It had to be a Mercedes built home with metal studs instead of wood, as an electrical worker I wired many a kitchen with metal studs and saw cabinet hung on then then fall
#3. A liberal know-it-all neighbor was bad mouthing the most reputable Home Improvement contractor in town after her kitchen cabinets came off the wall. Insurance company agreed with contractor. She was not supposed to cram her new cabinets full of China. She lost valuable China, had to pay for her own damages, and had to pay another contractor to reinstall cabinets. New contractor beefed up cabinets and reinforced wall in case she did it again.
yep. the wall thickness and joints [or lack thereof] and thickness of framing to put fasteners through leaves much to be desired. and some use anchors for installing. some products say use anchors in the instructions. integrity all the way around is waning. but loading shelves with china just doesn't make sense.
#1 Dad dug one of those out of my finger when I was a kid. He had my arm under his arm, elbow down. I was dancing around behind him.... Dad barked out, "Quit jumping around, dang it!" I said, "It hurts, dad!" He shot back, "I don't feel anything, quit moving around!!!!" Thanks dad, for your caring perspective on my life's little problems. I still smile when I think of that surgery with an old Case pocket knife and a bottle of green alcohol.
There's a Central American tree called "black palm" that's covered with needle-sharp spines. Get them in your hand and they break off right at skin level. Try to pull them out and they break again - very brittle. Best thing is to let them fester and pop them out a few days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocaryum_standleyanum
The Uncle Fester method works OK on wood splinters and similar organic stuff. Steel splinters, not so much. Got a couple in my fingers, that I still can't get hold of, months later. They periodically remind me of their presence.
Black Palm in Panama Canal Zone... took a year to work it out of one of my knuckles... it went right through one of the old black leather glove shells. Do NOT mess with Black Palm.
#8 looks suspiciously like Whistling Diesel from yoububez, and it looks like something he'd do too!
ReplyDelete#10, a total pass for Okie driving school, they drive JUST like that! Well done!
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#8 Stuck the landing though...
Delete#10: Did you see the size of that tornado and how fast it disappeared?
Delete#10 - Is that an Antifa sign knocked down on the far left? The instructor should have taught the student how to do that without damaging the car!
Delete#1 Happened many times when I worked in construction. Just looking at it still makes my spine shiver.
ReplyDeleteHurts just as much if not more coming out!!
DeleteIt had to be a Mercedes built home with metal studs instead of wood, as an electrical worker I wired many a kitchen with metal studs and saw cabinet hung on then then fall
Delete#3. A liberal know-it-all neighbor was bad mouthing the most reputable Home Improvement contractor in town after her kitchen cabinets came off the wall. Insurance company agreed with contractor. She was not supposed to cram her new cabinets full of China. She lost valuable China, had to pay for her own damages, and had to pay another contractor to reinstall cabinets. New contractor beefed up cabinets and reinforced wall in case she did it again.
ReplyDeleteLooks like whoever installed them missed every single stud.
DeleteAnd as for filling the cabinets with stuff - that's what they are there for.
I never heard that you weren't supposed to put china in cabinets before.
Deleteyep. the wall thickness and joints [or lack thereof] and thickness of framing to put fasteners through leaves much to be desired. and some use anchors for installing. some products say use anchors in the instructions. integrity all the way around is waning. but loading shelves with china just doesn't make sense.
DeleteWhere in heck do you expect people to put the china?
Delete#1 Dad dug one of those out of my finger when I was a kid. He had my arm under his arm, elbow down. I was dancing around behind him....
ReplyDeleteDad barked out, "Quit jumping around, dang it!"
I said, "It hurts, dad!"
He shot back, "I don't feel anything, quit moving around!!!!"
Thanks dad, for your caring perspective on my life's little problems. I still smile when I think of that surgery with an old Case pocket knife and a bottle of green alcohol.
It will fester up in a couple days, give it a squeeze and it will pop right out
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I've used the "fester" method quite a few times.
DeleteThere's a Central American tree called "black palm" that's covered with needle-sharp spines. Get them in your hand and they break off right at skin level. Try to pull them out and they break again - very brittle. Best thing is to let them fester and pop them out a few days later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrocaryum_standleyanum
DeleteThe Uncle Fester method works OK on wood splinters and similar organic stuff. Steel splinters, not so much. Got a couple in my fingers, that I still can't get hold of, months later. They periodically remind me of their presence.
DeleteBlack Palm in Panama Canal Zone... took a year to work it out of one of my knuckles... it went right through one of the old black leather glove shells. Do NOT mess with Black Palm.
Delete2) South american cuisine?
ReplyDelete8. Well he stuck the landing.
ReplyDelete#5) -- Pardon me, I need to go shoot myself now.
ReplyDeleteLooks like phone and Internet service are going to be down for a while...
Delete6 that looked like a gnome on the wingtip.
ReplyDelete#5 is why I always shied away from HDD.
ReplyDeleteIf I hit something with a backhoe, I know it then and it's not buried somewhere inaccessable.