My Facetruck thread.

[davischevy]

I don't do "nothing" very well.

[LT7A]

Sorry to hear! The leg is bad enough, but I've heard the ribs hurt a lot and that there's nothing to do but wait it out. In the meantime I suggest that you avoid special-K's posts. He's always trying to make you laugh.

[Killer Bee]

dang Larry, sorry to hear that..

I broke some ribs and bruised a lung in a patrol boat accident in the navy '06, almost didn't make that deployment..

they're tough to deal with but the boredom of laying around is the worst.. hope you get mended up soon!

[davischevy]

Thanks guys.

The leg is doing great. I can climb 4 steps in normal fashion already. I'm trying not to overdo it.

I had no idea I had so many interests on YT.

[davischevy]

I told the better half my friend was bringing a bell by so I could ring it when I needed her to get me something.

She said she hoped I didn't mind jingling when I walk.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by davischevy

I told the better half my friend was bringing a bell by so I could ring it when I needed her to get me something.

She said she hoped I didn't mind jingling when I walk.

Hope you get to feeling better soon.

That bell may hurt your feelings

[special-K]

A few years ago when I cracked a rib it was on a Friday in July. Saturday morning I'm sitting in the back yard enjoying my coffee when the energy kicks in bringing thoughts of what to get going on. "Maybe I'll cut the grass first... Oh yeah, can't do that". Couple minutes later I think of something else... "Nope, broken rib". By the time that coffee was done I knew what I was getting into that day. Not much of anything. The other thing was the day before I fell, driving home, the power steering pump went out on my daily driver. Couldn't fix that! So I had to drive the '72 K2500. Getting in and out of that was not a very pleasant experience

[special-K]

damn

[special-K]

My next-door neighbor stopped to tell me her husband had passed away Friday a week ago. I didn't know he was sick, but he had three types of cancer. It was the blood cancer that got him. They built their house 2-3 years before I bought this place, neighbors for 35 years, over half my life. He was two years younger than me. I hope she can hang onto the place. We raised our kids together and for her it went straight into watching her grandkids while mom & dad work. They had three, then a younger daughter who is still at home with her children. The boyfriend (good guy) is hoping he can get a mortgage on the place. Yep, they still had one

[72 tigger]

Sorry about your ribs Larry- prayers. You could tie the bell around your neck

[davischevy]

The leg is a little sore and i have to be careful with the rib, but I feel great.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by davischevy

The leg is a little sore and i have to be careful with the rib, but I feel great.

Yes, careful. Both for your comfort as well as letting it heal. I remember well. It's not like there is a bandage or cast to remind you there is a broken part in there. As the pain fades, or it takes more to feel it, you'll need to be reminding yourself to still limit yourself. I took about two months off from physical labor. I never saw a doctor because I knew there is nothing they can do. My brother-in-law had cracked a rib and seen a doctor. He got a bandage wrapped around and was told to take it easy. The bandage is just for support to give better comfort

Originally Posted by special-K

damn

I'm quoting myself on this to explain what you all see there. Maybe I should have said "hate when that happens". My mom gave me this oat-based creamer to try when I saw her on Thanksgiving. Time to open it up for my coffee first thing that morning I posted and this is what happens. Newfangled container with some cockamamy cap! Dang thing just peeled off leaving me with a still unopened very full soft container. I had to cut my way in to get at that stuff without making a mess. All I wanted was that first sip, gal darn it!

I just finished it up and opened (successfully) the other one she gave me. Thanks Mom but I think I'll stay with the light cream after I use this up. Not that I didn't like this stuff, but I'm good with dairy

[davischevy]

I'm glad you explained that picture K.

My doctor said he didn't wrap ribs anymore. He said it would break again in 4 weeks, but that would only take 2 weeks to heal.

