Re: Check in

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On 5/10/2020 7:05 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
> On 4/4/2020 4:47 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>> Hey!
>>
>> How's everybody doing?
>>
>> How about a periodic check-in just to let each other know how we're doing
>>
>> I've just stopped working as of Friday and will probably not go out
>> except for necessary reasons.
>>
>> New York is a hot spot and it's getting real scary here.
>>
>> I don't know anyone personally who's caught the virus but statistics
>> are going up and up all around me.
>>
>
> Ok, it has been almost a week and a half since the last funny
> story and I am guessing it is time for a "Check In".
>
> So I will be the first to say Hello to all!!!
>
> Things here are still "NUTS"!!  Friday I did my VERY FIRST EVER, Very
> First Ever replacement of a concealed panic hardware on a full glass
> aluminum entrance door.  The hard part came when the bottom rod was
> longer than the top and I could not remove up the door.  That is when
> I realized that the door was going to have to be removed from the
> frame at the hinges.  There was nobody helping me.  There was
> nobody at the store.  All alone was I!! At the point I was at, there
> was no going back.  I had to do this myself............  Had to
> prep the area where to place the door on the sidewalk. Used some wire
> boxes from the van to support the door.  Then I started to remove the
> hinge screws.  The fist Phillips Head screw was already stripped,
> impossible to remove, had to drill out the screw.  Aggggggg!!!
>
> Finally got all the hinge screws out and then............ I then
> realize that the door was VERY VERY heavy.  All the time I am
> thinking....... Don't break the glass.........................
>
> After assembly and re-mounting all was good.  Oh Yea!!  Had to
> go to local hardware store to get new hinge screws.  #12-24!!!
> Fortunately they had the flat head screws but not Philips Head.
> I was TOLD while looking for the screws that my red bandanna needed
> be over my nose............  It fogs my glasses and I can't see!!
> Oh, I forgot to mention I was the ONLY customer in the building!!
>
>
> Anyhow, the door is good and I am quite pleased with the completed
> task!!  I will be more pleased when the invoice is paid.
>
> I can now add "Door Repair Fixer Upper" to my resume'.
>
> That's my story and I am sticking to it!!!  :-)
>
> Hope all you's are doing as well as possible and everybody is
> being safe a you can.
>
> Be advised that everything you hear today will be different tomorrow.
>
> Les
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LOL   I also notice I don't get nearly as many "anti-trumpers" comments,
when I wear my 357 with the big ole Hogan grips and red dot scope..

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*Rocky T. Squirrel, esq.*