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NorthernRedneck

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Spent the morning with my neighbor making more sausage and bologna.

Went to the dump. Moved some stuff around the yard. Took down the tent trailer and backed it into it's winter storage.

Felt kind of stupid today. Fired up the mower for the last time and mowed the tall grass where the camper sat. IN THE SNOW!

I talk to myself to get an expert opinion.
 

m1west

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Hi all, I returned from the work cabin Sunday but was too busy yesterday to post. Some of that will be in the rants and raves section. Anyway the trip went good but turned into way more work than I planned on. I moved the water tank up hill about 45' which is about a 12' elevation change.I buried the tank 1/2 way in the rear and about a foot in the front so I can leave water in it thru the winter without freezing.
When I turned the water on after filling the tank, nothing, zero, nada WTF. I dug up more than 100' of buried pipe and found melted spots about every 10'. I replaced it all with PVC. ( took all day ). Now I have lots of water and pressure, so much so that I may be able to eliminate the pressure pump under the cabin. Next I cut up some of the down trees and raked the pine needles away from the cabin. There is a greater chance for fire up there now than before the fire. All the pine trees that didn't burn completely dropped all the pine needles from being singed. They are 6" deep every 10 sq. feet I raked resulted in a bail of pine needles. Next trip I will continue to rake them away from the cabin, I also swept the roof. On the last day I bought another BBQ. On the last day me and the little boy ate a ribeye. I would like to make one more trip there at the end of this week and bring the Suzuki home and do some more clean up. Next mont I will be extremely busy with work thru the first of the year so who knows when I can go again.
 

Lenny

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Went into Council Bluffs to check my buddy's house because he's down at the southern border helping the border patrol for about 2 months.

Avoca, Iowa asked me to be on the Urban Renewal Board and the meeting is about 90 minutes from now. I have a few suggestions I hope they will like. They give people $5,000 towards the purchase of a home for people moving here. I'd like to see something personable, like a lunch with the mayor and/or a packet of things like a bunch of coupons for local businesses. I'm on the Planning and Zoning Board too.
 

NorthernRedneck

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I spent the entire day in the garage after a quick trip to the city for some backing board for a shelving unit I'm building for the bedroom beside my wife's desk. Got it built sanded and stained. Only thing left is to cut and install the thin backing board to stiffen it up.
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Big Dog

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After almost 8 months with no work, I go out Sunday and I need to go get some clothes for work. I’m 120# down since February and all my work dress clothes fit like rags. A plus is the weather is going to allow me to go on a motorsikkle!
 

pirate_girl

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That's awesome Doggie. :smile:

I was up early today, but dove back in the nest for extra shut eye.
Nearly ended up working a double last night.
No complaints here, Christmas is coming and I've got three spoiled grandbrats.

The weather is shitty.
The end!
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FrancSevin

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Up all night with our daughter/granddaughter who's boyfriend just dumped her. She threatened suicide.

Lots of yelling, crying and screaming from 2:00 AM on. Seems she blames the wife instead of the jerk who broke her heart.

Sometime in the night, I wrenched my back and now can barely move without pain. I'm at work now, exhausted and feeling like a really, really old guy.
 

Lenny

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Francis, I sure hope your daughter/granddaughter gets through this okay. I know you're doing everything you can.
 

EastTexFrank

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What did you have for lunch? Most stomach bugs are some form of food poisoning.

I can't remember. I think that I made a sausage sandwich with sausage from the night before. My stomach was a little "iffy" that morning and more of the same sausage might have pushed it over the edge. My wife didn't eat any of it, she had shrimp with her pasta, so she was okay. You guys may be right about the food poisoning.

It's not back to 100%, it's still "uncomfortable", but I'm going to do a little work this afternoon and see what happens. I'm getting bored sitting around here and missing out on all this beautiful weather out there.
 

FrancSevin

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I know this kind of emotional stress is normal with teenagers, especially women. But both her and her boyfriend are gay. Both have multiple personality syndromes. Both are women who identity as male.
As "straights," my wife and I are considered the enemy. It matters not at all what we say or do.


I don't mean this in a detrimental way,, but with gays, the emotions seem far more intensified. It's hard to relate.
 

NorthernRedneck

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Finished off the cabinets for my wife's office. Now in the city to get the oil changed on the truck. Then home to do more outside work tarping everything up for winter and removing batteries.

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pirate_girl

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I know this kind of emotional stress is normal with teenagers, especially women. But both her and her boyfriend are gay. Both have multiple personality syndromes. Both are women who identity as male.
As "straights," my wife and I are considered the enemy. It matters not at all what we say or do.


I don't mean this in a detrimental way,, but with gays, the emotions seem far more intensified. It's hard to relate.

Absolutely.
My oldest granddaughter is "pansexual"
At 18, I honestly don't think she really knows what she is sexually.
That in and of itself has caused a lot of her emotional issues in the past, along with losing her Mother in the accident.
Right now she has a partner, but also has crushes on boys.
I'm tired of trying to figure it out.
My son Jeff accepts her decisions, as long as she's not hurting herself or anyone else.
I love her unconditionally as always.
My ex not long ago gave her the Catholic (HIS) personal view on it all.
She told me all about it recently saying Grandpa Wes thought he had to give me "the talk"... then she rolled her eyes.
As long as my little girl is happy and achieves her goal of firefighter, this Grandma is going to be very happy.
 

NorthernRedneck

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Finished off the cabinets for my wife's office. Now in the city to get the oil changed on the truck. Then home to do more outside work tarping everything up for winter and removing batteries.

