Boy Toy Ecstasy on a Beautiful Sunday Morning!
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238349)
Walnut Creek, California
December 3, 2017 1:48pm CST
The sun is shining. It's a crisp 59 degrees F out. My outside work table is dry. Keith Jarrett Trio is playing on the stereo. Life is good.
Someone just brought by a wooden case for a Yamaha amplifier that he is working on for someone else. My job is to make the wooden case look like new.
Right now I'm pressing down some veneer that had come loose. I'm pressing it down with a KLK Model 21 vintage FM radio that I'm also restoring.
I used Elmer's Wood Glue. In an hour or so, I should be able to take my "sculpture" apart and get back to sanding the case and looking for missing veneer.
What are you up to on this beautiful Sunday morning?
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
3 Dec 17
I have been decorating and wrapping presents
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@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
6 Dec 17
@Happy2BeMe I'm not a big fan of wrapping. I like making stuff, though.
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@Happy2BeMe (99353)
• Canada
4 Dec 17
@TheHorse the decorating was fun..the wrapping not so much.
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@catsholiday (460)
• Derby, England
3 Dec 17
I spent the morning wrapping gifts as we went to a Birthday party and next week end we are going to London and have to give out Christmas gifts and also a baby gift my my niece's new baby.
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@catsholiday (460)
• Derby, England
4 Dec 17
@TheHorse London is around 150 miles south of us but or roads are very different from those in the USA. It takes us 2 hours to get to the outskirts of London then at last another 1 and a half hours to get across London as the traffic is so bad.
@celticeagle (189937)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Dec 17
I was waiting for my bed to arrive. It did. Now I have to wait for my mattress pad and sheets to arrive so I can set it up and use my new bed.
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@celticeagle (189937)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec 17
@TheHorse .....Not until I have sheets and can set it up.
@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
4 Dec 17
Well, it’s a beautiful Sunday night by the time I respond to this 
, but this morning I did laundry (ho hum) and had lunch at Chuy’s (my Sunday lunch tradition). I wanted to go out walking/shopping, but places are just too crowded because of Christmas shopping.
Completely off-topic: is that your Ford Transit in the background? I’m thinking about buying a van and turning it into a homemade RV. (I’ll name it Beethoven: it’ll be my Camper Van, Beethoven 
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, but this morning I did laundry (ho hum) and had lunch at Chuy’s (my Sunday lunch tradition). I wanted to go out walking/shopping, but places are just too crowded because of Christmas shopping.
Completely off-topic: is that your Ford Transit in the background? I’m thinking about buying a van and turning it into a homemade RV. (I’ll name it Beethoven: it’ll be my Camper Van, Beethoven )1 person likes this
@FourWalls (86829)
• United States
5 Dec 17
@TheHorse — I have a crossover SUV now that has plenty of sleeping room in the back (I’ve already done that — twice — since I bought it), but the van idea for longer trips is still a dream. That’s all it might ever be, but I’ve seen some terrific ideas out there. I’m not a Ford fan (it’s always stood for “Fix Or Repair Daily” in my books), so I was going to ask if you had any problems with it. But since it isn’t yours, then no, you’ve never had any problems with it!
@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Dec 17
No, I drive a Nissan Xterra. I can sleep in the back, if I put the rear seats down, and it can hold an upright bass, but I don't know that it's big enough to become a home-made RV. It's been a dependable car--has 200,000 miles on it now.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
3 Dec 17
I just came in from a 45 minute walk. Really I should be doing some housekeeping...but instead I sitting here mylotting.
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@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Dec 17
I took a week off from football, other than following the Raider game on the Internet.
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@teamfreak16 (43655)
• Denver, Colorado
6 Dec 17
@TheHorse - It probably is the first time. The Raiders lost four straight, and the 49'ers don't look very good from what I understand.
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Jan 18
You are very handy, when it comes to these haggardly looking speakers, that many would just throw out. To restore them is the best decision, when a person has the God given ability and love, for doing these things. Buying something new is often a wrong choice, that's my own opinion of course:)
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@TheHorse (238349)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 18
@kobesbuddy Exactly. I reckon the bottom line is how they sound. I find that the older speakers sound more musical.
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
21 Jan 18
@TheHorse Our old stereo speakers are heavy. The newer ones at 'BestBuy' are built out of pressed-board, they're very light and cheap looking, also!
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