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

[FleetsidePaul]

I didn't do anything but Froggy is on the truck heading home from Tucson AZ.

I can't wait to open up that 2180 in the desert. I'll probably roll it. But it has a roll cage and I have a hard head.

[3757chevy]

Our town has been duck race fundraising for years. https://game-fundraising.com/directo...ates/colorado/

[3757chevy]

I sold an old drivers door shell off my old 67 C10 to a guy who is working on his sisters 69 C20 that she has had since 1976.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Not familiar with this event and how do you explain it to the environmentalist?

In fact, I would be surprised if they were not there protesting. Just curious.

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Right, I don't get it, either-are those actually ducklings?

Small plastic ducks for fundraising events.... They have numbers on the bottom and a few are netted as they float down stream to determine the winners of the prizes. Around here they have a large net downstream a ways to catch them. Some may also be bio-degradable....

LockDoc

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

Small plastic ducks for fundraising events.... They have numbers on the bottom and a few are netted as they float down stream to determine the winners of the prizes. Around here they have a large net downstream a ways to catch them. Some may also be bio-degradable....

LockDoc

I should have realized that they weren't live ducklings. We had family friends who raised chickens, and the pictures made me think of all those chicks running around the (mega) coops. They'd get about 40,000 at a time!

[FleetsidePaul]

That looks like my rubber ducky that I play with in the bathtub.

There's nothing wrong or weird with that? Right?

Nah. I didn't think so.

[CG]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

That looks like my rubber ducky that I play with in the bathtub.

There's nothing wrong or weird with that? Right?

Nah. I didn't think so.

I guess it depends on what the underside of your rubber ducky looks like =)

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

That looks like my rubber ducky that I play with in the bathtub.

There's nothing wrong or weird with that? Right?

Nah. I didn't think so.

Originally Posted by CG

I guess it depends on what the underside of your rubber ducky looks like =)

If it has a winning number on the bottom I could see you becoming attached. You know , sentimental reasons.

[GOPAPA]

My wifes boss some years ago had the winning number of a plastic duck that floated down the Cowlitiz River into the Columbia River ,, she does not remember anymore what he won ,, but there were like 10,000 ducks let loose and the almost all of them went to the Pacific Ocean and back with the tides until they finally went away.

[62c30]

Bought this today to trade for a 56 Chevy big back window. My wife is in love with the thing I don't think I can trade it now. Out of all the different cars and trucks I've brought home over the last 15 years this is the only one she has wanted, I figured she'd want me to park it somewhere else so it didn't lower the property value.

[mr.mud1]

well,i'm still waiting for the word to take my truck in for paint,so as not to waste a beautiful day and a convertible sitting in the shop,off we went on a little adventure,stopping in Advocate Harbour,Spencer's Island where there's a monument about the "Mystery ship Mary Celeste" built right there at Spencer's Island,a stop at a friend's yard with a giant anchor in the yard and some blueberry picking on the side of the road.all good.maybe i'll get the word to bring the truck for paint tomorrow?hope so.

[cab4word67]

Originally Posted by LockDoc

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Raining here today, (finally) so I decided to bake some Chocolate Waffle Cookies. This was my moms recipe and waffle iron and she has been gone for close to 20 years. A good way to remember her....

Wife and I also baked a Custard Pie. She makes the crust and I make the filling. Anyone else remember their mom or Grandma baking the left over crust with sugar and cinnamon on it? Yummy!

LockDoc

Yes I do my grandma used to roll up the extra crust with the cinnamon

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by cab4word67

Yes I do my grandma used to roll up the extra crust with the cinnamon

I will have the wife try it that way next time. Thanks!

LockDoc

[Rich84]

I took my Dad to a car show on Sunday. It was hot but overcast so not too uncomfortable. I was the 653 vehicle in. He was all over all the 50's cars. It was fun. He was telling me what year they were as we approached each one. He used to paint cars in the 60's, so he was admiring some of the paint jobs we saw.
He was telling me that the used to wet sand with 400 grit and gasoline.

[FleetsidePaul]

Well my Bug was delivered today. What a fiasco. These guys show up with a flatbed. No winch, no tilt bed, no nothing. Then they tell me that I need to back it off a REALLY long trailer because they don't know how to drive a stick shift.

I have terrible balance. I have Neuropathy. It jacks up my balance big time. No way am I going up on that trailer. I'll probably fall off.

So we decide to push it. But I live in the hills and we're pushing uphill. Thank god I didn't buy another Cadillac because that little VW was heavy. First hard days work I've done in a while.

