What did you do today?

[Crackerborn]

So while our newest President (Grand Poohbah 2?) was occupying the air waves, what were some of you doing?

I was at the bench using up the last of my Varget powder since it has been a member of the unobtainium family for over a year now. I only got 1200 rounds out of what I had left leaving me with a very unsatisfied feeling. On the bright side, I picked up a progressive loader for .38 special/.357 mag for a great price. Now if I can only get the needed supplies to make that work....

[The emperor has no clothes]

Driving back and forth to a cornea specialist in Vegas. With a side trip to Chick-Fil-A. Brenda has become addicted to their Hot&Spicy Deluxe. I'm digging their milkshakes. 

[..]

Worked and paid taxes.

[f6john]

Mortared in the mosaic tile in the foyer, grout the entire foyer tomorrow. Finally got started on the installation of the chimney style range hood after receiving the chimney extension I've had on order since this past October.

No tv viewing all day.

[da prez]

    S H O V E L E D.  S N O W 

                    da prez

    what is this bs about swearing

[hubcapsc]

I spread mulch and worked on the place where I'm going to
run my new generator next time the power goes out. If you
load any .380, send me some  ...

-Mike

[GiG]

Sat in my dining room with headphones in my underwear building cars. Not model cars, real life ones.
The high end blue oval kind you see at the dealerships. Trucks, really... 

[f6john]

Got my foyer grouted! Since I got the preliminary mounting locations and power supply location for my range hood marked on the wall I can continue with the backsplash installation in the kitchen. Wife wants tile all the way up to the ceiling where the chimney style hood will be located.

[TTG53#1717]

My 20 year old lift didn't come with one of those T-handle things on it so I made one in the shop from whatever was lying around. Somehow the nozzle on my acetylene plumber torch spit out some internals while I was silver soldering and now gets red hot.  Haven't found a replacement online. May have to get creative.

Later I used some citrus based paint stripping gel to remove 40+ year old wrinkle finish paint from my old H-D crankcases. Worked great ! Probably do some more today.

[Oldfishguy]

Working on a 71 Honda CL450 with a 1st gear transmission hiccup.  Ten years ago I would have never attempted this alone, but now with the advantage of the internet specific forums one can find experts on line.  I send photos and short videos to a guy in Holland over a couple of days and he helps me diagnose the problem.  Then with eBay and a network sharing of parts at Honda dealers across the country I'm able to find a rare shifter fork and two gears (NOS) needed for the repair. 

I'm done for the day now, as it will take a week for the parts to come. 

[Patrick]

Dr appt for post-surgery results.

Dr appt for blood test.

Home hammering in new vinyl tile floor planks. Took 2 days for 320 sq ft, don't/ can't work as fast as I used to.

There was an inauguration ? Imagine that.

[semo97]

Doing inventory of the reloading components. I as well had blood lab yesterday. Did not give a dang what was going on yesterday,  I see the North West is still controlled by Antifa and blm.

[Jess from VA]

No lint in the belly button today. 

[f6john]

I don't own any firearms of note, I need to find some owners like you guys close by. I can volunteer to reload when the fighting starts.

[Gideon]

Got a long over-do hair cut. 

[old2soon]

        Scored 2 extra 14 round magazines for my S & W .40 S V E. And promptly loaded said magazines with 14 rounds each of 165 grain hollow points. Ammo I have-magazines Are in Short supply. My gun shop has them on order but so do everyone else in the country. I'm fortunate to have what I do have. RIDE SAFE.

[John Schmidt]

A couple hours in the gym, couple hours on the bike & trike...not much going on. Stopped by my SIL's shop, his cousin's husband was there so had a good BS session while fixing one of the work vans. Back to the casa...dinner, TV, bed. Boring life!

[da prez]

Gig , sat in the dining room with the headphones in my Underwear.   
Interesting. I shall not ask why.

             da prez

[Moonshot_1]

Working on a 71 Honda CL450 with a 1st gear transmission hiccup.  Ten years ago I would have never attempted this alone, but now with the advantage of the internet specific forums one can find experts on line.  I send photos and short videos to a guy in Holland over a couple of days and he helps me diagnose the problem.  Then with eBay and a network sharing of parts at Honda dealers across the country I'm able to find a rare shifter fork and two gears (NOS) needed for the repair. 

I'm done for the day now, as it will take a week for the parts to come. 

I'd have to own a Holiday Inn Express to attempt to try that.

[FLAVALK]

Rebuilt my rear brake caliper, serviced the rear drive, installed the rear wheel and shocks. Tomorrow I'll hook up the auxiliary tank and see if the bitch starts and runs. If so, I'll install the tank and hit the road this weekend.

