What did YOU do today?

[MaicoDoug]

Blmpkn is right-

Not the truck, my dirt bike or any vehicle (in California) where the state forced me to buy a tag for off-road use. Just like on road use, you can have both actually and become penalized because the owner (me) failed to buy a "non-operational" permit. They get you both ways. State extortion. Arizona, Texas, New Mexico & Colorado and many others do not require you to install specialized equipment and / or purchase special registration. Or you get thrown the rabbit hole of endless time & monies spent fighting for your rights, or better said defending your sanity. You're headed out to enjoy yourself most likely because you deserved it. Not because you stood in line at the DMV for a half a day waiting for Hermie to inspect your (his) nemesis, your off-road vehicle. Ah Sir, there seems to be an oil leak here somewhere. If you look around this chain guard I see some oil residue....so he proceeds to then say "we can't have oil polluting out parks and wildlife", so another half day wasted standing in line. Can I just wipe it off and come back I asked?

I remember watching a 1968 chevy malibu in stock trim and class racing in the ADRA with 70 series street tires. Amongst all the other jeeps, buggies, trucks & dirt bikes. He was doing very well in the "street stock" class. Talk about a beater.

Just give me an old mine to poke around in with my rock pick, just don't read the disclaimer sticker on the handle.

 

[scotts90ranger]

Saturday I went salmon fishing, the guy wanted to be on the water around 5:30AM which was fun since it was over 3 hours from my house so I took the camper to the boss's house (he was going too) and took a nap there friday night... got back to his house around 7PM... then drove home after that (another 30 minutes or so since I stopped for fuel). I didn't catch a fish but there were 3 on the boat and I got to take some home so that's good enough for me... two 9lb and one 18lb Chinook...

Sunday I started on the boat trailer as I jack knifed it a couple weeks ago and bent the coupler a bit so I straightened it out now I just need the little shock that goes to the master cylinder so only a $60 oopsie instead of a $350 oopsie like it almost was... then switched to adding leaf springs to the Explorer, then switched to the tractor to flatten out some dirt for the neighbor quick then put the tiller on and did a little work on the pond berm... oh and I think about the last thing I did yesterday was put the new stereo in the wife's Camry...

 

[sgtsandman]

Yard work and splitting fire wood was on the menu yesterday.

I'm way behind on the firewood. I have three sets of racks. First year, second year, and in current use. Current use is full but 2nd year only has one rack filled and 1st year is completely empty.

I've been so busy fixing things and working on finishing uncompleted projects that the firewood has fallen behind. I need to fix that, after I replace the tarp that is falling apart on the one empty rack.

And it turns out the new carb I had installed on the string trimmer was a P.O.S. So, $180 later, plus whatever the crap carb cost, the trimmer is running correctly again

 

[SenorNoob]

I gave up on my string trimmer and bought a battery powered one. I'm loving it so far. Just as much power as my small 2 stroke was and no problems starting. Just pull the trigger and go.

HART 40-Volt 15-inch SUPERCHARGE Carbon Fiber Shaft String Trimmer

 

[sgtsandman]

I gave up on my string trimmer and bought a battery powered one. I'm loving it so far. Just as much power as my small 2 stroke was and no problems starting. Just pull the trigger and go.

HART 40-Volt 15-inch SUPERCHARGE Carbon Fiber Shaft String Trimmer

If I just used it around the home, a battery unit would be great.

 

[broncc]

Finally ended my oil pressure scare. I have been watching my gauge (see the dummy conversion in the tech library) creep to 0 psi since I sunk the car. I plugged in an analog gauge to check for real. The HFT one said, as much as you can trust it, ~25 at idle and ~50 at 2000 rpm after running for several minutes. Reusing cam bearings and lifters as well as bumping the key probably 100 times to clear my clutch means it isn't perfect, but good enough to keep driving.

This is now the second sender that has died on me. At least this one has an excuse.

 

[Blmpkn]

Saw one of the best concerts I've ever been to last night.

Puddles pity party
Coheed and cambria
PRIMUS!


Incredible show.

Puddles pity party was unique.. billed as 'the sad clown with a golden voice' it's one 60 year old guy (singer) who dresses up like a clown and does these weird kinda mash-up type songs..

The one that sticks in my head is the lyrics from the Gilligan's island theme.. but sung to the tune of stairway to heaven.. his whole set was stuff like that for the most part. Another one was the lyrics from some johnny cash song sung to the tune of something else... seemed kinda gimmicky to me at first but dude definitely won me over. Someone who doesn't know Johnny's long since dead would've thought it was the man in black himself singing.. suuuuuper talented.

Coheed was awesome. Claudio's ridiculous voice is just as good live as it is on their studio stuff.. and he fking SHREDS on guitar.. their drummer has a hilarious 'blow-up-doll' face the entire time he's playing though


Primus.... well...... it goes without saying that primus sucks (if you know, you know)

Les Claypool is an irrefutable bass GOD. For people who dont know.. he's such a machine with the fat strings that when he auditioned to be in Metallica after their O.G bassist died 4 decades ago... he got a resounding NO WAY from James, Lars, and Kirk. They literally told Les that his talent would be WASTED in Metallica.. the guys told him he needs to start his own thing.. and it needs to be started IMMIDEATELY. Les was lucky in the fact that he was able to recruit a guitarist and a drummer just about as talented as himself too... they're definitely up there in ranks among the all time best 3 piece bands.. right there with rush and dying fetus.

