RowdyRebel

2 hours ago, Licensed to kill said:

You may assume too much. The 2 B-61's that I bought from a guy a couple years ago were in his shed and to get TO his shed you would have to walk right past the house and there was NO indication that he even had those trucks in there. In fact, there was so much junk piled in the shed and on and around the trucks that cursory glance and they would net even been seen. However, I went and knocked on the door and asked about them. Of course I started the conversation with "I am told that you have a couple B-61 Macks . I understand that they re not for sale but thought you might know of someone else with one that might be". Maybe the guy that stopped and asked was TOLD by someone else that you had it there and came to check if it was for sale. At any rate, this thread I find disturbing on a few levels. One being that I am a STAUNCH supporter of gun ownership rights but when I hear someone state that they would threaten someone with a gun just for stopping and asking a question, well it gets difficult to argue with the anti gun crowd when you hear of things like that. 

Wasn't so much his asking as it was his attitude. I told him it wasn't for sale & he pushed, wanting to know what it would take for me to sell a truck I'd already told him wasn't for sale. He kept pushing when I told him it'd take more than he'd be willing to pay, wanting me to name a price. So I named my price & (as I anticipated) he wasn't willing to pay it. Then the way he said "That's too much" earned him the "Get the f*** out of here". Had he stuck around and kept pushing, I would've had to get more convincing about my desire to see him leave...which is where the .45 might have played a roll. How many times do you have to tell a trespasser to get gone before you think it's acceptable to make it unmistakably clear in a manner which drives home the point that they aren't welcome and need to get the f*** off your property?

19 hours ago, Mark T said:

I get the invasion of privacy part. You have to remember though, in this day and age there's all sorts of a hole things like Google Earth and all those. You wonder how people find out stuff.  Nothing is private anymore.  

Google maps satellite view of my house is at least 3 years old. Street view is blurred. Either way, can't see much.

If it weren't for the kids, I'd be content to stay...but Governor Putzker & the corrupt liberal shitcago democrats running the state have mandated schools waste valuable class time on ridiculous social-justice type crap, all the while kids are "graduating" who can't read or write and are absolutely ignorant in history, science, and math. Private schools are prohibitively expensive, and home schooling just isn't possible between my wife's schedule and my own...so chances are very good they'll go to public schools. I'd rather those public schools be in a state where the emphasis is still on teaching kids reading, writing, math, science, and history rather than LGBTQRS+, BLM, gender fluidity, and whatever other liberal cause-of-the-day may come along.

The move has been in the works for about a year now...we were HOPING to be moved already. Just delays on the place we're buying. Friends bought a farm and need to build their new place, then we're buying their old place. Comes with a few acres, so we won't have to board our horses anymore...save some money that way. Mother-in-law (who has been staying here since she moved up from Texas 2-1/2 going on 3 years ago) was SUPPOSED to buy my house, but a recent health scare has my wife thinking she needs to move with us to the new place rather than live on her own here (despite it only being 20-30 minutes away). Damn near had to drag her to the hospital on Thanksgiving day, and the hospital wanted to transfer her to a "more sophisticated" hospital due to low oxygen count (apparently she's got COPD pretty bad from a lifetime of smoking) along with a bad case of the flu...but she signed a DNR, so they admitted her. Doc said another day and she probably wouldn't have made it. Anyway, she's on oxygen now...tethered to a machine in her room through a tube to her nose. Fun. So, we're back to needing to find someone dumb enough to buy a house in Illinois again. Luckily, our friends have money and it'll be seller-financed, and they want us out of Illinois, too...so they may let us move before "officially" put the house on the market (when it's NOT seriously cluttered up from too many people living in it) and not worry about paying them until this place sells. I guess we'll see...school for the boy starts in August either way. Clock is ticking.

