Lockdown Survival - what are you doing?

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Post by sierra11b » Sun Apr 26, 2020 5:27 pm

Did some pickled eggs out of boredom. Will write a recipe for curried-pickled eggs next go around, if I remember.

I did a heavy aromatic batch utilizing some old pickling spice I had so they're full flavored and somewhat pungent, plus the onions and garlic are a plus for grazing. 24 eggs done. One container with 3 tablespoons of chili flake for some spice, the other regular for the kiddo.

Pickling spice, some added mustard seeds, fresh garlic, onions, dill, kosher salt, sugar, and a blend of apple cider and unseasoned (dry) rice vinegar. Fresh Turkish bay leaves from my buddies tree.

I had to make a quick Covid run for the onion and some dill. Now I wait...

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Sheetrock. Yuck
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Post by gwells » Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:22 pm

if you can mud, you're a better man than me.

i could probably eventually get it right, but meh.

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Post by mattcantwin » Tue Apr 28, 2020 1:33 pm

toxicavenger wrote:
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Sheetrock. Yuck
Looks good. :cheers:
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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:07 pm

gwells wrote:
Sun Apr 26, 2020 6:22 pm
if you can mud, you're a better man than me.

i could probably eventually get it right, but meh.
mattcantwin wrote:
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toxicavenger wrote:
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Sheetrock. Yuck
Looks good. :cheers:
I am still figuring it out. I have never been able to make it right imo. :crybaby:

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Post by mattcantwin » Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:23 pm

toxicavenger wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:07 pm

I am still figuring it out. I have never been able to make it right imo. :crybaby:
I think that's the secret; you don't have to make it "right" - just close enough.
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Post by gwells » Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:36 pm

could be.

i know there were places in my house where the people who did the work had a different definition of "just close enough" than i do. ;)

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Post by HapaHapa » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:28 pm

gwells wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:36 pm
could be.

i know there were places in my house where the people who did the work had a different definition of "just close enough" than i do. ;)
Like the molding corners that don’t quite fit and look like they would have fit great if someone had taken a couple minutes with a file or sandpaper? Lazy. Just lazy.
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Post by gwells » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:47 pm

yeah.

or like where they took out a wall, and instead of fixing the plaster between the two rooms, they put a drop ceiling in the kitchen that runs across where that wall used to be.

:rolleyes:

or where my electrical panel has circuits that when i cut them off, turn off outlets in 3 different rooms on two different floors. but not all of the outlets in any of those rooms.

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Post by Ryeguy » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:24 pm

gwells wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:47 pm
yeah.

or like where they took out a wall, and instead of fixing the plaster between the two rooms, they put a drop ceiling in the kitchen that runs across where that wall used to be.

:rolleyes:

or where my electrical panel has circuits that when i cut them off, turn off outlets in 3 different rooms on two different floors. but not all of the outlets in any of those rooms.
Ha! Reminds me of my old house. There was such a rat's nest of wiring it is an absolute wonder the house never burned down.

When we renovated the house, we actually tore down the section that had the worst electrical offenses. I was glad to see it gone so I didn't have to get the "you are a shithead" glare from my electrician.

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Re: Lockdown Survival - what are you doing?

Post by BlueSky » Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:56 pm

It's amazing to watch somebody who knows what they're doing with that stuff.

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:29 pm

gwells wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:47 pm
yeah.

or like where they took out a wall, and instead of fixing the plaster between the two rooms, they put a drop ceiling in the kitchen that runs across where that wall used to be.

:rolleyes:

or where my electrical panel has circuits that when i cut them off, turn off outlets in 3 different rooms on two different floors. but not all of the outlets in any of those rooms.
funny I had to fix a lot of that stuff already. mainly the wall switches working outlets in different rooms :banghead:

in the room I am extending now they ran plumbing thru the wall instead of next to the header 14 inches above it. wtf :crybaby: so i had to reroute the plumbing first. then I had to rerun 2 outlets that were daisychained. :scratch:

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:30 pm

mattcantwin wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:23 pm
toxicavenger wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:07 pm

I am still figuring it out. I have never been able to make it right imo. :crybaby:
I think that's the secret; you don't have to make it "right" - just close enough.
my dad told me the samething. i easily get sucked into creating a headache trying to make sheetrock perfect.

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Apr 28, 2020 6:32 pm

BlueSky wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:56 pm
It's amazing to watch somebody who knows what they're doing with that stuff.
yep you are correct. i knew a guy who could mud in corners and finish them all in one day. he was amazing at it.

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Post by HapaHapa » Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:57 pm

Ryeguy wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:24 pm
gwells wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:47 pm
yeah.

or like where they took out a wall, and instead of fixing the plaster between the two rooms, they put a drop ceiling in the kitchen that runs across where that wall used to be.

:rolleyes:

or where my electrical panel has circuits that when i cut them off, turn off outlets in 3 different rooms on two different floors. but not all of the outlets in any of those rooms.
Ha! Reminds me of my old house. There was such a rat's nest of wiring it is an absolute wonder the house never burned down.

When we renovated the house, we actually tore down the section that had the worst electrical offenses. I was glad to see it gone so I didn't have to get the "you are a shithead" glare from my electrician.
An electrician declined to do work at one of my prior residences. Reason was “Mickey Mouse”.

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Post by toxicavenger » Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:21 pm

HapaHapa wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:57 pm
Ryeguy wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 5:24 pm
gwells wrote:
Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:47 pm
yeah.

or like where they took out a wall, and instead of fixing the plaster between the two rooms, they put a drop ceiling in the kitchen that runs across where that wall used to be.

:rolleyes:

or where my electrical panel has circuits that when i cut them off, turn off outlets in 3 different rooms on two different floors. but not all of the outlets in any of those rooms.
Ha! Reminds me of my old house. There was such a rat's nest of wiring it is an absolute wonder the house never burned down.

When we renovated the house, we actually tore down the section that had the worst electrical offenses. I was glad to see it gone so I didn't have to get the "you are a shithead" glare from my electrician.
An electrician declined to do work at one of my prior residences. Reason was “Mickey Mouse”.
That is my house :mrgreen:

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Re: Lockdown Survival - what are you doing?

Post by gwells » Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:34 am

*sigh*

there is a lot of "mickey mouse" here in the renovations they did before we bought. much of which you don't find out until you really start to pull things apart.

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Post by JBZ » Wed Apr 29, 2020 5:56 am

The immense happiness I feel about the fact that I cut apart our very old playscape and had the pieces hauled away is incredibly disproportionate to how hard the job actually was. But I'm happy, so I guess it's the little things.

Now I need to get grass to grow in the giant patch of dirt that was left behind.
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