Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[soundman98]

it's their 18" bag:

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Produc...-8221#sp-specs

the interior opening is 18"x10" which is the most critical dimension for me.

i believe milwaukee silently discontinued it, likely due to every monkey writing bad reviews after they forced the zippers in the wrong way. it can't be found on home depot's site without some google search trickery:

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauke...8221/300450402

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by soundman98

canadia is just more fun to say for one reason or another.

lowes doesn't stock milwaukee, so you can't

construction fasteners and tools(cf-t.com) was the only place in the US or Canada that had any of them in stock. until now!

if you find one, do you ship international?

milwaukee part number 48-22-8221

My favorite ratchet is a 3/8 stubby Craftsman that I bought at Sears on Guam when I was stationed there back in the day. I've never seen it, or its equal since then.
It has an indexed bendy type but the outer parts of the hinge are forged into the handle.

[Kiske]

Threw a test pipe on the DD because the heat shield on the OEM cat was rattleing and I wanted to weld it.

Took 3 whole minutes until the rear 02 stripped... Turns out the test pipe's bung was threaded incorrectly (16 instead of 20pt) So I ruined it and the o2 sensor as I didn't bother paying attention. Will be a costly fix- tomorrow.

[p1l0t]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

We can see clouds for the first time in weeks. Purty.

Dude the smoke was making it all the way to CT WTF (not the puffy cloud but that overcast layer was smoke from 10-16k ft). It blocked the Sun out too temps dropped like 20 degrees is going down to 40 at night leaves are starting to change.. luckily I got a trip Hot Springs, AR fpr the weekend and it's 80 down here.

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[Spuds]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Dude the smoke was making it all the way to CT WTF (not the puffy cloud but that overcast layer was smoke from 10-16k ft). It blocked the Sun out too temps dropped like 20 degrees is going down to 40 at night leaves are starting to change.. luckily I got a trip Hot Springs, AR fpr the weekend and it's 80 down here.

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That explains why it suddenly got real cold here. Apparently we are getting it in MD too.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by p1l0t

Dude the smoke was making it all the way to CT WTF (not the puffy cloud but that overcast layer was smoke from 10-16k ft). It blocked the Sun out too temps dropped like 20 degrees is going down to 40 at night leaves are starting to change.. luckily I got a trip Hot Springs, AR fpr the weekend and it's 80 down here

You can see stars tonight. Yay!

[Captain Snooze]

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[bcj]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

We can see clouds for the first time in weeks. Purty.

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

You can see stars tonight. Yay!

I has a shadow !

[ichitaka05]

Good news, got an artificial turf for my dogge for pretty good price. Will try to install it in a wk or so. Gotta put planks this week.

Shitty news, almost 2 months of not having my car, finally got it back from the body shop. Disappointment after another disappointment. Looking at my car just makes me sad. It’s my wife’s cousin who did it. Excuse after another excuse delay my car. Have been patiently waited this long, but finally told him that I need my car back. He did a quick paint job. From far away or reg person might fool them... but I can clearly see fast job. I asked to have certain area 2 tone (paint/non-paint)... nope! He just painted the whole thing. He was expecting I would be excited or something, but I couldn’t be excited or even happy. I paid him to do it & didn’t ask him to hook me up or cheap out to get this job done. I wanted him to do properly good job so didn’t bug him asking “Where’s my car at?”, even pass the date he claim it would be done. He can do crazy good job & have seen him done it before, but this time he failed horribly. Have been using that shop way BEFORE married or date my wife. Love that shop owner aka uncle, but I just lost trust in that shop. I get that it’s not shop’s fault. It was a side job for the cousin, but the he (cousin) will be there working more than the uncle. I just cannot trust em w my car there anymore. Using them over 10yrs... but guess gotta find different body shop.

C’mon, it’s just a fucking car. I get that... but some of you will know, our car is our hobby & passion. Sometimes, we pay pretty pennies to buy stuff that’s we dream to have it & you know it give us smile. While driving back, I was THIS close from ram my car to the pole... but came back to reality and took a deep breath to calm myself down.

