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458 days ago
Friends and Family who know me would probably categorize me as a fair and resonable guy and so I feel a little bummed being pissed off to the point that after 15 years of loyalty I'm writing off Les Schwab. I've been a huge fan of thiers for years and done nearly all of my tire related business w/ them for 15+ years, and additionally continually recommended them to others when asked for advice. However they left me high and dry today and even having followed up w/ the manager there was no attempt to make things right, only accusations pointed back at me that the latest tire drama from them was my fault. So last night as Erin was on her way home from dropping off the baby sitter her tire completely blew out and left her stranded on a dark rural road without her cell phone. A Maple Valley old timer was kind enough to pick Erin up and get her home, and then turned around and went with me and my buddy Steve to get the tire swapped out for the spare. Once we got to the ...
605 days ago
Well, I've been busy playing (of course) with tools and machines but ended up on two polar opposite projects: OverKill (my wife named it) and Dainty (you can guess why). OverKill was really the completion of a project that I didn't finish properly. Last summer I built a picnic shelter out of lumber that I had milled out of some trees that came down off of my property. Cedar made up the post and beam construction and Alder provided the truss assemblies, and good 'ol TRM building supplies provided the roof. Well, I got it all done (did all the trusses, etc by myself) and it sure looked great (or so I thought). I thought about cross bracing, and thought 'Nah, this thing is so stout it'll be a non-issue'. And that theory held until the first real windstorm of the winter season. And, ever so sadly, the shelter tipped over crushing everything under it. So, I was trying to sort out the best way to get this thing back up and ready to keep the family dry while we roast ...
