What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[Luke]

Self-centered frown: Because my local group of friends is a bit "divided" I'll be having two separate birthday parties this weekend. Nothing wrong with having two parties, but I'd rather have one blow out and be done with it.

Self-centered smile: Since they broke up, instead of getting one gift from "Andy and Angela", I'll be getting a gift from each of them. Score!

Forecast looks great for the weekend too, so a bbq and some croquet will be in order. And I wouldn't consider myself a homebody, but I look forward to spending my birthday at home with friends.

So far I plan on unwrapping Bioshock Infinite, a bottle of Buffalo Trace Rye, and cashing a few checks. The rest will be surprises as I have no clue what I asked for a month ago.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Told a substitute teacher here at school that I collected video games and old computers. She immediately asked, "Do you have a TI-99/4A or Tandy Color?"

Shaved my beard and my skin is all broken out. This happens every damn time.

[indecks]

I was joking. No one should dance to Tejano music...ever...for any reason...
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woah woah woah my friend. Have you ever danced a cumbia with a lovely girl who you like? DAMN. THAT. IS. FUN.

I'm from South Texas, the Rio Grande Valley. My teenage years were filled with huge weddings and graduation parties that had lots of tejano, and naturally Selena was HUGE back in the 90s. You couldn't go to a party without hearing cumbias or rancheritas, and it was imperative that you danced with that hot girl old Noemi that you got to 2nd base with but never got to sleep with... ahem. I mean, it was fun.

Thanks tejano.

[puke_face]

Shaved my beard and my skin is all broken out. This happens every damn time.

That is why you never shave the beard

[gtmtnbiker]

Wanted to save money and tear down my shed w/tools on hand (12' x 12' w/shelving throughout) so I passed on renting a bobcat ($275/day) which would've taken me probably 3 hours to demolish it and put it in a rented dumpster.

This was a well-built shed, not some shoddy Home Depot deal w/particle board and 12p nails. This is 2x4" frame w/weather resistent plywood on all (6) sides, aluminum insulated siding w/2.5" siding nails and the frame is tied together w/16p nails.

Instead i'm 5 hours in - have had half-a-dozen-i'm-going-to-the-ER-moments; and I just fried out my $200 worm saw. I'm hoping it just powers itself off if it gets too hot - I let it sit an hour but still won't go :/

Now...i'll be renting a bobcat next weekend and will have to keep the dumpster another week AND buy a new worm saw.

/frustrated

So what's wrong with the shed and why do you want to tear it down? I'm in the process of building a new shed that I'm documenting in this thread. I wished I had rented an excavator or bobcat to dig out the ground to level the area out. Whew, that was tough work.

[mjmjr25]

It was built really well - save the foundation (part of the problem).

At some point the siding on the header beam in the back had come off. I'd guesstimate 3-5 years before we bought the place, so 10 years ago now or so.

I first saw it a few months after we moved in and attempted some half-hearted fixes (new, non-matching siding and vapor barrier). I could have possibly salvaged the board (soft, rotted, bug infested) by propping off the roof and removing it completely, but that seemed a lot of work for something we knew was going to need replacing anyways (due to foundation).

Foundation is treated lumber only (no concrete or 4x4 post hole supports) - just a treated lumber frame lying on the ground. So while that wood is actually in fine shape, the back end of the foundation was on softer ground and the back end has slowly sunk into the earth, so the whole shed tilts back about 6" as you walk in - you actually get a little dizzy just being in the shed itself.

Because I went cheap fix on the rear header beam - it only slowed the problem, when I walked out this year, after the long winter, that board is the consistency of a wet paper towel and it has spread to the interior plywood (not soft, but covered in a white mold) and evidence of mice was substantial - beyond repair and time to start fresh.

Like I said - we had wanted to replace it at some point and were actually hoping to just move it to the back of the property as a makeshift chicken coop, but it's so bad now that it wouldn't even be fair to the chickens, so just a total demolish and fresh start...and doing the foundation right this time.

I'll check out your thread...

EDIT: oh crap, I suppose I should know forums like that exist, but that is a great resource for me and i'll be signing up!

I actually am in the same boat - i've seen those pre-fab sheds for $3K at Menards and think, "yuk. no thanks". I designed my own and will probably do a thread as well once the real work begins. My dad looked at the plans and said, "That should only take a day." He's the best.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Car seems to be crapping out.

[SamuraiMegas]

HOLY SH** RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES IS GOOD.

[REPO Man]

Got my unemployment today. Put more minutes on my Tracfone (60 minutes, plus I have double minutes active for the life of my phone so I got 120 minutes for the price of 60, which is $20). Went to Walmart and picked up some groceries to last me a few days (a 12-pack of Hot Pockets, two frozen pizzas and some Easy Mac). Finally went to the comic book store (Coliseum of Comics in Kissimmee), and the place is SO AWESOME! Way better than the one in Nags Head that closed years ago. Bigger, too. Didn't get anything for my Magic or my Yugioh cards, but I was given either $10 cash or $20 store credit for my comics. Went for the store credit and bought the first Scott Pilgrim graphic novel for only $11.99, and now I have $8.01 in store credit left. I didn't wanna spend any of my own money until I get a job. Wanted to get a Cardfight Vanguard starter deck but they were $20.

If anyone was there that day, I was the guy in the Riki-Oh shirt, khakis, ratty black velcro shoes, and with the dark brownish hair and scruffy-yet-bushy beard (need to shave big time).

Still haven't heard back from Disney yet. According to my brother and mother, this is around the time tons of people apply for jobs (i.e. high school and college students), and my resume may not have reflected what they're looking for in the position I applied for. My brother gave me a number to call so I can look into that.

Sienna D'Enema's got a new video on Youtube called Jiz - Break Like a Hymen. Gonna watch it now.

[gtmtnbiker]

Went to Walmart and picked up some groceries to last me a few days (a 12-pack of Hot Pockets, two frozen pizzas and some Easy Mac).

You're going to kill your arteries with that diet. Where are the fruits and veggies?

EDIT: oh crap, I suppose I should know forums like that exist, but that is a great resource for me and i'll be signing up!

I actually am in the same boat - i've seen those pre-fab sheds for $3K at Menards and think, "yuk. no thanks". I designed my own and will probably do a thread as well once the real work begins. My dad looked at the plans and said, "That should only take a day." He's the best.

I hope you post pictures of your shed construction. I love seeing the work done by other people. diychatroom.com has a lot of good project threads that you can get ideas from.

When I started my project, I thought that it would cost around $1500 in materials. I'm
already up to around $3600 or so. Cedar siding was the one big ticket item (around $1000). Will probably be around $4000 once it's all done since I still have to buy trim
boards (will probably use Azek).