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zekeusa

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I'm off to PA all week to do a job. Dog's at the spa (Kennel) Wish I could go to a spa!
 

Doc

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Working on an old boat/mistake I bought a month ago. Hoping to make it run, or at least turn over. lol
it's an 88 four winns the guy was practically giving away to get it out of his way. I'm close to doing the same.
 

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NorthernRedneck

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Just got home from fish camp. We experienced all 4 seasons in a span of 36 hours. Seriously. It freaking rained then snowed on Saturday. That night everything froze. Sunday, we were in shorts and t-shirts. Now, it's 30 degrees Celsius outside and I'm burnt to a crisp.

I loaded up the truck camper yesterday then got up bright and early this morning and headed up the lake fishing. First cast at 9am brought in a nice walleye. By 9:30 all 3 of us in the boat had a limit of 4 each. By 11 we had caught over 50 fish. We headed back to camp and I was packed and ready to hit the road by 12. It's a 3.5hr drive. I got home at 3:30 with stopping for gas and road construction for 15 minutes.
 

pirate_girl

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Sounds like a nice time Brian, except for the weather craziness.

It's been rainy and muggy today.
Other than that I've been busy af.
Lol
 

luvs

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vomiting went over not-so-well, tho my tresses look cute, my family is due, as is my a/c~~ soon--
vinny says we''ll have a a few beverages w/ my joel-- my best pal & my Mom & Vinny'll see to that~~
 

NorthernRedneck

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Back to the grind today. Gym at 9 then physio at 12. Other than that it's unpacking the boat and camper from the weekend.

Supposed to be a hot one today. I went from wearing longjohns and a winter jacket on Saturday to wearing shorts yesterday and today
 

EastTexFrank

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Back from Boston. Had a great time and saw my grand daughter graduate with a Masters in Law. She's working to some master plan that it seems only she knows. If it involves me, she better let me in the loop or she is going to be disappointed.

At home, the grass needs cutting after a weeks absence .... tomorrow. First order of business is to get the dogs from the boarding kennel and then a whole bunch of other stuff that needs attending to.
 

NorthernRedneck

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Ah the joys of traveling. Lol. We always have to kennel the dogs when we go out of town.

Despite being barely able to stand, I managed to unload all the blocking from the boat and place them up in the back yard for the truck camper then unloaded the truck camper from the truck. Now I wait for physio then off to home depot to look at fencing options.
 

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Congrats Frank!!!! That is awesome. Which college? I used to love to visit Boston in the 90's when I had to go there for work a few times a year. Hectic but so many historic places.

Today I worked on our trails. Trying to get the multiflora cut back from the trails so none of the kids or grandkids get snagged and cut by the nasty stuff.
 

EastTexFrank

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Congrats Frank!!!! That is awesome. Which college?

New England School of Law. Coming from Scotland she was awarded a Carnegie Scholarship financed by the St Andrew's Society of New York. One of the stipulations was that the college had to be in the north-east and she had to attend a couple of functions of the Society in New York. Pity in a way. She had already been accepted to SMU in Dallas which is only a 100 miles from us but a free ride (plus) was too much to turn down.
 

Doc

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Wow, Congrats on that. I agree it would be silly to turn down the free ride unless you had more money than you knew what to do with. Hopefully Boston was a good experience for her. :thumb:
 

luvs

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myself G Parents were here to put my a/c in w my pal And we got a few adult beverages, as well-- yay
 

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Going on a day trip with a friend, her sister and their mother. It consists of 150 to 250 miles of random driving through small towns, state parks and hills in western Iowa and Eastern Nebraska. We will find a Ma and Pa restaurant to eat at. It's always fun.
 

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Working on an old boat/mistake I bought a month ago. Hoping to make it run, or at least turn over. lol
it's an 88 four winns the guy was practically giving away to get it out of his way. I'm close to doing the same.

There is no money flipping old boats.

I know, I have four of them in the parking lot. It's an addiction.:hammer:
 

FrancSevin

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Found out yesterday that everything produced on one of our packaging lines for the last 6 days is defective. Operator error changed the timing, ruined the cutting die, and no one noticed.:unsure:

We have to replace the custom materials, open all 100,000 packages and reclaim the customer's sample materials.:hammer:
Then, re-run the job. $15K to $$20K loss.


