Cool but not cold. Weather warmed up before it is supposed to get cold. I was sweaty yesterday with just my shirt while working in the yard. It was 70F after dark… No idea what today will be like. Hoping for the rain to hold off, but who knows?
Did my stuff yesterday. Picked up a tumbling composter among other things. I guess I’ll give composting a try, at least at home. Since we’re here most of the time, and make most of our mess here…
Today I’ve got a couple of auction pickups, one is mainly PPEs, and the other is stuff for the BOL. The main thing I have to do is visit my rent house and look at a couple of issues the tenant has. There is a slow drain, which I’ll run the small snake down. Every plumber in town is out doing winterizing, even if you have a big issue, you probably aren’t getting routine service. The other issue she’s having is with the clothes washer not working properly. I’ll have to take a look at that and decide on a course of action. And there is a security door that doesn’t close or lock properly, so that will get a look too. Unfortunately my “bucket o rent house tools” is at the BOL, so I’ll have to spend some time getting stuff together for the visit.
I like to have tools sort of “clumped” around jobs. I’ve got an electrical work bucket. A networking bag. A plumbing bucket. And a bucket with all the tools for routine stuff at the rent house… but they are all at the BOL. Kinda ironically, I’ve been planning all week which stuff to bring back home now that we have so much of the work done up there. Didn’t do it though, so I’ll have to hit the stacks and put something together. As you can imagine, I have a lot of duplication in my tools, but this way I don’t have to bring everything everywhere every time. I do have to have access to them to make the system work though.
It’s sort of the reverse situation of what to bring up in terms of moving my stacks. What do I leave there, considering how far away everything is? It’s much easier to get stuff here, so that if I need a tool or a part, I can buy it here, but if I need something up there, it’s a big deal. If we had a big freeze here, like last time, all my fittings and extra plumbing bits are at the BOL, and I’d be in trouble here. For normal times, I would just bite the bullet and buy what I need here, but if things go sideways, there isn’t anything TO buy…
It’s a balance I haven’t found yet. We’ll see how today works out…
More stacks would help.
nick