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And so our endless fight against forced obsolescence continues, eh, Zombie?
Wrangle that bucket list! 

@SV: a meaty subject matter, certainly and how it went overlooked for so long is rather puzzling. 
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In other not so down-to-earth affairs:
Top-down space action RPG where you pilot your ship through a perilous black hole system, C-Beams is purportedly "coming soon" to the Epic Games store and Steam.

I see you're keeping things well in hand, Zombie - in the painting department and otherwise. 
And it's on the "otherwise" side of things that your keen eye has proven to be invaluable here, preventing further degradation from going on unnoticed. Man, those leaks in the small garage sure weren't supposed to be in the program after all that recent insulation work in the roof.
Those guys better get their behinds over there pronto as their reputation is kind of on the line here. Not exactly stellar work on display...

Given how much there was to fix and the metal work involved in multiple places I'd say the outcome stacks up alright, Zombie.
I mean, one can certainly see some "wavy" bits but what matters is things are back in working order. 

I guess now we know where the expression "splitting headache" originates from. 

Pretty smooth job filling in those holes in the blacktop, Zombie. No extra paint thinner spent, thanks to your steady hammering no doubt. 
On the heavy handed side of things, I've gotta say, that plow guy did a... smashing job of it - floor, gates and all.
He should either lay off the juice or find a job less connected with good motor skills, and other people's property. 

@Gurlluas: cool underwater archaeological find indeed!

@Gurlluas: No problem. The sheer volume of gaming news tends to get a little hard to keep up with and I have been erroneously, but understandably, dubbed "Skynet" before already. 😜
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Find out what top-down action-RPG Titan Quest II's upcoming update shall bring with it here.

But that's why its axis is tilted! 😁

Talk about a cold reception on your way out, Zombie. 
Over here depression Ingrid has also brought us colder temperatures, particularly so in the northern part of the country.

Also, strong winds, abundant rains and unusually tall waves. Where I live it's not so bad, mostly nasty wind, heavy showers and the occasional hail fall, but no snow - not fun to be outside.
Anyway, take care out there and stay warm when you can!

@SV: saving the world, starting with your wallet! 😉 And when your computer is still able to travel to the future and hack Skynet not all is lost.
Still, beware - motherboard longevity is definitely not infinite - components like capacitors degrade over time. Don't let it get to the point of... liquid metal. 🫣😝

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Flip that page and forget your age - 2026: engage! 

Everything's brighter,
What feeling is this,
A contentment, but restful and lighter,
Borne of enchantment and bliss;
Yet with it an excitement,
A closeness that before was amiss,
Long awaited, as if in stellar alignment,
Finally in togetherness you can't dismiss;
Good thing then, as you're grateful,
Of such an unexpected gift, 
That an occasion this fateful,
Does your consciousness uplift;
And so ends this exercise,
Thus is put in evidence,
As surroundings again materialize,
That you're no further under psi influence;
Your training so concludes,
Rookies, you're now part of us,
Earth's finest - damn right - our confidence exudes,
Effective immediately you're granted leave to join the festivities, be joyous!
-- have fun you lot; diiiiismissed!! 

Keep your cool (not that you have any choice ), Zombie, your painting days shall return in due course.
Your impeccable readiness levels have served you well in the small garage too, as it was thanks to your efforts that it's presently both clean and far more spacious to safekeep whatever needs harbouring from the fast approaching days and nights of harsher weather.
And, I'm calling it now, that watering can is an escape artist: it surely gave someone the slip and likely landed poorly, then it tried to keep that gash from you to mischievously go on leaking in some corner.
Oh no, you don't - it's back to active duty for you! 

Prime time for the north wall has it looking solid once again at least, Zombie.
And don't let the weather "go south" on you too much as December is nearing at a fast clip.
Weathered aplenty too, is what one might remark upon coming across that watering can. After your peeling session and treatment course it's now all stitched up and good to go! 

A larger project indeed, Zombie, but all that reconstruction was just waiting to happen and you saw it coming.
I was kind of surprised by how much of a "hollow" space there was between the two main faces of the wall (south/north) though.
You didn't let that scare you off and you soldiered on like a champ for what almost ammounts to a full rebuild. Which means that final (deceivingly) little gap on your last pic isn't going to be much of an obstacle on your path.
If you want my opinion, I think you'll do fine with expanding foam. Something like Great Stuff Big Gap Filler should do.

