BYC Café

[DobieLover]

evening all

When I went to shut up the chickens I found Brecon missing. Just over 10 weeks old, and normally close by the broody and sibling, they were on the roost and s/he was nowhere to be seen.... I do hope s/he is not going to be another tree hugger. And that s/he is absent by choice. Apparently foxes are still around; the neighbor lost another bird a couple of weeks back, and the hunter saw one in the field next to our house, but I think there would have been some commotion if it was that...

I hope she's a tree hugger too.

 

[DobieLover]

Hmmm......is this in your moms house?
Walking away might bite your butt later

This friggin toilet isn't going to beat me...
I have to make sure I never have to deal with this thing again. There are going to be some very hefty hinnies on this throne. It must not move at all.

 

[pennyJo1960]

We did make it home .. 2 more sheets of plywood but 6 sheet of metal roofing for the enlarged coop

 

[DobieLover]

It's in!!!!

 

[pennyJo1960]

It's in!!!!

Knew you would win

 

[Perris]

I feel such a twat Brecon emerged from the coop with her family this morning!

I have no idea where s/he was in there last night: I even took off the back, and looked in the nesting boxes! And it's not as if it's a big coop with lots of hiding places, and s/he is much too big to hide under Maria now (s/he's almost as big). It will have to remain a mystery . S/he's safe, and you cared about him/her, and that's what matters . I hope her invisibility cloak works that well against predators .

 

[aart]

It's in!!!!

Congrats!!
Did you sit and do some vigorous 'chair(throne) dancing' to test it out?

 

[DobieLover]

Congrats!!
Did you sit and do some vigorous 'chair(throne) dancing' to test it out?

Nothing vigorous but I did break it in. Nothing more ironic than working to install a toilet when you really have to pee!

 

[DobieLover]

Good morning Café. Coffee is ready.
Too late for our physical appointments but did get flu shots this morning. Not a total loss.

 

[bruceha2000]

How does DW do?

Well enough I guess. She's had RA since about 1999. She was on Enbrel for a time, now on Humira. Likely looking at hip replacements in the future.

I know. But on the flip side of the coin, I HAVE to finish the house so she can move in no later than Tuesday.

That is TODAY!!!

I think she should just pet and pamper me.

Sounds good, maybe you just need to be furrier and lick her face now and then.

One of the flange bolts popped out of the slot!

I had that happen when I had to replace the seal last week. I knew something was off when one side tightened down had 3/8" of bolt showing and the other had a good 3/4". I made bad words with my mouth.

How come the outlet is like that? I've only seen them placed "upside down" when they are 220v.

Code actually. The "idea" is that IF the plug isn't all the way in and IF something metallic drops between the plug and the plate and IF said object touches 2 conductors one will be the ground and at worse it will trip the breaker rather than spanning the hot and neutral prongs.

When we had half the house rebuilt in '13 the electrician said that was code in MA but would not be in VT until the following year. He put all the outlets in "scared face" because in his experience all the IFs pretty much never happen and people break the plates all the time when they pull a plug out without pulling it STRAIGHT out.

Kind of like the current code that requires arc fault breakers in new installations everywhere except where ground fault breakers are required. Why? Because SOME people run extension cords under rugs and IF they wear enough from people walking on them (for years) that the jacket AND individual conductor insulation wears through on BOTH conductors, it can start a fire. I'm sure the people who make breakers love this law, the arc faults are a LOT more expensive.