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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 08:43 AM
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Just doing my part and dropping by every once in awhile to say Hey! You guys usually have some pretty good BS going here and always a welcoming group! I feel the same way Zack, it's a family kinda love!...LOL
 
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Old Oct 20, 2010 | 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by zhilton
Guess Jeff is still on the road in Okieland...poor guy.
Nope, just got home. Didn't want to come back, but have to work a few days so I can take off again I've got a teardrop gathering starting the 28th and thinking about heading to New Hampshire for Thanksgiving
Zack, I'll let you know this weekend if I can make it next week.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 02:59 AM
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Speaking of "large volume cargo relocation specialist"

Last year I dressed up in something similar to this:



Not surprisingly, you stay pretty cool in there with the inflator going.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 04:18 AM
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I'm still trying to recover from our weekend at War Eagle. I haven't been sleeping well since we got home. Last night the wife suggested I go sleep in the trailer because I wasn't having any trouble sleeping up there.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 05:13 AM
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Good Morning AR!

Is it Friday Yet!
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 08:18 AM
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Morning everyone, got some fresh brewed Folgers if interested. Heck, I'll even supply the sugar, cream & cup. FOB Ft. Smith through.
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Just doing my part and dropping by every once in awhile to say Hey! You guys usually have some pretty good BS going here and always a welcoming group! I feel the same way Zack, it's a family kinda love!...LOL
We only shell out USDA Grade A BS around here. No recalls or rejected crap, only the best. And as much as we love each other...your not getting my Bud Lite...man.
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Nope, just got home. Didn't want to come back, but have to work a few days so I can take off again I've got a teardrop gathering starting the 28th and thinking about heading to New Hampshire for Thanksgiving
You must have gotten a hold of some of that orange water out there. It will screw your mind up...not matter how much/or little you have left. Took an intervention on the part of my wife to bring me back to normal after I was stuck in OKC for two week. Are you going to take the teardrop or puppy dog to NH?
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Speaking of "large volume cargo relocation specialist" Last year I dressed up in something similar to this:

That is so wrong in so many ways. Would have been funny to see you driving while wearing that. Did your boss getting any blackmail photos of such an endeavor? I will say this though, it reminds me of a guy that lives in Poteau, Okla named John Locke. He's theme song is Jimmy Dean's Big John...and it applies quite well. You should see this guy in a Santa suit during Christmas. A large Santa isn't quite the description I'd use...but it's a start.
Originally Posted by sddesigns
Good Morning AR!

Is it Friday Yet!
Nope, it's Monday...or at least for me it is. But don't feel bad for me..while y'all are recovering from Monday...I'm popping a top on my Friday. Guess that just how the cookie crumbles.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by zhilton
Are you going to take the teardrop or puppy dog to NH?
More than likely the teardrop. I'm living in the 5th wheel right now, too much to pack down for a trip. 1600 miles each way, better get my rear end ready for some seat time.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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More than likely the teardrop. I'm living in the 5th wheel right now, too much to pack down for a trip. 1600 miles each way, better get my rear end ready for some seat time.
For some reason I was thinking you'd gotten moved in at Swampy Hollow in August/September. Guess you were just moving furniture from Mt. Holly out that way on the dusty roads?

1600 miles each way...holy smokes steering wheel holder, that's a trip. The most I've ever done was 1100 miles (FSM to Clare, MI) when we went to see family and it wasn't exactly in one sitting. Too many complainers in the peanut gallery needing potty breaks before the truck burned through a tank of liquid dinosaurs. I would like to get a 90 gallon fuel tank in place of the in bed toolbox (that I've used twice in 3 years) so that when we make a road trip with the trailer I can go more than 2 & 1/2 hours between fuel stops. Can't make any money...err time with the left door open. The Pavement Princess is easy on the fuel...until you drop the travel trailer on the hitch...then you can literally watch the fuel gauge needle fall. Pretty sure I'm going to get shot down (3 to 1 odds) when I try it...but I'm going to try anyway.
 
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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At the moment still living in the 5th wheel at Mt. Holly, hope to finish the place at the 'Bay this winter and then move in. Won't take long to have it where I can stay, just finish the bathroom walls and ceiling, then I can stack the washer/dryer combo, hard to stay without laundry facilities.
It's a fine afternoon, think I'll take the bike for a run to town
 
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 04:39 AM
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Yeah, yeah, go ahead and torture me. Ours has been sitting for 3 weeks needing a back tire(which I also have sitting there). Haven't had the time to put it on.
Last night I came home, fixed my compressor and then took the back wheels off the Crown Vic to see which brake pads I need(2 options, based on the material of the caliper piston), tonight I get to finish the brake job so that yet another of my grown children can borrow the thing.
I've had that car over 2 years, it's had 8000 miles put on it and I've driven it to town a couple of times and once to Little Rock.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 05:07 AM
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Good Morning AR!

TGIF!
 
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 08:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Old_Crow
so that yet another of my grown children can borrow the thing.
Wally, don't you know by now, never keep an "extra" car sitting around My stepdaughter would have run the wheels off of my Mercedes by now if I would let her I keep telling her it is "broke"
 
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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Morning everybody, sure was a bright moon last night. I think you could have almost driven without headlights it was so bright.
Originally Posted by Old_Crow
Last night I came home, fixed my compressor and then took the back wheels off the Crown Vic to see which brake pads I need(2 options, based on the material of the caliper piston)
I've had projects like that, they usually are kind of fun once you get a handle on 'em. That is until the kid at the parts store tries to convince you that the motor your needing a fuel pump for wasn't in that car (Ranchero). You have to give the kid credit, he wasn't sure what a Ranchero is/was and was willing to learn something. So thanks to the phone my wife talked me into I showed him a photo of one on my iPhone. Everything was well in my world until the punk called it an El Camino
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It's a fine afternoon, think I'll take the bike for a run to town
Go ahead an rub it in wise guy. I won't get a chance to ride mine until next Tuesday...and I think my wife as already booked me up on chores.
 
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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Go ahead an rub it in wise guy. I won't get a chance to ride mine until next Tuesday...
Hey, I'm just trying to catch up, been a long time since I had a scoot. Soon enuff we'll all be looking at the cold and dreary days and wishing for riding weather
 
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 03:18 PM
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Working nights stinks, the sleeping during the day part is hard and it seems everyone in the world is trying to keep you from sleeping. If it wasn't so rude I'd call some of these folks back at 0200 to repay the favor.
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Soon enuff we'll all be looking at the cold and dreary days and wishing for riding weather
Aren't you just a messenger of great news. Just like the humidity of summer I try to block out the harsh memories of the truth.
 
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