Lonely Friday

[Squizzy246B]

Hey...I'm the only one online???...its kinda lonely...Wake up you mob!:bouncegri

[digger242j]

So, use the time to post more pics of your holiday. Use one of Jeff's threads... :wink2

[Squizzy246B]

So, use the time to post more pics of your holiday. Use one of Jeff's threads... :wink2

I'm not sure the members of this forum have sinned so badly as to deserve having my holiday pic's inflicted upon them.:rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

So, use the time to post more pics of your holiday. Use one of Jeff's threads... :wink2

Squizzy might as well put something into one of my threads worth reading,I sure can't.:bouncegri

[D10N]

Not my Friday until tomorrow:crying Then get the big one day weekend.......But it all works out when the monthly 7 day weekend rolls around:drinkup

[digger242j]

And now it's 2:30 Sunday afternoon in Perth, and where are you? :)

[Squizzy246B]

And now it's 2:30 Sunday afternoon in Perth, and where are you? :)

Where all good husbands are at...working in the back yard of course!:crying

[Squizzy246B]

Saturday afternoon and I'm the only one on-line again:confused: ...you guys gotta get your clocks fixed:rolleyes: ...I wonder how much stuff I can post before Digger wakes up??:ban :ban :spaz

[digger242j]

I wonder how much stuff I can post before Digger wakes up??

You can't post much before I get to the keyboard. How much you can post before I "wake up" is a different matter.... :sleeping

[Squizzy246B]

and I'm all alone....[ AGAIN :) :)

[digger242j]

Today 05:50 AM
and I'm all alone....[ AGAIN

:sleeping

Huh? wha...?

Honey, is one of the kids crying? :crying

Oh, It's only Squizzy...

:wink2

[Squizzy246B]

Today 05:50 AM


Honey, is one of the kids crying? :crying

Oh, It's only Squizzy...

:wink2

Same Dog different leg action:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

I'm not sure the members of this forum have sinned so badly as to deserve having my holiday pic's inflicted upon them.:rolleyes:

But...anyways...:wink2

Gum Tree

[Squizzy246B]

a Dunny is a toilet for those who dun read Austraylan

[Squizzy246B]

Here she is...a wonder of australian bush construction technology

"Thar She Blows" is an apt hail for siting the dunny...cause after about three days of Wallaby Stew...wellll...errr

[Squizzy246B]

Sorry, there are no new threads to view.

:( :( :(

[tuney443]

Hey Squizzy--You guys must really stink o'er there--what size is that vent pipe?Atmy boy scout camp a few years back,the council exec{mucky-muck} asked me to design and build a new 4 seater.Said it had to be handicapped accessible and state of the art,pretty, and all that--first building you see when you enter camp.Anyway,I'm a 1 finger typer so I'll shorten this up. The exec got 2 of these ridiculously expensive plastic holding tanks from Washington,all complete w/all this fancy/shmancy hardware along with 12'' vents.Well,that became the problem{1 of them:rolleyes: }--these vents were in the front facing the entrance--I had to bush down from that 12" to 4" penetrating the roof.Painted them same as building--about all I could do.Cost a fortune to do that plus the real kicker is there is no leaching with these tanks.When the girl scouts used to be there,they would use 2,000 gallons in a week.We used to tell this guy he and his tanks were full of****.:bouncegri :bouncegri

[puredieselpower]

a Dunny is a toilet for those who dun read Austraylan
Not Austraylan for beer???

[cat320]

a Dunny is a toilet for those who dun read Austraylan
I watched crockedial dundee

[Jeff D.]

Anymore vacation pics Squizzy??

I'll trade some with ya.

[digger242j]

But...anyways...:wink2

Gum Tree

<Digger sings...>

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be ...

See? I remember that from grade school. Mad Max and Crocodile Dundee aren't the only exposure to Aussie culture we've had here in the states. :bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

<Digger sings...>

Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh Kookaburra, laugh Kookaburra,
Gay your life must be ...

See? I remember that from grade school. Mad Max and Crocodile Dundee aren't the only exposure to Aussie culture we've had here in the states. :bouncegri

Oh Brother.....OK OK I give up.....just no more singing:spaz

My young bloke incessantly wanders the house singing "Home among the Gum Trees"...drives SWMBO round the twist...of course I don't encourage him:yup :rolleyes:

[Squizzy246B]

Anymore vacation pics Squizzy??

I'll trade some with ya.

Very dangerous stuff Jeff. BTW, where are the pics of the bikes taken at?

[Jeff D.]

Sturgis SD & Yellowstone National Park.

[Squizzy246B]

:) :) :)

[xkvator]

didn't you see the black snake??????????

[xkvator]

Jeff...what bike ya got?

mine...

[Squizzy246B]

didn't you see the black snake??????????

