What did YOU do today?

[JoshT]

Can't seem to find that volume of the bylaws. Oh, wait. There it is in the restroom. Seems to be a few pages missing. Oops.

Sorry, someone used all the TP. Had to use what was available.

Say Rick, while you're find hunting, maybe you can find someone reducing their COVID stockpile.

 

[sgtsandman]

On a serious note, while I was working outside today, I almost lost Lincoln. And let me preface this by saying he’s OK. He got a couple cuts, but nothing serious.

Sometimes I let him run free when I am with him, and he listens to me, so I’m not worried about it. But when I’m just working in the yard, I always tie him up. With our cold weather, I bought him a new winter coat.

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I loved it because it fit him very well.

Well, while I was working away, he will frequently bark at this and bark at that, run towards the front, run towards the back, but that’s why I have him tied up. Let me also say, I live on a very busy road.

The next thing I know, I hear screeching tires, a thump, a lady scream, and when I turn around, I see the long lead I used to tie up Lincoln, with the harness (not the jacket) on the end of it. I was shocked and devastated, but just for a moment.

Then I see Lincoln, cowering in my neighbors yard, I called to him, and he came my way, but he would not come up to me. The brand new jacket? The harness pulled out of the coat part.

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The lady told me that he ran across the road, I know it was to check out her dog, and he got hit by a little truck. The truck slammed on the brakes, and thank God, Lincoln got bumped, tumbled under the truck, and then ran off.

I immediately checked him out, and could not find anything wrong, and then, when he calmed down, and let me handle him a little bit, I did a more detailed inspection. He has a scraped elbow on his hind leg, he has about a half inch cut at the top of his thigh, and I think he scraped his tail a little bit. But thank God, nothing serious.

Oh, and BTW, I totally crapped my pants!

I’m taking him to the vet in the morning, just to be safe.

Prior to this episode, I pulled the spare 15 inch steelie out from under the Missing Linc, and replaced it with a 15 inch bullet hole I had. I’m really anal, and I want the spare to match the truck, but I needed the 15 inch steelie for the Trailer project.

Then I ran over to the Shoney’s shed guy and got a couple of the 14s I got mounted on the 14 inch bullets. Now I have all the wheels and tires I need for the next two projects.

Then I tied up Lincoln in his “new” jacket, and I painted on the Missing Linc Trailer. I wrote that up under the Missing Linc.

Your dog barks? Never noticed.

I glad he's pretty much ok though. It would have been a shame it had been worse. He's just a dog doing dog things.

The harness letting loose would made me mad. You try to do the right thing and the thing that is supposed to keep him in the yard failed pretty much right out of the box.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Can't seem to find that volume of the bylaws. Oh, wait. There it is in the restroom. Seems to be a few pages missing. Oops.

If you can’t find it, I seem to remember some @Rick W exception in the rules…

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Your dog barks? Never noticed.

I glad he's pretty much ok though. It would have been a shame it had been worse. He's just a dog doing dog things.

The harness letting loose would made me mad. You try to do the right thing and the thing that is supposed to keep him in the yard failed pretty much right out of the box.

Yeah, that’s why when I needed a leash and harness for my GSD and everything I was finding in the stores seemed cheaply manufactured or made in China or the most common was both, I found a lady not too far away that made leashes and harnesses for horses and stuff. She had never made a dog harness, but agreed to give it a go along with a leash and a lead. I spent about $50 for all three and she apologized that it ended up being more expensive than she originally thought. I was more than happy to pay less than half of what it would have cost to buy elsewhere for exactly what I wanted and way better quality. I got an adjustable harness, 6’ “hunter style” leash (it has a sliding ring and an extra clip attached to the handle part so you can clip the loose end of the leash around a tree or whatever) and a 20’ lead with a “hunter style” end. Once he was adjusted to things, I didn’t really need the leash or the lead, but he was good like that. It only took one unauthorized walk about without me to cure him of wandering off.

