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Installed a new dishwasher. Got a really nice LG for cost at Lowes. Blowing out last years models. Its super quiet and does a great job cleaning and drying the dishes ... Love it.

I bought a Frigidaire last year that a customer returned because they said it leaked. We have a repair company at work that goes through them and they said they couldnt find any problems. I got it for super cheap. Man that was the suckiest dishwasher Ive ever had ... but it didnt leak haha, I just hated it.

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I have a bunch of old cars today on my 1969 Plymouth Fury i figured out the charging issues and fixed that and got the wiring back together for the ront master switch on the power sindows then it rained again

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I made a little more progress on the RV gate this weekend.

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That is one sweet fence gate ,, well done ...and will look real good blockinng in your RV.. I used to stop at Pattersons like about 15miles from you when on my way to Solvang where our son lives ..

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Adjusted the floats on holley 770 . Engine would die on a hard stop should have done it a while ago car is running so much better the off idle stumble is gone now.

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Always nice to get something done for self I bet Rusty ,being so busy doing for others,, that 66 Plymouth rear end sure resembles a 66 Chevy ..thx again for the tail light chrome bezels .. sure did fit nice once I figured out to put them on the correct way,,

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Thanks! It will be blocking a c10 or two, actually… lol

Next time you’re in the area let me know.

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I paid my taxes. Very disappointing. I thought they would be less. Wrong! I got hammered for $107,000. I made a lot of money in the stock market this year and the government took a big chunk of it. I'm just glad that I didn't blow the money and could pay them off.

It's funny. I was the one that invested. I took the risk. I could have lost. But I didn't and now they just take my money. They didn't do anything.

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You're supposed to plow it back in. I've managed to not dig into my retirement IRA and it's up 70% since I retired 6.5 years ago. Of course, from $1 to $1.70 is only enough to buy some bubble gum. My wife retired last Friday, and the house is now paid off, so my piddly stipend from my old employer, my SS and my wife's SS should cover the bills.

What I did was price out a new table saw. I was told previously that the store people would assemble it, so I went up to pay for it, but the new owners don't assemble things. I'm fine with that, but if I had known that, I would have driven my truck up. Turns out the fork lift tines aren't long enough to get past the back lift flap, anyway. I'm taking my son's new(-ish) Canyon up to get the saw tomorrow. Fork lift in, and either 2 X 6 planks for a ramp that I will then use to make a new gate to replace one that's old and decrepit, or my engine hoist. 500 pound cabinet saw, not something I can even lift half of, anymore.

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If you lose big this year will they cut you a check? :uhmk:

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Heck no. :waah:

I just got lucky on that stock. I got it low and it went nuts. I wanted to try something since my retirement funds don't pay jack squat. Then it bit me in my pretty rear end. :lol: I still made more than my lame retirement ever made me even after getting fleeced by the tax man. But it stung. That's the biggest bill I've ever paid in my life and I'm pretty old. Now I know why the big boys get in trouble dodging taxes. The tax man has no mercy.

That's what I get for trying to make a few extra bucks.

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Swore I wasn’t going to get more firewood . But when a friend calls and says he’s clearing 4 acres on his property(160 acres)for a pavilion and do I want wood . Todays felling . That’s about 10% of what’s coming down . Some of it I’ll get milled but most is just firewood most of the wood is hickory or oak

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Brought home the aforementioned table saw, and yes, my one son and I managed to lift it up onto the mobility stand. We're going to be feeling it tomorrow, though. It's only 400 pounds for the base unit, after the two 50-pound cast iron wings were out of the box. Piece of cake.

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My back aches just reading about it. You guys must be gorillas. :sumo:

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Yeah, I have enough trouble just lifting myself out of bed.

When my wife and I went to the flea market they were selling some old farm implements. She thought that they would make cool yard art. I agreed. Then the girl selling them said that they were REALLY heavy.

Okay... :buh: I'm not lifting that. The yard looks fine as is.

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Next question, "Do you deliver?"

I made a dump run (you know, the "landfill"). Spring cleaning.

Then I set the drain in my downstairs shower that I gutted over 10 years ago. Once set, I made the mortar shower pan. Been a long time coming. Next will be the Schluter membrane and tile! I figure that will happen next year. Can't be rushing things here :lol:

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You have to know how, and legs play a great deal in that. I am looking for my back brace in a few minutes. MY back aches, for real!

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It's all about the proper "cure" time of course. No need to rush a job. ;)

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Yeah, that and I have another shower :lol:. Basically, I forget it's there. This is the 3rd time doing that shower, so I've been apprehensive about doing it 110% to be sure it would last. New better products are out there which use different techniques. Money was a problem at first, because that Schluter stuff is pricey. Also, plenty more to do around here that was a bigger priority. I've had the Schluter stuff probably 5 years. I've redone the exterior, built a garage, and a heap of other improvements since I've had that stuff. I like to save inside stuff for winter, too. So, although I have two major projects I'm pecking away at, I saw spring coming and don't want another year to go by. I have everything but the tile for the walls, so at least doing the waterproof membrane and floor tile before another lull. But I think I'll go all the way because the thought of checking that off the list makes me feel really good.

