#garfield Logs

Jan 17 2024

02:57 PM rue_mohr: hey
03:08 PM rue_mohr: o'clock has an apostrophe...
03:08 PM rue_mohr: whats the o short for?
03:15 PM Tom_L: An apostrophe is used in o'clock because the word is a contraction of the phrase "of the clock."
03:16 PM Tom_L: now what about O'Neil or O'Donnel etc
03:18 PM rue_mohr: ah!
03:19 PM rue_mohr: see I didn't actually know that
03:20 PM Tom_L: me either
03:21 PM Tom_L: script was kinda fun. since i'd never really done one
04:35 PM rue_shop4: ok replaced the battieres in my shaver
04:35 PM rue_shop4: got in new in 1992
04:35 PM rue_shop4: been changing batteries ever since
04:36 PM rue_shop4: these are NiMh, always been NiCd so far
04:39 PM rue_shop2: I need to work out how to hold up a roof while i remove the building under it
04:39 PM Tom_L: stilts
04:49 PM rue_shop2: I used to have an old book on scaffolding
04:49 PM rue_shop2: not sure what happened to it
04:49 PM rue_shop2: I used to love to look thru it all
04:49 PM rue_shop2: just did a search, cant find it, probably too obscure
04:49 PM Tom_L: didn't know they made books for that
04:50 PM Tom_L: my friend has some so i borrow it if i ever need some
04:50 PM rue_shop2: I wonder if I should just rent some metal scaffolding to do it
04:51 PM Tom_L: what are you doing?
04:51 PM rue_shop2: I'll have to move that shed
04:51 PM Tom_L: why?
04:51 PM rue_shop2: not quite sure where, but I need to take it aprt to do it
04:51 PM Tom_L: the small pump shed?
04:51 PM rue_shop2: its taking up too much of the driveway
04:51 PM rue_shop2: no, the one I built and was trying to sell
04:51 PM Tom_L: ahh
04:52 PM Tom_L: you can't pull it?
04:52 PM rue_shop2: heavy slope
04:52 PM Tom_L: years back we got some that came on skids
04:52 PM Tom_L: and they slid them off a tilt bed
04:52 PM rue_shop2: yea, this is 8x12...
04:52 PM Tom_L: i moved one about that size on an old pickup
04:53 PM Tom_L: had a barn shaped roof
04:53 PM Tom_L: i built before i had my garate
04:53 PM Tom_L: garage
04:53 PM rue_shop2: and a bad slope
04:53 PM rue_shop2: I was thinking of making a tractor platform
04:54 PM Tom_L: is it still empty?
04:54 PM rue_shop2: we don't have a proper scrap metal supplier
04:54 PM rue_shop2: mostly empty
04:54 PM rue_shop2: I have a few things in there for cover
04:55 PM Tom_L: gonna move up somewhere and keep it?
04:55 PM rue_shop2: I cant sell it
04:55 PM rue_shop2: nobody will pay for it
04:55 PM Tom_L: sad
04:55 PM rue_shop2: yea
04:55 PM Tom_L: several places here sell those different sizes
04:56 PM rue_shop2: its a woodframe
04:56 PM Tom_L: so are those
04:56 PM rue_shop2: cause it was gonna be a place to live while the house was torn down
04:56 PM Tom_L: better make that a summer thing
04:56 PM rue_shop2: 12ga metal roof and full proper exterior door
04:56 PM rue_shop2: yea not now
04:57 PM Tom_L: anybody look at the neighbors place?
04:57 PM Tom_L: you said it was up for sale..
04:57 PM rue_shop2: not that i'v seen
04:57 PM rue_shop2: I should go peek for tire tracks
04:57 PM rue_shop2: but they wouldn't be able to take it without clearing the snow
04:57 PM rue_shop2: same slope
04:57 PM rue_shop2: but 6" of snow
05:41 PM rue_shop2: average sales 30 sprayers/year
05:41 PM rue_shop2: 7 years
05:49 PM rue_shop2: sprayer invoicing done
06:03 PM Tom_L: good, now go build some more :)
06:43 PM rue_mohr: want to work on other thigns
10:44 PM rue_shop4: wtf, the bits are all crazy
11:54 PM rue_mohr: something isn't working right, the wire-wrapped 1 bit computer programming waveforms are totally wrong