Cables, Coffee, Cycles, and Cocktails

[JohnJ]

Lucky you, here it's been highs almost 50 with mid 30s for the lows.

Don't mind my Polks that mated nicely with my heresy IIs sonics, but I miss my 18 to 20k of my Fortes and the sub!

[grasshopper]

too quiet around here

 

slap on Safety in Numbers by Crack in the Sky and let 'er rip

 

1/2 volume doesn't bother the neighbor/s [to the point of complaining]

[Dave1291]

Yup, that's got you allllll over it @grasshopper

 

Time to stir the pot in here or what???  

[richieb]

57 minutes ago, Dave1291 said:

Yup, that's got you allllll over it @grasshopper

 

Time to stir the pot in here or what???  

Hey, I tried to stir the pot - closed two threads and had the infamous “Oops” you cannot access this topic” reply. Maybe I tried too hard - or so some thought 

[Chief bonehead]

1 hour ago, Dave1291 said:

Yup, that's got you allllll over it @grasshopper

 

Time to stir the pot in here or what???  

 It advisable. 

[Islander]

On 4/8/2022 at 6:43 PM, JohnJ said:

Geeze I'm beat. Did laundry, Walked to the store twice this morning. This afternoon I changed bedrooms to one with one window instead of three. The cars without exhaust, PLUS  a loose plug or wire so that all four aren't running... their reverb between the church and the two big windows won't bug me all hours of the night any more 👏🙌.

Then I got taken to a real grocery store for the first time since January, $250 today and I'm set except for milk and eggs until May! 

 

Smart move.  A quiet room to sleep in is essential.  Easier to darken it, too, so you don't wake up at the crack of dawn every day, which is also pretty important.  I finally got a blackout blind for my very wide bedroom window a few years ago, so at last I can have a very dark bedroom.  It would have been great to have it all the years I worked midnights and afternoons.

[grasshopper]

Sun is gonna have to come up a couple hours earlier for me to be up "at the crack of dawn"...

I know people who don't move until "the crack of noon"....

[314carpenter]

Crack of moon

🚫

[JohnJ]

7 hours ago, Islander said:

 Easier to darken it, too, so you don't wake up at the crack of dawn every day, which is also pretty important.  I finally got a blackout blind for my very wide bedroom window a few years ago, so at last I can have a very dark bedroom.  It would have been great to have it all the years I worked midnights and afternoons.

Might fork out money if I'm still here in `23.

Until then the fu-fu shears and cheap blinds will have to do. Last place I put real curtains in it ran me over $1100 and that was in 2003. Some things I won't bend on and I was raised in the South. I've always drawn the curtains where the hot sun would be the rest of the day until I got back. So that 1100 was spent on canvas with a backing, then prettier heavy stuff for her room and LR and den. Not blackout quality, but I've seen that done nicely in FL.

[Islander]

1 hour ago, JohnJ said:

Might fork out money if I'm still here in `23.

Until then the fu-fu shears and cheap blinds will have to do. Last place I put real curtains in it ran me over $1100 and that was in 2003. Some things I won't bend on and I was raised in the South. I've always drawn the curtains where the hot sun would be the rest of the day until I got back. So that 1100 was spent on canvas with a backing, then prettier heavy stuff for her room and LR and den. Not blackout quality, but I've seen that done nicely in FL.

 

My place has lots of windows, including four glass doors, so getting curtains all around would have been really pricey.  Ten years ago, the building had a major remediation, to address water leaks and drafts.  This included replacing all the windows with slightly different sized high efficiency ones.  

 

The new window frames are more bulky, but do an excellent job of keeping the weather and noise outside, to the point where the noise floor in the whole place is significantly lower.  That was great, but it meant that none of the old blinds fit.  Just getting a full set of vertical Venetians cost me $2500.  Then the 3’ x 8’ blackout blind was $500, to my surprise, but it was worth it.  If I want to sleep late, no problem.

[grasshopper]

I have slept in if it's light when I get up.

[314carpenter]

Window tint. They make all kinds of it. You can keep out as much light as you want, but those birds, those darn BIRDS 🎶 🐦

https://www.amazon.com/stores/VELIMAX/VELIMAX/page/F40D68B7-D765-41DD-8132-06D902B900E9

[Dave1291]

Elvis has left the building but someone will have to remind him to take down the aluminum foil he taped over the window glass before he leaves. 

[JohnJ]

Been a long time since I've seen that Dave, shows the kind of "not the" high-life I've been living since 38.

[NADman]

We're looking at "The Biggest Blizzard in Decades" to show up here late tomorrow afternoon. Supposed to last 3 days. Up to 3 ft. of snow in high winds. Northern MN will get the worst of it. 

 

😨

 

[Marvel]

Sooo, we have pollen... Lots of it. The pollen count was 1550 here today.

[JohnJ]

Don't know how they count pollen, doubt it's like me. When I can see it on a black lacquered Chevelle it's not too bad, When that Chevelle turns greenish yellowish and a rainstorm makes it run down the gutters on every street? I'm already sneezin' with my eyes watered up!

[grasshopper]

We're getting your blizzard... it showed up as big wind and a 20`[F] temp drop....

 

they say our pollen count is high... but, you can't right your name in it.

 

[grasshopper]

most of our pollen is laying in the dirt...leftover from last year

the wind stirs it up.  Not enough rain to wash it away

[JohnJ]

It can build up thick on anything that the snow would stick to first around here. I will not have that Magnolia blossom smell sticking to me anymore though!