The Fake Jaguar Thread

[Ulu]

Indian Summer is finally here.

I did not work on the car today, but I give you instead, Legendary rust, Live!

It was 101F on the patio, but I could no longer ignore this rust. I knew that one small quake might be the end of my patio aquarium. I had a new stand (kit) delivered from Petco, by DoorDash in a Prius.

It was on sale too, so $98 plus $25 for the Prius owner.

Really, I did this just in time. It was so far gone that I didn’t need a wrench to take this apart. Bare handed, I ripped the connections asunder.

OK, it practically fell apart . . . It was so bad. ;(

Still it took from 9am to 6 pm to set up a temporary tank on the concrete, move fish, & drain everything.

Then I had to clean the tank & gravel, disassemble the old stand, build the new stand (assembling it around the plumbing which all goes through it) drill holes, add the braces, level it all, refill it, and put my fish back.

 

[Kevin B]

For you it's Indian Summer. In Florida it's Hotumn.

 

[Da Gas Man]

High of 70 here on Long Island. I'll take it. Favorite time of year. 100? Crazy hot any time of year.
Hang in there man. I'm sending you a cool breeze. Should get there in a couple hours.

 

[Oldbiscuit]

Here in southeast Nebraska today it is 99 deg and 35 mph winds. It’s so dry and all around us the farmers are cutting corn and beans. Today there are fields on fire everywhere around us. I think every fire dept in a 15 county area and some from south of us in Kansas are fighting it. I’m glad on days like this that I retired from our dept, but I still feel a little guilty watching these guys going out.

 

[Ulu]

Today it is 100° here in the valley and I took it easy. It was calm and just a little bit humid; but no disasters, nothing is leaking, and my fish are all happy.

I spent some time yesterday cleaning up the garage and the welding area in my boat yard, before the aquarium work started. Anyhow I was tired today & my foot is sore from being out on the concrete for so many hours.

I was supposed to go get some routine blood work done, and I go to the doctor in a week, but I have been putting that off. If I’m not hurting too bad, I really don’t want to know what’s wrong with me.

 

[Ulu]

High of 70 here on Long Island. I'll take it. Favorite time of year. 100? Crazy hot any time of year.
Hang in there man. I'm sending you a cool breeze. Should get there in a couple hours.
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I just have to walk indoors. My wife keeps the A/C on like a freakin meat locker.
My power bill is like 5x the rent I paid back in 1975.