*dusts off the cobwebs* 
Right, so here we are a few years later and things are not looking up for the average computer user with a Windows PC.
If the advent of Windows 10's "end of life" and Windows 11 forcefully taking over center stage for no apparent salient reason hasn't given you much reason for pause, then you may want to have a look at some of the videos out there (example 1, example 2).
Suffice it to say, things are not exactly rosy when you're clearly no longer really in control of your own computer - Microsoft holds the keys and it can change whatever it wants in it, whenever it wants, say... in the next OS update come jolly old "Patch Tuesday".
The problem is there doesn't seem to be a viable alternative to this monopoly and so you're just stuck with it - get used, then, to being abused... forever!
"Wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up, and smell the ashes." - G-Man, Half-Life 2
Not quite. Because Linux may finally just have had a major win.
This past Wednesday, the Steam Machine, a mini-PC, was announced and its operating system is SteamOS, a gaming-focused Linux distribution developed by Valve, based on Arch Linux.
What really matters here is that, what once was a major hurdle for those gamers not wanting to deal with the nitty-gritty technical hurdles of running some games under Linux, with emulation layers, driver woes, etc. - now have that problem mostly neatly solved for them with this little machine, in one fell swoop.
As for standard, non-gaming, daily life personal use of a PC, Linux has the software for that already there, with open source solutions such as OpenOffice for word processing and spreadsheets, Gimp for image editing, Thunderbird for e-mail, etc.
Hardware is what may pose a bit of an entry-level issue, as one needs to ensure monitor, printer and other peripherals are compatible with your Linux of choice.
But, if the Steam Machine takes off, well, I'd wager Microsoft is going to have more to worry about than just simply the death of its Xbox.

I suppose, in life, like in politics, one way or the other everything eventually blows over, Zombie. 🍂
Tucking in everything nicely on the east wall it makes good sense to see to the area near the door, of course - that's where eyes are going to be roving most, so make sure not to leave any sores in that regard.
As for that last area by the door to the lower flat across the alley: oh, I concur, by the looks of it what that needs is a good sledgehammer. At some point. 

Caught another one "wetting the bed", Zombie? Poor thing. No scolding for you - a downright scalding is in order! 
As for the east wall, I'm very much in agreement with the neighbour - you've hit the spot and the fresh coating is blending right in, despite the fast drying timetable imposed upon you; like a true seasoned professional that fears no weather.
And while we're on the subject, you're just going to have to check your windage when the time comes for the lovely tree's shedding. Maybe it blows the right way out and you won't have to do any raking. 

Look who it is; no longer ho-hum, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, bound to please any who come to fill their drum.
Considering all the work it entails, you surely make it seem easy - everything restored, placed back where it belongs neatly and cleanly. Well done indeed, Zombie, bravo! 

Zombie: Putting a lid on it, the flashy way! 
Well, different cinder block optical illusion debunked then. Just goes to show seemingly plain small garages get to have their little mysteries sometimes too.
All told, you did coerce quite a bit of garbage out of there already, even if we're solely considering the blown/sweeping variety at that. Extra brownie points for sustained thoroughness: earned! 

On your first picture, the bottom row of bricks in the wall seems to be of a different color than the rest, Zombie. Was it so originally or was that something done to it?
In any case, other "revelations" are more instrumental - who could've told dumpster management, of all things, was such a critical part of the job's progress. 
Which, coupled with the sight of the greenhouse, brings to mind something from the realm of physics:
"Nothing is lost, nothing is created, all is transformed. Nothing is the prey of death. All is the prey of life." - Antoine Bechamp

I see a measure of composure is indeed gradually returning to the small garage, Zombie. 
Just look at all those easels so neatly aligned. The white ones at the center almost give off a sense of fractal arrangement.
It's your turn to corner chaos now!

A little note, at the risk of preaching to the choir here, Zombie - such invoices are no doubt ancient history, but, unless they contain no identifiable personal data (like names, addresses, social security or fiscal identification numbers, bank account numbers, etc.), I would otherwise strongly advise you to either finely shred them, burn them, or at least use a heavy black marker to fully obscure such things before trashing the documents. You never know where those papers might end up...
Anyway, your detective work points towards a wedding back in the heady days of 1998? If the couple is still married they've already crossed the 25 year Silver mark by now, which is no mean feat!
For the rest of us, that likely brings back memories of Windows 98, Fallout 2, Tomb Raider III, Starcraft, Half-Life. Not bad. 

Making room in one place by displacing stuff makes things get crowded just next to it in a hurry, Zombie, so just take care not to accidentally topple anything over when cleaning or you'll end up wrangling boxes in there even longer.
Those styrofoam ones do take up a lot of room so your plan to take them elsewhere until they're back in need makes good sense.
Outward with it. Don't let yourself get cornered. There's another round waiting for you around that corner - get out there and get it finished, champ!