Bugger!...missed that one...a free feed...Black snake yum

[digger242j]

Bugger!...missed that one...a free feed...Black snake yum

Or, do you let the black snake make a meal of She Who Must Be Obeyed (I presume)?

Decisions, decisions...

[Jeff D.]

Jeff...what bike ya got?

mine...

She looks good!!:thumbsup

In my pics was my old 1200 Goldwing.

I'm actually bikeless at the time.I sold my 1800 Goldwing just recently(within the last month).

I don't know what I'm going to do.I'm thinking about possibly an Electra Glide.The Harley shop had a brand new one,for just under 16K,last winter,but they didn't want to give me nothing for mine.(like $8500:eek: :confused: )so I sold it outright this spring,and ofcourse I've spent most the money already.:Banghead

I may wait till fall/winter before I go shopping.They'll be dealing then.:thumbsup

Here's a pic of a 75 ironhead sporty I had,and one of my more fun bikes.Road that to Sturgis 4 times.What a long ride.(still fun though)Although the straight pipe noise starts to dig into your brain after about 2hrs.

[Jeff D.]

Here's a couple pics from when me and my Dad rode to Yellowstone.Stopped by a lake,and was taking his pic,when I notice something swimming away from us in the water.I never figured out what it was either.A beaver-like critter I'm sure.(or a N.American mountain crocidile.):thumbsup

It sure is beautiful country there!!:yup

[digger242j]

Although the straight pipe noise starts to dig into your brain after about 2hrs.


That's ok, Jeff, it's not deep enough to require shoring... ***

[Jeff D.]

That's ok, Jeff, it's not deep enough to require shoring... ***

Okay?!?! I'll try and act suprised that you said that!!:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

Just you wait Mr.Digger!!

Post you're vacation pics,and Me,Xkvator,and our elderly friend Squizzy will have a field day with em'!! :eek:(soon as I learn how too add black snakes,and other things to the pics):yup

:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

,and our elderly friend Squizzy

I'm watching you Mr D...you wont be getting away with that one!....I have tracked you down on Google Earth and have your house under surveillance:rolleyes: :cool:

[Jeff D.]

I'm watching you Mr D...you wont be getting away with that one!....I have tracked you down on Google Earth and have your house under surveillance:rolleyes: :cool:

Hey, maybe you and an ex-girlfriend can take turns watching my every move.:yup

It would cut down the surveillence times each of you had to spend making sure I'm not getting away with anything.:thumbsup

I'll just give her your E-mail address,and she can contact you to discuss it. Your wife won't mind you getting e-mails and phone calls all day and night will she??:eek:
(I'm gonna tell her you said she's a fine looker, too. That'll fix you!!):bouncegri

[Dwan Hall]

Hers my weekend. Going to drag a fishing line around for the weekend. Don't know if I will even add bait.

[Squizzy246B]

Hey, maybe you and an ex-girlfriend can take turns watching my every move.:yup



That reminds me of a skid operator I know up in Darwin...a builder brassed him for a clean up job so he took his dump truck down to the port to a live cattle export ship. The cattle tend to get nervous and void themselves while they are being loaded so my mate got a 14 tonne dump truck load of the fresh steaming stuff and delivered it to the driveway of the builders flash new mansion. It made the local news.

Now let me see...yellow pages for MN...dump trucks...:bouncegri

Oh and Dwan..more pics please.

[Dwan Hall]

This is ware I worked last year. Nice landscape job don't you think?
Realy it is a view from the University of Alaska ware I worked for 6 years before I became self employed. I have been back to do a few landscape jobs for them sence.
The second picture is ware we put our boats in the water to go fishing.
And the third is the Mendenhall glacier behind one of our plows.

[Dwan Hall]

One from the highway near home and one from the parking lot along the highway about 2 miles from home

[Squizzy246B]

Beautiful Country Dwan.

[Squizzy246B]

Dwan, whens the best time to visit...and can we hire the clothing we need...I think I have a jumper somewhere:)

[Dwan Hall]

Dwan, whens the best time to visit...and can we hire the clothing we need...I think I have a jumper somewhere:)

If you like it dry ? now through Sept. if you like the snow then Dec through March. Here ware the pictures were taken the average in winter is around 32F. and in summer around 70F some days cooler and some hoter. There is a lot of rain in late Sept through late Nov. Best fishing for King Salmon is spring and Coho and Halibut Aug through mid Sept.

This is for South East Alaska. Which is a rain forest. The intorier gets hoter in the summer and much colder in the winter.
as for something to ware anything you may have in the summer and everything you have in the winter. and rain gear in the fall


150 lb.Halibut cought mid Aug.
http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1330&stc=1&d=1149554070

[Squizzy246B]

Sigh....the only one on-line again!.....

