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

[FleetsidePaul]

I ordered new flooring for the entire house today. Or should I say that my contractor did. I was busy lying in the corner in the fetal position, crying, and asking myself why did I buy such a big house.
They aint givin that stuff away and it was a big order.

[special-K]

It hurts but at least you're going through with it. I'm running into people backing out on jobs I had lined up due to fear of spending the money. So, the chain reaction begins. I can't spend money if I can't make money. Even though I work on my own house, I am stalled for lack of material funds. And we are having great weather for gittin' a jump on spring! I found a house I want so bad but can't get my place ready to sell. Spring is in the air and my phone isn't ringing.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

It hurts but at least you're going through with it. I'm running into people backing out on jobs I had lined up due to fear of spending the money. So, the chain reaction begins. I can't spend money if I can't make money. Even though I work on my own house, I am stalled for lack of material funds. And we are having great weather for gittin' a jump on spring! I found a house I want so bad but can't get my place ready to sell. Spring is in the air and my phone isn't ringing.

That's so different than here. I can't get anyone to answer the phone. I'm getting stood up more than an ugly girl with a canker sore. It's costing money to fix this place up but I knew that going in and I have a slush fund from the place I sold. I'm basically rolling the money over from the last house to this one. It's a lot more house for the same money and that was the plan. I just like to complain about spending money on practical things. I'd rather buy toys.

I believe (hope) that I have some good contractors now. They're going to start tearing the place up today. The bad weather has slowed things down. The canyon had a rockslide and that road is closed and it's the main way to get here from Bakersfield. 2 gas stations were out of gas the other day and the shelves in the store are getting thin so it's not just me. So please I'm cut off here. Send food and water....No. Scratch that... Send women and beer.

[special-K]

I'm sure things are the same here as out there, but not the same for me. I'm do a small volume of work and that doesn't get the word out very well. And I live in a rural area where I get little exposure. I get work through references only. But I am seeing that people are getting leery on spending. Maybe it's just these particular people in my small pool of potential customers. Mainly I'm hitting a lull due to the next job dropping out (he's retired), another decided to hold off due to other expenses coming up (not that he doesn't have the money), and another that involved ordering in materials that will take a few weeks. I'm about done my present job and only have one other petty job for that few weeks gap. I just told the guy who wants to hold off that I'd like to go ahead with his project to keep moving so I'm available when more work comes in. He can pay up later this month. He's a little funny about spending. He actually has a sort of deadline because he started this project w/o a permit. It's a shed that is a bit over the square footage allowed w/o a permit and his neighbor just applied for permits for an addition. There will be inspectors coming around before long. Things can sure get convoluted

[FleetsidePaul]

Yes they can. I kinda sweated a shed that I put up w/o a permit as well as a fence and covered patio. It was all built to code but I didn't get permits. But I never heard from anyone and it never came up when I sold.

[special-K]

I figure code is the minimum quality, right? I'm saying, building below code deserves the wrath of the gov't. Build to code w/o a permit and you're just shorting your county of free money. Oh, I'm sorry. I meant you're just not paying for the inspector you didn't need anyway. I've been turned in a time or two and the impact was minimal due to the quality.

We had a hail storm that damaged 5,000 house (aluminum siding) in Nov '94. The county smelled money and began requiring a building permit to install siding. Yeah right! What's being built and what are they protecting? I hadn't heard about that trumped up BS, was doing a house, and an inspector came next door to a porch job. He walked over and asked if I had a permit and I laughed and said "You're kidding, right?". I asked what the fine was for no permit and he said $75. I told him sounds good to me. I did a heap more houses, never got a permit. I'd rather give up $75 on each house so I can jump from house to house and keep on making money rather than wait a couple weeks or more to be allowed to start

[FleetsidePaul]

[QUOTE=special-K;9183506 I hadn't heard about that trumped up BS, as doing a house, and an inspector came next door to a porch job. He walked over and asked if I had a permit. I laughed and said "You're kidding, right?". I asked what the fine was for no permit and he said $75. I did a heap more houses, never got a permit. I'd rather give up $75 on each job so I can jump from house to house and keep on making money rather than wait a couple weeks or more to be allowed to start, after spending nonproductive time down at the county offices.[/QUOTE]

That's why I didn't get permits. Why should I pay the money grubbing county to send their clown out to tell me if my stuff is up to par or not? My stuff isn't up to par... It's better.

I've still got the oak tree stump next to the pool. It has proved to be a worthy advisary. 3 guys, a tractor, a 4 wheel drive truck with a winch, Jackhammers and saw's all afternoon. It won't budge. They're going to have to grind it. It aint givin up.

I saw the funniest thing today. My buddy Sonny is an electrician. He was checking the pool house panel and was walking out and opened the gate and the entire fence just fell over. He just stood there with the gate in his hands looking like WTF? It was priceless, I only wish that I had a camera to record it. I must have laughed for 10 minutes.

[72c20customcamper]

Spent a crapload of cash today . First picture is from the internet second is the unit I bought , my cousin who passed away about a month ago bought it last year . His wife called asked if I was interested in it as she has no use for it. My bil is buying the smaller Deere he had also about the same size of my current BX25 .

Guess I won’t be looking for another truck for a while

[FleetsidePaul]

That's a really nice tractor Mark. I was looking at those Kubota's and then saw the prices and ran like a scardy cat. I'll bet that bad boy put a dent in the ole wallet.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

That's a really nice tractor Mark. I was looking at those Kubota's and then saw the prices and ran like a scardy cat. I'll bet that bad boy put a dent in the ole wallet.

Yes it's big investment that I wasnt planning on . But I really needed a bigger tractor as I tend to overwork my little bx on a regular basis.

