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1851
And what is wrong with a 200 gallon shower?

nothing if you're not in southern California or living off the grid :rolleyes: :facepalm:

1852
Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: February 08, 2017, 05:32:43 PM »
Feb 27th. I'm just biding my time. at least the wife has the beer stocked up. helps to flush those little buggers and kill the pain pretty well  :undecided:

1853
Amazing how that big tank of a rig can accelerate the way they do with the 6.0. I don't have much experience with the 5.3L except for my grandpa's 01 k1500 but that thing seemed like a turd compared to my wife's 04 denali with the 6.0L.
And lion is a very appropriate description.

1854
D.O.T. / Re: Bullies
« on: February 08, 2017, 05:25:51 PM »
That's great to hear Jon.

1855
Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: February 08, 2017, 04:55:26 PM »
really clean. pretty lean meat, lots of fruits and veg, low carb, low processed. I went on an alkaline, low oxalate diet for 3 months under Dr orders and at the end my labs came back within 0.001+- of the original numbers. it's just where my metabolism wants to be. they think it has to do with all the heavy asthma meds I took from 4-15yrs old. no one else in my family has any issues like this. also about 100oz of water a day plus other liquids so this just shouldn't be happening is what they tell me.

1856
They usually use customers' pimped out rides for rolling billboards but these guys make a good, simple quality product, and it's from here.

1857
Humor, Good Stuff, and Red Neck Practices! / Re: Hands off my Trump sign
« on: February 08, 2017, 12:43:15 PM »
That's great JR. In Seattle I'd probably be sued.

1858
D.O.T. / Re: Bullies
« on: February 08, 2017, 12:15:24 PM »
Funny thing is, I have 3 sisters and taught them all the good soft spots and pressure points to escape or disable to protect themselves, and they mostly just used them on me for fun afterwards. Don't sneak up on my youngest sister and put your hands on her if you like reproducing or seeing out of both eyes.

1859
D.O.T. / Re: Bullies
« on: February 08, 2017, 12:12:41 PM »
gimme your lunch money!

1860
Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: February 08, 2017, 12:11:47 PM »
We shall find out. I've got an appointment with a specialist on the 27th, so please pray for me that we get answers. The last time I saw a specialist on the issue I was told, "man that sucks, good luck" because they had no diagnosis, or reason for the stone formation but historically people with my lab results continue to make stones forever... not good. I did pass some pieces on sunday which was both painful and relieving at the same time, but I can still feel the disturbance in the force, if you will. The last time I got a CT scan, I had 16 in the passenger side and 11 on the driver's side. I usually pass a dozen or so per year but they are usually pretty small and not so painful, but I'd like to get an actual diagnosis of condition and treatment plan. that is the goal, well, besides not peeing out little razor blades anymore.

1861
Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Gurneys seed catalog
« on: February 08, 2017, 12:03:44 PM »
"I'm very very sneaky sir"

1862
Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Gurneys seed catalog
« on: February 08, 2017, 11:36:58 AM »
re-read and edited for clarity. you are quick on the draw with that thing Ken!

1863
Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Re: Paris at war!
« on: February 08, 2017, 11:33:09 AM »
See historical documents attached:

1864
Farming, Gardening, and Raising Your Own Food / Re: Gurneys seed catalog
« on: February 08, 2017, 11:31:42 AM »
It's called multi-channel marketing and they messed up. They are rewarding the larger customer and enticing the smaller customer with discounts. Unfortunately for them, this is a risky move especially considering how many of their customers most likely live and work in the very same area. they are trying to cater to the retail, wholesale, and wholesale distributor customers in the same market, which is pretty tough to pull off for anyone. if the product is a good quality and the prices are fair, I would use the current situation as an opportunity to ask how you can get into an even deeper discount level than 75% with them if you haven't written them off entirely. since you do most of the ordering, your name probably comes up as the "bigger customer".

1865
http://www.subtle-solutions.com/index.php?cPath=21_24_29_52

these guys were at SEMA last year and had some really nice rides.

1866
Austin and Seattle are basically the same but with less/more rain. (shudder). It can certainly be done, but where do you start/stop? obviously you'd need way more stickers than this guy, but I'm thinking something along these lines but to a less image more functional extent.

