What did you do today....other than work on your car!?

[Cheapsunglasses]

2nd place by 2 freaking votes! 1st one inline won.

Well I didn’t even taste yours but I’m giving you the blue ribbon. A variety of smoked meats is the best thing for chili

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

What's #1 in your opinion?

Sorry I’m a born and raised Texan. My however many greats it would be grandfather, Samuel Augustus Maverick, came from Tennessee to help Texas during the revolution, he was the last man sent out of the Alamo to rally troops, and it haunted him for the rest of his life.

 

[Kern Dog]

Who else likes to take a day and just nap, watch a little TV, get a snack, nap, surf the computer, nap....?

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

I hope things will settle down soon and I can do that!

 

[dadsbee]

Who else likes to take a day and just nap, watch a little TV, get a snack, nap, surf the computer, nap....?

I considered that.. and did just about that until I realized the Wife needed to get out and back in tomorrow AM with the Granddaughter and plowed a foot of f'n snow again...

 

[dadsbee]

Still working on the 25 year old mess before I start on any cars...

 

[themechanic]

Still working on the 25 year old mess before I start on any cars...View attachment 1376679

Mannequin sawn in half? Were you practicing to be a magician?

 

[dadsbee]

Mannequin sawn in half? Were you practicing to be a magician?

Can't bring myself to throw it out. Plaster of Paris forms that my youngest ,made/used during her Masters thesis in Architecture. She made a prosthetic exoskeleton hip for her Sister after her limb salvage surgery for Ewings Sacroma.

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

Mannequin sawn in half? Were you practicing to be a magician?

Sometimes it’s best not to ask about mannequins in peoples shops

 

[themechanic]

Can't bring myself to throw it out. Plaster of Paris forms that my youngest ,made/used during her Masters thesis in Architecture. She made a prosthetic exoskeleton hip for her Sister after her limb salvage surgery for Ewings Sacroma.

I see, talent runs in the family.

Maybe dress her up in Mopar clothing and a hat.

 

[dadsbee]

You want real kinky.. here's us getting it all taped up to lay glass... LOL

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

Oh my, move it to the blue forum before a mod sees it!

 

[Fran Blacker]

Can't bring myself to throw it out. Plaster of Paris forms that my youngest ,made/used during her Masters thesis in Architecture. She made a prosthetic exoskeleton hip for her Sister after her limb salvage surgery for Ewings Sacroma.
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Hard to throw out something that has a special meaning.

 

[Cranky]

What's #1 in your opinion?

I was sure he was going to say the Texas flag. Rumor has it that the Texas flag can be flown at the same height as the U.S. flag but truth be know, all states can do that.

Still working on the 25 year old mess before I start on any cars...View attachment 1376679

Reminds me of what my shop looked like when I first built it and then moved everything out of storage buildings so I could quit paying rent on them! Did it again several years later when things got collected big time and found a really good price on a local storage and moved a lot of it out as the shop kept getting more and more full and hard to work in. Many years later I sold 75% of the stuff that was in the storage building (with a loft too) and brought the rest home to sort out what I needed to keep and what could be let go. It wasn't easy because that 25% filled up my shop and made it hard to walk through!

 

[Cheapsunglasses]

I was sure he was going to say the Texas flag. Rumor has it that the Texas flag can be flown at the same height as the U.S. flag but truth be know, all states can do that.

Reminds me of what my shop looked like when I first built it and then moved everything out of storage buildings so I could quit paying rent on them! Did it again several years later when things got collected big time and found a really good price on a local storage and moved a lot of it out as the shop kept getting more and more full and hard to work in. Many years later I sold 75% of the stuff that was in the storage building (with a loft too) and brought the rest home to sort out what I needed to keep and what could be let go. It wasn't easy because that 25% filled up my shop and made it hard to walk through!

I guess all Texans get it

 

[69a100]

I made an appt. with the tree folks to clean up and drop some trees sometime next week, weather permitting. Then I threw some lights on the Holley bush out front. It was 52* when I started at 10:30, was 63* when I finished at around noontime. Friday, I pick up my MAP sensor and hope that the daily driver is fixed with that.

 

[themechanic]

Tree removal is very expensive. I paid about $1000 for removal and stump grinding of a 40 year old, diseased Silver Maple tree last summer.

 

[Cranky]

Tree removal is very expensive. I paid about $1000 for removal and stump grinding of a 40 year old, diseased Silver Maple tree last summer.

And it's gotten much more expensive lately. I used to do all of my removals but now that I'm older, it's not so easy anymore....not that it was easy to start with.

 

[Kern Dog]

I took down a cottonwood tree 2 years ago.
Well, I had a tree guy fall the tree, I cut it up and hauled it away. The tree guy did me a good deal...$300.
I spent another $300 in dump fees plus the cost of renting a stump grinder.

 

[Cranky]

I took down a cottonwood tree 2 years ago.
Well, I had a tree guy fall the tree, I cut it up and hauled it away. The tree guy did me a good deal...$300.
I spent another $300 in dump fees plus the cost of renting a stump grinder.

The city where I live will pick it up on heavy trash haul day which is supposed to be twice a month. All I have to do is get it out on the side of the street. If I have to make a haul to the dump, all I need is to show a current water bill and I'm in for free. I can do that once a month....or at least that's the way it was the last time going there which has been several years ago. I'll tell ya one thing, this city just outside of Houston has way better city services than Houston ever thought about having!! Glad to have moved out of Houston in 84.