So if you didn't do anything airgun related what did you do today?

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

Yesterday was more of the same. Besides the house which others worked on there are two sheds and a space between them and an enclosed patio room my brother and I got them mostly cleaned out. Books have been donated, clothes were sorted to either trashed or donated, most of the furniture has been rehomed.

The second trailer full was taken to the landfill and a third trailer will be full with the carpet. 
 
 I have a nephew that is a contractor and he is repairing some old hidden damage to the floors, replacing some sub flooring and the whole place is going to get updated flooring as the place gets updated this week.

What's the rule?  Oh yeah, pics or it didn't happen.. 

some pics

Wow... y'all got some work to do.

A lot of work yes, but it will be a "better than it was new" floor when finished IMO because the original pressed wood is going to be upgraded to real solid plywood. The pressed is fine unless it gets wet. The damage was done by the kitchen sink cold waterline, breaking with no one living there at the time. It was just a pin hole/misting leak but probably three weeks before it was found.

[Rabbit\Squirrel Killer]

This old vanity was in the enclosed patio and is being re-homed for restoration. It would clean up pretty well but is scratched up a bit. The mirror is just really dirty. The lamps are just a couple of odd ball lamps that are available still.

[Sqrl Klr]

Sam I've never seen a truck like that with such a rack over the cab and that's a slick setup!

I caught two tank rats in the trap together but I didn't have the desire to kill em so I set them free. Hoping I don't live to regret it later on but tonight I don't.

[bReTt]

Looks really good Brett! I think those non GFCI outlets are against code being that close to the sink as within 3ft they're supposed to be GFCI if I remember right. Check and make sure as your local codes may vary from here.

I thought the same thing at first until I remembered what the man does for a living.   

You might beer correct there Gil!  There was one there before I started and that wasn’t GFCI.  I added the second outlet to the other side for convenience.  I’ll have to change them.  🤦🏻‍♂️🙏🏼😁

[bReTt]

The engineer from the utility company came by.  I wasn’t expecting him for a couple of weeks.  He looked at our power pole situation and announced that he could do the entire job for free and call it routine maintenance.  I was floored! But I ain’t complaining!  Lick up the honey stranger and ask no questions.

That’s pretty amazing right there!  A utility that does work for free is pretty rare. 

Is it just taking out the existing line and feeding it from a different pole location?  That should be a slam dunk if that all it is. 

[Madd Hatter]

My female dashuhound and I saved a bird tonight. She started barking at something in my wife's flower garden. I'm thinking we caught a mouse in the mouse trap so I walked over and got a big surprise. Instead of catching a mouse there was a really pretty bird with it's beak cought in the trap. I quickly released the trap and next thing I know the bird has it's claws gripping my index finger. I lifted the bird up and tried to get it to sit on the fence but it wasn't having anything to do with that. It just sat there on my finger like a house hold pet bird would. So I started to pet it's back and that's when it finally figured out this isn't the place to be for a wild thing. I'm just glad gippse noticed the bird so I could save it.

[Blowpipe Sam]

Brett.  The pole that is on my property is pretty old.  The engineer said it needed to be replaced.  The existing line runs through the oak in the pictures and has been a maintenance pig for the twelve years we have lived here.  The utility company has repaired it twice because falling tree branches broke it and once because the plumber's truck pulled it down.  We are proposing that they go around the far side of the tree to a new pole and then turn the new line 90% and come in perpendicular to the wall of the house.  I think they are willing to do it gratis because they have to replace the pole anyway and doing it this way eliminates a maintenance headache.

[Tater]

"You might beer correct there Gil!  There was one there before I started and that wasn’t GFCI.  I added the second outlet to the other side for convenience.  I’ll have to change them.  🤦🏻‍♂️🙏🏼😁"

Brett, if they are wired together you can just replace one with a GFCI outlet and feed the other one off of it. Save a few bucks and still be safe.

[avator]

Our electric and fiber optics cables run from a pole at the barn, across the new owner of the bar's property to our house. Last year the fiber optics line came down. That may have happened because it was sagging and the owner of the bar may have snagged it with his bush hog tractor. It took our internet out so we had to call them to fix it. While they were here they placed a call to the power company and reported the pole as bad.
Nearly a year later the power company showed up and replace the pole. They moved all the cables up higher. They had to trim several trees along the road to clear a path for the wires. They were here well over 4 hours. They first told us the power would be off for 10 or 15 minutes... is was off for 2 hours.

[bReTt]

"You might beer correct there Gil!  There was one there before I started and that wasn’t GFCI.  I added the second outlet to the other side for convenience.  I’ll have to change them.  🤦🏻‍♂️🙏🏼😁"

Brett, if they are wired together you can just replace one with a GFCI outlet and feed the other one off of it. Save a few bucks and still be safe.

Yes sir, thank you.  They are together.  It’s so simple that I didn’t even think about it.  I’m a lineman for the power company… 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

[avator]

"You might beer correct there Gil!  There was one there before I started and that wasn’t GFCI.  I added the second outlet to the other side for convenience.  I’ll have to change them.  🤦🏻‍♂️🙏🏼😁"

Brett, if they are wired together you can just replace one with a GFCI outlet and feed the other one off of it. Save a few bucks and still be safe.

Yes sir, thank you.  They are together.  It’s so simple that I didn’t even think about it.  I’m a lineman for the power company… 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

LOL... I didn't say anything because, being who you are, I thought maybe you used some sort of new fangled outlet with internal protection.

[bReTt]

Our electric and fiber optics cables run from a pole at the barn, across the new owner of the bar's property to our house. Last year the fiber optics line came down. That may have happened because it was sagging and the owner of the bar may have snagged it with his bush hog tractor. It took our internet out so we had to call them to fix it. While they were here they placed a call to the power company and reported the pole as bad.
Nearly a year later the power company showed up and replace the pole. They moved all the cables up higher. They had to trim several trees along the road to clear a path for the wires. They were here well over 4 hours. They first told us the power would be off for 10 or 15 minutes... is was off for 2 hours.

