I think it's been a couple of weeks since I last checked in here but, we did pack it all up and carry it 2400 miles - and now to set it all back up
During our loading and boxing we were rained on for 5.5 days straight, it hadn't rained for the previous month and a half! So I got soaked on a daily basis. Did all I could to protect the merchandise which slowed my progress to a crawl at times. Not to mention that some of the people helping disappeared. And those delays forced me to extend our rental agreements which adds costs. But we made it to the new house and began the unloading process. AKA put 5 pounds of stuff in to the 4 pound box . I'll try to snap a pic or two later today and share.
And today was the typical searching for.. anything that you need but, on a weekly basis and while you scour boxes again and again hoping to find that specific box with the one item that you or the wife desire.. but you find something that you forgot you even owned! LOL . :smiley_crocodile: ,so the search continues. I really need to find an ISP, doing everything on a new phone 😔 sucks 😞
I'm there with you. Can't seem to find anything when you need it.
Doing emails and other internet activities on the phone does suck. I absolutely despise having to do emails on the phone while I am out of town for work, but I cannot justify the expense of a new laptop right now. Other web stuff isn't so bad, but for some reason doing emails is a big pain in the posterior.
I also feel your pain looking for certain things. You KNOW you have it, you KNOW you packed it in a box, but you CANNOT find it anywhere. Very frustrating. We haven't moved in 35 years now, but I still remember that experience!
Good luck in your new home!
Thanks Terry. I did get an ISP but they gave me a CABLE MODEM... :cussing:
Only my oldest (slowest) computer will connect to it. so the experience is just awful! I'll try and load a couple / few pics from the weeks prior. Don't know if this old computer can load'em up but we'll try. My garage/now workshop will probably 50% of out "stuff" in it.
HMmm... been too long and I forgot how to load pics here. Maybe try again later.
I moved about 25 years ago and still have un-opened boxes from the move! I'll get around to it one of these days...NOT.
Quote from: 34_40 on Oct 17, 2024, 08:26 PMThanks Terry. I did get an ISP but they gave me a CABLE MODEM... :cussing:
Only my oldest (slowest) computer will connect to it. so the experience is just awful! I'll try and load a couple / few pics from the weeks prior. Don't know if this old computer can load'em up but we'll try. My garage/now workshop will probably 50% of out "stuff" in it.
HMmm... been too long and I forgot how to load pics here. Maybe try again later.
I will post instructions for adding pics in the "How To" section. They should be there in just a little bit. I will post a link here once it is up.
Quote from: TerryWerm on Oct 19, 2024, 09:29 AMQuote from: 34_40 on Oct 17, 2024, 08:26 PMThanks Terry. I did get an ISP but they gave me a CABLE MODEM... :cussing:
HMmm... been too long and I forgot how to load pics here. Maybe try again later.
I will post instructions for adding pics in the "How To" section. They should be there in just a little bit. I will post a link here once it is up.
As always THANKS TERRY! For all you do..
practice posting a pic.. cactus flower near us
My grandmother used to collect different species of cactus down in south Texas back in the 1950's-1960's. At one time she had over 150 different ones. People found out about her cactus collection and they started disappearing. The freezes every winter took them out, too.
I think that's amazing, 150 cactus ( I'd say 100 plus plants is amazing!) :smiley_duh:
We had transplanted 2 tiny pieces of prickly pear cactus to the side yard 24 years ago. They had gotten huge and over the summer 1 is looking poorly but the other has fruit and looks in good shape. A local friend harvests the fruit and makes a jam/jelly with it. It tastes okay - not a favorite of mine.
The wife and I are still "moving in".. :smiley_cry: lol. our 12 foot trailer has become a portable storage container. We are still going through boxes and finding things we need/want and re-boxing those we don't need/want right now. I moved the lathe and mills into a position that I think works out okay. And there is now more room since putting up the shelving and filling those shelves! Every day or so I get into the "shop" and try to sort out an area. Today I took down a small "structure" in the yard behind the garage. It was rotten and before it fell on the dogs or the wife I pushed it over. Will cut it up and haul it off soon. Also put up a hanger system in the garage for the yard tools, get the shovels and such off the floor. I took pics and will have to get them up here.
