What did you do today?

[Ed Kennell 40,185]

This downsizing is not working out.   Took some furniture to my MILs new residence at a nursing home and came home with this.

Never know what may happen when you talk tractors with strangers.

 

 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,955]

Today i learned every day is a school day.

While redecorating the bedrooms I had to move two light fittings into the centre of the ceiling. 

In 1961 when the built the house it was the practice to put the ceiling lights off centre toward the windows.

My logical brain decided it was done to mimic daylight coming in through the windows. 

Didn't realise that it was only evident in bedrooms, the living areas were central light pendants.

Today a builder mate told me it was called modesty lighting. Apparently back in the days of thin curtain material the light was offset toward the window so that if a woman was undressing her silhouette would not be projected onto the curtain. Obviously we had more peeping toms back then due to aback of Internet porn lol. 

You'd have thought it was easier to specify thicker curtains than mess about with wiring runs etc. 

[adsm08 2,549]

1 hour ago, Mickwhitt said:

Today i learned every day is a school day.

While redecorating the bedrooms I had to move two light fittings into the centre of the ceiling. 

In 1961 when the built the house it was the practice to put the ceiling lights off centre toward the windows.

My logical brain decided it was done to mimic daylight coming in through the windows. 

Didn't realise that it was only evident in bedrooms, the living areas were central light pendants.

Today a builder mate told me it was called modesty lighting. Apparently back in the days of thin curtain material the light was offset toward the window so that if a woman was undressing her silhouette would not be projected onto the curtain. Obviously we had more peeping toms back then due to aback of Internet porn lol. 

You'd have thought it was easier to specify thicker curtains than mess about with wiring runs etc. 

 

Not everyone had money for thicker curtains, every house had electric lights.

 

Its the same logic by which lug nuts are sold in packs of four. Not every wheel has five lugs, but every car has four wheels.

[953 nut 57,425]

2 hours ago, Mickwhitt said:

builder mate told me it was called modesty lighting. Apparently back in the days of thin curtain material the light was offset toward the window so that if a woman was undressing her silhouette would not be projected onto the curtain.

 

[squonk 42,273]

15 hours ago, Pete D said:

Today I changed the plug on a 220V outlet in my shop so I can use my welder.  I had no power to the plug.  Here's the plug I replaced, conveniently close to the breaker box:

 

 

None of the breakers seemed to feed it.  This is from where it's actually fed. 😐

 

I now realize how much "fun" I'm going to have identifying the rest of the circuits in my shop.

 

 

 

[ebinmaine 70,284]

1 minute ago, squonk said:

 

 

Definitely effective.  

[cleat 6,911]

8 minutes ago, squonk said:

 

with a 50A 220V welder plug that would be quite a show.

[ebinmaine 70,284]

During and after...

 

 

[MainelyWheelhorse 916]

 

This morning I pushed the his thing around for a four hour shift. Since it’s Sunday, and crappy weather for the next few days, so people were stocking up. It was busy to say the least. Now, we’ll see what happens.

Edited Sunday at 04:21 PM by MainelyWheelhorse

[Wayne0 834]

47 minutes ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

 

This morning I pushed the his thing around for a four hour shift. Since it’s Sunday, and crappy weather for the next few days, so people were stocking up. It was busy to say the least. Now, we’ll see what happens.

With all due respect, at my local Hannaford, I find those carts always in the way as well as the people that push them.

Always blocking the aisles for the people who can't be bothered to shop for them selves.

Granted, there may be some who CAN'T come into the store, but here it's overboard.

Sorry for the rant.

 

[ebinmaine 70,284]

1 hour ago, Wayne0 said:

With all due respect, at my local Hannaford, I find those carts always in the way as well as the people that push them.

Always blocking the aisles for the people who can't be bothered to shop for them selves.

 

One could also look at it this way:

A professional shopper like @MainelyWheelhorse may be clogging an aisle for a bit... but I guarantee he's a fair bit faster than half the shoppers who have no clue where the entire inventory is. 

Likely a pro is SAVING more time than costing you in comparison to the infrequent or outta town person. 

 

In my particular case I'm absolutely sure I would be in your way more often and longer than a pro.  

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Wayne0 said:

Granted, there may be some who CAN'T come into the store, but here it's overboard.

Sorry for the rant.

 

 

 

"Can't be bothered" could be due to other circumstances too. 

Me personally  -  I'm RARELY in a large grocery store. I detest shopping and dealing with the humans. 

Luckily Trina doesn't mind. I'd just as soon grab a to-go meal than grocery shopping. 

