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**Boog** · 11-24-2023, 07:46 AM

We'd get older faster. I have certainly slowed down since retiring and I believe that's a lot of why my back, hips, knees, hands are feeling the effects of arthritis more and more all the time, well that and age.

mr.mud1 · 11-24-2023, 08:18 AM

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Originally Posted by special-K

What would we do if we didn't keep busy?

exactly Tim.if we weren't doing something,we'd drive our wive's nuts,well i do that anyway,just to be a pest but sitting around isn't very good.some day we'll wake up dead.what a waste.

**Lost in the 60's** · 11-24-2023, 08:45 AM

Hope all y'all had a good Thanksgiving.
We moved 4 years ago after spending the previous 19 years upgrading that house, cutting down/tearing out dozens of box elder, cottonwood and hundreds of buckthorn trees. Planting Maples, flowering crab trees and other desirable foliage/perennial flowers, etc. Damn place looked like a park and then we move... I told my wife I don't have another 19 years for that, so we are trying to cram all our large, wanted/needed, changes and additions into a 5 year program. I'm closer to 72 than 71 now and it does keep me busy and tired, but we've made all the large scale goals and are down to small landscape and house changes. Well, except for the Cedar siding that will need to be re-stained soon and I won't be doing that. I've been slowly working at restoring a '67 Camaro thru all this and only work on it in the winter. My bodyman/painter friend has been a huge help in getting that moving and we hope to have it ready for paint by spring. Then the next several winters I can work on a rotisserie restoration of my '70 Chevelle...

72c20customcamper · 11-24-2023, 11:07 AM

Didn’t post yesterdays fun two turkeys and two venison roasts pan seared and slow cooked in the crock pots

**special-K** · 11-25-2023, 09:15 AM

I had planned to do my Christmas lights but ended up doing fall clean-up. I cleaned gutters, raked up some leaves, set up the bird feeders, put away hanging baskets and carpenter bee traps, moved things around, stored some things, and organized

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Originally Posted by Boog

We'd get older faster. I have certainly slowed down since retiring and I believe that's a lot of why my back, hips, knees, hands are feeling the effects of arthritis more and more all the time, well that and age.

I'm still working and I'm sure that's not helping my arthritis. I feel good working but sure get stiff and sore from sitting. The biggest change with age I'm feeling is what I consider heavy has gotten a lot lighter. And I feel it more after.

**Boog** · 11-25-2023, 11:58 AM

Y'all be careful out there putting up decorations.

**Stocker** · 11-25-2023, 01:00 PM

**Ol Blue K20** · 11-25-2023, 02:15 PM

72c20customcamper · 11-25-2023, 07:27 PM

Picked up two trees today . Three generations

72c20customcamper · 11-25-2023, 07:30 PM

And had a little fun at home

**special-K** · 11-25-2023, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Boog

Y'all be careful out there putting up decorations.

I'm freaking out about the aluminum ladder and that electric.
Ok, I'll be careful. I am fairly adapted to ladders these days. I stopped walking my roof. The shakes are getting shabby. Don't want to hurt them or have them hurt me! The pitch is marginal for walking as it is. Next comes metal. Won't be walking that.

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Picked up two trees today . Three generations

Hopefully the tradition continues. I made sure my son brought my grand daughter each year to go cut a tree. She graduated HS this year

**Lost in the 60's** · 11-26-2023, 09:21 AM

Here's some dumb "neighbor" I know taking down his lights. He used the extension ladder on the tail gate of his pickup to put them up, but it was still a bit too short. This is far better...

**Getter-Done** · 11-26-2023, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lost in the 60's

Here's some dumb "neighbor" I know taking down his lights. He used the extension ladder on the tail gate of his pickup to put them up, but it was still a bit too short. This is far better...

Yeah

Way Better.

As long as the Tow motor stays in gear/parking brake holds and the hydraulics hold.

yuccales · 11-26-2023, 12:29 PM

I'm not a plumber, therefore I have no pipe threading tools. Needed to clean up some buggered threads on two nipples on the boiler. Went to our local ReStore and bought this Armstrong for $3.00! Wire brush and some WD and it was back in service. Did the threads perfect. I love old tools!

That faucet is there only to check the threads. Finished the welding on the smokestack also.

**special-K** · 11-27-2023, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by yuccales

I'm not a plumber, therefore I have no pipe threading tools. Needed to clean up some buggered threads on two nipples on the boiler. Went to our local ReStore and bought this Armstrong for $3.00! Wire brush and some WD and it was back in service. Did the threads perfect. I love old tools!

That faucet is there only to check the threads. Finished the welding on the smokestack also.

Wow, a Bridgeport thread cutter. That's high quality stuff right there. The best of the best

72c20customcamper · 11-28-2023, 07:35 PM

Started the live edge counter top for the kitchen . I must have mislabeled these I thought I pulled hickory but it’s curvy maple . Didn’t notice the waves till I planed down the one board . Oh well it’ll be real nice I was going to use this wood for a table but I have plenty more

**Steeveedee** · 11-28-2023, 08:27 PM

Nice! I have a bit of that around here.

**Getter-Done** · 11-28-2023, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Started the live edge counter top for the kitchen . I must have mislabeled these I thought I pulled hickory but it’s curvy maple . Didn’t notice the waves till I planed down the one board . Oh well it’ll be real nice I was going to use this wood for a table but I have plenty more

That looks Nice

**special-K** · 11-29-2023, 07:04 AM

Maple makes a great countertop and that is some great looking maple

**allchevy58** · 11-30-2023, 10:57 PM

Been working on the new house, evenings and weekends. Built shelter between conx's, wife's doing electrical, friend is doing the plumbing. Windows got delivered today, my son is coming over this weekend to help install windows.

