What did you do today not on your truck...

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by HoneyBeeMan68

Pulled the motor!
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I pulled my finger. My wife got mad and called me a bad name.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I pulled my finger. My wife got mad and called me a bad name.

The dad with the most cred ever told his kid to pull his finger at 4:30 AM on January 17th, 1994. (The Northridge earthquake, for you non-California folks). I don't need a finger pulled. My son's beagle/dachshund mix can drive people out of the room without my help.

After I had my (ruptured) appendix removed in '74, my insides were pretty rotten for awhile (like they've improved). I ripped one off at my sister's house in Idaho in the dead of winter, and they opened the windows when it was below freezing to get the stench out...a personal best.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

The dad with the most cred ever told his kid to pull his finger at 4:30 AM on January 17th, 1994. (The Northridge earthquake, for you non-California folks). I don't need a finger pulled. My son's beagle/dachshund mix can drive people out of the room without my help.

After I had my (ruptured) appendix removed in '74, my insides were pretty rotten for awhile (like they've improved). I ripped one off at my sister's house in Idaho in the dead of winter, and they opened the windows when it was below freezing to get the stench out...a personal best.

Mine smell like roses. And if you don't believe me come over and pull my finger.

If I cut one my dog looks at me like "You're not blaming me again buddy'.

Today I lit my mouth on fire or should I say my wife did. She brought home some tamales I'm not sure what chiles that they put in these things but they were angry little guys. WHOA!!! They were really good but they packed a punch. I was seeing dead relatives with smoke coming out of my ears.

I have some left. They'll be my lunch tomorrow. Bring on the pain!

[Boog]

You may want to fasten your seat belt when you go to the toilet next.

[special-K]

We get rust like that from trapped moisture. If that wheel sat outside bare it never would pit like that, except maybe what sank into the ground.

Having good water I can drink from the tap has it's advantages. Years ago we had a cooler and had 5 gallon jugs of spring water delivered. But I used tap water to fill my Igloo cooler for work. Guys on the job were always drinking it and commenting on how good it was. They'd ask if it was spring water. The cooler took up room in the kitchen and so did the spare jugs, had to pay for that water & cooler monthly, and it used extra electricity. I was drinking tap water all day long at work. Got rid of that cooler and put a slimline water jug with spigot in the fridge.

Years ago one day, I came home to find the garden hose laying along the driveway without the spray nozzle and figured the kids were messing around. I put the nozzle back on and went into the cellar to turn the water back on. Nothing, they had left the hose running and drained the well! As I recall, I was taking a shower within an hour.

I buy a case of spring water every year to take to Carlisle Trucks in August. It's hot and lots of thirsty people. I offer it up and usually use it up. I'll keep a couple leftovers to use as ice packs for my lunch cooler. It keeps my tap water in a glass jar nice and chilly.
Now about that rust. I hate it!!! I've been to the dry states and seen the old vehicles with no rust. I went when young and have always hoped to move back there so I could drive old vehicles all year 'round the rest of my life. Your house is your biggest investment and then comes the vehicles. That would have been a huge financial advantage for me to have moved back. My wife would say, "I'm not moving out there just so your old trucks won't rust". So I started looking at places they didn't rust as fast, like AR and the S/E where it's more like here. I had a down payment and making payments on a place in western NC when she left. Lost it.

[72c20customcamper]

To be fair the trailer is 20 plus years old and it’s been outside all its life

My water comes out of the mountain I have a cistern that it fills and a jet pump to pressurize the house. Only time I buy water is like Tim said Carlisle or other trips . But my wife does bring gallons of our water with us when it’s gone we hit the store

[mr.mud1]

we got hammered about 10 days ago or so with Hurricane Fiona,had no power for about 5 days,some folks to the east of here,still without power and crews from all over working on the situation.we didn't have much damage here but the new greenhouse i had built for my wife in the spring,took off in the wind.i found it the next morning down over a bank heading towards a stream,laying on it's side and was probably 60 feet from where it was supposed to be.i was so discouraged i didn't climb down to look at it for about a week.the man who built it stopped by and we thought we'd try to get it back up the hill,sure that whatever the ride in didn't destroy,the ride out would?well it came up the hill hooked to some chain and the tractor slicker than i ever thought it would?in a few hours we had it up the hill,leveled the pad back up and had it sitting on it's feet.amazing.there are some broken clear panels and a huge mess inside to clean up but the damage is not severe at all.we were lucky.

