OT-What are you buying right now?

sheetmetalpete

Picking this up tomorrow.

Debating turning it into an old school wrecker.

blasting

sheetmetalpete said:

Picking this up tomorrow.

Debating turning it into an old school wrecker.

Sounds like a cool project.

Someday I'd like to buy an old truck like that.  I wouldn't change a single thing on the outside, no paint - nothing.  Then I'd drop in a big block, update  suspension, and make the interior nice.

saluki2007

blasting said:

sheetmetalpete said:

Picking this up tomorrow.

Debating turning it into an old school wrecker.

Sounds like a cool project.

Someday I'd like to buy an old truck like that.  I wouldn't change a single thing on the outside, no paint - nothing.  Then I'd drop in a big block, update  suspension, and make the interior nice.

And turn one of the boxes into a smoker.

WeberWho

sheetmetalpete said:

Picking this up tomorrow.

Debating turning it into an old school wrecker.

Looks to be in great condition for a MN vehicle of that age

alaskanassasin

WeberWho said:

sheetmetalpete said:

Picking this up tomorrow.

Debating turning it into an old school wrecker.

Looks to be in great condition for a MN vehicle of that age

They don’t build them like they used to

sheetmetalpete

^^ True story.  As much as I'd like it to, my '18  won't hold up this well after 43 years.

JohnnyTarheel

Used 25% Ace coupon and got Rockwood for $19.49

fishlessman

sheetmetalpete said:

Picking this up tomorrow.

Debating turning it into an old school wrecker.

have a 69 and 72 chevy that i still use at work.  had a 72 dodge and really miss that truck, it just ran and was easier to work on

Legume

Getting bids on replacing my fence.  Prices seem high, if I can’t negotiate a decent deal I may just declare an emergency.

Hook_emHornsfan_74

Legume said:

Getting bids on replacing my fence.  Prices seem high, if I can’t negotiate a decent deal I may just declare an emergency.

After paying for our fence, I have decided that I am in the wrong line of business.  5K and that didn't cover the fence I share with neighbor.  Not fixing that until they move and take their 6 dogs with them. 

fishlessman

winter sales

from duluth

and from tractor supply, carhartt quick duck insulated

1911Man

Ordered this vac yesterday (along with a few other things).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DD1UQ3Y

Plan to use it to vac out the new truck (2019 Silverado LTZ Z71) and maybe use it with the BGE. Or I'll just get an attachment for my Shop Vac to use with the BGE.

I picked the vac since it's both corded and cordless, smaller than my roll-around shop vac, and should do what I want well enough. I have both battery types that will work with it, so I'm set there.

Also getting ready to pull the trigger on one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019LIO7V4

mEGG_My_Day

1911Man said:

Ordered this vac yesterday (along with a few other things).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DD1UQ3Y

Plan to use it to vac out the new truck (2019 Silverado LTZ Z71) and maybe use it with the BGE. Or I'll just get an attachment for my Shop Vac to use with the BGE.

I picked the vac since it's both corded and cordless, smaller than my roll-around shop vac, and should do what I want well enough. I have both battery types that will work with it, so I'm set there.

Also getting ready to pull the trigger on one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019LIO7V4

I need one of these.  I'm a bit tired of dragging my large shop vac around for minor vacuuming chores.

mEGG_My_Day

Just ordered this Yoshihiro VG-10 hammered Damascus Nakiri.

1911Man

mEGG_My_Day said:

1911Man said:

Ordered this vac yesterday (along with a few other things).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DD1UQ3Y

Plan to use it to vac out the new truck (2019 Silverado LTZ Z71) and maybe use it with the BGE. Or I'll just get an attachment for my Shop Vac to use with the BGE.

I picked the vac since it's both corded and cordless, smaller than my roll-around shop vac, and should do what I want well enough. I have both battery types that will work with it, so I'm set there.

Also getting ready to pull the trigger on one of these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019LIO7V4

I need one of these.  I'm a bit tired of dragging my large shop vac around for minor vacuuming chores.

I was watching it at about #130. Then it dropped to under $100 so I pulled the trigger on it. Best of both worlds since it's both corded and cordless.

SGH

I bought this last night for my wife. 

CPFC1905

A weaker man would yield to a replacement broom head. But I reckon another Summer left in this one......

