The Dead Zone - Random thoughts and ramblings

aka ron wrote: The wife has been bugging me about paint for her (computer) room.   The dog is pissed and barking outside, if it last more than 10 minutes I make her come inside.   I am being a bad stepfather today, the wife picked up her mom and went to Sun Prairie to see her oldest daughter conduct an orchestra.    I have my Nascar and I am a creature of habit.  And shellfish.

It takes about 90 seconds for me to walk out to the mail box and come back into the house. Wouldn't you know the same lady from Alliant called and left me a message.

Living off the grid can cause some tax problems, you have to pay income tax!

aka ron wrote: Living off the grid can cause some tax problems, you have to pay income tax!

Jimbo wrote: PaWolf wrote: oh no, I really don't live off the grid when it comes to death and taxes. Taxes will kill me because of how long I spend in different areas and what I claim for business, so it has always been an adventure. Yeah, I'm sure a lot of people think being a travelling door-to-door Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman is all just a great big party without a care in the world, but oh the horror stories you could tell, eh Pa?

My PVC large arch project has met it's demise.  Tried to put up 50 and 75 footers (those would have been impressive), but the supports were too flexy & they wouldn't stand up.  Tried the 50 again with different supports & got that one decently up (it wobbled around in the wind, but stayed up.  Should have taken some pictures, but didn't think of it.)  Took it down & put lights on it, but even putting only 2 strings on it proved to be too heavy and it kept collapsing & PVC started snapping.  1" PVC just bends too much in long lengths.  But, the 25 footer definitely works, so I'll make a couple of those for Christmas.  Did find out that I have good dirt going down at least a foot, but it's very dry.  Going to need a lot of rain to change that...

Nope, no extra painting, as it's salvaged from a solar pool heater we had set up along a fence.  The sun-side was painted dark green & the fence side is still white pipe (I "aim" the dark side out. Once the lights are on, the pipe is almost invisible.)   Hurricane Charlie knocked it down, leaving quite a few hundreds of feet of pipe to deal with (I'm still finding uses for it.)  Today I cannibalized the failed arch pieces to make two 29 footers (which set up nicely  )  for set-up after Thanksgiving.  I'll keep the candy cane idea in mind, though... 

As long as you haven't punched anyone, you're doing OK.

aka is turning into a full-time criminal, so it seems....attempting to rob broken ATMs, speeding by old peeps, but getting a break from the cop without a payoff...arguing about the chip cards with store clerks when the fact of the matter is if the store is not ready for chips, they swipe just fine, but if they DO need chips, that process is basically the same.

^^ More like a "wangsta" (several Urban Dictionary meanings)

My MIL did not go for my idea, perhaps I didn't explain it clearly.

Jimbo wrote: Stubborn women can be impossible to talk to.