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

[allchevy58]

Originally Posted by Gotenntitans

You got some cool stuff in there. I'm digging the '58. My dad had a copper & cream '56 when he was in high school and his friend had a black '58 Convertible. They kept the girls AND the deer running at night!

I like '58's best of the '55-'58 years. Maybe it's from watching American Graffiti, but I just think it's a prettier car.

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

Yesterday I moved a short wall over in my shed where we have a stand up freezer ,, getting a new one this comin Sunday and its wider.

As for the nice cars AllChevy 58 has ,,and they are really nice

the 58 reminded me of when I was staying with my SIS in Possum Grape Arkansas and my BIL sent me to Newport Ar to buy and anttena and speaker for the radio the 58 Biscayne he had in it ,,and install them,,, it was a used cop car and not sure what motor was in it ,, but to me it had a lot of horse power ,,and I did get on it a bit going and coming .. this was 1962

Thanks. My grandma bought the 58' brand new and always said it would be mine. When she passed in 1980, I drove the car from southern California with 51,000 miles.

[dave6672]

Originally Posted by allchevy58

Thanks. My grandma bought the 58' brand new and always said it would be mine. When she passed in 1980, I drove the car from southern California with 51,000 miles.

That's cool. I wish I had one of my grandparents old cars, my grandfather had some neat ones.

[GOPAPA]

Yesterday I moved a short wall over in my shed where we have a stand up freezer ,, getting a new one this comin Sunday and its wider.

As for the nice cars AllChevy 58 has ,,and they are really nice

the 58 reminded me of when I was staying with my SIS in Possum Grape Arkansas and my BIL sent me to Newport Ar to buy and anttena and speaker for the radio the 58 Biscayne he had in it ,,and install them,,, it was a used cop car and not sure what motor was in it ,, but to me it had a lot of horse power ,,and I did get on it a bit going and coming .. this was 1962

[tutone]

Put the Log Hogger to work. Skids a 12' -25" red oak without any trouble.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by tutone

Put the Log Hogger to work. Skids a 12' -25" red oak without any trouble.

Looks like it works well . I just use the backhoe on mine

[tutone]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Looks like it works well . I just use the backhoe on mine

There are many times a backhoe would be handy. But I just don't have one.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by tutone

There are many times a backhoe would be handy. But I just don't have one.

I couldn’t do without it .

[special-K]

I made carpenter bee traps

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

I made carpenter bee traps

I have no idea what a carpenter bee is? Are they bee's that can build you a deck or frame a house?


I hung my Sputnik lamp today. I'm going for the 60's vibe in the house like when it was built. Excuse the mess. The place is still under seemingly endless construction.

The floor is already being put in and those sliding doors are going bye bye. I'm putting in French doors. I don't know why they call them French doors. They aren't from France. Kind of like French fries.

Those round circles in the ceiling are skylights. I keep trying to turn the lights off but then realize that the lights are already off. I was dropped on my head as a child.

[special-K]

Sliding glass doors are so '60s. Taking them out? I don't get why they call them French doors either. Wouldn't that be a porte?

there are carpenter ants, too, and neither build anything. They destroy wooden structures. They call them carpenter bees so you know who to call to fix your house. That's great if California doesn't have those. They bore a whole that looks like it was drilled with a 3/8" bit, but that's just the beginning. They hollow out a chamber to lay eggs. They come back every year and multiply till you have these aerial dog fights between males. You can hear them munching away inside the board. These traps trick them and they work. They crawl in, fall into the jar and can't get out

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by special-K

They call them carpenter bees so you know who to call to fix your house. That's great if California doesn't have those.

Trust me Tim, California has carpenter bees. They have been devouring my woodshed for years. I really should make some traps.

Paul, if you are missing out on the fun, I'll be glad to ship some to you. You could start a new colony of them. No need to thank me.

[Steeveedee]

I had them in my previous pergola. Tore it down and built another. I should put out some traps and cover the sides so the wife doesn't have to look at them dying.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I had them in my previous pergola. Tore it down and built another. I should put out some traps and cover the sides so the wife doesn't have to look at them dying.

The container doesn't need to be clear. They really work. Just tell your wife they die a blissful death dreaming of boring 3/8" holes in soft wood for eternity

[Getter-Done]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I had them in my previous pergola. Tore it down and built another. I should put out some traps and cover the sides so the wife doesn't have to look at them dying.

Yes paint or cover the jar.

Well you could explain it like this

When the Woodpeckers (Woody Wood pecker) Show up it is to late.

I ran them off before it was to late.

