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I have a Nash car the battery is under back seat and barely fits. I have one of these straps that made R&R easy.

I feel like I've been thoroughly spanked! [emoji38]

Two years ago we bought a new Kia Rio. It has 9K miles on it and since new it's had a "dead spot" in acceleration if you're driving any speed, hit brakes then nail it, it hesitates then goes. It can be dangerous pulling out somewhere and a car/truck appears. JMS makes a module that you unplug...

I just got hoses from Discount Hydraulic Hose in Pennsylvania. Good price & service.[emoji106]

I was thinking the same thing. If I had my camera I would have taken a picture, but I insisted a clerk go with me to prove I was being honest. The clerk took a picture and showed it to the manager who said no. I was sure they'd honor the price. We've all bought things a customer put on the wrong...

Today's peeve! [emoji2959] We just returned from Walmart, a clearance sign "Special Kitty 20 pound cat litter $3.87 normal price $9.98." So I load the cart full, 20 of them and at register it rings up $210.28. [emoji848] (Shouldn't it be about $80?). So I ask a clerk to go with me, other end of...

Get some white spray paint. Do this after midnight. Don't answer the door.

That's why my Dr. recommended Valium (Diazepam) because it stops a person's overreaction to something (bee sting or other trauma). Certainly check with your own physician first. They're inexpensive, easy to carry. That's why rescue people even if the victim cuts their leg off tells you to remain...

I got this yesterday, $17, but what I wanted was something I could set a 5 gallon container on the ground and it would lift up about 4ft to 6ft. This one I still have to put gas or diesel container on hood then it will pump into tank. I'd like to find one not too expensive that pumps with lift...

Unfortunately the beetles attack those also from what I read. I'll want to do as much research as possible before planting & having these cut down.

I just spoke with the Virginia county forestry agent and said he would have loggers cut them as some suggested here instead of paying it's making a little money. He believes the pines at the homeplace are Virginia Pine. He's going there to be sure. I could take my backhoe or there's a tractor...

Superglue. I was going to mention that. Is there such a thing as medical grade? That would be good to stop bleeding I'm thinking.

Must be because I ordered what they had left! Edit: They just called saying they didn't have enough to supply a kit. I said just send what you have and they couldn't. [emoji3525]

Nitrile gloves? Maybe oxygen if you have room. Glucose for a diabetic maybe. I carry a few 5mg Diazepam (Valium) with me my Dr. swears by it, bee stings & trauma because he said the body over-reacts to things. Peroxide. Bar of soap.

I just returned from my homeplace, 15 miles away. There are I bet 10 acres of these evergreens that are growing like crazy, from little seedlings to 20 footers. I looked it up and I believe they're Longleaf Pine. This is one I just pulled up by the roots & put in a pot here & water. If that's...

Snap trap with peanut butter is better. A poison mouse can kill a cat, probably a dog also.

We have a huge boxwood in front yard. A landscaper friend said it must be old they grow 1/2"/year.

My wife would throw on a black cape and pentagram necklace saying "I'll listen to your religion if you'll listen to mine". We haven't seen them in years.

My Dad worked at Sears Roebuck and a guy there sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door. One day he's out in the boondocks, knocks on this cabin door and an old lady lets him in. He has a vacuum cleaner & sprinkles a small bag of dirt around the room then asks where her outlet was. "We don't have...

I was talking to a farmer neighbor friend outside when some JWs showed up. Friend was holding a rake and said "Can't talk now I gotta rotate my crops". The JWs left.[emoji2]

"Yes, sure, we have plenty of verm....saaaayyyy!!! I see you have a Segway! You know I always wanted to ride one of those, the Mall Cops use them. Let me take it down the driveway just 100 feet." Then with your doors locked go out of site down the road for an hour or two.[emoji48] The scammers...

You got me thinking maybe limit how far the ROPs can drop down.

I doubt it. It has a banjo fitting.

