stripesace Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 I know what you mean. My work in done in the daytime, but when we take a project 'live' it is done in middle of the night for minimal customer impact. Swapping some files and rebooting some clusters, trying to resolve an issue that has been causing failovers. Nothing serious but it has been causing me pain for a few weeks. Unfortunately I only have tech windows in the middle of the night and in some cases only on weekends. Ah yes! I work for a global company so that means our change windows are REALLY wonky. We try to do a lot of stuff in a dev environment and then just flip the switch (as you know sometimes a 3 hour process) to make Dev Prod, and Prod Dev. The virtual environment really makes a lot of this so much easier. mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blcksilv08 Posted January 30, 2016 Share Posted January 30, 2016 Got to wash the truck at work today, even though it's 50 degrees here, still convenient to use their water and in a nicely lit bay. Another guy I work with was side swiped last week and of course the other guy took off. I got 80% or better of the marks out of his door for him. I only took a couple pictures on Snapchat so I'll try to add them in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDude Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 And technically my day isn't over, I have something that I can't start until 1 AM, should be done by 3 AM if all goes well. It is better than the middle of the day when all users are online and waiting very patiently. ch Today, I was able to wash my daily driver (SUV), my father's daily driver (SUV), and moms car. I could not believe how much the suvs needed to be washed. I think the DOT uses cinders with the salt how dirty was vehicle was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) Got one dash camera about 3/4 of the way installed. Too tired to finish. Stuff always sounds easy when you watch the manufacturers install videos. Finding switched power was a lot of work as I didn't want to cut into anything. And there was none in the regular fuse block on the interior, and I didn't want to poke holes thru the firewall. Did find it eventually in another interior location and modified a connector to fit. Will have to make a trip next weekend to the "have everything" electrical supply place that I found a few years back for a proper one. Thinking my wife's car I will have to remove the back seat and who knows what else to run wires from the fuse block that is in the trunk up to the front. Haven't even looked at my DD to see what kind of work that is going to entail. Edited January 31, 2016 by LFairbanks mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill-V8V Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 After sleeping late I went to a great nieces birthday party then came home and worked some more. Now i have a little time to hit the treadmill then get a few hours sleep before working some more. Oh well, at least it won't be interrupting any football watching and I won't be on call next weekend so I'll get to watch the Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) I Rinseless Washed the front half of the ATS4 with the intentions of correcting the dealer installed swirls after dinner. Dinner came and went and so did my motivation. I know it's around here somewhere, I just can't seem to find it at the moment. I'll wash the rest in the morning so the car looks right unless it's raining; then **** it, I'm going to the office. Speaking of rain, it poured most of the day today. A year ago today we got 18" snow. I'll take the rain, but I digress. While driving home at lunch I was mesmerized by the raindrops running along the side of the rear view mirror then when they got out of the wind stream the drops condensed into big drops and stayed in place until I slowed or stopped. That H2O Guard & Gloss beads like a champ! Edited February 3, 2016 by Captain Slow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan@Adams Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Today I answered a lot of phone calls, re-wrote product label descriptions for 9 products for review (17 more to go!) and began mapping out and budgeting our show schedule for 2016! Oh, and tested out an improved product for a bit mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Bowtie Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Been preparing all week to brief General Robert B. Abrams of the U.S. Army Forces Command this afternoon. It will be an honor to meet an Officer of his stature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_B._Abrams Edited February 3, 2016 by Black Bowtie mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamPT Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Well i bought some Adams Products today, so yea i did that today! I can't wait to use them! Dan@Adams 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James__ Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Looks like a good place to start! It's infectious, I'm sure your collection will grow quickly. Today has been a very expensive day for me... I bought wheels and tires for my truck and placed another $100 (after discounts) order on Adam's products... Edited February 3, 2016 by James__ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SYMAWD Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 New car. Schell21, Captain Slow and TheWolf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garner Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Ordered a 16oz bottle and gallon of carpet cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Helped my kid replace his door handles on his truck so that he doesn't have to roll down the window to get out anymore. And installed what is important to every teenager while we had the door apart, new speakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDChase Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Went to the Philadelphia Auto Show. Tons and tons of beautiful new and classic cars. They all looked great but all the ones I was able to touch really could have used a nice coat of Patriot or Americana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) Finally got out to the garage and corrected the hood. It is now, except for factory installed orange peel, flawless. Took two hours with competitor's MF pads followed by white polishing pad. The dealer installed swirls and RIDS plus bird turd etchings were quite the challenge. The rest of the car was rinseless washed then pink Detail Sprayed. Interior got wiped down then treated with Leather Conditioner. Quick Sealant on the wheels is working great. I hit the wheels with Rinseless Wash from pump sprayer and everything just rinses off! That stuff is magic in a can. This morning the garage smells wonderful. Next up is the trunk lid and roof. Roof has two bird turd etchings that may require my auto painter friend to wet sand for me. The ones on the hood were nowhere near that big or deep. I measure this etching at two by three inches. Dang dealers! Dang birds! Dang detailers eye! Edited February 7, 2016 by Captain Slow mc2hill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audog Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 Rinseless wash of Cherokee, and as long as in garage, clayed and then used new Cyclo for first time, corrected couple little spots then liquid paint sealant. Darn that Cyclo is a lot easier on my arms/shoulders than my old PC. And then finished it off with coat of Patriot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWolf Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Yesterday, went to the sand dunes with some guys from the Ford Raptor Forum. LFairbanks and Schell21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James__ Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Looks like a blast! TheWolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Dan, you need to get your buddies together make a trip to Moab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjMBlxq99dY TheWolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Was finally able to get all my vehicles washed without a storm in the forecast. Spring is coming, daylight is getting longer and the sun is getting higher on the horizon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWolf Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Dan, you need to get your buddies together make a trip to Moab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjMBlxq99dY Cool video! Looks like some of those were close, might lose a stock bumper. One of the guys from yesterday (white Raptor with blue hood lights) is stationed down there and is trying to organize a trip to Moab. LFairbanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chops1sc Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Can't sleep... Besides my team losing, I watched probably the worst Super Bowl I've ever seen in a long time, lol! Food was great, however, with a full spread. Chili, buffalo wings, piglets in blankets, buffalo chicken dip, and a few more goodies. My daughter ended up with a stomach ache and I guess that has me worried since I cooked all the food. I will probably call in to work which I should have taken a vacation day anyway. Sucks though since it's going to rain...again, so I can't wash my truck. My new shed isn't really wide enough to comfortably wash under it (might give it s try). Sorry for the boring and long post but as I said, can't sleep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamPT Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 I got some pumpkin spice detail spray and deep wheel cleaner while im waiting for my package to arrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slow Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Snagged a gallon of Detail Spray with Adam's Bronco's Super Bowl victory discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFairbanks Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Cool video! Looks like some of those were close, might lose a stock bumper. One of the guys from yesterday (white Raptor with blue hood lights) is stationed down there and is trying to organize a trip to Moab. There are different levels when it comes to those trails depending on difficulty. There are even some that you would have to be plain nuts to take a vehicle on unless it was designed and built strictly as an off road vehicle. TheWolf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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