But I got her home and she runs good. Just a few cosmetics to clean up. I still don't like the color but my wife does so you know how that goes. It stays green. It doesn't need the rocks as tire chalks, I'm just paranoid. Garage doors are expensive and that driveway is steeper than it looks.

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

well,i'm still waiting for the word to take my truck in for paint,so as not to waste a beautiful day and a convertible sitting in the shop,off we went on a little adventure,stopping in Advocate Harbour,Spencer's Island where there's a monument about the "Mystery ship Mary Celeste" built right there at Spencer's Island,a stop at a friend's yard with a giant anchor in the yard and some blueberry picking on the side of the road.all good.maybe i'll get the word to bring the truck for paint tomorrow?hope so.

Looks like a beautiful day! Now that's a boat anchor!

[RodnRudy]

I spent most of the afternoon removing the radiator in my daughters Jeep Wrangler. What a pain! And it was 85 in the garage so the fan didn't help much. Got a replacement coming from NAPA tomorrow, I just hope I remember where everything goes.

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Not familiar with this event and how do you explain it to the environmentalist?

In fact, I would be surprised if they were not there protesting. Just curious.

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Right, I don't get it, either-are those actually ducklings?

I just dumped rubber ducks like you plated with in the tub as a kid. They dropped in chain link fence to catch them all. Home Depot buckets with hole in them to dridge them all out of the river. The ducks are shipped all over the world for different events.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Looks like a beautiful day! Now that's a boat anchor!

yes sir,it was a gorgeous day and you're correct,that's an anchor.it's a monster.a friend of mine who is in his late 70's was born there and he said that anchor was there before he was.his father took a team of horses down on the beach at low tide and drug it up to where it now.that house is only 100 yards from the beach.evidently,years ago it was common to find anchors like that.the fisherman used to complain that their nets would catch on them so they weren't long dragging them in whenever they found them.i've been trying for a while to buy that anchor but no luck...yet.

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by 62c30

Bought this today to trade for a 56 Chevy big back window. My wife is in love with the thing I don't think I can trade it now. Out of all the different cars and trucks I've brought home over the last 15 years this is the only one she has wanted, I figured she'd want me to park it somewhere else so it didn't lower the property value.

I like this truck.

Did you decide to keep it or trade?

[special-K]

Back to my barn move project a little. I got everything cut back and ready for the move on this side. I want to get back to this and get it done. I need to put beans across the bottom between posts and it will be ready to move

[62c30]

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

I like this truck.

Did you decide to keep it or trade?

I guess it's staying

[Rickysnickers]

No pictures, but this last weekend I worked at the track. Street Outlaws/No Prep Kings were filming an episode. What a zoo it was....

[67C10Step]

Got the drive shafts and skid plate out of my jeep project last night. Drained the T-case and transmission for removal this weekend most likely. Working my way to a flywheel/clutch replace.

[mr.mud1]

well yesterday i had my old wagon for a little run up the road to see if an old friend wanted to go with me to see all the old cars at the Masstown Market in Masstown,Nova Scotia with me and on the way back home i saw a couple old Airstream trailers on the side of road,one from New Hampshire and the other from Vermont.New Hampshire was missing a wheel and 4 folks there wondering what to do.i stopped to see if i could help.they had ruined a hub,some bearings,brake shoes,backing plate.they were in a mess.the man who owned it was on the phone looking for a big deck truck and somewhere to take it.i knew that wasn't to go well on a Friday and the long Labour Day weekend coming so i said drag that thing around the corner to my place and we'll get it fixed up.they were a little surprised but they did,we did a little inventory of what was messed up,what was missing and i sent them to a trailer shop an hour away for parts while i stayed and cut off what was left of bearings off the axle stub.i did take the wheel apart in front of the messed up one,to check it and give them those bearings so they'd have the part numbers and not come back with the wrong parts.once i got those bearings out and had a look,they were a mess too,even rusty.they hadn't failed but it was going to happen someday soon.i told them to get an extra set of bearings and i'd do that wheel too and suggested that it wouldn't hurt to do the other side but they thought they were fine??anyhow it wasn't how i planned to spend my day but it's all good,about 8:30 pm,they pulled out,ready to roll.the campground they were supposed to at for the night didn't happen but they're on the road again,2 weeks of their 3 week vacation here salvaged.beautiful trailers as well,1 a 1963 and the other a 1960.pretty cool.