I wrote in I love workworking projects that I’d gone to Home Depot yesterday for a sheet of plywood and I’d already spent lots of time figuring where I wanted the cuts made.  As you can see in the center left of the diagram, I made a math error as 24.5 plus 32 do not add up to 48 — the width of the board — it totals 54.5. That meant I needed 4 pieces of wood a specific size and, due to my miscalculation, I only got 2 of them. Yes, I could have recut from the top right piece (shown empty above), but by the time I caught my error, I’d already cut that for another project.  I think it’s interesting that 3 guys saw my plan for cutting the plywood, including the guy who cut the plywood. No one checked my figures to see I had the middle measurement wrong.  I see now I can swap places with the center pieces of wood, having the 32 wide by 26 tall piece to the left, and the 24.5 wide by 26 tall piece to the right.  It will be easier to piece together the missing 8″ in the corner right where no one will be stepping. The cut outs are for air duct and plumbing.  The diagonal cut is the doorway. Continue reading →

Some friends will have surprise guests at their Halloween party this weekend. They posted on Facebook about it, which let their spouse know where to locate them to have child support papers served. What is it with not paying child support and hooking up with new families? Have some respect. And have sense. While you’re busy letting your stoner friends know where to find you to party down this weekend, you’re also letting the wife and kids you left know. And what’s the BFD about leaving honorably anyway? You’re mature enough to spawn children, learn to have civil honest conversations with the other parent. And if you’ve got cash for alcohol, pot, tattooes and fancy wheels, you can pay your child support.