The "I'm in a damn good mood" Thread

Today I take the Miata out for my first Track experience. Track night in America at the NCM in Bowling Green. Fingers crossed everything goes well!

Had a really good weekend. Been living in this small town in SC for almost 2 months now and haven't really met anyone my age (21). Finally at a local brewery/restaurant this past weekend some locals introduced me to their niece who was really cute and my age, and I thought we hit it off. Hoping to get to hang out with her again!

Hooray for troubleshooting an fixing a relatively simple issue that was throwing multiple small problems.
We've now hit the point where demand for our beer has gotten ahead of supply.
Boss loved the latest pilot batch I released and wants to make it a regular seasonal in the lineup.

In reply to Beer Baron:

I just realized I have not stopped by in a while, will have to fix that.

A bit upset that I will miss the Dragon hillclimb this year . . . BUT that is because my employer is paying for a training class!! They "almost" didn't bat an eye when it was requested . . .

KyAllroad wrote: Today I take the Miata out for my first Track experience. Track night in America at the NCM in Bowling Green. Fingers crossed everything goes well!

You're going to love it. I did a track day there last year in mine.

Powar wrote:

KyAllroad wrote: Today I take the Miata out for my first Track experience. Track night in America at the NCM in Bowling Green. Fingers crossed everything goes well!

You're going to love it. I did a track day there last year in mine.

Oh wow. That was cool. SCCA Track Night is a lot different than I was expecting and a different vibe from autocrosses.

Thoughts:

Bring more water next time.

Hoosiers ROCK

Miata wants more horsepower.

It's amazing how evenly matched cars were even given the huge disparities in preparation and power.

NCM is 150 miles from my house so by the time I got home I was done in.

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And now I'm on vacation till August 3rd.

Today is the best I've felt in a few weeks. The pain management is working to near perfection, very little pain but still have mental function, cognitive ability and can move my legs and arm to design and intent without issue. Swmbo took me down to one of my favorite places for coffee this morning, getting to take in the outside world is a rare and rewarding treat these days.

Today is my dad's 80th birthday. He has always been a "stocky", cigar smoking, Italian his whole life (well - maybe not smoking cigars as a kid) and after his 5-bypass surgery at 59 years old I was always concerned about his health. It is a blessing to see him hit this birthday today!

My wife sold something on Craigslist, in four hours from posting, to nice people who arrived when they said they would, who came with money, and who made a very reasonable offer well within 10% of the asking price.

I didn't think you could do that.

I've spent the last few days hosting my parents.They're here in Michigan, far from their British Columbia home. Not bad for a couple who are 86 and 87 years old.

Mike wrote: My wife sold something on Craigslist, in four hours from posting, to nice people who arrived when they said they would, who came with money, and who made a very reasonable offer well within 10% of the asking price. I didn't think you could do that.

Opposite side of that, I saw something an hour after it was posted late Friday night, great price, but couldn't get out there until Sunday evening so I didn't bother contacting the seller until Sunday when I was headed out that way. To my surprise the guy still had the item and said he'd be around. I get there and he commented how funny that he didn't have any interest all weekend until after I called, suddenly had 3 interested parties.

I was already on my way and he held it for me, didn't raise the price and showed me around his place which had so many cool cars and parts right up my alley. Turns out he used to have a shop now does work out of his place and said I could hold onto his number in case I needed parts or advice.

captdownshift wrote: Today is the best I've felt in a few weeks. The pain management is working to near perfection, very little pain but still have mental function, cognitive ability and can move my legs and arm to design and intent without issue. Swmbo took me down to one of my favorite places for coffee this morning, getting to take in the outside world is a rare and rewarding treat these days.

Cograts. if you get the right people they can work wonders.

I'm back to work. I try to walk around when I can to loosen up the knee so I hit Central Park on my lunch break. Hate NYC all you want but there aren't many other places you'll see sights like these.

Just had a contractor out to perform "poly jacking" on my sunken slab-on-grade. In the worst spot, the slab had settled nearly 1.75 inches in the last 38 years. After completing the work, everything is level again, all my doors close properly, and I am super happy there weren't bigger problems such as a sinkhole and also that I didn't opt for the 6x more expensive helical pier option. Good day.

Lemongrass chicken and shrimp noodle bowl, and a spring roll. Made even better by the generous helping of vietnamese fish sauce. Mmmmmfishsaucemmmm.

Armitage wrote: Just had a contractor out to perform "poly jacking" on my sunken slab-on-grade. In the worst spot, the slab had settled nearly 1.75 inches in the last 38 years. After completing the work, everything is level again, all my doors close properly, and I am super happy there weren't bigger problems such as a sinkhole and also that I didn't opt for the 6x more expensive helical pier option. Good day.

Just out of curiosity, who quoted you the helicals and if you don't mind my asking what was the cost per pier?

Vacation day at the pond house. Swimming. Swimming in the rain(!)

Excellent dinner. S'mores on the beach with the kids. And now a movie to wrap it up. Nice day.

Set readable goles at work for my self today at the office and exceeded them.

Nick_Comstock wrote: Just out of curiosity, who quoted you the helicals and if you don't mind my asking what was the cost per pier?

I had two quotes in the same ballpark for helicals. One from JES and another from an independent guy. I want to say it worked out to around $1500/pier and they wanted to install close to 20 of them in total.

I woke up today, and I'm incredibly optimistic today energy level is solid. I'm going to get some for of work done. I may even start up one of the cars that's parked outside and idle it for a bit. I've tried to be realistic about expectations, but the last week has me thinking that I may actually beat this. Regardless of the end result, which honestly doesn't matter, it really doesnt, we all eventually suffer the same outcome, I feel fantastic.

Sometimes people are dealt a pretty E36M3 hand in life, work, their hobbies, or relationships. Sometimes what matters most isn't the end outcome of the journey but the enjoyment that you manage to find during it, however remote, strange or obscure it may be. The precievreance of joy is strange, wonderful and powerful thing if you allow yourself to find it.

In reply to Armitage: Did you get the old the price of steel has gone up line

We were $1200 per pier up to 15 feet and $28 per foot after that. I have more than doubled the cost of a job in footage charges. But I feel helicals are a very good solution for some situations. But they certainly aren't for every situation.

I'm starting a new job on Tuesday. Of course there are trade offs: More money, longer commute; cheaper health ins., no company car. Better growth potential for sure.

I actually have a job interview tomorrow for industrial maintenance. Im excited. I hate my current career. And Friday the body guy will finally finish the elky.