Rougarou Posted June 15 Share Posted June 15 From this morning Sprayed the drywall primer and sealer Daughters gonna have to paint it, I aint spraying again when she gets done painting, ill roll back to do the trim and add a couple of doors 7 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 @Joe Frickin' Friday to the customer service telephone. 1 Link to comment
roadscholar Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Perpetual motion machine, the question is how to stop it : ) 1 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Our high temp for the day. I know, some of y'all might be hotter. . It got up to 95 F befoe I finished moving 1 cubic yard of 57 granite from my trailer to around the shed - a 5 gallon bucket at a time. Came inside, took a shower and conitinued cooling off watching (recorded) F1 racing. Stay cool everybody! 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 Gotta love working outside. Daughters addition still doesn't have the mini-splits hooked up yet and we laid the floor today. I loaded up the 6x12 trailer with the table saw and miter saw, along with other necessities. Nothing like cutting wood when you're all sweaty and the slight, ever so slight breeze doesn't know which way to stay steady blowing. Along with that, where you put your portable work station in the shade at 0730, doesn't stay in the shade past 0900 and you finally lay the last plank at 1730. Cutting that stuff all day, covered in man glitter and felt like a portable piece of sand paper,.....btw, was wearing only shorts and shoos, so 'twas a full body covered in that dust. I think we were low 90's-92ish, but it was humid, right now showing 89. Yesterday was yard work day moving mulch pulling up a shi-at-ton of iris's and re-planting at daughters place. We started digging the holes at the daughters place, no rain in quite a bit of time, and clay don't like to get dug when dry. Smart wife says kinda smartassedly, "hey, didn't I just order an auger that we picked up yesterday". I says "ya, but it's at our house".........a whole 2 acres away" I reply equally smartassedly. So we trek back to our house, grab the damn auger, fuel it up and head back. Letmetellya this,....that cheep little thing made planting about 100 iris's a piece of cake. Since it was so easy, she said, "let's go get more", so we did and planted a whole mess more. There's areas of my daughters yard that suck to cut, so anything that likes to multiply and spread is moved to her place to try to fill in those sucky areas. Anyway, I's off Friday-Sunday and we've been outside all those days. This is typical of us during the warm months. Soak in the heat and I think I'm three to four shades darker today than I was Thursday. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 19 hours ago, John Ranalletta said: @Joe Frickin' Friday to the customer service telephone. Taking TANSTAAFL as axiomatic, I'm going to claim trickery. There's a suspicious camera cut at 0:13, and you can hear (but not see) reciprocating machinery that's likely powering this flywheel. Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 18 hours ago, roadscholar said: Perpetual motion machine, the question is how do you stop it : ) Guess I'll cancel my order. Link to comment
BamaJohn Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 17 hours ago, Rougarou said: Cutting that stuff all day, covered in man glitter and felt like a portable piece of sand paper,.....btw, was wearing only shorts and shoos, so 'twas a full body covered in that dust. You put a vision in my memory bank that I can't unsee.....and it ain't pretty! But I do admire the family projects you all put together... Link to comment
Rougarou Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 19 minutes ago, BamaJohn said: You put a vision in my memory bank that I can't unsee.....and it ain't pretty! But I do admire the family projects you all put together... Quitcher fantasizing about me 2 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 Nature doesn't take sides. A neighbor told me a robin's nest with three chicks was knocked from a tree just outside my office. I replaced the nest and put the chicks back in while mom & pop robins dive bombed me. Today, hearing a lot of chirping and looking out the window, I see a large hawk on the ground next to the nest which must have fallen or been knocked down by the hawk. I got to the nest and found only one chick. Unfortunately, when I tried to place it in the nest, the chick would flap its fuzzy wings and jump out. The hawk returned for that chick and is seen eating it here. 1 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 2024 Road Trip. The boys left NJ Friday and just crossed into Canada at the Tolstoi port of entry headed for Winnipeg. Got stones? 3 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted June 30 Share Posted June 30 1 hour ago, John Ranalletta said: 2024 Road Trip. The boys left NJ Friday and just crossed into Canada at the Tolstoi port of entry headed for Winnipeg. Got stones? Those fat porsche’s are supa easy to work on., pliers, flat and phillips head and adjustable wrench is all that should be needed, mebbe a vise grip. One could damn near piss in the tank and itd run. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 4 hours ago, Rougarou said: Those fat porsche’s are supa easy to work on., pliers, flat and phillips head and adjustable wrench is all that should be needed, mebbe a vise grip. One could damn near piss in the tank and itd run. Many years ago there was a member here who was driving an old bug when his throttle cable broke. With the engine in the back, that meant the throttle cable passed under the driver to reach the accelerator pedal. So he found a place where he could pull the broken end of the cable up through the floor, tied it to his lug wrench, and then wedged one end of the lug wrench into a corner somehow so that he could pull up on the other end, creating a hand-operated throttle. Worked well enough to get him home. 1 1 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 8 minutes ago, Joe Frickin' Friday said: Many years ago there was a member here who was driving an old bug when his throttle cable broke. With the engine in the back, that meant the throttle cable passed under the driver to reach the accelerator pedal. So he found a place where he could pull the broken end of the cable up through the floor, tied it to his lug wrench, and then wedged one end of the lug wrench into a corner somehow so that he could pull up on the other end, creating a hand-operated throttle. Worked well enough to get him home. They happened onto a VW car meetup in Winnipeg. 