What are you doing today?

[IllogicTC]

Went to HD and picked up hopefully is the rest of what I need.

I have the new meter socket and service disconnect installed on the side of the house. The centerline of the meter is not supposed to be over 6 feet off the ground, I better measure it because if so then they can either bite me or I'll have to really figure something out. They only actually read every other month, it alternates between actual and estimate month by month.

Got a knockout plate to cover the one I mistakenly punched out that turned out to be a hair too small. Was deciding between splicing or running a whole new length of service disconnect wiring, just went with new. Got a length of bare copper to help reach the new location. Hopefully this all works. According to the utility's guidelines, nothing I've done requires an inspection even beyond their little look-see inside the meter pan to make sure I didn't try bypassing it before they install it.

 

[Fire06]

Off to work

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Workin

 

[Hatchet]

Work, then some planting plants till the gf gets home so I can get my truck.

 

[Blckshdw]

Not a lot going on at work this week. A client is in the office, but they don't need me for their meetings. The main projects I was working on, all of the grunt work is done, so the director I am working with is just trying to make it look fancy. So I have to find something to keep myself busy and not stare at the clock too much.

So far I've come up with 2 options. 1, do some research on how to make one of my reporting processes more efficient and automated, so while it still may take a couple hours to do, I won't have to baby sit and do so many steps manually. This would be for a project that's already completed, but one of the owners is trying to pitch to another division of the same client, so there's no guaranteed work there. Or 2, login to my home theater PC remotely, and convert my DVD image files from ISOs to MP4s to reclaim some hard drive space.

I think I'll start with door #1 so I feel somewhat productive, and when that gets boring, hop over to door #2.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

A little post whoring to go along with the boring work day.

Then once home...I get to mow the lawn. Woo Hoo

 

[CaptainKD]

Scheduling a time to have our new floor delivered.

 

[Mounce]

Checked our deer camera. Looks like we have three deer hanging around right now, 2 males and 1 doe. Males are in velvet and don't have large horns at all.

 

[Mounce]

I was a little annoyed that there was no scroll zone on the side of the touchpad, then I stumbled on the 2 finger (tablet/phone based) scroll. Not bad, not bad at all, I like that feature.

I just found out that if you tap the touch pad with two fingers it pulls up the right-click menu. Gonna be much better for me than hitting the button which has an annoyingly loud click to it.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Finally ready to catch dome zzzzzzs

 

[dmanns67]

Working on HUMP Day

 

[Blckshdw]

I just found out that if you tap the touch pad with two fingers it pulls up the right-click menu. Gonna be much better for me than hitting the button which has an annoyingly loud click to it.

I found that too, as well as the pinch to zoom. I kept wondering why my Chrome tabs would seem to randomly zoom in or out when I was scrolling from time to time.

The buttons on this laptop are also too loud for my liking. Overall though, I don't think Windows 8 is as bad as I've heard, although I didn't try out the first revision which I'm sure was buggy. Just had to get things setup and organized the way I wanted them and it's manageable.

 

[CaptainKD]

Working on HUMP Day

Ditto.

 

[Mounce]

I found that too, as well as the pinch to zoom. I kept wondering why my Chrome tabs would seem to randomly zoom in or out when I was scrolling from time to time.

The buttons on this laptop are also too loud for my liking. Overall though, I don't think Windows 8 is as bad as I've heard, although I didn't try out the first revision which I'm sure was buggy. Just had to get things setup and organized the way I wanted them and it's manageable.

I saw the pinch to zoom on the quick-start guide/papers in the box but nothing about two finger tap lol. But yeah, I'm liking it so far myself.

Edit: Just found that if you move the mouse off screen at the bottom while you're on the "start screen" and move it just right, the taskbar will show.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Working

 

[CaptainKD]

Work meeting.

 

[Sparky]

Watching progress bars

 

[Hatchet]

ordering repair and replacement parts.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Sucks bro

 

[Fire06]

Whore

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Pimped the wife's van with some old wheels n tires I had in the barn

Before


After

 

[BlazingTrails]

Pimped the wife's van with some old wheels n tires I had in the barn

Before

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After

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It must be lowered!!

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Bigger tires for snow clearance this winter...

 

[Sparky]

Should throw some ATs on it

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Needs NOS

 

[Fire06]

A stripe adds 50 HP

 

[Sparky]

lift it, 4x4 mod it, big tires, nitrous, and racing stripes!

 

[Fire06]

Now we are talking

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Working in the lil.govt cube...boooooo

 

[smt 59]

At work.......

 

[Denali n DOO]

Spending the rest of my severance money I been sitting on. Buying a park trailer, 2015 Salem Estate 404FB. Seams pretty much loaded. Sleeps 9, lay z boy furniture, stereo with subwoofer, full size fridge n stove, fireplace. Back room has bunks, dining table(bed), 2nd stereo and big windows. This will be our holidays for a few years now.

http://www.campinginstyle.com/RV-Details.asp?stype=Park+Model&offset=0&VEHICLE_NO=416544&DEALER_NO=4015#.U8e2xpRdVIE

 

[Fire06]

Go finish a deck I have been working on.

 

[Sparky]

Finally got a user's device working. A bit stressed over it but it's done now.

 

[Blckshdw]

Blood mobile came to the office today so I donated. Lady who did the job wasn't nearly as smooth as the last one. Arm still stings a bit at the puncture site, so I took 2 rice krispy treats when I left to make it feel better.

Got a phone call from some lady with the HOA's welcoming committee, she wants to sit down and go over the rules and regs. I did this already with the property management company I'm renting with, but I guess I have to do it again.

 

[HARDTRAILZ]

Going to a buddies house to drink beer, swap the brakes on the DD and then make sure his firepit still works since the evenings are getting cooler.

 

[Hatchet]

Helping my sisters with her brakes after work. Then getting cleaned up for a wake at 8... Poor guy in his 90's. Couple months ago lost his wife, now is son passed away. It will be a touching funeral rite.

 

[CaptainKD]

Attempting to choose what's for dinner.

 

[dmanns67]

Cooking dinner and dvr time

 

[Blckshdw]

So I'm clearing some of the DVR for the evening, as usual, when I hear a thump and see something through the window out of the corner of my eye.

After a quick

I get a little bit closer to see this lil dude chillin. Unfortunately for him, that window isn't opposite the TV, so he couldn't watch as well.

 

[Aarkon]

See you already made new friends[emoji4]