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That's a steal . I had a baha in high school used to ride the beach and dunes when it was allowed on long island . No you cant even walk on most of the dunes

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My 1st car was a Manx style dune buggy. Dad and I built it in our garage. Loved it and thought one day I would buy a beetle for a more all weather car but never did. I kept the DB about 9 years and drove it every day, year round. And at my age I'd still like to own a beetle in all it's simplistic goodness.

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Well done at $200.00! When I built my Manx it was supposed to be a street buggy. First time I took it into the dirt and saw what a VW can do, it became my camping machine. 1600 sp had way more then enough power since I was running 1:26 bus boxes. :lol: Super fun little machine.

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Nice Manx. My buddy has a Manx body. But he drove out of state to get it. He won't sell it.

This bug was one of those "Not for Sale' cars. My buddy with the Manx tried to buy it for years (He's a big time VW guy) I had asked about it and was told no.

Then the owner died. I knew him. He was a cool guy. But now the house is going up for sale. The family has to get all the stuff out of it. I bought it off the nephew. He just wants everything gone. I didn't even ask. He came over and told me $200 and I couldn't pass on that. He's selling everything. I'm going to buy some tools from him. He wants to get rid of this stuff and go back to Florida. He just keeps throwing me deals.

My VW buddy is going to be pissed that I snagged it. :lol:

I can't make him too mad. I'd like to have him help me get it running. He's the guru on VW's. So I can't rub it in too hard.

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I really like that Manx. I was a VW bug nut in the '70s. I never built a dune buggy. My now B.I.L. had a metalflake green one with Cragars in HS (& Gates Commandos). I built him a killer engine with daddy's money. I built a '66 Baja Bus

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Sometimes ya need to go old school . Been a while since I gas welded .

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Way cool. My dad used to call them "hippie buses". He had several buses and a single cab and a double cab truck. Years later he told me "never own a car that doesn't have a radiator". :lol: Way old pic of me and my sis with the VW in the backround.

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... I poured brake fluid on right rear tire to make a parking lot Power Brake with smoke easier. it worked.:lol:

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... I poured brake fluid on right rear tire to make a parking lot Power Brake with smoke easier. it worked.:lol: ....... now waiting on library help.

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Do you know what that double cab split window is worth today? It's crazy.

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Ran 1/2" pipe across the garage rafters to get compressed air to the work area. I have been running a hose over the cabinets, and that got pretty old.

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That will be a huge time saver for you.

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I'm hoping so. Every time I go to do something with a wood working project and need a pneumatic nailer, there's that hose to deal with, and I have to be careful not to knock the nice wood I have piled up on the cabinets off. I have about 20% of a 2-car garage to do wood working in. Part of the deal with moving even further from work (before I retired) was that I would have a shop. Hasn't happened, yet. The city doesn't allow any more than the shed that I have in the back yard, and it's full of c**p.

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Those double cabs were so cool. My dad had two VW Buses, a '53 and a new '63 Kombi he put camper windows in and built like a camper. He always wanted a double cab.

I bought mine for surfing and to travel in when I was 20. I built it into a camper and went cross-country to the Eureka area. Took a trip to Baja to live up to it's name. Many stories. The paint is 68-72 Diamond Reo Meadow Green and that's an oil cooler on the roof. That bus went a lot of places on and off road

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Me and my wife washed my Mom and Dad's deck and house. It was a beautiful day to do it, except for the breeze blowing bleach in my eyes. He has amazing water pressure, so all we needed was a hose.

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We are waiting to see if we are getting our dream house we put an offer on

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I hope you get it. Good luck. The market is crazy right now.

I just missed one. 49 acres/3300 sq. ft. And the best part was the 1600 sq. ft. garage with a bar in it. :)



My 6th wedding anniversary was yesterday so I went all out for my girl and made Liverwurst sandwiches on Rye, drank beer, and watched TV. :lol:

Is it any wonder why women keep leaving me? :lol:

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Beats me, Paul.... that sounds to me like a perfect anniversary!! :lol:

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...It might have been the Rye. .... a little eclectic for some. ....:lol:

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Maybe I should have stuck with Wonder Bread.

