Changed the exterior doorknobs on the house today. Got some high quality Schlage knobs and deadbolts, and then mounted them. Along the way we had, I think, every possible permutation of pain-in-the-butt doorknob mounting error, including configuring one door such that I can *either* set the deadbolt *or* use the doorknob lock, but not both.
On the plus side:
(1) We now have keys to both exterior doors.
(2) The people who had the keys before now have keys to the doorknobs in my trash
(3) I got to play with a 2 1/8″ drill bit. It’s pretty sweet to own a machine that can cut perfectly round holes in a door that are 2 1/8″ across.
(4) Ummm…did I mention the part about not being creeped out by not having keys to my front door? That’s resolved now.
Fitness update: 50 sit ups in a minute, 34 push ups in series, 10 pull ups. I will improve.
I tried “finger rolls,” in which I hold a barbell loaded with 170 lbs at waist height, and open and close my hands on it to move it up and down. These are evil, evil, evil. My forearms are still wondering what happened. On the other hand, when I need to use my fingers to move my body around on rock, this ability will come in handy.
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