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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 12:47 AM
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Happy February!

It's 12:46am on Feb 1 in lovely Waterloo, IA. Current temperature is 11 degrees.

Time to go to sleep. This time tomorrow I'll be sleeping in my own bed!!!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 07:28 AM
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that is cheating to start the new month in another time zone!
oh well happy new month!
 
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Old Feb 1, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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Good Morning everyone!! Welcome to February.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:22 AM
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Happy tuesday friends! today i need to change the starter on the dodge dakota.... how fun! everything is in the way.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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Good morning all
 
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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morning Bill, Steve. how is everyone today?
'91 Peterbilt in for a DOT inspection, lots of problems to fix so should be a busy day for me.
 
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 08:41 AM
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Good Morning AZ.....


Happy Ground Hog Day! Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, 6 more weeks of winter...YAY!
 
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Old Feb 2, 2010 | 11:54 AM
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that is cheating to start the new month in another time zone!
Just trying to live up to the reputation of a pilot.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 07:12 AM
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Happy Wednesday everybody! were getting some rain today, not much yet, but it looks promissing out.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 07:29 AM
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Good morning Bill,it's supposed to rain here as well.Doesn't look like it yet
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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good morning all still playing with this computer ya its raining n my part of the state
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 06:52 PM
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lucky me I finished repairing the bucket on a track hoe today and only got maybe a dozen drops of rain. no fun arc welding in the rain than driving a 2 wheel drive dually out of the mine.
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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here is what they broke, the pics don't do much justice for the job, the tooth plate is about 300 lbs. 36" wide

15 hours of cutting old welds off grinding and than welding

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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 06:58 PM
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P.S. that is a 2000 F350 Powerstroke sitting next to it so you can see how big the thing is!
 
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Old Feb 3, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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Good Evening AZ....

That is a pretty big bucket......
 
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