other dog

6 hours ago, mowerman said:

was just curious,,,,,,who was eating most of your meat,,tom???????????

We had a lot of my family here, chern, aunt, uncle, brothers, sister, nieces, nephews, grand chern, in laws, out laws...

1 minute ago, tjc transport said:

i do not have air leaks Bob. when these trucks were brand new they would not hold air.   the tandem would loose 10 psi per minute.... the triaxle was only around 5 psi per minute.
i refused delivery until ALL air leaks were fixed.

they can now sit for 7 days and only loose less than 5 pounds air pressure.

Not that this has anything to do with anything, but I drove a '77 F model that apparently had absolutely zero air leaks anywhere. It's the only truck I ever drove that I could park on Friday and when i'd get in it to leave on Sunday it would still have 120 pounds of air.

14 minutes ago, mowerman said:

Oh, forgot to mention Tom that looks amazing. Thanks for sharing…. Bob

Thanks Bob, it must have been pretty good, it sure disappeared quick! I wouldn't even have gotten a taste of it myself if Zina hadn't stashed some away for me in a Tupperware container before it was all gone. 

Those are fantastic pictures, thanks for sharing. I don't get around like I used to, but I sure did love running out west. 

And I would have put at least 8 chains on that transmission.

I saw this in the Wheels of Time magazine, they might know something. I was looking for a different ad that I see all the time for a place that deals in old, obsolete, and discontinued tire sizes. As usual, I can't find it when I'm looking for it.

That cornhole game was really big around here a few years ago, everybody was making cornhole boards, or whatever you call them but it seems to have died out now.

We found 2 more hiding in the grass. Two that were ready to pick, there were several more green ones.

5 hours ago, mowerman said:

GEEEEEEEEEEESUS gasoline is been creeping up here past few months. It’s almost a dollar a gallon more than it was a few months ago Chevron station this morning 499 what is this…

I was in the Walmart store in Appomattox this morning and I walked by a vinegar display. I use a lot of vinegar when I make hot sauce (we haven't forgotten about you Bob, I'm sorry) and a gallon of vinegar was over $6! I couldn't believe it, it was Great Value too, the Walmart store brand.

On 8/14/2023 at 11:26 AM, 1958 F.W.D. said:

I would have put one or two chains and binders on the grill. 

I had 4 chains on it, one in front, one in the rear, 2 across the top. I hadn't chained it when the picture was taken. 😁

7 hours ago, h67st said:

The dunnage in your pickup looks like it came from someone who used to pull a flatbed. 😉

Those are actually beveled 4x4s that I used to haul coils. They're still good and solid, I'm planning to use them to put under my stew pot when we make stew. 

That's the stew pot stand there to the right of the burn "barrel", aka "three truck wheels stacked up to burn trash in" and a dog digging a hole.

That's some kind of satellite antenna dish that I put under the stew pot stand.

15 hours ago, Mackpro said:

Despite the rain and a tornado 20 miles to the south we took a boat ride to one of our old hang outs . Awesome day . Finally back yo the dock for the night. 

Nice boats!

19 hours ago, mowerman said:

yeah i paid 78000 for my first house in california,,,brand new with a half acre,,,,now i understand people are paying that for a brand new F250 these days,,,,like whaaaaaaaaat??????

It's truly a different world. I remember when my parents built a new house in 1964. It cost $8,000 and they financed it for 20 years. I was 8 years old in 1964 and I remember thinking "20 years?..we'll be paying on this forever".

But back then most people didn't even bring home $100 a week. The first brand new car we got was a 1971 4 door Impala, with a 400 small block in it. It was just over $4000, which was an expensive car for the time. Most cars then were in the $3,000 range.

I went to the dentist this morning, he looked at my teeths, everything was good, $129.

Stopped at Kroger on the way home to get some honey because Zina wanted me to try a new recipe for the cowboy candy that calls for a cup of honey and the honey bear was $8.49, and that was the cheapest. I started to leave the bear in there and stick with the old recipe but I brought it on home. 🤣

14 hours ago, mechohaulic said:

back in '69-70's for 68K you could have bought a couple of Macks . and the dealer filled the fuel tanks . I know it was my job to take a new truck down for fuel. most new ones going to a rental fleet only got 10 gals. 

When we bought the Nissan it had about a quarter of a tank in it, maybe a little less. Zina said " are y'all going to fill it up with gas for us"?

And the salesman said "I can't fill it up, but I'll put some gas in it for you. Meet me down at Sheetz". So I drove it down to Sheetz and he put $26.01 worth of gas in it. I don't think that even brought it up to half full, but still nice of him I thought.

On the other hand, I once picked up a brand new K100 at Truck Enterprises in Roanoke. I said "this truck doesn't have any fuel in it"!

They said "it's enough to get you to Appomattox". And it almost was, I ran out in Lynchburg. I hated Truck Enterprises in Roanoke.

1 hour ago, tjc transport said:

Still better than nu yawk.

Last I looked regular was 5.10 and diesel was 5.55. On static island

 

Holy crap!