AND... I / We are still at "it". Open a box and find a home for those contents. But, we've been running out of space, this house is so much smaller than the last, no in listed square footage, but the fact this is a slab house. No basements out here so we lost all that storage area and my shop space is no more also... squeezing it all into this place has become quite a challenge. We've bought several shelving units and raised some storage space sq.ft. that way. I've moved equipment multiple times trying different layouts and I am still not happy, but we keep trying. It's kinda amazing how many things we can't find yet. Things like the bathroom scale, we have zero idea of where it may be! LOL.. it has to be in a box somewhere.. but I swear we've gone through all the boxes. But I keep wondering what else I am missing. Working in the shop yesterday I was moving things on the shelvings and stumbled across a small box full of lathe tools & tooling, now I realize I'll need another wall mounted shelf behind the lathe to store all these things! Here we go again! LOL
If you don't mind my asking, approximately where in NM did you move to? I get out that way every few years since I have family in western Colorado and in Albuquerque. Don't tell us if you don't want to - it's just a curiosity thing anyway.
Quote from: TerryWerm on Nov 09, 2024, 08:52 AMIf you don't mind my asking, approximately where in NM did you move to? I get out that way every few years since I have family in western Colorado and in Albuquerque. Don't tell us if you don't want to - it's just a curiosity thing anyway.
No worries Terry. We moved to Alamogordo New Mexico. That's about 3 hours south of ABQ... The White Sands are some 16 miles from my driveway.
Quote from: 34_40 on Nov 09, 2024, 09:44 AMQuote from: TerryWerm on Nov 09, 2024, 08:52 AMIf you don't mind my asking, approximately where in NM did you move to? I get out that way every few years since I have family in western Colorado and in Albuquerque. Don't tell us if you don't want to - it's just a curiosity thing anyway.
No worries Terry. We moved to Alamogordo New Mexico. That's about 3 hours south of ABQ... The White Sands are some 16 miles from my driveway.
forgot the link.. oops
white sands national park - Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?q=white+sands+national+park&sca_esv=715a3438d9c7508a&source=hp&ei=BIQvZ5_iOpPO0PEP4vKn4QQ&iflsig=AL9hbdgAAAAAZy-SFFml0_poEQiOjVvSBwil8c5vf9YI&gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwLC-OLzJgtFI1qLAwSzUwMzYwNjA3NDA3SjO2MqgwNksxNLSwMDczT0ozMkg29pIsz8gsSVUoTsxLKVbISyzJzM9LzFEoSCzKBgAoBBay&oq=white+sands&gs_lp=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_A5IHCTItMS4wLjguM6AHxKYB&sclient=gws-wiz)
I had to buy another shelving unit :smiley_sealed: and I had seen someone on the web got one of these long but narrow units with 5 "levels" and they used the middle level as a work bench - this I thought was a great idea, so I tried to copy it. And this completes clearing all the totes and boxes from the floor! There are still some in the trailer but now I've gained some floor space and can sort as I go. Here are some pictures - I "decorated" a bit and this helps get things off the shelves as well and makes a new hole to fill! :smilie_tongue_updown: :smilie_tongue_updown:
And a couple more -
Alamagordo is a nice area and White Sands is on our list of national parks not yet visited. I used to pass through there from time to time on my way in or out of El Paso, but haven't been there now in 25 years. We thought about making a trip down there for the September motorcycle rally at Ruidoso, but we have not yet figured out when that might occur. That rally used to be called Aspencade but is now called the Aspen Gold Rally.
Thanks for posting the photos of your new shop! I must admit that I am a bit envious of your horizontal mill cutter collection. I have a horizontal mill that I picked up a few years back. I do not have many cutters for it yet, but have used it for a couple of things, purchasing the cutter needed at the time. I think I have three or four cutters for it now, nothing like what you have.
Quote from: TerryWerm on Nov 10, 2024, 09:29 AMAlamagordo is a nice area and White Sands is on our list of national parks not yet visited. I used to pass through there from time to time on my way in or out of El Paso, but haven't been there now in 25 years. We thought about making a trip down there for the September motorcycle rally at Ruidoso, but we have not yet figured out when that might occur. That rally used to be called Aspencade but is now called the Aspen Gold Rally.
Thanks for posting the photos of your new shop! I must admit that I am a bit envious of your horizontal mill cutter collection. I have a horizontal mill that I picked up a few years back. I do not have many cutters for it yet, but have used it for a couple of things, purchasing the cutter needed at the time. I think I have three or four cutters for it now, nothing like what you have.
Thanks Terry. Of course we think it's a nice place to be. Really grown up over the 20 years since we last lived here. I've attended that rally ( 20 years ago!) and if you are interested I'll keep an eye out for the next happening. The vast majority of those cutters are for cutting gears! I bought them after a local machine shop was getting out of that line. I think there was 150 or 160 of them and I paid 65 dollars - I went to school with the guy and he just wanted them gone. They had an old Browne & Sharpe machine that went for scrap. What you see in that picture is about half of what I still need to put up. I smile when putting them on a peg when I read some of the dates, the earliest one is 1881 as a patent = Browne & Sharpe. How about the posters? Remember these? They came from an estate sale up on Cape Cod along with that board the cutters are mounted on.
