I'm doing 25 things
I have all of the lumber I need. Now I just need to rip and plane it to the right sizes.
fungus_finger's Life List
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1. Quit Smoking
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2. Build a Tall Bike
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3. convert my lawnmower and tiller to propane
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4. Go backpacking in the Grand Canyon
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5. go back to school
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6. be a better son
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7. build a kegerator
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8. convert my car to run on vegetable oil
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9. get a rainwater tank
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10. learn to ride a unicycle
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11. get rid of the clutter
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12. have better posture
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13. get another tattoo
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14. pay off credit card debt
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15. Join a Community Organisation; Rotary, Kiwanis?
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16. Trace my family tree
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17. finish my sculpture
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18. Finish what I start
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19. get rid of computer hardware I'm obviously never going to need or use
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20. build a boat
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21. own a mountain
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22. Cause a UFO sighting
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23. finish wiring our house
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24. See my bones
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25. Add an access hatch to my attic
2 entries1 person
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: My sister and I scattered our father during a backpacking trip in the Olympic Wilderness. I figured that since had expressed interest in retiring in Washington while he was alive, that that would be a good place to scatter his ashes. Originally, we were going to do one of the higher elevation loops, but the snow pack was so persistent this year that I ended up picking a lower elevation route along the Quinnault River. And boy … Read how I did it…
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Beeeeeeeeeeer
How I did it: I got an all-grain recipe that was a clone of a local lager that my girlfriend likes. First part of the process is the same as an ale. It's the bottom fermentation and colder fermentation temperatures that make it different. For the secondary fermentation, I used a cornelius keg with an airlock jammed in where the safety valve was. Then, I turned my kegerator up to 40F from 35F so I could lager and still have a dec… Read how I did it…
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:-I 
How I did it: I didn't get too big of a yield this year, I think due to the hot hot weather and drought we had this summer, combined with not doing some things I could have done to make the garden better. Read how I did it…
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50% chance that this will happen before July. If I bust ass on it, it can be done in time for our annual July 4th tradition of watching fireworks from Town Lake.
Last winter, I cut a ~4”x4” inspection hole in the drywall that makes up the ceiling for the closet in the addition with the inaccessible attic. I wanted to look for wires or anything like that. I turns out that there’s plywood decking on the other side of the roof joists. It’s not nailed down or anything, and when I push it up as far as I can (only a few inches) there appears to be radiant barrier on it as well. So no cabling in the family room for now. D’oh.
