Very nice there Tate!  Was at my last one most likely with my youngest, Friday, on her 11th Birthday!  By 5th grade, almost none of her classmates attend, so she hung with her 4th grade basketball buddies.  Nice night by all measures.......I always laugh at the youngest ones, who's mom's are so proud of those cute dresses.......little do they know that 30 mins. in, they become floor dusters as the little ones twirl, flop, spin and make snow angles on the floor most of the evening!

Great pictures too!

100% accurate there sir. I had some pics of that, but they were just blurs. Samsung camera is no high speed Nikon that's for sure.

The local 4square church in town puts this together every year, and Sophie goes to school with the pastor's daughter, so this year we got the invite and decided to go. I showed up after work, got us both changed into our "date clothes", and did everything a gentleman should do for her first date: brought her flowers, held doors, pulled out chairs, ordered her dinner first, etc. We had a blast and with a solid Christian theme, we even got some of the good news delivered after dinner right before the festivities. The idea behind it was to write your own story, and while the theme drifted a bit, they tied it into a photo montage of dads and daughters going on dates like we were. By the night's end, she was asking if they do this every year, if we can always go. Starting her own traditions, and the foundation that we're laying with what she should expect out of her dates is one of the most fulfilling things I have ever done. Bit of a pic dump here, s'cuse me.

It's more art deco than functional, steer skull mounted on the steering wheel makes for difficult maneuvering. I hear ya on the factory sheet metal abuse, but I'm not sure if this was even an original vehicle or a body kit that was modified, either way, the wagladiator build is much cooler, especially with the soft top I always wanted to do to mine. Jealous.

Looks like a blast there JR. ah the pinewood derby, good memories...

This has to be somewhere in Africa...

You mean this guy?

Already covered this chief, 3pt post hole auger & concrete. DIY

What he said. or get real cheap and get a manual post hole digger, but the auger would be invaluable for years to come, solve your problem with a small up front investment in equipment, and then you're just looking at the cost of materials to do exactly what they want to charge you $2500 for.

I'm with you Ken. I've gone through that on purpose wheeling, but then I drove down the mountain and went home where it was bare and wet. To have to deal with THAT on a daily basis, I think would force me to rethink my geography. I did actually laugh out loud to miss Kaye's comment at the hood deep snow; that is kinda what I expected to hear from her.

I expect to see you at the Yukon booth for SEMA 2016.

got any canned pineapple? lemon juice? frozen orange juice concentrate? mix with a little salt and pepper and oil and vinegar(got any of that?) and ziplock that puppy overnight and it will do in a pinch.

I cancelled cable and don't use any social media. THIS is as plugged in as I get. I completely agree with you. there was a mentally wasted native American homeless guy that was not on drugs, but drugs had messed his brain up so bad he was perma-fried. on a street corner in downtown Seattle brandishing and menacing bystanders with a large folding pocket knife. apparently this is how he panhandled; carving and selling chunks of hacked up wood. he was having a bad day and flipped out, came at the officers who had told him to drop the knife SEVERAL times, warning they would shoot, and eventually shot him. Rather than "homeless mentally ill man menacing bystanders with a knife shot by police" the headlines for weeks were "John the Woodcarver killed by Seattle police". which sounds better? It doesn't seem to matter the news outlet anymore, they are all political machines one way or the other. They only showed the footage a couple times because the video didn't fit the story they were trying to spin. Media is control. keep the populous docile and complacent and it's hard to get them motivated to action and revolt.

Most media is clueless to how a firearm functions or how it is determined.

I highly doubt anyone had a class III firearm, cept LEOs.

I know that most media is clueless, it just seems that out here in the greater Seattle area, they just simply go with inaccuracies as the norm and move on without any attempt at correcting them. Next broadcast will have the correct terms, but not after getting another 100k to watch the follow up on the "automatic weapon" report. 

..."lord I apologize, please be with them starving pygmies down in new guinea Amen"

I'm struggling with the tank bag too; my thoughts are you're going to paint the tank, get a molle(sp?)bag and call it done, and that thing will become your new lunchbox.

agreed.

what is it with you guys and banging up your legs? glad to here things seem to be going along smoothly.

Sorry to hear that Sam. Not fun at all. God bless and a speedy recovery.

Added on a new video w/ GM RPO codes for differential reference. helpful but vague at the same time, the idea is to generate phone calls of course, but here is a reference link that is relevant: https://www.yukongear.com/downloads/productinformation/gm%20rpo%20differential%20codes.pdf

looks very similar to what I do with mine. I like a Tblsp of balsamic vinegar with the wine and add after the tomato paste to deglaze. if the sausage doesn't already have fennel, i'll toast some fennel seeds before starting everything else then add them back in during the stewing process. Now that I've officially hijacked your post, I'm seriously jealous right now. the wife and I are back on our diets to loose the holiday flab and I'm hangry.

nah, Don's more of the no teeth version.

What the what!? I thought you were in WA man, are you on the east side? I was just in Leavenworth last weekend and it looked a lot like your back yard.

"opinion piece by former sergeant and current college student" This says it all right here. Opinion and College student... Education system is more and more similar to today's military; level headed conservative teachers are politically pushed out in favor of the more govt compliant, liberal youngsters that will propagate their agenda. He's just weak minded and has been turned to the dark side. Look at Bergdahl. Week minds spout weak arguments.

original or not, I would sport that. But then again, I'm a nerd.

if you can get the dust cover off the flywheel, get in there and look for little rust lines radiating out from the center. common issue for "rattling in gear" is a cracked flywheel. i guess it's a known issue on these per my transmission buddy. Donny at Wilson's Trans & 4x4 in Porterville.

It's a passive steering component that sits "idly" until moved by the pittman arm and steering box.