72c20customcamper · 12-01-2023, 08:10 PM

Glued up the countertop. Got me one of those big bad gas rangetops

**special-K** · 12-02-2023, 09:19 AM

That wood be nice

72c20customcamper · 12-02-2023, 09:34 AM

It’s pretty rewarding knowing I felled the tree and milled the wood . Took three years for it to dry enough to use . I now have at least twice the amount of wood stickered up

72c20customcamper · 12-02-2023, 10:00 AM

Yesterday I harvested some Chaga got 4 big ones

**special-K** · 12-02-2023, 10:58 AM

That's a good load on there

11-24-2023, 07:46 AM	#4926
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,435	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... We'd get older faster. I have certainly slowed down since retiring and I believe that's a lot of why my back, hips, knees, hands are feeling the effects of arthritis more and more all the time, well that and age. __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

11-24-2023, 08:45 AM	#4928
Lost in the 60's Active Member Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Twin Cites, MN Posts: 198	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Hope all y'all had a good Thanksgiving. We moved 4 years ago after spending the previous 19 years upgrading that house, cutting down/tearing out dozens of box elder, cottonwood and hundreds of buckthorn trees. Planting Maples, flowering crab trees and other desirable foliage/perennial flowers, etc. Damn place looked like a park and then we move... I told my wife I don't have another 19 years for that, so we are trying to cram all our large, wanted/needed, changes and additions into a 5 year program. I'm closer to 72 than 71 now and it does keep me busy and tired, but we've made all the large scale goals and are down to small landscape and house changes. Well, except for the Cedar siding that will need to be re-stained soon and I won't be doing that. I've been slowly working at restoring a '67 Camaro thru all this and only work on it in the winter. My bodyman/painter friend has been a huge help in getting that moving and we hope to have it ready for paint by spring. Then the next several winters I can work on a rotisserie restoration of my '70 Chevelle...

11-24-2023, 11:07 AM	#4929
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,626	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Didn’t post yesterdays fun two turkeys and two venison roasts pan seared and slow cooked in the crock pots Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

11-25-2023, 11:58 AM	#4931
Boog laying low Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Searcy, Ark. USA Posts: 13,435	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Y'all be careful out there putting up decorations. Attached Images __________________ Boog 69 Chevy stepside, 358/T350, 4.11 posi, 4.5/4 drop, rallys, poboy driver primer is finer 91 Chevy sportside, Tahoe, Yukon & GMC Crewcab All GM..'nuff said. I stand for the flag and kneel at the cross

11-25-2023, 01:00 PM	#4932
Stocker 20' Daredevil (Ret) Join Date: May 2003 Location: Jefferson State Posts: 13,689	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... __________________ - Mike - 1972 K20 LWB 350/350/205 RIP El Jay

11-25-2023, 02:15 PM	#4933
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11-25-2023, 07:27 PM	#4934
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,626	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Picked up two trees today . Three generations Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

11-25-2023, 07:30 PM	#4935
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,626	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... And had a little fun at home Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

11-26-2023, 09:21 AM	#4937
Lost in the 60's Active Member Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Twin Cites, MN Posts: 198	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Here's some dumb "neighbor" I know taking down his lights. He used the extension ladder on the tail gate of his pickup to put them up, but it was still a bit too short. This is far better...

11-26-2023, 12:29 PM	#4939
yuccales Registered User Join Date: May 2011 Location: Northern Calif. Posts: 3,743	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... I'm not a plumber, therefore I have no pipe threading tools. Needed to clean up some buggered threads on two nipples on the boiler. Went to our local ReStore and bought this Armstrong for $3.00! Wire brush and some WD and it was back in service. Did the threads perfect. I love old tools! That faucet is there only to check the threads. Finished the welding on the smokestack also. Attached Images

11-28-2023, 07:35 PM	#4941
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,626	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Started the live edge counter top for the kitchen . I must have mislabeled these I thought I pulled hickory but it’s curvy maple . Didn’t notice the waves till I planed down the one board . Oh well it’ll be real nice I was going to use this wood for a table but I have plenty more Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.

11-28-2023, 08:27 PM	#4942
Steeveedee Who Changed This? Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Simi Valley, CA Posts: 10,582	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Nice! I have a bit of that around here. __________________ ~Steven '70 Chevy 3/4T Longhorn CST 402/400/3.56 Custom Camper Simi Valley, CA

11-29-2023, 07:04 AM	#4944
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11-30-2023, 10:57 PM	#4945
allchevy58 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Reno, Nv. Posts: 1,436	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Been working on the new house, evenings and weekends. Built shelter between conx's, wife's doing electrical, friend is doing the plumbing. Windows got delivered today, my son is coming over this weekend to help install windows. Attached Images __________________ 1927 Willy's Knight 24,000 original miles, 1958 Impala 283/Powerglide, 1971 Monte Carlo 350/350, 1972 GMC K2500 350/350, 1976 Chev. K10 350/350, 2006 GMC Sierra 2500HD LBZ Duramax/Allison, 2006 Chev. Silverado K3500 LBZ Duramax/Allison

12-01-2023, 08:10 PM	#4946
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,626	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... Glued up the countertop. Got me one of those big bad gas rangetops Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.



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12-02-2023, 09:19 AM	#4947
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... That wood be nice __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

12-02-2023, 09:34 AM	#4948
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 8,626	Re: What did you do today not on your truck... It’s pretty rewarding knowing I felled the tree and milled the wood . Took three years for it to dry enough to use . I now have at least twice the amount of wood stickered up Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary. Last edited by 72c20customcamper; 12-02-2023 at 09:43 AM.

12-02-2023, 10:00 AM	#4949
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12-02-2023, 10:58 AM	#4950
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