I have a John Deere 3038e, 2018 490hrs and just washed (garden hose, not pressure wash) foam cannon & rinse. Putting it away on dash warning said "PTO coil fault". Never happened before & just a 10 minute wash. After idling warning went off & PTO works fine. I'm trying to figure out what would...

Based on my homeplace not far from here I would never plant bamboo, honeysuckle, kudzu, multifloral roses, privit, trumpet vine, etc. I'm always fighting poison ivy & sumac, paradise trees & privit. Growing up my Grandmother next door loved gardening & said the only way to get rid of so many...

My wife has been type 2 diabetic over 30 years. She was on 50cc insulin morning and 50cc evening. She ordered this weeks ago now on 15cc morning, 15cc evening. I believe based on her family all diabetic (and she was adopted), my family no diabetes the difference is her family drank lots of diet...

I was hoping for this. [emoji2]

My cousin just retired from the DEQ, but I had a long talk with a fellow worker about it. Hopefully something can be done.

In my pumpkin patch one is growing through a fence. I'll have to cut & patch fence when it's ready.

Another day, Another peeve...[emoji849] At my homeplace where my 98yo Mother still lives and I was born 73 years ago I remember when Grandfather had a 2 acre pond put in 1954. Spring fed and until a year ago clear water. You can see Google satellite view how grey/brown the water is now. About 40...

I believe the bugs are spreading. One by one they die off and at the time 40+ years ago I gave some to a neighbor which he planted. His are dying off. You see sawdust at the base and hear bugs chewing from 30ft away.

I'll explore different options. The tree service charged $400 for one tree I certainly understand. If they cut 20 it wouldn't be $8000 because their men and equipment would all be here. My wag would be $2500(?). Everything chipped would make a huge pile and that's worth a lot to me.

This seems interesting to know. That is a good price.

VIN number Vehicle Identification Number number

[emoji16][emoji38] I'm sorry so long replying, several bushel baskets of popcorn later! The lynch pin is just a rig job, the original pin fell out somewhere. Winch is mounted on tractor front weight bracket. I'm thinking where the cable snapped was I winched a heavy log then lifted a bit with...

In 1960 a $29.95 coffee maker = $220 today's dollars. A pound of coffee was 75 cents so $1.88/40 oz. =$20.70 today. Basically you made out like a bandit on the maker and coffee about the same.[emoji2]

I'd be tempted to make a Bible pedestal like this, easy if you have a router. Then you could make an acrylic or glass top which would be just a cover to go over it. If Bible is 12"×14"×10" cover would be, say, 13"×15"×11"

Today's Peeve: And I'm 99.999% sure everyone can relate...can't find sh*t! [emoji2959] The string trimmer I'm using just ran out of string. No problem because I have large spools of different sizes. I can picture it exactly where it was, but it's not there. No one stole it and I'll find it three...

My Mother has one like this, you toast one side then flip it around to toast other side. She uses a pop-up toaster from the 50s now.

The service I've used is amazing in that they don't leave a twig or sign equipment was there (ruts). I'm talking to wife about a nice fence, but she wants a hedgerow. A fast growing hedgerow would probably be the best option but I don't want something I'd have to trim or pay trimming. Low...

Cypress Cypress are everywhere. This is what you want...but this is what you see!

The only thing is loggers make a mess and that's our front yard.

From our house to secondary road is about 500ft. There's a ditch along paved road and my land up about 3'-4' above road. 40+ years ago I ordered a few hundred white pine saplings, spaced 10ft apart with dibble bar along road, up drive, etc. for privacy. They were perfect at about 6ft-10ft but...

I haven't read most threads but the homeplace and this place used to be gravel, now asphalt. I read many years ago in Farmer's Almanac an old then fellow wrote an article about it and he used an old watering can and filled it with used motor oil, old gas or diesel and went down drive with it...

