Not So Pro 3

[full chizel]

Good morning everyone,

The trip with Øsa was nice, she did her job but we were a bit unlucky with how she rounded the terrain.
Picked her up in a small river where she was about to cross.

We are hoping for a little less wind tomorrow and another chance.

How the hell do them little dogs hunt anything with them little legs?

 

[LAWN BOY]

Making another trip to the scrapyard?

In hopes to find another xl12

 

[full chizel]

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Your daughter make it to work alright?

That happened here two weeks ago. We ended up with several inches in the morning that nobody expected. Our Ups driver got stuck in my driveway. She was pretty upset, but I can't blame her for hating the weather and having a job where you have to drive. Wife managed to sneak a picture before I asked her to put the phone away and not add to the embarrassment the driver was feeling.

I saved the picture, though. Not everyday you get to yank a brown truck out with a Farmall H

Is she hot?

 

[Mastermind]

Yes you do, you need to head to Tennessee ASAP to teach a winter driving school!

Someone does !!!!!

 

[Stump Shot]

I have this one hanging behind the counter-
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We used to have a guy that you just told him what you needed, and he would walk back and grab it off the shelf for you. With him gone it's just like in your picture. I got like @dall one day when I asked for a Ford two-barrel carburetor kit. Which is the same kit for every Autolite/Motorcraft two barrel from 1958 to 1985 or so. I said, "pick one". He opened the book, and I dropped my finger on the first one I saw and said, "there ya go", and off he went and got it. Then says "you sure this will fit your car"? I said "I don't have a car, I have a truck". He says "well that can't work, can it"? I said "go back to your book and see if you can find a different one". He started flipping through that book and I left, not knowing if he appreciated the education I provided or not.

 

[Woodwackr]

How the hell do them little dogs hunt anything with them little legs?

Dashund. Is badger hound.

 

[dall]

No thanks I'm good where I'm at.

Definitely not millimeters. And i did just tell the 5/8" story.

lol why not lol

I have this one hanging behind the counter-
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That is you lol

Morena you poor frozen baztards.

25/77 during the day this week and we set the AC to 21/70 at night to sleep.
I need a good sleep to stay sharp as I drive around as I'm on the lookout for a stand of galvanized trees to feed my new roofing sawmill business.

Keep sharp ay.

You better watch the damn road for the Amish buggies

We used to have a guy that you just told him what you needed, and he would walk back and grab it off the shelf for you. With him gone it's just like in your picture. I got like @dall one day when I asked for a Ford two-barrel carburetor kit. Which is the same kit for every Autolite/Motorcraft two barrel from 1958 to 1985 or so. I said, "pick one". He opened the book, and I dropped my finger on the first one I saw and said, "there ya go", and off he went and got it. Then says "you sure this will fit your car"? I said "I don't have a car, I have a truck". He says "well that can't work, can it"? I said "go back to your book and see if you can find a different one". He started flipping through that book and I left, not knowing if he appreciated the education I provided or not.

When I worked at my buddy’s garage there was 2 parts stores we used and I had passwords for the computers and everything was self serve there
Even when I needed to make hydraulic hoses
One of the employees didn’t know how and liked when I showed up

 

[Tor R]

How the hell do them little dogs hunt anything with them little legs?

They do, but a little differently than many people think.
They move through the landscape, on their short legs, a typical march for them when they hunt with barks, is 3-7km/h.
It is quite different how they are dachshunds to dachshunds when it comes to the intensity of the barks, when they are close to the deer versus when they are 20-30 minutes behind.

In the terrain I have, a typical southern Norwegian terrain, hilly and steep sides, it is however quite normal for Øsa to cover about 20km in 3-4 hours.

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Is she hot?

I mean, I'd let her handle my package

 

[Tor R]

Dashund. Is badger hound.

Absolutely correct, back to the 18 and early 1900s they were bred for hunting underground.
But in Sweden they became very popular for hunting above ground, those who hunted with barks above ground were carefully selected as breeding dogs, from around 1940-1950 the dachshund strain was built from what made the hunting line here in Scandinavia.

 

[dall]

I mean, I'd let her handle my package

She already does

 

[full chizel]

I mean, I'd let her handle my package

We’re gonna need pics

 

[Only the Tony]

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Your daughter make it to work alright?

That happened here two weeks ago. We ended up with several inches in the morning that nobody expected. Our Ups driver got stuck in my driveway. She was pretty upset, but I can't blame her for hating the weather and having a job where you have to drive. Wife managed to sneak a picture before I asked her to put the phone away and not add to the embarrassment the driver was feeling.

I saved the picture, though. Not everyday you get to yank a brown truck out with a Farmall H

Too lazy to walk through the snow?

 

[hacskaroly]

They used to fly over our old house everyday. I could throw a baseball and hit the runway.

This is the view I would see (A-10s landing) from the TACAN at Tallil AB (Ali AB) in Iraq in 2004...with the exceptions that the ones I would see sometimes had more holes in them than what they left with. Below is Tallil/Ali - red circle is where the first TACAN was located, red square was where our OPS tent was located for us, the radar and radio guys. Only a few miles away was the Great Zuggurat of Ur, supposedly where Abraham from the OT lived.

 

[Loony661]

Someone does !!!!!

I’ll send Thomas, if I can find him…

 

[Firewood Hoarder]

Too lazy to walk through the snow?

She drove in and couldn't drive out. Her truck would move forwards but just spin in reverse.

 

[JoeDirt]

That is you lol

The *f-word it is

We used to have a guy that you just told him what you needed, and he would walk back and grab it off the shelf for you. With him gone it's just like in your picture. I got like @dall one day when I asked for a Ford two-barrel carburetor kit. Which is the same kit for every Autolite/Motorcraft two barrel from 1958 to 1985 or so. I said, "pick one". He opened the book, and I dropped my finger on the first one I saw and said, "there ya go", and off he went and got it. Then says "you sure this will fit your car"? I said "I don't have a car, I have a truck". He says "well that can't work, can it"? I said "go back to your book and see if you can find a different one". He started flipping through that book and I left, not knowing if he appreciated the education I provided or not.

With our old manager (who was relatively knowledgeable) now gone, there's only myself and the commercial rep who have ever turned a wrench beyond doing an oil change or brake pads. Good help is hard to find, especially for what this company pays.

I try to stop that "year make and model" charade before it starts, but I'm not always there. I wish I could show these guys how stupid they sound when they do it, but I don't think they have any shame anyways.

We have one employee who still doesn't believe me that American cars use metric fasteners and have been doing so since at least the 80s. We've got another who tells customers they will "blow out their seals" if they use a thicker grade of oil in their car than what the book says. The same guy had a customer ask him for a transfer case shift actuator and literally looked at the customer like he had asked for a turbo encabulator. I don't think he knew what a transfer case was, or a shift actuator.

A different customer came in and needed a a Holley accelerator pump diaphragm. Another turbo encabulator situation. Nobody knew WTF that was, where we kept them, or if we even sold them. We do, and we actually have a decent inventory of Holley carb parts.

These employees aren't all young guys either. Some are, but the two I mentioned before are probably the dumbest ones and are 40 and 52 years old.

 

[JoeDirt]

In hopes to find another xl12

Opening your own marina?

 

[LAWN BOY]

Opening your own marina?

Mari what?

 

[LAWN BOY]

Got some echo Kioritz 60s saws from Foothills Vintage Saws.