Hot and humid. Yep. Again.
Didn’t see the high yesterday, but it was hot. High 90s in the shade for sure.
I took a few minutes and got a coat of Thompsons colored water seal on the teak table. I was sweating by the time I was done, despite being in the shade, and hardly exerting myself wiping the oil on…
After that I did a couple of pickups. Talked to my auctioneer and he put me off until Friday. He’s busy. Picked up a hundred 12ga rounds at one auction, and some dental tools. I intend to use the tools for working with clay not teeth 🙂 I also swung by my secondary location, and picked up some stuff. Both kids want second monitors for their school laptops. The teacher sends links to content during the video call, and there isn’t room onscreen for everything. I’ve got lots of monitors, so it was no biggie, but I’m betting most of the other kids don’t have a <s>hoarder</s> prepper for a dad. I grabbed #1 daughter a keyboard too. I didn’t have a USB port replicator or dock, since their lappys are all USB C. That’s too new for me. Once again though, backups for the win!
I also picked up a black and white laser printer for me. My HP P1005 finally stopped working. I had a pallet of old laser printers I paid $5 for some years ago. My intention was to swap printers instead of toner. I liked my P1005 though, and bought one $10 toner for it. I’ve got 2 HP lasers left. I hope the one I brought home works still. I’ll find out later today. I must have scrapped out the rest of the pile at some point. I don’t remember. I probably kept the toner carts though…
Yeah, there is a cost to keeping all the cr– , er… stuff. I get that. But it’s immensely satisfying to just grab something that will get the job done, without any drama or time used. If we were further down the slope of the collapse, I can imagine situations where what you’ve got is all you can safely get… a big chunk of the world works that way now. Thank Gnu we’re not there yet. It’s Wednesday and already I’ve pulled a couple monitors, cables, a monitor stand, a printer, keyboard, can of spray sticky, some decorative fabric, and a variety of other stuff off the pile and put them to use. That’s cool.
Speaking of cool, I received the fridge monitor someone recommended, I’ll be installing that today. Thanks for the tip. So far, touch wood, everything has been fine in the fridge zone… trust, but verify.
I also got most of my gennie parts, so that’s on the list today too.
I’ve got a vet appointment for my little guy this AM. He’s due for heartworm and some other shots, and we want to talk to the Dr about his fairly sudden hearing loss. It seems like it happened in a matter of weeks that we noticed something, and now he’s almost entirely deaf. Maybe there’s some reason besides old age, and we can help.
Grid’s up, and bodies aren’t stacked in the street. USE the time you have, and stack it high.
nick