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swt61

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  1. Realized it's been 10 months since my last covid booster. Set up an appointment for Flu/Covid vaccines for 10:00 am tomorrow.
  2. We miss you!
  3. Prepped and started cooking one of my favorite sheet pan meals for dinner tonight, and to munch on for the next several days. About 15 minutes in the oven, Al's Sister Rinni and Neice Dorothy called and wanted to meet out for dinner. Never turning down a fun time with this Mother/Daughter duo, the meal will go into the fridge for a meal tomorrow. I'll pick up a loaf of Good Earth's baguette while I'm out, and that'll make it even better. Italian tonight. Maybe a good salad too.
  4. That is pretty cool!
  5. I made sure that this time the payments automatically are pulled from her separate account. Her husband is an irresponsible asshole.
  6. The sound effects make the video. Takes me back a few years.
  7. I like Darko Audio reviews. Down to Earth reviews without any sense of self grandeur.
  8. This will be a long drawn out post. Just a fair warning for those with better ways to spend 15 minutes or so. I hadn't posted about this here, but the last couple of months have been extremely difficult for my Mother. As it happens her husband stopped making the payments on the motor home (unbenounced to her) that they lived in. To make matters worse, it was close to being paid off. She had 3 days notice of repossession (they're both in their 80's). Couldn't find a way to stop that from here. But I was able to find a used 40' bumper pull trailer in great shape, very close to her. She was able to make that purchase, and the trailer was supposed to be delivered in 3 days time. So just a short hotel stay. That turned out to actually take over 3 weeks and a $2000 hotel stay. She's on a very fixed income. Then, after locking up her old motor home and actually cutting the water and electric hook ups, the bank decided that the motor home wasn't worth repossessing. The giant slide-out had rusted frozen after nearly 20 years in the South Texas beach weather. Also with my Mother and her husband both being legally blind, they had no idea that they were living in a roach infested, mold infested, horrible environment. They had a pretty bad roof leak. My Mom has COPD, and could barely walk from one end of the 32' motorhome, to the other. So, this frozen up motor home that wouldn't start, and was going to cost almost $4000 to be removed from the RV park they live in, the bank decided to abandon at the RV park, leaving my Mother on the hook for removal. Mind you, the bank held the title, left the motorhome locked and unusable (no hook ups). After talking to several businesses, my Mother discovered that no one would even consider moving it without a title. Long story longer, the bank wasn't able to get away with their despicable activities. I fully understand that the mortgage was behind some eight thousand dollars ( however, even though he had missed 8 payments, he had made 6 payments after that. Payments that the bank had accepted). And again, they were literally a few payments away from being payed off, minus the 8 back payments. She did end up having to make rent on two lots for one month, once the new trailer was finally delivered, and the old motor home was still in the old lot space. So, to catch up... They found a company to haul away the motor home with a giant wrecker. This company charged the bank (the legal owner) space rent, while they started refurbishing the motor home. The bank settled with them for lot rent and removal fees. The bank also settled with the RV park for lot space rent (2 months) which the park gave to my Mother. The RV sales company that turned a 3 day delivery into 3 weeks has agreed to reimburse my Mother for 80% of the hotel bill, and the hook ups that they were supposed to do and didn't, which my Mom had to pay someone else to do. Also the payment on the trailer was knocked down $130 a month. They told her that to qualify for the loan, she'd need an extended warranty. Turns out that was bullshit. And she had only financed $7000, and paid cash for the other $11,000. People really like to fuck over Senior citizens! Today I got the news that my Mother qualified for Medicaid. This also qualified her for a helper to come in 14 hrs. a week to clean, do laundry and all the shopping. My Mother and her husband can't drive anymore. He's almost fully blind, and she's loosing her sight pretty quickly ( both have macular degeneration). The Dr. has told her that her COPD is vastly improved (no mold or roach poop for a few months now). And finally, South Texas has no real transit help for Seniors or handicapped individuals. The bus they paid for to get to Dr. appointments is now also covered by Medicaid. That and they qualified for Meals on Wheels (more of a logistics challenge than a financial one). So, what was a complete pain in the ass, and absolutely despicable behavior by the bank (at least in my opinion), has now turned into a bit of a rainbow after a bad storm. I can't thank my Cousin enough, who spent hour after hour moving, boxing, cleaning and redelivering all of the roach infested clothing and belongings. Also pairing down a ton of crap that they just didn't need. Happy ending!
  9. Nice! Now I can see that's a stained cloth under it. It really did look like Burled Maple in the other pic. Love the Cherry in combination with the figured Walnut!
  10. Many people knew him as a country singer. Some knew that for a short time he was a Beach Boy. Not many know that before his singing career took off, he was a member of The Wrecking Crew, and an extremely well respected studio guitar player. In fact, one day when The Wrecking Crew showed up for a scheduled recording session, Glen happened to be standing in front of a microphone. As members of the crew teased him for his humor, they were quite surprised to find out that they were actually there to lay down music for Glen Campbell's first album. Anyway, here's Glen picking the William Tell Overture.
  11. He's too busy hangin' with Atlanta rappers.
  12. So it won't be mounted high enough where you won't see it? I'd just buy a small roll of cherry edge banding. The iron on type for ease of use. https://quickshare.samsungcloud.com/ghUOwhS1hJX0
  13. I think the problem is your putting panda semen where the unicorn semen should go.
  14. Also building a false beam for the ceiling. Biscuits and a biscuit joiner are still handy for lining up long mitered corners!
  15. Put together and installed double pocket doors. The company finally listened to me and bought good quality aluminum frames. No more warping wood frames rubbing against the doors.
  16. Stick form?
  17. Assuming the walnut back is 3/4" or so, I'd just screw 1 1/4" screws from the middle of the cleat straight into the back, every 6" or so.
  18. swt61

    Speaker Porn

    Nice looking rig.
  19. All of Jeff's tools are carbon fiber and titanium, so ultra light weight. Al does make a good point about the extra screws into the sides of the case from the inside of the cleat. If you have one of these portable PS jigs, then you can still drill them in place.
  20. The one cleat should be plenty. Just make sure it's secured with screws every 6" or so.
  21. Nibbling on Brits?
  22. X 2 And is that a big slab of burled Maple under it? It's hard to tell if it's a stained up cloth or chunk-o-maple.
  23. That's a really nice piece of Walnut. Can't wait to see it with a finish on it.
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