What did you buy this week?

sdandrea1 · 2019-05-29T20:32:12+00:00

I thought we had a thread for this, but couldn't find it. What did you buy today?

sdandrea1

Yesterday, I took my new Telecaster back. It wasn't that long ago that a Made in Mexico Fender guitar was almost top quality, needing no upgrades or much setup to be a fit player. Apparently, with prices going up, quality is dropping. I could NOT get this guitar setup properly. New strings, neck tweaking, fret polishing, and hours of adjustment did not give me the results I needed. The G string tuning key had SLOP in it! 🤬. This is what I expected from a Squire product.

I'm going to shop the used market for an older American made product. Fuck........I'm getting harder to please.

Eguller

sdandrea1

Pitiful product. Good luck with your search. 🎸

Par4QC

sdandrea1 The G string....had SLOP in it! 🤬.

I'm going to shop the used market for an older American.... Fuck........I'm getting harder to please.

Can't say that I blame ya. That 'thin is in' bullshit is ruining the world.

backinit

sdandrea1 Consider building a partscaster. Also I hear none of the issues you're describing with Squier Classic Vibes.

Subsonic

sdandrea1 Merica! Time to hit the pawn shops...

potbunker

backinit

Thanks for the club info. Bomber seems to be a familiar reponse.

I'm glad you have your young buddy. Give him an extra treat or an ice cream bowl to clean.

backinit

KCee I've put a few bake elements and a broil element in our 17 year old oven. If you remove the element (usually a couple of small bolts - a nice 1/4" drive set comes in handy) there is usually a 5 or 6 digit number on the retention plate of the element that you can google. Amazon sells them. The last time I replaced the element one of the wire ends broke off. I crimped on an automotive fastener and it's been working still for a few years.

KCee

backinit appreciate the info. The wife wants a double oven so that's the way we'll be going......anything that spends more money...yay

backinit

KCee I get that 100% My wife wants that as well. The problem is that I don't want a glass top. In marriage #1 we had a glass top that broke and it was a big shit show. We use our stove/oven a lot less these days since buying a ninja.

potbunker

My wife bought a Breville when we moved and our oven is rarely used.

Nice in the summer as the kitchen does not heat up.

johnnydoom

More plants for the yard. Two years ago I spent a lot of effort cutting out overgrown shrubs planted 25 years before. Enjoyed a year with an uncluttered yard, but my wife can’t abide open spaces. Bought 3 hydrangeas today to be planted over the next week. Fortunately, I’m able to exert enough influence to choose varieties that will not overgrow their spaces this time.

potbunker

johnnydoom Two years ago I spent a lot of effort cutting out overgrown shrubs planted 25 years before.

Good move.
We did the same thing years ago including adding islands to reduce grass cutting time.

One day I was sweating like crazy and getting beat up using a rototiller.

A female neighbor stops me to say: "Please tell your wife how lovely her yard looks!"

🤬

LBlack14

johnnydoom Bought 3 hydrangeas

Curious, how much, per?

johnnydoom

LBlack14 Curious, how much, per?

$40 each. One called “BloomStruck” and two called “Pop Star” in 3 gallon pots.

I don’t say no for reasonable requests that she has difficulty with - and gardening is one of those. I have told her to paint the interior herself if she wants it done since I have little skill in that area and it doesn’t require appreciable strength.

LBlack14

Also curious, do any of you ever say no or do it yourself?? Serious question.

potbunker

LBlack14

My wife paid $30-35 / per.

Yard work I don't mind.

I always did it myself until we built a house and moved last June.

All the trees and large shrubs the nursery is planting as the soil is clay with shale.

I just beat my brains out last week digging for a 2 gallon size plant.

backinit

I ordered saddle bags for Archie. They should be here tomorrow. His free ride is over!

johnnydoom

backinit saddle bags for Archie.

He can carry, and guard your beer on the course. 🤣

pellmell

AdamMH

Got some ferrules everybody here would hate, and found a matching sand iron for my '67 Haig Ultra heads that are waiting to be reamed and built.

sdandrea1

AdamMH Got some ferrules everybody here would hate,

Except for me, probably. 😎

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