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Yep! He was wondering what the tires (bumpers) were there for. It was just us two down in the sub. I explained each thing and he listened intently. We went to the National Aquarium... where he explained everything to me! My daughter has a membership so they take people there often. Free with membership! Then we went to the Baltimore Museum of Industry across the harbor. Pretty neat stuff.

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Very kool Tim. Looks like you'll had a great time!

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I truly did alright. Every minute with Gus is a special moment. It takes a lot to get me into a city environment any more. I'm a stranger in a strange land!

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I dont have any little ones like that no more close by me ,,but this brought back some memories when I did ,,I could see you had a good time Tim

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Monday I finished my radiation treatments. Now it's wait 5 weeks and see how the tests come out. I'm hoping it's gone but we'll see. They gave me my mask that held me to th table. I think I'll hang in my pool room/bar at my cabin.:lol::lol: I know.....morbid....but it will remind met hat my claustrophobia is controllable. :sumo:

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Good for you, and cool mask! My youngest brother still has his from when he radiation for his laryngeal cancer. You'd have to sedate me to keep my head bolted to the table!

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I took almost the same picture when we were there last year :lol:

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That's good stuff Tim.

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when a boat crew forgets to pull their fenders in, the radio call is 'left your laundry out' :lol:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/s7n3qp09yjd..._0245.JPG?dl=0

or your 'laundry' gets lost :D

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/d1k3vjh557a...eaArk.jpg?dl=0

fun NCW patrol boat videos :flag:

under the romantic light of a 40mm lume grenade :lol:



some of me and my footage in here, friend put it together though..

I recorded the drive by at 2:40, the skipper was not happy about that one :cuss:

notice what I wrote on the windshield next to our call sign :D

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You know it, Larry! And I know the time you spend with yours is just as precious to you.
I'll let him know so he can explain the next time they go down there with someone :cool:

Great videos. Thanks for sharing some real stuff. I'll show him when I see him.

When we were outside that museum around that junk sculpture and throwing stones in the water two Maryland DNR officers pulled up and were carrying their gear out to the dock to go out on evening patrol of the harbor area. I asked, "You guys going out?", to get their attention and all that turned to Gus. "Hey Buddy. We'll turn the lights on for you". They hit the lights and gave the siren a quick "BooWHIP!", brought the laundry in :cool:, and cast off as they left on patrol. Icing on the cake and almost didn't happen because mom was worried about beating rush hour (which was already on). I got her to wait the 5-7 minutes all this took. Sometimes ya gotta slow'em down. Ain't that right Jethro?

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What's UP

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is 'UP.' It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP? Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

At other times, this little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out, we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, the earth soaks it UP. When it does not rain for awhile, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!

Oh . . . one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?


U
P !


Did that one crack you UP?

Don't screw UP. Send this on to everyone you look UP in your address book . . .. or not . . . it's UP to you.

Now I'll shut UP!

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Are you UP yet , Are you UP to it , Are you going up to the show , Whats UP with that ?

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What’s up?...
A line perpendicular to the plain of the circumference of the earth.

But never ask a carpet layer “what’s up” you ask him, “what’s going down”.
If he says...”fuzzy side up” you can probably walk on his reputation.

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The up I'm best at, was the obvious one that was left out.

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Yeah, fixed UP. ;)

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I have a friend named Downs. I could have a lot of fun using him as a subject. "What's UP Downs?"

It's ok to say screw UP.

"Man, things are messed UP down there."

"If it was UP to me I'd go down there and stir things UP"

"Yo, I'm down with going done there to get to the bottom of what's UP"

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“I get up, nothing gets me down” that’s the first thing that came to my mind.
I’m no good at the linky magic trick or I would’ve posted Van Halen’s “Jump”

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“I get up, nothing gets me down” that’s the first thing that came to my mind.
I’m no good at the linky magic trick or I would’ve posted Van Halen’s “Jump”:lol:

Edit:It would appear that I’m awesome at double posting.