I've wanted to remove the propane fireplace & put in a wood stove ever since I moved in. Stupid electronic ignitor on the propane fireplace needs power...so when the power is out, I can't use it for heat...and when the power is on, I'm not wasting my propane on a fireplace when it provides a lot more heat to the home through the furnace. Never was a priority when I was by myself...and now with a wife & small kids, we're looking to get the hell out of Illinois before the boy starts school next fall so I'm not putting out that kind of time/effort. Even the chimney/flu would have to be replaced with one rated for wood fires...just not worth it. 10 years ago, or even if we were going to stay here, perhaps. Just be a waste at this point.🤷‍♂️

3 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Bugger me, thats to cold for me 

-6 C is the coldest I have ever been, so thats plus 21f

And was to hard on my fingers, the Mack air start freezes up and I just hate it

Guess this makes me a bit soft 🥶

 

Paul

I've seen -6 (F) on bank signs...while riding my motorcycle.🤷‍♂️

19 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Yeah the old lung lollies are a bugger on your health but still nothing better than a good bourbon and a good smoke after some good action in the sack

Needles to say I dont get any of the last one so other two are forgotten as well 

Hope you lot a good day over there 

A friend sent me this, she knows of my liking of Spam 

That's about as close as I get to your thanks giving stuff

Well after 3 days of the mother-in-law looking like the walking dead, we gave her the choice...she could put her shoes on & go to the hospital with her daughter willingly, or I'd pick her up & carry her to the car and her daughter would take her to the hospital. She went willingly. Begrudgingly, but without a fight. O2 so low they were going to transfer her to a "more sophisticated" hospital...but she signed a DNR, so they took her in. Lifetime of smoking and she's now been diagnosed with COPD. She was also severely dehhydrated & had the flu. There wasn't much of her to begin with, but she'd withered away to a mere 89 pounds of skin & bones. She was doing much better within a few minutes of being on oxygen with an IV rehydrating her. She spent the night...hopefully comes home today. Wonder if she'll get top drag around one of those oxygen tanks from now on...maybe she'll finally have motivation to quit smoking.🤷‍♂️

Needless to say, Thanksgiving Dinner at my house consisted of a frozen pizza I threw in for me & the kids.🤦‍♂️

1 hour ago, Red Horse said:

Well Rowdy you think you are making a joke.  Guess what..an NBC "journalist" - Katy Tur-was on some talk show comprised of other loons and actually suggested because "Lurch" did so well in a couple of counties he "just might be a candidate fort a presidential run"..  Actually some in the group started laughing as in WTF but this dumb ass was serious!!

Like ALL good jokes, there is an element of truth.😁😬😒🤦‍♂️

Yeah, I've heard the talk, too...started as soon as he "won" the senate seat. I've also heard Biden say he was planning to run again. There ain't an ounce of sense between the 2 of them. My daughter (just turned 2) would have to act immature for her age if she were to act their cumulative IQ instead of her age. The fact that EITHER ONE of them sits in elective office speaks volumes for the idiots who put them there.

And like I said, it wasn't MY joke...just something I saw thismorning & it made me chuckle a bit so I thought I'd share it here. Kinda wish I HAD thought of it, though...🤷‍♂️

Saw this thismorning...

Biden/Fetterman 2024: It's a no-brainer!

😂

On 11/8/2022 at 8:09 AM, fjh said:

Yup been like that for years!  moved into a fifth wheel while building my last house 15 years ago ! Did the laundry mat thing twice and decided I would buy a used Kenmore  washer and drier and put it in my shop that I had already built on the property! The washer and dryer 250 for the set  payed for them selves over 3 washes! To top it off they lasted another 6 years after moving in to the new house! I'd be willing to bet that the people that sold us the machines (She wanted new stuff)  are on their third NEW washer and drier since they sold us their stuff! But even buying new would out weigh going to the laundromat even if you had to replace every two years! We replaced these with another used set a while back the washer is now acting up as the progression to newer and newer stuff looms closer! Soon I will be stuck buying a new washer with no option to buy the good old stuff! Until I cant  find the old stuff I will continue to buy the used ! Don't care how fancy the new shit looks they Don't last !  Just like The  Mack/Volvo Trash trucks of today! So much for the environment!