About 30 years ago a friend's Dad who was 55 at the time asked me about health insurance. My advice was shop for the highest deductible you can find because $10,000 isn't the end of the world but $1M would be for most. At the time my wife & I had Anthem Blue Cross & we still do & Medicare now...

T shirts I had made. I had a favorite one from the 1972 movie by the same name. The first and only(?) X-rated cartoon. Robert Crumb did the artwork. My original t shirt disintegrated after 50 years (why? [emoji38]) so I was able to sent stickermule via photographs having it printed on black...

I just have fun with those: >Emergency contact? 911 >Sexual performance? I don't understand the question. It's something I remember doing many years ago and I enjoyed it. It was like checkers only I and my female opponent were naked. I usually won but sometimes let my opponent beat me. >Any...

I have a 70yo car with the factory spare, WWW bias ply Goodyear that's become hard plastic, still holds air. I have Grandad's small trailer he made from a '32 Chevy straight axle that has red rubber inner tubes. [emoji38] I recently replaced tires on an 2011 Mustang, 12K miles the original...

None for me either. Chiggers is a different story.

Gramma had a flux capacitor

Here's a peeve. Buinesses of all flavors that send you emails, sometimes several a DAY!!! I used to delete then the outrageous ones I report as spam. [emoji2959]

Ozone generator works wonders

Order Grandpa this! [emoji2]

In grade school milk was 3c and everyone went nuts when it went to 5c. "Chocolate?" the lady would ask. "No, vanilla is fine" I'd say. I still have my Robin Hood lunchbox, dents in it from the school bully's head.

Oh those said sure you can help! Gosh you're kind of cute!...then I woke up from my nap.[emoji38][emoji849]

We have zero mouse/rat problems. Zero

Here's my peeve of the day...I offered to help these two young ladies with their tractor and they said "Get away you old bald grandpa!" Or something like that. My hearing aids need batteries. "Maybe it's out of gas" I said and they said "I'm sure you have enough for six tractors!"...so I left...

My Dad was in the Navy in WWII and one sailor had Undulant fever from drinking unpasteurized milk. We buy it from the Amish when we go to Lancaster county Pennsylvania.

Absolutely! Here's her yearbook photo. Friends told me she was fired for breaking a boys arm when she was a teacher in Texas! [emoji33]

We had a really rough grade school teacher who was built and looked like Gomer Pyle's Sargeant Carter. She had five rulers held together with rubber bands and would bend your fingers back whacking your palm so hard your hand went numb. I hit someone with a paper wad and she said "come HERE!"...

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I think we were at the exact same Walmart today! Were you in S. Virginia by chance?[emoji848] Wife & I 71,73 but wow! All these old people on dope or pain meds & we smelled alcohol. Moving slower than a sloth & probably their bowels. I'm waiting to get catfood this old (late 60s going on 100 )...

Maybe that was my invention[emoji56]. Writing a sentence 500 times with one pencil takes a lot of time, but 20 pencils in a row writes 20 sentences all at once! [emoji848]

Now I finally understand why Walmart and Amazon sells these costumes...pubescent boys now grown men scarred for life! [emoji38]

Here's a memory from 60+ years ago. If I misbehaved in school (often [emoji38]) teacher sent me home to write "I will not act up in class" 500 times on notebook paper. I would go to our garage & cut a strip of wood or use a old wooden ruler and mark it like every 1/2", the line spacing on...

Now that i think about it as a kid helping Dad in the 50s grease didn't come in tubes but a pail with lid. Dad held grease gun in vice and we loaded it with a putty knife. I don't remember it ever being a messy job.

Here's what I do, and it's normally after a shower and clean clothes: step 1 is squirt some out and rub it all over my face, hands, arms, shirt & parts. Then I'm ready to grease the tractors. While I'm at it I grease every zerk in site: mowers, grinding arbor, tools...everything. Then with...

