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a week ago this past weekend,we took off in the Mustang for almost a week in Grand Falls,Newfoundland so we could help my wife's folk with some chores,getting an old motorhome ready to sell,a shed to clean out and so on.i had to come home to get a rest??it's all good.we were back Saturday and expecting our friends from Ohio to arrive Sunday but the airline cancelled their flight?they are due here later today,hope to see them today.in order to get to the ferry,we have to travel from the house,about 5 hours to catch the ferry to Newfoundland,then about an 8 hour trip if you do it at night,we did and get a berth to sleep,then another 5 hours to the in-laws.we didn't do much but work but one afternoon we did take off and head north to a little fishing village to see some icebergs floating by.pretty cool.

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Today I took a seldom-used section of trail on my morning walk, and in the process, discovered where this year's ticks are hanging out.

First ones of the year and I found a baker's dozen. Twelve on my pantlegs and a bonus tick on the back of my right hand.

Compared to most of you guys, I lead a boring existence. :rolleyes:

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You must have been the first mammal to come along after they hatched.

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I Vant your Blud! :lol: Seriously, sorry about your infestation! One of the Boy Scouts in a troop I was active in back in the '90s got lime disease from a tick. Nobody else in the entire group (including my two sons and me) got it. Interesting fact- the western fence lizard has an enzyme it its blood that neutralizes the disease. We get a lot less lime disease out here as a result.

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Not a problem. None were dug in, and there were only a few. Several years ago I walked about a mile of back-country phone line and removed more than 70 ticks, the worst I have ever seen it. Found one digging in to a place where you really don't want one to be. The joke was on him though..... the little guy might have starved!


Steven, I never knew that about fence lizards. Never too old to learn, I guess.

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I got infected by a deer tick. I usually feel a tick crawling and catch it. I didn't feel this teeny tick and it bit in on my shoulder blade of all places. I'm lucky I felt it while in the shower. It was in the hard to reach area. It wasn't swelled up yet. Kept an eye on it, which was hard to do, and sure enough it showed the mark of lyme disease. I got some heavy duty antibiotics that wiped it out

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My BIL once caught the lime disease. He was in the woods a lot deer and turkey hunting, etc. Doctors had a tough time figuring out just what was wrong with him. Tick had long been removed. Fact is he is a heart patient and they really thought he was dying of heart failure. Took him a very long time to recover from it.

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When it first came about doctors had no clue. some caused more harm than good. My ex-wife, who is a nurse, got a bullseye on her leg and doctors at work poo-poo'd it saying probably just a spider bite. I said, "Spider bite!!?? That can be very bad. There are spider bites that rot your flesh". I was more concerned than the doctors. It got worse, she got symptoms, doctors started figuring out this is serious, and she was put on a pic-line for months on antibiotics. I'm not sure that got it all. I think she still has some issues

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I have had Lyme disease. It is no joke. My wife bought me some leggings to wear as I am always out in the woods. I have no stock in this company but they make tick repellant products right here in Maine. I got the gaiters they work
https://www.dognotgone.com

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Thanks for sharing this.

I am a Gadget guru for sure.;)

So these Socks are of interest to me.

1st Question I have is ???

When/If you wash them ??

Are these a One time use.
And then spray with bug repellent after that?

I am interested for sure:chevy::chevy::chevy:

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Caught a few white perch. Made a great supper!
https://i.ibb.co/KFDZ74j/3-BE58-EF9-...9921-A3128.jpg

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That's a big perch:metal:

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He was a good un. Ended up with 5 like that. Turned the small ones loose. Man, them fried up crappie fillets are fine! Only thing missing was the fresh sliced tomatoes……still about a week or so away. I’m ready!

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Yes Sir :metal:

There is nothing like a Big Red Juicy Homegrown Tomato:metal:

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Bought a 1931 ford 5 window coupe the other day and spent half the day with the mothers polish and gave this a good going over , rims are next

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Looks like a lot of nooks & crannies to clean to me... :) .... How about a picture of the whole thing.

LockDoc

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Yeah. More pic's. I had a 31 too. They are fun.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/.../31_ford_9.jpg

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Started the day at the chiropractors, got home, mixed up 20 gallons of systemic insect "vitamins" and finished spraying the last of my yard for sod web worms and japanese beetle larvae.
Thought I had enough oil and a filter to change the CR-V and had to go back out to Wally world for those. Got that done and then changed out the right front wheel bearing on the 2011 Silverado. A person would think GM could figure out how to get those bearings to last beyond 125k, since this has been going on for 20 fricken years with these trucks.

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Steel or glass ???

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All Henry steel. It was a nice car. :) I almost bought a glass roadster. But I saw that one and that was it.

