David–- How did you choose to watch the Olympics? I did NBC Sports and I recorded NBC and I still did not get to see all the sports. One would have to subscribe to Peacock to see it all. I was not interested in another subscription.
- Likes and dislikes on the opening ceremony? At first I was confused about the opening, but once I let go of my linear thinking the opening was great. It was most excellent getting a tour of Paris. To see more go to “NBC sports Olympics 2024 opening ceremony”
- What is the fastest sport you watch? Table tennis 100m sprint
- What was the craziest sport? Kayak cross. BMX racing. Carnage everywhere.
- What is the slowest sport you watch? Dinghy Sailing. It was slow. Very slow. The video was even speed up.
- Which sport events had the most amazing back and forth between the two teams? Badminton.
- What sport did you watch and could not figure out what was going on because of the camera angle? Skeet shooting. What are they shooting at? I finally saw the burst of the clay pigeon but I never saw the pigeon in flight.
- What sport did you watch and wonder,."What is going on?" Handball. First off, the count up clock counts up. Who thought of that. And I guess you can not touch the inner half circle before you throw the ball, though you could see some player making contact before the throw. I still watched it.
- Which event would you like to attend in person? Tennis does not interest me, but the match between Djokovic versus Alcaraz would have been amazing to watch in person.
- What facts do you now know about the Olympics that you did not know? Well, I had no ideal that the Olympics is a hook up event.
Mental Floss, https://www.youtube.com/@MentalFloss/shorts, is a great site for fast facts. Here are some more:
Why the U.S. won’t dip its flag at the Olympics Opening?
How does the Olympic flame stay lit?
Why do Olympic runners still wear paper bibs?
How much gold in in an Olympic gold medal?
Food inspired slang from the summer Olympics.
What did you think of the Olympic mascot? Freedom, a.k.a. Phryge. I love it. The Dems need a similar mascot.
- What part of the Olympics did you watch that now you wish you had your time back? Platform Diving. Not much has changed.
- What part made you cry? The opening ceremony where Celine Dion sang. Her struggles to get back to a singing career is amazing.
- What sport did you watch that you thought you would ever watch? Break dancing. It was really good.
- What sport was new to you? Handball, 3x3 basketball, Rugby 7
- Your opinion that Russia was not officially represented? I know they cheated. Rick is correct, I should not feel sorry for them.
- Likes and dislikes on the closing ceremony. I am still watching it, but I like it. Here is the Golden Voyager vid.
- How does this Olympics compare to the others you have watched? Paris is the best.
- What is the nastiest sport in the Olympics that you watched? Water polo. Vince is correct. I actually attended a UCB water polo event where the same fist hitting happened about 10 years ago. The sport needs to be cleaned up so it is safe.
- If you had the abilities, which Olympic sport would you participate in? Kite sailing. I was mesmerized by the sport. I remember the best I could do on a race bike with a tail wind on the flat would be around 30 mph. But, the kiters are doing 30 mph on a hydroplane board flying across the water. It turns out that one of the best places for kite sailing is the Bay Area.
Your opinion about the possible 1st female president. It’s about time. She is perfect. This elect will be about women’s rights. If you are wondering who are the 4 females on the title page, they are other female president from other countries. You need to go to the Wiki link in the title for more info.
And as always what is going on in your life: projects, trips, naps… Smoking chicken, orchids are blooming, and I am doing Invisalign to straighten my teeth (because I can get a $2k deduction on it from insurance). Yeah, I find the new death screen hilarious. And for some reason, I found a squirrel tail outside my door. I hung it on the wall outside.
Oh yeah, projects:
Step brackets, Screeding steps,
compacting steps. Here are three
new videos of project work:
Shortening bolts for the steps.
Jig cutting a 6x6 timber
Adding the rivnuts was easy because I learned that from work, though we had to vice up each bracket and hit it with a 15 lb sledge to square it up.
Time for the fails… I bought the auger drill bits to be able to drill all the way through because the spade bits are too short. What I did not understand was that the auger bit would drift inside the wood no matter what jig I built or how precise the hole alignment was. After many fails I finally started the hole with the spade bit followed by the auger bit. Success! The first four steps are a disaster with Ben and me doing all sorts of shims and redrill to get the brackets to align. To finish the drilling we countersunk the bolts because the the 7” bolts were 3 times the cost of the 6” ones.
Projects, install the steps: Three cubic yards, yes 3, of gravel and the steps were installed. Once a step is install it is easy to install the rest of the steps. The plan is to take a step out when ever I want. I figured that the step was going to be the only thing to wear down. That is why I decided to bolt the steps in place. I was going to place fabric by the step to keep all the stuff in place. I hope it works. Step steps: Gravel to 1” of top. Compact to 2” below. Add base and screed level to wall. Install step and side screws. Rubberize screws. Remove base and gravel. Add fabric. Add back gravel. Compact. Bury fabric under base. Repeat 7 more times.
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Projects, step flagstone: Well, you see the flagstone was quite dirty from sitting around outside for years. We rinsed all the flagstone to be installed. Thanks goodness it drys quickly. There are three piles of flagstone in the front, bits, small, and medium.
Screed the largest stone to the step. Once level, level up all the surround stone to the main stone. PerkGrout time!Mix the grout with the minimum amount of water. Trowel in to the grout lines with little force. Smooth out with a sponge. Done!
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