Category: Ford Fender

What a day…..

by RoachKiller

Yesterday! Finally broke down and went to get some new “ work “ sunglasses! These here raybans I bought 5 years ago have just about had it!

So I grabbed my prescription and headed to the eyeglass place!

Since I already have a new pair of raybans that I will not use for work. I decided on buying the house brand! Oddly I had no idea it was buy 1 get one free!

So I got 2 pairs of work sunglasses! 🙂 while the girlfriend got a pair of sunglasses and regular glasses!

So for like $300 I scored 4 pairs….. not a bad day of shopping……

After that, I finally made it home! Had a bowl of cereal and passed the fuck out…..

Oh you know…..

by RoachKiller

You have lived a life when you walk through the ice cream isle. Trying to find what your brain is craving!

Not seeing anything worth getting except some frozen dog treats and a 1lb of crab salad!

So you leave and as your getting into the car. You realize what it is your craving!

Yup you’re craving flan! Not any flan! But flan you can only get in a little tourist town in socal!

That’s right! I’m craving a nice flan from the mad Greek in baker California!

Bummer dude…..

Cos….

by RoachKiller

Church of Satan! Temple of SET! I haven’t a clue as to these other sects you’re talking about!

Anton LaVey made the shit famous! All these other off chutes are just copy cats…..

Either way, satanism, Christianity Judaism it’s all the same necrotic belief in an afterlife or superior power that controls life In general!

Like my preacher uncle said to me, “ without evil, good has nothing to battle…..”

Told you…

by RoachKiller

Only keeping the best of the best……

Oh my bad, I forgot I those GJ2 Telly‘s were from Manchester music Mill up in New Hampshire.

It’s really hard to remember exactly where you bought a guitar when you have over 200 of them……

Tell you what….

by RoachKiller

I thought long and hard yesterday about your offer! Ask the girlfriend, she kept asking, “ what’s wrong?” All day!

Here’s the deal! You tell Porsche’a boy that I’ll slap my Subaru in sport mode and we can race!

If I win, I’ll do the tour! If I loose, I will stay home and bang the old lady every night! All while still writing for yall!

If he agrees the deal is final and as good as an honest handshake!

Either way mother fucker, you’re taking me for a ride in that new lambo! Comprende’?

Are you ready…..

by RoachKiller

This glass top, Frigidaire convection stove is in! That was a week long journey into hell! 😉

Originally I had this old drop in oven! I kept having to buy new ones every 10 years or so! Why? Dunno! Yet after this last failure I was not looking forward to spending $2000 base model for a new range!

So I bit the bullet and opted for a slide in range! Now getting the old one pulled and out of here was the easy part!

Destroying the built in mounts was the difficult part!

So with a bit of luck. An unsteady hand a 3 dremel tools. I got started! I found that the dremel rotary cutting tool worked real well!

It allowed me to drop into the counter, Formica, wood and all without chipping or damaging the counter tops! I also found if you remove the guard. It works real well at cutting through a nailed in board….. with great attention to not taking out the Sheetrock with the wood cut!

Now not only did I have ( laughing as this is not a low dollar build house! ) particle board In the cabinetry. I also had solid oak to get theough!

That wood bit did it all up until the last cut! Overheated and finally snapped! 🙂 luckily the kit comes with 2 almost identical bits! So the second one got me finished!

Doing this all by hand caused some raunchy cuts! Luckily a quick sand with a block and wammo edges are straight and looks decent!

So with that all finished I had to wait for the electrician to come out and move the receptacle down the wall!

Leaving intact the old one in case a new stove happens again!

As the whole in the counter is 30” and ofcourse the stove is 29.5” I have a gap on both edges! To fill that I used a stainless steel edging and to keep it leak proof. I added a silicone edging piece to really fill in the gap and make it more “ waterproof” for spills!

I tested out 2 different versions! One that’s more of a T style ( right side ) and one that’s more of a corner style! ( left side )

Any questions ask! Otherwise this project is done except for finding a silicone piece to put in the back against the tile to finish it off!

P.s. make sure to set your stove at counter top level! FYI…..

Ewww…..

by RoachKiller

Interesting twist! Electrician came out and moved the plug for the range! Not a cheap venture but not overly expensive! $300-$400 range!

I asked him to please keep access to the upper box so I can in the future if needed use that one again!

Now the twist is, even with the recessed space on the back of the stove. It’s still 1/4” or so from the wall!

So now I need to figure out how to deal with that! If for some reason it’s not a simple fix. I will have to live with it, But how?

As of yet I have not benable to find a recessed or thin line range cable? I have however Benable to find a rear stove gap filler! A lot like the ones I’m using on the sides….

So later today when I finish this install I’ll let you know how this works out…..

So….

by RoachKiller

Do you ever wonder if your 401k, Roth or standard are worth it?

My $15,000 and change of contributions is now worth $23,000. While my profit sharing is worth $160,000 and change!

Was that worth 23 years and 3.5 million accident free miles for them? No, not really!

Atleast I know that when retirement age comes that account will sustain my simple vagabond life…..

Woo hoo…..

by RoachKiller

Electrician comes out next week to drop the electrical box down. Other than that the dry fit looks good! Raise it up an inch or so. Drop the edging in and I think I I’ll be done!

I’m thinking I’m gunna pay the money to have the over the stove microwave put in! Cus this project was a mother fucker!

Bwoop bwoop!

Yes…..

by RoachKiller

I replaced all the fans in the house except my Dyson and another tower fan with these!

They are 20” industrial warehouse fans! The motors are killer from what I’ve seen! 3x’s the price of a Walmart box fan. Yet should last 3x’s longer….

By no means are they quite! Yet on low they mix into the background well!

Not to mention Mika loves standing in front of it…..

I liked them enough I bought 4 3 – 20” and 1 – 14”

#Kenbrown

Going to……

by RoachKiller

The guitar store after school lets out is always entertaining. Every guitar player there shoots their shot to impress whoever is around them. You’ll hear some really good guitar players and you’ll hear some bad guitar player then you’ll hear new guitar players!

Me when I go, I play the exact same thing you see me play on the Internet. Why? I know exactly what it is to sound like. I know exactly what I want tone! If I’m playing a guitar I know exactly how I want that guitar to feel when I play them.

Like yesterday, I played a 1980s Charvel single pick up single, knob guitar. I want to call it a gunslinger, but I don’t think that was right. I played the exact same thing I always play and I couldn’t get past the knob the volume knob! then I played a 1980s-ish court explorer triple pick up. Looked a lot like the old guitar player of Def Leppard’s! AnyWho, I played that I played the exact same thing. I got the tone I wanted. I got the sound on it, but I couldn’t keep the pick from constantly scraping the middle pick up!

So when I’m doing some serious guitar shopping, I don’t give a fuck about anybody around me. There’s nobody I want to impress. I know how to play. I know how to play well, I don’t give a fuck what you think and I’m gonna play what works for me…… Comprende’? Puto!