OT: Garage Ideas

Actually working with thicker concrete is easier than working with thin layers. If you can get the garage cleaned out fixing the floor is a simple weekend project.

On another vein you might consider picking up a floor squeegee. They make short work of clearing water and slush.

I reversed the hose on my shop vac and blew out the garage and driveway yesterday.

Hmm.... we missed an opportunity then. When we lived there my hubby's ex may have made the grade, so to speak.

Bill gots TOYS!!! Your cracker box looks just like the one in our shop. Now is that 12v impact any good?

My hubby (Dick) retired from OE local 3 after a gazillion years. He was a heavy equipment mechanic and operator. We have more tools than good sense. Some of his wrenches look more like shovel handles than hand tools.

Funny thing, he will work on equipment, but when it comes to automotive it is like pulling teeth. He's rather trade it in than work on it.

Inquiring minds want to know, what is that shiny white car behind the oxy/acetylene setup? Huh huh?

I do that too, it works great and you can get the spider webs while you're at it.

That's why I filled my house system with 50/50 mix, just like I use in the cars. It took 120 gallons, but it was worth it for piece of mind. When I bought the house, inspection of the heating system revealed, that the hundred year old iron pipes had frozen at least once. Ethylene glycol and the fancy additives that they put in it, are also good for the circulation pump seals. If you use modern equipment and pipe sizes, the amount of fluid is much less.

I have scale traps in the return lines, to protect the new boiler and circulation pumps, and a recycling system for when I have to drain and make repairs. You can do without this for modern equipment too. But I love cast iron radiators.

Earle

We do get beet sugar in the stores up here, it tastes nice.

Mike

"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:

Here in the MI upper peninsula, sugar beets are commonly used for deer food as well.

Chris

sugerbeets.

When I bought my house the only thing I cared about was the garage. I have since added a Fridge and microwave. Insulated the walls and celling. A tv with satellite ( have to watch nascar) A surrond sound stereo with the speakers in the celling. Plus a Dvd player. And A/C for those hot summer day's and gas heat for the winter. The two things I wish I had more of is outlets and more air lines for the air tools.My two work benches have custum stools made from my old Jeep seats. All of this in a 26 by 32 space.

Later Mike

: Yes, like your husband I used have 3/4" drive tools, but they were : taken from my business in a burglary. It still left me with probably : about twenty thousand in tools, so I do just about anything.

Mind if I ask what kind of business you're in ? I have a friend that goes to Pismo pretty regularly. Young fella named Phil, drives a big burgundy Chevy pickup.

: It's a '57 T-Bird I plan to be dropped in the ocean with, that I've : owned since '63:

Who is the happy guy in the dragster, a young Bill maybe?

Kate

: God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O : mailto: snipped-for-privacy@aol.com : : Kate wrote: : >

: > Bill gots TOYS!!! : > Your cracker box looks just like the one in our shop. : > Now is that 12v impact any good? : >

: > My hubby (Dick) retired from OE local 3 after a gazillion years. He was a : > heavy equipment mechanic and operator. : > We have more tools than good sense. Some of his wrenches look more like : > shovel handles than hand tools. : >

: > Funny thing, he will work on equipment, but when it comes to automotive it : > is like pulling teeth. He's rather trade it in than work on it. : >

: > Inquiring minds want to know, what is that shiny white car behind the : > oxy/acetylene setup? Huh huh? : >

: > -- : > Kate : > 2O|||||||O5 Liberty

Can most people afford a garage and a wife?