What did you do today?

[Chris]

This is how I fixed it for the ride home. I'm taking both trailers.

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[nealtw]

So it's still riding on three tires.

 

[Chris]

I filled it. It will be flat by morning.

 

[frodo]

I used to pull an RV from job to job
they have sway bars that are that bees knees. no sway/wobble you can go down the road at 80 with out a problem

congrats on the sale of the house, and you have beautiful kids

Havasu, sorry bout that leg
looks like it burns

 

[Chris]

Back on the road again, heading back down to ca.

 

[frodo]

Havasu, if you like shooting steel
my boy Phillip can hook you up
steel fits in a flat rate box so shipping is not a problem










if you are worried about your gun making holes in the steel
do not be, at 100 yards. the above 50 cal bmg just dented it

 

[havasu]

I'd love to shoot a BMG!

Those are some really nice targets.

 

[frodo]

I'd love to shoot a BMG!

Those are some really nice targets.

made out of ar600 plate steel

you can hear it ping 200 yards away

I got to shoot the 50, I killed an ant, he looked dangerously thugish

the gas blow back from that was awesome in of itself

bullets are 5 bucks each

 

[zannej]

I'm trying to catch up.
Hi guys!
Chris, I'm glad you made the drive safely and sold the house. Adorable kids!

Gary, that looks awesome!

Frodo, those targets are awesome too! LOL about the thuggish ant!

I'm still not 100%. Got really really sick for awhile. I described on the garage forum about the whole hallucinating thing. My mind does crazy stuff without drugs so I'm glad I never took drugs because I don't want to know what would happen if I did.

I'm still coughing a bit and have some fatigue, but I'm no longer coughing up blood, I have my sense of smell back and my appetite has returned.

The truck my brother wanted to get dropped enough that he can now buy it with a loan from me. So, unless it sells before Monday, we will be heading out to Houston on a road trip. Initially I was going to loan him 80% of the cost but my mother is going to surprise him with 40% so I'm putting forth 80%. He doesn't know that yet. We're bringing our mechanic friend to inspect it and I checked the maps for the area and there is an Autozone two streets away so we will take it there to check the computer and battery. We will use any little thing to negotiate the price down a little more if we can. And the dealership is supposed to give a $200 gas card with each used car purchase. Even without getting the price down, it is a good price.

Mechanic friend's girlfriend is tagging along. She's never been out of the state so she's super excited about a road trip. She's adorable. Only 5' and weighs 90lbs so when I give her bear hugs I can pick her up. She absolutely adores me and is a total sweetheart so it will be fun to see her enjoying the trip. There are a ton of truck parts stores near the dealership so I think my friend will really enjoy looking around. I'm hoping we will have time to swing by Fry's Electronics as well. I think he would love that place.

I'm happy that I'll be getting out of the house and Mom is coming too-- she needs to get out of the house as well.

I still need to finish gathering and organizing the information for my bathroom renovation post but I'm a procrastinator. LOL. And my brain doesn't want to focus. Reminds me of that joke "What do we want? A cure for Attention Deficit Disorder! When do we want it? Ooh, a squirrel!"

 

[frodo]

I went into an ATV dealership and installed 2 of my roll bar grab handles on one of his rigs
then I just stood there looking.
A salesman asks if he can help me, I told him to ake a look and tell me if he likes what he sees.
he LEFT..just walked off.
and game back with his boss, who really liked what he saw.
He said he would like to show it to the owner, and started to take a picture.
I told him to keep the handles and show them instead of a picture.
I took a chance, maybe it will pay off.
my goal, sell to the dealer so he can sell as an option on the rigs

 

[nealtw]

Yesterday I was driving up the freeway at a nice 70 mph, dry road, lots of cars, no problem. Then a great flash of lightning and rain like a car wash. Turned on the wipers to see the car in front of me sliding sideways so I hit the brakes, and harder on the brakes and then to the floor with the brakes. I got the car stopped about 2" from his drivers door. In front of him was another car parked sideways in the lane and behind me was two small cars side by side in the same lane. It was still raining to hard to see much further than that but the good news, there was no hits. I expected I was in the middle of a 40 car pile up, but when things started to move again, every one just got the cars straighten out and left.:thbup:

 

[havasu]

I went to Harbor Freight to buy a new floor jack, just in case I ever get a flat tire. Well, frickin karma hit. On the way home from that store, I got a flat tire. I drove the car home and will deal with it in the morning.

 

[Chris]

I just checked into my motel and there was a roach on the bathroom floor. Instead of killing it I put it on the counter and put the trash can upside down on it. Cleaning lady is gonna get a suprise.

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[zannej]

Frodo, do you have pictures of the roll bar grab handles you made? I'd love to see them.

Neal, I'm glad that there were no crashes. Sounds like an alarming experience, but somewhat cool because nobody crashed.

LOL. Chris, I bet the cleaning lady will have fun with that-- if she even notices.

My oldest cat is a bit under the weather.She's dropped a lot of weight but last time I took her to the vet she got extremely stressed out and they couldn't do anything for her. It's just old age. I've been feeding her extra canned food-- but she has this weird thing where she won't eat it all at once. She'll eat and then want to sit on my lap and be petted then she'll go eat more and then back for snuggles and over and over. Right now she's sitting across my chest with her paws hanging over my shoulder. She's been clinging to me all night. She has a very soothing presence, so it is helping me feel a little better to snuggle her.

 

[inspectorD]

Headed to the upper parts of Michigan on Saturday, never been, On my way to Chicago for some work the next 3 weeks... ill try to keep posted on my whirlwin tour...

 

[inspectorD]

I wish I was takin this...but I need to bring my tools....

 

[oldognewtrick]

I wish I was takin this...but I need to bring my tools....

Drive it like ya stole it inspector...or did ya...😱

 

[Thumper]

Started moving into our house then went for a short hundred mile ride. Weather was too nice to be stuck inside.

 

[nealtw]

A friend went to Lowe's today to rent there van and buy some backer board. I guess sometimes you have to wait for the van so she rented it first and went to get the product. They were sold out so she drove over to Home Depot for the good. She said she never had so good of service at that store. I think some photos were taken too. That will likely be in their next commercial.

 

[zannej]

It's Mom's birthday today so I'm waiting for her to tell me when she wants food and stuff. She needs to renew her driver's license so we will be going in to town for that later on.
My voice is sounding less rough so maybe I can sing Happy Birthday to her.

Hope everyone else is having a good day.