autobaun70

good to hear things are going well. Looks like I am going to have to make a reunion tour around here as well, been missing for a while. Well, I guess that's what happens when you have to juggle a new marrage (going well) with an a-hole boss (just told him where to go, and changed things up). Make sure to give me a ring if you make it around Murry.

most everywhere I know of, open containers are fine, as long as the captain is sober. The key here is looking like you are straight, and keep your empties out of site. In the case of a safety check, show that you know what you are doing by properly rigging your fenders, having lines ready to go, and go ahead and have all of your safety gear easy to get to, and most DNR guys won't give you a second look.

gorilla glue, love their products, especially their super glue. by far the best super glue I've ever used, and there packaging keeps the product fresh for months on end, even when it rides around in the tool box of the truck.

only problem is my wife thinks it's the best thing ever. Only other set in the house in in the bedroom, I can't bring myself to laying on the bed to watch TV, and too cold outside to do much there. Besides, my boat is about 75 miles away.

I can comment first hand that you don't want a sea doo motor in extreemly shallow water with a sandy bottom. I popped the motor on one of our ski's last season, sucked sand into it and filled the water jackets on both cylinders, causing a major overheater.

If you are in the parts & service game, STOCK any and all common maintaince items for all brands that you sell. Oil filters, plugs, water pump kits, thermostats, ect. Don't rape me on the parts, and don't try to give a do it yourself person greif for doing a oil change themselves. That said, I understand manufacturer parts are more expensive than napa parts, but don't act like they are gold.

other than the trailer trash meets TV aspect of it, the part that bothers me the most is that they can turn anouncing the results into an hour long show.

Someone shoot me, the American Idol season of torture has started. It wouldn't be so bad if they would banish the trailer trash meets TV part of the season, and all of the sob stories. Or maybe if they would show all of the people who show up dressed in a chicken suit getting their a$$ kicked by Simon I could go along with it.

Cool, the truck I learned to drive in was puke green, and also a column shift, 1980 Grand Wagoneer with a 304. It was my granddads hunting truck, which my father & I would go and drive around our property off road. Can't say that I know too many other people my age that even know what a column shift is, much less that can drive one.

1st daily driver was a 1993 S-10 that my father got for me, which was a salvage vehicle, and we had to put the motor and trans in it ourselves. Put in a 4.3L with a 5 speed, pretty strong considering how small the truck was. 1st cool car, which I got about 6 months later from my grandfather, a 1968 Bonneville Convertible. It has a 400 Pontiac with quadrajet carb, power windows & top, and power assist front disk brakes. Still got it today, currently has the front clip off of it waiting on the money for body work. Drivetrain is done, I start it up a few times a month to keep everything in good order.

Got a really nice wrought iron table & chairs with a cut stone top as well as some cash from my folks, and a baby grand from her folks. Oh, and one hellava belly ache from eating 5 large meals at various family gatherings.

I've been down at my inlaws house for the past couple of days, and been helping my father in law to cut a few trees. Yesterday, I ran to the local Husqvarna saw shop to get a chain for my saw, and a few gallons of bar oil. While I was there, I noticed a logging contractor in there, and he was buying a whole stack of the E3 plugs for his many saws. I got to talking to him, and the owner of the shop, and you could tell that they were both more than impressed with the performance of these plugs, so I decided to give them a try myself. I had seen these in the local super center a few times, and just figured it was more "snake oil marketing" with a big price tag, I am happy to say that this is not the case. I have noticed a dramatic increase in power compared to a standard Champion or NGK plug, especially in the lower RPM ranges. At $5.99/plug they aren't cheap, but for the performance gains I say that it is worth the price. Note: the above test was on a Husqvarna 353 saw, with 20" bar. The new plug replaced a NGK plug that was less than a month old, and for all practical purposes, was still at the begining of it's life cycle.

