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Post by Sasquatch on May 26, 2024 4:59:32 GMT -5
That has to be terribly difficult! Prayers uplifted!
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Post by Sasquatch on May 26, 2024 4:56:59 GMT -5
Work! It's my weekend to be the only full-timer on duty at Clifty Falls. "Clifty nine, we got a backup on the bathhouse toilets!" "Clfty nine, we have a rouge golfcart at the North gate!" lol.
I hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend!
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Post by Sasquatch on May 26, 2024 4:52:08 GMT -5
Cool! I had to look it up as well. Didn't know we had 'em.
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Post by Sasquatch on May 21, 2024 4:58:40 GMT -5
Oh yeah. I feel for you Sasquatch! The past month has gone like your past few weeks. Coming home about 4 weeks ago, abut 2 miles from the house on Rt. 30 I hear something hit the inner front fenderwell. Turned on the TPMS system, front tire was going down FAST. Got it on a side road before I ruined the tire. Big T-Storm to the west approaching quick. Got the tire changed (2 jacks, etc.) and just as I pulled in the driveway it started pouring. Sherwood tire was able to patch the tire, but it took the biggest patch/plug that they had. Got a TV, its taken 3-4 days to get it mounted to the wall and connected to everything. Then 5 days ago, same place on Rt. 30 I hear the right rear inner fenderwell go thump. Yep, THAT tire was loosing air, so fast I couldn't get to the side road. I have a plug kit and air compressor in the truck, it looked like a 1/4" bolt punctured the tire and came back out. I was able to get a plug in the tire, get it up to 45 psi and limp the 2 miles home. It's holding air, but the sidewall now has a small bubble in it now. So, I took it to Sherwood Tire and had them swap the spare tire for that tire and now that tire is the spare. Mowing the tall grass by the road, I ran over a 1" or so wide ratchet strap that must have came off a truck/trailer..... I had JUST sharpened the mower blades. I sold the neighbors zero turn mower last week and had to deliver it. As I was coming home a HUGE doe ran in front of the truck. ABS was complaining, trailer tires were sliding, I steered behind her and she barely grazed the front bumper. Exact same place that a yearling stuck her head last October. So, now I need to take a bottle jack, some lumber and push out the chrome bumper. No lights or grill was touched. The list goes on but you get the idea.........
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Post by Sasquatch on May 21, 2024 4:42:18 GMT -5
Very nice work Sas! Did you install the tub or have it done by someone else? Either way it looks great, I'm sure the Mrs. is pleased. A larger local contractor did everything, and I think they did pretty good work. I would have actually liked to have done some of it, but no way could we be without a shower while I took six months. 😄 I am wanting an office/ workshop in the barn though, and it may sound bizarre but I’d love to get creative with the finish work. Drywall sculpture, carving, things like that. The wife, though understanding, did not want say, a bas relief of hieroglyphs on the bathroom wall. 🙁😆
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Post by Sasquatch on May 20, 2024 23:02:39 GMT -5
As promised, a look at my new bathroom. Now this might not seem too exciting, but our old one was third world. The tile in the shower was cracked, and it caused a lot of damage. At first the cracks were so small you could only see them by pushing on it. I probably used a ton of caulking trying to slow it down, but it damaged a lot of drywall and ruined the floor, which was that sponge-like particle crap common when this house was built. So I’ve been sitting on the throne looking at it for years until we could afford repairs. Not to mention my wife shouldn't have to look at that mess. So it was really important to me that it get done. A complete gut job around the shower, new floor topped with tough vinyl tile, new shower and sink plumbing, new shower (minus the stupid doors) a new vanity with self-closing doors, new fart fan with led lights, light bar, and lovely pink paint, lol. You may have noticed the grab bar— a concession to reality as we are not getting any younger. The fan sounds loud on this video but it’s actually pretty quiet. (The lighted fan was probably the best idea; really brightens the shower) I am glad that I’m really quite blessed, as I am not facing real problems like cancer or a sick spouse like some of you. My prayer is that your projects or challenges turn out as well as this bathroom.
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Post by Sasquatch on May 20, 2024 22:25:24 GMT -5
Here is the robin that helped complicate my life:
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Post by Sasquatch on May 20, 2024 22:22:35 GMT -5
I feel better that I'm not the only one! Thanks for those stories, I found myself chuckling--not at y'all's misfortune, but because it's amazing how everything piles on!