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The Rye is the only part that sounds good. Liver is only good to feed to animals or as fish bait, it isn't edible.

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Today was our 42nd anniversary , I took my wife for dinner at the local Steak house. We even had adult beverages with the meal.

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I'm wondering if she liked it or not. I had a gal who loved liverwurst. I'm not sure I ever had it before her. If you aren't concerned with being kosher it sure is better with bacon!
You really have a lot to learn about making your woman happy. You need lessons from Paul.

All this talk about anniversaries makes me realize my wife left in 6/6 16 years ago. I need to celebrate. I guess I'll get a pizza. Isn't that the proper "wife left and I'm hungry" celebration meal?

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It looks like they sell firewood in little bundles outside of the bat factory there, in case you need to stock up...

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That's a neat little baja. And at 200 bucks?!? Dude

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I thought those were reject bat stock, cut too short :ito:
I dig the orange suede

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Don’t think I’ll have any chance of running out . Friend of mine was coming up for the weekend forgot the number of my house he found it with google maps satellite view. Looked for the house with huge piles of wood

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I took the week off and my wife and I are spending it with our granddaughters. They are 2 and 6 and both have a lot more energy than we do combined

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Made a bell gong whatever you want to call it out of an old oxygen tank a while ago . Just got round to making a stand for it .

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Very cool wind chime! Is it a nice low note?

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It's a very low pitch. Made it so it dont blow around 8n the wind hearing it at 3 in the morning wouldn't be a good thing

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I slept through an earthquake today. My wife called me from the hospital and said it shook the place and knocked some stuff over.

I wouldn't know. It was my nap time.

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Years ago an earthquake woke up the wife. I had to tell her what had woken her up. I was already awake & getting ready for work

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When I lived in Northern Japan, I slept thru a few, one big one. Just got home about 630 AM after a 30 hr shift (USAF). Next thing I realize my first wife hit me on the chest and said earthquake. I sort remember hearing the bedroom furniture bouncing/moving and I was shaking. I just said "That's nice" and went back to sleep. Evidently by the time I woke up around 4 PM there were several other big aftershocks that I slept thru. Luckily nothing major collapsed/broke. I loved Northern Japan except for that, but what do I know. I left earthquakes for hurricanes.

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My first and second wives used to pound on my chest when I was sound asleep. But it wasn't for earthquakes. It was for snoring. Which in my case is kind of like an earthquake or at least so I'm told.

It's kind of crazy being woken up by an angry woman hitting and yelling at you. It just goes to prove that I can piss them off without even being conscious.


Today I'm moving. (to my other house) I've been at this one for about a month and the neighbors are starting to bug me. I think they're lonely because they keep coming over every day and oh boy do they like to talk. I'm getting their life story that I didn't ask to hear. I hear all the gossip which I could care less about. I'm not a Psychiatrist.

So it's time to make myself scarce. And I need to get to the other place anyway to see how many dead batteries I've got waiting for me. :buh:

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Now they'll know what to do to get you to leave. :0

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Hey Paul, are they drinking your beer, too? I had a neighbor like that many years ago. Would visit and suck down beers. When the beer was gone, he would remember that the stove was on, or some other lame excuse to leave. He never ever brought any with him. I started bringing the beer in from the other side of the house and not having any in sight when he came over. That put a stop to the visits. :lol:

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Such a fine balance. Seems like nobody ever stops by and I'd like that every now and then. Someone stops by and it interrupts What I'm taking care of, just as I was leaving, about to take a shower, make a phone call, or start making supper.

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i made this bird house picket fence piece of garden art with our name on for my wife at Christmas time and decided,today was the day i'd plant in the ground.i'm sure i'm overdrawn at the brownie points bank so maybe this will earn me a few?i need all the help i can get?

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You sure have a lot of points to make up if you're not caught up yet!