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Man,that's some nice radios and equipment there! I used to run A 150 Texas Star and a Cobra 25,best talking radio I ever had.Now I just run a 29 that's been peaked up a little bit,but no fire in the wire.I can probably hear you talking up here in Va,but don't worry,I can't get back to 'ya!

Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999.

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ya all mine are peaked & tuned also a buddy of mine who is like a dad to me who drove for my granddad taught me bout radio when i was about 11yrs old & my 1st radio was a Cobra 19 that he bought fer me i put in a 225 Cat trackhoe that a ran on the weekends fer my granddad & the other guys liked it cuz that was before horns on equipment ;)

it gets to be an expensive hobby ;)

later

:mack1:

You Cant Fix Stupid. But You Can Numb It With A Sledgehammer. :loldude:

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I have an 86 Blazer, got a little 305 in her now but i want to put a 4 cylendar cummins in it. 4 speed trans, 4 inches of lift, headers and side pipes. She runs pretty good but i would still like to do that swap. I think i'd like to put a pto on it and run an air compressor of the pto. That would be pretty cool to do also

I also ride dirtbikes, and im an aspiring mechanic so i have a lot of tools to buy.

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In order:

house payment

meds

gasoline

utilities

more gasoline

insurance

food

even more gasoline

shop supplies

parts for:

1945 Mack :chili:

1962 Chevy one ton

1980 Datsun

1957 GMC 100

1980 chevy Citation

1966 Pontiac Catalina

Coming home soon:

1957 GMC 350 dump truck

1960 GMC 370 ten wheeler (probably parts truck,but maybe not???)

various power tools

:pat: a little more gasoline...

:SMOKIE-RT:

Speed

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:SMOKIE-LFT:

In order:

house payment

meds

gasoline

utilities

more gasoline

insurance

food

even more gasoline

shop supplies

parts for:

1945 Mack :chili:

1962 Chevy one ton

1980 Datsun

1957 GMC 100

1980 chevy Citation

1966 Pontiac Catalina

Coming home soon:

1957 GMC 350 dump truck

1960 GMC 370 ten wheeler (probably parts truck,but maybe not???)

various power tools

:pat: a little more gasoline...

:SMOKIE-RT:

Speed

Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999.

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This PC has been draining my wallet lately-I didn't have a local dial up no.here and my unlimited long distance plan was not supposed to be used for business purposes or internet connection,but of course I was doing it-didn't know I wasn't supposed to until EMBARQ said they were going to cut off my long distance.I called them to get a new plan,so I could still get online,and the best they could do was 10 cents A minute for internet use.When I saw A Hughesnet commercial on TV I called them and told them to come on over.It cost $399.99 up front,then $59.99 A month.Pretty expensive,but way cheaper than the 10 cents A minute the phone co.was charging me.When the man came to install it he said my PC was so old and slow,and the something or other was too small,that I really needed A new one to see any benefit from the Hughes system.I'd been wanting A new one anyway,so I went and got A new Compac with Windows Vista Home Premium.I don't have A clue what that actually means,but it sounds more impressive than my old Windows 98. $698.00,plus tax. Then I call the Hughes guy back,and then he told me my payment covered 25' of trench to bury the cable,anything over 25' would be $2.00 and something A foot.So I asked him where he wanted the trench,and dug it myself to save A few bucks.The pole they put the dish on was $125-I thought maybe it was gold,but it looks like a piece of galvanized steel tubing-and it cost $75 more dollars for them to go in the crawl space to run the cable.But it's all up and running now,and works great! Got my phone bill yesterday-$275!

Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999.

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In the spring I maple sugar. Almost as bad a trucking , need a million to make a hundred. The rest of the year I have 2 daughters that take up most of my time and money, oops got that backwards, money and time. But they're worth it.

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I also collect guns! I just got a Bushmaster M4 Carbine and I have a Taurus .44 mag and a Ruger M77 7mm rifle on the way! Guns are an EXPENSIVE hobby, but still nothing to restoring Macks! LOL

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I also collect guns! I just got a Bushmaster M4 Carbine and I have a Taurus .44 mag and a Ruger M77 7mm rifle on the way! Guns are an EXPENSIVE hobby, but still nothing to restoring Macks! LOL

If i've ever done anything to anger you,i'm so sorry!

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my hobbies that drain my wallet is hunting & fishing mostly but also include my other hobby which is C.B. 's

I have 3 a Connex330H.P Rebel face w/ noise toys , color changing L.E.D. Light & bigger boards & restistors & set up for fire in the wire & a texas star 660

A 25 Cobra w/ weatherband w/ connex bords & resistors no fire in wire

A 29 Cobra w/ Connex Boards , resistors & set up for fire in the wire w/ a 350 Silver eagle

later yall

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I used to be into CB's. Friend growing up had a nice Cobra 139 wired up with VFO, turner side kick mic, Varmint 850 linear, Moonraker 4 beams. We used to talk everywhere on that thing all night long. I still have my 70's Realistic Navaho base(slightly warmed up) which just died a couple weeks ago. Too expensive to fix so I need to find something new for the house. Got a couple Unidens in other vehicles that are warmed over(20-40 watts). Picked up an old Realistic "phone" style CB for the B model. It's warmed over too(running about 45 watts), and with the headset I figure I might be able to actually HEAR what someone is saying :rolleyes: (plus back in the day I though they were cool cause only rich people had car phones-back in the late 70's).

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Larry

1959 B61 Liv'n Large......................

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1969 GTO Judge, bought the car in 1979 for $200, [ now insured for $65,000] , my first car, still in high school. Ram Air III, 4 spd., I have all the original wheels, motor, trans, and posi rear. Even the carb. is original.

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Live every day like it's your last, because one of these days, it will be.

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