WOW!!! Those posters are fantastic!! I am now truly envious! :smiley_tongue_fierce:
A bit of an update, coming down to the last few boxes of "garage stuff" to be put away ( or tossed out?) :smiley_groot: Today was also a good day to wash the coupe.. :smiley_bike:
Been a while since an update - but I've been plugging along. Mostly I have been busy in "honey-do's" around the place. So far the biggest project has been trying to remove all the weeds from the lawn in the backyard so we can replant and we'll try and grow some bermuda grass - everyone says it'll be expensive due to the water required. We'll see what happens. Then out front there is a small "circle" that used to have a tree with a lawn. The tree is long gone and just like the back the lawn died off and weeds took over. We'll try local plants that flower over there so it shouldn't need as much water. I have learned that the ground here is literally hard as rock! I can see why only weeds seems to grow! I've been tilling in sawdust as an amendment so it should help hold in moisture. We had some bushes ground down after cutting so I recover it from the ground. I did make some time in the shop doing a bit of lathe setup, when I discovered the top drive pulley received some damage, at first I only noticed a bend in the sheeve sidewall. But during removal I found the whole thing has a nasty bend. I just bought a replacement so soon we'll have some forward progress. :smiley_pipe:
I heard that Cactus grows real good there. Possibly Aloe Vera, too. :smiley_beard:
Have a similar problem at my place. Most plants get eaten by the deer. Planting deer proof plants at my place is a joke! Also, very little water and a lot of wind kill what is left. The only plant that thrives is rosemary.
Quote from: 4GSR on Mar 26, 2025, 08:55 AMI heard that Cactus grows real good there. Possibly Aloe Vera, too. :smiley_beard:
Oh Yes. it's one of the few things that seem to just take off and grows on it's own. We planted a tiny cactus here back in 2000, it got simply huge over the years. We had it pruned and cleaned up a few weeks back. A neighbor has one in her backyard that has to be 12 to 15 feet wide and 6 feet high! Lambs tongue I think it's called... amazing plant. We had some ice plant given to us and we set that out front. So we're off and running I guess. Agave does real well here.. I could make some mescal?? LOL :smiley_cheers:
Quote from: chips and more on Mar 26, 2025, 10:45 AMHave a similar problem at my place. Most plants get eaten by the deer. Planting deer proof plants at my place is a joke! Also, very little water and a lot of wind kill what is left. The only plant that thrives is rosemary.
I know all about being over-run by deer. Our last house was fronted by 5 acres of cranberry bogs, with another 10 acres a short distance away. One night I counted 30 deer on the bog out front! They were eating the crop right off the bog! We had a friend that was native indian and they could harvest deer year round. So between him and his friends and us surrounding the 5 acres with electric fencing we had a bit of control. barely. Out here the very little water and winds strikes close to home. We just had a crew out replacing a length of the roof peak cap from a recent dust storm. Gusts 70, 80 mph and north of us a gust was recorded at 101 mph! But yesterday was 82 degrees and single digit humidity. I'm in Tee Shirts non stop. 8-)
Yeah, we go some of the high wind down here, too. Not near 80 plus mph. Now, we went from extreme dry to very wet! I'm guessing 4 inches of rain the past two days.
Winds of 70-80 mph is very common at my place. You can face the wind and lean into it at a 45° angle and not fall over. The wind is strong enough to help you keep that pose!
Quote from: 4GSR on Mar 27, 2025, 04:12 PMYeah, we go some of the high wind down here, too. Not near 80 plus mph. Now, we went from extreme dry to very wet! I'm guessing 4 inches of rain the past two days.
Oh, I wish we could get some rain ( Not 4" tho! ) The rains seem to go around us somehow. We had some sprinkles this past saturday but not enough to wet down the driveway. But in the evening I could watch the rains pour down into the Cloudcroft area east of us.
Quote from: chips and more on Mar 27, 2025, 09:15 PMWinds of 70-80 mph is very common at my place. You can face the wind and lean into it at a 45° angle and not fall over. The wind is strong enough to help you keep that pose!
Some of the locals tell me it's like that here over the winter. I don't remember it that way but we'll see how it goes. I know that I can see the White Sands Desert lifting into the air on those mornings when a storm is coming.
Not the expert, but I'm gonna say all the wind at my place has something to do with very, very mild rust on bare metal in my hobby shop during the winter months. At my last place/location I had to be very careful and oil all the steel or the rust would ruin it in one season.
So far the equipment seems happy with things so far. In New England it was like blink and rust had flashed across everything. I was always rubbing oil on them. :headbang: