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I finally just got to relax and enjoy the new backyard.

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I went to the junk yard this morning. About a mile from there it began to lightly rain but I continued. I got out of the truck and rain came down pretty hard so I just sat around chatting with the owners until it stopped. I ventured out on the yard and struck out on all that I went after. As I looked up the heavy rain clouds were building again so I made the trek back to the office. A quick word there, then I made it to my truck just as the strong wind and really hard rain began. I mean the bottom fell out that time! Good time to be leaving. :lol:

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Food is just something to put hot sauce on. I like this Woebler's Jalapeno Mustard
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It's as fancy as it get's for my burgers (unless I make Swiss mushroom bacon burgers). I use that mustard, raw onion, lettuce, tomato, and black pepper it down. at parties I just make rounds past the grille every now and them for a quickie burger (or woof burger). Those are made by putting a burger on the bottom half (or top... ya drunk?), then mustard, other half of bun goes on and wuddaya waitin' fer? That burger ain't gown yit!
a mellow scene
That was a good way to waste a day. I could do worse. we got a hard rain last evening and today is blue crisp clear for being hot. Maybe I should go to my local junk yard if I don't get into anything good here

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Cleaned and organized the back half of the
Shop to prepare for my Fall "Meet & Greet"

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I don't believe you ever messed it up :lol:

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Got a new windshield for the Jeep today. My wife got in a fight with a rock on the road and the rock won. The windshield was pretty cracked up.

So now it's nice and purty again and I didn't even have to clean off the dead bugs. :)



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Piled up some logs at my friends farm . Have to drag about 20 more out like this hard to judge in the picture but they are about 14’ long some are longer. Going to buck and split where they lay next week got to red of moving logs two times prior to splitting .

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I hear that. And you have the loader set-up on the trailer to make doing it that way easier. Nice to have that option when working it where it lays isn't an option.

This gal had her place logged a couple/few years ago and all the tops are laying. I'm going to be gathering all I can of that.

I'm working on her bedroom ceiling. Years ago her dad put paneling and 4x4s up to hold the saggy plaster up. She didn't want to get into tearing all that out, so I ran bolts up through the 4x4s at the ceiling joists, screwed firring strips up to same, and put 3/8" beaded wood paneling up. Then trimmed the 4x4s with 1x and used 1/4 round around the ceiling. Yesterday I made fake 1/2 beams at either end. The 1x6 all the way around was there from the prior work. I also moved the light to center between beams. It was centered in the room and the center beam was crowded to it.

Ready for caulk & final paint

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Yumm! 5 quarts of home made Vanilla ice cream in the White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer....

The local historical society is having their yearly pot luck dinner today. I always supply the home made ice cream for it. I hope there is some left to bring home.

I have to make another batch for our family get-together Sunday, so I think I will get plenty.... :)

LockDoc
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Yum-mee! The best there is

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I finally caved in and bought the card table today.

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And here's the ugly bench that I got in trouble for because I said it was ugly.

That thing is about as comfortable as sitting on a porcupine. But she likes it. :rolleyes:

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Almost a lost art.

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Surely you must have made her mad before hand.

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:lol: Indeed! That thing it hijous! (yeah, I know, hideous, but it deserves a bad spelling for such an ugly thing. Tastes do vary, though).

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Oh man, I don't know what you did this time but that's payback right there, plain and simple. ;)

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Finally moved the old coffee table out of the garage and over to my place by the river.

The thing in the box on the right is a gargoyle. He's going on the patio tomorrow.

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Could be that her taste is all in her mouth !!

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Put the ugly bench in back today. My gargoyle seems to like it.


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And the Blackjack table. Still a work in progress. That sucker is heavy.

