Recent content by milkman636

My 2007 F150 was having faults on 5 different sensors and it turned out to be a wire issue within the main harness. Vibration, age, corrosion, heat, poor routing or something else affected common wiring those sensors shared. Ended up just sistering new wires along side the harness and...

My dad was not the one that any of us wanted to do the cooking. He was born into the depression and WW2 highlighted his early teens. Then Uncle Sam sent him overseas for a couple years of culinary desensitization during the Korean War. He could eat anything at room temperature out of a can or...

One of these will help develop the shoulders, back, core and forearms too. Splitting with one was my favorite part of growing up with wood heat.

I think I'd want a camera with a pretty powerful flash.....and capable of taking multiple pictures before requiring reload.

Seeing these photos in April brings back memories of 1996 for me. I was living near the south end of Lake Huron at that time and bought a new boat at a boat show. When I made the deal in February I scheduled pick-up for noon on Good Friday, which was April 8th, thinking that would be past the...

It's been 15+ years since I've been further west than Marquette or Escanaba in the UP, but that smelter site looks in better condition than I remember.

Wow, a lifetime license, that would be great. Michigan has a lot of enforcement on the waters of inland lakes in the southern lower peninsula and the popular trout and salmon streams. They’ll be very visible during spawns. I was even checked once last summer while fishing crappie with two of my...

This is sad commentary and hard to imagine. I would hope there would be some engagement and discussion. I know that i’d be pissed off if I went to a class to just watch something that I could have streamed at home.

That’s an interesting option and I’ll throw that one at him too. That job could be good in the popular fisheries and some of the better areas of the state. Certain areas of the state are a bit of a joke on DNR enforcement though. The area of the UP I’ve hunted for years will have only one CO...

My son and I found an interesting alternative to possible college debt. One of the careers he had interest in (besides the NFL, NBA, coaching, or marines) is law enforcement. While talking with the chief of police for a nearby city, he indicated they may be willing to fully sponsor my son...

I’ve noticed many government job postings that still have the “degree in any subject” line-item in the list of qualifications, at both state and federal level. I’ve always wondered why they don’t list “degree in a relevant subject”? Does that requirement really mean that a degree in musical...

Agreed, just had similar experience with a private college that wants my son to play football. They said the right things and offered 40k of first year scholarship, but the total cost is 65k per year. It seems like artificially high numbers to me. It’s hard to fathom anyone willing to pay...

It’s amazing what they can do. I’m feeling fortunate for now that my visitor was only here a couple of mornings and seems to have moved on to better feeding. I can still hear him or one of his buddies working back in the neighboring woods to the south of us while the morning suns coming up. But...

Two things I like most about these little tractors is how handy they are and the amount of stuff that’s available to make them better. I scored this upgrade on Amazon for $60 with all the nuts, bolts, washers, and hitch pin included. Drill 6 holes and bam! I’m moving and parking trailers...

I have bolt-on teeth on one of my tractor’s buckets. Adding them made a significant difference in the effort needed from the tractor. Smooth back dragging can still be accomplished with the bucket leveled. I also have a smooth edge bucket on my smaller tractor. It still digs well in the grassy...