The bathroom is finished, thank the good Lord, but the grass still waves defiantly in the breeze. The mower had to go to the shop. I hopped on it and went about ten feet and it just died. We determined it has a bad ignition switch ( at least )
One of our best park gate attendants lives down the road from me. Sam, a very fit black man in his 60's who keeps his Ram truck shined and his yard trimmed, saw me at work and asked in his distinctive voice: " Eric, when you gon' cut that grass? I thought you must be sick or somethin." LOL
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Post by Sasquatch on May 15, 2024 14:53:15 GMT -5
It's been a busy time around here, with a full and quite necessary bathroom remodel in full swing. Leaky tile had caused quite a bit of damage, and though it needed addressed several years ago, the money just wasn't there. Well that thankfully changed and here we are. Now I'm not a overly superstitious person, but I firmly believe that when you resolve to accomplish something big that the Darkness pushes back. Multiple things go wrong at once, I do stupid things I normally wouldn't, etc. The past couple of weeks have done nothing to change my mind. But even if it's my stupidity alone, enjoy: A few weeks before this started one of my molars broke off, and due to a retirement we were looking for a new dentist. Earliest we could get in was right in the middle of this remodel. Right before the workers started thumping, so did the tooth. about a week before they started I hopped on my trusty cub cadet and a few feet into my mowing I look back to see a rear tire completely off the rim. In the interest of time I ordered a new wheel so that I could just screw it on and go. (I know you can get kits but I figured it was likely to be iffy at best with me doing it). It needed replacing anyway, and it would only take a few days. Meanwhile, the grass is going nuts. Tire is delayed... They can't get the right color. I said I don't care what color it is, just get it in. Tire comes in, I put it on. It looks at LEAST a size too big. I take it and the old one back in. The mechanic, observing the obvious disparity declares, "I don't understand. The numbers are right!" He takes both tires in the shop. Turns out, the new one was at 20+ lbs! I could have checked, but I never imagined such a thing was possible. The over-inflation and the old one being a tad low ( supposedly ) accounted for the absurd difference. Meanwhile there is a snag with the vanity so I have to order another one. (thankfully the rest of the actual remodel seems to be going ok ). Meanwhile I take my first paid days off in six years to help get all this done. Mom calls, she needs me to pick up a piece of furniture 70 miles away. Can my brother do it, I ask? No, because a robin built a nest in the suspension of his truck! Bizarre or not, what are ya gonna do, it's mother's day. So there went one day off. Today it stops raining so I go put my tires on and... I had left the key on, something that hasn't happened in a long time. So I have to put it on the charger. What's another day on the Maasai Mara? Mowing foot-tall grass being off the table, I decide to run into CVS to get the antibiotics for the tooth that will take another month while we knock the abscess down. I go out to the truck and not only are the keys in it but IT's ON and the battery is flat. I haven't done that in years. I don't think I've ever run two batteries down in one week before. I jump the truck and go to the CVS... and they are on lunch. So if you've had a bad day just be glad you're not as stupid as I am! When this is done I'll post some pictures. This project has been bothering me for years, so it's gonna be great!
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Post by Sasquatch on May 15, 2024 13:12:19 GMT -5
Rotten luck! Makes a man want to weld up something like those RPG cages they put on vehicles in Iraq!
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Post by Sasquatch on May 15, 2024 13:10:08 GMT -5
So sad, and often just because people are in such a needless rush.
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Post by Sasquatch on May 4, 2024 7:09:33 GMT -5
Great memories that money can't buy!
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Post by Sasquatch on May 4, 2024 7:08:40 GMT -5
Perhaps drying the food up will prompt a move, mamma possum with the little ones clinging to her back!
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Post by Sasquatch on May 4, 2024 7:06:42 GMT -5
This is unimaginable. My prayers are with you! Take some solace that at least she has you to be there for her.
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 17, 2024 4:37:10 GMT -5
The automated FB nanny bot needs a little tweaking. I've had thing flagged that made absolutely zero sense.
That said, there is an implicit left wing bias in some of the stuff they "cover." I've seen numerous Christian posts covered that there can be no other explanation for.
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Post by Sasquatch on Apr 17, 2024 4:23:31 GMT -5
A devastating loss! Every time they go on duty they just never know.
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 31, 2024 6:23:37 GMT -5
He is Risen! May His blessings light your way.
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 30, 2024 23:29:43 GMT -5
Cool lookin' ride!
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 30, 2024 23:28:09 GMT -5
Our cat Jack got his name because the wife finally got tired of waiting for my son, who got the cat, to name him. She gave him three choices or something. Since I end up doing all the work involved with the cat (surprise ) I told em I get to name the next beast. Something cool like Agamemnon, or Sargon. lol
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 30, 2024 23:23:43 GMT -5
I just heard about Scottsburg! Kudos to Brownstown as weel!
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