Maybe my stress level is high w remodeling the house, first baby on the way, work & etc...

/rant

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

Good news, got an artificial turf for my dogge for pretty good price. Will try to install it in a wk or so. Gotta put planks this week.

Shitty news, almost 2 months of not having my car, finally got it back from the body shop. Disappointment after another disappointment. Looking at my car just makes me sad. It’s my wife’s cousin who did it. Excuse after another excuse delay my car. Have been patiently waited this long, but finally told him that I need my car back. He did a quick paint job. From far away or reg person might fool them... but I can clearly see fast job. I asked to have certain area 2 tone (paint/non-paint)... nope! He just painted the whole thing. He was expecting I would be excited or something, but I couldn’t be excited or even happy. I paid him to do it & didn’t ask him to hook me up or cheap out to get this job done. I wanted him to do properly good job so didn’t bug him asking “Where’s my car at?”, even pass the date he claim it would be done. He can do crazy good job & have seen him done it before, but this time he failed horribly. Have been using that shop way BEFORE married or date my wife. Love that shop owner aka uncle, but I just lost trust in that shop. I get that it’s not shop’s fault. It was a side job for the cousin, but the he (cousin) will be there working more than the uncle. I just cannot trust em w my car there anymore. Using them over 10yrs... but guess gotta find different body shop.

C’mon, it’s just a fucking car. I get that... but some of you will know, our car is our hobby & passion. Sometimes, we pay pretty pennies to buy stuff that’s we dream to have it & you know it give us smile. While driving back, I was THIS close from ram my car to the pole... but came back to reality and took a deep breath to calm myself down.

Maybe my stress level is high w remodeling the house, first baby on the way, work & etc...

/rant

I'd be pissed too. It's not just a car, it's an expression of self. Unless your style is to not GAF (which does work for some people) then the paint not being perfect to your eyes really detracts from how you see that expression, and you feel like it's not yourself that is expressed by it. And it's not like you can just go buy another one.

Sorry you are having problems getting it fixed. Hope you can get it all sorted out.

[soundman98]

i wasn't happy with an insurance repair once and had insurance re-do all of it with different parts..

[ichitaka05]

Originally Posted by Spuds

I'd be pissed too. It's not just a car, it's an expression of self. Unless your style is to not GAF (which does work for some people) then the paint not being perfect to your eyes really detracts from how you see that expression, and you feel like it's not yourself that is expressed by it. And it's not like you can just go buy another one.

Sorry you are having problems getting it fixed. Hope you can get it all sorted out.

My wife claims it doesn’t look bad... but for me, it’s totally different from what I asked him to do.

Sadly, nothing will get fixed. I don’t want him to keep holding on to my car. I don’t trust him to touch my car anymore. If this keeps up, it’ll be next year before I’ll get my car back. My BRZ is my daily. He cannot have it take forever to get it right.

Originally Posted by soundman98

i wasn't happy with an insurance repair once and had insurance re-do all of it with different parts..

This is why, I found a body shop that I can trust. Which was that shop. They worked flawlessly for a long time & now, their kid just ruined it.

[Clipdat]

I'm sorry to hear that the quality of the paint job does not meet your expectations. That is insanely frustrating.

It's especially troublesome when it's someone related to you who did the work, so it's almost impossible to hold them accountable "because it's family".

[Spuds]

Originally Posted by ichitaka05

My wife claims it doesn’t look bad... but for me, it’s totally different from what I asked him to do.

Sadly, nothing will get fixed. I don’t want him to keep holding on to my car. I don’t trust him to touch my car anymore. If this keeps up, it’ll be next year before I’ll get my car back. My BRZ is my daily. He cannot have it take forever to get it right.



This is why, I found a body shop that I can trust. Which was that shop. They worked flawlessly for a long time & now, their kid just ruined it.

Well, what I do whenever I mess up fixing the paint chips on my hood (which is every single time) is tell myself "It's only like that until I get it resprayed". Now, I know that isn't likely to ever happen, but it makes me feel better having hope that one day it could be perfect again.