We have a small feeder on front porch and another opposite side of house at kitchen window. Small because we wash & new fluid every other day or so, otherwise it gets moldy. That way they can't fight over a drink. Wife used to make a batch keeping it in fridge in a Mason jar until one day I...

I got this years ago at the farm store. I'll run out when I'm 286 y.o.

My Grandfather had motor homes and I traveled a lot with grandparents. He always bought new and from the "factory". I couldn't believe how they were made. One had 3/8" rubber fuel line everywhere, gas tanks to pumps & carburetor and before a long trip he asked a local garage to replace...

When someone asks for my wife's I.D. I say I can vouch for her.[emoji38] True story: My wife & I always interested in paranormal things so we went to Roswell New Mexico (Area 51). At a museum I bought this I.D. card. At home I got a splinter in my hand, we couldn't get it out so I went to a...

Nowadays it could be lot chameleon

The problem is men have two heads and choose the woman using the wrong head. Women choose a man for security and everything is based on emotion. When a man gives a woman a plant she hopes it's a flower because he loves her. When a woman gives a man a plant he hopes it's a tomato because it's...

[emoji848] I would've said "I'm saving it for Cleopatra"[emoji16]

I thought the cake was to take back to the hotel for the honeymoon. [emoji3059][emoji39]

When someone is talking nonstop: "Who put a nickel in you?". (Nowadays it would be a dollar)[emoji849]

"Can't win for losin' " A hitch in her gitalong A far away place is a "Buxtehude" (germanic)

If not for bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all. That one is appropriate for today when I tried two new hydraulic hoses I ordered. See if you see why the tractor and I got soaked with hydraulic fluid.

Oh we mail order also...but business...bank, major purchases, business matters. We don't drink, so no "American Boy's Club" trips

I'd much rather do everything in person.

Here's my advice to the OP would be to choose a quiet time when you can both sit down and say "I have something very important to discuss with you", and no raised voices, polite each speaking in turn without interruption. I would have phones turned off, etc. This is troubling: "She is frequently...

Couldn't beat his way out of a wet paper bag

I'm thinking whatever works for different people. My wife & I have been together 53 years! To me it's always been each one has the other's best interest at heart. An example was at first I was working for a company and she said I was too good for that, open our own business and we did. She...

Nowadays it's could be either or could be both![emoji1785]

Don't assume new=good nowadays. I ordered an expensive Optima Red Top for my F150 last summer. It lasted a week or so, ordered another and it's been perfect since. Get a multimeter if you don't have one. 1) voltage across battery?__________ 2) voltage across battery cranking?_________ 3) voltage...

[emoji848] Does it work on 'roids?

I'm selling my U-Haul stock (UHAL)

I inadvertently killed a wonderful tomcat pet we had a few years ago. I put Tomcat poison blocks in our garage, a poisoned mouse got out and the pet cat ate the mouse (or enough to get the poison). The cat died within a few days and he was 20#. Now snap traps baited with peanut butter...

What you get:

Like a fart in a whirlwind

This is nature. Not really cool but be careful!

At least me...what you see is what you get

All I can say is: be careful what you're tappin'[emoji33]

This is my tree cutting attire. [emoji38]

Me too...except leaving trees in pasture doesn't improve with time. They get covered in weeds, etc.

Jeanine Pirro is amazing at 74 IMHO. Whooping cushion kicked her off of "The View" which says a lot about her as well. [emoji106]

There are physically fit older women very pretty, like Christy Brinkley is 71.

The babysitter sat on the vinyl 45 you mean. Hopefully the boys weren't where the babysitter sits! [emoji2]

If money is a concern why not consider a zero turn. We cut 2 acres with either a lap bar or a steering wheel zero Cub Cadet. When wife uses the one and me on the other we can cut in an hour or so. Usually I do it all.

How many acres to mow? Hilly or flat? Trees & bushes?