You probably won’t need them again in this lifetime now unless Mother Nature causes the problems.  We can roll up on a job and it looks straight forward and then when we get up there into it we uncover a rats nest that needs rebuilt.  One thing leads to another sometimes. 

My job is as a trouble man/serviceman.  Our primary job is to assist fire/police and respond to any trouble calls like lights out, part out, flickers.  We run two man crews and we are very limited on what we can get into with just two guys (state working rules/contract rules).  I think that we have the best job in the city.  We run two guys, we are our own boss, we have unlimited freedom in the service area and our job takes us all over the service area.  Our typical job takes about 20-30 minutes and then we are off to the next one.  Regular business hours are 0700-1700.  Anything outside of those hours we are on standby for the “trouble calls” that are our primary work.  If there isn’t anything happening we are free to do whatever as long as we are in the service area.  During business hours we have assigned work like service install/removals, make perms, service upgrades and any calls that come in.  We plan our own route and work in assigned areas.  As long as we are getting the work done no one bothers us.  As the Journeyman in charge I have to make out timesheets and do data entry for the work completed but that doesn’t usually take more than .5-1 hour each day.  If you have a good partner it can be real fun.  We roll light and fast.

[bReTt]

"You might beer correct there Gil!  There was one there before I started and that wasn’t GFCI.  I added the second outlet to the other side for convenience.  I’ll have to change them.  🤦🏻‍♂️🙏🏼😁"

Brett, if they are wired together you can just replace one with a GFCI outlet and feed the other one off of it. Save a few bucks and still be safe.

Yes sir, thank you.  They are together.  It’s so simple that I didn’t even think about it.  I’m a lineman for the power company… 🤦🏻‍♂️😆

LOL... I didn't say anything because, being who you are, I thought maybe you used some sort of new fangled outlet with internal protection.

I’m just a monkey with a wrench… literally!  🤣

My knowledge/experience stops when the power enters the building.  Anything after that I can troubleshoot but I don’t know code for construction/proper installation. 

[Sqrl Klr]

Just looking out for you and your big family Brett. Better safe than sorry. GFCI outlets are inexpensive but it suks doing the work twice I know. I do things like that too when I'm wore out Brett. It's so obvious I just miss the mark sometimes. If I'm wore out with no wife and no kids then I know for sure you get wore out.

Changed the oil and filter on the car then the cabin filter and changed the coolant. Neighbor had a crew cutting a tree down so I got them to quote me for some tree cutting and limb removal. I could do it but I'm beat and catching myself doing stupid things so I need time off. Last thing I need to do is chain saw trees when I'm not thinking clearly as I've done it before and almost cut my leg open ruining a pair of pants cutting them but thankfully no skin with it. Lesson learned there so glad to pay a crew to take a work load off my shoulders and it's a good price too.

[Madd Hatter]

Emptied the rat and mouse traps. The mouse trap was the same one that caught the finch.

[avator]

Our electric and fiber optics cables run from a pole at the barn, across the new owner of the bar's property to our house. Last year the fiber optics line came down. That may have happened because it was sagging and the owner of the bar may have snagged it with his bush hog tractor. It took our internet out so we had to call them to fix it. While they were here they placed a call to the power company and reported the pole as bad.
Nearly a year later the power company showed up and replace the pole. They moved all the cables up higher. They had to trim several trees along the road to clear a path for the wires. They were here well over 4 hours. They first told us the power would be off for 10 or 15 minutes... is was off for 2 hours.

You probably won’t need them again in this lifetime now unless Mother Nature causes the problems.  We can roll up on a job and it looks straight forward and then when we get up there into it we uncover a rats nest that needs rebuilt.  One thing leads to another sometimes. 

My job is as a trouble man/serviceman.  Our primary job is to assist fire/police and respond to any trouble calls like lights out, part out, flickers.  We run two man crews and we are very limited on what we can get into with just two guys (state working rules/contract rules).  I think that we have the best job in the city.  We run two guys, we are our own boss, we have unlimited freedom in the service area and our job takes us all over the service area.  Our typical job takes about 20-30 minutes and then we are off to the next one.  Regular business hours are 0700-1700.  Anything outside of those hours we are on standby for the “trouble calls” that are our primary work.  If there isn’t anything happening we are free to do whatever as long as we are in the service area.  During business hours we have assigned work like service install/removals, make perms, service upgrades and any calls that come in.  We plan our own route and work in assigned areas.  As long as we are getting the work done no one bothers us.  As the Journeyman in charge I have to make out timesheets and do data entry for the work completed but that doesn’t usually take more than .5-1 hour each day.  If you have a good partner it can be real fun.  We roll light and fast.

That crew was 7 guys and 4 trucks including the super's pick up. I stayed at the barn and watched the whole process. Each guy knew and did his job without being told. I ended up signing a release for them to let me have the old pole and the moved it to the side of the barn out of harm's way. The release was incase someone got hurt on the pole it wouldn't be on the power company. We'll use that pole for landscaping or corner fence posts. It's a 40 footer.

[buellm2]

I spent a couple hours walking back and forth spreading lime and fertilizer.   Exciting stuff huh? 

[Sqrl Klr]

We're TCB boys.

[bReTt]

Just looking out for you and your big family Brett. Better safe than sorry.

I appreciate you.  👊🏼

[bReTt]

I’ve often thought about going back to the heavy crews but I just don’t want to be at work that much.  I’m already there more than I want to be.  I could make a lot more $$$ but I will never get that time back with my family so I’ll stay where I’m at for now.