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  1. On May 4, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Stercorarius said:

    Post some of those tools that you  come across that you had never seen before. 

     

    I saw these at lowes. Sorta did a double take.

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    I bought me a pair of those. Haven't used them yet, but i kinda like 'em, particularly the lock on them. I wish they weren't Chinese, though.

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  2. Good luck, man!

     

    I just drove South Bend IN, to Sidney NE, to Colorado Springs to Elko NV, and I'm currently in Eastern Oregon (LaGrande) and home tomorrow. Then get to drive the GF 2-1/2 hours to a doctor's appointment and back, then take her to the airport. Be safe!

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    Stopped briefly at a Northern Tool somewhere in Iowa. Here's a joint I could spend some money. Reminded me of a Harbor Freight, but with name brands (I saw a Honda lawnmower and Stihl brush trimmer) and less cheap rubber stench. The Klutch hand tools looked pretty nice. They had the CP and Klutch shorty pneumatic impact guns in 3/8" and 1/2" drive I was drooling over. I managed to walk out of there with only buying a single 1/2" 12 point deep socket, but if I ever get back....

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  4. Well, I got the tour of ND's campus, complete with mention of Touchdown Jesus, First Down Moses, and Fair Catch Corby. Saw my Sister's dog Phil the Dog. Went to Michigan for a nano-second, just for you, Jason. Went to Rural King, disappointed in the tool selection, cheap hand tools and pretty standard Team Red and Team Yellow power tools. Went back to Indiana and went to Menard's. A huge store with tons of stuff, but again the tool selection was a little disappointing. A lot of private label stuff and some Bosch power tools. I bought a set of angled grip pliers (and a Mountain Dew, of course!). Pics later. As a guy from an area without much snow and ice, and where they don't salt the roads, I'm astounded by how badly deteriorated the vehicles get.

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  5. The bosses wanted us to be hyper-accurate on tree diameters, so they bought us the chintzy tree diameter tapes that lasted for about fifteen minutes of actual use. Oops. Not quite so sure why, as the stuff we normally topo doesn't get acted upon for a year, and it's not like trees grow in that time.... Probably the same reason survey requests come in asking for 5'x5' grids on storm water swale jobs.... Actual engineers hand off work to interns and don't really supervise their work. I just did a job that asked for a 5x5 grid, partially in A FREAKING BASEBALL FIELD! "Boy, the elevation really drops off there in right field..."

  6. 3 hours ago, ChrisK said:

    Wow Jason. I don't like you anymore. First off.....you post 8:36 minutes of commercials. Then.....I watch 8:36 minutes of commercials.  Then I realized.....hey, that's when I grew up.  I used to have that hair. Then? I see Brooke Shields and think....wow, she's only five years older than me. Then? I google her. Then? I realize though she is still hot and five years older than me....I am not. Thanks Jason. Thanks.

    If it makes you feel any better, Chris, she was probably equally hotter than you then as now.

     

    Just trying to help, my man.

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  7. 14 minutes ago, Kato said:

    You wouldn't turn this one down though, would you? Totally mint, totally original. The only thing that's not, if I remember correctly, is the radiator cap or temperature-something-or-other or something like that. Belongs to a friend of mine, and once he gets it started, it has serious balls.

    No, but i'd be afraid to actually drive it.

  8. 1 hour ago, NicholasShetley said:

    I completely agree. I think nascar should go back to what it was in the 60s and 70s. They should go back to using relatively stock production cars on the track. All of the cars look the same anymore and they can't be all that different. 

    Without nascar back then we wouldn't have cars such as the Dodge Charger Daytona.

    And the Ford Boss 429 engine...

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  9. Not really a fan, but I will occasionally watch a motorcycle or off road race. I always thought rally racing would be cool, but never really went to one.

     

    I always thought NASCAR on the radio would be spectacular. "He goes straight! He turns left! He goes straight! He turns left!"

  10. Realistically, cell phone (and one of those USB charger battery thingies) and AAA memberships. First aid kit, jerky, emergency blanket, jerky, water, jerky.

     

    Also, some jerky.

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