1867
What year is the forester? I'm sure there are one or two characters like you out in "Seatthell" with some hipster esq mods to their subarus like you're talking about. I say hipster because they would never actually use the mods, but hey, it's something to talk about while waxing your beard and drinking out of test tubes while eating deconstructed tacos. I helped a buddy back in the 90's setup his legacy wagon w/ 33" mud terrains and a custom grill guard and it was a very capable off road.. car. I would say first thing, make sure you can fit 16" wheels; your disc brakes may be too big for the smaller diameter rim.

1868
D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: February 06, 2017, 06:01:26 PM »
well spring broke on one of the garage doors last night.  Ran all over houston to find a set of replacement springs this morning.  Pain in the butt to un-tension one and then reinstall and tension both.  Then had to adjust the opener.

Wake you up when it went? I thought a tree fell on the house. agreed on the tensioners. no fun.

1869
D.O.T. / Re: Bullies
« on: February 06, 2017, 05:44:47 PM »
Personally I'm a fan of the throat punch....


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Me too. Especially for the kids from that article. I did karate, kickboxing, wrestling and a little judo when I was younger. almost never had to use it as I would let words just bounce off, but physically touch me and I'll snap your fingers, crush your instep and blast your windpipe faster than you can apologize. Don't really like fighting because I tend to go for the "most damage, least effort" approach and then usually feel guilty about it, so it had been YEARS since my last "conflict". While dating, my wife and I would go on dates in downtown Seattle, and would usually run into one or two meatheads that would try to cause trouble but I usually kept my cool and diffused the situation w/ biting sarcasm which led her to believe that I might be passive or nervous to let things get physical. Fast forward a few years to us on vacation in Disneyland w/ my oldest boy about 7, his little half brother who was only 3 at the time riding in the stroller on our way out of the park at closing time. Two big Mexican dudes, drunk, and without kids, are pushing their way through the crowd, and knock into Cyndie and almost knock over the stroller. I immediately holler loud enough to make them stop and turn around. Calling them out for their dangerous behavior. The bigger drunker of the two comes at me immediately and reached out to grab me and I grabbed his wrist on my far side and stopped his foot, putting him a** over teakettle into the bushes. His buddy took off and park security escorted the other fella out when everyone around us told them about the big bad Mexicans the 155lb 23 year old little white kid so there was not even a discussion, just a "thank you and enjoy your evening". Now my wife has the understanding and confidence that I do, so she doesn't worry about talkers anymore. I share that story to emphasize the confidence that a scrawny, picked on, glasses wearing short guy can get from knowing how to defend himself. I stopped caring about bullies long before I got into any fights because I knew I could take them and wasn't afraid to try. that was enough for me. You can't make people change, you certainly can't rely on administration to do ANYTHING for you, but you can "arm" your children with enough confidence and emotional tools to deal with them, and pretty smartly.

1870
D.O.T. / Re: Protest starter pack
« on: February 03, 2017, 04:30:10 PM »
Starter pack's missing the safety pin, lol

1871
D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: February 02, 2017, 12:23:59 PM »
LOL, obviously not a Sean Connery fan!

1873
General Vehicle Related Discussion / Re: Modified this thread!
« on: February 01, 2017, 12:05:24 PM »
I think we should discuss carpet cleaner machines and what everyone's counterparts use? My wife wants to spend a bunch of $ on a carpet scrubber


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I convinced the wife to go hardwood through the entire house.  No carpet in the bedrooms even.

Should we move this over to powertools or ladies corner :grin:

1874
Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: February 01, 2017, 11:06:50 AM »
Update:

I'm at work, (was yesterday too), but this time I don't need to be doped up. Thanks all and to Him, the intense pain has subsided for now. it has either broken up or at the very least dislodged to a place where there's not so much blockage. The inflammation can cause intestinal issues, (read between the lines here), so I hope that's what's going on now, but it could be infection from damage. Going to be keeping an eye on it for the next couple days, so fingers crossed gentlemen. Thank you again.

1875
Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: January 31, 2017, 06:18:07 PM »
Sure would be good of him. I've broken 15 bones over my life, (hit by a car when I was 10 for most of them), but I'd take broken bones over the kidney stone pain any day. don't wish that stuff on anyone but the jihadis.

