Not So Pro 3

[Kiwioilboiler]

The day I left my phone in the car at the grocery store and the rugged ol girl in front of me checked out with Black Velvet, a cucumber, and Hershey's syrup still haunts me.

You got it back when you returned to your car the next day from her place tho surely?

 

[cuinrearview]

You got it back when you returned to your car the next day from her place tho surely?

Ooof... not this guy

 

[Czed]

 

[Agent Smith]

So after a good number of yrs of fluid filming out of a spray can, I finally got a good undercoating setup. Can't wait to suit up tomorrow and try it out

 

[cuinrearview]

Headin' to meet a pecker, good tunes on

 

[cuinrearview]

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Dura would pass right over her. Sew hawt.

 

[ayoungtexan]

Got a new 25 inch bar for the 461 today.

 

[Slumberjack]

Got a new 25 inch bar for the 461 today.
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Video of you using it?

 

[41FanForLife]

My

I agree with ya. My old lady thinks her kids need first cars bought for them when they become of age. My first vehicle was a $300 87 s-10 that looked like Swiss cheese. Kids these days are getting brand new vehicles that mommy and daddy pay for and all they do is destroy them

My first whip was a '78 monte carlo. 500 bucks. Wish you could still find cars like that

 

[ray benson]

Everyone benefits from a little manual labour. They only way to learn what is best for us is to do some things that we don’t like. Need to know what we fall back on if we slack and fail and the learning stuff. A lot of motivation can be gained on the stupid end of a shovel.

There is lots to be said for all the summer weeks we spent on the uncles farm as kids.



I’m not even sure, will try and remember to see what the box says when I get home.

How old is my knife? Buck date codes Mine is a pretty worn out 1995
https://www.buckknives.com/about-knives/how-old/

 

[ayoungtexan]

Video of you using it?

Haven’t had trees that big to require it yet. But you’ll know it’s been used when the paint on the bar wears off eventually

 

[41FanForLife]

Went to office for start up meeting. While there the superintendent from current job called to tell me he tested positive for the virus this afternoon. Wonderful.

 

[cuinrearview]

My

My first whip was a '78 monte carlo. 500 bucks. Wish you could still find cars like that

'81 Regal. Different but same same. Good rides. I still eyeball the G bodies when I see them.

 

[Czed]

Haven’t had trees that big to require it yet. But you’ll know it’s been used when the paint on the bar wears off eventually

A dremel sanding disc will take the paint off

 

[41FanForLife]

'81 Regal. Different but same same. Good rides. I still eyeball the G bodies when I see them.

My bro had a 81 regal. Was a really nice car. Until the frame rotted

 

[Agent Smith]

I wouldn't mind having a regal... t-type

 

[full chizel]

My first car was an 87 Buick Grand National

 

[Egg Shooter]

I don’t want him to have to work hard like me, I’m also paying for him a really good education. He goes to private school. And he will go to college. Our agreement is if he does not go to college he is on his own

Some people aren't cut out to go to college. There is nothing wrong with blue collar work. The ultimatum you gave him sucks in my opinion. What if he decides one day to go to a tech school to be a certified mechanic?

 

[Egg Shooter]

Here is how I see it...if a kid wants to go to college there are a few things that must be true. 1) They need to know what degree they are going for before starting 2) They need to have a vocation to fall back on if college don't work out 3) They need to have skin in the game for paying for school (if not paying for all of it).

Agreed. Especially that last part. You want to go to college, fuggin work for it.

 

[Egg Shooter]

I've told both of the kids the first two years of college is on me. I've worked my tail off for all of their lives and they've seen it and both have a pretty damn good work ethic. My daughter has chosen remote learning for the rest of this year so she can work as much as possible and still carries honor roll grades. She gets a pretty long leash from me. My son, whom a few of you have met, also did well in school but not so much at CC. After a second partial semester of failure we agreed it wasn't working and he did what he really wanted to do and entered the full time work force. After a couple of different ideas he's settled into a millwright apprenticeship where he can work as much as he desires. And he is. I'm almost certain my daughter will wind up with at least a bachelor's degree, but not because I'm making her. She's just driven. A hard worker. They both are.

There is no one right path for them. You show them how to work and support them the best you can. I tell my GF after middle school I just want to be the bumpers in the gutters at the bowling alley.

YMMV.

Excellent!