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Be careful with the midweek idea. We've been burned twice on that now. Camp near a tourist destination Tues thru Thursday and only half of the places bother opening without the weekend crowds around. Setting up Sunday afternoon, after the 3 day campers leave just might work.

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We went shopping for plants to put in pots for the deck and the wife got a little over productive. We placed 28 plants in 6 pots today and still have 14 left over and no more pots. She claims it wasn't deliberate so she has to go buy more pots, but I don't know... Managed to buy 12 flowers/shrubs to plant around the house too.

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I made carpenter bee traps

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I have no idea what a carpenter bee is? Are they bee's that can build you a deck or frame a house? :lol:


I hung my Sputnik lamp today. I'm going for the 60's vibe in the house like when it was built. Excuse the mess. The place is still under seemingly endless construction.

The floor is already being put in and those sliding doors are going bye bye. I'm putting in French doors. I don't know why they call them French doors. They aren't from France. Kind of like French fries. :confused:

Those round circles in the ceiling are skylights. I keep trying to turn the lights off but then realize that the lights are already off. I was dropped on my head as a child.

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Sliding glass doors are so '60s. Taking them out? I don't get why they call them French doors either. Wouldn't that be a porte?

there are carpenter ants, too, and neither build anything. They destroy wooden structures. They call them carpenter bees so you know who to call to fix your house. That's great if California doesn't have those. They bore a whole that looks like it was drilled with a 3/8" bit, but that's just the beginning. They hollow out a chamber to lay eggs. They come back every year and multiply till you have these aerial dog fights between males. You can hear them munching away inside the board. These traps trick them and they work. They crawl in, fall into the jar and can't get out

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I've had ants practically kill one of our trees. Son of guns bored a hole through the center of a real large, long limb nearly the length of it. I had seen some ants on the tree but it didn't look out of the ordinary. It wasn't until I cut that big limb down and into shorter lengths that I learned what they were doing. Completely inside the limb.
And again recently I saw trails in some wall studs of my shop behind the wood siding that looked like termite damage. As I poked into them I found ants buried up in them. They were vacated. ;)

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well the Trueman's Ice Cream Road Rally was a success,although sad.we left here last Saturday the 6th,arrived Sunday about 7:00 PM in Medina,Ohio.we left Friday the 12th and got home last night about 8:00 PM.we did 4350 kilometers or 2702 miles.the car ran great and mostly great weather.it was stressful babysitting ice cream frozen in about 15 pounds of dry ice but it made it with the ice cream still frozen and dry ice left,although not much.i doubt we could've been able to keep it for 3 days but 2 were fine.Bob feels good and looked better than when we made this same trip last October,in fact they are going to try to get here in June.i hope he can make it.we did hear another friend from Tallmadge,Ohio.Tom,a man i met on the way to the Harley-Davidson 100th anniversary in Milwaukee in 2003 and the man who introduced me to Bob.Tom was very sick after a bone marrow transplant that didn't work.he was also sick last time we were there but he didn't feel up to a visit so we didn't.this time i checked with his wife this time to see him if it was possible and i had a delivery for him.there's a Cadbury chocolate bar he says he can't buy in the States so i mail him some from time to time,anyway i had 1 in my pocket for him,if we could see him.she thought it would be fine for a short visit so we took off last Monday for one of the Cleveland Clinic's Cancer centers and saw him for about 10 minutes,delivered a candy bar,said our good bye's and we were off.i sent his wife a message when we getting ready to leave,to say good bye and to please left us us know how he was doing.she said the doctors told her to call the family in,he hadn't opened his eyes or spoken a word since Tuesday.i'm glad i got to see him.doesn't look good.look after whoever is close to you.you just never know?take care all.

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It is a Great feeling when you can fulfill someone's final wishes.:metal:

My Grandma wanting to pass away at home.
She did, Thanks to help from a few others.

If not for the help of others,
She would have had that opportunity .


Great that Everything went well for your trip.

You are Right :metal:
definitely, Look after the ones close to you as much as you are able too.

We are not Promised tomorrow. :chevy:

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Trust me Tim, California has carpenter bees. They have been devouring my woodshed for years. I really should make some traps.

Paul, if you are missing out on the fun, I'll be glad to ship some to you. You could start a new colony of them. No need to thank me. :D

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I had them in my previous pergola. Tore it down and built another. I should put out some traps and cover the sides so the wife doesn't have to look at them dying.

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Uh... Yeah... I think I'll take a pass on that generous offer. You can keep em. :lol:

I've got enough problems with the dang termites munching away on my house.