"And whatever else comes to mind" to me would be important depending on how much land you have and budget. Shame to buy then wishing you had something else. Having Deere I would lean towards 1025R, 60" deck & FEL. Tractors, versatility is the key.

Recently a few trees blew down near the creek onto a pasture so I cut everything in 12ft lengths. Then I use a tractor with winch hauling them to a ravine that worked until cable snapped. So then I put the grapple on. This was fantastic until apparently a limb snapped a hydraulic hose. I get...

"Like herding cats" My neighbor says his grandkids could "tear the steering wheel off of a Army tank".

Grinnin' like a mule eatin' briars.

Since I've been getting our deer herd out of here...no more ticks![emoji2]

Dad's friend years ago with a simple tattoo all around his neck, dashes then "cut on dotted line".

My medical records asked who to call for emergency & I wrote 9 1 1

Now at home here the 530 ft driveway is asphalt & almost level. There's also a parking area, but I like to shovel it by hand. Good exercise & wife shovels some too. The pipe is a great idea!

The mistake I made here is planting things too close.

This afternoon my 5,000 # HF winch snapped. It may have 2 hours on it...I need a better one.

Dang!!!!!

The engine, hood, tank is offset so looking down you can watch the furrow being plowed. I really did a stupid thing as a kid. We had a hilly area where apple trees were planted, going uphill in first gear I wondered what would happen if I clutched it, then rolling back popped the...

Everyone knows this number:

This laundry bag was Grandad's. Phone 604. How old is THAT? Growing up everyone's phone all around our area, even the city was Victor. Ours was VI 5626. My in-laws had same number since 1932 until 2007 when Mom passed, number when they bought their new house. A party line with fewer people until...

For years ours was BR-549, later given to Alvin Samples Jr.[emoji2]

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The grinder I use almost every day is like this, except without the tool rests, shields anywhere and larger motor mounted below with a big clutch spring on it for more belt tension. I've never bogged it down. Never. [emoji38] Yesterday my 40 something neighbor stops by for me to sharpen his...

When will that happen! Every day my wife & I are working and it seems more work than ever after retirement!!![emoji849] This place is constant work, then 98 yo Mom's place is more work and usually step one is finding then repairing the tools or finding what's needed to fix what's broken. My...

My Grandfather had a 1949 Cub he bought new. I have all the manuals and receipt. So many memories. It still runs great. 10hp 4 cylinder. Funny story my farmer neighbor friend was in the dairy business as was his Dad. Their tractor was in the shop (1970s) and they needed to move a large hay...

In 1993 I ordered a new Chevy truck from a small dealership. Wished I kept it, manual, no carpet, 350 small block. First thing I did that night was remove catalytic converter and replaced it with a J.C. Whitney "test pipe"[emoji38]. The guy who always inspected it said "where's the converter...

A great addition to mine was a winch. I simply used 1/4" steel plate drilled to match the front weight bracket and winch mount. I got one with remote control. I used it yesterday carrying big logs looped around log holding it in bucket to carry it low.

Hydrostatic so only low & high. I use low range for about everything. Sure is nice having extra HP and also seems less fuel use as well.

As everyone said a steal. I assume(?) it operates ok...just a bad hydraulic leak? Maybe a good pressure wash and leak will be obvious. Wouldn't it be great if something simple like a blown hose?

When my mother was in her mid 80s she stopped making cookies...too much work. One variety were anise cookies we all liked, so she went to the local grocery store hoping to find them. She talked with the store manager asking if they "had any a n u s cookies".[emoji38]

My Mother was the same at Christmas making cookies. Everyone especially liked her Mexican Wedding Cakes or "Fingers" as she called them. I just called 'em Mexican Wedding Fingers...