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cleaning up a few minor things on the kid's 'bird
came home the other day and i could feel the heat pouring off the fr dr brake.
orig 31 yr old caliper seized up. new calipers, pads and rotors, with a run back to the parts store for a defective new caliper...
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just for looks....some stainless exhaust tips
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and like Boogs ordeal, 3rd times a charm for some hatch struts. no one local had hatch struts for a 31 yr old car so went online. first set advertised for 82-92 camaro/firebird hatch struts. got my money back, but they wanted me to eat the shipping and a 15% restock fee, they said i ordered the wrong ones. i sent them a screenshot of the ad stating for the hatch, what i got was a set for the hood. so they refunded my money for the struts, but not the shipping, but told me i could "dispose" of the old struts....naw, for $14 i got a spare set of struts if the hood ones ever fail. here's what they sent me...seems to be a little short
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second attempt ordered some from amazon. they took my money and made me wait 2 weeks, then out of the blue emailed me saying they were refunding my money (?) which they did.
3rd attempt at getting struts was finally a success. prob one of the better things we done to the 'bird, that friggin' hatch is HEAVY!
no more broom handle...:lol:
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I like the table think I might do that to the trolly I have

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I get a lot of comments on that table. I got it for $100 and it's easy to move around. :)

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I saw that cowhide on the couch, and at first I thought that your GSD had gutted the couch...again. Then I realized that it was just a throw. :lol:

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A great pairing -- they look like they were made for each other!

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My GSD has mellowed out a lot. Now I have to watch the Corgi. She's still got some puppy in her and she's very strong for a small dog. She chases my GSD around. He runs and hides from her. :lol: She is one little mean motor scooter.

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It fits perfectly. I couldn't believe it. It's like it was made for it. Go figure? :confused:

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Worked at the track this weekend.....

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A few more

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Perfect day to get firewood … NOT.. You know it’s hot when the bar oil comes out of the jug like water. Have to get this pile out of the way as the fill keeps coming. I felled 4 fairly large oaks but couldn’t pull them out so they got buried . But there is so much wood at this location I’ll be cutting for years .

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This was Saturday, too tired to make a post. My
7 hour trip turned into a 12 hour trip + cost me
an extra $552 I had not planned on spending...

*Purchased my trailer Labor Day 2013, guess it
was time to replace a set of tires. :lol: No Cracks
on any of them, full thread, and stored indoors.

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The caption on your tire picture could read "No Tread On Me" :metal:

:rolleyes:

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OUCH! That scares me. I have to put tires on 2 dually's and a Corvette.

16 tires in all. (sigh) That's going to leave a mark.

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My recliner has (3) stepper motors. Head, lumbar and feet. The motor for the feet started working intermittently. More mittently than inter. So, I broke out my handy dandy meter and started checking the rocker switch and all the wires that I could access. Everything checked out fine.

So, I throw caution to the wind and decide to start tearing stuff up. The motor and worm gear / rail system are integrated. Just unplug the wire harness and pull to lock pins and it's on the floor. Double checked the wires and still good contact.

I decided "What the hell, it's no good as it is I'll tear the little motor down and see what there is to see". Well, sure 'nuff one of the wires inside the motor had been making contact with the worm gear on the shaft. The wire was too damned short to do anything with, so I pulled part #s and went on a Google Treasure Hunt.

Not only did I find a gazillion gizmos specifically for chairs, couches, beds etc. I ultimately found the exact system I needed...complete with motor, wiring harness and worm gear rail system. All for a smooth $ 110.00 bill. Bought it through...wait for it...Amazon dot com.

15 minutes after opening the box my chair, and me, was back in business.

Who knew?

The white mounting bracket you see travels up and down the rail via the worm drive.

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Working at the track Friday night, we had a major explosion.....2 people were life flighted to the hospital.

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Nothing wrong with that tire that a little duct tape and Fix A Flat wont solve.

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I figure I've got another 5000 miles on mine. :sexy:


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That blowed up real bad! I saw the blower sneeze off a TF dragster in '77; that thing must have gone 100 feet in the air! Nobody was hurt, though, fortunately. Amazingly enough, the crew overhauled that engine and made it back to the track for another run.

Hoping for a good recovery!

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:haha:

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That is major carnage. I hope those crew members a speedy recovery.

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That was a bad engine explosion. I hope the people will be ok.

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Thats always a bad thing that can happen ,,glad it wasnt you Rick ,,and I feel for the two that it happened to .. Someday I am going to drive the less than 20 miles from my place and watch these hot engine cars run the track ...On a side note:::Will my Holley Carb fit on that one that blew up.. I am sticking to the Elbebrock I have on my truck now.

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Hey Larry, thanks :). The story goes that the #2 cylinder hydrauliced and when they spun the engine over to build oil pressure, BOOM!!! The blower didn't blow off, that was removed later. The mag was grounded too. Sad all around. It was a nitro fuel altered car.