Hey guys!

Just chillin on the couch watching TV.

You beter eat something mister! LOL

Brian I believe Lee has a hitch for sale and maybe one of the other guys as well. What is your budget and layout your looking for? We can find you a camper and spend your money! :D

Good evening Mike! Yeah it was not good.

Evening Dave! All is going good here tonight!

Hey Cory!

Well time for bed.

Have a good night Cory!

Sounds like fun. I have not been there but I have been to Spider Lake a few times.

I believe both Lee and Tom offered hitches Brian.

Hello Mike.

Hello Dave.

Hello Cory.

Hello Troy.

Good night Cory.

How goes it tonight Troy? How was Jase's first day?

Hey Jay! Jase's first day went good! He said he was excited to go back so that is good.

That is great! Makes the rest of the week a lot easier.

Gonna head to bed. Have a good night Troy.

That's what we are hoping for!

Have a good night Jay! I am gonna head out myself.

Brian I do have a hitch for sale, its a reese 16k with a blue ox bedsaver Blue Ox BXR4400 BedSaver - Husky and Slider 16K : Amazon.com : Automotive, still on it.. It about 4 years old and still looks great. Bought a truck with a flip over ball in it and bought a companion hitch. Maybe Mike could post pic since its up at his place, Let me know

Hello to the rest of you

Night Jay and Troy, gees I guess I will disappear to.

Good evening everyone!

Well ... the transmission saga continues. Now, it's leaking at the back of the pan where it meets the gasket. I kept smelling transmission fluid. I looked under the truck this weekend and saw it dripping on the ground while it was sitting and not running. That was after sitting for a week. I checked the fluid and it was about 1/2 quart low. I drove it a bit this weekend. It was being kinda weird, but nothing too bad. Today, it got real bad. It started not shifting from 2-3 and then started shifting HARD. No OD light. I checked the fluid and it wasn't even registering now. I'll have to drain it and pull the pan when I get a chance. I'm guessing the bolts are either too tight or the lip on the pan is warped somehow. This sucks.

Busy day other than that. Time flew at work and didn't get hardly anything accomplished at all. Got a good portion of the durock cut and screwed in for the tub. I have to take one of the pieces out tomorrow and figure out why it isn't sitting right.

Good night all!

Good Morning All!

Good morning everyone.

Good morning Dale, Mike and MN.

Looks like another day in paradise today.

Good morning Dale and Mike. Another day of opportunity is upon us!

Good morning Dale, Mike, Cory, Jim and the rest of FTE stopping by today!

Everyone have a great Hump Day!

Geez Michael you can't catch a break with that truck!

Good morning everyone! Anyone get any storms last night? We got a small, but very strong t-storm. Knocked down some branches on the block and knocked out power just before midnight until about 4am. The storm combined with the power outage freaked out my daughter. We're trying to work with her on not being so afraid of storms. Last night didn't help.

I suppose I better get motivated. I have the morning off watching kiddos and getting stuff done around the house (I'd like a functioning shower some time soon).

If I'm going to pull the pan again, I'll probably just order a new pan and gasket set from rockauto. It's about $50 for the combination. Then I can guarantee the thing is solid. Plus, I'll have a drain plug. The OEM pan didn't come with a drain plug.

Bummer on the tranny Michael.

Good morning Dale (not that you will ever see this)...

Good morning Mike.

Good morning Cory. How is the new job so far?

Good morning Jim. Aren't you Mr. Positive this morning. LOL

Good morning Troy.

The schools are very good at getting the children scared of storms.

That may not be such a bad plan.

Sounds like a good idea and then you can make sure there are no surprises laying in the bottom of the pan before your warranty runs out.

Good morning Jay! Did you get your kitchen all back together after the painting?

We did Troy. Now onto the rest of the house...

Good morning and have a productive hump day MN

Hello Jim. You also!

Good day! It is a fine time for some brunch!

Question: Can new bed hardware be used on old style beds? In other words, if I remove the bolts with nuts can I re-install with the new style of self tapping bolts? I'm having a line-x liner sprayed in and the old bolts may or may not survive the procedure.

Hello Eric. I have no answer for you on that. But you are correct that it is a fine time for brunch!

Hey everyone! Happy Hump Day! Alarm set for 630 woke me at 830. Kind of an "oh SHOOT" moment when I jumped out of bed this morning. Made it to my 900 class however so all was good. Done with class for the day now, but trying to get some stuff done while I'm at school, so I don't have to come back later. I more than likely will anyways. No storms up here last night. But it looks like it might be warm again today!

Oh boy you are painting the whole house.....that sounds like no fun to me!

Hey Jim!

Hey Eric! Not sure on that question either.

Hey Jake! Sounds like you might need a louder alarm clock! LOL

Yeah Troy! I fell asleep at 645 last night and slept til 9 so I had a tough time falling asleep last night.... For some reason!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

I am not painting the whole house. Just something to do everywhere.

Hi Troy. FTE isn't sending me email notifications so harder to keep up with chats

Two words.....Screaming Meanie!! You will wake up to this set at 120db. Had one when I drove truck and that thing was loud! Amazon.com: Screaming Meanie Timer and Alarm Clock with 120 dB Alarm: Electronics

Yeah because it won't end there. Once the walls are all nice and painted the you need new carpet and it goes one from there!

You should probably just refresh the screen every few minutes to make sure you aren't missing anything! :D

You guys aren't that exciting. LOL

Geee sorry we couldn't be more exciting for you! :D

I might have to look into that one sometime Troy! Thanks. For now, I just have to rely on my phone. I went back for lunch around 2 and am back at school. It's such a nice day I decided to walk back to school. It was a bit over a mile, and a relatively nice walk. I might start walking more often while the weather is still nice. That way I'm not draining my gas tank on two little trips everyday.

Sounds like the house we are renting. There is so much work errr ... potential.

Yep might as well walk while you can!

Aren't houses fun! :D

Oh yeah! I have a sneaking suspicion that when winter comes, I could just be picked up with the wind and whisked away to school. It'll be interesting to see what winter is like up here, when compared to Ely. I bet it'll be a bit warmer, but the windchill factor will make it feel right at home.

Where are you now Jake?

Hey Eric! It's been awhile since I've seen you on here! But then again, I'm not on as much as I'd like. I have transferred to U of M Crookston now and will hopefully finish up in two years for 5 years of schooling total. How is everything with you?