So some updates, to both the car and life.
Found this towel in my stuff haha:
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I've been working on items around the house as of late, and everytime I touch something, I find 10 more things that need to get fixed lol.
Needless to say, the garage kind of took the backburner the last couple weeks. But good news! It's finally at a point where I feel comfortable calling for inspection. Inspector should be here next week some time, and he will tell me how many doors I need to install in this thing. Building code stated that I needed to build this accessory building to residential standards and practices, but in each section there are so many exclusions that are fuzzy when it comes to accessory buildings. The number of doors needed was very unclear. Typically, 2 doors are required at a minimum for residential code, or one door and one emergency exit rated window, each on opposite sides of the building. But the code has a weird exception for accessory buildings that I'm unsure of, so im going to let him tell me what to do there.
Once I know the number of doors needed, I can finally know how much siding to buy and get the rest of the lumber to build the barn doors, and salvage yard scrap metal to build the entrance ramp.
Couple other things that have happened as well. I passed my FCC ham radio Technician license 2 weeks ago, scheduled to do my general this weekend as well. US call sign is KO4OHE, I kinda like it. The wife pointed out it could be rearranged to say HOE, so I've got that going for me lol.
Got a promotion at work, and having that transition hanging overhead is stressful, so im not gonna talk about it lol.
Also bought a fab table from Northern Tool, was on sale for $169, this little thing is super handy!
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All this to say, the garage is coming along, I can talk on the radio again, and there may be some more money in my future to get the civic back on the road a bit quicker lol.
Also thought about getting a custom plate for the civic, "FASTHAM", then mount a portable HF rig in the car with a frame mount HF whip antenna to the bumper, complete with tennis ball, canadian and US flags flying from the tip, and go racing haha. The more I think about it though, I'd be a much easier target to spot and point out if I was ever doing any kind of illegal vehicle speed related activities lol, so I probably won't do this. Was an interesting thought though haha!
I'm also seriously considering bringing the car to a body shop to have them repair the roofline, and paint the car. I'll prep everything for paint, but it would be much easier and faster to just have a pro do that work. We'll see. Anyone want to toss out some color considerations? I'm thinking a metallic dark gun metal grey, but open to other options as well. What do you guys think?