Not short...age. Fred Mertz wore his pants almost up to his nips above his belly but most older guys the belly pushes pants down. I'm 6ft & now a 40x30 is best. I'm about 215#, and can wear a 38 but they're pretty tight. If I wore pants like Fred I'm thinking I would need a 52x36.[emoji38]

Cookies!!!!! In the early 1960s when my Grandfather bought his first motor home (Ultra Van) I went with them across the US and Canada. Early on I discovered Gouchos and ate a box a day! So 12 yo on a three month vacation so three meals a day then add 90-100,000 calories for the trip. I think...

A few I liked the design, from the 1970s. I picked a sunny day, put them on a cardtable outside, t shirt flattened so image was straight. Took an accurate straight focused picture, sent copy to stickermule.com They printed it on a new XXL t-shirt.

It was at other end

I love permanent sharpie markers. Every car under hood: 19mm (pan drain bolt) Wix 51334 (filter) 4 qts. 5W-20 (oil quantity+type) Same with mowers, tractors

If enough people order wrap a doodle doos that guy can buy a decent tractor and a corset. Reminds me of Fred Sanford selling Whopper Choppers.

Looks like you'll need 5-6 bags.

No...it's Robert Easton

Dialects are interesting. Mel Blanc was the man of 1,000 voices but Robert Easton was the dialect master. He was in lots of movies & TV shows. Funny to me is going just 35 miles West of here, Roanoke, the accent is distinct. Cat is "ka-yat". Years ago I worked with a guy from North Carolina that...

After lots of rain I heard a farmer say the ground was "too thick to drink too thin to plow". Years ago an old fellow asked me to hand him a paint brush, he said "not that one...it's stiff as a weddin' dick". Down south someone saying "bless your heart" usually means "kiss my axx". "Ah mo" means...

Wife loves lilys, two apparently heavy and stalks snapped so I put them in a jar of water in kitchen window.

11 feet...so you can easily carry the 10 foot pole you shouldn't have touched it with.

Two planes flew over an hour ago, I'm in S.Central Va. By the time I got my phone on for pictures they were almost gone. Loud & strange looking but I think they were like this:

New bedroom alarm clock. It's quiet & illumna...alumina...ailumana...has a lighted dial. Ticking keeps be awake & I hate digital.

90°F+...so good 'ol August Ham...

Make home made signs...very crude, bent nails, etc. Slop on white paint. When dry in red write "nO tRupSassin" on it crooked & dripping. Throw a few empty 12ga 00 shells at base with empty cheap whiskey bottle. Like this, just not as polished.

It does work as long as the spoon is at 1500°F

Get a better barn cat.

Pubescent boys loved Gilligan's Island by putting themselves in his place. Which is prettier or sexier and I'm on a deserted island with two hot Girls [emoji3059]. Jeannie and Samantha same thing. [emoji6]

My good friend is an avid poker player and was on the cover of Card Player magazine one issue. A gambler it's really hard getting honestly out of them and probably true of any addiction but he did admit to me years ago, 1990s, that he gambled away $300,000! It's always trying to get that lost...

We've never bought a lottery ticket. Never gambled but saw Vegas in the '60s then again a few years ago not spending a dime and couldn't wait getting the h--- out of there. We stayed at casinos on Indian reservations going East that were fantastic, food & motels. A good friend & his wife right...

Do you have a lot to clean and does it have to be ultrasonic? If so I would consider making my own. There are youtube videos people making their own which basically is the transducer(s) mounted to container and driver board. Hot tap water and Simple Green would work.

I change oil engine warm and let it drain overnight. I'm guessing all of the oil didn't drain out. I wouldn't want it much overfilled, but barely above full no concern. Is it over full after engine started & circulated?

I have three trees to cut now I just saw near creek. Wind snapped them off up about 15ft, rest is on ground so easy to do, just has to get cooler weather. I don't mind paying for dangerous ones anymore, not worth getting injured.

I have a professional cut some trees for me here, fairly large like 2ft-3ft diameter but in dangerous locations. He uses a compact Massey Ferguson tractor and has a very large chipper (don't know brand, but V8 Ford gas motor). So 3 guys and maybe 2-3 hours or so, $500. He throws a sandbag high...

