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My father in law used to carry a yard stick with him when he was teaching my wife to drive. If she did something wrong, he would rap her knuckles with the yard stick. Well, she got wise and the yard stick ended up in the burn pile while it was lit. The next driving lesson, he had his trusty...

I had one hover over my truck (F150) when it was easing into a church parking lot to pick up a victim. It gave the suspension on the truck a pretty good workout. At first I wasn't sure what the heck was going on. I could hear the chopper, but couldn't see it. Then the truck start bouncing and...

I'm waiting for them to perfect solar shingles [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

There was a long story. When we bought the house, the fan motor went out due to a faulty pressure sensor inside and the unit short cycling. Tech did a bush fix on the fan to get us back up and running till the correct fan motor came in. He had to drain and recharge the system when he replaced...

To much/little freon, or a bad pressure valve. I've had short cycles due to too much freon or a bad pressure valve. Started out with a bad pressure valve. AC company topped up the freon based on ambient temperature after replacing the pressure valve. When a heat wave came through, the...

If you counted the kids vehicles...... then we smoked it. But at that point the kids were driving vehicles they purchased. Dodge Cummins, Nova, PT cruiser, Ford F150 v8, Chevy Tahoe V8. But the kids purchased their vehicles so I won't count it. We were sitting around 700hp at that point between...

Past three years that's all I've gotten were timberlands. I've been a long time sufferer of tendinitis in my feet. They are the only boots I've purchased where I haven't had add expensive inserts to be able to wear them.

Talked to the local power company servicing the property we just bought. They will hook us up for free [emoji848][emoji848]

I'm gonna say 3. Then watch the video [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

Every dog needs their own kid [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

I understood you. That's the problem with common core math in schools [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6][emoji6] A+B=X instead of C Currently if you don't use any power at your home, you pay just the minimum connection fee. For example, close your home up for the winter months. Pay a flat fee of $20...

Is this some new kind of math??? If your using solar making 2000 and using 2000 you should only be paying the connection fee for the electric company. If you used that month, then you pay for what you used, plus the connection fee and applicable taxes. If you sent them a surplus of...

My body doesn't produce enough good cholesterol. And I figure mine is genetics as well. Didn't matter how good I ate, exercised my butt off, took fish oil supplements, got down to 4% body fat doing a ton of cardio. Went in for my physical and the numbers were within a couple points from where...

Interesting [emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23] I'm assuming this is when it's in self driving mode.

Arkansas was reimbursing at wholesale cost, not retail. They have since lowered that reimbursement even more. [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6] Hence why we need to go back and reevaluate if we want to go that route or not. [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6]

He was super active and watched what he ate as well. [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6]

Yeah, they are building a solar farm down the street from my work. We were consididering adding solar to our property we just purchased. But will have to check out and see what our options are going forward. That kind of chaps the fanny when your providing them with free energy to sell

My brother said the same thing and ended up with bypass surgery and stints added [emoji6][emoji6][emoji6] Being on a cholesterol med to keep the pipes clean or a blood thinner (low dose aspirin) could have possibly prevented that if he had gone in for a regular checkup. Now he's on four...

Arkansas just passed similar. So much for selling back to the grid to help fund your solar investment [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]

They don't use the starter to restart the car. The computer stops the engine at the exact point that all it has to do is fire off that spark plug.

You would actually have to remember to hit the paddles [emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji23] Past two cars we've had (Mazda and Buick) both have a slap shift option on the gear shifter. Other than playing with it with the Mazda just to check it out, we never used it. Same for the...

May be the difference between dodge and GM. I know when I've switched to the screen in my wife's car, the other tires were 2 to 3 pounds of each other. Tire pressure is set to 30 psi on her car last time I checked and topped them at the house. My trucks been 4 pounds low on one of them and...

I haven't seen any since my grandfather's old plow truck. Think he purchased the retreads in the early 90's. Haven't seen a vehicle before or after that had retreads on them [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]

Mine and my wife's vehicles both have active. We can see the actual tire pressure on one of the screens on the dash. They won't trip an alarm till it see's a 5lb difference. If they tripped any sooner, they would be driving everybody batty with constant alarms.

I installed the tattle tail monitors on each truck that has dual wheels at the shop. This way you have a visual indicator at the axle for tire pressure. Makes it super handy since you can walk around and check. As well as one spot that airs up both tires. It has a built in check valve so if...

Current TPS monitors work similarly. They look for a difference in tire pressure. If all 4 tires are within a couple pounds of each other, they won't sound the alarm.