I think I've seen those carpenter bees. I just never knew the name. They're the big ones? I had a bunch of them buzz bomb me when I was working at some trashy vacant house and they were in the wall. They didn't sting me but it was unpleasant.

The trouble with the sliding doors is that it's a wrestling match to get them to slide and my wife doesn't like them. The key being she doesn't like them. She wants French doors. Enough said. I'd probably just keep them but we all know how that goes. Why fight a battle that you know you'll lose. Just bust out the white flag and admit defeat. French doors it is!! :rolleyes:

Now I have to replace 4 sets of sliding doors with the French ones. That may be more unpleasant than the carpenter bees attacking me. $$$

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Yep, they are big. Kinda resemble bumblebees but maybe a bit bigger. Not aggressive though, thankfully. I have battled them countless times, usually with an electric flyswatter -- which rarely hurts them.
If I'm lucky it knocks them down so I can step on them. Sometimes they still fly off -- tough little buggers. Never been stung by one (yet!).

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A glass of ice tea and a badmitton racquet. Good exersize if you ask me. I've heard the white faced ones don't sting.

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My kids,used to catch the carpenter bees. Then put them in the freezer, once cold they would tie a thread around them. Once they warmed up they take em for fly on the thread. I used to have a bunch of flying around with thread for weeks.....

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^^^^ :lol:

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The container doesn't need to be clear. They really work. Just tell your wife they die a blissful death dreaming of boring 3/8" holes in soft wood for eternity

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Yes paint or cover the jar.

Well you could explain it like this;)

When the Woodpeckers (Woody Wood pecker) Show up it is to late.

I ran them off before it was to late.:uhmk::lol:

If these Bees find a Comfort spot / The Wood Peckers will Follow. :uhmk:

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I'll have to check the current pergola, it's been there a few years. Haven't seen any woodpeckers around, but I don't often go out in the back yard.

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yes sir.it was a tough trip.everything was too much money,we covered alot of ground in a hurry.it doesn't feel good visiting with folks you know are sick and will likely not see again but a man gotta do what a man gotta do.we had to make the trip.Bob told me several times,how much it meant to them that we were there and made the trip.i told him,if the shoe was on the other foot,they'd be here for us?the way it should be.take care.Greg

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I'm ignorant. I have no idea what a pergola is. I just found out what carpenter bees were and I went to college... Occasionally. College had too many rules for me. Rules like showing up, paying attention, and reading something. I got kicked out. :smoke: So much for that. My mother was furious but she was always mad at me so no big deal. Just another day.

Pergola sounds like something that grows in the toilet and you need to pour bleach on it to get rid of it.

Woodpeckers is a funny word. Maybe I just have a twisted mind.

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I hadn't been here to comment of this visit you made with your friend. It must mean a lot to your friend that you've done this. He knows his fate and can do nothing about it, and you show that matters to you. Must help make life worth living. Says something for how he did live before the disease.
I rebuilt the top (rafters) of the trellis* going into my back yard. The original I built from the old rafters from a porch I tore off the house. It finally got rotted. I wanted the full 2" x 4" like the old lumber, so that meant cut down 4 x 6s, which were pressure treated to last. Key word here is "last", as in linger than the first rafters. The next spring those carpenter bees, who never touched the old trellis, attacked the new wood. I walk through that trellis everyday. In one day one bored a few holes. I mean tore it up with a vengance!
It sounds like some pasta with meat filling.

*Paul, know what that is? :lol:

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thank you sir.it did mean alot to him that we were there.he told us several times with tears in his eyes.he and i were sitting on the front porch at a cottage they'd rented in Amish country and he was going over memories we'd made on the harleys or the convertible over the years,the wonderful places we'd seen.we covered alot of miles together,he talked about how he and his wife were here,eating lobster on my dad's boat and on and on.lots of memories.i told it was no big deal,if i was sick,they'd be here?simple as that.he is feeling not too bad and they hope to fly here in June,so fingers crossed,they'll get here one more time.i sure hope so.all the best.

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It was a truck my 07 Dodge .Filled it up and a couple of miles down the road I heard a scrapping noise . Looked under and the tank was hanging by one bracket . Guess 33 gallons was too heavy for the 16 year old straps I’m sure our salt problem didn’t help . Glad I always carry ratchet straps no damage to the tank the scrapping noise was the metal bracket rubbing on the driveshaft .

