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Old Jul 23, 2024 | 03:58 PM
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I'm back home in WA and just woke up.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2024 | 06:56 PM
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Evening Tim and Ken. Our Elderberries are still green as well. The birds really get them pretty fast. I do take an elderberry capsule with my daily supplements.
 
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Old Jul 23, 2024 | 09:16 PM
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Well I left the yahoo’s in Trinidad the 3rd, got home had to replace the starter in my Bronco, pull the Denali out and get it ready to do a road trip, spent last Monday and Tuesday driving to Yellowstone for a quick family get together then drove back on Friday and Saturday, in to Portland Sunday now we are in Houston for the next several months, anywhere from 3 to 9 months.

I have to oversee the overhaul of 2 major parts of of a hybrid gas turbine that was an early test unit from a test cel where they tried to blow it up and make it good to operate.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 04:12 AM
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Good morning WA...Happy Hump Saturday!!! Also payday in my world!!!

Eric..how was Yellowstone??? Went there as a youth...loved it!!! Did 'ya hear about the huge geyser there yesterday???
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 08:56 AM
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Happy Happy Hump Day Washington, Tim, Ken, Eric, Wayne, Ken, Steve and all the crew. It looks to be a gray day and about 85° in my woods.
Becky follows a Wyoming site and they had a video of the geyser blowing its stack!
I personally can't remember if we saw the Biscuit Basin geyser but I would say so!
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 12:44 PM
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Good morning Washington!

Rod, I just checked out that video myself and some of the aftermath pretty amazing no one got killed or injured that I read about anyway.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 03:51 PM
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Good Afternoon everyone, finally been cool out here the last few days. We've been getting wildfire smoke from baker though.
Getting new shoes on the truck today.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 04:03 PM
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Hi Nikolas,

We have been getting smoke most every night for the last month from the Pioneer Fire.

I'm putting a new Magic Fan vent on our camper today. I need to put tires on my truck this fall, running the winter tires out this summer.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 04:08 PM
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What are you gonna get? I was having a really hard time deceiding this time.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 04:57 PM
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Well today didn't go as planned. Hehe

I was going to limp my truck up to a local car show/gtg thing that meets up at a Godfathers Pizza on wednesdays but I had to cancel. My oldest kiddo heads off to school this week and wanted to go up and visit my mom before he leaves.

When I get back home tonight I have a bunch more stuff in the barn I need to chip away on.

 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 05:00 PM
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What are you gonna get? I was having a really hard time deceiding this time.
I don't know yet, I will probably go with an all season tire this time. I'm tired of changing tires and wheels twice a year.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 05:30 PM
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Evening Washington crew! I have stayed with Cooper Discover for many years but the ones they make now are not as good as just a few years ago. I would have to spend some time figuring it out as well.

Eric, have fun dealing with the humidity of Houston. I hope the folks there are easier to work with than the last place since it will be your home untill after New Years!

That fire smoke gets old. It made it over to here last year.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 07:58 PM
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I'm thinking Goodyear Wrangler All Season, that's just a thought though as I haven't shopped around. I would like a tire that was made in the USA.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 08:17 PM
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I put Michelin somethings on my dually then got a set of 6 steel wheels and put some Nokian winter tires on them.

Sheesh i've got 5 sets of winter wheel/tire sets in my barn for our various vehicles and it looks like a tire shop! I need a forklift and some pallet racks to stack up all this crud.
 
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Old Jul 24, 2024 | 10:30 PM
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For as much snow as you get up north there, I would think a good winter tire would be mandatory and changing from a summer or "all season" which I always thought of as a 3 season tire, would be par for the course. I had Cooper Disco's on the 97 F250 I had and always seemed to get stuck in my driveway. I have BFG all terrains now on my 87 F250 4x4 and they seem to work good year round. They are rated m+s with the 3 peak snowflake but do fine in the summer too. On the other hand, I only drive the truck a couple thousand miles a year.


 
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