Buck115 Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Invidiosulus said: I guess it’s time to bust out the chainsaw. Yep, I had to do that when we had storms come through here on April 12th of this year. We had several large Oak limbs come down in our woods and the top of a large Pine tree. We also had a huge Oak Tree that came down; falling out of the woods onto our back yard and the top ended up about 10 feet from our house. These pictures only show a portion of all the piles of limbs, branches, and segments of the trunk that I cut up. My Echo chainsaw really got a workout and so did I!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a lot of trees down in our neighborhood, but thankfully no damage to any homes. From the way that the tops of some trees and some limbs were twisted off, it appears that we probably had a tornado come over us, but off the ground. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Marvel said: Time to rotate,,, I was all out of landscape pics. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted June 18, 2022 Share Posted June 18, 2022 Echo makes some nice stuff. I used to work on them and Stihl. I have a tiny Stihl. It's 20 years old now.. I abuse it... cutting oak and mesquite for the fireplace. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I’ve got a smallish Stihl that I got last year some time. It’s been great so far. So far it looks like the tree only took out the drivers side mirror on the Jetta. i’ve got a little more extraction to do before I can see if anything else was messed up but so far so good. Mk4’s are pretty common in the junk yard these days so it should be cheap to get some replacement parts. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 2 hours ago, grasshopper said: ...mesquite for the fireplace. How big of pieces can you get? I was thinking of getting some to make a lap steel body. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I've gotten pieces [in purchased firewood] up to 24in dia. Furniture size is available in Mexico. I edited a bunch that didn't have anything to do with your question... I think it's called "rambling" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Another form of Rambling. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 In the ‘70s, I used to ride my bike from Bloomfield Hills, MI to Birmingham, MI past the large homes of many auto executives. You could always spot the AMC executives’ homes, as they were the only ones with nothing but AMC cars. I once saw George Romney come out of the Bloomfield Hills Post Office and drive off in a plain white AMC Concord; no chauffeur driven black Suburban for that former governor. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Ramble you say? hahaha I'll keep it short. @grasshopper ship Marvel a big slab. Money isn't an object. 😂 @DizRotus good to see you and those things were pretty cool. Parents had a station wagon in two-tone green. UGLY but different with a coolness factor. Everyone else? Happy Father's Day! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Dave1291 said: Everyone else? Happy Father's Day! What? You exclude me from the Father’s Day wishes? 😉 Happy Father’s Day Dave to you and the other fathers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Nevah! Leave it to an atty to nit-pick a guy who's still on his first mugga! 😂 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 That's it! Heading outside to put a few coats of black on a pair of risers for my old Heresy's before the wind picks up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 7 hours ago, grasshopper said: I've gotten pieces [in purchased firewood] up to 24in dia. Furniture size is available in Mexico. I had looked at this place to see about a slab. If we made a trip out there by car/truck to visit friends we could pick up a piece, but shipping is crazy. https://www.mesquitedesign.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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grasshopper Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 hours ago, DizRotus said: Another form of Rambling. My folks had a station wagon. We used to play in it... you could turn on the radio w/o needing a key in the ignition.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 4 hours ago, DizRotus said: Another form of Rambling. I have never seen such vehicles in my life. When were they built ? Could you drive it only straight,the curve radius seems to have been quite limited by the added fenders. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizRotus Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 15 minutes ago, MicroMara said: I have never seen such vehicles in my life. When were they built ? Could you drive it only straight,the curve radius seems to have been quite limited by the added fenders. The body overhang was such that the front tires did not hit the body when turning. My maternal grandfather had a couple Nash Ramblers. He always was a contrarian. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Slipped out to McD's to grab a burrito and couldn't figure out why there wasn't a line around the drive thru, which today seems to be the norm. Got home and took one bite, looked inside, swallowed the one bite and threw the rest in the trash. Seems as though they're going to plant based additives here now. I KNOW the local Taco Bell is using them in their burritos. Can I say done? Threw 3 eggs in a skillet and now I'm happy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grasshopper Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 I had burritos last night, too .Was all plant based ... bean burritos. There was one plant based additive... vegetable oil instead of lard in the tortillas. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted June 19, 2022 Share Posted June 19, 2022 Happy father's day to all you mother's.. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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