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I just read that "the V10 is the greatest towing truck ever" thread and one guy in there was bragging about towing a camper and getting 9mpg the whole time... I'd be accosted if my PSD dipped that low unless I was pulling 30K or something That thread turned into quite the urination contest... I have to agree with the one guy that a V10 turning 4.30's in a low gear is not a fair comparison to a PSD turning 3.73's in high gear though.

 

I will never willingly choose to buy a gas engine (insert vehicle here) again.

 

I'm with ya, Diesel for life!! And I like the nose and smell also and like when some one tells me it stinks, thats the best.


I'm not fat and I like my cake too.

 

Thanks for letting us be a part of the men club. Is there a secret grunt or some type of initiation we should know about? I can throw a wrench in anger across the driveway just as well as the rest of you.

Who doesn't like cake? if you don't like cake, there's something wrong with you. If you don't like diesels, there's something wrong with you.

Chase I'm with ya, mine would be on major timeout in the corner if it got that bad of mileage.

I could be put in the same category. I don't use my truck to haul for a living, its my daily driver, and most of the time it runs empty..but it surprises me how much I actually do use my truck to haul things around...HEAVY things. I can't imagine what i'd do without it. With the price of fuel the way it is, I have sat down and done the math and considered getting rid of the truck (for about 1.5 seconds until I realized I'd die without it). Just about every week I run into a situation where I am going to need to use the truck for something. For example, moving to a different state here pretty quickly, and instead of spending a bunch of money on a uhaul or a moving company, I just rent a big enclosed trailer for not much cash, throw my stuff in there, hook it up to the truck, and away I go...and I won't be doing 55 MPH on an old junked out gasser uhaul getting 8MPG leaving smoke and rust pieces in my path...

 

Well, Lisa... there's the infamous "belly-bump" routine, but that might be a little too crude for your and Cris' more refined inclinations. Besides, I think you've both already passed through the initiation rites without even knowing it was taking place.. That's why Scott named you in his "qualification statement".

 

That would be the redneck version of the high five.

 

Your dead on, Dan. I guess my heritage sneaks out every once in a while in spite of my wife's influence in the other direction. Hey... I just rememebered... this Saturday will be 22 years with the little woman! I can't forget to take advantage of my Friday off to take care of that! Maybe I can finish her Christmas present for our Anniversary! You think that would pass muster, Lisa?

 

You also have to say dirty words while throwing it, and it helps if you can trip over the dog or perform some other act to make yourself more angry while doing so.

 

Hey, that I can do! I'm also really good at hurting myself with just about any sort of benine object, and I can trip over just about anything, like a stick on the ground or a piece of loose edging.

I'll buy that Cris may be too much of a lady to involve herself in the jackassery (joe's word), but if you think I won't bite, Pete you and I need to get to know each other a little better. I'm all for the belly bump, but for some of you, like Jason at 6'4", i'm going to have to learn to jump a little higher.

 

I dunno, you haven't given me enough to go on. Was this last years' Christmas present? Then, no! lol.

What is it that you'll be finishing?

 

The only piece of the puzzle missing is the ability to get mad and try to throw a tool or part, only to have it backfire and injure yourself, making all those watching laugh hysterically. If you can do that, you're a shoe in!

 

Throwing tools, yes! Throwing parts...I try really hard to refrain from doing that. These parts aren't cheap, so I try to balance my irritability with my extreme miserly tendencies. I'll throw a craftsman instead - they have a warranty.

 

LOL. I wasn't saying, nor even thinking, that you don't have any "bite" in you... I think I've already seen enough of your posts to know beter than that by now. I was just giving you the same credit I give to all ladies, and that is that generically speaking, you all tend to improve the lives for us guys in many ways! I also know that there are a few exceptions to that rule.


It was for Christmas '07, and was all cut out and milled, just not finish-cut, routed, sanded, put together, and stained. It's an old-fashioned (like 18th century) dish rack made from quarter-sawn white oak to match the antique sideboard it will be mounted over.

 

Old broken parts count too... no need to trash the nice new stuff

 

You all would be nearly naked and starving without the ladies in your lives. You know it, I know it, and your lady knows it too.

FWIW, I don't actually Bite, just sayin, I'll bite, as in, i'll take to you all up on the opportunity for a belly bump here and there.


Well if its something she's been asking about, then for sure. If she has mentioned it more than once, it is something she wants. Still buy her flowers or something too (or flower (singular)...doesn't have to be expensive to show that you made the effort). Heck, you already know all this stuff, you've been married for longer than I have!

Besides you must not be too bad at it if she's stuck around for 22 years. I wish I could send Randy to your house for a while so you can teach him how this stuff is done. He is HORRIBLE at gift giving. I got nothing for Valentine's day this year, this past Christmas he gave me Money, and our first Christmas, he took me to the store and offered to buy me what I wanted. 0% thought, 0% effort. He claims that he tries to think about what I'd want, and gets really stressed out about it and doesn't know what to do.