Nothing is ever easy it seems.

[Licensed to kill]

I need to add some gauges to my B-61 so yesterday, I took one of my cluster panels and did the measuring for the additional gauges, the plan being to have a group of 4 on each side of the speedo/tach. WELL.....as it turns out, the light switch on the left and what I assume was the lighter on the right are too far inboard and will interfere with the additional gauges (they won't touch but will be too close). So, now I have to weld up those holes and relocate them. Not a huge deal, just another in a long list of "this won't take long" turning into "this is going to take awhile" WITHOUT being caused by a broken bolt. 

[mowerman]

That’s my whole life Bubba everything I put my hands on takes way longer than I figured

[mowerman]

What I really hate is when you think you got everything and you have to drive back somewhere to get one little thing you forgot and it always seems to be the first thing you need before you can do anything else. Bob

[Licensed to kill]

41 minutes ago, mowerman said:

What I really hate is when you think you got everything and you have to drive back somewhere to get one little thing you forgot and it always seems to be the first thing you need before you can do anything else. Bob

I thought that was my exclusive domain. Drives me nuts. I am 30 minutes from the nearest town, 90 minutes from the nearest small city. I spent close to an hour on my lathe and mill once making a small clevis when I was working on my '31 model A Delivery (for the e-brake cable) because to go to town was an hour travel, plus finding a suitable clevis (if one even existed that I would like) plus the couple bucks to buy one.

[mechohaulic]

SURE HOPE YOU BOYS DON'T THINK YOUR ALONE .  I've been the president of the losers club so long  ' they don't put my name on the losers trophy any more just write +same as before !!!LOL .  if it can go wrong it will. local paper shows up on Thursdays around here, wife says "why do you care about the paper so much??" I says in case I'm in the obituary section and no one told me..!!!

[mowerman]

I’m only around 15 minutes but once I go out and come back then I don’t feel like doing anything else. I’m not sure whether I has anything to do with 48 years of truck driving like that little  errand just knocked me out for the rest of the day

[mechohaulic]

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

That’s my whole life Bubba everything I put my hands on takes way longer than I figured

did front brakes on daughters 20?? Subaru Saturday am  first wheel 1hr and 25 mins!!! take in to consideration a lot of that time was getting things set up =jack, tools etc,  could NOT remove the rotor !!! I know they just slide off- oh no.  brass hammer , beat thrash ; nothing. two puller hole on rotor =metric thread ;;; do I have metric bolts ;; of course some where . found two that fit . didn't even put torque on them rotor popped off. Why you ask??? because the loser award goes to; darn its him again LOL. second wheel start to finish 20 minutes == using the two puller hole in rotor.  then she says "oh the front tire is low on air ": how do you know i ask --cause the little light is on the dash.. didn't ask for how long has it been on , and she's the more mechanical one . 33 yrs old, 

[mechohaulic]

6 minutes ago, mowerman said:

I’m only around 15 minutes but once I go out and come back then I don’t feel like doing anything else. I’m not sure whether I has anything to do with 48 years of truck driving like that little  errand just knocked me out for the rest of the day

wait till you get old '' it gets way fu-- in worse ambition goes out the window faster then you can fart; which by the way is another one of those old age benefits.  ass ole speaks when ever it wants to. 😱

[mowerman]

My father-in-law told me a long time ago. Yeah, boy you start getting a little older you could never trust a fart and yes, as far as rotors I was going to say a lot of vehicles are coming through nowadays where you don’t have to mess with the bearings anymore which makes it a lot easier and cleaner. 

[mowerman]

Oh, as far as ambition those times I have to get up Saturday morning early quick breakfast and get right outside. If I try to watch TV for just a few minutes I’ll never get up.

[Licensed to kill]

12 hours ago, mowerman said:

Oh, as far as ambition those times I have to get up Saturday morning early quick breakfast and get right outside. If I try to watch TV for just a few minutes I’ll never get up.

Relatable. I made a little coffee/beer room up on the mezzanine for the one time per year that I get a visitor and put a TV up there so that when I need to google how to do something I can go up there and watch it on the TV rather than on my phone. Problem is, I go up, watch whatever it is that I need to learn then see something else that looks interesting so I watch that, rinse and repeat. 2 hours later I have to drag my ass back down to the shop before I waste the whole day. 

Edited November 13, 2023 by Licensed to kill

[mechohaulic]

add to low ambition level the temperature outside. right now in CT it's 20's going up to low 40's today. don't understand why when I look out the window the leaves are still on the ground! don't they know its time to LEAVE..LOL  wait for me at 30 degrees and they will still be there in the spring, so cold now the small pond in back is froze over and not one duck this am. usually there is 30-50. looks to be an inside project day , which I can't stand. the snacks are too tempting. 

