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« on: March 23, 2019, 03:45:45 PM »
Went out and enjoyed this beautiful spring day. The kids had taken their pellet guns out to shoot in the backyard, so not to be outdone, I grabbed the AR and the .22 and headed out. Checked zero on the AR and shot through a mag, then helped all the little kids(under 10) shoot the .22 and then let the older boys shoot some. My wife was watching and having fun and then she shot through a mag on the AR as well. She had shot it once before, she likes shooting, just with the kids she doesn’t get a chance to as much as I do. She was easily shooting minute of scumbag and better. Ive got a vortex strike fire 2 on it and I like the fact she can just grab it and hit the target. Overall, a beautiful way to spend a couple of hours with the family.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
702
« on: March 23, 2019, 03:36:39 PM »
I’ve managed (with my wife’s) help to keep the TBQ pretty even, 5 boys, 5 girls. Two of each are teens. However, like TRN, I’m glad I have a guest house at times, and 63 acres to disappear on.
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703
« on: March 19, 2019, 10:47:28 AM »
How about getting them chromed? :) They would definitely stand out and say look at me. Plus they could be a locating device for getting your mulch extraction team in.
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704
« on: March 19, 2019, 07:22:48 AM »
Yes, eye on a golf ball for the win. My oldest daughter drew it on there for me. She thought it was funny. The rest of them took a few seconds. My 3(almost 4) year old was the only one that had a real problem with it. He came around in the end. Here’s the real deal.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
705
« on: March 18, 2019, 09:22:27 PM »
Had eye surgery today to fix a lazy/googly eye. Everything went well. Had to mess with the kids when I got home with the patch on my eye. It was fun.   Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
706
« on: March 10, 2019, 08:06:06 PM »
Is it legal to post something like that and not give the back story?
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707
« on: March 10, 2019, 08:02:55 PM »
But then Don wouldn’t look like this when he has camp set up. I really do think he should go for the paint job.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
708
« on: March 08, 2019, 06:04:43 AM »
The med kit question is one I keep coming back to. What and how much. I’m always frustrated looking at the kits online but also get overwhelmed when looking to build my own out. My dad has some experience building out big kits, he started the local life squad from nothing and kitted it out and designed the squad vehicles. I guess I just need to give him something to do and have home build me a couple up.
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709
« on: March 08, 2019, 06:02:29 AM »
Mmmmmm.....hungry.... guess I’ll cook dinner tonight.
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710
« on: March 05, 2019, 10:50:32 PM »
Drove to Don’s neck of the woods. Carrollton KY. Have a couple days work at a Power Station
23 deg when I got here
You’re only about an hour south of Don and I. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
711
« on: March 04, 2019, 09:50:16 AM »
Well said Don. I almost said, “as usual”, but I didn’t want you to get thinking too much of yourself.
My wife and I have talked about it, we both plan to live well into our 100s, we’ll see what the Lord has to say about it, but I expect we’ll get to see great great grand babies.
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712
« on: March 03, 2019, 07:56:30 PM »
Saw this one on the way to Grand Rapids last week. Sorry for the poor pic, but you get the idea.  Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
713
« on: March 02, 2019, 10:01:00 PM »
Not the oldest and not the youngest, 47 years old. I have five girls, 17, 16, 11, 6, and 1. I also have 5 boys, 14, 12, 9, 8, and 3. I don’t have time to slow down, but have a few extra pounds I could stand to lose.
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714
« on: March 01, 2019, 09:42:12 AM »
Bumper looks great. Now I’m gonna need one for the K5
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715
« on: February 25, 2019, 02:58:36 PM »
I took the dogs out for a walk yesterday morning before church. Saw them take off over the hill just in front of me and walked up that way to find them going after a skunk. As I turned tail and took off running I was yelling over my shoulder to get off it. Didn’t work, they both got a good spray, the little one got the worst of it. Suffice it to say I didn’t make it to church yesterday morning, but I did take a couple of showers and bathe the dogs to get most of the stink off.
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716
« on: February 25, 2019, 02:35:07 PM »
Remind me to be your friend sometime. That looks delicious.
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717
« on: February 20, 2019, 11:17:57 AM »
Went to what has quickly become a “go to” restaurant for me in Grand Rapids last night. Zeytin Turkish Restaurant. Had a Turkish salad, Iskender (lamb) and a nice helping of baklava
Rolled back to the hotel afterward.
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718
« on: February 20, 2019, 11:12:43 AM »
Drove up to Grand Rapids yesterday for some work meetings and to do some equipment installs. Supposed to get a little bit of snow this afternoon, we’ll see. Drive back home on Friday.
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719
« on: February 18, 2019, 08:35:11 AM »
Where are you at in Alabama? That diet and those trees look familiar, my wife is from just north of Montgomery in Wetumpka but we most head down to outside Birmingham when we go now.
