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Looks like it was a great day for that too. I'm looking forward to temps to get back down into the 80's so I can do the same and not get heat stroke.

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Yeah Brian, the temps here really haven’t been terrible. The nice thing about the trail is there is lots of shade.
I went out around 11:00am.
Early morning would be even nicer, but I’ve got a feeling there’d be cobwebs everywhere.
That’s just hard to get used to.

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Lazy day man, I played my drums, napped because I didn't sleep great.

Took care of some legal for one last-ditch effort. Unfortunately my life may involve attorney intervention. Nothing I did, it's the result of having to deal with a dumb-smit. He's begging for it, and smoked if he doesn't budge.

Looks fantastic

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Cobwebs! Don't get me started! I walk our dog around the neighborhood in the morning, and they are everywhere! When I get home I have to pick them off her face, and I'm always slapping them off my legs and arms. The only time I used to have for exercise was long walks in the morning, starting at 3:30 AM, when I was working. Webs? Yeesh. I bought a headlight hat so that I could see where I was going at that time of night (morning), since some of the streets didn't even have lights. I carried a spider-whacker and waved it around while I was out walking, so that I didn't get them in the face. Never mind that old man walking around in the dark, waving a stick like a Ninja. :lol:

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Funny stuff!:lol:

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My day started with diagnosing and fixing one of our AC systems. A 35$ capacitor was bad so I felt lucky since that particular system is as old as the house... 34 years. Anyways, its up and cooling again.

After that I got busy with my "new to me" backhoe. I need to dig up 20 or 30 yards of topsoil, then spread it around a recent slab I poured, so I can get the grass growing and reduce erosion. I really enjoy running that machine, its a stress reliever for me. I call it my "video game" since it has joysticks.:lol: I got about half way done and things got weird in the front end. I looked down and the front wheels were pointed opposite directions... so I stood the machine up on the front bucket and outriggers and crawled under to take a peek. The power steering cylinder bolts backed out and, and with the cylinder not mounted to the chassis, the wheels just went any old way the wanted. Thankfully the giant bolts were still there, so with any luck I'll be back in business soon.

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Congrats on the the new backhoe!
Sounds like you’re diggin it.
Seems like when things breakdown it happens in multiples.

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How do you do that?

I always get yelled at when I play my drums.

Maybe I should move them out of the living room.

Or become a better drummer.

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I am sorry for your loss, that is a good picture of you two together.

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:lol:Same reason there are Chevy parts scattered throughout the house, bachelor has its benefits;) I found the better you play the louder it is. I more/less found a knack for it, took long enough. Never mind the head phones, I have to use a lot more than ear-plugs or I leave the set punch-drunk:metal:

No way I get away in the living room, my dogs wouldn't have it. They're in the backroom so bug my neighbors most;) They deserve it:smoke:

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Started working on my 68 stepside firewall and got an alert on fbmarketplace ..... long story short I now have another 68

Never got back to the firewall

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Pics please....

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I took my 90 lb. German Shepherd to the dog groomer. They took forever and when I finally picked him up he got all excited and scratched the chit out of my arm.

Then later I had a seizure (I get them from time to time) and smashed into some furniture with sharp corners and cut myself up even more.

Now my left arm looks like I've been in a knife fight and I broke some stuff that I really liked going down. But no broken bones. I've never broken a bone in my life and I've had some nasty spills. The last one I hit the hardwood floor so hard my head bounced up and I hit it again like dribbling a basketball. Bam Bam. Now I know why they call it hardwood. It's very unforgiving. That one hurt. A LOT.

But my dog looks great...Me....Not so much. :)

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Hit a snag on the paperwork but it should all be cleared up by next week . So I haven't gotten it yet

Posted some here
https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=810846

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Wow sorry to hear this feel better

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Made a cornhole set. Apparently, here in ID, it's a major past time. BTW Fleetside Paul, get well :)

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Thanks. I'm fine. I just don't look too good. But then again I never really did.

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Keep it up and we'll have to put in protection clothing and a helmet. :lol:. Take care of yourself.

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Too bad about the fall, Paul!

Feel better soon.

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Thanks Tim, hope you get that bolt out. Harpers ferry was a pain with all the covid closures. Tough to find a place to park. But beautiful as ever. Yesterday I took the kids to the safari park at natural bridge. It’s was a good time. My wife got violated by an elk munching the grain from the bucket in her lap:lol: better times ahead no doubt. If I ever move back it will be deep in the Shenandoah Valley. That’s by far some of my favorite country I’ve ever seen in my life. Here’s the Blue Ridge on the way back to my Grandmas place in Berryville. This is a few minutes north of toms brook on 81.

Hope you get better Paul!!

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I just got back from cleaning out my office. My furlough has ended. I am not surprised however. They've trimmed a bunch. After 29 years I was ready anyway.

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Finished up making another cooling device for the shop. Used my house's old AC/Heat blower motor assembly. It had been replaced less than a year before the whole AC /heat was redone.

Put together a little cart from scrap metal and some old computer desk chair casters. Now I have a mini moveable fan with 4 speeds. Since it works and it didn't catch on fire, looks like time well spent.

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Congrats for hanging it up.. now we'll see more of you ,,that's a compliment by the way..

Good idea Bill ,,them squirrel cage fans kick out a lot of air ,,my mother used to put a pan of ice infront of a fan and let it blow across it ,, in them days we had no AC

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This would help w mosquitoes on my porch

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Congratulations, I hung it up earlier than I wanted. I have started to get used to it. You'll be fine

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Get out the fishing pole.

