Steve & Michelle need this for ______.
Neither of us have players in tonight's game so I know I won my fantasy matchup for the weekend. I'm pretty sure that means I finished in third place and will be in our league's playoffs. I'll know for sure tomorrow morning.
The Paperwhites are done but the Amaryllis is taking its place. The first stalk has two blossoms and two more buds. The second stalk is growing rapidly and will probably bloom before the weekend.
Saturday I got a new toilet seat for the master bath to replace what may have been the one that came with the house back in the 60's. There were 16-18 to choose from at the Home Depot up the hill and samples of each hung on a display over the shelves.
How long has it been since you bought a toilet seat? I can't remember when I last did, so I was surprised at the change.
Almost all of them, even the cheaper plastic model I got, have a "slow close" feature. Both the seat and the lid won't slam. You can let go of them 8" or so above horizontal and they s-l-o-w-l-y settle into place. I have no idea how it works. At $18 there can't be fancy hydraulic pistons in there.
This is going to be a problem. I can see it coming.
My habit has been to close the lid, to set it down on the seat. But you can't do that with these because of the built in resistance that causes it to drop slowly in place. You'd have to push pretty hard to get it to go right down. And so since I installed it Saturday morning I've learned to get the lid just past the 45-degree point and let go. It has quickly become my new don't-think-about-it habit.
Which is great until the first time I'm in someone else's home.
The slam heard throughout the land.
Over the last few days I've been chipping away at the VW interior, installing the side panels, AKA door cards. Here are before and after pics. The before show what's just a black garbage bag cut to fit and attached with spray adhesive. That's so any rain water that gets past the rubber "scrapers" and down inside the door doesn't get up against the inside surface of the panel, which is made out of something like heavy cardboard. Drain holes in the bottom of the door allow the water to run out without warping the panel.
On a '62 Beetle the passenger door got an armrest and the driver's door got a pocket. You can order them any way you want but I decided to stick with what would have been original. And this is the color combo that came with the car.
I had to cut some pieces of leftover fabric because I discovered I'd trimmed things back too far when I installed the headliner a couple of months ago. But the joint line will be behind the rear seat so unless someone goes looking for it they'll never know.
I'm happy with the way it turned out.
Next step - seat upholstery. But the reproduction padding and vinyl seat covers aren't cheap, so it will wait until the next paycheck.
Getting close.
If I only had some fenders....
3 comments:
Re: slow close problem at someone else's house - I have the same problem, except it's the auto flushing toilets at the office that leave me embarassed at home.
I went in search of a slow close lid after the first time my nephew used our "juan" and I heard the slam of the lid. At that point it was in hopes of a little one of our own someday who would do the same thing - 30 x's a day. I would also be in the market for one with a built in plastic sheild that extends to the walls and is easy to cleean (for the kid, not me)
BTW - some day I am going to start a blog where I complain about blogs where they make you type in an illegible code before posting a message. It will also include pictures of my 2008 Pontiac Vibe and gripes about the people at the YMCA who get angry when I use all of the neon colored and vinyl wrapped dumbbells.
Here I go again.....
I'm with Steve re: requiring typing an illegible code when posting a comment- especially difficult when using a smart phone to read the blog and leaving a comment (tough enough decipher the code on a full screen). As for his "Y" comment, I resent that he refers to me as a dumbbell and, for the record, I have NEVER worn a neon-colored sweatsuit.
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