Grunge Garage

[JC23]

Bill, you do see some patterns here, don't you?

Number one, EVERYONE is on your side and wants to help - even to the point of contributing money for a dumpster.

Number two, we all see the priority list and maybe a little easier than you. Imagine how good you'll feel with your own water and heat!

The funny thing about priority lists is that they can change quickly. But, as you have seen here, the water and heat are staying at the top of the list.

Just another way of looking at it. Keep up the good fight!

[moonpool145]

Bill

I congratulate you on your effort and your willingness to share it. Everyone here has offered great advice but I would just leave you with 1 mantra that works for me.

When in Doubt, throw it out.

Saving material for a later project sounds good but in reality you spend more money just storing it and constantly shuffling it around. Keep the tools (all of them) but get rid of 100% of everything else unless you use it every day.

And fix the water and heat PLEASE.

Good Luck

[ash]

Hello Bill

just using my first post to encourage you to go on!!!

i believe in you

Albert from Switzerland

[rickairmedic]

Bill I am quite impresed . You have pulled 2 people out of the bleechers in your thread already . I cant think of another thread that has pulled in that many lurkers . Looking forward to your next progress report and yes we are all here supporting you .

Rick

[Bronson]

http://youtu.be/EnPIOH8bCfk

[bczygan]

Originally Posted by ash

Hello Bill

just using my first post to encourage you to go on!!!

i believe in you

Albert from Switzerland

Albert,
A very warm welcome to you from all of us here on GJ. Thank you very much for your encouragement. It helps me more than you will ever know. I know this is NOT the most fun thread on GJ. It is full of ugly truths and realities. Please enjoy all the other useful, interesting and educational threads on this group. There are lots of beautiful garages and tools and all kinds of great advice and help and inspiration here. One day I hope to have spaces clean, organized and even beautiful enough to show what a small garage, house and yard should be for me here in Detroit.

Bill

[mdbeck1]

Originally Posted by bczygan

Albert,
A very warm welcome to you from all of us here on GJ. Thank you very much for your encouragement. It helps me more than you will ever know. I know this is NOT the most fun thread on GJ. It is full of ugly truths and realities. Please enjoy all the other useful, interesting and educational threads on this group. There are lots of beautiful garages and tools and all kinds of great advice and help and inspiration here. One day I hope to have spaces clean, organized and even beautiful enough to show what a small garage, house and yard should be for me here in Detroit.

Bill

Your garage is probably not the nicest, cleanest, or most organized YET!!! That's why we're watching. Because if you can get yours organized and cleaned up there is hope for the rest of us.

[simontudor]

Very nice! well done mate

[NastyNate]

Pics don't show up for me...

[Nighttrain]

NO GARAGE SALES today Bill, Focus.

[Kevin54]

C'mon Bill. Don't be sitting back on the sidelines reading. Fess up. You didn't do it didja?

[bczygan]

NO garage sales yesterday, today or tomorrow!!!

Wife was sick yesterday so even though she printed them out and came home early I talked her out of them, took care of her then and today and we just chilled together. Feels good.

[Nighttrain]

good job now throw out some stuff while the wife is up stairs sick. Can't be the air quality in the house making her sick can it? If so maybe she will start to see what the issue is and join your fight.

[markviii]

I'm going to be in the Detroit area on a road trip tomorrow to pick up some equipment hubby had reconditioned (vintage Sun machines). It's supposed to be raining, so I'm guessing you'll be staying inside taking care of your wife and organizing (say yes! to no garage sales). I hope our good vibes help move you along in that quest for the light at the end of the tunnel (or at least to the water pipes and furnace)!

Chris

[bczygan]

Originally Posted by markviii

I'm going to be in the Detroit area on a road trip tomorrow to pick up some equipment hubby had reconditioned (vintage Sun machines). It's supposed to be raining, so I'm guessing you'll be staying inside taking care of your wife and organizing (say yes! to no garage sales). I hope our good vibes help move you along in that quest for the light at the end of the tunnel (or at least to the water pipes and furnace)!

Chris

Chris,
YES (NO garage sales and continuing work). Where are you going to be in the area?

Bill

[markviii]

Good on the NO garage sales! Not sure on where we'll be in/near Detroit (my dad taught at Cass Tech HS in the late 50s-early 60s - we lived in Inkster for those 6 years - I've got lots of relatives who live around Detroit and work for or are retired from Ford). I PMd you. Hope Julie gets to feeling better.

Chris

[70Chevy]

Bill - where abouts in the Detroit area are you at?

[Red Leader]

Originally Posted by bczygan

Chris,
YES (NO garage sales and continuing work). Where are you going to be in the area?

Bill

Bill,

I'm glad you are staying focused. Here is the reality - the good deals will always be there, so save them for after the shop is clean. I'm sure you could find some now (we all could), but you will once you are done and you can actually prioritize what you need.


I've known/heard of a lot of old guys dying with piled up mountains of good deals that did nothing for them in the end. What is the point?

Stay strong.

[Coyote Red]

I don't think can ever go wrong when mark8 is pulling for you.

[Omphaloskeptic]

I think RL hit the nail on the head with reference to reality. It comes down to how you deal with reality... run away to garage sales or anywhere outside your property to escape or deal with the brutal fact that you don't have the basic necessities of life: water, heat, and the ability to take a shit and flushing it out of your life. You and your wife are hiding from these simple facts and they are overwhelming the both of you. Get some help!