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#61
Health and Safety / Re: Crazy Papers
Last post by Larry - Yesterday at 09:56:52 PM
Quote from: Magicman on Yesterday at 05:30:44 PMThat plus they want to make a home visit and ask the same questions plus listen to my heart, weigh me, and take my blood pressure.
At first I thought this was a good program. A health insurance company trying to help me plus cut their expenses. Seems more like a scam these days and I refuse to take part. Told them I wasn't interested but they did not listen, got their phone number blocked now and if they want to contact me they can send me a letter.

#62
General Board / Re: a little disappointed
Last post by Southside - Yesterday at 09:54:55 PM
Mud season I used to park at the end of my 1/2 mile drive so I didn't destroy it as it was OK, but not a great road.  Well I came home one night and backed off the road as I usually do and jumped out of my truck, as I am walking in I can see the road is torn up with muddy tracks so I am kinda steeming when I notice a full size Blazer sideways in the road buried.  Beer bottles on the seat and I find the registration in the glove box.  Being young and naive I called the owner thinking his vehicle must have been stolen and certainly he must be concerned.  Nope the ice tells me that his girlfriend had driven down my road to "see where it went" and got stuck, he would be there tomorrow to come and get it.  Well, my tude changed a bit but not enough so I told him to call me before he pulled into the road as my truck was parked at the end.  Did he do that?  Nope, drove around my truck without calling and drug out the Bronco, well in the process of leaving he clipped my pickup and didn't bother to call me.  That's when I got a bit hot under the collar.  I gave him a couple of options and in the end had a nice, new paint job out of the deal, PPP Triple Jet Black looks awesome, it's not cheap, but it looks awesome!!   

Fast forward 15 or so years with quite a bit of experience under my belt and a paving company decided to park their entire inventory of equipment in my driveway, I happened to come home at 9:00 at night with 30' worth of stock trailer hooked to my truck and could not pull in.  Made a call and the on call answering service tells me that someone will be back in the morning as nobody was available... ummm, not gonna happen darling.  So I called some coworkers who made the follow up call and they gave them the option of finding somebody NOW or however much money was parked in my driveway was going to be impounded as evidence.  Wouldn't you know it someone came really, really fast, and they even did some driveway work for me as a way of saying "sorry".  

I can't stand lowlifes like the guy that bailed on you.  
#63
Chainsaws / Re: 1998 Husqvarna 268xp gas l...
Last post by donbj - Yesterday at 09:50:05 PM
Ok, thanks. Good thing he went with his original hose he bought. 
#64
General Board / Re: Porch Decking & Overloaded...
Last post by Magicman - Yesterday at 09:47:24 PM
That may sound good on the surface but it would not an option with either of these contractors although we did talk sawmilling a bit and one of them may need some old timbers resawed.  They have materials to buy and labor to pay and I doubt that either of them would be interested in a whack of 2X4's.   :wink_2:

61 is soon. 
#65
General Board / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge C...
Last post by rusticretreater - Yesterday at 09:45:27 PM
In watching those videos of the ship, you see the traffic passing over the bridge just before it falls.  So you come off the bridge and you see all the flashing lights and police blocking the other direction lanes of the bridge and you hear/feel the bridge behind you fall.  Yikes.

I would kinda miss a week of my life just wandering around in a daze.
#66
Forestry and Logging / Re: RIP Jay Maine Mill
Last post by Magicman - Yesterday at 09:38:09 PM
Also consider that some of these older sawmills may require more maintenance and may also not be up to date with the latest technology production wise.  They may also require a labor force that may not be available.
#67
General Board / Re: a little disappointed
Last post by Old Greenhorn - Yesterday at 09:29:37 PM
I can believe it. We had a trooper living on our road that was JUST like that. He grew up as my neighbor and I remember him as a little kid wreaking havoc and mischief all over the neighborhood with his two brothers. He had collected numerous complaints from local folks during his tenure for ridiculous harassment and tickets 'threatened' but never issued'. He retired last year with some 'encouragement' from his fellow officers.
 Our Troopers, in my experience, are top notch upstanding men and women and extremely professional at a high level. I have nothing but respect and trust for them. Other agencies maybe not so much and as a fire Officer, I worked with all of them.  They do not tolerate anyone who makes them look bad. He was the third trooper in our area that I know to have 'decided to retire suddenly'. :wink_2: I am sorry you ran into 'that guy'.
#68
Forestry and Logging / Re: RIP Jay Maine Mill
Last post by maple flats - Yesterday at 09:21:25 PM
I may be all wet, but I often wonder if, when mills close but there is still a need for their product, can simply be because of the shipping cost. 
The bulk of the  forests close enough have been harvested. Thus farther away forests attract an investment in a new mill and things simply shift to be closer to a forest resource. Available energy can also be a major factor. To power a mill takes huge amounts of power, anywhere from electric, to water  being the bigger ones. 
As I say, I may be all wet, but there may be some truth in this theory.
#69
General Board / Re: a little disappointed
Last post by B.C.C. Lapp - Yesterday at 09:14:14 PM
Outlaw on the run?  Husband where he ought not to be or have been?   Don't matter, still bad manners any way you turn it.
#70
General Board / Re: a little disappointed
Last post by WhitePineJunky - Yesterday at 09:10:59 PM
Quote from: chet on Yesterday at 04:48:56 PMOnce as a kid I pulled a State Trooper out of a snow drift on the edge of the road. His only words to me afterwards was  'ya know I could ticket you for doing this'.  Some people have the personality of a rock!  rayrock
I'd be rubbing my eyes and blinking in disbelief..... "WHAT?" 😆 

Had to have been 1 in a million 

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