[tutone]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Yes it's big investment that I wasnt planning on . But I really needed a bigger tractor as I tend to overwork my little bx on a regular basis.

That's a nice rig. I really like the backhoe attachment. Although I really dont have a need for one, it would come in handy this year. We have a row of 10 cedars that died and I have to get them out of the ground and burn them.
Hopefully mine will pull them out.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by tutone

That's a nice rig. I really like the backhoe attachment. Although I really dont have a need for one, it would come in handy this year. We have a row of 10 cedars that died and I have to get them out of the ground and burn them.
Hopefully mine will pull them out.

The thumb on the backhoe will come on handy for moving logs around

[tutone]

Night before last, a friend of mine texted me to see if I wanted to hit the road for a look at another 1969 camaro. This makes several trips we have made looking for a solid driver that wasnt full of mud and priced decently. So we pulled out at 8 am yesterday for a town near E-town Ky. We got there around lunch to look at this car. Red on red and at best it was a 10 footer. Not the worst I have seen, but not without issues. The guy was a dealer/flipper and had a lot of inventory scattered around town getting ready for Pigeon Forge next month. Some of his cars in the garage with the red 69 were super nice cars. So before we could get away, the guy said, "I have a Lemans Blue one in a garage in town. It's not priced like this one, but its a really nice car." Jeff almost said forget it. Long story short, the hunt is over, the car was nice, the price was livable, and he is happy. No more road trips, Woohoo.

[Boog]

^^^ I don't know what he paid for it but that looks like a real nice car. They don't ALL have to be numbers matching Z28s to be desirable. The way I see it, that car is much more enjoyable than something you would be afraid to drive and park near another car.

[tutone]

[quote=Boog;9185317]^^^ I don't know what he paid for it but that looks like a real nice car. They don't ALL have to be numbers matching Z28s to be desirable. The way I see it, that car is much more enjoyable than something you would be afraid to drive and park near another car.[/quot
10 yrs ago, you could buy a nice z28 for what he paid. But you are right, they are so overpriced it's not funny. You are hard pressed to build one cause solid roller prices are crazy. I am afraid that the c10s are gonna follow suit. I'm seeing that already . Freakin Ebay and Barrett Jackson. We unloaded it at his house and he took me home in it. It is a good ride.

[special-K]

I kind of prefer that one over the higher sought after higher performance Camaros. The 350 was an upgrade, though not a Z/28 or big block, and a healthy mill for a Camaro. And the vinyl top sets it off as not trying to be more than it is, meaning implanted rallye stripes, SS, or Z/28 hood. Added power option, added trim/luxury option on the top, and rallye wheels. Just as with the trucks, I used to go straight for top of the line with all the bells & whistles, but now prefer the more individual combinations of options that once were possible. It's a good looking car that will be fun to drive. I have always been a 4spd guy, no automatics in a performance car for me. But I think I'd prefer a console shift automatic and air conditioning in one like that (with posi/3.73s/tach )

[tutone]

Originally Posted by special-K

Is Cracker Barrel's syrup actually pure maple syrup? If it is that's great. A lot of syrup claims to be pure, but it isn't.

Here is the answer. Nope. But it is good. I got a bottle. 10 bucks worth. Nothing hit me in the back, like my change, as I was going out the door.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by tutone

Here is the answer. Nope. But it is good. I got a bottle. 10 bucks worth. Nothing hit me in the back, like my change, as I was going out the door.

100% natural doesn't mean 100% pure. Obviously.

I heard that McDonalds bought meat packing plants for their burger patties and named them "100% Beef' so they could say we use "100% Beef'. Pretty tricky.

[Steeveedee]

Even if it has lips and ears mixed in with the muscle meat, it's still beef...

[special-K]

Originally Posted by tutone

Nope. But it is good.

That's what counts.

Maple products, not just syrup, are big up home where my mom lives. Maple candy, maple everything. My friends say there is very little 100% pure that is sold. Got to harvest and make your own for that. ain't that right, Mark? Nothing better than breakfast at my friend's house when I go up, homemade sausage, buckwheat cakes, and syrup off the farm. Coffee is imported .

I have a bathroom sink faucet leaking. Go to shut supply lines down and hot is froze open. I went in to town for a new valve and an o-ring (thicker than ones in my kit). We have the best dang plumbing supply house right in our little town. Family run and been there since before the population explosion that started in the '90s. Creeky old wood floor, everything you could possibly need, and sales people are plumbers required to put a day a week in the store. They had individual o-rings in every size and gauge. And the one gal who works there is so sweet! She wasn't the one helping me but I got a big smile and a hello. I'm hoping I have more plumbing problems soon . I dealt with the older feller and we always chat it up a bit. Who can say the highlight of their day is going in to the supply house like I do every time? Only problem now is I have work to do

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

Spent the day cleaning the other cars for the upcoming Portland Roadster Show as we finally had a small dry weather break.

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by CAMAROBOY68SS

Spent the day cleaning the other cars for the upcoming Portland Roadster Show as we finally had a small dry weather break.

Nice , that '56 is wild.

[CAMAROBOY68SS]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Nice , that '56 is wild.

Thanks! Yeah the 56 is a true early 60s custom that has survived all these years. Car has been through a ringer all its life, but its been a full custom car since late 1957.

[3757chevy]

Looks like 57 Chrysler headlights and 56 Fairlane park lamps.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 3757chevy

Looks like 57 Chrysler headlights and 56 Fairlane park lamps.

I like it, too. A touch of nostalgia right there! Tastefully done custom. Choice of color, wheels, whitewall width, touches on all corners, down the side, and inside.