Remember the Firestone recall?? Personally I thought they got the shaft on that one. They were blaming 10yo spare tires that someone slapped on their SUV. They got the rap for Jonny homeowner not checking their tire pressures and running under inflated tires. The big cause though was big...

I was stuck following a portable construction office trailer coming from Melbourne Florida to Yeehaw junction. Pontiac fiero was coming the other direction. Just as the fiero was passing that trailer one of the r8ms and tires came off one of the axles. That rim and tire hit dead center in the...

My boss had the shop that supplied the tires for our work trucks, do the annual DOT inspection of my F550 service truck. They hammered the lug nuts on with an impact and stretched the threads on the passenger side rear dual. Those lugnuts torque to 150 ft/lbs. I picked up the truck, went...

Yup, They just forfeited their load out of my shop though [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106] Had two drivers show up to the shop to pick up a couple frac tanks to haul to Texas to the factory for refurb. Told my boss if I ever have drivers like those two again, they forfeit their loads and the...

I've had several trucks and all pretty decent. The funnest to drive was an 84 Chevy sport side with the 3spd on the column. The newer trucks all seemed to be pretty reliable and very little issues. Starting with an 94 Ford ranger. No real issues except for a broken leaf spring. Severely...

I couldn't tell you what the fines are for driving offenses either. I do know fines double in construction and school zones. [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]

I've had quite a few 3rd party haulers come through our shop that scare the living sh#t out of me [emoji33][emoji33][emoji33] I can't see how they passed the practical if they can't hook up trailer lights and air lines [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848][emoji848]

I sold the tractor a few years ago. So currently the heaviest piece of equipment I've had on the trailer is my zero turn [emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23] For the past 1.5 years the trailer has been stored at my son's house while we have been in the rental. He's...

Coworker had a similar issue with our pup tank at the shop. I told him to check the alligator clips. Sure enough, he had positive hooked to negative so the pump was running backwards [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787]

They do everything with an impact at our local Wally World. Including removing and installing drain plugs. I was in the automotive section getting a battery for my trailer light tester box. Overheard a customer raising he## with them for stripping out the drain plug on his car.

I didn't realize they made "Synthetic" gasoline [emoji848][emoji848][emoji848] I thought it was just plain Jane non ethanol gasoline mixed with oil to what ever is labeled and sold in sealed cans. Granted your paying more for the convenience. But it sure is handy, and I keep some on hand for...

I'm 47. Even with coworkers of a similar age or younger seem to have way more going on than me. Coworker in his early 40's went two years ago for the same tests. He's had doctors appointments up the wazoo since, between heart checks, lung checks, sleep studies, etc...... As stated before...

I get free rotations with my tire purchase from discount tire. They remove tires with an impact but hand tighten and use a torque wrench to finish.

Sears in Vermont was the same way back in the early 90's. Send it in for a service or tires and they would hold your vehicle hostage saying it needs $$$$ in unnecessary repairs. Used them once out of convenience and never went back when they tried pulling that stunt. They had performed some...

No, I actually can't really stand Walmart all that much. They have a monopoly in the state between Walmart and Sam's club. I wished we would get a Costco in town to compete. [emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23] But the closest one is an hour drive away...

The mail lady was the leading culprit to the destruction of my mailbox [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787] I would bend it back into shape, and she would clean it out with her mirror again [emoji849][emoji849][emoji51][emoji849]

No big deal for me. I work in Little Rock [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]

I had an 04 with the 4cyl. I put that truck through hell. Hit a moose one night with it. Drove it 20 miles home afterwards [emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji1787]

Before our road was incorporated by the county, they would still send the road grader down once or twice a year to grade it. County judge has since had just about all the county roads paved.

I just did the heart health check at the local hospital yesterday. Blood work, cat scan, EKG and ultra sound. $99 and really popular. I had to wait 3 months for my appt. Everything checked out good [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106] They said to come back in 5 years. Made me feel good since my...

HOA agreements between neighbors and formed after a development has been built have no teeth for enforcement. And are voluntary. They have no legal power to do squat except to call the local authority to enforce code violations and local ordinances. Just because those other land owners came...

The association is a gentleman's agreement between residents. Not a binding HOA as part of deed or covenant. They would get laughed out of court.

There are tire chocks stored in the chain box on my trailer. I chock the tires every time.

Yup, ours is in the cupboard above the fridge [emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji1787][emoji23] I'll pull it out around the holidays to make some English muffin bread to go with breakfast. But after a loaf or two, it goes back in the cupboard. My waste line thanks me...