I'm trying to stay focused on one project at a time but it's also good to have an alternative to keep moving forward when something hangs the one project up. Somewhere in there is a balance!

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First load of many the next couple of weeks . I grabbed the cherry first that had been down for about a year always looking for it for smoking

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You are going to smoke a cherry tree? I'd hate to see how you are going to roll it :). Being funny, I couldn't help myself.

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Smoke some cherry for a sweet buzz... if good food turns you on :ito:. Is cherry a wood they make pipes out of. You know, like briar pipes?

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You got me to chuckle. Smoking a cherry tree is not so bad if you can get somebody to hold the heavy end for you.

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Went racing! 2 seconds a first and a 3rd in 4 heats. But crashed in the final.

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Boat racing always enjoyed it.

More firewood . They felled a few more so I can pull them out tomorrow. Had some spectators

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I haven't had some good cherry in a looong time.

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Did you sweat today? I did for the first time since last year. Not ready for that much heat yet. Firewood is a cold weather sport

What I did was observe how well the carpenter bee traps I made a couple years ago are working. I got them up just before they appeared. The first year I made them they went up after those bastaads were busy. Worked but only got a few. Last year they went up earlier but after they appeared. I swear, this year I put them up, just on Monday, and then there they were yesterday. They really work. Today, out of the 6 I have two with one, one with two, and one with more than I can tell. Looks like 4 or 5. None yesterday, but in just one day they did this!
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I put chili powder in those holes. Mwah hah hah! Here is the most successful one

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I got several of those.
Some are full and some are not visited at all.
It all about Location Location Location.

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Yep. Thank goodness they don't seem interested in my front porch where the other two are hanging. I've rarely gotten one out of those two and no signs of boring started, ever. Good thing, because that is the most precious of all my exterior wood.

I just redid that trellis they tore into a couple years ago. And to replicate the old true 2" x 4" lumber dimensions I had to rip down 4 x 6s. I just turned that water gauge right side up (upside down all winter) on Monday. Those holes weren't there. They did all that yesterday! They really went at it. I have 6 more jars and plenty of scrap 4 x 4. I'm making more asap.

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Got it, LOL

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Not really most strenuous part is getting on and off the FEL. Did get a little sunburnt though.

I have a couple of those traps dont use them though. I dont get many carpenter bees though lots of honey bees specially when the Rhododendrons are blooming .

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I got 9 carpenter bees yesterday. And I sweated just pushing my lawnmower. It got to 85* here yesterday. At dawn this morning it was 65*. I sawed my last firewood till fall, I hope, earlier this week. Used the Tru Fuel since I hope the Farm Boss will be on it's summer hiatus.

EDIT: I got 16 bees. There were 12 in the one I thought maybe 5 were in, that I took a picture of. Yesterday 2 had just 1, so 18 so far

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Don't know that I've ever seen carpenter bees.
Tim, way up yonder and you are already mowing? Aw nuts! Now you've done it. I've got to go do mine now. Maybe I'll just do the first weed eating today and catch the mower part next week. It's looking a little shaggy around here. We've just had rain storms and twisters the last 3 days and another round of rain coming toward the weekend.

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What's mowing? ;):lol:

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D'ooooh! Rub it in wont' you. :lol:
Hey my whole yard is green now. What color's yours? ;)

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Nothing but gravel and dirt here. But I don't miss mowing lawns. Not even a little bit.

I don't own a lawnmower or a snow shovel and that's how I like it. :)

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I just spent the afternoon cutting mine for the 1st time this year. It's started..

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Had to get the big equipment to use on the big stuff my Kubota wouldn’t move . Wanted to take the 85 out so no trailer . Just dragged and piled it up . So far we cleared about 25% of what’s coming out. I should be good for a few years.

Some are going to be milled with my Alaskan mill so it’s not all firewood .

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I'm not all that way up yonder. Maryland is a southern state. I guess it's the top of the south for the East Coast. Kind of the grey area between north and south, so weather can go either way. Red buds are about to pop. Just a half hour down the road, where I was today, and they are a week ahead. That's about the altitude change. People have started mowing since a week or so ago. Across the road, which I mow, was getting pretty long. Gets lots of sun. My property mostly had the early shoot ups that start growing before the grass. I like to let it grow longer on the first mow, but Carlisle is next week and I ended up with free time in the afternoon. I try to make Thursday my mow day. I was only going to make sure the mower was good, but once it was running I figured what the hay?

I emptied those bee traps and that one on my woodshed had 12 in it! So, all together in one day I got 16. Got two ore today after I emptied them out. I don't know why they call them carpenter bees. They don't build anything, they tear it down. They should call them demo bees

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They require a high fiber diet?;)
And I started out to just do the weed eating but it was early afternoon and well, I ended up doing the whole yard. 1st cut of the season is done. It was looking pretty rough.