Eoin

CPFC1905 said:

A weaker man would yield to a replacement broom head. But I reckon another Summer left in this one......

Please explain why your broom is so badly lopsided.

bgebrent

Eoin said:

CPFC1905 said:

A weaker man would yield to a replacement broom head. But I reckon another Summer left in this one......

Please explain why your broom is so badly lopsided.

He’s left handed. 

blasting

Your floors must have quite a slope to them. 

Maybe if you sweep this year from the other direction it'll even out

KennyCJR

Forgot to post a pic of the new truck.  Rear wheel well liners and WeatherTech floor liners will be here on Monday.   

pgprescott

KennyCJR said:

Forgot to post a pic of the new truck.  Rear wheel well liners and WeatherTech floor liners will be here on Monday.   

Weather tech is a great company. Nice truck!

KennyCJR

pgprescott said:

KennyCJR said:

Forgot to post a pic of the new truck.  Rear wheel well liners and WeatherTech floor liners will be here on Monday.   

Weather tech is a great company. Nice truck!

Thanks.  The company I work for has a program that allows us to get them at a discount.  ~$150 shipped for the front set and the back seat liner that covers the whole floor.  

pgprescott

KennyCJR said:

pgprescott said:

KennyCJR said:

Forgot to post a pic of the new truck.  Rear wheel well liners and WeatherTech floor liners will be here on Monday.   

Weather tech is a great company. Nice truck!

Thanks.  The company I work for has a program that allows us to get them at a discount.  ~$150 shipped for the front set and the back seat liner that covers the whole floor.  

Nice! Their stuff is not cheap but it’s a great product by a great company. Like many have mentioned here, quality only hurts once. Enjoy!

TEXASBGE2018

A new cobalt blue kitchenaid mixer

CPFC1905

bgebrent said:

Eoin said:

CPFC1905 said:

A weaker man would yield to a replacement broom head. But I reckon another Summer left in this one......

Please explain why your broom is so badly lopsided.

He’s left handed. 

Close but no cigar.

I am right handed and this image is taken from the unorthodox 'inverted inside' angle.   Not unlike in Top Gun.   And in another parallel, I do see more than hints of MotherGoose in this picture as well.

On to more practical matters, I genuinely 'discovered' this - what I am calling 'feature', of the broom head a few weeks ago.   I admit to having lapsed in my observation of correct broom storage technique (head up).  

This meant my trusty companion was grasped, deployed and re-stowed in its operational setting.   In the lead up to my discovery I did notice an unusual scraping noise and steering feedback which @Eoin will recall from his Lotus days - before cars' steering went all electrical.   Rotating 'trusty companion' my eyes alighted upon the displayed degradation. 

In true kaizen fashion I now have to learn from this experience and improve.  As the leaves are all but gone I see the immediate term containing little brush-based fun.  There is no urgency to remediation.  At some point, to be determined by current post-holder 'head of finance and wife'; SWMBO, I will explore the prevailing market conditions for a, fingers-crossed, upgrade.  High Sierra to Mojave, so to speak.  

I won't go bananas as there's years left in the broom handle.   Likewise I won't immediately dispose of this head.  I kept another one from years ago, after an ill-fated experiment with synthetic bristles, repurposed as a boot cleaner.  

Moreover, the 'take away' here is my broom technique.  Clearly I am nearside heavy (leg-side in cricket parlance).  Akin to hooking in golf.  I will need to analyse my technique to optimise device life-span and utility. I suspect its ship alignment and excessive cross body thrust. Back to the age old Isosceles vs  Weaver debate. If you have any videos of your own broom technique, message me.  Every day's a school day.

Anyway - and as you can tell, I am very busy today so can't really get in to the detail of this right now.  

Komokaegger

KO Work Sharp, will be spending the afternoon in the shop with my knives 
Hopefully no more cursing dull tools!

lousubcap

@CPFC1905 - Great bit of prose right there.  Best of luck with the follow-on endeavors regarding broom heads and repurposing. 

Botch

...and +10 bonus points for mentioning Kaizen CPI techniques in a grill forum.

GrateEggspectations

$67,000 USD in national debt per U.S. citizen. Wow.

https://nationalpost.com/news/the-utterly-unbelievable-scale-of-u-s-debt-right-now