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

[Boog]

You know how it is. A baker's dozen is short a few..

[72c20customcamper]

Hung out with my grandson today. His daycare has been closed since the beginning of December. Staff tested positive for COVID so it’s been an enjoyable few weeks . They are suppose to open Monday

[3757chevy]

Originally Posted by special-K

That was a nasty wind. Glad you were spared any serious damage. When we had that derecho come through here, my place was just outside its path. I was away in WVA for the weekend and the windows were open. Where I was got hit, but I was in a low area so it just shook the Jimmy up that I was sleeping in. But all around there was damage and power was out, like 8 powerline poles snapped in a row. I was at a flea market and the next morning no vendors were showing up. I was concerned about my house, but when I got home it didn't even look like any rain blew in.

Insane 100mph Winds Topple Dozens of Semis - Colorado Springs, CO - 12/15/2021 - YouTube

Major DUST STORM with near-zero visibility in Kansas and Colorado, USA!! (Dec.15, 2021) - YouTube

I'm only 45 minutes from there. I have 15 fence panels down and torn apart . My bbq grill and other things tossed around.

[KW5413]

Replaced water filter assembly in my refrigerator. The bottom of the refrigerator. Not a tuff job but, too much time on these old knees. Got 'er done though.

[richard2717]

Figured I better hook the grader attachment up to the bobcat and get the lane leveled out before the ground freezes. makes it a lot easier to plow snow should we get any.

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[special-K]

Originally Posted by richard2717

Figured I better hook the grader attachment up to the bobcat and get the lane leveled out before the ground freezes. makes it a lot easier to plow snow should we get any.

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It was about 70 there yesterday, wasn't it? Good day for it.

[richard2717]

Originally Posted by special-K

It was about 70 there yesterday, wasn't it? Good day for it.

yes and it was not bad this morning when I graded the lane. Probably mid 50's. Supposed to get colder tonight though.

[FleetsidePaul]

I almost killed a horse today.

I was just driving down Hwy 178 (two lane road) Minding my own business. There's a white pickup in front of me me and a guy towing a horse trailer in front of him. So I'm fiddling with the radio and look up and the guy in the white pickup is going off onto the shoulder of the road.

Then I see it. The guy towing the horse trailer has stopped in the road to make a left. Dead stopped. He has no brake lights or turn signals to warn anyone. Nothing. He's just sitting there.

So now I'm rolling at about 70 mph in my F450 dually praying that I can stop.

I couldn't. But I could slow it down enough to follow the path of the white truck on the shoulder and miss the trailer.

I could see in my mirror the guy make his left turn after he just ran two trucks off the road like it was nothing.

I have to wonder about people. How can you do that? No lights. And you stop in the middle of the road?

My truck has a GVW of around 14,000 pounds. If I hit you at 70 mph that's going to smart.

I'm just glad that my truck handled it as well as it did. She did okay..

[57taskforce]

Jumped on a flight this morning in Durango and flew to Denver. Went to the Donkeys game with my eldest daughter. Sitting on the train headed from union station back to the airport to get back on a plane and be in bed by 11… if our plane isn’t delayed

By the way, can anyone guess that hat I’m rocking??

[LockDoc]

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You guys look better right side up...... She's cuter than you either way though. Looks like you are having fun!

It must be a Chevyland hat.

LockDoc

[LT7A]

Paul, I'm glad to hear you dodged that one. That could have been the low point in everyone's day. And there wouldn't have been any way to prove that the trailer lights were out at that point. Even worse if the horse's lights were out...

57taskforce, I'm with Lock Doc. I'm guessing that is a Chevyland hat.

[LT7A]

I might have become a seamstress if I knew I could get a Singer sewing machine with dual exhaust!

Great job on those projects, they are fun to see. I hope that Mrs. Mud1 finds herself highly pleased!

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by LT7A

I might have become a seamstress if I knew I could get a Singer sewing machine with dual exhaust!

Great job on those projects, they are fun to see. I hope that Mrs. Mud1 finds herself highly pleased!

Ha,maybe you missed your calling,those dual exhaust,big block sewing machines are the best.this stuff i built has not yet been discovered this morning but it will,and i hope it's a hit.i need all the brownie points i can score??all good,she'll love it when i take out to the shop to see what i've up to.all the best.Greg

[special-K]

that's a wonderful idea on the decorative fence. The gifts we make are the best. I'm sure she will be very pleased. And I thought the M stood for Mud

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by special-K

that's a wonderful idea on the decorative fence. The gifts we make are the best. I'm sure she will be very pleased. And I thought the M stood for Mud

thank you sir.she just saw it and was very happy with.the name should be Mud cause i'm usually in trouble with something??take care.

[allchevy58]

Last weekend bought a conx and had it delivered. Moved some snow and spread some base so it was easier for him to get it where we wanted it.

[72c20customcamper]

Moved 30 wheelbarrow loads of oak and hickory . Ash was already stacked this is for the 03/04 season .

[Stocker]

Mark, I can't tell ya how many times I've wished I had access to wood like you do.

[Boog]

And the energy to load, cut and stack all of it.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Stocker

Mark, I can't tell ya how many times I've wished I had access to wood like you do.

Where I live hardwoods are the norm . I’m going next week to get some more white oak and a hickory both dead blowdowns . I very rarely cut live trees last time was when the horse farm needed a few acres cleared .

Originally Posted by Boog

And the energy to load, cut and stack all of it.

I’ve gotten slower but I still enjoy it .

[special-K]

You've cut so much wood ahead you are now cutting it for the past?? Or did you mean 23/24 season?

I went on a hike on the C&O Canal Towpath upriver a bit from Harpers Ferry, WVA with my sis and b.i.l. My sis and I have done that section a couple times recently. We have been curious about a spot that appeared to be a mining site on the other side of the (dry now) canal. There is a man-made cave in solid rock, quarried area into an anticline that has clay layers mixed in deep below the surface, what looks like an early iron furnace, and this time we noticed a huge ruins of a concrete foundation. These things are all strung along the canal. I've tried to find info on what it was before, but this time I searched I used the right terms and found out what it was. It was a manganese mine, trench mine and shaft. The cave is the entrance to the shaft, now filled. the concrete ruins were from the hydraulic cement plant and what I thought was an iron furnace was a lime kiln. This was in operation when the canal was as well and was serviced by it. First opened in 1876 when the shaft went down 23'. Then reopened in 1908 when they went to 60'. Pretty neat to learn about one of the many early American operations that existed along this historic canal, before there were much of any good roads at all. The trees are so big it's hard to imagine how it was back then.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

You've cut so much wood ahead you are now cutting it for the past?? Or did you mean 23/24 season?
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Could be 2103 firewood

[yuccales]

Shovel this nasty white stuff all day. I'm tired.

[LockDoc]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Shovel this nasty white stuff all day. I'm tired.

We are supposed to get some the next couple of days but not near that much....

LockDoc

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by yuccales

Shovel this nasty white stuff all day. I'm tired.

If it looks like that at your place, I definitely don't want to go to my cabin....