If these Bees find a Comfort spot / The Wood Peckers will Follow.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by special-K

The container doesn't need to be clear. They really work. Just tell your wife they die a blissful death dreaming of boring 3/8" holes in soft wood for eternity

Originally Posted by Getter-Done

Yes paint or cover the jar.

Well you could explain it like this

When the Woodpeckers (Woody Wood pecker) Show up it is to late.

I ran them off before it was to late.

If these Bees find a Comfort spot / The Wood Peckers will Follow.

I'll have to check the current pergola, it's been there a few years. Haven't seen any woodpeckers around, but I don't often go out in the back yard.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Trust me Tim, California has carpenter bees. They have been devouring my woodshed for years. I really should make some traps.

Paul, if you are missing out on the fun, I'll be glad to ship some to you. You could start a new colony of them. No need to thank me.

Uh... Yeah... I think I'll take a pass on that generous offer. You can keep em.

I've got enough problems with the dang termites munching away on my house.

I think I've seen those carpenter bees. I just never knew the name. They're the big ones? I had a bunch of them buzz bomb me when I was working at some trashy vacant house and they were in the wall. They didn't sting me but it was unpleasant.

The trouble with the sliding doors is that it's a wrestling match to get them to slide and my wife doesn't like them. The key being she doesn't like them. She wants French doors. Enough said. I'd probably just keep them but we all know how that goes. Why fight a battle that you know you'll lose. Just bust out the white flag and admit defeat. French doors it is!!

Now I have to replace 4 sets of sliding doors with the French ones. That may be more unpleasant than the carpenter bees attacking me. $$$

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I think I've seen those carpenter bees. I just never knew the name. They're the big ones? I had a bunch of them buzz bomb me when I was working at some trashy vacant house and they were in the wall. They didn't sting me but it was unpleasant.

Yep, they are big. Kinda resemble bumblebees but maybe a bit bigger. Not aggressive though, thankfully. I have battled them countless times, usually with an electric flyswatter -- which rarely hurts them.
If I'm lucky it knocks them down so I can step on them. Sometimes they still fly off -- tough little buggers. Never been stung by one (yet!).

[tutone]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Trust me Tim, California has carpenter bees. They have been devouring my woodshed for years. I really should make some traps.

Paul, if you are missing out on the fun, I'll be glad to ship some to you. You could start a new colony of them. No need to thank me.

A glass of ice tea and a badmitton racquet. Good exersize if you ask me. I've heard the white faced ones don't sting.

[Ol Blue K20]

My kids,used to catch the carpenter bees. Then put them in the freezer, once cold they would tie a thread around them. Once they warmed up they take em for fly on the thread. I used to have a bunch of flying around with thread for weeks.....

[Stocker]

^^^^

[FleetsidePaul]

Today. I enjoyed the sound of silence. No contractors pounding on stuff. Nobody bugging me. Just quiet for a change. Didn't get anything done but it was a welcome day off.

[RustyPile]

We live out in the sticks of East Texas, very low populated, rural area. We have this small 14 year old mixed breed dog that, due to predators, lives in the house with us.

It doesn't normally freeze during the winter around here, but the last 2 winters, we've had several days of hard freeze.. Killed a lot of shrubbery and grass that hasn't recovered. This spring, the weeds have taken over the lawn. Among them is a species that has spike covered seed pods that sticks to the dogs feet.. The old dog has an overbite and can't remove the spikes from her feet, so we have to "pick her feet" every time she goes outside.

I went to the local Tractor Supply and bought one of those 25 gallon liquid spreaders. Brought it home and set it up in my lawn tractor's dump trailer. I sprayed 2,4-D weed killer on the yard yesterday, (it's 1 1/2 acres).. And today the weeds have already started to wilt down.. The dog thanked me all day today.

[Steeveedee]

Probably what we call "goat-head" weed out here. That stuff is nasty, and I'll expect that you'll have to pick the stickers out for awhile yet. Fun story. When we moved into our first house in the '50s, my dad told us not to go out back because of those stickers. Well, at the ages of 3 and 4, my brother and I ran out back, anyway, barefoot. So there we were, standing in the stickers, crying our eyes out, afraid to move, but the stickers in our feet still hurting... My dad came out and carried us into the house and my mom pulled the stickers out. Funny, now, 60+ years later.

[special-K]

For $20k you got an RV that's new, 41 years newer!

[72c20customcamper]

Guys you aren’t buying a new class A motorhome for 20k more . For 100k you’re getting a late 90s early 2000s so 10 to 15 years newer. A new Airstream Classic is 180k and you’re waiting 6 months . The little 16ft Bambi is 60k .

The new Dutch star like mine is over 550k when my dad bought it in 2004 it was 125k after he traded in a 1998 Dutch star