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Hobo's? :haha: I haven't heard that term in years. We used to call them bums. Which coincidentally is what my ex wives called me and I wasn't even cooking beans. :lol:

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this mobile pharmacy burned to the frame just outside my office in wilmington back in may :smoke:

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Must have been cooking their own meth.

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ya, 'bout 350 miles from home. 2 weeks in and leaving again today for another week or 2. come home for saturdays- dam the miles...lol
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small town school. 649 people live there and about 635 have come to watch the "show". guess they don't see much action...biggest excitement there is prob sitting around watching the cars rust...lol.
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If the weather gets hot enough, their is some kind of palm tree that will ignite all on its own. When I lived in Canoga Park, a row of them next to the 101 fwy was set on fire intentionally by the FD to make sure that they didn't go off unexpectedly. Yet another long commute home. :(

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Where is that and what is that big building in that small community?

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You know it's getting cold when the mushrooms start to huddle

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Yep, change is in the air, same as this balloon!

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Me and Granddaughter taking care of some stuff the contractor forgot.

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I guess my dog wants me to quit smoking. Or she's started chewing?

9 bucks a pack. :banghead:


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Great picture to see grandpa and grand daughter working together. Have you thanked the contractor for forgetting that stuff so you and she could have that golden moment? :cool:

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Nomad

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$9 a pack!!:smoke::smoke:WOWZA!!! We want you to quit too Paul!

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I quit when the price went up to 50 cents . That was in 1978 never touched another . I also stopped all alcohol 2 years ago didnt have a problem other than the inflammation of my joints, my hand Dr suggested to stop before surgery and to not drink during therapy. I did and after a month I just decided to not start up again .

You really should quit but that's a personal decision.

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I hope my son decides to quit. I wish he never started. He didn't start from seeing me smoke. Never did it. He started when his mom left. At least he's a moderate smoker.

The barn on the place where I'm repairing the summer kitchen. I'm not sure I've ever seen a bank barn with the cantilever on the side

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No , He's gone and I'm glad . Granted he did a real good job of putting back together and for that i was happy . We were just inside the area he works in .

Like most contractors around here this guy had several things going at once all closer to his shop . It amounted to demo took place two months before anyone started the rebuild . then toward the end of things he tried to hire local guys to do some of stuff . I drive up and bust them blowing dope on the front steps . This kept up with different crews until a husband and wife team showed up . They were slow but lots better . You could turn you back on them and not worry.

We were nearing a year and with the rental house being sold out from under us and the years worth of problems we finally reached a point I could finish things . Lacked 3 days of being a full year . Kind of a mutual agreement he was done and we needed back in .

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Sounds like a bad situation. If he decides which job has priority based on how far and is busy, what was he thinking taking on a house fire restoration farther away? Sounds like a family being displaced by tragedy didn't play into his figuring. Only about the money.

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I believe that . I have a whole different outlook toward home contractors now .

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I quit for 20 years. I figure that I'm old enough now not to worry about it. I still get a clean bill of health from my doctors. I have some other health issues but they are due to head injuries that I had in the past. I was hit by a car, I was in a bad car crash, and had a big rock fall on my head. That kind of scrambled my eggs.:lol:

If you wonder why my hair is long? It's covering up some nasty scars. Plus chicks dig it. ;)

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So did I , Still got a 9 inch zipper in my chest . I quit from 25 till 45 and at 63 it hit me .

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That looks about right Mark except for the blood. Head wounds bleed like crazy.

When I got hit it didn't even hurt. Then my girlfriend started screaming. And then I realized that blood was pouring out of my head. And I thought "This is a problem'. I was a bloody mess when they got me to the ER. And they shaved a big patch of my hair to stitch me back up. I forget how many stitches but it was a bunch. But I looked weird with this big patch of hair missing and the Frankenstein stitches on my noggin'.

The weirdest thing about that was that I had a massive bruise on my left arm. On both sides of my arm. Like it went clear through. I hadn't fallen or anything. But I couldn't straighten my arm for about a year.

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Granddaughter and I were using window chalk . The stuff wash's right off so not a problem but its kinda like a crayon in use . Mom And Dad went to the store and left us alone when she made a swipe across my arm annnd , it lead to this






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how to make 350 miles in 3 hrs 20 mins...
ya, reads 150, but kmh, around 95 mph
down some of the bigger hills we hit 160...with a 16 ft cargo trailer in tow...
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That’s moving . Wouldn’t do it myself with a trailer

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The smell of fall . Chicken soup in the crockpot and hickory in the stove.

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That looks good. I should make some Caldo De Pollo. I like mine real spicy.