 

 If I needed food, and it had to be bought at a large store,  I'd rather have a known list and a faster professional shopper grab the items so I don't have to spend time searching the store. 

 

Shopping is awful 😖 

[MainelyWheelhorse 916]

3 hours ago, Wayne0 said:

With all due respect, at my local Hannaford, I find those carts always in the way as well as the people that push them.

Always blocking the aisles for the people who can't be bothered to shop for them selves.

Granted, there may be some who CAN'T come into the store, but here it's overboard.

Sorry for the rant.

 

@Wayne0 I get the frustration, With all due respect, they are there in the way because, they are looking for items for orders in 30 seconds or under an item. They are timed from when we start the order to when they stage it for pickup. Our times are scrutinized for our performance review.  The usual orders can be 1-120+ items located all over the store. Each section warm/cold/frozen has a specific checklist to go through. There is a handheld that guides us to each item and the approximate place that it is which changes. We do the best we can.

Edited Sunday at 08:39 PM by MainelyWheelhorse

[Wayne0 834]

1 hour ago, MainelyWheelhorse said:

@Wayne0 I get the frustration, With all due respect, they are there in the way because, they are looking for items for orders in 30 seconds or under an item. They are timed from when we start the order to when they stage it for pickup. Our times are scrutinized for our performance review.  The usual orders can be 1-120+ items located all over the store. Each section warm/cold/frozen has a specific checklist to go through. There is a handheld that tells them approximately where things are but it isn’t always right. 

Thank you for that explanation. I understand your side of the issue , however, I still hate them blocking the aisle for the people who are shopping for them selves.

They put the cart in the middle of the aisle!

I can't get by. This is probably  a local store issue.

Edited Sunday at 08:50 PM by Wayne0

[ebinmaine 70,284]

9 minutes ago, Wayne0 said:

They put the cart in the middle of the aisle!

I can't get by. This is probably  a local store issue.

 

I would absolutely bring that to the attention of management. 

Perhaps it's policy. 

Perhaps it's ignorance. 

 

Whatever the cause it should not occur.  

 

 

 

[Wayne0 834]

1 hour ago, ebinmaine said:

 

One could also look at it this way:

A professional shopper like @MainelyWheelhorse may be clogging an aisle for a bit... but I guarantee he's a fair bit faster than half the shoppers who have no clue where the entire inventory is. 

Likely a pro is SAVING more time than costing you in comparison to the infrequent or outta town person. 

 

In my particular case I'm absolutely sure I would be in your way more often and longer than a pro.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Can't be bothered" could be due to other circumstances too. 

Me personally  -  I'm RARELY in a large grocery store. I detest shopping and dealing with the humans. 

Luckily Trina doesn't mind. I'd just as soon grab a to-go meal than grocery shopping. 

 

 If I needed food, and it had to be bought at a large store,  I'd rather have a known list and a faster professional shopper grab the items so I don't have to spend time searching the store. 

 

Shopping is awful 😖 

Eric, I hate shopping too, but I want to roll through the store and only have to deal with the self entitled  dipshits, without having to dodge the 

carts of the people who don't want to shop for themselves. Just sayin'

@MainelyWheelhorse has an honest job and I respect that.

 

[HyperPete 393]

9 hours ago, squonk said:

 

The problem is that there are breakers that are connected to wires, but I can't find any plugs.

Also, there's wire coming out of the wall in multiple locations that do not energize from any circuit!

I'm considering something like this:  

https://a.co/d/fbAaoX7

[HyperPete 393]

7 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

During and after...

 

 

 

Looks good!

Plumbing is on my list.  Install my 6 gal water heater & new faucet for the shop.  I just need to run power for the heater & build a little shelf.

 

[adsm08 2,549]

On 3/30/2025 at 6:22 PM, HyperPete said:

 

The problem is that there are breakers that are connected to wires, but I can't find any plugs.

Also, there's wire coming out of the wall in multiple locations that do not energize from any circuit!

I'm considering something like this:  

https://a.co/d/fbAaoX7

 

So I know this technique for checking wires. You need two guys and a 2x4.

 

One guy needs to not be afraid of getting shocked, the other needs to not have issues with hitting the first guy with a 2x4. Also, neither can have a pace-maker.

[HyperPete 393]

1 hour ago, adsm08 said:

 

So I know this technique for checking wires. You need two guys and a 2x4.

 

One guy needs to not be afraid of getting shocked, the other needs to not have issues with hitting the first guy with a 2x4. Also, neither can have a pace-maker.

 

Are you volunteering to be the first guy?!