2 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 My '73 popped a brake line. Hit the brakes, felt the pressure give, to the floor the pedal went. Buddy was all sorts of nervous. I said: "I got an e-brake that works just fine,...to stop, I'll push the pedal to light the brake lights and use the e-brake to stop",.....worked just fine. 1 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted July 1 Author Share Posted July 1 13 hours ago, John Ranalletta said: They happened onto a VW car meetup in Winnipeg. Just by chance? That’s some odds right there! Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 1 hour ago, TEWKS said: Just by chance? That’s some odds right there! They play it day by day. Head in a general direction. No interstates. Mid morning, they'll decide on a night stop and book via internet. 2 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 42 minutes ago, John Ranalletta said: They play it day by day. Head in a general direction. No interstates. Mid morning, they'll decide on a night stop and book via internet. Probably my favorite way to travel. Link to comment
roadscholar Posted July 1 Share Posted July 1 3 hours ago, John Ranalletta said: They play it day by day. Head in a general direction. No interstates. Mid morning, they'll decide on a night stop and book via internet. That's how I roll except start looking later in the afternoon, used to worry the GF a little but now she accepts it's just another facet of the adventure : ) Think this is a repeat but in the summer of 1970 drove to Cali with friends in a VW bus. While there got a call from a rock promoter buddy that needed drivers at the Toronto Rock Festival. Bought a 64 bug from a UCLA professor for $400., buddy and I stopped in Vegas so he could play blackjack, camped one night in Yellowstone (no sleep either night) and did the rest straight thru. Afterwards went to Cape Cod and NYC awhile and hung out on a farm in SC. Drove it another year at school then sold it to a buddy, he drove it a few years after that. I've got Super 8 footage somewhere, probably oughta get it digitized. 2 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 Are you America’ing this week IMG_3805.mov 4 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 3 Share Posted July 3 On 6/30/2024 at 3:45 PM, John Ranalletta said: 2024 Road Trip. The boys left NJ Friday and just crossed into Canada at the Tolstoi port of entry headed for Winnipeg. Got stones? 3 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 3 hours ago, John Ranalletta said: IMG_3643.mov 2 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 14 hours ago, John Ranalletta said: IMG_3643.mov 3.68 MB · 6 downloads 1 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 @Rougarou Somebody caught you celebrating the 4th. 1 2 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 4 Share Posted July 4 3 minutes ago, Rougarou said: Happy Independence Day!! Link to comment
Rougarou Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 A bit different 74183362208__29C62634-EC21-4052-822F-121B4F8AEB28.MOV 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 On 6/30/2024 at 3:45 PM, John Ranalletta said: 2024 Road Trip. The boys left NJ Friday and just crossed into Canada at the Tolstoi port of entry headed for Winnipeg. Got stones? They’re probably on to something. Link to comment
Rougarou Posted July 5 Share Posted July 5 When the heat index is one oh fawkitshot, but you’re outside at the barn working, listening to tunes, place your iphone in the ice chest so it stays cool enough to play. And drink plenty of 1 Link to comment
TEWKS Posted July 5 Author Share Posted July 5 The rescued mulberry tree is doing well. It had berries on it before I went on vacation. They’re all gone now, the birds musta had a feast while I was away. 3 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 On 7/4/2024 at 1:01 PM, John Ranalletta said: 3 Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Maybe, it's just me, but, I'd be on the first stage coach out of town. 4 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Ive been to Pompeii, I dont want nobody digging me up in 1945 years, just to show me off as a tourist attraction but that be a cool concert backdrop Link to comment
TEWKS Posted July 11 Author Share Posted July 11 Maybe… I really don’t need a pickup truck??? Spider Music 1 1 Link to comment
Rougarou Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 My first cyber truck spotting yep, ugly!! 2 Link to comment
Hosstage Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 The stainless steel rusts. It has to be polished with Bar Keepers Friend on a regular basis to get rid of it. Nice. 1 Link to comment
roadscholar Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I've seen one driving around Ponte Vedra a couple times. Big, stupid, worse in person than in photos. 1 Link to comment
wbw6cos Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 I saw 2 on a Tesla Company car hauler headed somewhere north of Atlanta. In and around where I work I have seen 3 of those things. Two were white-ish and the other was dull, ugly flat black looking. It was in the turn lane next to me at a traffic light; I was on the bike and had an uneasy feeling being that close to one. 1 Link to comment
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