Friday, January 30, 2009
Sunday, January 25, 2009
JAN 25, 2008
ONLY -14 THIS MORNING. MADE THE TRIANGLE DRIVE TO MENOMONIE AND THEN EAU CLAIRE AND BACK TO ELLA YESTERDAY. HAD TO BUY EAR TAGS FOR THE NEW CALF. WANTED TWO DIFFERENT COLORS FOR THIS YEARS CALVES BUT OF COURSE AS MY LUCK GOES FLEET-FARM DIDN'T HAVE THE VARIETY. I HAD ASKED WAYNE TO ORDER BLUE AND GREEN TAGS BUT OF COURSE HE HADN'T GOTTEN TO THAT. SO WE GOT BLUE AND WHITE. PAT SAYS I CANNOT PUT BLUE TAGS ON THE GIRLS. THEREFORE AND WHATEVER, APPARENTLY OUR NEW CALF WILL GET A WHITE TAG THIS MORNING. I WONDER WHAT NUMBER?
AFTER ALL THE WORK WAS DONE (SHOPPING) YESTERDAY I TOOK PAT TO ""OUTBACK"". WE BOTH HAD THE STEAK SPECIAL. IT WAS EXCELLENT, IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME BEFORE WE PARTOOK OF THEIR STEAKS. WE ALSO HAD A MARGUERITA. DELICIOUS!!! IT WAS QUITE BORING ON THE HOME LEG, THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY, IT WAS A NICE COLD, CLEAR NIGHT, NO BIG CHALLENGE AT ALL. COULD HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
WELL WHEN EVERYBODY IS FED, I WILL BE TRYING TO FINISH THE BLUE TRUCK. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE, THE CAB WAS HAVING SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IT'S A 1986 GMC AND AS ITS BECOME AN ADULT, ITS BEEN HAVING SOME CAVITY PROBLEMS. SO I HAVE BECOME THE DENTIST. GUT THE CAB AND BEGIN REMOVING UNSOUND MATERIALS. (THE WHOLE BOTTOM AND SUPPORTS) WE KNEW THE CAB WAS SLOWLY BECOMING CLOSER TO THE GROUND, BUT EVERYTHING WAS STILL FUNCTIONAL. OCCASIONALLY THE FRONT TIRES WOULD RUB ON THE FENDERS, BUT THIS ONLY MADE NOISE WHICH ADDED TO THE EXPERIENCE.
WEL
L IT WAS WINTER AND FOR AN INSIDE CHALLENGE WE BROUGHT IN THE BLUE TRUCK. WELL IT IS A LOT LIKE DENTISTRY, YOU HAVE TO CARVE AWAY THE DECAYED PARTS WITHOUT DESTROYING THE HEALTHY ONES. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE DECAY IN THE REAR OF THE CAB REMOVED. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE ROUND RUBBER CAB MOUNTS IN THE PICTURE AND THAT A LOT OF THE ROT HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO FIGURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, AND HOW TO REMOVE IT WITHOUT DESTROYING THE SOLID PARTS. ALSO CHALLENGING IS THE PLAN FOR WHAT WILL REPLACE THE ROT AND HOW TO POSITION THE CAB TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORIOUS PLACE ON THE TRUCK.
IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I COLLECT A VARIETY OF BUILDING PIECES (MY JUNK PILE
THAT SOME PEOPLE, WHO HAVE NOT THE VISIONS, COMPLAIN ABOUT) TO CREATIVELY DESIGN SOLUTIONS. LAST SUMMER I SAW SOME NICE LOOKING CHANNELS IN BRIAN'S (MY LOCAL SALVAGE YARD) TRUCK, DESTINED FOR THE BIG YARD IN THE SKY. I RESCUED THESE PIECES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. ALAS I FOUND A PROJECT! YOU CAN SEE THE NEW REAR BODY MOUNT WELDED TO THE HEALTHY CAB STEEL AND SITTING ON THE RUBBER MOUNTS TO POSITION THE REAR OF THE CAB AT IT'S PROPER HEIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE CAB FLOOR IS SOLID, SO IT IS ALSO WELDED TO THE NEW SUPPORT.
THE FRONT BODY SUPPORTS WERE NON EXISTENT AS WAS THE COLUMN HOLDING
THE DOOR HINGES. HOW CAN YOU HOLD THE BODY IN ITS PROPER PLACE WITH ALL THIS DECAYED STEEL. NO WONDER THE TIRES RUB THE FENDERS. WELL PPART OF THE ROT IS REMOVED; NOW DEVISE A PLAN TO REBUILD THE COLUMN AND THE FRONT MOUNT AND THE FLOOR SUPPORT. A CHALLENGE FOR TODAY. PAT IS UP, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, (-14 THIS MORNING) THE SUN IS SHINING BRIGHTLY, THE BIRDS ARE HAMMERING THE SUIT FEEDERS, THE CALVES AND HEIFERS ARE READY FOR THEIR CANDY, I"M HUNGRY AND READY FOR THE DAY TO CONTINUE. WHAT CHALLENGES AWEIGHT??
