What significant things have I done today?

[Griffin NoName]

Excellent Ababe.

Will it mean I sleep tonight? Probably not.

Of course I didn't manage to sleep last night. Yes, I feel wretched. Another failure

Got my hair cut. And it's now quite a strange colour too.

Now have a migraine.......  I am never going to force myself to stay awake all day again.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

I installed a new ATi 4850 and a new heatsink for the card (and RAM). Now I can play Bioshock at max settings without lag.
-----
Sorry for being trivial girls, perhaps a less trivial thing is my time in the threadmill?

[Griffin NoName]

LOL@Bob, yep, my haircut is certainly NOT trivial. (did I say? - it's for my son's wedding? hehee).

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

Installed a 5 ton A/C today-- or at least the inside bit.  Will be a new 410a, and had to learn new techniques.

Took 'way too long.... so it goes.

But.  Learned an excellent new trick, with regards to setting the furnace atop the cooling coils....will remember it again for next time.

Discovered that "quick and convenient" often equals "expensive".  Converting copper lines from Freon to 410a requres a solvent be flushed through them, to remove residue, etc.  We tried a "single shot" flush system, consisting of a small bottle of pressurized solvent.   The bottle cost $50 each.

That's right:  roughly 20 ounce can of chemicals goes for $50.

And we both recognized the main ingredients in there, from long experience cleaning auto parts.... and were dismayed that it's a commonly available fluid.

Certainly not worth $50 a can...  more like  $20 a 5 gallon.

So.  I must come up with a method of using bulk solvent-- which I did in about a minute.  Discussion to refine the design, and I'm gonna build one.*

Was gonna install the outside unit, too, but they are back-ordered!  Poopies!

_______________

<sub>* in case anyone is morbidly interested, my design consists of a 2" diameter water pipe (roughly 5 cm) say 24" long (roughly 60 cm). This ought to hold sufficient solvent for a single flush.   A pipe cap for a lid up-top.  A 2" to 1/2" converter coupling, a 1/2" ball-valve for a stopper, then an 1/2" to 1/4" flare fitting after that.  We use 1/4" flare hoses for everything.  Up near the top, in the side of the pipe, I'll drill a small hole, tap it for 1/4" NPT, and install a 1/4" flare fitting, which connects to a pressurized bottle of dry nitrogen.  We needed that anyway, to push the solvent out of the pipes.

Simple, effective, relatively cheap.  And we can easily use any suitable solvent we want in it.   

I may get fancy, though, and get a piece of Lexan tubing, as a "sight glass" so we can tell when all the solvent is flushed through.  Or, perhaps a short piece of high-density polyethylene tubing, connected in a "loop".  Hmm-- as I just now thought of that, I may need to think more.   The whole thing needs to withstand up to 150 psi.   Easily done with water pipe.  Not so much with plastic tubing.</sub> 

[Griffin NoName]

Wrote to the Council objecting to proposed building right outside my windows - and I mean right outside.

[Sibling Chatty]

Slept.

All day.

Gonna go sleep some more, too.

[Griffin NoName]

Procured plastic covered wire (of the kind to hang net curtains) in order to attempt to mend my fridge.

[Sibling Chatty]

Started trying to consider packing for Louisiana. (If MD Anderson doesn't have my pathology stuff ready by Wednesday, I am going to go start attacking people with a dull machete.)

Also, slept a lot...

[pieces o nine]

(If MD Anderson doesn't have my pathology stuff ready by Wednesday, I am going to go start attacking people with a dull machete.)

Cut their hearts out.
With a spoon.

Because it's DULL, you twit. It'll hurt more.

[Sibling Chatty]

'Zakly.

Plus, the machete's rusty, and the spoons aren't.

If the hackin' don't get 'em, the rust flakes will...

[Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith]

'Zakly.

Plus, the machete's rusty, and the spoons aren't.

If the hackin' don't get 'em, the rust flakes will...

Be sure to use it to stir your cat-box litter first....

[Alpaca]

If the hackin' don't get 'em, the rust flakes will...

Oh, the iron-y.

Or I guess it's ironic oxide.

[Sibling Chatty]

'Zakly.

Plus, the machete's rusty, and the spoons aren't.

If the hackin' don't get 'em, the rust flakes will...

Be sure to use it to stir your cat-box litter first....

I'll borrow a cat...or at least his box. Spencer loves kittehs, but isn't allowed to own one, as he gets much too interested in inter-species dating...

--------

Alpaca....that was good...got a BIG groan--the punster's sign of jealousy!

[anthrobabe]

Wrote to the Council objecting to proposed building right outside my windows - and I mean right outside.

Are you quite sure that it is not the Crimson Perm. Assurance out there?

Started trying to consider packing for Louisiana. (If MD Anderson doesn't have my pathology stuff ready by Wednesday, I am going to go start attacking people with a dull machete.)

Also, slept a lot...

here-- 

[Griffin NoName]

Wrote to the Council objecting to proposed building right outside my windows - and I mean right outside.

Are you quite sure that it is not the Crimson Perm. Assurance out there?

??  (me = dim or foreign.... !)

Started trying to consider packing for Louisiana. (If MD Anderson doesn't have my pathology stuff ready by Wednesday, I am going to go start attacking people with a dull machete.)

Also, slept a lot...

Don't delay. Just schedule a raid on MDA on the way to L. 

Today I went to the post office. Then I went back to bed with my sore tummy. Bugs.