That's what I have...Kenmore. As long as I can get parts for them, I'll keep fixing them. Going on 20 years old right now. Dryer got a heating element a year or so ago, and the washer just got a discharge pump...that PROBABLY didn't NEED to be replaced once the sock blocking it was removed. But, I had the new pump in my hand before I tore into it & figured for the <$30 it cost me, I may as well just throw it in. I've looked at aftermarket parts & read the reviews. I'd rather pay a little more & get the OEM stuff that lasted this long to replace the worn out parts & pieces. Washers & driers are actually pretty simple to work on...not much to them.

Next time an appliance quits on you, check out www.genuinereplacementparts.com ...they seem to be fairly reasonable on prices for OEM parts. No need to shop for a used washer/dryer if you can fix the one you've got for a fraction of the cost.

If you ever have anyone tell you "washing machines don't eat socks" they're lying to you!

So when I pulled the old pump out, I saw what looked to be a large clump of lint...figured about 20 years worth of gradual build-up...on the inlet side, which would explain why it quit working. Apparently my wife is more curious than I am, because she pulled that clump of lint out & discovered it was actually one of the kids' socks. Damn washer ACTUALLY tried to eat a friggin' sock! Choked on it, too...which is why I had to tear it apart & replace the pump. Wife thinks the old pump would still work now that the sock is out of it. I said "new pump cost less than your trip to the laundramat. It can stay in there."

Larry the Cable Guy is something else...scrolling through my Twitter feed & saw this 😁:

"The scariest Halloween house decoration I ever saw was the 90 yr old lady at a farmhouse on the edge of town that had a creepy skeleton reach up from the ground to the door. Turns out it was her…she locked herself out 4 months earlier."

😬😱😂

On 10/11/2022 at 7:37 PM, hicrop10 said:

I read that the new Ford F-150 electric version only made 87 miles pulling a rv before it needed a charge.

This one isn't an RV, but just as pathetic...

6 hours ago, The Rubber Duck 006 said:

Yeah good thing is the tank was empty when it was stored in there. And haven't really had any mice issues in my Garage 

Yeah, I really need to drain the tank in mine. Bought one last winter (couldn't even tell you the brand...company I work for has some retail stores & they got a shipment of these in when EVERYBODY ELSE was sold out) when a bad ice storm was in the forecast. Got it all set up & ready to go...then the worst of the storm missed us & we didn't lose power. It's big enough we can run the fridge & freezer (so we don't lose food) and a big (1500W) infrared fireplace heater thingy for warmth in the main living area...and unplug the fridge to use the microwave & heat up food. If I lived alone (like I did back in '09 when an ice storm knocked out power for 3 days) I wouldn't have bought it. Made due back then with a car battery powering a 400w inverter with a table lamp for light, charged my phone in the truck & grabbed food during the day while out & about. Extra blanket on the bed & I was fine. With a wife, 2 kids (1 & 4 last winter), and a mother-in-law at the house, that wouldn't fly. I got it set up so if power went out while I wasn't home, all she had had to do was wheel it out, hook up the ground (yeah, I sunk a ground rod into the ground) and run the extension cords in through the garage and pull the cord to start it. Ran it for about 30 seconds to make sure it worked and shut it off. Been sitting there for about 8 months. I DO treat the gas I pump into the gas cans with about 8 oz of Seafoam for each 5 gal can...so at least it's treated gas that's been sitting in the tank.🤦‍♂️

Now that I own a generator, the power will probably never go out ever again.🙃

18 hours ago, Joey Mack said:

I just read a news story about our King..   He was at a conference on Hunger, and asked for Jackie Walorski...   I guess he wanted to hear from her... However, she and 3 others were killed in a car accident on Aug. 3 2022..   In the state of Indiana...  We have 2 more years of this crap..  and if he ends up removed from the throne, then we will either be controlled by Dr.Jill,  or Kamala...   God help us...  

Not really all that different from a campaign stop several years ago when he said "Where's Chuck? Stand up, Chuck!"

(Chuck was disabled, sitting in a wheel chair, unable to stand.)