New ones coming next Monday

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Today. I enjoyed the sound of silence. No contractors pounding on stuff. Nobody bugging me. Just quiet for a change. Didn't get anything done but it was a welcome day off.

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Friggen salt has destroyed more vehicles. And now the calcium chloride they "pretreat" the freeways with is even worse.
I like the pic with the straps. Fits in the "there, I fixed it" thread...;)
I carry a shoe box full of ratchet straps in the back of my Silverado. Never know when a person comes across a treasure to bring home, or fix the truck to get it back home.

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It’s time to get under the truck pressure wash it and coat everything with fluid film .

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And what's worst is they pre-treat to give your vehicle longer exposure to it. They've put that stuff down Wed for a storm coming Friday night. Sometimes they put it down and it doesn't even snow. They use that stuff on all roads here. At least with salt they don't spread until it snows

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Same day I dropped the tank I looked at this 82 Airstream coach . It was in real nice overal condition but the asking price was 80k . Most likely worth it but not to me .

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^ That's way cool, but I can imagine the work that may need to be done. For $20k more, I got one with a warranty (not an Airstream). Getting too old to work on this stuff.

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We live out in the sticks of East Texas, very low populated, rural area. We have this small 14 year old mixed breed dog that, due to predators, lives in the house with us.

It doesn't normally freeze during the winter around here, but the last 2 winters, we've had several days of hard freeze.. Killed a lot of shrubbery and grass that hasn't recovered. This spring, the weeds have taken over the lawn. Among them is a species that has spike covered seed pods that sticks to the dogs feet.. The old dog has an overbite and can't remove the spikes from her feet, so we have to "pick her feet" every time she goes outside.

I went to the local Tractor Supply and bought one of those 25 gallon liquid spreaders. Brought it home and set it up in my lawn tractor's dump trailer. I sprayed 2,4-D weed killer on the yard yesterday, (it's 1 1/2 acres).. And today the weeds have already started to wilt down.. The dog thanked me all day today. :gi:

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Probably what we call "goat-head" weed out here. That stuff is nasty, and I'll expect that you'll have to pick the stickers out for awhile yet. Fun story. When we moved into our first house in the '50s, my dad told us not to go out back because of those stickers. Well, at the ages of 3 and 4, my brother and I ran out back, anyway, barefoot. So there we were, standing in the stickers, crying our eyes out, afraid to move, but the stickers in our feet still hurting... My dad came out and carried us into the house and my mom pulled the stickers out. :lol: Funny, now, 60+ years later.

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For $20k you got an RV that's new, 41 years newer!

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Guys you aren’t buying a new class A motorhome for 20k more . For 100k you’re getting a late 90s early 2000s so 10 to 15 years newer. A new Airstream Classic is 180k and you’re waiting 6 months . The little 16ft Bambi is 60k .

The new Dutch star like mine is over 550k when my dad bought it in 2004 it was 125k after he traded in a 1998 Dutch star

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People paying 60k for a 16' trailer, IMHO, need a mental eval... Seems America has become callous to the extremely stupid prices for products and just keep buying the crap anyway.
80k for 40 yr old motor home is insane. Steeveedee is right, just from sitting all those years, it will need a lot of work. I nearly spit my coffee out when you posted the price. I would have a hard time justifying 40k...but that's just me and having grown up in a low income family in the 50's.

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Steveedee didn't say he got a new class A. I was relating to his post. Whether apples to apples or not we all agree $80k is a lot for a 41 year old RV, I was guessing.

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Some people say 40 k for a 50 year old truck is insane :lol: . These coaches are collectibles just like our trucks the market is out there . But the coach is overpriced I would say 50k tops but who knows

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Our newer tractor couldn’t hold up to the Marybeth torture test . Told me yesterday it’s not cutting right and it’s hard to turn .

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And repaired till next time I inspected the deck no sign of hitting anything I think it’s because the welded one side only on the bracket causing it to flex . I’m going to weld the other on the back side also

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Have you ever tried to fit 10 lbs. into a 5 pound sack? Try getting a big fridge into a house built in 1957 that wasn't designed to take one that big. I had to shave the cabinet and hack up the tile which is okay because it's going away. This was just a test fit. I've still got to get the floor in. But it's in. Now I have only about 5000 other things to do.

And do you see that paint can? NEVER BUY THAT PAINT!! It's garbage. It took 4 coats. They call it "Easy Care'. There's nothing easy about it. They should call it white snot.

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I grew up (Well not Really) in an older house with 34" doors.
Maybe 32" I don't remember.
But I know they was not wide enough .:lol: