Minor Win thread - Life is good!

In reply to Peabody :

If you look at the stitching, one side of the bag is single stitched and the other is double.

Make sure the single stitched side is facing you.

The end of the the stitching on your RIGHT is the RIGHT one to pull on.

Unravel the knots a little bit until you have two ends of thread to pull on.

Pull on both threads and everything should come apart easy. I found that sometimes you have to pull the knots apart a few times to get everything just right but once you've done it a couple times, you get the hang of it.

In reply to ShawnG :

They use that stitching on malt bags for brewers. I've figured out the quick and easy shortcut to speed things up.

On the side that you've identified (I think of it as the left of the double-stitched side), cut the first TWO loops of the double-stitched side. Then it pulls apart easy without having to pull the knots apart. (Occasionally it will get tangled. Just repeat the process.)

Picked up a new client that is outside my usual space, but not too far. I've been trying to diversify and not be 100% dependent on the automotive industry for my income. It's weird stepping outside a zone that frankly I can do pretty much from memory to one that now needs me to spend time doing research. I'm looking forward to digging into the new project and learning.

After way too much trenching (with shovels, the old-fashioned way), we found the leak in our water main today and got a repair patch spliced in. It cost a grand total of $36 to fix it. We've been spending that much extra in water every eleven days or so.

I'm so tired. Tomorrow is going to be miserable. It's done, though.

Some of you know.  I've been keeping mum until all hurdles were cleared, and what a nail biting month it has been.

This is easily the scariest thing I have ever done, and the biggest, but also the most win.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Congratulations! That rules!

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Outstanding!  Congratulations!

My doctor wrote an excuse to get me outta jury duty.

Big win.

And there's another hurdle, but it's jumpable 

3 weeks later, after rebuilding my expensive backpack sprayer twice, ive finally layed down pramitol on the driveway. With a 10 dollar one gallon sprayer.

Minor win #1: We were in need of 2 bike for this year, and found a perfect pair of new bikes for used bike pricing.

Minor win #2: Apparently getting the right bike, for the first time in their life, can convert even an adult from life-long reluctant to newly excited about cycling.

I actually went and worked on a car for fun for the first time in 2 years.

Got my original challenge car ( 84 Caprice)started and moving today.

The valve covers are leaking like a siege, it seems stuck on high idle, the lights and such are all strobing when it's running for whatever reason and the heater fan is currently not working but it started and shifted multiple times today.

Woot