frodo
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havasu
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I want to see how the motor is attached to the gate.
slownsteady
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Enlarge that photo and have it framed. Then, every year in February in Idaho you can look at it and wonder why the hell you ever moved!
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Chris
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I'll take a picture today once the sun comes up.
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Chris
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Good idea.
nealtw
Contractor retired
We will let you look at old photos here.:thbup:
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havasu
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Also Chris, are you required to have a Knox Box for fire and law enforcement?
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Chris
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I didn't ask so no. If I would have asked then I put have to put on the sensor so no one gets squished even though mine are set to go the opposite way with any resistance.
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Chris
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I am ready to stab my neighbor. At the bottom of my road it is another dirt road which turns to pavement a few hundred feet down and is pavement for about 1000 feet or so then T's off to another paved road. All the pavement parts are newer and have curb and gutter and tract homes. At the bottom where it T's it gets built up with dirt runoff from the lower dirt road and gets to be a foot or more deep. Its smooth and easy to drive over in any car. Over the last couple years I have been going down there with my backhoe and dump truck and bringing the dirt back up to the top to do road repairs. I took my dump to Idaho last month so it is not easy for me anymore so I don't do it. It would be 50 trips with the backhoe up and down the road, would take me all afternoon. My neighbor came to me last night (this is the neighbor who always has a reason I should not put gravel down or base or pave the road). He came to me to say thanks for grading the road every time it rains for free but that he wants me to go down to bottom and bring that dirt up and clean up the mess. He thought I would have done it by now and was disappointed that I hadn't done it.
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havasu
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You got my permission to stab him. Can I have your Idaho house until you get out of prison?
nealtw
Contractor retired
But now you are a conspirator.
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Chris
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This is California I won't go to prison as long as I plead crazy and own nothing
nealtw
Contractor retired
So you are crazy and if you hire a lawyer you will be broke in a week.
If I had a dollar for every time I ran into a character like that. Around here there is a saying if you do it once you own it. When I was plowing snow quite a bit around my old neighborhood there were half a dozen old couples and single widows trying to hang on and if I didnt see their drive plowed I would do it for them for free, or for cookies as most cant shovel but they sure can bake. Always one or two though that would call during a storm to make sure I was coming bright and early or to complain in the spring I ripped some grass up or left a tire track. Then there are the rich ones that ask why I plow one neighbor for free but charge them 20 bucks for a 50 dollar plow job. I tell them it might be because you have two brand new cars in the garage a guy you pay to cut your grass and 3 teenage kids that never leave the house.
oldognewtrick
In memory of
You guys have to remember the old saying:
"NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED"
"NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED"
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Chris
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It's raining now. And supposed to for a few more days, I'm going to leave town tomorrow in my rv for the weekend. I'll let them figure out how to make the road driveable.
zannej
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It's been raining here. My brother has thrown in the towel on his truck and we are trying to find a replacement. He's letting me have input on it this time because he failed to listen to me when I told him not to buy the hunk of junk he got in the first place.
Took one of my cats to the vet because she was lethargic, nauseous (the threw up and it wasn't hairballs or food), and just not herself. They gave her some shots and $85 she's feeling better.
Chris, I can't stand people who just expect stuff for free all the time. Back in Guam, my father was the OIC (Officer in Charge) and his AOIC (Assistant Officer in Charge)'s wife passed away. There was a woman who was supposed to be sitting with her but for some reason she wasn't there with her so she died alone. The AOIC and his wife had given the lady lots of stuff and helped her out with things quite a bit. After the wife died, the lady and her family came to see the AOIC and to give their condolences and then informed him that since he was now widowed, he didn't need the second car and he should give it to them. They were shocked when he told them to gtfo.
Meanwhile, my TMI plumbing issues continue and the earliest appointment I could get with the specialist is in February. Bleh. But it could be worse. My brother has been extremely nice to me so that has helped put me in a better mood.
Took one of my cats to the vet because she was lethargic, nauseous (the threw up and it wasn't hairballs or food), and just not herself. They gave her some shots and $85 she's feeling better.
Chris, I can't stand people who just expect stuff for free all the time. Back in Guam, my father was the OIC (Officer in Charge) and his AOIC (Assistant Officer in Charge)'s wife passed away. There was a woman who was supposed to be sitting with her but for some reason she wasn't there with her so she died alone. The AOIC and his wife had given the lady lots of stuff and helped her out with things quite a bit. After the wife died, the lady and her family came to see the AOIC and to give their condolences and then informed him that since he was now widowed, he didn't need the second car and he should give it to them. They were shocked when he told them to gtfo.
Meanwhile, my TMI plumbing issues continue and the earliest appointment I could get with the specialist is in February. Bleh. But it could be worse. My brother has been extremely nice to me so that has helped put me in a better mood.
Lettered a truck today, my first since the encounter with the table saw. I go back for a follow up appointment Monday to see if the fingers are healing right after the surgery. Pain management takes up a lot of my time lately, but things seem to be moving in the right direction.
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havasu
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Good to hear Gary.
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Chris
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I drove my rv to Arizona in what felt like a hurricane. Finally made it. Now for a cocktail. Should have left the dogs at home. I don't like taking them out in the rain
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