My Facetruck thread.

[Ol Blue K20]

When I drink hard alcohol, I have always preferred sour mash whiskey. Jack Daniels is my favorite.

[harpo231]

Jeremiah Weed !!

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by harpo231

Jeremiah Weed !!

I've had more than my fair share of that.....thank god I haven't seen that in a long time!

[Dustmaker65]

LMAO...just read thru most of these pages(kinda bored at work). You guys crack me up.

Glad everyone is keeping to their diets! Just to brag a little bit though....I lost over 120 pounds THREE times in my life! And I don't think I have ever weighed over 190 pounds!

Oh, I had home made Belgium Waffle with natural Maple syrup.

[special-K]

Three divorces, ey?

[davischevy]

A woman who had been married three times walked into a bridal shop one day and told the sales clerk that she was looking for a wedding gown for her fourth wedding.
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"Of course, madam,"* replied the sales clerk,* "exactly what type and color dress are you looking for?"
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The bride-to-be said,* "A long frilly white dress with a veil."
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"Please don't take this the wrong way, madam, but such dresses are usually more fitting for the first time bride who is more innocent in the ways of life, if you get my meaning."
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"WELL!,"** replied the customer, a little peeved at the clerk's directness,* "I can assure you that a white gown would be quite appropriate.*** Believe it or not, despite all my marriages, I remain as innocent as a first-time bride.
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You see, my first husband was so excited about our wedding, he died as we were checking into our honeymoon hotel.
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My second husband and I got into such a terrible fight in the limo on our way to our honeymoon hotel that we had that wedding annulled immediately and never spoke to each other again."
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"What about your third husband?"
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"That one was a politician",* said the woman,* "and every night for four years, he just sat on the edge of the bed and told me how good it was going to be, but nothing ever happened."
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[Killer Bee]

^ good one!

nothing exciting to eat today, just leftover superbowl munchies

but I was a busy bee today.. shagged up to Ojai this afternoon and fetched my new Burb

2 hours up and 2.5 back to OC from Ojai just after evening rush..

sitting for a few years but drove on and off the trailer

doggone left airbag wouldn't hold air but rode well all the way home

cell phone perspective is hilarious



that's a little better except for the saggy butt



and earlier today, pulled the 65 out from the front of my trailer behind the house and the brake pedal went to the floor as I was going through the gate!!

handbrake and manual shifted back inside and hugged up to the wall, deal with that one later..



enjoying an ice cold Pacifico now and just in time for bedtime

[Dustmaker65]

Originally Posted by special-K

Three divorces, ey?

Actually one didn't last long enough to even get divorce, about six months.

Nice Burb Killer!

[FleetsidePaul]

Finally got moved after 3 weeks of packing/moving hell. I took the day off Sunday and had friends over for Superbowl. My garage is packed full of boxes. Now I get to unpack.

[flashed]

Woodyboat , remind me not to let you talk to my Dr while Im under anesthesia as I would like to keep my foreskin .

[special-K]

Why unpack? Just dig stuff out as you need it. And the things you never end up needing will stay in the boxes to be taken to the thrift shop. Win Win

[special-K]

WOW! Lost 120# in six months! You need to market your technique

[Dustmaker65]

Originally Posted by special-K

WOW! Lost 120# in six months! You need to market your technique

I seem to have said "technique" down to a science

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by Dustmaker65

I seem to have said "technique" down to a science

About ten years ago a couple of friends and I took a little tour.

First we sent to Nashville to the Goodguys Show, then on to Pigeon Forge, then north west to Bowling Green, across the corner of Indiana, into Illinois and spent the night somewhere around Marquette Heights.

I was driving my red and white 72, and when I pulled into the motel portico, I hit the brakes, and it sounded like a big rock dropped in the back.

I couldn't figure out what it was, until the next morning. I started down the street and I could hear loose parts in the left rear.

We found a really old Car Quest store. Next door was a concrete floor where a building once was We repaired the brakes in that abandoned lot and headed on to Des Moines.

That was my time in Marquette Heights.

Did you need to know that, no, but now you do.