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In the process of clay bar , polish and ceramic , lot of work and beer

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$$$$ goes up big time on a all steel

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Oh yeah. The glass roadster was less. But in the end I wanted something that I could dent up.

And I didn't want to mess up my hair.

That's a nice ride you have there. :metal:

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no Model A hot rods for me today.my old car project is waiting for me but mowed grass in my back yard again today,a full time job around here,once it starts.no complaints,all good.i made several laps by an old apple tree full of blossoms,what's not to like about that?

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Vegetation removal

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I made this picture frame out of old dresser drawers to mount this old REO ad and give it to my friend with a '58 REO that originally had a Gold Comet V8

EDIT: stupid computer insists on showing my picture sideways. picture taken with camera not a phone and loaded onto laptop not phone and it is upright in my folder. This picture is my second attempt after editing. Still sideways :cuss:
Talk about contrast. We have one guy in the northeast where vegetation is lush, a job to maintain, and he is loving it all. Then we have a guy in the southwest where vegetation is scarce, plants struggle to grow, and he is burning what little there is :lol:

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Well, weeds grow, like weeds. It's coming up on monsoon season so I am getting prepared.

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Threw a big party. (Not my idea) My wife’s friend just got her degree so she wanted to throw her a party. 30 or 40 people showed up. Cars were parked all over the place and for once they weren't all mine. :lol:

My wife hired a DJ and when he cranked up the music it was LOUD. :eek: I figured it would be about 5 minutes until the cops showed up. But to my surprise nothing happened. My jerk neighbor didn’t even complain. Everything went well. :)
And my “Public Nuisance’ lights were on too. Go figure? :confused:

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:lol: Maybe you put a scare into him. A guy with a lot of friends has a depth of field for resources for dealing with problem people.

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Have you seen him lately?:hmm:

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Sorry, I couldn't put the picture in the same place....

LockDoc

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Got up at 4AM for work. Was pretty draggy (not sleeping well because of neck/shoulder issues), fiddled about, showered, headed off to work, only a mile away so no commute. On the way over I popped a couple of caffeine tabs, 200mg total. I don't drink coffee and Ive sworn off energy drinks, but still need a picker up some mornings (like today).

Pulled in the parking lot, looked around, don't see any of my teams cars, that's weird. Looked at my phone to see if in my sleepiness I left too early. Well yes I did, 24 hours early. Turns out today is Sunday, I don't work on weekends, Mon-Friday only.

And Im wide awake lol

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Been there...

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Thought you retired :smoke:

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Wife got stuck today with the Envoy . Said both rear wheels locked up so I figured the diff went . Get down there she’s still waiting on the tow truck . Look under to see if there was oil all over nothing driveshaft is good . Look at the right rear the caliper is jammed into the wheel . I put the car in reverse and it moved freely .I took off the tire and found the top bolt of bracket where it goes into the rear end flange was sheared off . I was able to grab the threads on the rotor side and work it out. Great figure I just need some new bolts go to Advanced they have them . Tried to get it back together but now the holes don’t line up . So off to Advanced again for a rebuilt caliper with bracket . Take the bracket off the old caliber swap them out and it goes back together just fine . I drove it home and around town and picked up some new bolts for the left side and put them in . At least she was able to get it off the road safely . I did all this on the shoulder

I’ve never seen a caliper bracket bolt break clean off . I know I didn’t over torque them I used a 3/8 inch ratchet to tighten them last brake job . I used lock tight blue on them too .

And I finished the job and the tow guy calls and said he would be leaving in a few minutes to get the car . After 2 1/2 hours my wife told him to forget it she had her mechanic do a road service . The thing that sucks is the caliper is about 3 months old and I was stuck so I am going to eat the core charge . At least I’ll have a rebuilt caliper in stock

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If thats for me, I did, but I actually liked working there and was able to get back on part time. 5am-10am. Been back for 6mo. My wife retired in January, she would like me to quit but understands I like working there. Im able to take off any time I want unpaid. So far so good, just have to see how it goes. We are thinking about taking a month and a half and road tripping it. That might be pushing how much time work is ok with. If so Ill just call it

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Watched the end of the CAN Open golf tourney today. The CAN guy won it with a 72 foot putt on the fourth playoff hole. Kind of cool.

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Thank you. I think people can figure it out. I even edited the picture to spin a 1/4 turn and it still posted the same.

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Nope. Not a peep since I put up the fence.

I don't know if he would be scared of my friends because this was my wife's party and it was about 80% women. Maybe he's scared of girls? :lol:

I invited some of my single friends and they all hung out in front. What a bunch of lames. The girls were all in the back. Now I know why they're still single.

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In Alexandria MN starting today they are having the state high school trap shoot semi-finals.
In the next 9 days they will have over 7000 kids shooting. We cruised out there and watched for a while and those kids are good. The teams are co-ed.