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720
« on: February 16, 2019, 12:52:51 PM »
Don, prayers on the way. I know you probably have a good support group of your own between church and other family, but let me know if you need anything that I can help with.
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721
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:48:51 PM »
I thought the name and Marines tapes were so we knew where to direct them back to. Air Force patches on marines, lots of pictures so they can understand them. Don’t worry, I worked with marines and said the same things.
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722
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:45:35 PM »
Prayers will be sent Mike.
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723
« on: February 15, 2019, 08:44:43 PM »
Welcome Mike, maybe between you and I in northern KY we can keep Don in line. Not likely, but it’s worth a shot. Nice buggy, looks fun.
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724
« on: February 11, 2019, 03:40:55 PM »
Good info. Thanks Ken!
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725
« on: February 11, 2019, 03:20:30 PM »
You hear that, Dave, he likes me more betterer!!!!
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726
« on: February 11, 2019, 03:17:58 PM »
Hmmm....maybe a replacement for the 305 in the K5. :)
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727
« on: February 11, 2019, 03:15:34 PM »
Another option if you want the larger screen is there are apps to mirror your iPhone display to an iPad. Start your chosen gps app on the iPhone, and mirror it to the iPad. Like the others have said, just download your needed regions while on Wi-Fi and you’ll be golden. It will also keep your electronics to a lower number and adapters to a minimum. And it’s not like the pre rangers wont have an iPad you can use.
Last time I used an iPad for navigation was when I was with NATO driving around Europe in 02.
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728
« on: February 11, 2019, 03:04:54 PM »
Dang it, Ken beat me to it. I need to keep tapatalk open for just such occasions.
But that being said, you should really run the broke in rusty old parts new stuff just makes the other old stuff break.
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729
« on: February 10, 2019, 10:24:53 PM »
Thanks, that’s basically what I was looking at doing. I’m going to wait for the temperature to get above freezing by a bit and the rain to stop and tackle it.
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730
« on: February 10, 2019, 10:22:39 PM »
So many DOTs, back to the original topic of this thread, I noticed on the GLO page that you have the brackets for the 14 bolt disc brake conversion, I might have to give you a call so I can shed a 100 or so pounds off my rear axle on the blazer.
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731
« on: February 10, 2019, 10:21:02 PM »
But Don, if you ban all Daves, you’re going to have to learn a new instinctive go to. And you know the saying about old dogs learning new tricks. Like the old I think you’d probably be better off just grumbling about the daves, snapping at us once in a while when we get too close.
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732
« on: February 10, 2019, 09:30:40 PM »
My go to hot sauce for eggs, and just a bunch of other stuff is Valentina’s. You can get a big 32 ounce bottle of it at Wally World for only about $1.50.
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733
« on: February 10, 2019, 09:28:07 PM »
TRN, I’m fixing to do the same with a door on the side of the garage, except no window. What did you do with the sill? Just a pressure treated base plate with construction adhesive to seal it?
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734
« on: February 09, 2019, 08:57:47 PM »
Going to look at this tomorrow, running and driving with 94k on the clock. We’ll see if I can get him
down a little. Scrap yard guy will give me 5 bills for it w/o motor. May tell him 4 and I want locked up 500.....
I say keep it in the car and pimp out your new ride. :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
735
« on: February 09, 2019, 06:40:10 AM »
I can feel your pain as well. The Chevy express needs tires, probably about $800 there. Plus I need to build the engine out like Don did so it is more fun to drive. ;). The Camry I bought for the girls to drive needs the exhaust fixed, it’s got a whole so is loud. I don the the odyssey needs anything at this point(knocking on wood). As for the K5 Blazer, the list is rather extensive and the priority is low since it isn’t a daily driver.
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736
« on: February 08, 2019, 09:47:05 PM »
I wonder if I’m going to be on his trip route? I could be either the first, last, or shakedown drive of the Burb. :)
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« on: February 08, 2019, 09:12:21 PM »
He can’t delete it from my personal device that it’s saved on lol. Just going to print a copy and hang it on my garage wall. Don likes Dave’s ! Fact!
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I almost feel loved, knowing that Don likes Daves gives me just one more reason to keep going. :p Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
738
« on: February 01, 2019, 11:34:05 AM »
Wonder what constitutional scholars have to say about a justice who’s on life support. I know the Dems would keep her on until the election and the then unplug her
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Unfortunately, from my reading, the lifelong appointment is taken very seriously by the justices and their clerks. There have been several incapacitated during their terms that were allowed to ride it out although being pressured and minimized by he other justices. In some cases they just basicllay ignored them and they didn’t get a vote and they pushed off any cases that said incapacitated justice would have been a deciding vote for. Brings up another question. How can we be sure if any votes come up that she is the one voicing/casting the vote? Is there a mandated/recognized procedure to validate the justices are capable/conscious at the time of filing a vote or opinion? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
739
« on: February 01, 2019, 05:41:57 AM »
Now that’s pretty cool, a hidden walk-in pantry. What would be extra cool would be if you opened the doors and there was a set of regular pantry cabinet shelves, which you could then swing out for access to the hidden room.