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Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: January 31, 2017, 05:58:29 PM »
Please include me in your prayers tonight also. I've been battling chronic kidney stones since I was about 17 but they are getting bigger and more frequent, even with medication, diet change, supplements etc. I've got one now that seems to be stuck around the er um walnut sized jobber that makes it hard for old timers to go #1. Hoping it passes without surgery, just can't afford to be down right now.

1877
Faith Discussion / Re: Prayer Request thread
« on: January 31, 2017, 05:55:46 PM »
Very sorry for your loss Dave. I'll be working him into mine tonight.

1878
Medical Corner / Re: Tooth cap
« on: January 30, 2017, 06:58:44 PM »
sounds like you didn't pull up too hard but that the tooth gave up like a Bernie supporter.

1879
Sounds like the dreaded driveline thump and steering linkage rattle. I think Sam posted up a fix for that somewhere here...

1880
Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Re: My 5 year streak comes to an end
« on: January 30, 2017, 11:14:40 AM »
My Aunt and Uncle on my mom's side taught me that when I first started driving; keys out of the ignition on the dash, lights on in the dark, windows down and respectful yes sir no sir etc. and I've been warned more times then I've been fined living by that rule. I also learned not to name drop. had my uncle's card behind my license most of my teen years, and once a Snohomish county deputy that had pulled me over spotted it as I was handing him my information and asked, "how do you know Pete?" "he's my uncle.." walked away and came back with my ticket and said nothing more. I asked my uncle about it later, turned out he'd been dating his ex for a few weeks now...

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Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Re: My 5 year streak comes to an end
« on: January 27, 2017, 06:14:10 PM »
And some are this guy

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Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Re: My 5 year streak comes to an end
« on: January 27, 2017, 10:08:30 AM »
Well, the only thing I can share is I've been good (for years knock on wood) and the wife while in Seattle on business recently was awarded a ticket in a rental from a traffic cam for being 6 mph over & the letter (in a plain uncertified envelope btw) they sent was requesting a $150 for that infraction.

I promptly filed that in the oval filing cabinet.......

Yeah, those things are an actual joke. "I'm not sure who I loaned my car to that day but that's not me driving" case dismissed every time. The best ones are the timed ones near school zones. they snap a pic of you entering and another leaving. if you got there too fast, you must have been speeding. Thanks Tim Eyman.

1883
Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Re: My 5 year streak comes to an end
« on: January 26, 2017, 06:54:14 PM »
I have to agree with ol Kooter there as much as I hate to. I've got plenty of family in blue and even if their specific job to do is "generate revenue" they've still got to do it. and for you and me and lots more that know what their doing and are driving alert and not texting or eating or putting on makup or on cruise with their feet hanging out the window, it's a big inconvenience to be stopped and sited when we darn well know we're safe, but take it for what it's worth, the officer just doesn't know you yet. I still get burned up over it and usually have some choice words for them in my head though.

I had a 1991 Beretta Indy pace car back in 1999 and had just finished decking and porting the heads and swapping out the upper intake manifold after sitting in the garage for over a year. My buddy and I deserved a break so we went camping over at Lake Chelan and on the way home we were on cruise control coming back over steven's pass on hwy2 when I saw a stater heading my direction from the other direction. I had a barq's rootbeer in my hand when I gave him a little nod and half solute as we passed, (as I appreciate the other aspects of their work) and he lit me up as he passed, flipped around REAL quick and was very agitated as he approached the window. I carefully held up the rootbeer as I took the keys out and put them on the dash, very politely asked what was wrong, when he told me I was doing 63, in a 60... confused I apologized and explained it was on cruise and my dash was digital, so it showed 60 as we were passing? He thought I was drinking and driving and mocking him. the fun part was forgetting to renew my insurance I had put on hold while the car sat so I had to drive back to eastern Washington a week later to fight a nearly $500 ticket in that county. Good times.

1884
Coffee Induced Early Morning Rant / Re: My 5 year streak comes to an end
« on: January 26, 2017, 11:29:55 AM »
In WA we can do a "deferred finding", pay the $100 extortion fee known as court costs, and it will not be posted to our driving record as long as there are no more traffic violations for a 7 year probationary period. I successfully made it to the month of my 7 year period and almost immediately got popped doing 50 in a 35 in a late rush to work...

1885
babyback ribs? Sorry, had to. What a crock of ....

