Guy Stuff at Guys Clubhouse

Check out the “My blog” page for lots of worthless new Crap! I just don’t have time to post Crap on this page at the moment. I’ll be back to this page  in a week or two.  However as you’ll see, I am still as always, “Proudly Wasting Your Time”!

Hey I got a couple of great deals at a yard sale last weekend. The best one was a scooter I thought might be good for my Dad. Now the guy I got it from is a neighbor a couple of doors down. He was moving and wanted $50.00 for it. It also came with a second scooter for parts. Of course it needed batteries so I couldn’t try it, but he assured me it worked and I paid him the 50 bucks and brought them home. After cleaning the good one up it was off to the store for batteries. I figured they would be $100.00 each and I needed two. They cost $118.00 a piece so I wasn’t far off. Well not only did it work, it worked great! Fast like I couldn’t believe! Jan and I spent the afternoon driving it everywhere to see how long the batteries would last, and they outlived the novelty of booting around town. Just for fun, I hooked up the parts scooter and it worked too!! I’m going to make that Jans stand-up garden scooter. I’ll just pick up used batteries for that one. I may get a little trailer for it or put a platform on the back. Maybe both! I have to say, this has been the most fun we’ve had for a few hundred bucks in along time!!

I bought a new chainsaw the other day and talk about a good time! If your a guy and don’t own a chainsaw, go get one right now.  I didn’t realize how much fun it would be firing that beautiful wonderful toy up and killing some trees! I’ve killed a few now and want to kill a few more on the estate but I’ve had a glitch. The wife. Apparently I’ve slaughtered enough tree’s this year. So if you need a tree killed,  just ” pick up the phone, I’m always home, call me anytime, just ring, three-six-two-four-three-six, hey
I lead a life of crime…….
Dirty deeds,done dirt cheap
Dirty deeds………………….”:)

Now we have quite a bit of clover this year since no one can spray their yard anymore, and at the start of summer, Jan somehow noticed a 4 leaf clover in our side yard. She called me over and the two of us got down on our knees and prowled through the patch finding a couple of more. I couldn’t believe it. I have never found one before let alone 3 at the same time. The next week I was walking by the patch and decided to check it, and again I found 2 new ones! I was very careful not to mow over our clover and now Jan has put a small fence around it. We’re getting several four leaf clovers a week from the little patch. Here’s our count so far:

14-four leaf clovers
2-five leaf clovers

So has the clover brought us luck? Well I’m not sure. I can say that since it’s discovery, I’ve started making more money than I have in awhile. Jan now has a nice newer vehicle and what could have been a family tragedy for her, has tuned into a bit of a miracle.

This is simple and I thought you guys might enjoy it. It should work for most any program but I can’t guarantee it. I also can’t remember where I learned this but I’ll try to so I can give credit where credit is due. Just follow this step by step. It’s really quite easy. You need two free tools.

• Winrar
• Universal Extractor

Just get the free trial of Winrar ( if you don’t already have it ) . Universal Extractor is free and can be found at www.legroom.net. So go ahead and install those and lets rock!!

a)  Find your favorite program.

b) Make a new file where you like, and name it. (ie “my File”).

c) Now right click on the setup file of the program you’d like to be portable, and pick “extract with uniextract to a subdirectory”.  Extract it into the file you just made.

d)  Open the new file you made ( “my file”), and find the .exe file that runs the app. You should see a bunch of files there. Highlight all these files. ( Note: if you only see 1  file, then repeat step (c) on this file. Now you should see several files. Highlight them all).

e) Right click and choose ” add to archive”. Name your archive and select “create SFX archive”. Choose “best” under the category “compression method”.

f) Click the advance tab. Click SFX options. Now type the name of your executable in “run after exraction” under the “setup program category”.

Almost done!

g) In the “Modes tab” click “unpack to temporary folder and hide all”.

h) In the “Update tab”  click  ”overwrite all files”. Click ok and that’s it.

You’ll now see a single self extracting file that is the .exe . You can copy this to your memory stick or external hard drive and use it anywhere. cool eh!

I have to pick Filezilla as one of the best FTP programs out there.  The interface is quite simple and you’ll  find yourself dragging and dropping, shuffling and renaming files in no time. If you’re  managing multiple sites, you’ll  love it’s Quick Connect function, and with several options for a secure connection, you’ll be uploading and downloading files without a worry. As a long time user I can say this program is stable, easy to use and will do almost everything you would find in a paid for application.  I would say Filezilla is free must have program.