Retired and now working PT at hardware store. Pics included.

[pellius]

I think its admiral that you retired and found a new way to pass the time, learn and get paid doing it.


Oh plus you can still afford those mcdoubles to put in the freezer 

The 99 cent McDoubles are long gone so it's been a while since I've been to Mcd. It's still the least expensive burger for the amount of protein you get but you can't beat whole lettuce and sliced tomatoes, plus I like my burgers flame broiled on a grill rather than sizzling in it's own fat on a frying pan, so it's Burger King now for me. Actually, right now it's all about Taco Bell. I'm not a big eater but those taco supreme, the one with the sour cream and chopped tomatoes -- those go down real easy and I can put aways 3, sometimes 4, in one sitting. But you have to eat them right away because like french fries they get soft and soggy if they sit too long.

BTW, where the hell can you get a decent bag of fries these days? They are all horrible! Even McDonald's, which use to have the best in the biz. What the hell happened? Did my taste change or did they change the way they make the?

[pellius]

hey pellius i see you have a back brace, all u need is half a tablesoon of epsom saltt in water to get rid of the back pain... epsom salt acts as an ionizer attracting heavywaste ... every water heater has an ionizing rod or anode rod thats magnesium it attracts the heavy waste in water heaters

LOL! You have a sharp eye, my friend, but spare me the wacky nutritional advice and give me some
hardware construction tips. Like for instance, I keep forgetting the rule about water base and oil base primer and paint. Can you use water base paint over oil base primer? Can you use oil base paint over water base primer. Also, what is your opinion on the tankless water heater. It would seem like a no brainer to me and much better than a tank but I hear both pros and cons. Mostly cons.

One last question: say you had access to any tools you needed as well as any materials and didn't have to worry about permits and all that jazz. Could you get a patch of land and just build your own house from the ground up? Electricity and plumbing and everything. I mean, you can use Mexicans or the Amish to help with the heavy lifting and grunt work but you put everything together yourself. Every nail, every pipe, every wire, every cement block is there because that's where you wanted it.

[pellius]

I love my City Mill in Hawaii Kai.... Kaimuki one is good too.

Hah! Kaimuki is our busiest store and the workers there bust ass. Hawaii Kai is known as the store with the most difficult and rude customers. It makes sense as Hawaii Kai has grown into a very exclusive area. My family moved there in the early 1970s when I was twelve and houses were affordable. My Dad paid under a $100 grand for it and sold it in the late 80s for over $500 thousand when the Japanese were buying up everything on the islands and prices were skyrocketing. Now it's a million dollar home.

The house is in that subdivision right next to Kaiser High school where I graduated from. The school was brand spanking new as well. If you are looking straight at the school from Lunalilo Home Rd the subdivision is on the right. It use to be a huge plantation with a sprawling estate which now serves, as we called it back then, an old folks home. Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi, the famous 50th State wrestler lived right down the street from me. I'm sure Stunt Movie has some stories about him as he seemed to know everybody that was anybody in Hawaii.  

Right in front of the school is the Hawaii Kai fire station and my best friend at the time father worked there. It had a weight room which consisted of a bench, squat rack, sit up board and some of those adjustable dumbbells. The kind you had to unscrew the collars and you could attach plates at the end.
Sitting on the bench the squat rack was about five feet in front of me. The sit up board about four feet to the side and the dumbells scatter with small plates laying around on the other side. I would say it was about the size of an average bedroom. Anyway, that's when I first started formally lifting weights at the age of 12. I use to do push-ups, pull-up, body weight squats, dead lift bricks and/or buckets prior to moving to Hawaii Kai and didn't have access to weights. My friend eventually quite lifting after a few months even though he was much stronger at the same age but I kept at it. It was kind of creepy walking through the room of the sleeping firemen to get to the tiny weight room but I was determined to be a "he-man" which is the term they used in that day. And here I am, 46 years later, still at it non stop.
Still not a he-man.

Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi. I use to watch him mowing his lawn in awe. I so wanted to be as big and strong as he was.
 

[pellius]

I did a Pellius over the weekend....replaced a toilet cistern. The new one was smaller so I had to cut the u-pipe to fit then lower the cistern. New input flexible hose. Eventually everything worked.

Youtube provides plenty of instructional videos for just about anything.

Not quite. I said I "think" I could "probably" install a new toilet. As far as cutting the u-pipe... well that' another story.

You're in a different universe as far as working with your hands than I am.

[jwb]

Hah! Kaimuki is our busiest store and the workers there bust ass. Hawaii Kai is known as the store with the most difficult and rude customers. It makes sense as Hawaii Kai has grown into a very exclusive area. My family moved there in the early 1970s when I was twelve and houses were affordable. My Dad paid under a $100 grand for it and sold it in the late 80s for over $500 thousand when the Japanese were buying up everything on the islands and prices were skyrocketing. Now it's a million dollar home.

The house is in that subdivision right next to Kaiser High school where I graduated from. The school was brand spanking new as well. If you are looking straight at the school from Lunalilo Home Rd the subdivision is on the right. It use to be a huge plantation with a sprawling estate which now serves, as we called it back then, an old folks home. Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi, the famous 50th State wrestler lived right down the street from me. I'm sure Stunt Movie has some stories about him as he seemed to know everybody that was anybody in Hawaii.  