In my next life, I plan to work for someone else, always. I will still make mistakes like any other human. But whilst the fault will be mine, it will be someone else's problem.
 
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Jim_S

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Found out yesterday that everything produced on one of our packaging lines forthelast6 days is defective. Operator error changed the timing, ruined the cutting die, and no one noticed.:unsure:

We have to replace the custom materials, open all 100,000 packages and reclaim the customer's sample materials.:hammer:
Then, re-run the job. $15K to $$20K loss.


In my next life, I plan to work for someone else, always. I will still make mistakes like any other human. But whilst the fault will be mine, it will be someone else's problem.

ouch!
 

NorthernRedneck

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There is no money flipping old boats.

I know, I have four of them in the parking lot. It's an addiction.:hammer:
Actually I did well flipping old boats. I started at age 19 buying my first boat. A shallow 14' starcraft with an old 7.5hp merc. Bought it for $500. Sold it for $800. Turned around and bought a 14ft shallow naden boat with a 9.9hp merc for $650. Split it up and sold the boat for $500 and the motor for $500. Bought a deep 14' naden for 650 and a used 15hp for 500. Someone stole the motor and house insurance replaced it with a new $2000 20hp motor. I sold the boat and motor for $3500 and bought an 18ft lund with a 60hp engine for $3800. I blew the motor and sold that pkg for $4200 with a blown motor. I then took that $4200 and put it as a down payment on a new boat.
 

pirate_girl

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I once flipped out of a boat..
But seriously folks...
:yum:
I'm watching the grandbrats play while Ali naps.
She had an early morning appointment.

I'll go into town later and gas the car then run some errands.
 

FrancSevin

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Actually I did well flipping old boats. I started at age 19 buying my first boat. A shallow 14' starcraft with an old 7.5hp merc. Bought it for $500. Sold it for $800. Turned around and bought a 14ft shallow naden boat with a 9.9hp merc for $650. Split it up and sold the boat for $500 and the motor for $500. Bought a deep 14' naden for 650 and a used 15hp for 500. Someone stole the motor and house insurance replaced it with a new $2000 20hp motor. I sold the boat and motor for $3500 and bought an 18ft lund with a 60hp engine for $3800. I blew the motor and sold that pkg for $4200 with a blown motor. I then took that $4200 and put it as a down payment on a new boat.
So, you a good slick salesman.


That said, making $300.00 without doing a damn thing to the boat isn't a big profit when you have overhead, materials and beer to cover. There just isn't that much money in it.

Ever watch PawnStars. Rick says NO to flipping boats. "There's no money in it." I tend to agree. especially on power boats.

That said, I'm glad you made money on your endeavors. No offense but....;
Remind me not to purchase a boat from you.:yum:
 

NorthernRedneck

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Lmao. I've had good luck with boats. Worked my way up to a $4000 boat with a $500 initial investment. Not bad.

When I sold my princecraft in 2011, I ended up buying a cheap starcraft with a 25hp for 1200. I gave it a paint job and fixed it up then sold it for $2500. I used that money to buy my current boat which was dads old crestliner 16ft with a 40hp for the same money. When I sell it next year I hope to make $1000 on it.
 

pirate_girl

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It's going to be a scorcher today!

I've turned the central air on, made iced tea and already have dinner planned.

Just another nice day.
 

NorthernRedneck

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Gym this morning. Then physio. Followed by a specialist appointment this afternoon. Headed to camp this evening for the weekend.
 

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Have a good time, Brian.

I'll go out later this evening and rake dead grass clumps from various parts of the property.
The last mow left a lot behind.

I saw a hawk swoop down out of nowhere and bam!
Right down in the pond with a splash, carrying a fish away.

Ty had to go pick up a vehicle and take it to Anderson, Indiana.
That'll be a 5 hr + round trip.
 

pirate_girl

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And the Fort Wayne, Indiana tv stations are reporting a shooting at Noblesville schools.
Both the middle and highschools??
Omg.:hammer:
 

pirate_girl

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Lainy was happy when her Daddy came home.
:heart1:
God I love that baby.
 

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pirate_girl

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It's a steam basket outside.
Looks like we're going to have a holiday weekend indoors mostly ..to stay cool.

I had plans to spend the day away with my friend from Delphos, but Ali assumed I was going to be here today to grannysit while she shopped.
She got all dramatic, so I changed my plans to be here.
It's a good thing I am flexible and love them grandbabies.
 
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