#flex-dev Logs

May 13 2025

05:06 AM JT-Cave: morning
07:09 AM Tom_L: had a water moccasin show up in the drive last night
07:09 AM JT-Cave: damn
07:10 AM Tom_L: i think it rode home with one of the boys since his work is right by a pond
10:15 AM lcnc-relay: <roguish> good morning...........
02:32 PM JT-Shop: JT 1 squirrels 0
02:32 PM xxcoder: what happened?
02:32 PM JT-Shop: got tired of them raiding the bird feeders
02:57 PM Tom_L: seems squirrels are haveing a rough time of it lately
03:11 PM JT-Shop: mine have been on easy street a bit too long
03:19 PM JT-Shop: I need to drill a couple of holes and counter bores with the drill press but it's taken apart to fit it up to the sliding base
05:04 PM JT-Shop: sliding base for the drill press is SLOWLY taking shape
05:05 PM Tom_L: nice
05:06 PM Tom_L: https://www.google.com/maps/@37.6069957,-97.3874822,303m/data=!3m1!1e3
05:06 PM Tom_L: i'm guessing it came from that runoff pond
05:06 PM JT-Shop: need to mount the drill press, bandsaw and the grinder to the work bench/shelves
05:07 PM JT-Shop: lower right of the lot?
05:07 PM Tom_L: yes
05:07 PM Tom_L: he parks in the lot
05:08 PM Tom_L: and the field it grown over now
05:08 PM JT-Shop: snake paradise
05:10 PM xxcoder: but is there any badgers and mushrooms?
05:12 PM Tom_L: and the floodway isn't far from it
05:14 PM xxcoder: (if youre not sure what I meant, its from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIyixC9NsLI )
05:14 PM Tom_L: hadn't a clue
05:14 PM xxcoder: used to be flash music, I found visuals funny, though of course I couldnt listen to music.
05:21 PM Tom_L: gettin ~750 lb of lumber delivered tomorrow
05:21 PM xxcoder: wow thats a lot
05:21 PM Tom_L: gettin a play set for the girls
05:21 PM Tom_L: looks like 9 boxes
05:22 PM JT-Shop: that will be one big play set
05:23 PM Tom_L: probably bigger than the boys had
05:23 PM Tom_L: leave it to auntie
05:25 PM Tom_L: looks like a pita to assemble
05:27 PM Tom_L: it's coming on a truck and i hope it's not a semi
05:27 PM Tom_L: or i'll have to move it all to the back yard
05:27 PM JT-Shop: hope it has a lift gate
05:27 PM Tom_L: i'm sure they do
05:51 PM JT-Shop: take plenty of photos of the fun
06:04 PM Tom_L: https://www.kidkraft.com/products/paramound-swing-set
06:04 PM JT-Shop: holy crap
06:05 PM Tom_L: that's exactly what i said
06:05 PM Tom_L: guess who won?
06:05 PM JT-Shop: lol
06:06 PM Tom_L: we'll see if it looks like that when it's done
06:08 PM Tom_L: quite a bit cheaper thru sam's club
06:08 PM Tom_L: still a bit overboard imo
06:08 PM JT-Shop: they are only kids once...
06:09 PM Tom_L: who's side are you on anyway?
06:09 PM Tom_L: good point though
06:10 PM JT-Shop: just remembering when I was a kid
06:10 PM Tom_L: yeah, i never had that sort of thing
06:10 PM xxcoder: lol grew up very poor
06:10 PM Tom_L: i do remember a metal pedal car
06:11 PM Tom_L: i took it apart and put it back together at least once or twice
06:11 PM JT-Shop: close pin on a stick and rubber band pistol
06:11 PM Tom_L: and those..
06:11 PM JT-Shop: I had a dish barrel with a fan motor and a prop for an airplane... quite dangerous but fun
06:13 PM Tom_L: i used to give the boys all the appliance boxes and they played with those for weeks
06:13 PM Tom_L: cut a couple windows & door and they're good to go
06:13 PM JT-Shop: yup
06:14 PM JT-Shop: I would go exploring out in the woods and found a russian grave yard which was quite interesting
06:14 PM Tom_L: heh
06:14 PM Tom_L: i didn't know they were in alaska
06:14 PM JT-Shop: pretty cool for a second grade kit
06:15 PM JT-Shop: they owned alaska until seward bought it
06:15 PM Tom_L: yeah that's right..
06:15 PM JT-Shop: it was known as sewards folly
06:16 PM xxcoder: funny isnt it
06:16 PM JT-Shop: I was born in the territory of Alaska
06:16 PM JT-Shop: it was not a state yet
06:16 PM Tom_L: i think i recall that
06:17 PM xxcoder: people like you will get increasily rare
06:17 PM JT-Shop: yup
06:17 PM JT-Shop: age removes us as time travels on
06:23 PM * JT-Shop calls it a day
06:39 PM lcnc-relay: <roguish> cocktail time on the deck............... bbt