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I don't care for the Hot Wheels with advertising, like that '62 C10 with Trix cereal all over it. But I envisioned something better since they did come with nice Real Rider wheels/tires. I went with the era look with the whitewalls on mags and made my own customs. The blue one has a metallic blue interior and is closer to stock. The metallic green one is mild custom with chrome grille and white interior. Not super detailed adult customs. More like how Hot Wheels might have done them, but without the chrome bed interior and chassis

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412R, .5 hours

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I totally agree on your thoughts about the silly graphics on the truck. I just liked the overall look and stance. You did great work on yours. My guess is Ill never find the motivation to actually do what you did with yours.

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Speaking of trinkets…

This addiction is reely getting ugly…

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That looks like a jewelry box not a trinket box. Do you use them or are they so collectible that would ruin the value? As you can see I know nothing about reels =)

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cool pictures - luvs me some John Deere green! :metal:

fun watching those spray rigs, 100' boom, 1000 gallon product tank, and 20 mph ground speed, they cover our small fields in less than an hour :lol:

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I remember seeing this place for the first time when I was about 4 years old.
Been by there hundreds of times. Never set foot in there. Maybe one day?

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They are trailer queens lol

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got a surprise bumbershoot today!

ironically after it's been raining non-stop for months and probably won't rain again for 6 months :lol:

but I'm not ungrateful, it'll come in handy in the future I'm sure :)

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Mine arrived yesterday. I had just given up based on when others had gotten theirs.

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My 3 old girls are all in one place now. I hadn't driven the 71 in a long time but with a jump start it ran flawlessly on the highway.

I have plans and a stash of parts for them. I just need to find the time.

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I just may get my umbrella yet.

Paul, I remember making a comment about driveways having a mixture of brand vehicles looking so hodge podge and you commented back on some like a variety... or whatever. Well, I'm glad you finally caught on :lol:

I was in a neighborhood of nice custom-built brick-front homes about 20 years old and took this picture I'd like to label "When you have money to burn"
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In case you can't tell, they are having fake stone applied over top of the custom brickwork

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More money than sense, that's for sure. I remember as a kid when some neighbors wanted shag carpet and gave us their perfectly serviceable really nice plush carpeting. Absolutely nothing wrong with it. When Berber came into style, they gave the shag rug to someone else. We put laminate flooring in this house in '06, and it'll probably be here until we die. Or maybe if it gets too beat up, replaced before we die. But that's going to be a toss-up. The wife wants new countertops, so we'll probably get them. The ones from '68 are getting a bit beat up...

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So they were putting fake stone over real brick? :rolleyes: I remember when I put a brick facia to match the used brick that was already on the garage. To make it all match. You can see the bottom of the house was painted brown and the stucco was a mess. I had a heck of a time finding used brick to match the stuff that had been there since 1962. It looked much better and matched perfectly. I never even considered the new "used' brick. It would have been much easier, but no.

Crummy picture but you get the idea.


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I get the idea, Paul, did it right. Yep, lick n stick stone over custom brick only 20 years old. This big house will have all the brick covered. I can image the job isn't going to be cheap, yet, notice the work truck. At least they have a car in case someone gets hurt or hungry. I see "drop-off crews" working on places all the time.

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Looks like the sun but my phone does some weird stuff . This was the full moon on wed night just coming up over the mountain . Didn’t see the contrail till I looked at the picture.

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Just like the cloud formation over the Chesapeake Bay

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Rockhold creek leading into the bay.

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While I was laid up with the Vid back in December I came across these videos. They are done well enough to be entertaining as the number of subscribers shows. You may find them entertaining as well.

https://youtu.be/QDA3CBqzLLk

https://youtu.be/xz77Ulwpf-s

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Took the family to a local farm today to see some baby animals and cut some tulips for Easter. Snagged some pics of this old boy and played with the filter.

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I see blacked out vehicles everywhere. This made me double take. White front and rear bumpers, side mirrors, grille, and white steelies… I know it’s a f0£d but it looks great and very unique.