 

[Rick W]

Sorry, someone used all the TP. Had to use what was available.

Say Rick, while you're find hunting, maybe you can find someone reducing their COVID stockpile.

Always happy to help, but I try to stay away from those people as much as possible

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Tried my hand at some custom bodywork, I'm pretty impressed with how it came out.

 

[Roert42]

I’ve know a few people that had bad luck with harnesses. They are fine if the dog is pulling, but when they turn around and start backing up they just slip right out.

I’ve always used a slip collar for my dogs, the Chinese finger trap of dog collars.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I’ve know a few people that had bad luck with harnesses. They are fine if the dog is pulling, but when they turn around and start backing up they just slip right out.

I’ve always used a slip collar for my dogs, the Chinese finger trap of dog collars.

Mom tried a “choker collar” on her GSD after he figured out how to slip a regular collar and a harness. I literally watched him figure that one out, he went to the end of the lead and after the first link or two slipped through and tightened up, he stopped, backed up, thought about it, then lowered his head and gave a slow shake of the head until the choker collar slipped off his head. And they say animals aren’t smart…

 

[Roert42]

Mom tried a “choker collar” on her GSD after he figured out how to slip a regular collar and a harness. I literally watched him figure that one out, he went to the end of the lead and after the first link or two slipped through and tightened up, he stopped, backed up, thought about it, then lowered his head and gave a slow shake of the head until the choker collar slipped off his head. And they say animals aren’t smart…

I’ve known a few dogs that were smarter than me.
Especially working breeds.
As much as I would like some kind of shepherd or Collie, they are just too smart for me.

Luckily both my mutts have one brain cell between the two of them.

 

[Rick W]

I’ve know a few people that had bad luck with harnesses. They are fine if the dog is pulling, but when they turn around and start backing up they just slip right out.

I’ve always used a slip collar for my dogs, the Chinese finger trap of dog collars.

I dropped Lincoln at the vet today to be checked out, and his annual oil change and shots. Vet says he’s 100%.

He still is pretty skittish, and when I went outside with him, he wanted to stay right by me the whole time. I’m sure he’ll get over it.

 

[Rick W]

Craigslist/marketplace find:

Two 6’ bed rails. The heavy duty, moly steel, with good chrome plating. Not my best work at $50. And of course I’m not using them as Bed Rails.

 

[Roert42]

Craigslist/marketplace find:

Two 6’ bed rails. The heavy duty, moly steel, with good chrome plating. Not my best work at $50. And of course I’m not using them as Bed Rails.

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Exhaust stacks for your riding mower?

 

[Rick W]

Exhaust stacks for your riding mower?

Close, the gas grill, probably with some propane help

 

[scotts90ranger]

Went to the boat show for work on Friday and there was a gutter booth and signed myself up for an estimate for the shop... well they talked me into it by beating the online estimates I saw last time I looked by a lot but not as cheap as whatever my friend had done on his shop... That said they had an opening tomorrow, and I have tomorrow off for unknown weather events possible (freezing rain right about noon if you believe the forecast). So there's that, less than I'd feared, more than I'd hoped, kinda right in the middle... but heavy gauge seamless aluminum 6" with 4 downspouts, and I don't have to do it...

I know, went to a boat show and got gutters, bit sideways... for just 2/3 of the price of gutters I could have gotten two seats for the boat, I'd rather have gutters...

 

[Rick W]

Craigslist/marketplace again:

I got two full, and one empty, 20# propane tanks, and a small gas grill with good burners, needs a grate. $60. I did it for the propane cylinders. Around here you pay $60 for one full one and then you can exchange it for $23.

I’m also glad I got the little grill. I already took it apart. It gives me three control knob valve things I can experiment with before I screw up that nice Jenn-Air grill I got.

It also came with an iron log rack like you put in the fireplace. I need that like a hole in the head, but I’ll find a home for it.