Actually after thinking about it I believe a trailer is the best choice. You have to drive there anyway...why not tow it. Plus trailer is there if something breaks and for maintenance at home. The second best is if you had a neighbor within a mile you could leave it with.

I forgot. Leave this on the steering wheel with a note "Run Dick run".

Wash immediately, just carry water & soap with you. I'm highly allergic but have pulled ivy, wash immediately & never got it. Jewel Weed if you do get it. It's found wherever there's water, creeks & ponds. We boil it down to like dark tea, store in refrigerator. Apply with soaked paper towel...

Get an blank invoice from a local tractor dealer. Fill it out so it looks professional with "engine locked up", $15,000 repair estimate. Install a battery disconnect switch with small 18 gauge wire across contacts. When switch is open, key on it will have instrument lights...but wire blows like...

I put a $12 ebay carburetor on a Briggs 13.5 hp recently and it works fine.

Kelly Blue Book is a good source. I just looked up two Mustangs we have and the resale price is more than we paid new. With Kelly you could see what a new car MSRP is then resale as if you had one with, say, 10 miles on it, excellent condition. I've been thinking about buying a new 2025 F250 and...

I agree Kroil or good penetrating oil. In my case with air chisel it was super easy after hours of trying everything imaginable. I wasn't using lots of pressure either and just the vibration and that angle was enough. Once started is all that's needed. Like everything, use your own judgement.

Well...all I can say is there must be lots of young whippersnappers here! [emoji38][emoji1787][emoji23]

I used a chisel that needed sharpening and no damage to the nut. In my case the new clutch fan came with new nut anyway. It worked well for me.

I wouldn't save anything...except since I'm a hoarder I'd just save the whole thing.[emoji849]

Sorry:

Wear cotton: bucket hat, pants, shirt all soaked in cold water. Add water as they dry & sunscreen exposed areas. Work sunrise & quit by noon, rest inside, start again about 5-6pm. Plenty of water & Gatorade. My 2c.

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Maybe this will help(?). Years ago I needed to replace the clutch fan on my F150. The nut was 1 5/16" from memory (large). I tried everything. Then remembered I had an air chisel. It was right hand thread so I put chisel on nut flat right at edge as shown. Bad drawing but you get idea. It was...

As you age, more things leave your body! [emoji16]

You're old when you remove the shower strainer. Younger people don't understand. Older don't need an explanation. [emoji38]

I bought a nice vacation for us in North Myrtle Beach. A very nice motel "Bay Watch" and I lucked out getting an apartment instead of a room for wife & me. Two bedrooms, baths, kitchen, living room, laundry. One bedroom you could hear ocean waves off of balcony. Really nice restaurants & great time.

I used a tool like this a lot as an electronic technician. The chisel end to gently pry connector tabs up a little & wire brush to clean. Over time connector tabs lose tension and become corroded. Contact cleaner spray is good afterwards.

Yes, 60" deck. It was painted from factory, the owner had it powdercoated.

A couple years ago I bought this 2000 Deere 455 the owner took care of it. He decided to rebuild mower deck so removed it, completely disassembled and had the deck sandblasted and powder coated JD Yellow. Then new spindles, blades hardware & belts. The deck stays clean top and underneath...

Spotted Lanternfly from Asia. They're all over the porch, flowers & bushes here in Virginia & appeared last couple years.

I've lived in South Central Virginia all my 73 years. We never saw a deer until the early 1960s, my Grandfather next door growing up was amazed seeing one. Now at that homeplace not uncommon seeing 30-40 herd in the yard. 45 years ago moved 12 miles away & we had quail & pheasant but haven't...

Vermont is a gorgeous state and we met the nicest people there years ago. We stayed in Danville, Frys farm (I think that's how it's spelled). We stayed upstairs in the dairy barn in the Fall. Heat from cows warmed the upstairs. Homemade apple pie, donuts, milk & coffee for breakfast.

