Without tires it probably goes 350-400lbs.   I think rust converter is your best option. No need to remove.


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Adulterer Fornicator Homosexual  pretty much covers it all.


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If I ever build another big house from scratch it will all be mini splits. They have 4+ zone mini splits driven off one compressor now.


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Thanks guys. All good here. Wife drove the Dually and I drove the bus. Where we are they expect 4-6 inches of rain in the next 4 days. Yawn. I could drive to almost any one of you without stopping for fuel. Sam, I could get to the border but probably have to fuel up to get to your latitude.

Have 55 gallons of gas for the gen set. A window unit that will cool most of the house and lots of food and whiskey. It's like a mini vacation. The houston house is well insured and life goes on.

It's actually nice here now. About 85 degrees and we are sitting by the pond feeding the fish.

A sump in a diesel is a great way to recover from mixing gas in it. Unscrew the drain and refill.




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Ambitious.  I like it.  Any problems with resale for non permitted construction?

As for the AC, mini split.

Quote from: TexasRedNeck on August 23, 2017, 10:31:51 PM

I ordered a hi-lift jack today.  4ft all cast.....wait for it.....in red.

Whatcha gunna do with that? I mean didn't you just lower a lifted truck???

Its still a 6 inch lift......

But I really bought it for the tractor and for post pulling.....and it was red...did I mention that?

I ordered a hi-lift jack today.  4ft all cast.....wait for it.....in red.

Don, I hear you.  I think we are getting to be those cranky old men we laughed at when we were younger.  There is an apalling lack of work ethic in the younger generation.

With that said, please allow me to offer another perspective.  If there is a pattern of poor customer service the real issue lies in the corner office.  What we permit is what we promote.  Customer service is a culture and is not normally left to the random delivery and design of an individual employee.  That means that the Sr leaders have to own it.  They have to live it.  They have to communicate it relentlessly.  They must acknowledge and praise their employees that deliver great service.  They must admonish or fire those that do not.

The leaders can structure compensation plans in a way that drives business results and customer satisfaction.  How many times have you been to a restaurant or bank or other retail institution that provides a survey asking you how they did?  How likely are you to recommend them to a family or friend?  Usually that means that incentive compensation is tied to those results and not just revenue/sales.

I'm a leader in a very service oriented business and I can tell you that in an emotionally charged environment that we operate in, making people happy is a challenge even when we execute perfectly.  Yet we have industry leading satisfaction because we as leaders live it and require it of our employees and now our compensation is also tied to it as well.

If National Tire and Wheel is focused on service, you will know based on how serious they are to rectify the situation, which may be a formal apology, an explanation of how the individual was coached, or an offer of a discount on your purchase.

In any event......get off my lawn....says the cranky old guy

Berrynice!


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Seems like a great place to leave this....from an armchair warrior this is my favorite plane.


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No pics, it didn't happen.

That's what Bill Clinton tried to say......

My wife ordered glasses 8 weeks ago so we had them.  I could see it from my office window and I had to leave for a meeting around maximum eclipse.  I was amazed as I looked out across the many parking garages to see hundreds of "workers" hanging out on the rooftop floor in a party like atmosphere.  Drove to my meeting and saw random crowds gathered all over the place to watch.

I suspect the lost economic input to business today would be in the billions.......

Looks good.  Make sure to put down some lime to combat the acidity of the pine needles.

Wyo, I'll have to check out the water pik.  Wonder if its cheaper?  The gas driver is very portable and requires no air or water.

JR. if she could spend every week what we spent last week i'm sure she'd make it work......

So today, I finished the new fence out front.  With near 100 degree heat going on a month now the ground is hard as a rock.  I rented one of these

I highly, no...very highly recommend one of these if you are driving posts.  It struggled in some of the hardest rocky soils but powered on down none the less.

I learned a few lessons on my first barbed wire fence.  Never reuse old material.  Wire, fence posts, or wire ties.  Its just not worth the effort and new posts, wire and ties are fairly cheap comparatively.  Pics later when I get a phone with a camera that works.

Oh and when I go to fence the other 3 sides in the future I may buy one.  $1500-$2000 depending on the model but I'd pay that in a heartbeat to avoid driving 300 posts by hand.

get that road widened and leveled so you can get that 26 ton belly dump in there with rock....

No sir.  I don't shoot the 50.

 
Don't know what "part 135" is but the crew wouldn't have timed out had the gate personnel been able to count. On our stop in PHX we had to change planes due to mechanical issues and when they let us through passengers on before picking up the PHX to HOU passengers they screwed the count and had to go through the plane by name which kept us from pushing back before the flight crew timed out.


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My parents and I typically use biblical names for our animals.   Zacharrias, sheeba, Sampson, Ruth etc. you get the point. Goliath might be a good one for you dog.


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Oh and a friend who works for the company I work for was meeting some Chinese. Our it people said to not even bring a phone. On or off they can hack it just being in the same room.


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Bob. Very excellent points. Insurance for things that can be replaced. Lethal force for those that can't. I'm a believer in really good layers of electronic security like alarms, cameras etc. if they want my stuff that bad to defeat those layers, then I have too much stuff. My family is irreplaceable. I believe is layers of non lethal and lethal protection for them.

IMO location services on your devices and the voice operated items like Siri and Alexa are big security leaks.


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Note I said it's easy. Not a requirement. It's just harder when you aren't rich.


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Update from behind enemy lines. Yesterday went to San Diego zoo safari in Escondido. 1800 acres of really cool stuff but we were innundated with "all hunting is bad" global warming is killing us all mantras. Along with evolution caused animals to have certain traits. Good discussion points for me and the girls. We paid for a golf cart safari which go s places normally not accessible  and you can quickly end up with $700 spent on a day at the safari.

Learned what a zipper barrier is. Learned that there aren't really speed limit signs. Just keep up. Also learned that motorcycles are really advantaged and it is good etiquette to move left as motorcycles drive between lanes, which earns you a nice little two fingered gesture saying thanks. Haven't found a bad road yet so apparently really high taxes at least get you good roads.


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Quote from: TexasRedNeck on August 16, 2017, 11:11:50 AM

I appreciate his military service.  He sucks at being a public servant.


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Apparently his true military service is spotty.

I got that from some very high levels in our current military.

I'm not qualified to grade his level of commitment. You are but, not having ever answered the call, I cannot make that distinction.


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One thing I wished I had done was get copies of all the blueprints from the builders when we've built over the years. Later when you need to add electrical plumbing or snake stuff between floors or open up a wall, it's nice to have those so you don't have to figure it out from memory or scratch


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I appreciate his military service.  He sucks at being a public servant.


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