Speaking of rush.. they covered a Rush song with Claudio from coheed doing part of the vocals.. and then covered Holy diver by DIO with the sad clown on vocals... they absolutely SLAYED both.

Only picture I took. Primus' opening song (those damned blue-collar tweakers)

As a side note... this was only my 2nd outdoor concert.. and the first since weed was made legal.

I had NO IDEA it was possible to fill an ENTIRE QUARTER MILE OF ATMOSPHERE up with smoke. I really didn't. It was an amusing tidbit to learn lol. Definitely some young'ins in attendance who had their first high last night

 

[pentode]

Saw one of the best concerts I've ever been to last night.

Puddles pity party
Coheed and cambria
PRIMUS!


Incredible show.

Puddles pity party was unique.. billed as 'the sad clown with a golden voice' it's one 60 year old guy (singer) who dresses up like a clown and does these weird kinda mash-up type songs..

The one that sticks in my head is the lyrics from the Gilligan's island theme.. but sung to the tune of stairway to heaven.. his whole set was stuff like that for the most part. Another one was the lyrics from some johnny cash song sung to the tune of something else... seemed kinda gimmicky to me at first but dude definitely won me over. Someone who doesn't know Johnny's long since dead would've thought it was the man in black himself singing.. suuuuuper talented.

Coheed was awesome. Claudio's ridiculous voice is just as good live as it is on their studio stuff.. and he fking SHREDS on guitar.. their drummer has a hilarious 'blow-up-doll' face the entire time he's playing though


Primus.... well...... it goes without saying that primus sucks (if you know, you know)

Les Claypool is an irrefutable bass GOD. For people who dont know.. he's such a machine with the fat strings that when he auditioned to be in Metallica after their O.G bassist died 4 decades ago... he got a resounding NO WAY from James, Lars, and Kirk. They literally told Les that his talent would be WASTED in Metallica.. the guys told him he needs to start his own thing.. and it needs to be started IMMIDEATELY. Les was lucky in the fact that he was able to recruit a guitarist and a drummer just about as talented as himself too... they're definitely up there in ranks among the all time best 3 piece bands.. right there with rush and dying fetus.

Speaking of rush.. they covered a Rush song with Claudio from coheed doing part of the vocals.. and then covered Holy diver by DIO with the sad clown on vocals... they absolutely SLAYED both.


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Only picture I took. Primus' opening song (those damned blue-collar tweakers)

As a side note... this was only my 2nd outdoor concert.. and the first since weed was made legal.

I had NO IDEA it was possible to fill an ENTIRE QUARTER MILE OF ATMOSPHERE up with smoke. I really didn't. It was an amusing tidbit to learn lol. Definitely some young'ins in attendance who had their first high last night

I saw Primus in the early 90s in Lewiston. They’re one of those bands that will give your brain a serious workout.
Fun fact: while doing his antics on stage, Les _always _ turned left. Never right. Always wondered about that.

Edit: Jerry was a race car driver

 

[Blmpkn]

I saw Primus in the early 90s in Lewiston. They’re one of those bands that will give your brain a serious workout.
Fun fact: while doing his antics on stage, Les _always _ turned left. Never right. Always wondered about that.

Edit: Jerry was a race car driver

Now that you mention it... I did notice the complete lack of right turns by Les lol. The little 'skip' he does while slappin the hell out of his bass is so incredibly iconic to the band too.. just like mick jaggers strut.. or the moonwalk..

Definitely want to see them again before they call it quits.

 

[pentode]

Now that you mention it... I did notice the complete lack of right turns by Les lol. The little 'skip' he does while slappin the hell out of his bass is so incredibly iconic to the band too.. just like mick jaggers strut.. or the moonwalk..

Definitely want to see them again before they call it quits.

Oh is he still doing that? Wasn't sure if that was a one-off. I guess that's his thing. One of his things anyway.

 

[Blmpkn]

Oh is he still doing that? Wasn't sure if that was a one-off. I guess that's his thing. One of his things anyway.

Oh yes.. he's still doing it.. and it's GLORIOUS!

I really should've bought a patch.. I just never felt like dealing with what was quite literally a 100 yard long line for the merch booth... all night long.

 

[mtnrgr]

Went to the lake for a few hours last night. Starred at the scenery and did some walking around. Saw smoke from the park and Boise fires surrounding the mountains. Saw a dear family.

 

[bilbo]

Changed my Wife's flat tire this morning. At 6:45 it was 80 degrees and 78 degree dewpoint. Ick.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Yesterday I mowed my property and got access to three of four junk cars. Sprayed some poison ivy.

Today I’ll be digging out #4. Supposedly a guy is coming tomorrow to work on getting all 4 gone. I’ll be really happy to see them gone, I’ve been trying to get rid of them for years now. Everyone that said they would come for them never showed. There’s no titles, the police won’t give me abandoned vehicle paperwork, and if I had the dump truck and skid loader working, I’d drag them down to my shed and chunk them up. Gonna be a hot minute before the dump truck is done though and same with the skid loader. If I can get it done now, it’s one less thing to have to deal with later.

 

[Rick W]

Went to the lake for a few hours last night. Starred at the scenery and did some walking around. Saw smoke from the park and Boise fires surrounding the mountains. Saw a dear family.

wow!