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Old Sep 22, 2019 | 09:42 PM
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doing good here Rick. Waiting to hear from my brother how much it is going to cost the other guy to fix his car from the other day. Friday was not a fun day over all for me. How are you doing?
Doing good here Shaun, just finished up with a very wet weekend.
 
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Howdy Don!

Hope that you had a great weekend?
 
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Was a dry weekend here Rick. Aside from my wallet crying on friday night when I had to buy a new battery for the truck.
 
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Was a dry weekend here Rick. Aside from my wallet crying on friday night when I had to buy a new battery for the truck.
Imagine that Shaun! I had to buy a new battery for my truck this last week also.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2019 | 09:48 PM
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Howdy Don!

Hope that you had a great weekend?
Howdy Rick

Yeah we did.. Weather was perfect

80's and dry
 
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Old Sep 22, 2019 | 09:50 PM
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I would have put an optima yellow top battery in but the terminals dont match up. I have an Advanced Auto AGM battery in the truck though.
 
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Optimas are to expensive
 
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Old Sep 22, 2019 | 09:53 PM
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That they are Don. 82 dollar difference between the optima and the one I ended up getting.
 
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Yeah we did.. Weather was perfect

80's and dry
We had a very wet weekend here, that tropical storm that drowned Houston has brought flash flooding to Central Illinois.
 
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Old Sep 22, 2019 | 09:55 PM
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Thats no fun Rick.
 
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We had a very wet weekend here, that tropical storm that drowned Houston has brought flash flooding to Central Illinois.

That sucks, but hopefully it's over
 
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Optimas are to expensive
I did an Interstate for $177.
 
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That they are Don. 82 dollar difference between the optima and the one I ended up getting.

Not worth it if you ask me
 
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Old Sep 22, 2019 | 09:58 PM
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That sucks, but hopefully it's over
Not hardly! Its pissing down out there right now. Not going to be fun taking Macy out in a little while.
 
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The optima was 82 dollars more then the one I bought.
 
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