Snake45 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 2 hours ago, DonW said: Just cool it with those negative waves, Moriarty... I've had nothing but good thoughts since Ace first mentioned his new blaster! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 So Britney's big hit has been running through my head this weekend. Seems that the '53 F-100 will have a stablemate and I will be busy for the rest of my life. One 1937 Buick special straight eight sedan. Front clip has been removed and the engine pulled for a rebuild in 1981. Pics are bad due to the tarp and soft side garage. Engine is brand new rebuild, carb has been rebuilt, new pressure plate and clutch disc. I even have an old violin case for the rear window. ? The guy I got it from has owned it since the 70's. He had replaced the wiring with an OEM one, converted it to 12v and put new glass in it. The one pic is from 1981. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 These showed up for the Clod and Lunchbox? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 13, 2020 Share Posted July 13, 2020 (edited) Got new wheels and tires for my Stampede today, one on road and one belted off road set, rims are designed so that the part that bolts to the truck is removable to adjust width as well as if you strip a plastic center out, they also have the center section pairs in aluminum, which costs as much as 1 pair of the belted off-road premounts Edited July 13, 2020 by Joe Handley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Got more R/C stuff today.....to bad the servo in my Stampede didn’t die until I had those wheels and tires almost here, been better off ordering them together........ Edited July 17, 2020 by Joe Handley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Managed to "get" two old car batteries I was pretty sure were dead to take and hold a charge. This'll save a nice few bucks getting some of my old iron running well enough to move to where the transport truck can load 'em for the trip to Az. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 Bill. your not moving in this heat are you ? 109 here today. I suspect hotter where your headed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 17, 2020 Share Posted July 17, 2020 12 minutes ago, cobraman said: Bill. your not moving in this heat are you ? 109 here today. I suspect hotter where your headed. Today's high where I'm going was only 97, with 12% humidity. High here was 93 with 60% humidity, so it's not a whole lot different from what I'm used to, especially as I work in a non-AC shop here, and it's typically in the high 90s-low 100s in the buildings if it's mid-90s outside. Have to drink a LOT of water. But I'm just getting everything here ready anyway, Ray. And it's going to take a lot of effort. Soon as I can though, I'm going to get a load of cars moved out there. Then I have work to do inside the shop before I move the machine tools...painting, new lights, etc....so that will probably happen after it cools down a little. Shooting for being 100% by the end of the year, but I'm pretty sure that's going to run a couple months long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewetwo Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Got this today at a garage sale. I have all her CDs and never knew about this one. God she's beautiful.Of course my CD player wouldn’t work but after an hour I fixed it. Whew! Edited July 18, 2020 by ewetwo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazz Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 I think these guys qualify for this thread. We picked them up yesterday. The pups are about 6 weeks old and my wife and I will b fostering them for a while. One of them may stay with us if they are a good fit with our other 2 dogs. Undrerdog, not his real name, has taken to them well. Not bad for a 14 year old! Sugar, our 6 yr. old girl is not sure what to make of the little darlings. Modeling may be on the back burner for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Roberto Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 I got a deck kit for the back of my house. Unfortunately it's just a stack of lumber and I have to assemble it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Some assembly required ? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 So you have a pile of lumber. Did it include directions or is this sort of a free range build ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerS Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Didn't 'need' it but it was only $5....nothing broke and the chrome is in great shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I "got" a 3 hour hike in 92 degree weather, with humidity so high it felt more like swimming than hiking. "Got" some vitamin D and a little tan too. Can't do anything about being old, but I can do something about being fat and pasty white. Also got a cheap pair of flip-flops, 'cause I blew out my last pair yesterday. Now I'm kinda beat, but I'm going to do a little something on a model before bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 The power went out yesterday afternoon from heavy winds and rain.... Today I'm still waiting for DTE to turn the power back on....??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 With shortages of goods during the pandemic we should change this to “What I Didn’t Get Today”! We didn’t get a dishwasher! Ours died in June. Ordered one with two week delivery promised on June 12. Last week, July 12, we get a call to accept delivery for next day. That morning we get a call it was in error because they don’t have it! Two more trips back to Lowe’s since they don’t answer their phones... Today we asked the salesman what did they actually have in stock.. out of 20 or more on display, 3 in stock.. two very expensive and the third one he couldn’t find and said the inventory must be wrong. We ask our best option.. he says to hold out for the one we ordered since we bought it on sale and it’s now $200 more.. ETA? Mid August! So we hit another store and same story! So we wait! And we hand wash dishes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 56 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said: With shortages of goods during the pandemic we should change this to “What I Didn’t Get Today”! We didn’t get a dishwasher! Ours died in June. Ordered one with two week delivery promised on June 12. Last week, July 12, we get a call to accept delivery for next day. That morning we get a call it was in error because they don’t have it! Two more trips back to Lowe’s since they don’t answer their phones... Today we asked the salesman what did they actually have in stock.. out of 20 or more on display, 3 in stock.. two very expensive and the third one he couldn’t find and said the inventory must be wrong. We ask our best option.. he says to hold out for the one we ordered since we bought it on sale and it’s now $200 more.. ETA? Mid August! So we hit another store and same story! So we wait! And we hand wash dishes.. Ain't First World Problems great? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 ^^^ All this "supply chain" stuff is the inevitable result of having handed almost all our industrial and manufacturing ability to outside countries, some of whom are our avowed enemies, to satisfy short-term corporate greed...and an idiotic idea rebleated by morons everywhere that a "service" or "information" economy could exist indefinitely with no underlying manufacturing base to sustain it. Americans dug this hole for themselves. I told you so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 35 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said: ^^^ All this "supply chain" stuff is the inevitable result of having handed almost all our industrial and manufacturing ability to outside countries, some of whom are our avowed enemies, to satisfy short-term corporate greed...and an idiotic idea rebleated by morons everywhere that a "service" or "information" economy could exist indefinitely with no underlying manufacturing base to sustain it. Americans dug this hole for themselves. I told you so. Yup. And this is not a partisan comment, because I've heard people from all political views say basically the same thing, but I put it this way AFAIK first: "Everybody wants to make UAW wages for what they produce, but pay Walmart prices for everything else they consume. That can't go on forever." Chickens always come home to roost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I got my new super-duper Panik King C19X1 breathing isolation/local atmosphere purification apparatus earlier today. Here I am sitting at my desk, working on a retro-styled computer keyboard. It dispenses hand-sanitizing wipes from the roll on top after every 200 words. My personal executive assistant (I've been informed that the term "secretary" is irredeemably misogynistic or some such) has a different setup from the same company... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: I got my new super-duper Panik King C19X1 breathing isolation/local atmosphere purification apparatus earlier today. Here I am sitting at my desk, working on a retro-styled computer keyboard. It dispenses hand-sanitizing wipes from the roll on top after every 200 words. My personal executive assistant (I've been informed that the term "secretary" is irredeemably misogynistic or some such) has a different setup from the same company... Not sure how much work I would get done with an executive assistant like this around. You head gear looks like a prototype of my C-Pap machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Bill proves that Amazon can deliver on an order from any device no matter how old. The bubble-wrap department needs a word. Edited July 21, 2020 by DonW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 16 hours ago, espo said: Not sure how much work I would get done with an executive assistant like this around... Yes, but because the suit is soundproof and eliminates any possibility of physical contact, it effectively discourages any "inappropriate" behavior...saving potentially millions in lawsuits for me, too. Edited July 22, 2020 by Ace-Garageguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucky Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Today I got 1.24 acres of cleared, flat land. Next step will be selling this house so we can put a new one on that piece of dirt. Gotta get busy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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