[special-K]

Might be hard to convince you right now but feeling that is probably a good thing. It takes more effort to remember to mind it once it doesn't hurt so much. The good part is once you don't feel it at all you know it's good
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Santa just went by!! Every year, when it gets close to Christmas, The Mt. Airy VFD hauls Santa down my road into town up on a pumper all lit up and waving. I never know when it will be but I have always been home and know he's coming as soon as I hear the sirens. I'm out where they first fire up the siren, around the bend before my place. I always have just enough time rush to the front porch lights switch to flash them in appreciation. I used to think I did that for my kids, but I'm here alone and I have to admit it gives me a kick. He is escorted by a couple utility units with Christmas lights. Santa is lit up on top of the pumper and when they see my lights flashing they nit the horns. I'm thrilled. Yep, still a kid

[special-K]

I had a much worse "damn" last summer. The lean-to side of the barn I'm moving has a nice dry steel roof. I noticed the steep barn side of the roof, which still had old mossy cedar shakes was leaking at the bottom, starter coarse gave up the ghost. The wall of the barn would be wet in a couple areas, so I put steel on there, too. Nice and dry in there now.

On that lean-to side I have shelving with parts, shelves are about 3' deep. I needed to remove everything to get some work done. One thing I had stored there, since '07, was a posi with 3.42 ring & pinion for my '67 project. I had it in a 3 gal. plastic bucket with lid snapped tight. Good safe place for it, right? Inside under a good dry roof sealed inside a watertight container, right? I went to move it, and heard water swishing. Took the top off and for who knows how long it has been bathing in water. "How in the...????". Oh, I was highly upset! Still am.

It turns out, water had been running down a rafter and dropping right onto the bucket, and nowhere else of course. It was a paint bucket with a screw on cap in the lid. Apparently, it wasn't screwed on tight enough to totally seal. So, when the lid with a lip filled with water it could seep through the screw cap threads! Why me??

Nice!

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by special-K

I had a much worse "damn" last summer. The lean-to side of the barn I'm moving has a nice dry steel roof. I noticed the steep barn side of the roof, which still had old mossy cedar shakes was leaking at the bottom, starter coarse gave up the ghost. The wall of the barn would be wet in a couple areas, so I put steel on there, too. Nice and dry in there now.

On that lean-to side I have shelving with parts, shelves are about 3' deep. I needed to remove everything to get some work done. One thing I had stored there, since '07, was a posi with 3.42 ring & pinion for my '67 project. I had it in a 3 gal. plastic bucket with lid snapped tight. Good safe place for it, right? Inside under a good dry roof sealed inside a watertight container, right? I went to move it, and heard water swishing. Took the top off and for who knows how long it has been bathing in water. "How in the...????". Oh, I was highly upset! Still am.

It turns out, water had been running down a rafter and dropping right onto the bucket, and nowhere else of course. It was a paint bucket with a screw on cap in the lid. Apparently, it wasn't screwed on tight enough to totally seal. So, when the lid with a lip filled with water it could seep through the screw cap threads! Why me??

Nice!

I hear you. That kind of thing chaps me. Rumor has it, it rains some here. And when you go through elaborate precautions to protect something of value and it not only gets wet but hides the fact that it's doing so... you want to start throwing things or break stuff. Don't you have some demo you can do out there?

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by special-K

I had a much worse "damn" last summer. The lean-to side of the barn I'm moving has a nice dry steel roof. I noticed the steep barn side of the roof, which still had old mossy cedar shakes was leaking at the bottom, starter coarse gave up the ghost. The wall of the barn would be wet in a couple areas, so I put steel on there, too. Nice and dry in there now.

On that lean-to side I have shelving with parts, shelves are about 3' deep. I needed to remove everything to get some work done. One thing I had stored there, since '07, was a posi with 3.42 ring & pinion for my '67 project. I had it in a 3 gal. plastic bucket with lid snapped tight. Good safe place for it, right? Inside under a good dry roof sealed inside a watertight container, right? I went to move it, and heard water swishing. Took the top off and for who knows how long it has been bathing in water. "How in the...????". Oh, I was highly upset! Still am.

It turns out, water had been running down a rafter and dropping right onto the bucket, and nowhere else of course. It was a paint bucket with a screw on cap in the lid. Apparently, it wasn't screwed on tight enough to totally seal. So, when the lid with a lip filled with water it could seep through the screw cap threads! Why me??

Nice!

That's Terrible

Looks like it's time go go buy a couple of gallons of vinegar.

It will take care of the rust.

Maybe remove the posi stuff before hand.

[special-K]

Ce la vie. I was in shock and all I could do is think, "damn", calmly. I bought it a long time ago for this long-time project. I wanted 3.42s for it for the in between ration that is as tall as I'd want (4spd) if I never got a Gear Vendors unit and still be not too tall if I did. I've always been a 4.10 guy, but most of my life the national limit was 55mph. I was trying to change with the times but started thinking I'd rather have 3.73s with the M22. I'd also rather have an Auburn Gear posi. I guess my mind got made up for me . It would have been nice to be able to sell the 3.42 posi, though.