Right in front of the school is the Hawaii Kai fire station and my best friend at the time father worked there. It had a weight room which consisted of a bench, squat rack, sit up board and some of those adjustable dumbbells. The kind you had to unscrew the collars and you could attach plates at the end.
Sitting on the bench the squat rack was about five feet in front of me. The sit up board about four feet to the side and the dumbells scatter with small plates laying around on the other side. I would say it was about the size of an average bedroom. Anyway, that's when I first started formally lifting weights at the age of 12. I use to do push-ups, pull-up, body weight squats, dead lift bricks and/or buckets prior to moving to Hawaii Kai and didn't have access to weights. My friend eventually quite lifting after a few months even though he was much stronger at the same age but I kept at it. It was kind of creepy walking through the room of the sleeping firemen to get to the tiny weight room but I was determined to be a "he-man" which is the term they used in that day. And here I am, 46 years later, still at it non stop.
Still not a he-man.

Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi. I use to watch him mowing his lawn in awe. I so wanted to be as big and strong as he was.
 

Ha that must be why the staff like me I’m the only one being nice to them.

[FitnessFrenzy]

BTW, where the hell can you get a decent bag of fries these days? They are all horrible! Even McDonald's, which use to have the best in the biz. What the hell happened? Did my taste change or did they change the way they make the?

I would aim for a local café or restaurant. I agree that most chains have shittty fries.

[spiro]

Five guys has amazing burgers fries.

[oldgolds]

Hah! Kaimuki is our busiest store and the workers there bust ass. Hawaii Kai is known as the store with the most difficult and rude customers. It makes sense as Hawaii Kai has grown into a very exclusive area. My family moved there in the early 1970s when I was twelve and houses were affordable. My Dad paid under a $100 grand for it and sold it in the late 80s for over $500 thousand when the Japanese were buying up everything on the islands and prices were skyrocketing. Now it's a million dollar home.

The house is in that subdivision right next to Kaiser High school where I graduated from. The school was brand spanking new as well. If you are looking straight at the school from Lunalilo Home Rd the subdivision is on the right. It use to be a huge plantation with a sprawling estate which now serves, as we called it back then, an old folks home. Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi, the famous 50th State wrestler lived right down the street from me. I'm sure Stunt Movie has some stories about him as he seemed to know everybody that was anybody in Hawaii.  

Right in front of the school is the Hawaii Kai fire station and my best friend at the time father worked there. It had a weight room which consisted of a bench, squat rack, sit up board and some of those adjustable dumbbells. The kind you had to unscrew the collars and you could attach plates at the end.











Have any problems growing up as a 'fuckin haole'? I've heard it can be pretty tough. At least when I lived there in the 70's...
Sitting on the bench the squat rack was about five feet in front of me. The sit up board about four feet to the side and the dumbells scatter with small plates laying around on the other side. I would say it was about the size of an average bedroom. Anyway, that's when I first started formally lifting weights at the age of 12. I use to do push-ups, pull-up, body weight squats, dead lift bricks and/or buckets prior to moving to Hawaii Kai and didn't have access to weights. My friend eventually quite lifting after a few months even though he was much stronger at the same age but I kept at it. It was kind of creepy walking through the room of the sleeping firemen to get to the tiny weight room but I was determined to be a "he-man" which is the term they used in that day. And here I am, 46 years later, still at it non stop.
Still not a he-man.

Sammy "Steamboat" Mokuahi. I use to watch him mowing his lawn in awe. I so wanted to be as big and strong as he was.
 

[oldgolds]

Hey Pellius, have any problems growing up as a 'fuckin haole'?  I lived there in the 70's and heard a few stories from local haoles about having to fight constantly...Probably was worse in town than the nicer area where you lived.  I wouldn't want to be a young haole in Waimanalo or Nanakuli...Especially on 'kill haole' day...

[Griffith]

Hey Pellius, have any problems growing up as a 'fuckin haole'?  I lived there in the 70's and heard a few stories from local haoles about having to fight constantly...Probably was worse in town than the nicer area where you lived.  I wouldn't want to be a young haole in Waimanalo or Nanakuli...Especially on 'kill haole' day...

Some of the Polynesians, such as the Tahitians have a reputation for being friendly, but Hawaii was always one of the islands considered more hostile, Captain Cooke was even murdered on the beach by locals.

[IRON CROSS]

Some of the Polynesians, such as the Tahitians have a reputation for being friendly, but Hawaii was always one of the islands considered more hostile, Captain Cooke was even murdered on the beach by locals.

Ah, Tahiti & her islands of love, European (18th century) romantic dream  
Morea is my favourite  

Should be there in August for 'Tahiti Pro Teahupoo 2018' (known as BIllabong Pro) 

[pellius]

Five guys has amazing burgers fries.

No 5 Guys here.