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[QUOTE=68bowtie;9194740]Took the family to a local farm today to see some baby animals and cut some tulips for Easter. Snagged some pics of this old boy and played with the filter.

The first contractor I went to work for had one of those in a dump truck version that pulled a backhoe, it had a 470 something cu. inch V6 and was slow as molasses in February...empty!....seemed to always start and run though.

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...and pull anything.

That FlOoReD? If you like it, that's cool. Just the wheels painted white would be cool. White coil springs, hangers, and sway bars? Man overboard!! :lol: Needs bigga tars to fill those voids

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Took my 66 out for a cruise because the weather was nice.

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I sure do like tat '66 Malibu

To get a good picture of the Chesapeake Bay in your area all you need is a camera. Nice pictures.

I did this job about 7 years ago. A brick house I replaced all the wood trim (cornice & porch) with PVC. The homeowner was very particular (anal). He didn't want any caulk or putty used at all. He wasn't expecting to ever paint is, as most who want this PVC say. Little do they know, and I tell them, they are mistaken in thinking it doesn't need paint. It is porous and will get mildew and tannin stains or anything else that stains. Paint works well on it and does not present to issues as it does on wood, which is what people are afraid of. Paint on PVC is like paint on a well prepped metal surface. Blistering and peeling on wood is caused by moisture coming through the wood trying to get out.

Anyway, here is an inside corner of his front porch. The fiberglass columns did require paint so I caulked the PVC where it met (the fiberglass wasn't totally flat.

I'll throw in an outside before & after, too

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No kidding. Those wheels do look a little puny on that truck. I do like the idea of the white bumpers and wheels though. No plans of doing that to mine though.

Here's a pic of my tarantula. I've been leaving that light on for her (I think it's a her?) She loves that light and has been so much more active with it on.

It's kind of hard to see her by her log. She's a little camera shy.

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Ingenuity

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I don't keep'm but they pass by alot.

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Gives me the creeps

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My wife picks'm up and pets their back cause they are soft and fuzzy.:uhmk:

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Tarantulas here in N America have "teeth" pretty much like cartilage. They'd have to gnaw awhile to hurt you. I remember as a kid, one of my friends heard a tapping at the front door. He opened it to find a tarantula at about eye level. Went and got a coffee can and got himself a cool pet.

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If the tarantula is big enough to knock on the door and greet you at eye level, you're gonna need something a lot bigger than a coffee can.
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Oh. Nevermind..... :devil:

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:haha::haha::haha:

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a little night cap

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High Roller! :lol:

I met my wife for lunch today. She had the Jeep. They had an estate sale next to the restaurant. She had to have this rocking horse. No sweat. I'll just put it in the Jeep.
Nope...The Jeep is full of moving boxes. So I went to plan B. Got some funny looks with my little pony.:uhmk:

Shoulda took the truck. :lol:

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Congrats on the new rocking horse:)

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Thanks. It's very old and appears to be hand carved. I would have walked right past it but my better half didn't and the rest is history. Kind of like I wouldn't prefer a yellow car and I have two. She likes yellow. So I guess I do too by default. Gotta keep em happy.

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Cool picture from our recent St. Louis trip, and a silly picture of how our dog sleeps when we leave for work.

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My tarantula is really kind of boring. She's not exactly the life of the party.

She's never tried to bite me but she does get a little snotty if I'm late on feeding her.

She's female. So I have to expect a certain amount of complaining. Get in line Arachnid. :smoke:

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some excitement next door,last Friday,my wife left to walk down to the beach and ran back to the house to get me,the neighbours house was on fire.i roared over in my truck,not knowing if any one was in there or not.the house was burning in one corner so i ripped off the front door but was met with a wall of black smoke,impossible to go in so i called and called,thankfully no one was home but i did hear some pets didn't make it out.several small fire departments arrived but the house which was about 125 years old,didn't last long.the next morning it i went to get my truck as it was blocked in at the end of a dead end road,the remains were still smoldering but burned right to the foundation.the owner was out of town,flying in and being picked up at the airport as her house was burning to the ground.terrible thing to go through,i'm sure. sorry for the sideways pictures??