Since Friday Morning, I/We:
* Bought a house
* Went to a Detroit Tigers game on the company dime
* Installed a T1 at a customer site
* Moved our bed, both TVs, the entertainment center, the couch, my leather chair (which hasn't been anything but a landing zone for random crap in our bedroom since 2002!), our dresser, a few computers, our showerhead, microwave, bathroom comforts/accessories, our grill, our patio set.
* Got a new fridge (energy star ftw!) and gas oven.
* Blew up a watermelon in our backyard with a dry ice bomb
* Picked watermelon entrails off my house, garage, and car, with a big ass grin on my face
* Introduced ourselves to the neighbors by having 5-10 friends cleaning assault rifles in our backyard
* Tore down half the stupid acoustic tiles in our basement. If I remember, I'll bag them up for trash collection tomorrow. They're in the way of my grand plan to pull data cable and coax throughout the house.
Utilities transferred:
* Power
* Water/sewer (de-facto, bill sent to "resident")
* Gas
* Cable (Cablemodem temporarily added as well)
* T1 (Jeopardy to 7/9/07)
* POTS (FOC 6/29/07, completed)
Additional Crap ordered:
* DVD Organizer (Target – Ships 2 Jul)
* End table for corner in Living Room (Target – Ships 2 Jul)
* New Kitchen Table (Target – Ships 5 Jul)
Need to order:
* Washer
* Dryer
* Quote from electrician to replace service entrance/meter box/fuse panel, investigate failed circuit in living room
Need to do:
* Remove rest of acoustic tile in basement
* Prepare floor in basement corner so rack can be bolted to it
* Rekey garage side door
* Get replacement remote for garage door opener
* Get spool of cat 5e for cable runs,RJ-48 jacks, fish tape, wall plates
* Rewire utility room to add permanent light (trivial), add proper outlet to washer and dryer area rather than half assed nonsense currently installed. Will require approximately 20 feet of 12-2 + ground
* Move out of current house, scrub floor to ceiling, shampoo carpets (DD 07-15-2007)
Props for material assistance in furtherance of above:
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* Anyone who doesn't have an LJ name, or who I've forgotten about.
Media links:
* http://www.flickr.com/photos/ptimmins/sets/72157600594530068/ (photos from "Strippers and Dirty Magazines"
(SFW: Strippers are a type of bullet holder, and Dirty Magazines are reservoirs for ammunition in multiple round capable firearms that need cleaning))
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GEzzkii3aM (Dry Ice bomb + Watermelon – Video)
I only saw two people clean assault rifles. The rest were cleaning pistols and other rifles.
Your pedantry, while noted, is irrelevant to the story.
Mostly, I was cleaning my shotguns. The semi-auto rifles are awaiting a more extensive tear-down and cleaning.
I was counting known "assault rifles" (as defined in previous expired weapons bans) in the collection of the crowd, rather than measuring those being actively cleaned. ๐
Forgive the pedantry again, but that ban was about "assault weapons"
After that last comment, you're welcome on the range with me anytime. You're One Of Us! ๐
Yeah I should have been unlazy enough to make the drive to brighton from sterling heights, but madison heights was in the way….
I shall steal Joe's props!
Electrician most recently used and really liked:
Rob Wadsworth
248-895-5132
Tell him we sent you.
did so, he will be dropping by to give a quote tomorrow
Rob Wadsworth
YOU MAY LIKE ROBS WORK BUT HE DONT PAY THE PEOPLE HE HAS WORK FOR HIM IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM FOR MOUNTHS TO GET PAID HE WONT ANSWER HIS PHONE ME MYSELF I THINK HES SHADDY I WOULDNT USE HIM