My company did the same thing. Cut. Cut Cut. Cut. I saw so many people go out the door that I've lost track. Everyone was scrambling around like rats on a sinking ship.

I left voluntarily after 36 years. Best thing I ever did. I just called my boss one day and told him that I retired and then I walked out.

He called me a day later to go over some things. He said that he had told the manager and his response was "Man I wish I could do that" :lol:

My boss was cool. My manager was cool. The company...Not so cool. When I started. It was different. Everyone was treated like family. We had company barbecues and things like that. And we were encouraged to move up.

I remember years ago. I got a new supervisor. She was known for being a real ballbuster. But I always got along with her. Not too hard for me because she was really good looking.

One day she called me in her office and I was like "Oh Sh*t. What did I do now".

She asked me why I hadn't applied for the open supervisor job.
I thought she was nuts. In my head I was a screw up. But she didn't think that. She had faith in me. And I told her I would apply.
But I'll never forget when I walked out. She stopped me and said. Oh one more thing Paul. Cut your hair. You'll never get through the process with that mop on your head. :lol:

I cut my hair. I studied. And in the end I beat out 33 other applicants and got the job. No one was more surprised than me. :eek: I kept that job until I retired and I owe it all to her for pushing me.

That's how it used to be. Now it's like "Get out. We don't need you" I feel sorry for the young people today.

I'm thankful that my kids are all doing well. Despite having me for a father.

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I bought my lifetime fishing license several weeks ago. ;)
I haven't been yet but I'm licensed up anyway.
This used to be a great family owned chain until 3 years ago when the owner sold out and retired. The company is now part of a much larger group of like companies and the owners have a way different approach to making money. I haven't been happy with the change at all. Now I won't have to put up with it anymore. :lol:

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Congrats Boog. The company I work for is employee owned so I have a stake in all the outcomes. Talked to my boss on the phone today for the first time in weeks. I like it that way.

Picked up a new 5” bench vise today. Finally broke my little craftsman 4-1/2” vice that I had for about 20 years. I’d abused that thing and it finally gave it up. Got a heavier duty one that will probably outlast me.

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I used to wake up in the middle of the night and wonder what I was going to be facing at work in the morning.

It would take me a minute to realize that I was retired and it wasn't my problem anymore. :)

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Of course I can't help but wonder how the new guys are taking care of the business. It don't keep me awake at night anymore though. ;)

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I don't have to wonder: 737-Max

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Did you miss the post I made about the Dynatrap my wife bought? We are virtually mosquito free.

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Floated the Buffalo River with the kids and grandkids. I have never seen so many people in the river. I'll have to say it wasn't fun. We had traffic jambs.

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One of my sons and I laid more pavers and bricks in the back yard. It's a somewhat humbling experience to be the go-fer, as opposed to telling the son to go-fer things. At least I was picking up sacks of mortar and putting them where he needed them- in the wheelbarrow to mix. My back is jacked, and I can't mix the mortar in the wheelbarrow and then sling it into where it needs to be. :( I guess I have to be alive to complain, right? Right?

On a sad side note, one of the neighbors sold a wrecked late-model Suburban with a 5.7L engine for $1500 that had everything that I would have needed to convert my truck to LS power. It ran great. I am officially bummed. Yes, I now that there would have been additional work, but it would have cost less than rebuilding my 402. ************ Better luck next time, I guess.

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I went up to see my mom on Thursday. Spent the afternoon/evening with her. Saw my buddy with the river outfitter business and planned to do a raft trip on Saturday. My brother was to come for the afternoon Friday with my two nephews. He's not a mechanical type guy at all. As mom was preparing the lunch, he calls and his truck was broke down along the road. At least he got off the interstate onto old US40 when he heard a rumbling and felt vibration. U-joint went real bad at the axle yoke. I stop and pick up a couple u-joints since he couldn't really say if clips were inner or outer. I get there and it's an aluminum shaft with the yoke all boogered up, wasted. I dropped the shaft, trimmed the top of a Styrofoam coffee cup to fit snug on the nose of the transfer case, slid a second one (he had these) over to make it stronger(?), and taped it on with Tyvek tape. Then I took a heavy plastic shopping bag corner and taped that over all that. That got him home on front wheel drive, no visit with mom.

My sister called while I was out helping my brother. She misunderstood and thought I was going to be at her place to install a wooden countertop I made last year for her. I have no other work, so I told her she was next. I guess she missed the part where I said I was going up to mom's. To keep the peace with her further lack of understanding I decided to skip the river trip, take mom around to some places, and rive home last night. I think that was my vacation :lol:. My sister and I, and brother-in-law, will be taking some R&R time while I'm down there. He has 3 kayaks and we'll paddle the switchbacks of the S. Fork of the Shenandoah in Page Co. VA and do some hiking if it isn't real hot.

This was going to be my second half of a vacation. I hope it doesn't go like the first half :lol:. I have a couple truck friends in that general area I hope to go visit as well. One has a treasure trove of parts that he is known for not ever selling any of. I'll at least be privileged enough to at least see them :lol:. Both are great guys I really look forward to seeing.

I wake up real early, so Friday I headed out for a coffee at daybreak and ran up to the top of the hill to watch the sunrise and enjoy the view while I drank it

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Missed it or forgot :) Which model?

Nice photos guys.

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The bag contains the bugs I dumped.

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That's a lot of bugs! :lol: I can't have one of those, what would the lizards around here eat? We must have two dozen of 'em running around our yards.

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Damn that’s impressive Larry. I’m gonna round one up. The skeeters are bad at my house from March to November.