[Boog]

Maybe auger in some anchors now?

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Boog

Maybe auger in some anchors now?

yes sir,that's exactly what i plan to do.we're leaving for Ohio on Saturday so there won't be time before we go,but it's on my to-do list for when we get back.this sucker isn't going anywhere again.take care.Greg

[68bowtie]

Before you had a greenhouse. Now you have a greenhouse with character, and a cool story. That’s amazing it survived that.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by 68bowtie

Before you had a greenhouse. Now you have a greenhouse with character, and a cool story. That’s amazing it survived that.

yes sir.it's all good,a 100 years from now,we'll look back at this and laugh.
take care.Greg

[special-K]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

yes sir.it's all good,a 100 years from now,we'll look back at this and laugh.
take care.Greg

This was a historic storm for you, as far as tropical storms go. I wouldn't hurry about bolting that down. You probably have a good 100 years before the next one

[Steeveedee]

Yeah, that guy could build for me, too! Good that you came out OK.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by 4u2nv

I would have that guy build something for me any day , it handled that ride very well , down and back up

Originally Posted by special-K

I was thinking about you when Fiona was heading your way. I wondered how you made out. Our news dropped that story as soon as she passed to the north. A thing I dislike about news coverage. They report the hardship of those affected on the storm's way here and once it's passed, "Oh, they'll be alright up there". Time to start another story.

That's great your greenhouse survived so well and that was the worst of it

Originally Posted by special-K

This was a historic storm for you, as far as tropical storms go. I wouldn't hurry about bolting that down. You probably have a good 100 years before the next one

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Yeah, that guy could build for me, too! Good that you came out OK.

yes,we made out pretty good.the man who built the greenhouse is the same guy who built my new shop 2 years ago,then came back to build a garden shed for mowers and stuff,then again this past spring for the new greenhouse.he does great work,fast and evidently strong?
Fiona was going to,according to the predictions,hit very close to us but changed course heading more to the east.that was good for us but folks to the east got hammered.there are power crews working here from all over New England,Quebec,New Brunswick,Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island,still folks without power,10 days now.Port Aux Basques,Newfoundland got it worst than anybody i think.there were homes near the ocean washed away,it looks like Florida,i don't know how people recover but they do?i think there was 1 lady killed there when her house collapsed and it along with her,washed out to sea.my wife came home from work the other night,the same night we got power back,with a load of coffee for crews from New England and Quebec working a few miles from here where they're were a number of power poles down,wires laying on the road,and a million trees down but they were gone and as she got home,the power came back on.great work.we got hammered with Hurrican Juan about 18 or 20 years ago,it came ashore in Halifax,when we lived there.my dad was down at the his boat club worrying about his boat and was staying all night to make sure it stayed afloat and tied up.the storm surge came in,covered every car in the parking lot with salt water and water right about to the main building at the boat club,probably 200 feet from the water.unreal.it landed at a place called Point Pleasant Park at the mouth of Halifax Harbour.the park was a gift to the people of Nova Scotia a couple hundred years ago from Queen Victoria.70,000 trees were destroyed.it looked like a bomb went off.they say it'll take a 100 years for the park to recover.i will go tie this greenhouse down as soon as we get back from Ohio,just incase it's not a 100 years til the next one.take care all.Greg

[special-K]

I was thinking about you when Fiona was heading your way. I wondered how you made out. Our news dropped that story as soon as she passed to the north. A thing I dislike about news coverage. They report the hardship of those affected on the storm's way here and once it's passed, "Oh, they'll be alright up there". Time to start another story.

That's great your greenhouse survived so well and that was the worst of it

[57taskforce]

Doing some shady shiz to my new Camaro yesterday… GM accessories Dovetail spoiler install… drilling holes in a 13 year old car with only 3,000 miles on it took some brass balls. The template helped a lot. Still need to get the new stripes made and a few other things done before it’s mounted up final. None of the bolts for the end pieces or the main spoiler are present in the pictures so the alignment looks bad. It’s perfect when you tighten everything up.