1886
Share Your Recipe / Re: whats for dinner tonight
« on: January 26, 2017, 11:12:16 AM »
Baked stuffed rainbows.
Onions, peppers, mushrooms and a teaspoon of palm sugar.

http://s1134.photobucket.com/user/sammconn/media/food/A7DE4A9D-A3C2-462D-9406-0211EB1953DC.jpg.html





Man they was good!
Man that LOOKS good. Caught or bought Sam?

1888
D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 25, 2017, 11:56:39 AM »
or this guy:

1889
D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 25, 2017, 11:50:55 AM »
I work in the Safety office now, so yay paperwork.

So you're officer safety now huh? :popcorn:

Nope. Technically Industrial Safety Trainer.

This guy?

1890
General Vehicle Related Discussion / Re: So, I want a vehicle...
« on: January 24, 2017, 06:40:21 PM »
Got a link?

1891
Firearms / Re: keltec KSG 12 guage
« on: January 24, 2017, 01:02:03 PM »
Just leave one for me at my warehouse in Florence. Thank you for the kind gift.  :wink: :likebutton:

1892
isn't that the core principle behind communism? one medals we all medal?

1893
I think he means ricey in the sense of import tuner appearance vs. American truck. I agree, the halo look suits BMW just fine, but I'm not a fan on the trucks. just give me glaring, blinding lights.

1894
Tires, Wheels, and Suspension / Re: 2001 suburban 2500 active suspension
« on: January 23, 2017, 11:30:26 AM »
No pics, too freakin' cold, but I just did a conversion kit to manual fill air shocks and passive gas charged shocks on the wife's Denali last weekend.

https://www.amazon.com/Monroe-AK29-Shock-Absorber-Adaptor/dp/B000CD386S/ref=pd_bxgy_263_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=D7FAYKNEY152C70FVW0T

https://www.amazon.com/Monroe-90012-Electronic-Suspension-Conversion/dp/B004K829AM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1485188721&sr=8-1&keywords=air+ride+conversion+shocks+2004+denali

I DID NOT USE THE RESISTORS! Prior to starting the project, I disconnected the negative terminal and waited exactly 10 min. Not sure why the magic number, but I just followed instructions. I then pulled the 30 amp fuse for the air ride and began the removal and installation of the new shocks and air lines. hooked the battery back up at the end and no codes, no svc lights. I just left the terminals disconnected from the shocks and zip tied them back up out of the way. that way if I want to go back to normal air ride at some time down the road I can. left the fuse out, zero issues, and manual fill is a dream compared to the auto air ride mess.

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 20, 2017, 06:03:53 PM »
Ken,

I know your depressed about your girlfriend but go am buy this it might help.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/5959583931.html

its close to you!

Whoa. Dad and stepmom have got lotsabucks. maybe I'll talk him into driving it home at the end of march when I come down your way.  :shocked:

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D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 20, 2017, 11:47:18 AM »
the blue bills were an accident. i shot the first 2 about .37 sec after legal shooting light first thing. they slipped in with a few swarming woodies. everything was black and gray and moving just shy of the speed of sound. doubled on the first 2 shots. and the 3rd kinda jumped us. still dark. popped through the trees about 12 yds out and floated in. didn't realize it was a blue bill until my buddy missed the first time and flared it alittle.

Feel your pain. shot and had to clean and eat a grebe once, first light with a bunch of greenwing teal. the non-sparkly mini duck was the only one I hit with my little break action 20ga.

1897
Saw this movie the weekend my best man deployed to Fallujah. Most of us in the theater actually stood up and cheered at this scene. Thanks to our heavenly protectors!

1898
Bug-Out Bag and Camping gear / Re: Life straw
« on: January 19, 2017, 05:12:05 PM »
ANYTHING beats iodine tabs. I've boiled water in halved orange peels to avoid them during O.A., and didn't regret the extra time it took.

1899
Perks of the gig JR.

1900
D.O.T. / Re: WDYDT (What Did You Do Today)
« on: January 19, 2017, 11:14:28 AM »
after burning all day.. had a few minutes to film some stuff. kinda cool..
http://s620.photobucket.com/user/swbhobie16/media/4490F573-97D3-4871-BA10-CAB1C6407530.mp4.html

and his was a few days ago..



Nice mixed bag there. I'd probably make jerky out of the blue bills and suffer through it. I like to eat 'em while I'm shooting them :cheesy:

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