Ill keep the rant to a minimum on this one.  As i have bitched about before, they have declared war on trees, farms, wildlife, dirt...  and are putting up houses in my county as fast as they can.

Had to run to the vet yesterday, and on the way I pass one of the new developments. Not been past in a couple of weeks ( its also on the way to the hardware store ). And in those 2 weeks. must be 100 houses magically appeared out of the dust..

How in the hell do they build this crap that fast? My dad and grandfather were in the building industry so I know it does not take a long time to grow a cookie cutter house in a development, but this is frightening how many ...  In a year, there will be no dirt left here.

With most things there is a 'right way' a 'duct tape way' and the 'wrong way'

Somewhere between "right" and "duct tape" is where i normally fall. Most things in life are NOT worth effort to do it by the book.  But i don't want a bunch of tape holding things together either..

Wed Oct 16 2024 22:22:00 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar Subject: Re: Suicide sockets

That's the correct way to do it. 

So. hopping up and running around the roof at 60 is not the same as at 50..  Not 'bad' but i can tell a difference going up the ladder.

I got an air compressor this past summer (ok, it was my dad's air compressor, he's too senile to use it anymore) and have been enjoying using air tools in my shop.  I even set up a little parking cubicle for it in the corner of the garage, but it really was annoying to have to pull it out, get down on the floor, and operate the drain plug after each use.  It's bad to leave moisture in the tank, of course.  So I just got this:

Now all I have to do is pull on that cord and it dumps the tank from the bottom, letting out any moisture that has collected inside.

its amazing how tools multiply on their own.  Especially wrenches, sockets and stuff.