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Angie H
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Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 01:01
I bought a garbage disposal, and I need to drill a hole in our stainless steel sink for the on/off switch (it's an air actuated type, and it's much easier to wire than a wall switch). I didn't realize WHAT A PAIN this was going to be. Apparently regular drill bits are no match for stainless steel.
I just came back from Lowe's with a freakin' $20 drill bit to cut through this stuff, and I'm still working up a sweat - I'm bent over the sink and pushing down as hard as I can to get this hole going, and there's little more than a dent for about 5 minutes of work. My poor abs!! I had to check Traineo to take a break, LOL.
Anyway... home improvement - whew, what a workout!
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Derek Schultz
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Posts: 258
Derek Schultz
I've always been bigger. Maybe not classified as being fat because I carry it pretty well. But, well, I'm fat. There's no fooling myself. In January, months of hard work paid off as my wife got pregnant with what will be our first child. I had been exercising a bit until that point, but I decided to ramp it up a notch and get my weight to where I can be healthy and be around a long time for my wife and kid.
I've been known to drop 40-50 pounds in 5 months or so on a few occasions, only to slowly gain that weight back over a couple years. This time is different. I know everybody says that and usually that statement doesn't come to fruit, but I've got that incentive...becoming a daddy.
Got a blog rolling-
rokandroll.blogspot.com
I post on it a few times a week. Mostly fitness stuff. I try to be somewhat humorous. Check it out if you're REALLY bored.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 01:04
Are you using a bit for metal?
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Angie H
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Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 02:01
Yes, cobalt 135 degree split tip, for stainless steel, with cutting oil
I finally got the hole drilled. It only took 20 minutes!
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Derek Schultz
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Posts: 258
Derek Schultz
I've always been bigger. Maybe not classified as being fat because I carry it pretty well. But, well, I'm fat. There's no fooling myself. In January, months of hard work paid off as my wife got pregnant with what will be our first child. I had been exercising a bit until that point, but I decided to ramp it up a notch and get my weight to where I can be healthy and be around a long time for my wife and kid.
I've been known to drop 40-50 pounds in 5 months or so on a few occasions, only to slowly gain that weight back over a couple years. This time is different. I know everybody says that and usually that statement doesn't come to fruit, but I've got that incentive...becoming a daddy.
Got a blog rolling-
rokandroll.blogspot.com
I post on it a few times a week. Mostly fitness stuff. I try to be somewhat humorous. Check it out if you're REALLY bored.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 02:40
Good bit choice. Mission accomplished.
Make sure to put in your traineo training log- 20 minutes of hole drilling, "real hard" level
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Minu ~
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One can never be too N.I.C.E.
BELT NOTCHES for 2008:
- Mistressed the PULL-UP!
- 2, 1.2km lake swims.
Video of proper Squat form:
http://www.traineo.com/11_5529_0.html
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 10:57
Quoting: mrrok Make sure to put in your traineo training log- 20 minutes of hole drilling, "real hard" level 
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Angie H
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Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 14:53
Well I am quite embarrassed! Turns out the hole I punched out is too big.  (I drilled that horribly difficult pilot hole, then used a knock-out die to make a nice hole with no burs). I'm going to blame that on the knock-out being labeled incorrectly, but actually I should have double checked the measurement before I did anything. Oh well, live and learn!
I can't realistically patch this hole and make it work. It's 1/2" too big in diameter! So, I stopped by Lowe's on the way to work this morning and bought another sink. hahahaha Oh, I feel so stupid.
I get to do this all over again tonight.
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Samantha Cordell
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Posts: 338
Samantha Cordell
Success is not a race, be patient.
Success leads to success.
Success is always a work in progress.
Success doesn't come to you--you go to it.
Success is a journey, not a destination. Focus on the process.
Some people dream about success... while others wake up and work hard at it.
Success is achieved and maintained by those who try-and keep trying.
Everyday is a good day to SUCCEED!
If at first you don't succeed-try, try again
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:12
Haha...at least you can't say you didn't try - isn't this what MEN are for!!??!!
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Derek Schultz
Fitness Guru
Posts: 258
Derek Schultz
I've always been bigger. Maybe not classified as being fat because I carry it pretty well. But, well, I'm fat. There's no fooling myself. In January, months of hard work paid off as my wife got pregnant with what will be our first child. I had been exercising a bit until that point, but I decided to ramp it up a notch and get my weight to where I can be healthy and be around a long time for my wife and kid.
I've been known to drop 40-50 pounds in 5 months or so on a few occasions, only to slowly gain that weight back over a couple years. This time is different. I know everybody says that and usually that statement doesn't come to fruit, but I've got that incentive...becoming a daddy.
Got a blog rolling-
rokandroll.blogspot.com
I post on it a few times a week. Mostly fitness stuff. I try to be somewhat humorous. Check it out if you're REALLY bored.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:19
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Rachael M
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Rachael M
I am a triathlete trying to lose some weight so I can improve my times. I love traineo and the very motivational people on here.
Basic info: 5'9", 22 years old, mechanical engineer :)
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:21
I like doing "man" jobs. It makes me feel sexy or something.
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Angie H
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Posts: 718
Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:22
Yeah, hubby is out of town this week. Hey, give me some credit. I got EVERYTHING right, except for the hole size!! Plumbed up with no leaks, all the wiring done... just this stupid hole, ha!!
I haven't told hubby about it yet. I suppose he'll figure it out once he gets home and sees a big hole in the sink with nothing in it. Maybe I'll make him drill the hole on the new sink!
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Angie H
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Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:25
Quoting: rach_1623 I like doing "man" jobs. It makes me feel sexy or something. Yeah, unless something is terribly heavy and requires brute strength, I'd prefer to do it myself. There is nothing terribly difficult about most "manly" chores, plus I usually do a better job than what I could expect out of someone I hired to do it.
Gosh, I'm still beating myself up over the hole. At least it was in the sink and I didn't try putting it in the countertop. New sink is much cheaper than new counter!
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Angie H
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Posts: 718
Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:26
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Minu ~
The Master
Posts: 2592
Minu ~
N u t r i t i o n
I g n i t i o n
C u l t i v a t i o n
E x e r t i o n
One can never be too N.I.C.E.
BELT NOTCHES for 2008:
- Mistressed the PULL-UP!
- 2, 1.2km lake swims.
Video of proper Squat form:
http://www.traineo.com/11_5529_0.html
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 16:34
I'll refrain from any manly-sounding, "size/hole" comments, heheh, and instead say kudo's for taking things into your own hands, Ang, literally. We never learn if we don't try.
I'm the exact same way with fixing, (often after breaking!), stuff around the house too.
And hey, after sink #2, you'll be a bonafied, "hole-ist", and with bragging rights.
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Angie H
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Posts: 718
Angie H
I am using the Zone way of eating (www.drsears.com) to attain my target and increase my wellness.
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# Posted: 28 Mar 2008 17:52 - Edited by: fauxvirgo
Oh, funny! "Eh-hum, it looked like 1 1/4" in diameter... guess I'm used to under-estimating circumference." 
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