My new to me S10 wheel arrived. My buddy that I bought the truck off of had a flat tire and put some funky spare wheel on it and now he can't find the other wheel which means I'll never see it. So I bought another so all the wheels match. I got a nice center cap too. I also got a new shifter. He was using a piece of PVC pipe for a shifter. :rolleyes:

I always liked these wheels on S10's I have no idea why because they really aren't my style. The wheel nicer in person than in the pic. Time for new tires. Get the old girl back on the road again. :)

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Not a good year for apples . Hardly any on the trees am this is from 2 trees . Should be 10 times that . Guess the dry summer took its toll .

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Found this in a coffee can of stuff. Complete with two 1970's dimes. ;)

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our out of town job, stopped at a rest area in the morn for a whiz, spotted this big cat...prob hunting deer. there is deer EVERYWHERE there. we almost hit about 20 on the road during the job. earlier this week we almost took out a science experiment, we were like 3-4 feet from smacking a deer with a tracking collar on it. they were always wondering onto the school grounds at our job to eat some green grass
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not our truck...heh heh
2021 silvy. trailer was empty, 'bout 1500-1800 lbs. after 3 weeks, we were READY to get home.
was hard to get pics moving at that speed though. tons of old iron everywhere. less than half the pics i took turned out, most were blurry
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a few oldies
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this guy had a decent square collection, 4 steppers and a longbox
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was one guy with
bout 35-40 vintage rigs in his yard, old Reo's, Diamond T's and a bunch of '50's and '60's Macks. will try to get non blurry pics when we go back up in a couple weeks

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it was a school. hasn't been used in a few yrs, only had 21 students so they closed it and bus them 20 mins down the road. it is actually a pretty big roof (approx 140 square) and the only reason we could see them doing a roof on a not being used building is to burn up the budget. if the school board has money left over at yrs end, it goes back to the gov and they will usually get less budget next yr. So at budget deadline there is a mad scramble to spend it all so they get the same amount or more next yr. ya, stupid, but it keeps me in work...lol...and money.
been paid for two of the 3 weeks so far. grossed $4200 for the first 2 weeks up there. $3400 for work, and just over $800 for travel time. nice thing they put my travel on a seperate check so i don't pay as much taxes
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and they sure do get some nice sunrise/sets up there...
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That's how gov't allotment works down here, too. They scramble to spend surplus money once the final quarter comes up, once the bulk of the year is behind with surplus funds left. What shape was the old roof in? Could be they know a building is only as good as it's roof and, although they closed the school, they want to save the building for other purposes or to sell.

They want to close down the elementary school in the town my mom lives in due to shrinking student body. I remember when they built that school. There are only two jr/sr high schools in that county. I guess the elementary school kids will get used to a long bus ride before jr. high

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That's how it works in the private sector too. Management was a bunch of skinflints all year but then at the end of the year if you were coming in under budget they'd tell you to order all kinds of stuff otherwise the budget would get cut next year.

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Not so much the truck . I wouldn’t trust trailer tires at that speed . Think at most they are rated for 75mph

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I have this random poster in my hallway. A guy that I knew was the singer. He died at 39 of brain cancer. Too bad. He was a nice guy.

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bingo!

ST tires are typically rated for 65mph hence reduced trailer towing speed limits in most states..

trailer bearings, brakes, suspension, and couplings are also not designed for high speeds..

load stability and weight distribution, wind and weather, etc. are also major factors far safe towing speed..

see those guys in the ditch all the time, usually the median after going too fast in left lanes..

brought this big fella down through the mountains from Ojai few years ago slow and steady no trouble at all :)

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roof was actually not that bad of shape. with a little maintenance they prob could have got another 7-8 yrs more of life. this is the new roof based in, has been 90% cap sheeted since these pics were taken last week. waiting for some special order scuppers and a new roof hatch to come in before we go back up and finish it.
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is actually 3 roofs on this job. you can see the old roof on this one section we hadn't got done yet- is not really that bad of shape, some maintenance and prob could have easily got some more life out of it.
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once again, not our trailer either...heh, heh...
as the trailer is insured as commercial, it goes for an annual inspection, which was just last aug, at which time some new Carlisle TrailRated HD tires went on it. the Carlisle's are rated for 81 mph.
sure, we were over the limit, but new tires, 3 weeks out and a burning desire to get home to see my wife, kid and dawgs meant the hay with it...lol

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lots of old buildings around there. this was just down the road from where we staying. some heritage preservation society...looks like they need to do a better job "preserving"...lol
where's Special K when ya need some old boards replaced...:lol:
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semi restored building from the 1800's in a mining town. you can hike up the mountain behind it and go into a mine tunnel that goes almost a mile down in the mountain. all done by hand and some old steam equipment. they grew miners tough back then... ignore the road sign i managed to get right in the middle of the pic.
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another old homesteaders house. only prob driving 150 is the pics get kinda blurry...
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