[Freightrain]

I'm falling off the proverbial cliff myself about low ambition.  To start any small project is a huge battle.

 

I have a "large" garage but it's so full it's hard to work on anything.  Thus I don't want to.  It's twice as big as my last house, but still half as big as it needs to be?

[tjc transport]

same here Larry. 

by the time i get the old body ready to go out and do anything,  i have to sit down. than once down find it very hard to get back up. 

[Freightrain]

I'm only 57.  40 didn't bother me, 50, 55 didn't bother me.  This one did for some reason.  I suppose work the last few years has beaten me up pretty bad and I'm in the Fuq it mode now?  I have been relieved of my boss duties so things are a bit easier on me.  Sleeping better, feeling better.  Time will tell.

[Brocky]

TJC: I know exactly what you mean!! Sit at kitchen, eat breakfast, and watch the news,, Then go in on this damn puter to check emails and truck sites..  Suddenly it is NOON and I have not done anything productive???

[mechohaulic]

motivation for the senior group proves more difficult by the day (hr). need something at the store I say =screw it , it can wait  don't want to get behind the wheel of a vehicle any more around here. ;; take your life in your hands .  had to work off the two doughnuts I ate , got the zero-turn out and did the leaves. also some  yard work. knees are letting me know now how big an ass I am. had intention of going to an auction close by tonight= no way couldn't stand that long or had energy to clean up first. have to wonder what the next generation is going to do if they make it to senior yrs since they don't have ambition to do anything NOW>

[Joey Mack]

they will have robots to do the work,,  wonder if robots can wipe butt's too ?? it's coming, stick around Mech,  to see the sh!tshow...   Jojo

[JoeH]

A piece of paper with a list of small achievable tasks does a lot to get you out the door and moving.  Evening before, write down a few doable tasks, cross out as you go. Next evening add a few more to the list for the next day. What ever you don't get done is carried over to the next day.

Edited November 14, 2023 by JoeH

[mechohaulic]

1 minute ago, JoeH said:

A piece of paper with a list of small achievable tasks does a lot to get you out the door and moving.  Evening before, write down a few doable tasks, cross out as you go. Next evening add a few more to the list for the next day. 

sounds like a great Idea EXCEPT  when the senior part kicks in  you find yourself with a slight dilemma :: 1= (next morning) what am I looking for ??😕 2= why am I looking for something 😂LMAO

[Joey Mack]

JoeH,   I have been keeping a list for decades...  It work's,!!! I get stuff done, and transfer the incomplete to-dos to the next days list..  My wife gives me crap about it, but I get more done than she realizes, or even cares about..  ..  I'm a list guy....  Jojo

[mrsmackpaul]

I would loose the list

Was fitting off power points two days ago, you blokes might call them power outlets 

Anyway the Princess has had a knee done a week ago and sings out to me

So I stop what I'm doing and go sort that issue out then spend two hours tearing the house apart looking for a power point only to find it eventually in my shirt pocket lol

The older I get the more time I waste searching for things I had just put down

 

Paul

 

[tjc transport]

i am not quite as old as a few of you, but close at 67. i was fine until i had my left knee replaced 8 years ago. it was after that i realized i can not get up from the ground without some type of assistance...like a truck bumper to pull myself up with. 

than after having the right shoulder rebuilt 6 years ago after snapping the tendon that runs across the top of it i am extremely limited as to what i can do. my hips and right knee are shot too, but i am afraid to get them replaced as each surgery causes more limitations on movement. 

so limited in fact i now need handicap plates on the car as i can only walk around 150 feet or stand around 15-25 minutes before having to  sit down for 10-15 minutes or so.

plus the arthritis in all joints makes pulling wrenches hard any more. 

 

i have the willingness to get out there and do things, but once i try my body says no you dont!!!

[JoeH]

I'll put my lists/reminders so they're sticking out of my wallet so I can't miss them in the AM when I'm getting ready to get out the door. My dad is 70, and he's a list guy, always has been. The amount he gets done every day is impressive.

[Licensed to kill]

12 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

JoeH,   I have been keeping a list for decades...  It work's,!!! I get stuff done, and transfer the incomplete to-dos to the next days list..  My wife gives me crap about it, but I get more done than she realizes, or even cares about..  ..  I'm a list guy....  Jojo

I dunno, doesn't sound like it works all THAT well. Either that or it is a mighty long list. When do you expect to get it finished so you can start a second one??😂