Oh yeah, I left there with the same wife I brought with me.

[Dustmaker65]

Originally Posted by davischevy

Oh yeah, I left there with the same wife I brought with me.

That is a good thing around here

Hmm, I just bought an old Car Quest building in Pekin. Wonder if that is the same one you went to?

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by Dustmaker65

That is a good thing around here

Hmm, I just bought an old Car Quest building in Pekin. Wonder if that is the same one you went to?

What's the address. I would recognize it on Street View?

[special-K]

Originally Posted by davischevy

About ten years ago a couple of friends and I took a little tour...

Did you need to know that, no, but now you do.

Oh yeah, I left there with the same wife I brought with me.

No, I didn't need to know. But this is Facetruck... and I'm writing your book! Now there is a new idea. Hmmm... Truckbook. Has a nice ring to it and it would be a place to all you truckheads to tell you meaningless stories like I do!

Now, I have a question. You say you took a little tour with a couple (that's 2) friends. I'm just curious who's wife you had since she was a "friend". Was it two but only one was married? You are a naughty boy!

[davischevy]

I guess I should have learned from my smarta$$ remark about the lack of specified gender in your "Worst Four Words" thread to be more specific in my ramblings.

I can tell you now, if I traveled with an alternate wife, my toy collection would shrink, no, it would go away.

[special-K]

That is a fantastic way to spend your golden (or is it greasy) years. You did that dealership building great justice. I was trying to get an old shop building for years. Finally got the owner at the right time. We were moving on with it at a price I was very happy about till I discovered the business sold gas in the past but not since the early '70s. That killed it for me. Old tanks left to rot underground was a deal breaker for me.

[davischevy]

I retired about 5 years ago, and I just go hang out and work on my vehicles everyday.

I still have residential rentals, so they interfere some. I pretty much hire people to take care of them, but I still have to check on things.

I get up and leave the house every morning and go to the shop just like it was a job. I head home at 6 at night.

It's a lot easier to go to work when it's not work.

I have been watching for a deal on another building, because I am out of space. A building came up far sale a half mile from the house today.

I have plenty of space here at the house for a shop, but I can buy an existing building cheaper than I can build one.

[davischevy]

This truck has been in a carport a 1/2 mile from my shop for 40 years.

I'm sure Boog has spotted it on the north side of the highway at the south city limits. leddzepp passed right by it when he passed through town a while back.

It belonged to the family of a late friend of mine. The family let the son of my friend have the truck recently.

It's a 250 six, TOT. The late owner had a vending machine business , hence the lift gate.

[Chevyland]

Hey other Larry
I’m about 5 or 10 years behind you
I still get up every day and beat everyone to the shop when I’m around
I’ve still got the fire
But it is going away slowly
Same here on the rentals
I’m basically just a police officer, mediator and superintendent
All wrapped into one
There is a property right around the corner from me in AZ
With 2 huge shops on it
It would be less expensive to buy it
But I would rather have a shop I designed
That looks nice, and on the property where my house is

[davischevy]

I don't do the police officer thing much now days. I will let a unit sit empty a month if I have to 'till I find the "right" renter. That said, I have a bunch of good people.

Another reason I don't build a shop here is I don't want to take the time away from my truck projects I have going.

Once you hit 65 you start counting minutes.

[Chevyland]

[Dustmaker65]

Originally Posted by special-K

That is a fantastic way to spend your golden (or is it greasy) years. You did that dealership building great justice. I was trying to get an old shop building for years. Finally got the owner at the right time. We were moving on with it at a price I was very happy about till I discovered the business sold gas in the past but not since the early '70s. That killed it for me. Old tanks left to rot underground was a deal breaker for me.

The dealership had tanks under ground too. I have a buddy that owns a company that installs/removes fuel tanks. So I was set with this one. The tanks were decommissioned in early 70's.

I have been trying to buy this building for 3 years! It has been in the same family from day one. He finally decided to sell and we got the ball rolling.

I have several homes that I rent. They are nothing compared to this shop! Didn't know what I bit into when I first got it. But remodeling a 16,000 sq ft building is very time consuming!