My Facetruck thread.

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by davischevy

I forgot to report, the pool is finished.

Oh that looks nice.....

[special-K]

Real nice right about now. HOT!

[Boog]

Hardly got above 80 here today. Partly cloudy. So I hand scrubbed the camper up real good. Well 1/2 half of it. I'll get back to that another day. I had all I wanted for one day. I'm trying to get the wife to go camping. She's still afraid to go to crowded places. We go to a small park with only 30 sites. She comes in contact with more people each day at work than we would at a camp ground but she's not ready. If it don't get used this year I may hang a for sale sign on it.

[davischevy]

If I could get my wife out, I would load up the motorhome and go up SD, Montana, Wyoming way.

[Steeveedee]

I'm not all that much of a camper, despite the time I spent with the Scouts over the 15 years that I was a volunteer. I never camped as a kid, is why. My wife is an only child and has camped all over the US. She's excited about campgrounds with hookups, because they can be gotten into with minimal contact with people. We'll see what happens. I'd prefer to stay local for the simple reason that I've driven about 200k miles in rush hour traffic and am just shell shocked, or as my one son says, PTSD for traffic.

[special-K]

I'm not real sure about my decision to go to the Carlisle truck show this week, to be honest. I see it as about as high risk and it gets, other than something indoors. To many people flaunting the safe practices and certainly a whole heap of them in close contact and certainly touching a whole heap of things in a whole heap of vendor spaces.

I just went to our local chapter of the ATHS yesterday and even that was a risk. it was held at a local Ruritan Club grounds under a pavilion with a nice soft breeze blowing. No one wearing masks, but we were all asked, before we ate, to go wash our hands and wear a mask while filling our plates. We didn't have to wear them while we ate .

Not far from there is where my friend Terry Grabble, who has been my sandblaster longer than I can remember, lived and had his commercial painting shop... started by his dad. The reason I'm using past tense is because yesterday I learned he got the virus and it took his life in May. What a shock. I knew this thing was real and it is not going away, but to find it took a person close to me has really impacted me. I don't think it's done setting in yet. Sandy, his wife, also got it but is still with us. She is running the business now but I'm not sure how that will go. Terry was the estimator and that meant offsite jobs such as large storage tanks for propane companies and other complicated things you have to know your stuff to estimate. I feel so bad for her. They are of the best kind of people. I could haul my stuff up there any day of the week any time of day. Terry and I spent many an evening elbows resting on the bedrails looking out across the farmland "philosophizing". He was a longtime member of the Lions Club and coached little league baseball. We lost us a good on, boys. Damn this virus

[davischevy]

Wow, it's been two weeks since we have been here.

Sorry to hear about your friend Tim. Did he have any pre-existing conditions?

Our motorhome left the farm Saturday. It went to a good home in Missouri. We are on the hunt for it's replacement. There are too many choices.

I went in for the second round of three procedures for a dental implant. They screwed me today. I get the cap in 3 1/2 months.

This implant cost just a little more than I paid for my brand new 72 Cheyenne.

I picked up my 55 this afternoon, and moved it to a different body shop. My friend is going to be there at 9 AM to start on it. Fingers crossed.

[GOPAPA]

Originally Posted by davischevy

If I could get my wife out, I would load up the motorhome and go up SD, Montana, Wyoming way.

You'd do it this year? I guess one has awhile yet ,,but across states takes days..

I have just one more camping trip planned this year on the Snake River (idaho side ) and then winterize the Travel Trailer.

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

I'm not all that much of a camper, despite the time I spent with the Scouts over the 15 years that I was a volunteer. I never camped as a kid, is why. My wife is an only child and has camped all over the US. She's excited about campgrounds with hookups, because they can be gotten into with minimal contact with people. We'll see what happens. I'd prefer to stay local for the simple reason that I've driven about 200k miles in rush hour traffic and am just shell shocked, or as my one son says, PTSD for traffic.

I am with you on the highway traffic anymore,, people are nuts about going fast cutting in and out ,,and our highway speed here is 80MPH

Originally Posted by special-K

Not far from there is where my friend Terry Grabble, who has been my sandblaster longer than I can remember, lived and had his commercial painting shop... started by his dad. The reason I'm using past tense is because yesterday I learned he got the virus and it took his life in May.

I wear the mask when shopping too,, not taking chances with it for my wife and for me
Sorry about your friend Tim, were not supposed to die from a virus ,it aint fair.