[pellius]

Hey Pellius, have any problems growing up as a 'fuckin haole'?  I lived there in the 70's and heard a few stories from local haoles about having to fight constantly...Probably was worse in town than the nicer area where you lived.  I wouldn't want to be a young haole in Waimanalo or Nanakuli...Especially on 'kill haole' day...

I am not, nor was ever considered to be, a haole growing up in the islands. But yes, White boys do have a hard time growing up in Hawaii and get hassled all the time. When you're an adult it's mostly the under class locals that still carry that prejudice with them. It's accepted because it's targeted at Whites.

I'm not sure there is a "kill haole day" anymore in the public schools which was celebrated on the last day before Christmas vacation. People are all hyper sensitive now when it comes to race.

[Tapeworm]

LOL! You have a sharp eye, my friend, but spare me the wacky nutritional advice and give me some
hardware construction tips. Like for instance, I keep forgetting the rule about water base and oil base primer and paint. Can you use water base paint over oil base primer? Can you use oil base paint over water base primer. Also, what is your opinion on the tankless water heater. It would seem like a no brainer to me and much better than a tank but I hear both pros and cons. Mostly cons.

One last question: say you had access to any tools you needed as well as any materials and didn't have to worry about permits and all that jazz. Could you get a patch of land and just build your own house from the ground up? Electricity and plumbing and everything. I mean, you can use Mexicans or the Amish to help with the heavy lifting and grunt work but you put everything together yourself. Every nail, every pipe, every wire, every cement block is there because that's where you wanted it.

I don't think there is a universal rule.  It will depend on the manufacturer's formulation.  In my experience, however, any paint over any primer is ok.  It'll say what's what on the tin if you have any doubt.  Paint over the other kind of paint without a bonding primer is not ok tho.  Water over oil is definitely no good.

The practice, however, is to color coat with whatever the primer is.  (Exception would be oil stain blocker.  I like the Zinnser 'Bin' shellac for stain blocking on latex tho, provided it's not peeling.)  It's probably a grandfathered rule from back when formulations absolutely required the painter to follow suit but it also has to do with 'grab.'  An oil paint over an acrylic primer would want a light tack coat before first proper color coat since it'll be more prone to run than if it was sprayed over an oil primer.  If brushing, you definitely want to feel some drag on the brush with the first oil coat.  Well, all oil coats but definitely the first.  

I imagine people coming in to see you are wanting to repaint their place in water based.  They'll need a bonding primer over oil for that.  Latex is superior for walls, ceilings, and pretty much anything outside imo since it won't embrittle with UV.  For trim, however, oil (even tho it yellows with time) is best since it's more impact resistant and looks better in gloss.  Anything that moves - doors and windows - oil, since latex causes sticking in the heat.  Oil is kunty tho, which is why there's latex everywhere now.  It'll take more coats, run easier, be smelly, dry slowly, have overspray that'll fuck with your latex surfaces, and insist that the priming is done really thoroughly.  Oil is a better finish but they're gonna earn it.  

[jwb]

I am not, nor was ever considered to be, a haole growing up in the islands. But yes, White boys do have a hard time growing up in Hawaii and get hassled all the time. When you're an adult it's mostly the under class locals that still carry that prejudice with them. It's accepted because it's targeted at Whites.

I'm not sure there is a "kill haole day" anymore in the public schools which was celebrated on the last day before Christmas vacation. People are all hyper sensitive now when it comes to race.

Considering the amount of different races and the wealth gap and homelessness in Honolulu I think it is a pretty harmonious place overall.

Would I want to be white and poor here? No.

[ratherbebig]

only on getbig can someone working at a hardware store post pictures of himself, working at the hardware store, and get compliments for it

[Tapeworm]

Considering the amount of different races and the wealth gap and homelessness in Honolulu I think it is a pretty harmonious place overall.

Would I want to be white and poor here? No.

U mean you're not poor or you're not white?

[pellius]

only on getbig can someone working at a hardware store post pictures of himself, working at the hardware store, and get compliments for it

Why is that so unusual to you?

[IroNat]

Being poor anywhere sucks and being rich anywhere is usually pretty good.

If your the rich person you just ignore the poor people outside your gated community like the tourists do in the Caribbean and Mexico.

[Kwon]

only on getbig can someone working at a hardware store post pictures of himself, working at the hardware store, and get compliments for it

What other sites would he not get compliments for it?

[ratherbebig]

What other sites would he not get compliments for it?

none

its like putting up photos of your gardener

[oldgolds]

only on getbig can someone working at a hardware store post pictures of himself, working at the hardware store, and get compliments for it

All work is honorable.....Large swaths of our population do not work and simply live parasitically off of the rest of us....There used to be shame for not contributing, nowdays it's accepted. (in the US)...

[ratherbebig]

All work is honorable.....Large swaths of our population do not work and simply live parasitically off of the rest of us....There used to be shame for not contributing, nowdays it's accepted. (in the US)...

how you feel about male prostitution, honorable?

[stuntmovie]

HOWARD, Get active! Add a pedometer app to your cell phone and catch yourself up on the 10,000 steps a dy routine.

You'll live a lot longer by staying active.

[FitnessFrenzy]

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