I talk to myself to get an expert opinion.
Forgot the pictures. Yes, it happened. Lol
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m1west

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Had a plan to go to the work cabin yesterday but real work got in the way, try again next week
 

EastTexFrank

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It won't be much. I almost got bounced out of bed at 7 o'clock this morning by a clap of thunder. It was a pretty dry storm with just a light mist or drizzle but a good bit of lightning. That's about how it stayed for a couple of hours and then the skies opened. It poured. It has eased off a bit by now but there won't be anything done outside today. I've had a few of these lazy days recently. They're nice but the work doesn't go away. It just piles up.
 

m1west

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I can't remember. I think that I made a sausage sandwich with sausage from the night before. My stomach was a little "iffy" that morning and more of the same sausage might have pushed it over the edge. My wife didn't eat any of it, she had shrimp with her pasta, so she was okay. You guys may be right about the food poisoning.

It's not back to 100%, it's still "uncomfortable", but I'm going to do a little work this afternoon and see what happens. I'm getting bored sitting around here and missing out on all this beautiful weather out there.

The other thing to watch out for Therese days is eating right after using hand sanitizer, some of that will go a long ways on making you sick too.
 

FrancSevin

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Still dealing with emotional kids. The two gals went to my son's place overnight. Bad move because he is giving them hell. His "tolerance" of gayness is very limited.

But it is no longer our worry. At least for now.

On another note, we are going to Springfield this weekend to sign for anew Mobile home site. The place where we now reside has determined to put another RV within 5 feet of ours. We loose all our parking space, not to mention it violates county codes.

After 5 weeks of attempting resolution, we called the county. They will likely "resolve" the issue with a citation and a summons. Doesn't matter.

After 5 weeks of arguments, excuses , reasons, and stubbornness on the part of park management, the Bad Blood cannot ever be resolved.

Our Mobile home is a bumper pull "Park Model." Which means my one ton Dodge can move it the 11 miles to southern Springfield MO and set it on a quiet, wooded lot in town.
 

NorthernRedneck

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Been outside all morning moving, removing batteries, and tarping up 2 atvs the Jacobsen mower, and 2 golf carts for winter. After lunch I hoofed all the kids outside to get their bikes down to the garage and upstairs for the winter. Followed by all the patio cushions.

This afternoon I have to head up the ladder to reinstall a piece of metal flashing that came down in a wind storm this summer. It's a 2 man job so my buddy is coming over with another ladder. I parked the plow truck close to the house facing the area where we're working to support the ladders so we can safely get up 30ft in the air without the ladders sliding out from under us.

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m1west

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Hi all, today I started building more 32V lithium battery packs for the solar system at the work cabin, there is 7kw there now and I am adding another 7 for a total of 14kw. Last time I was there I left the hot water tank on too long in the late afternoon and used the microwave too many times, in the morning I didn't have enough for the coffee pot until the sun came up. If that isn't enough I will add until it is. I think I have enough solar at 100 amps and 2400 watts it charged the 7 kw battery pack from 20v to 30 v in 15 minutes when the sun is directly on the panels and never discharged at all with the hot water tank on until later in the afternoon. I am extremely impressed with the performance of the lithium batteries, the batteries I am assembling now I have had for more than a year in the garage and stored fully charged at 8.1 volts. over a year later 8.0 volts, they are un effected by cold also. The next solar project will be my shop then the house, I want enough solar and battery that I can disconnect from the grid with a transfer switch and never need PG&E. They are unreliable and expensive. I will be going to the cabin next week and likely will be the last trip for a while.
 

pirate_girl

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Recovering from a long night at work that once again turned into double shift.
Once 10p rolled around, I was ready to zonk.
I've never drank a Monster Energy drink.
That thing had me bouncing off the walls well into 2a when I got off and still at 4a this morning.
 

NorthernRedneck

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I never had an energy drink before until I was running the trail groomer on a 23hour run and needed a boost. It had me wired for hours. Lol.

Today is kind of a write off. She who must be obeyed thought it was necessary to drag me along for a specialist appointment for our daughter. We get there only to discover that only one parent is allowed in. So guess who got nominated to sit in the vehicle and wait for 15 minutes? Well, an hour and a half later, I'm still sitting outside in the vehicle waiting.

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EastTexFrank

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It won't be much.

Yesterday I finally got back to some light work around the place, that is until the afternoon when a light drizzle/mist started. It's still at it today so it's going to be an inside day, trying to keep warm. That cold front that came through on Saturday dropped the temperature over 20°F. It's not cold but it is cool and miserable.
 

FrancSevin

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Cold wet rain here also.
I'm finally getting my concrete work done. The garage extension will be first. That happens Thursday. Then after the RediMix truck puts more cracks in the old driveway, they will break it up and dig out 4 more inches of clay so we can have a good draining base of 2" clean limestone gravel.

All I have yet to do is drill holes and anchor some rebar in the old foundation.


Of course the weather will co-operate as it usually does. This will be the first time concrete work will be done without my actual involvement in the pour and finish. Gonna feel strange not have the control.
 

m1west

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Went to the field to look at a job ant a local cannery, good sized job too. I am starting to price it, I see 350k to 500k without pricing. We will see how close my guess is when I'm done pricing it.
 

FrancSevin

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Went to the field to look at a job ant a local cannery, good sized job too. I am starting to price it, I see 350k to 500k without pricing. We will see how close my guess is when I'm done pricing it.
WOW. I'm lucky to see $350K as a 6 month gross.
Does this make you a 1%'er? Or just a good blue collar guy with valuable skills the 1%ers' need?

:applause::applause::applause:
 
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