Growing up in the 50s our neighbor had 2500 acres, lived in a small log cabin, no electricity or plumbing and had a fire going in fireplace year round since he & wife cooked on it. Never had a tractor and in one barn was a post war Chrysler with less than 100 miles on it. He drove home from...

Funerals Dad carried a clip on tie & tweezers in his glove box. Tweezers to pluck out a nose hair so his eyes were watering for the funeral.

Dad had a David Bradley saw like this made late 50s...very early 60s. Manual oiler. I remember it was very heavy. I seem to remember he had a 4 stroke saw also but can't remember what it was.

Me too...so we're old! "I’ve seen clothes on metal hangers for decades with rust stains." My wife is finally getting rid of clothes we had since the 70s!

All we have are wire:

Maybe they used the shingles lift? Down the chimney like Santa? His last words: "A new roof even if it kills me"? Roofing nails for the coffin lid? Extra shingles thrown on top? Roof turn out OK...any leaks? These are all questions I would of asked.

I should get one for when I'm constipated.

Manure piles dry in a day so only fresh would be a problem. I'll post a picture later in case anyone's never seen horse poop.[emoji849][emoji2]

I thought about gauge wheels except they'd be rolling through the biscuits!

My horse stable front has stable doors and sliding door, concrete barn floor and hard packed sand lot about 40ft x 60ft. (Picture was taken last fall), about every week or two I clean area with a 7ft back blade turned backwards then push manure into a compost pile at end. Sand lot was compacted...

So says the guy who wrote "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" and married Yoko Ono

Two things have helped me: wire tags and a laminator. They're not expensive. Remove wire, write on tag and laminate 8 tags with one sheet. Cut & wire back through. They save time & mistakes. Weeks ago I use a gas pump to fill a water tank and the last straw was the flat outlet hose twisted up...

Yes. Grandad had one. Rhythm

I have one of these...except it doesn't fly. A black on black Oleg Cassini Matador.

My Grandparents were from Carbondale, Grandfather graduated from Carnegie Tech (later Mellon) in Pittsburgh and moved to Philadelphia when he became an Osteopathic Physician. My Mother talks about seeing Autogyros & Mummers parade there in the 1930s and Grandfather built a Sears Roebuck house...

What I did was sweep an area without metal, then place a silver coin, my gold wedding band, aluminum foil in different areas. Mine has a distinct sound for gold and silver. Trash metal has a raspy sound. If you can metal detect at your relatives place. I carry a pin-point detector also to make...

My Whites detector is about 30 years old and it will discriminate between metal, the depth, etc. The new ones are way more advanced. I found my Dad's wedding band he lost cleaning gutters, the gold I could tell by the audio tone. He was buried with it 10 years ago. Your area & age of place I...

Like when I had an eye exam. We have a top notch eye center 6 miles away. Wife had lens replaced, now doesn't wear glasses. Anyway I'm having this exam by this gorgeous brunette (WOW [emoji3059]), probably late 20s...early 30s. I asked about the optometrist who I see next for more tests. "How...

I am still amazed at this $130 Chinese saw I ordered from Walmart free shipping. It starts on 2nd pull and really works well. It would be a great backup saw anyone cutting lots of wood and I've cut some fairly large trees with it. Apparently I got a lemon Sthil but it's way better than the...

I have Mennonite friends here in Virginia. Yoder & Glick. I know what you mean. I assume (hope) you have a good metal detector?

Man with your house and almost 300 years old I'd find a way to explore even if I had to cut in a trap door, throwing a rug over it later! [emoji38] Probably 100 pounds of gold!

Me...I'd say "Henrietta, I say Henrietta ah may be old but ahm not weak!"

Back when men were MEN! Actually I didn't know until I looked you can still buy a 2 man saw like that.