There's another "damn" to the bigger picture of this story. I hauled the rolling frame on a dolly back from Florida. I bought it from an abandoned project with everything rebuilt and a 4/6 drop. On the trip back I stopped for fuel in the hills north of Chatanooga. The truck stopped a bit short of where I figured it would at the pump. I pulled up a bit while looking in the rearview and saw the rear wheels turning in opposite directions. Not a good sign. The pinion nut hadn't been torqued down and had backed off, broke some ring gear teeth. I had to swap ends on the dolly. Ever haul a vehicle with the rear wheels up on the dolly? Not how it's meant to work.

The plan had been to swing by Bills Bowtie's place in S/W VA and bolt a SWB floor along with another SWB bed to this chassis and get it all up the road. I had to cancel that out. I used the 3" ratchet straps to hold the front wheels straight. Worked pretty good, except making turns . No problem on the interstate once I had them adjusted right, but every time I had to pull off, I had to stop to adjust them right a time or two. I'd get up to about 50 and it would start waggin' the tail if they weren't right. It was a white knuckle ride the rest of the trip, and a slow one. I pulled off about an hour from home and noticed the front tires were toed in too much, which meant toed out going backwards. The inner tread on both tires had about scrubbed off and I wasn't sure they'd last the rest of the way, so it was 2-lanes and about two more hours of whiter knuckles. I made it!

[davischevy]

And now a days special-K, they make videos of the road trips and get a million views on Youtube, and pay for the trip.

[special-K]

That's what I should have done. I could do a series just on making truck and parts runs like that. On the way down to Pensacola for the frame I had a GMC grille to pick up from another member in Atlanta. although that was uneventful. I had been forewarned about the terrible Atlanta rush hour and we were meeting at 7 in the Bell south parking lot. I made a stop in WVA that put me down there later than I wanted, so I pushed on and slept in the truck at a rest area just outside of the city to be sure I'd hit the urban area plenty early. I arrived about 6:45 to the parking lot. I must have been just ahead of the traffic because it was very light with no backups. We met up and I rolled south out of town going against rush hour, got to my destination before lunchtime. So, the trip down was the opposite, went very smooth.

Other Larry, you gave me an idea for a thread. No videos of parts run adventures, but how about a thread where we can tell then?

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by special-K

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Santa just went by!! Every year, when it gets close to Christmas, The Mt. Airy VFD hauls Santa down my road into town up on a pumper all lit up and waving. I never know when it will be but I have always been home and know he's coming as soon as I hear the sirens. I'm out where they first fire up the siren, around the bend before my place. I always have just enough time rush to the front porch lights switch to flash them in appreciation. I used to think I did that for my kids, but I'm here alone and I have to admit it gives me a kick. He is escorted by a couple utility units with Christmas lights. Santa is lit up on top of the pumper and when they see my lights flashing they nit the horns. I'm thrilled. Yep, still a kid

I understand this maybe even better than I wish I did, haha. I was headed to a meeting and just as I was going to go in the building a BNSF train was headed by, I stepped back where I could see it and waved at the engine and could see the silhouette moving of someone waving back. Made me chuckle at how much fun that was for me and I thought to myself, yep, I'm seven.

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by davischevy

I told the better half my friend was bringing a bell by so I could ring it when I needed her to get me something.

She said she hoped I didn't mind jingling when I walk.

I think maybe I just got this. She wasn't planning on putting it in your pocket...was she.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by davischevy

I told the better half my friend was bringing a bell by so I could ring it when I needed her to get me something.

She said she hoped I didn't mind jingling when I walk.

I bought a little bell at a swap meet for a buck.

I would ring it for my wife. She wasn't amused.

It disappeared. I think that it's buried next to my ukulele. That wasn't too popular either.

[LT7A]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I bought a little bell at a swap meet for a buck.

I would ring it for my wife. She wasn't amused.

It disappeared. I think that it's buried next to my ukulele. That wasn't too popular either.

Haha. Did you ever have bagpipes?

[special-K]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Haha. Did you ever have bagpipes?

He plays drums. Ain't that enough?