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Im here Sonny.cleaning up messes as always..maybe it's my turn to make one

Checking in at 8:07 am on this bright and sunny Saturday morning. Please send breakfast to my room please.

(waves)

Here doing a little check-in on my HammerStone thread. 20 DEC, 22:20. Merry Christmas everyone.

Happy Tuesday...

If we don't hear from you Sonny we'll send a St.Bernard out with some soup for ya
12/21 353pm est

Jigs across the stage with hat and cane...

11:55 ---- MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Sonny's not wanting to lose his 'Top Poster' slot to the webmaster Jim
8:58am EST 12/26. only 500 more posts to go and I'll catch up to you Sonny

608AM 12/27 Colder than a witch's tit outside,15deg..no precip here, just salt everywhere..at least the ground is frozen hard.
300miles north of you Jim, 800miles east of Sonny..

Common sense isnt taught anymore..in fact I think its being bred out of our young people..all they do is google whatever on their smartphone..

1/1/2023 723AM EST

Me too Jim. His days of football playing may be over. Hope he recovers and can work in the NFL someplace. Never saw an ambulance on the field before. Sad

Today just hangin around waiting for a generator to be deliverd. Bought a 13 KW dual fuel Duromax. Should do everything I need it for when the lights go out in a hurricane. My 5500 Generac did the job during the recent Ian hurricane, but sold that. New unit should be able to run most all my stuff. I could have gone with a 22kw standby but they are getting about $22K for those and buried LP tank. Ill have about $1300 in this setup with a panel interlock plate to supply the whole house. I'm sure I will have to alternate some heavy use stuff like central air conditioner and stove but it should do OK.

6:07 chatting with a guy on the UBB forums about our email notification issue.

Morning coffee and MBN...

Another Long day.. Came home & there was a envelope on the counter from Sonny.. I'll try & get it deposited asap so your books stay straight.

did a complete going over of the T300 Bobcat loader I just bought, radiator hoses,hydraulics+several hoses,custom counterweights,new oil cooler,pump drive belt, a lot of work in time and labor but with a no-emissions Kubota turbo it oughta last a while..getting ready for colder weather here once things dry out after Ophilia tropical storm blew thru,everything is wet but no damage..so after a few days of drying out its back in the action
9/26/2023
4:30PM EST

turning wrenches lately on the Bobcat trackloader, she was previously enjoyed and didnt get much love..lots of things to set straight on it. Today should finish it up.
also helping my brother move, and getting ready for winter season to set in. Staging shop jobs for the cold season, lathe needs service,probably a belt set install.
Retirement has been good, busy now more than ever
10/5/2023 0644AM EST

i am still alive

Good to hear from you Terry, sad to hear you had to go thru all that..sometimes the best medicine is to get out into the shop and get going on a small project,something you know you can complete,to give you the satisfaction and reassurance you still have it..then move on to something bigger..doesn't have to cost a lot or be spectacular..just cleaning out, moving a cabinet or building some shelves out of scrap pallet wood might do it..to get your mojo back..sometimes just sitting and (optionally enjoying an adult beverage and/or cigar) and looking at a shop job does it for me..I can usually come up with a problem fix or solution with slow analysis..then get another beverage and further investigate. Then turn out the lights and come back the next day and you might see it totally different..sometimes a good night sleep and look at it tomorrow approach is the best..FWIW

Damn.... I know that there are no words good enough.. Just know, Just like Sonny said we are here to listen and you are in our Prayers.

Well, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Mine was very different. I was alone the day before, the day of and the day after Christmas. My so and his fiancé were busy ferrying kids between ex-husbands and wives. So, it was just me and the cat. She is a feral that I had fixed and feeding for about 3 years now. I could prop open the door on the back porch getting my wife or groceries in the house and she would never make an attempt to even peek in the house. The front steps are awkward at best, so we never use the front door. A couple of days after the funeral I was having a bad night. I heard a cat at the front door. I wiped the tears and snot off my face and drug open the door. There sat that little cat, Misty! I asked what she was doing out there as she never had come to that door and opened the storm door. She just strolled in like she had been for years and hopped up on the arm of my chair and just stared at me. She has slept on my chest in that recliner ever since.
So, it's me and the cat, Misty.
I couldn't stand to be at home on what would have been our 44th anniversary so I escaped. I had promised my wife we would go to the beach so that is what i did. I was gone a week as i wandered over there, to North Myrtle Beach, stayed a couple days and wandered back.
I got home and that little cat came running out to greet me!
I thought money was going to be tight, but things worked out and other than some asshole hacking my debit card and it gets locked the day before Christmas things were fine.
So, all eyes are on the new year.
Also, good or better weather. There isn't anything so important that I get pneumonia over. Other than the gall bladder issue I have stayed well.
So, with that I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Terry

Still alive here. been cold enough to hide inside all week. Wife has me doing a whole crap load of honey Do stuff. re-upholstered the benches in the sunroom and refinished the table.

Whattdya talkin about Sonny all new vehicles are bad, the good engineers that knew what they were doing are retired and out..Simple question, WHY do we need a electronic module,a switch,a vacuum pump with plastic hoses,a solenoid valve and more plastic to engage 4x4 in a pickup truck when a simple lever on the floor did fine for 70yrs?

7.03AM EST East Coast USA
Cloudy,Chilly and Overcast, Oil heat is ON

I agree on the complicated shit that only causes trouble! My old 73 F-250 Hi-Boy only has levers on the floor, manual lock-out hubs and a carb on the 300 motor I put in it! --- ALSO a hand choke! lol! This 98 Explorer has switches that dont work! S'POSED to have 4 low , 4 High , but last time I tried to use 4 low I couldnt get it back into 4 High! I finally shifted back on its own while sitting in the drive. Never touched it again! It runs full time 4x4 High so I leave it there. Got a sensor or some valve on top of the motor messed up cause it slobbers when its cold then dies. Usually starts back up and runs fine. Had it to Gearheads garage and they never fixed it so it still slobbers. Got lucky this winter cause I have the new 96 350 and didnt go anywhere anyhow! lol!
Anyway now on to figuring out how to get the damn track back on the mini-hoe!
2/29/2024 at 10:08 AM