What Are You Doing Today?

The-J-Man · Post by **The-J-Man** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 6:07 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I never had braces so I always wondered what they were like.

Well stop wondering. They are painful, annoying, high maintenance, and you can't eat a lot of food.

Also I'm going to play some hard core paintball soon

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:38 pm

Just don't get shot in the face! It may be fun, but I heard it is horrifically painful.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:24 am

I got electrocuted today. That was fun.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:37 am

What were you doing?

Punchy · Post by **Punchy** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:30 am

planting some veggies

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:04 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:What were you doing?

Changing a light ballast. Accidentally let two wires touch my finger. Zap.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 12:55 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:What were you doing?
Changing a light ballast. Accidentally let two wires touch my finger. Zap.

And they didn't turn off the electricity at the breaker before you worked on it? Even at the switch? At least give you gloves rated for electrical work?

Doug, if those two wires had each touched a different hand, the current would have gone right through your heart. That is a very unsafe working condition. It's one thing if you want to do that at home, but if they force you to work like that, I suggest you report them. Live electricity is nothing you should be forced to work around.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 1:32 pm

We had run out of the wire caps we usually put on right at the beginning of the job that insulate the hot wires while we're working and snap together when we're done - otherwise it would have been safe. It was sort of my fault for not making sure the wire end was covered (the other wire nuts we had wouldn't stay on).

We asked them to get us some more connectors right after that and we got them pretty quickly, so there shouldn't be any more problems with that.

And they do have gloves - it's just I never had a problem with getting shocked so I stopped using them pretty soon after starting (they're hot and hinder dexterity a bit, which is important to have).

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:03 pm

I still would have thought that would have turned off the electricity before you work on anything though.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 6:13 pm

I've taken a class on electrical work. While that makes me far from an expert, the power to the wires you're working on should really still be shut off. Personal safety aside, it's also possible to ruin a LOT of stuff if you create a short. Yes, the circuit breaker should trip before anything really bad happens, but to me that's like saying "yeah, I know my car's brakes are bad, but if they fail, I still have the emergency brake."

I digress now though. You seem confident in what you're doing and I'm not going to hound you over it.

Anyway, today I powerwashed a deck and then mowed a lawn 40 minutes away from my house. Sunday fun.

I at least watched a movie after doing the lawn, so I did have some time to myself today anyway.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 7:26 pm

What's the difference between washing and power washing?

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 8:40 pm

One of these: http://pwreviewking.com/wp-content/uplo ... c-6024.jpg

It takes the water from your outdoor hose and makes it spray out at about anywhere from 1,700 to 3,800 PSI depending on how powerful the one you bought is. Ours does it at 3,000 which is pretty average for a gas powered one.

It's for "washing" away stuff that's stuck on beyond a regular hose. You can see what a difference it makes here: here

They're so powerful that it can be easy to accidentally do more damage than good.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 3:18 pm

So it would be a bad idea to power wash a car window?

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 4:02 pm

A car window should not need to be powerwashed. It's a smooth surface that can be easily cleaned with Windex and some paper towels. Powerwashers are usually used on large areas to remove stuff that you would otherwise need to scrub. Things like the side of a house, deck, outdoor patio/sidewalk, ect.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:41 pm

I know that. I was being sarcastic. I wanted to know what would happen if you did though.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:34 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I was being sarcastic.

I am a very literal person. Perhaps next time you can use the smilies we have to help show your sarcasm.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:21 am

What am I doing today?
Well I woke up at 5:30 AM. That's 7.5 hours of sleep, not bad.
Sunlight is streaming in through my window and I'm listening to folk metal and various kinds of rock so I wish there would be rain and not all this sun. Kills the mood.
Throats getting better.
Today has started out nicely.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Aug 25, 2015 3:26 pm

JeffCvt wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:I was being sarcastic.
I am a very literal person. Perhaps next time you can use the smilies we have to help show your sarcasm.

Yeah that was my bad. I'm the same way.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:19 pm

Going on a field trip.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:59 am

Studying for a test for next week.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:41 pm

I'm entering a semester-long Super Smash Bros. tournament. I'm going to play as Duck Hunt. ^^

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Sep 11, 2015 12:45 am

Still studying for the test.

Roarin · Post by **Roarin** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:43 pm

Got an In-Class Essay later in the afternoon. I'm considering skipping one of my earlier classes to get in more preparations done...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:33 am

I need to figure out what I'm gonna write for a short story for my Comp II class.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:26 am

Uh... Vikings.
I had a test in an English class to use these words I had to learn in sentences. Wrote an entire story about Vikings using the words. Teacher loved it.

Furryface18 · Post by **Furryface18** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:27 am

So today is our homecoming game and I'm unable to even today. Our class shirts are so terrible, all of the mums are jingly and annoying, our football team always loses, and the parade is not fun. The only thing I like is getting out of school early. I just have no spirit today.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 11:37 am

If you have a car then leave. I did that during assemblies and stuff in high school. Gathered my friends real quick then just left since if was basically the end of the day.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 1:45 pm

Where's your school spirit?

But no, I hated those things. Can't blame you for leaving (or at least, wanting to).

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:29 pm

Preparing for my sister's birthday tonight. Her birthday is tonight so we are having her cake.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 7:18 pm

Interesting, I just got finished dealing with trying to get my present delivered on time for my sister's birthday. It's tomorrow.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:40 am

My sister doesn't care when she gets presents. My mother already got her present ahead of time anyway.

CosmicCoyote · Post by **CosmicCoyote** » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:14 pm

Well, when you're 900 miles away and don't see each other very often, it can be a nice little token of appreciation to say "I'm thinking of you, and our childhoods spent together weren't for nothing."

Judging by the phone call I had after it arrived, I'd say it hit the mark, which made her happy. Which makes me happy.

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:54 pm

Going for that job interview in about an hour. Nervous as heck, and I stuttered a bit while calling the PIC for an interview. Wish me luck!

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:44 pm

I know how that can feel. I always stuttered when I went for my job interviews. >_<

Roarin · Post by **Roarin** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:50 pm

Registering for classes today! Seemed like the semester passed really quickly this time around >w<

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:11 pm

I have a month before I have to do that again.

Roarin · Post by **Roarin** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:54 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I have a month before I have to do that again.

Well I wish you the best of luck! Register as early as you can!

Creating and trying to manage a website and feeling way way in over my head >w<.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 4:34 pm

The earliest is November 9th so I marked that day down.

tychoaussie · Post by **tychoaussie** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 1:46 pm

I just bought tickets for my next conference. Now I am typing on the computer when I should be typing on my thesis. I think I'm going to take a word break and go fix one of my seismometers and get it running. Then I can go back to typing on my thesis.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:56 pm

Trying to stave off getting a stuffy nose.