I picked up my 55 this afternoon, and moved it to a different body shop. My friend is going to be there at 9 AM to start on it. Fingers crossed.

So, we both have sick cars ,, mine goes in the hospital next week , why did you move it ? not getting good service? What was wrong with your camper ? lots of questions ,,sorry just skip them if I am to personal,, just curious if its a bad brand or not..

[davischevy]

Larry, It depends on when we find a motorhome to replace the one we sold Saturday.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by GOPAPA

You'd do it this year? I guess one has awhile yet ,,but across states takes days..

I have just one more camping trip planned this year on the Snake River (idaho side ) and then winterize the Travel Trailer.



I am with you on the highway traffic anymore,, people are nuts about going fast cutting in and out ,,and our highway speed here is 80MPH



So, we both have sick cars ,, mine goes in the hospital next week , why did you move it ? not getting good service? What was wrong with your camper ? lots of questions ,,sorry just skip them if I am to personal,, just curious if its a bad brand or not..

Trailer towing speed limit in California is 55 MPH, but the semis just charge by with probably as much speed as they can get away with. If they are going 80 MPH up there, they're all the "prunes" transplanted from California!

My favorite Idaho story is from when I worked at a truck and tractor repair place in the mid-'70s and one of our customers had gone to California in January. He was amazed that the farms were growing lettuce at that time of year. Well, the ground isn't frozen three feet deep in California in January, like it is in Idaho!

[davischevy]

MY dad lived in Meridian, ID before WWII. He talked about it a lot over the years. I finally talked him into loading my mother up and driving up for a visit.

When they got back I asked about the trip. He was disenchanted. He couldn't find one single thing he remembered from the thirties. He couldn't believe the growth.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by davischevy

Wow, it's been two weeks since we have been here.

Sorry to hear about your friend Tim. Did he have any pre-existing conditions?

Yes, he did. I thought of him and another friend who has had struggles with his health when the reality of this virus settled in on me last winter. That other friend is heavy on vending at Carlisle and he rolled his sites over into next year, he told me before they starting carrying through with the shows.

[Rich84]

That's gonna be a good hanging around drinking question...What was the last concert you saw???
Mine was Alice Cooper at Mohegan Sun.

[Rich84]

That's gonna be a good hanging around drinking question...What was the last concert you saw???
Mine was Alice Cooper at Mohegan Sun.

[Killer Bee]

Rolling Stones

while tailgating, a super hot magazine photographer stumbled by having trouble with her gear.. so being the gentleman I was, offered her a seat and a drink.. girlfriend was not impressed

[special-K]

Concert with a major national act or any concert? Mine was The Nighthawks.

The Nighthawks - Born in Chicago - The Barns at...

The Nighthawks - Same thing - YouTube

That's my brother in law on guitar

[Killer Bee]

so you think you're a hot dog on an excavator?

You Tube

[special-K]

I just watched it and all I can say, other than "great skills", is what did he say?, I've never seen anyone put lettuce on a hotdog (and I put lettuce on other sandwiches), and What? no mustard, ketchup, or relish?? Someone needs to teach them boys how to eat a hot dog!

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by special-K

I just watched it and all I can say, other than "great skills", is what did he say?, I've never seen anyone put lettuce on a hotdog (and I put lettuce on other sandwiches), and What? no mustard, ketchup, or relish?? Someone needs to teach them boys how to eat a hot dog!

I saw it too. Tim, ya gotta remember they be foreigners.

[Ol Blue K20]

Boog, I got it to open by using THE URL in my email notification.

[Killer Bee]

sorry about that.. maybe this will work?

https://youtu.be/7N1HUbusarY

the code for the video is 7N1HUbusarY maybe you can plug that into youtube directly?

it's a great demonstration of operator skill, but as Tim mentioned, the dog's not garnished the way we would eat one

[Killer Bee]

Originally Posted by Boog

Thanks. I wonder how long they practiced that.

I had a good laugh thinking about what that scene would look like with me in the cab

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Killer Bee

I had a good laugh thinking about what that scene would look like with me in the cab

Yuck!! No dogs for a while.

[Chevyland]

Originally Posted by Killer Bee

I had a good laugh thinking about what that scene would look like with me in the cab

Everyone’s
Good at something

[special-K]

That is a very important moment for that man. His moment of greatness