Thats interesting! I'll check that out too. the only problem with this setup is that on most ramps, the wet concrete isn't limited to just the portion of the ramp covered by water. As people retrieve their boats, water soaks the ramp as it comes off the other boats that are retrieved, which can make them extreemly slick. Personally, with what I have read above, a full size 4x2 with a posi would probably more than comparable to your current 4x4 if it is on a decent ramp, the big difference will come in if you launch on a less than ideal ramp, such as in muddy or sandy conditions. Around here, we have a good many ramps that get a lot of sand washed up on the ramp, 4x4 helps greatly there. As for a 4x2 tracking better, with the late model independent front suspensions on most 1/2 ton trucks this is no longer an issue, as long as the suspension isn't altered or oversize tires put on it.

you will probably be fine with a 4x2, but it will all depend on the ramp itself. If it is in the budget, why not consider keeping the current truck if it is realiable, and leave it hooked up to the boat just for that purpose, and getting the new one however you would like it, or go for an SUV or car instead it that would suit your commuting purposes better.

one of my favorites, Lodge Cast Iron Cookware out of South Pittsburg TN. and of course you can't forget those two oh so good brown liquor producers from the same state, George Dickle and Jack Daniels.

vertical support was a bad description there, what I should have said is that I would like to use 2x4's more to avoid having thick shelves, which would eat up a lot of storage.

I have scheemed up something similar to option 3 that you mentioned above. My plan is to run a 2x4 on the ceiling and either screw it or lag bolt it into each joist, and drop 2 2x4's from it at the 1/3 point from each end. Does that sound sufficient? I would prefer to be able to use 2x4's to do the side to side spans to keep from eating up all of my storage with vertical support.

Working on getting my garage a bit more organized, and I need to add shelving in front of one of my cars to get the additional storage I need. These shelves will be 12' wide, and needs to be built so that the hood of the car can be partially under the bottom shelf, aprox 12 span. What size lumber do I need to use for the needed strength here? I am planning on running a 2"x4" cleat along the back of the assembly to serve as the rear edge for each shelf. The shelves will be 2' deep. For the vertical supports on the edge away from the wall, I am planning on using doubled 2"x4"s for each corner. Does this sound sufficient? I am not planning on these holding anything extreemly heavy, just coolers, tents, but over time I am sure the weight will add up.

I am just glad to hear that he survived the incident, so that now maybe he can be put out on our terms rather than his.

I wouldn't plan on pulling a full size adult on a slalom ski on a regular basis, but you should be fine to pull them on a pair of skies one person at a time as long as the boat as a sufficient pylon to attach the rope to. If you have lifting eyes on the transom I would just get a tow bridal so that you are spreading the weight between both sides, this will also allow the boat to track much better.

I recently recieved a really neat old phone from my grandparents. The only identification that I can find on it show that it is a Northern Electric model N1-A, with a patent date of 1906. Overall it is in great condition, a few broken wires at solder points, but everything appears to be there that should be. Anyone with any insite on value, ect. I am not by any means considering selling it, just curious more than anything.

I am shocked that nobody has brought up turduckin yet. As for the turkey, if you are after the best in flavor, look for a bird that is small for grocery store standards, something in the 12-16 lb range rather than the typical 20lb monsters you see in the store. Also, you want to find a bird who's packaging mentions that it was fed a natural diet, and that doesn't have any extra "flavor solutions". I would consider brining the turkey for additional flavor, and then either roast or grill the bird at a rather high temperature (350-400 degrees) until it's internal temperature in the breast reaches 160 degrees (it will carry over another 10 degrees once off the heat) or break out the fry pot and go the deep fried route. What ever you do, don't implement the extra low temp, cook it for 12 hour method, or put any stuffing inside the bird.......both things will = dry, cardboard texture turkey.

you can use 4200 instead, same sealing properties of 5200, just slightly less permanent if you ever want to remove it.

me too, I actually received an email since I posted this, advertising for winterization products. Given that Ritz has other businesses I can see where it would make good sense to remain online, and possibly ship out of one of their remaining warehouses. Also wouldn't be a bad way to liquidate remaining inventory from their stores.

I know that the stores for the most part have been killed off, but their website appears to be live and well. Anyone know if this is a long term thing?