[GiG]

Gig , sat in the dining room with the headphones in my Underwear.   
Interesting. I shall not ask why.

             da prez

Too drafty in the kitchen, and there is no way to get the trucks past the threshold, obviously.
Will we see you in Northern MI this summer, Ross?

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Another day another dollar.

[GiG]

Another day another dollar.

Time for a raise 

[Oss]

met some clients, made some phone calls, moved paper
took a 3 hr professional development class online
had some chinese food for lunch
no bike  it was 19 degrees out when I left for work

But will go out to the hot tub soon just because

[Crackerborn]

Working on a 71 Honda CL450 with a 1st gear transmission hiccup.  Ten years ago I would have never attempted this alone, but now with the advantage of the internet specific forums one can find experts on line.  I send photos and short videos to a guy in Holland over a couple of days and he helps me diagnose the problem.  Then with eBay and a network sharing of parts at Honda dealers across the country I'm able to find a rare shifter fork and two gears (NOS) needed for the repair. 

I'm done for the day now, as it will take a week for the parts to come. 

If memory is correct that was the upswept pipes? I rode one to CA from Boca Raton, Fla in about '77. First big road trip I ever took and the start of a life long pursuit of new scenery.

[Willow]

If memory is correct that was the upswept pipes? I rode one to CA from Boca Raton, Fla in about '77. First big road trip I ever took and the start of a life long pursuit of new scenery.

Your memory is correct.  I owned a blue and white Honda CL450.  Nice bike.

[Crackerborn]

I spread mulch and worked on the place where I'm going to
run my new generator next time the power goes out. If you
load any .380, send me some  ...

-Mike

I never loaded hand gun rounds except hard to find stuff, like 7.62x 25 or 10 mm. That may change since 9mm FMJ is now going for more than what I once paid for long gun ammo in bulk. Finding the appropriate components is now the challenge

[Oldfishguy]

Correct, upswept pipes.

The later years changed the pipes slightly, but basically the same machine.  I have a CL360 too, this 450 has a considerable more snort to it.  I'll only keep one of the machines, I have not decided which one yet.  I picked up the 450 last summer, basically a basic barn find; it ran though, which was a bonus.  I noticed a 1st gear slippage in a short test run and assumed it was just a basic clutch fix.  Nope.  I fixed a bunch of other things and kept tinkering with the clutch to no avail.  Rather than pass the machine on I decided to dig into this winter when I have some time.
Not a great machine for distance riding though, too much vibration at highway speeds.  Not a great dirt machine either as it is a heavy machine.  But if you want to rip down a gravel road or a farm field trail, this is the machine to have.

[scooperhsd]

Made a quick 250 mile trip to Hutchinson and another 250 miles back to pickup cousin who has a procedure at KU Med Center tomorrow morning.

[John Schmidt]

Today I headed to my favorite greasy spoon for a late breakfast. Gives me a chance to flirt with Tina and Carla, whatever I do or say they give it right back. If they see me walking toward the door, by the time I'm inside and headed for my favorite spot at the counter, they have my coffee cup full, glass of water and OJ waiting for me. I tease them about taking me for granted and I generally get a cute little nudge by the hip or side of the hand as they walk away. Interestingly enough....I don't see it with other patrons. Sadly they're much too young...early 50's. Makes the meal much more enjoyable though.  

Afterward, I ran the car through the carwash. It always does a major spray underneath which helps to keep the salty brine off during winter. Following that it's a sharp U turn and into the driveway next door for the quickie oil/filter change. Before even looking at the computer record the older guy greets me with a "hello Mr. Schmidt, good to see you again." He knows how to keep customers, the car that pulled in the other stall was greeted the same way plus he asked about a daughter's college activities. Once done, he stood at my window and chatted for a couple minutes. So, with a clean car and fresh oil, I ck'd. with my daughter Toni...."I'm here stuffing my face, door's open and Lucy is due here shortly." Lucy is my 5 month old greatgranddaughter which she, grandma, watches a couple afternoons. Headed over there, just down the street a 1/2 mile, fussed over the dog and shortly Lucy arrived. At 5 mo. she's developing some personality traits, cute as can be. After a couple hrs. headed for the casa, set up the IR heaters in the garage and worked on the bike to trike project for a while. Didn't really do much, so why am I so tired this evening?  

[Jess from VA]

Sadly they're much too young...early 50's

No they aren't.  Cumon' man.... get with the program.       
     

[6adan]

Wednesday I did something more important than watch what happened on TV. I helped escort a Navy veteran with no family to the Military Cemetery in Corinth Mississippi. 

[semo97]

Good for you, very honorable, that takes the prize for this thread

[Skinhead]

Driving back and forth to a cornea specialist in Vegas. With a side trip to Chick-Fil-A. Brenda has become addicted to their Hot&Spicy Deluxe. I'm digging their milkshakes.  

