What did YOU do today?

[superj]

I was already at the maximum distance for the spray, about 15 feet, and that 1 hornet instantly
had his trajectory locked in on me. I had to do something to stop it

head butted him out of existence. nice!

 

[superj]

i made a bee hive mad, one time down in the rio grand valley of texas. i didn;t realize it was the whole top floor of a two story house though so when they dropped onto me from the top floor, there was nothing i could do but run laps around the house hoping the other guy working with me would open the door and i could dive in to get away. thats what happened but about 30 bees already stuck into my shirt and pants. i got stung a number of times but the worst was on the face because the swelling closes your eyes. luckily it was only one eye that a sting was near but it still sucked and it also made my nostril swell and closed one side of my nose.

we had to wait three hours for the bees to give up trying to get us before we could leave. they coverd the whole porch and our truck while looking for us

 

[superj]

the bee people came to clear the house a few days later and said they had never see a hive that big in person.

that also explained why the top floor had plywood blocking the stair way so we couldn't go up there and it sounded like a high powered electrical system was running the whole time we were there. hundreds of thousands of bees flapping their wings

 

[scotts90ranger]

Here's the process on the tractor wheel, first is after I'd chipped all the rust off then taken the wire brush on the angle grinder to it, second is after primer then paint...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

F-150 got the frame patched and a new battery yesterday, then a test drive. The battery that was in it was on the charger twice for several hours and wouldn’t budge off of 9.86 volts. Doesn’t show a drain so it shouldn’t be shorted internally but won’t charge either. Kinda weird. Gave up and just made a call, brand new battery showed up magically and the core left. Oh, and I mounted another toolbox on it, cross box across the side boxes at the front of the bed.

 

[sgtsandman]

I got the left spare tire mount installed on the trailer (build thread). It was the one with the tightest clearance with the side board upright. So, I wanted to get that one done first in case things didn't go well.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Hauled an Oliver 88 today with the Aluminum Falcon. An 88 is quite a bit bigger than my A-C's but I almost think it hauled easier.

 

[Blmpkn]

Hauled an Oliver 88 today with the Aluminum Falcon. An 88 is quite a bit bigger than my A-C's but I almost think it hauled easier.

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[Rick W]

@85_Ranger4x4

??? Speaking in code??

@Blmpkn

???! Meme-ing in code???!

& then a “no comment” in code???

 

[JoshT]

Hauled an Oliver 88 today with the Aluminum Falcon. An 88 is quite a bit bigger than my A-C's but I almost think it hauled easier.

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Since you've already got it loaded, how about hooking up the brush deck and taking care of my overgrown field (AKA backyard). Should be easy work for that beast.

 

[sgtsandman]

A bunch of miscellaneous stuff today. Laundry, cleaning and lubricating the fan in the bed room.

Then there was the range hood over the stove...

 

[Rick W]

I had to think very hard on this, and it made my head hurt all day, but I passed up the opportunity of a lifetime for my workshop, so I could work on the Road Ranger…

 

[pjtoledo]

I had to think very hard on this, and it made my head hurt all day, but I passed up the opportunity of a lifetime for my workshop, so I could work on the Road Ranger…

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hello, my name is Rick and I'm here to acknowledge my obsession with chairs....


now can you talk me down from buying a lathe from Grizzly, they are on sale thru Monday

 

[Rick W]

hello, my name is Rick and I'm here to acknowledge my obsession with chairs....


now can you talk me down from buying a lathe from Grizzly, they are on sale thru Monday

Hey, go for it. Self-control has never been my long suit, so what do you expect me to do for you?

It’s always a challenge when you have to come off the hip with a little green. I’m spoiled in my semi retirement that I have the time to look and find all this junk. A lathe has always been on my wish list, but at this point of my fading, feeble existence, that’s probably where it will remain unless there’s a ridiculous financial windfall from somewhere

I played the lottery a few times, but that thing is no good. I played five or six times and I still didn’t win…

 

[scotts90ranger]

Today I started off going to garage sales with the wife, got a few things, couple coffee cans of sprinklers and garden hose fittings, old classic BB gun, like 10' of 1/2" threaded rod, some tiller tires, a mini press/brake for sheet metal (only like 8.5" wide and good for 20ga but could still be good for something, was 20% of new price) and some other odds and ends... then when I got home I jumped on the tractor and mowed the back section then worked on the '97 Ranger...