Author Topic: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....  (Read 1887 times)

Offline jim_de_hunter

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1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« on: August 07, 2013, 05:37:49 PM »
been that way all week.  Allotted 2 hours to powerwash the garage before paint - spent 8 hours with a water jet removing 50 years of paint.  Allotted 2 hours to tuck-point the block garage - took 8 hours and another 15 lbs of quick set.  Started to R&R the tires, brake and clutch lines and rear pads on the Blue Monster and decided to mow real quick before the rain got here - now the Blue Monster and TWO mowers are in pieces in the garage waiting on parts from Amazon.


I think I'll take a nap.


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Offline Nosmo

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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2013, 10:39:50 PM »
Sounds like an average day for me.  Remember my motto:

"The man who does nothing, does nothing wrong." ;)
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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #2 on: August 08, 2013, 04:34:08 AM »
The man who does nothing, does nothing wrong works the other way around, too.  :chugbeer:
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Offline Conrad

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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #3 on: August 08, 2013, 04:38:33 AM »
Whenever I start a project and my wife asks me how long it's going to take, she doubles the time I give her and more often than not, she's right.     :o

Don't tell her that I said that.   
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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #4 on: August 08, 2013, 04:52:47 AM »
Don't worry, she already knows.

Offline Conrad

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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #5 on: August 08, 2013, 05:09:33 AM »
 :rotflmao:
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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #6 on: August 08, 2013, 08:28:09 AM »
Doing nothing is difficult because you don't know when to stop.
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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #7 on: August 08, 2013, 08:43:27 AM »
So what is the measure of success? When do you know when you have properly accomplished nothing?

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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #8 on: August 08, 2013, 09:20:35 AM »
So what is the measure of success? When do you know when you have properly accomplished nothing?
Guess here, when you wake up in a Cheetos orange drool puddle?

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Re: 1 step forward, 2 steps back.....
« Reply #9 on: August 08, 2013, 10:51:47 AM »
Guess here, when you wake up in a Cheetos orange drool puddle?

I'm thinking that this would be a good measure of success if you're a dog...    :)
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