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I was at a parts store looking for auto trans fluid, which I'm in the habit of calling Dextron. I didn't see any and was walking up and down the isle wondering if I really was blind. One of the employees asks what I was looking for. I told him Dextron and he had a puzzled look on his face. So I said ATF... still puzzled. I spelled it out. "Automatic Transmission Fluid" and it seemed to sink in. They were out of it.

This morning at Lowe's over the intercom they kept saying, "Will the owner of the grey Chevrolet Silverado with a snow plow parked out front please come to the customer service desk?". They announced it three or four times. I go outside after my purchase and sitting parked on the yellow stripes out front (A-hole) was a dark blue with grey lower F250 with a snow plow. I could picture that owner walking around the store thinking, "What's up with that Silverado owner, is he deaf??" :lol:

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local outta parts store no ATF??

never heard of dexron although still the gm name used today?

probably just as clueless about dexos :rolleyes:

bad help really makes it difficult to patronize local business sometimes..

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To continue the Up thread. See if I can manage a YouTube link...
http://youtu.be/f-oC-kNtPTs

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Good song UP there ^^^
They were out of the gallon jugs, had quarts I didn't see because I wasn't looking in the quart jug area. There was a single row empty where it would be. No wonder they were out. He says, "Looks like I'm out of the big jugs". I asked. "Do you think any of the other fellers would have any?". I got the lost look again. He sure had the (annoying) professional BS lingo down speaking on behalf of the business in the first person. i felt like saying, "So I can blame you for this failure?" :cool:. He says, "I have these quarts", and points to a few choices with a healthy stock. "Not what I want. Thanks anyway", and out the door I went. This was my last chance parts store. The one that is everywhere you turn, has longer hours, and is anything but advanced (hint hint).

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howdy Larry! just read your Kubota comments in the retirement thread and it made me smile :)

figured I'd share my family's Kubota tractor experience here..

my folks [Mom mostly] started a commercial lawn mowing business when I was in high school in the 80's

started off with a Kubota 6200, trailer dad built, some commercial lawnboys and stihl trimmers..

several apartment complexes and a motel on I-70 kept us busy in the summers..

folks made enough money to pay for everything and some and pay their son handsomely ;)

I had more of my own money in school than most and all earned in salary..

profits later bought an 8200, some zero turns, etc. all still running around the farm today..

dad was a huge fan of those little machines, they ran great with very little down time..

hard working machines along with hard working operators almost always equals success at some level..

here's a zero turn deck I rebuilt for my mom couple of summer vacations ago, saved her over a $1k and replaced more parts than dealer quoted..

actually saved her more, I wouldn't let her pay for the parts I bought either :D

stripped gears in the pto miter box

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/yacm7q16tjm...90915.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropbox.com/s/ovy96my37o0...90817.jpg?dl=0

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/hhnwbud4dcu...90738.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropbox.com/s/9s5x0za93np...71744.jpg?dl=0

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/q8oz8egzs9c...51509.jpg?dl=0 https://dl.dropbox.com/s/tlhw4xt1t7y...56186.jpg?dl=0

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/2icc7x2entc...62_sm.JPG?dl=0 https://dl.dropbox.com/s/49fx6cg8amn...59_sm.JPG?dl=0

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HAH! The new guard checking out the machinery! :thumbs:

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Yeap, capitalism ain't nothing but hard work and money management.

The uncle that had breakfast with us a while back came to California in 1968 with the shirt on his back. He is very mechanical, and got a job as an apprentice machinist.

As a single guy he bought a 4 bedroom house and rented three bedrooms out. He got that one paid for and bought another one and another. He now has rentals both here and there. He just bought a place out west of Corona with a large fenced lot and nice shop. He is renting storage for boats and RV's now.

He had planned to move back here when he retired, but he has a young son he is trying to help get started in the excavation business, so I doubt he will ever move here.