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740
« on: January 31, 2019, 10:17:18 PM »
True story, my wife was all bundled up walking the dogs today (~ 0 F) and I decided to mess with around. Took off my shirt and ran out to hang out with her and the dog. The coldest part was when she hugged me and the metal buttons on her coat hit my bare chest.
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741
« on: January 28, 2019, 10:50:19 PM »
Don, Bear electrical on Walton Nicholson. I think they do starters, never used them but at least it’s local.
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742
« on: January 27, 2019, 06:01:59 PM »
I like me some banana cream pie, and that looks like a good one. Rest of the meal sounds good too
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743
« on: January 27, 2019, 06:00:10 PM »
Nice, staircase looks good, glad you didn’t have any problems getting it in.
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744
« on: January 27, 2019, 01:48:44 PM »
Same here Dave, we did away with TV at the house, don’t even have an antenna. We have a projector that I have set up for watching family movie night or other special occasions(daddy’s got the big kids and momma only has the littles, stuff like that). It’s funny how quickly they zero in on tv or movies when we go to family or friends houses. The kids all read like the words on the pages are going to fade away, which is great.
For news almost everything comes from the internet, we have 250Mbps fiber to the house. Also how we get most of our movies.
Funny thing though, when you have 10 kids, people tell you you should have a TV in your bedroom and watch it more.
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745
« on: January 24, 2019, 07:35:19 AM »
Dave, this isn't playing. Its some real work.
I think the payoff with these motors is huge and am hopeful for a good result
I get there’s a lot of work, you just seem to be having a lot of fun. I know there is a ton of potential in these engines, I just wouldn’t even really know where to start except for what I’m reading in this thread. I think if I did anything, I might start with a donor engine, mine is at about 485k right now. Leaks some and burns some oil but still pulls strong and I’m getting about 13-14 mpg most of the time. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
746
« on: January 23, 2019, 09:31:43 PM »
Looking good, Don. I’ve got basically the same engine in my 04 Express 2500. Makes me feel like I should just follow your blueprints and do a build on it.
Or if you get bored when you’re done with yours, I’ll let you take mine apart and play with it. :)
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747
« on: January 23, 2019, 07:06:25 AM »
I picked up the Ubiquiti AC Pro just before Christmas after seeing what you were using. I had never heard of them before but after doing my research and looking at them, decided to give it a shot. So far I’m really happy with it. The range is better than my old three node meshed consumer grade network was. Setup was easy enough and POwer over Ethernet is definitely nice, as long as you can get cat6 to it you’re golden. It has given me better coverage in the whole house(~4700 sq ft) than I had before and the throughout I’m getting is much better. I’ll be picking up a couple more, probably the AC lite to extend the mesh into my garage and the back yard.
Are your cameras from ubiquiti as well?
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748
« on: January 12, 2019, 02:01:15 PM »
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749
« on: December 30, 2018, 05:37:47 PM »
Sorry to hear about your loss, Jon.
I can attest to the difficulty of digging in Kentucky’s rock laden clay “soil”. Nothing easy about it. It may start out a rich dark soil, but about 1.5 inches down, you run into clay that only has one purpose, to hold the rocks in place.
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750
« on: December 29, 2018, 10:49:35 AM »
Congrats on your home sale, it’s a good feeling when it gets finalized.
Had to replace the oil filter adapter gasket on the Honda Odyssey. I had been noticing a small drip drip of oil leakage over the last few weeks, but didn’t think or have the time to devote to it. Got the oil changed last week and asked about it, I was told it looked like the pan gasket. Fast forward to day before Christmas and driving to Costco, it starts stuttering and goes limp mode. Took it to Valvoline (different shop from where it was changed) since it was right there. They said t was empty m, no oil on dipstick. They crawled around and said the bottom of the engine was coated in oil. They put 3.5 qts of oil back in and said start it up and we’ll see what is going on. As soon as I started it up, the guy below said it was draining oil from above the oil filter. In the one minute - two minutes it was running, it dropped a quart. Manage to get it home and ordered the part. About a 30 minute job to change the gasket, pull right front tire, hose down with brake cleaner, remove three bolts, wipe down mating surfaces and put in new gasket. Not a drip leaked since then. The old gasket was brittle and had a break in it.
Long story for an easy fix.
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