BX 2000 Shed Update

Bird · Nov 1, 2001

My brother has a big placard on the wall in his study that says "HE WHO DIES WITH THE MOST TOYS WINS!"/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Bird

ronjhall · Nov 1, 2001

Jeff
Going on 40 years of marriage, my wife has given up trying to understand the need for toy's_____ oop's I mean necessary equipment. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
I have to many interests. Tractor-ing, Baoting, Fishing and other forms of entertainment.
They all require a large amount of storage space. Nothing is stored outside./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

I always wanted to ask somebody from Novi how Novi and Wixom got their names?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Jeff396 · Nov 1, 2001

There are two rumors floating around about NOVI. One is that it was simply named after train station number 6.....No. VI. The other less believable rumor is that when the person who named the towns wife suggested a name he said No and her name was Viloet....No Vi. I do have to admit that I never heard anything about how Wixom got its name though. But I do know that my '64 T-bird convertable was built there in a plant built on land that Wixom annexed from Novi taking all of the Ford Motor Co. tax revinue for itself. Man I love spewing useless information!!!

Jeff

2001 B7500HSD, LA302 fel, 60"mmm, grass catcher

ronjhall · Nov 1, 2001

Jeff
I just wanted to ask the question./w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif Didn't expect that answer./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Do you have one of the new T'Birds on order yet?/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Von · Nov 1, 2001

Did you happen to see the TV ad for the new T-Bird yet? Man is it ever funny!

ronjhall · Nov 1, 2001

Von
Not yet, but I'll be watching for it now./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Jeff396 · Nov 1, 2001

No new T-bird for me, though I'm pretty sure I saw one traveling South on I-77 south of Charlotte, NC. I wasn't aware they were available yet. Of course when I lived in Michigan I remember seeing five Vipers heading for Ann Arbor long before they were available to the public. Must have been the local car magazines or Chrysler test people. No, I'll stick with my '64 since the best part about it is that it's a cool convertible that seats 4 in reasonable comfort. I think if I got rid of my old Vette and T-bird the only new thing I would want is a Viper. Kinda raw like the old Vettes and plenty loud!!! Of course the $35.00 a year property tax is much more desirable than a thousand or so to the govt. for a Viper.

Jeff

njrqs · Nov 1, 2001

Woodstock (and others)

In Australia, I have never seen a shed like this. EG, the rounded roof.

Is that a local custom thing or is it for snow or something??

Attached is my shed, just like 99.9% of all the rest here in Australia.

Different hey?

Cheers

<font color=blue>Neil from OZ.</font color=blue>

Jeff396 · Nov 1, 2001

I think calling that a shed is a bit of an understatement!!!! By the way, do you use that snorkel on the truck often???

Jeff

2001 B7500HSD, La302 fel, 60"mmm, grass catcher

woodstock · Nov 1, 2001

Good Day Mate!
Neil, We have your type of shed here too. I picked this one because it is stronger and quicker to assemble but yet cheaper. Unlike yours there is no frame. The panels themselves are self supporting and the 20 gauge metal is stamped with small ribs and large valleys to provide the strenght.

Each panel is 18 inches wide to allow one person bolting. Although my 5'3" brother inlaw had to stretch his arms to reach.
This building cost 1/3 of your style, but as you noticed it is not as conventional looking as yours. Also snow loads here require a very strong roof.
Before I painted it black, it stood out like a pimple of Bo Derek's nose.
When my brother, saw pics of it, he said the US might bomb it thinking it was a Taliban scud missle site.
But since it is now black you can't see it in our forest once you get 30 feet away. I like that esthetically and for security reasons.