[mr.mud1]

this afternoon after my wife got home from work,i loaded up her car for a roadtrip starting tomorrow morning,bright and early.we're taking off for a run to Medina,Ohio to see old friends who were supposed to come here this summer but the man is sick,fighting cancer and not doing well,so if he and his wife can't get here,we'll get to him.i'm not looking forward to this but i am.we'd like to see them but it's going to the hardest thing leaving to head home,knowing we're not likely to see him again.terrible.

[special-K]

I got that summer kitchen closed-in and free-standing, and beginning on the cornice. All cleaned up for the big party today, Ocmoberfest! This guy's nickname is Mo. People began arriving yesterday, so I shut down early and joined them.

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

this afternoon after my wife got home from work,i loaded up her car for a roadtrip starting tomorrow morning,bright and early.we're taking off for a run to Medina,Ohio to see old friends who were supposed to come here this summer but the man is sick,fighting cancer and not doing well,so if he and his wife can't get here,we'll get to him.i'm not looking forward to this but i am.we'd like to see them but it's going to the hardest thing leaving to head home,knowing we're not likely to see him again.terrible.

That will be the hard part, leaving. I hope the best for your visit.

Since the first of the year I have two friends both diagnosed with terminal cancer, both given 3-5 years. But I am fortunate that both are close enough to visit often. It's just hard knowing these are their best days now and the nature of visits will change.

[72c20customcamper]

Looking good Tim .

Brought down the last load of wood . Three loads and didn’t even make a dent in my woodpile . That a 6x14 trailer

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

this afternoon after my wife got home from work,i loaded up her car for a roadtrip starting tomorrow morning,bright and early.we're taking off for a run to Medina,Ohio to see old friends who were supposed to come here this summer but the man is sick,fighting cancer and not doing well,so if he and his wife can't get here,we'll get to him.i'm not looking forward to this but i am.we'd like to see them but it's going to the hardest thing leaving to head home,knowing we're not likely to see him again.terrible.

Safe trip , hope you have a good visit.

Originally Posted by special-K

That will be the hard part, leaving. I hope the best for your visit.

Since the first of the year I have two friends both diagnosed with terminal cancer, both given 3-5 years. But I am fortunate that both are close enough to visit often. It's just hard knowing these are their best days now and the nature of visits will change.

That is the hard part about getting older ,the more Friends we lose. Live life like there's no tomorrow.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Safe trip , hope you have a good visit.


That is the hard part about getting older ,the more Friends we lose. Live life like there's no tomorrow.

Yeah, I'm seeing it my life, too. People's lives winking out while we watch.

[4u2nv]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Doing some shady shiz to my new Camaro yesterday… GM accessories Dovetail spoiler install… drilling holes in a 13 year old car with only 3,000 miles on it took some brass balls. The template helped a lot. Still need to get the new stripes made and a few other things done before it’s mounted up final. None of the bolts for the end pieces or the main spoiler are present in the pictures so the alignment looks bad. It’s perfect when you tighten everything up.

Yep cross your fingers and hope for the best , I think you know what your doing or you wouldn't attempt it.
Should look good when all finished , what colour stripes are in the plan ??

[special-K]

I tell you, the best wood is salvage

[Getter-Done]

Well over the weekend

I done something I should have not Done.

I bought another Lathe.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by special-K

I tell you, the best wood is salvage

I remember buying wood for projects all the way back when I was in junior high, and that stuff was all about tight knots and small growth rings. After high school and the Navy, ('76) when I went to work on stuff I couldn't believe what the wood looked like. We left some of the shelves that had oil stains over there, but I'm going to look more closely at them. One problem is that my F-i-L put a hose bibb in the garage, and it sticks out of the wall to the edge of the shelves. I could scalp all those shelves off the wall and put in a shorter nipple, but those shelves have stains from oil cans being stored on them. I don't know if there would be decent wood left if I planed those shelves down. I'll have to really look. Wood one gets nowadays looks like feces. My son does handyman work and fixed some chairs for little kids at a local private school. The wood he got was grown in New Zealand, and I kid you not, the growth rings were 1/4"!