Chick-Fil-A is good, but I'm surprised that a woke individual such as yourself would spend his hard earned retirement dollars in such a hateful enterprise.

While CFA is good, Popeyes spicy chicken is awesome!  As some of the brothers and sisters have demonstrated, it is worth stabbing someone over.
^^^^^^most of the above is said tongue in cheek^^^^^^^^^

[Skinhead]

Sat in my dining room with headphones in my underwear building cars. Not model cars, real life ones.
The high end blue oval kind you see at the dealerships. Trucks, really... 

Another reason not to buy a Ford.

[Chrisj CMA]

Well it's a rainy day here in NW Florida and we have an RTE tomorrow so I did my monthly undercover cleaning. Sadly it's becoming more like a quarterly undercover but to my surprise everything was rather clean. It was more like dusting than cleaning. My hands didn't even get dirty. All the paint and Chrome got wax and all the hoses and plastic got vinyl protectant. Screws and nuts that need checked got checked and or tightened. Just got it all buttoned back up and it took less than an hour.

Most of the cleaning was concentrated on the engine. I used my digital camera with flash to find hidden dirt. That works so well







There is real value in this. The last time I detected a slight oil seepage from the forward end of the right side valve cover. I removed and resealed it. This time theres no sign of any seepage. I'd rather find that on close inspection, than it gets bad enough for the whole world to see. That surely doesn't represent well.

[The emperor has no clothes]

Driving back and forth to a cornea specialist in Vegas. With a side trip to Chick-Fil-A. Brenda has become addicted to their Hot&Spicy Deluxe. I'm digging their milkshakes.  

Chick-Fil-A is good, but I'm surprised that a woke individual such as yourself would spend his hard earned retirement dollars in such a hateful enterprise.

While CFA is good, Popeyes spicy chicken is awesome!  As some of the brothers and sisters have demonstrated, it is worth stabbing someone over.
^^^^^^most of the above is said tongue in cheek^^^^^^^^^

a woke individual ? I'm not even sure what that means. I did convince Brenda to try Popeyes after one of the many trips to Vegas. To be honest, I wasn't that impressed. And she surely wasn't.

[Chrisj CMA]

Driving back and forth to a cornea specialist in Vegas. With a side trip to Chick-Fil-A. Brenda has become addicted to their Hot&Spicy Deluxe. I'm digging their milkshakes.  

Chick-Fil-A is good, but I'm surprised that a woke individual such as yourself would spend his hard earned retirement dollars in such a hateful enterprise.

While CFA is good, Popeyes spicy chicken is awesome!  As some of the brothers and sisters have demonstrated, it is worth stabbing someone over.
^^^^^^most of the above is said tongue in cheek^^^^^^^^^

a woke individual ? I'm not even sure what that means. I did convince Brenda to try Popeyes after one of the many trips to Vegas. To be honest, I wasn't that impressed. And she surely wasn't.

I think it depends on the individual stores. When our Popeyes opened I tried it because of all the hype. We got take out and brought it home. So greasy we had to re bake it to get some of the grease cooked off. It was barely edible. Never going back

[0leman]

Correct, upswept pipes.

The later years changed the pipes slightly, but basically the same machine.  I have a CL360 too, this 450 has a considerable more snort to it.  I'll only keep one of the machines, I have not decided which one yet.  I picked up the 450 last summer, basically a basic barn find; it ran though, which was a bonus.  I noticed a 1st gear slippage in a short test run and assumed it was just a basic clutch fix.  Nope.  I fixed a bunch of other things and kept tinkering with the clutch to no avail.  Rather than pass the machine on I decided to dig into this winter when I have some time.
Not a great machine for distance riding though, too much vibration at highway speeds.  Not a great dirt machine either as it is a heavy machine.  But if you want to rip down a gravel road or a farm field trail, this is the machine to have.

Bought a CB450 new  in  '71.   Had it till '70 when a young lady broad sided it.  Couple of years after buying it change the pipes to CL pips.  Enjoyed it.  Lots of off hwy miles.  

I spent the day trying to get the leaves picked up.   Didn't get that done in the fall like I should have, and took a short 90 mile ride.   Good day outside.  

[f6gal]

Driving back and forth to a cornea specialist in Vegas. With a side trip to Chick-Fil-A. Brenda has become addicted to their Hot&Spicy Deluxe. I'm digging their milkshakes.  

Chick-Fil-A is good, but I'm surprised that a woke individual such as yourself would spend his hard earned retirement dollars in such a hateful enterprise.

While CFA is good, Popeyes spicy chicken is awesome!  As some of the brothers and sisters have demonstrated, it is worth stabbing someone over.
^^^^^^most of the above is said tongue in cheek^^^^^^^^^

Red beans and rice from Popeye's...