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From: Smyrna, DE
Funny Observation
There's an older guy whose garage backs up to the side street next to my house. He has a group of buddies who come over early every morning to hang out. We call them the "Coffee Club". They all drive trucks- GM/Chevy, Dodge, but no Fords. Yesterday one of them shows up in a shiny new F150. All the old guys were hanging around checking it out, and the thing they checked out the longest was the "man step". It was pretty funny, this cluster of retired guys all admiring the man step. Bringing it down, putting it up, standing up the hand rail thing. Clucking like a bunch of old hens about it.
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They are exactly like King of the Hill, and my neighbor is Hank himself. The only difference is they are out there at 7am and drinking coffee instead of Alamo Beer. He uses a gas blower to clean leaves off his driveway every morning. He broke out his snow blower for 1/2" of snow. Every piece of equipment is immaculately maintained. His garage is a separate building at the back side of his property, 3 bays, it's own screen porch and who knows what else. He's a nice guy and a great source of amusement.
A few years ago we were experimenting with a wireless doorbell my dad had laying around, as we were thinking about using it. My wife kept pressing the button but ours didn't work. We eventually noticed our neighbor coming out to the front of his garage and looking around. We finally figured out our doorbell switch was triggering the doorbell he has in the garage. We kept it up for a bit and then let him off the hook. He had a good laugh with us over it.
A few years ago we were experimenting with a wireless doorbell my dad had laying around, as we were thinking about using it. My wife kept pressing the button but ours didn't work. We eventually noticed our neighbor coming out to the front of his garage and looking around. We finally figured out our doorbell switch was triggering the doorbell he has in the garage. We kept it up for a bit and then let him off the hook. He had a good laugh with us over it.
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Dang, it's cool to have good neighbors. Even better to have 'Hank Hill' living next door!
I'da been ROTFLMAO with the Door Bell game!
I'da been ROTFLMAO with the Door Bell game!
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Here's how cool "Hank" is. I went over today to admire his new truck (a fully loaded Lariat, sticker price in the high 40's) and to chat with him about why he traded in his SUV. His reason- he got tired of having his friends take him places when he needed something big- good reason!
Anyway- his truck came with that bed extender cage thing- he's going to give it to me for my truck as he doesn't need it or want it, and was going to take it back to the dealer. How cool is that! I didn't really look at how it mounts in there but I'm hoping it will work in my bed. It'll be great for those lumber trips where you need a little extra room.
Anyway- his truck came with that bed extender cage thing- he's going to give it to me for my truck as he doesn't need it or want it, and was going to take it back to the dealer. How cool is that! I didn't really look at how it mounts in there but I'm hoping it will work in my bed. It'll be great for those lumber trips where you need a little extra room.
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Anyway- his truck came with that bed extender cage thing- he's going to give it to me for my truck as he doesn't need it or want it, and was going to take it back to the dealer. How cool is that! I didn't really look at how it mounts in there but I'm hoping it will work in my bed. It'll be great for those lumber trips where you need a little extra room.
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I'm sure those "old hens" as you put it, were busting "Hank's" hump as much as you would. Just because we're older and sometimes focus on the more comfortable side of things, doesn't mean we don't enjoy giving our buddies a load of crap for stuff like those funky steps.
Hope he never needs to pull the tailgate off. Those with the steps weight a ton.
Hope he never needs to pull the tailgate off. Those with the steps weight a ton.
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Oh most definitely! You should hear my band at rehearsal. It's brutal. Outsiders would think we hated each other!
I got the extender from him yesterday. I checked my truck it's already got holes for it. They aren't tapped but I'm hoping the bolts will tap it themselves. Either way shouldn't be too hard.
I got the extender from him yesterday. I checked my truck it's already got holes for it. They aren't tapped but I'm hoping the bolts will tap it themselves. Either way shouldn't be too hard.