AFTER ALL THE WORK WAS DONE (SHOPPING) YESTERDAY I TOOK PAT TO ""OUTBACK"". WE BOTH HAD THE STEAK SPECIAL. IT WAS EXCELLENT, IT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME BEFORE WE PARTOOK OF THEIR STEAKS. WE ALSO HAD A MARGUERITA. DELICIOUS!!! IT WAS QUITE BORING ON THE HOME LEG, THE PAVEMENT WAS DRY, IT WAS A NICE COLD, CLEAR NIGHT, NO BIG CHALLENGE AT ALL. COULD HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP.
WELL WHEN EVERYBODY IS FED, I WILL BE TRYING TO FINISH THE BLUE TRUCK. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE, THE CAB WAS HAVING SOME SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IT'S A 1986 GMC AND AS ITS BECOME AN ADULT, ITS BEEN HAVING SOME CAVITY PROBLEMS. SO I HAVE BECOME THE DENTIST. GUT THE CAB AND BEGIN REMOVING UNSOUND MATERIALS. (THE WHOLE BOTTOM AND SUPPORTS) WE KNEW THE CAB WAS SLOWLY BECOMING CLOSER TO THE GROUND, BUT EVERYTHING WAS STILL FUNCTIONAL. OCCASIONALLY THE FRONT TIRES WOULD RUB ON THE FENDERS, BUT THIS ONLY MADE NOISE WHICH ADDED TO THE EXPERIENCE.WEL
L IT WAS WINTER AND FOR AN INSIDE CHALLENGE WE BROUGHT IN THE BLUE TRUCK. WELL IT IS A LOT LIKE DENTISTRY, YOU HAVE TO CARVE AWAY THE DECAYED PARTS WITHOUT DESTROYING THE HEALTHY ONES. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE DECAY IN THE REAR OF THE CAB REMOVED. YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THE ROUND RUBBER CAB MOUNTS IN THE PICTURE AND THAT A LOT OF THE ROT HAS BEEN REMOVED. IT'S A CHALLENGE TO FIGURE WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED, AND HOW TO REMOVE IT WITHOUT DESTROYING THE SOLID PARTS. ALSO CHALLENGING IS THE PLAN FOR WHAT WILL REPLACE THE ROT AND HOW TO POSITION THE CAB TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORIOUS PLACE ON THE TRUCK.IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I COLLECT A VARIETY OF BUILDING PIECES (MY JUNK PILE
THAT SOME PEOPLE, WHO HAVE NOT THE VISIONS, COMPLAIN ABOUT) TO CREATIVELY DESIGN SOLUTIONS. LAST SUMMER I SAW SOME NICE LOOKING CHANNELS IN BRIAN'S (MY LOCAL SALVAGE YARD) TRUCK, DESTINED FOR THE BIG YARD IN THE SKY. I RESCUED THESE PIECES FOR FUTURE PROJECTS. ALAS I FOUND A PROJECT! YOU CAN SEE THE NEW REAR BODY MOUNT WELDED TO THE HEALTHY CAB STEEL AND SITTING ON THE RUBBER MOUNTS TO POSITION THE REAR OF THE CAB AT IT'S PROPER HEIGHT. THE CENTER OF THE CAB FLOOR IS SOLID, SO IT IS ALSO WELDED TO THE NEW SUPPORT.THE FRONT BODY SUPPORTS WERE NON EXISTENT AS WAS THE COLUMN HOLDING
THE DOOR HINGES. HOW CAN YOU HOLD THE BODY IN ITS PROPER PLACE WITH ALL THIS DECAYED STEEL. NO WONDER THE TIRES RUB THE FENDERS. WELL PPART OF THE ROT IS REMOVED; NOW DEVISE A PLAN TO REBUILD THE COLUMN AND THE FRONT MOUNT AND THE FLOOR SUPPORT. A CHALLENGE FOR TODAY. PAT IS UP, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, (-14 THIS MORNING) THE SUN IS SHINING BRIGHTLY, THE BIRDS ARE HAMMERING THE SUIT FEEDERS, THE CALVES AND HEIFERS ARE READY FOR THEIR CANDY, I"M HUNGRY AND READY FOR THE DAY TO CONTINUE. WHAT CHALLENGES AWEIGHT??
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