The son actually asked if I thought he could get a business going here. I told him you can operate a business anywhere, it just depends on what you want out of life.

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And he'd better be ready to bust his butt doing it, in either place. Some people get a silver spoon in their mouths and don't have to bust anything. Some of us were lucky to even have a spoon.

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Steve, I live where I grew up. I have observed a lot of people from the time we started grade school until today.

I have thought a lot about the "silver spoon" kids. They are proof that silver spoon doesn't buy happiness.

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that time of year, but look at these two consecutive :metal:

https://dl.dropbox.com/s/5lbgudlciyjlnvr/tags.jpg?dl=0

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Did you get a discount for buying in quantity? :lol::lol: Sorry, that's not something to laugh about.

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LoL, I wish.. all trucks here get whacked for 'commercial' fees :rolleyes:

I keep active registration and insurance on everything..

never know what I'm going to drive or even just park on the street..

just another silly cost of doing business here that won't be missed :)

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Yep, in the Sho-Me state $25.25 one time and your done for life. You might want to factor that cost savings into your evacuation.

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Maryland's nickname is the "Freestate", but somewhere along the line they lost the "r". But at least anything under 5t is non-commercial. All 1 tons get hit up harder and you can choose heavier GVW up to 5t for a little more $, but not bad. One time fee would sure be nice, though. We all register our trailers in Maine for a permanent tag.

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In Missouri and Arkansas we can buy an antique/historical vehicle tag for a one time fee of around $25.

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Maryland started that with 50 years or older. Three years to go with my '72. But I'm thinking about getting it inspected and running regular tags. A couple years ago they started cracking down on the antique tag restrictions and I don't like being told how I can use my property.

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There is a bill in the house right now to raise it to 50 years. I don't think it will pass.

Ours is supposed to be for special use, and the vehicle stock, but nobody ever says anything, although, one of the gals had her truck at a local show a couple of years ago. She is kind of outspoken, and I guess pissed somebody off. They turned her in complete with pictures. She had to go get regular tags, because her truck is modified.

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Way back in the early 70s I had a '56 Ford truck and at someone's suggestion i checked into the special tags. The lady dropped a large book in front of me and said here's anything you need to know about what vehicles qualify for special tags. I didn't go very far until I knew i didn't want to go that route. I'm like Tim in that I don't want anybody telling me how I can use my vehicles.
I won't get personalized plates either.
A man I once worked for had his name on his plates and drove fast most everywhere he went. After being stopped for speeding one day he decided he really didn't need to tell everyone who that speeding car belonged to. :lol:

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We have historic as well as street rod tags, yet with historic there is nothing that says it has to be original. I think street rod has nothing to do with age, maybe. In other words, it could be a later model vehicle that was modified to where it isn't street legal by that year's standards... including emissions. I know you have to have a minimum of 18 modifications. I never looked into it.

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Day to Day stuff huh . Bus mechanic . We have annual D.O.T Inspections . They come in and take over the shop bringing their own jacks and equipment . I just get out of their way . 2 weeks prep time . Had window chips that needed fixed .

Some other minor stuff . If you have one corner of one exit decal blown loose its
a fail . All Three small bus lots I take care of were there . 47 units total . Tough on the nerves and at 60 years old I don't know if I want to do another .

The insurance company bases their rates on these inspections so the big bosses want good numbers . Plus the schools bird dog this too . Plenty of pressure to get this right . Of The 3 schools , All went home with 100%.

My Nightmares are all in one color .... Yellow

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100%, that should get you some recognition. Good job.

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I was going to put this in the "Vintage Picture Thread" but couldn't find it.

My dad sitting on the running board of his 37 Ford in 1946. He drove it to Washington state shortly after this was taken. It had a 60 HP engine. He said he drove as much in second gear as third.

He pulled into a service station when he got to his destination, and the attendant said he liked the car. My dad ended up trading on the spot for a 37 Plymouth.