the years that is currently kinda stacked haphazardly around the shop. The 9-10 spare transmissions I have take up a lot of floor space and now they're going to go onto the racks. I guess I also "accomplished" spending some money on a circular saw since I didn't already have one. 2 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hua Guofang 2,820 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 @Dirty_habiTI was 48 and three days when my little girl was born. Would I have been ready much before I was around this age? No, I would not and I was living in part of the world that I would not force on a new child. But have I missed out on a lot because of having a kid so late? Yes. My body is starting to crap out, so by the time she's into mountain bike riding, or whatever she does, I won't be able to do it with her, and all of that kind of stuff. It's also a serious likelihood that I'll not meet my grandkids. But, whaddayado? Life is what it is and we all have very different requirements and we just gotta go with what you think is best. You're obviously a thinker and don't seem like the kind of bloke to take responsibility lightly. I'm sure that you'll make the right decision for yourself and your family, whatever that decision ends up being. BTW, great shelving system. I have some similar stuff and it's solid. I wish all of my shelving was like that, instead I wasted money buying cheaper shit and I barely trust it to hold minimal weight. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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