WAKE UP DIGGER


:bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri

I was just a bit bored:rolleyes:

[Squizzy246B]

Ok...I just worked it out...Its the 5th of July here so that means its the 4th of July in the States..very important date...cause they are launching the space shuttle..:rolleyes: :rolleyes: . Have a good day guys...just don't let Jeff D get a hold of the fireworks cause if its as dry as it is here..he'll burn the whole country down.

Best wishes.

[digger242j]

Sigh....the only one on-line again!.....

WAKE UP DIGGER


:bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri

I was just a bit bored:rolleyes:


Hey, when you posted that I'd already been out playing in the mud for an hour. I guess I'll have to invest in a laptop with satellite internet connection just to keep you entertained... :wink2

Ok...I just worked it out...Its the 5th of July here so that means its the 4th of July in the States..very important date...cause they are launching the space shuttle.. . Have a good day guys...just don't let Jeff D get a hold of the fireworks cause if its as dry as it is here..he'll burn the whole country down.

Best wishes.


Thanks for the best wishes. :) Jeff isn't available to launch any fireworks here--we loaned him to North Kores to help with that missle project. I wonder how that went.... Anybody hear anything? :lmao

Actually, if you are in fact, as we determined one time, 12 hours ahead of me, you posted that at 10:02 a.m. on July 5th, my time. That would have made it 10:02 p.m. July 5th, your time. It's now 8:08 p.m. July 5th here, which means you should already be about your July 6th work there. I think... :confused:

[Jeff D.]

Jeff isn't available to launch any fireworks here--we loaned him to North Kores to help with that missle project. I wonder how that went....

Well............let's just say Kim Jung wasn't too impressed with my expertise on rockets.:rolleyes:I told him " Don't waste your money on those expensive "new" long range missles. There's others on the used market that may not be exactly spec'd like you want, but they'll still work ok?! Sure they may be underpowered(and won't reach the U.S. actually I left this out) but think of the money you'de save!!" I talked him into an early 50's model rocket that just needed some TLC.:bouncegri

Actually, I worked the week-end, 3rd, 4th, and today, and now I'm only 1 day behind on my loads.:eek:

Feast or famine, always!!:spaz

It's the middle of winter down there isn't it Mr. Squizzy?? Are the short days, and long nights getting too you??:yup Just do what I do, go to this site, type up whatever is on your mind, and don't be afraid to write alot or send questions often. I invite everyone to do the same. You can ask for advice on anything. Work, women, or even if your just bored. Check it out!!

link: Send a private message to digger242j

[Squizzy246B]

Well............let's just say Kim Jung wasn't too impressed with my expertise on rockets.:rolleyes:I told him " Don't waste your money on those expensive "new" long range missles. There's others on the used market that may not be exactly spec'd like you want, but they'll still work ok?! Sure they may be underpowered(and won't reach the U.S. actually I left this out) but think of the money you'de save!!" I talked him into an early 50's model rocket that just needed some TLC.:bouncegri

Actually, I worked the week-end, 3rd, 4th, and today, and now I'm only 1 day behind on my loads.:eek:

Feast or famine, always!!:spaz

It's the middle of winter down there isn't it Mr. Squizzy?? Are the short days, and long nights getting too you??:yup Just do what I do, go to this site, type up whatever is on your mind, and don't be afraid to write alot or send questions often. I invite everyone to do the same. You can ask for advice on anything. Work, women, or even if your just bored. Check it out!!

link: Send a private message to digger242j

ROFLMAO:bouncegri

[digger242j]

Currently Active Users: 11 (2 members and 9 guests)
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digger242j, Squizzy246B

There, are you happy now you poor, hemispherically challenged, wretch??:mad:


:waving

[Squizzy246B]

Well my labourer didn't show on Friday (cause I paid him thursday night and its so hard to get out of bed when your still drunk) and I....(American expression) Fired his ....Ar....behind!. That way it took me two days to build a wall instead of one...working all day Saturday when school holidays are on just gets me in the good books everytime:mad:

Just for something different I might get the mini in the backyard tomorrow and lay some blocks on a project I started about 3 years ago....that should get me some credits back.

[Dwan Hall]

I have heard that if you pay on Monday your employes tend to be more reliable. Don't know how true it is but just what I have heard.

Dwan

Pictures af the mini at work?

[Jeff D.]

Well, hopefully that freshly unemployed laborer will get his "act" together before he loses other, more important, things on account of his drinkin'.

So, do some Australian's have as hard a time accomplishing personal home projects as some of us Americans (ie., me)??

I've had plans to repaint the house for 3 years now. I won't need to do much scraping when I get to it though. The paint will probobly have fallen off by then.:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

Well, hopefully that freshly unemployed laborer will get his "act" together before he loses other, more important, things on account of his drinkin'.

He's already wrote his car off drunk.

So, do some Australian's have as hard a time accomplishing personal home projects as some of us Americans (ie., me)??

I've had plans to repaint the house for 3 years now. I won't need to do much scraping when I get to it though. The paint will probobly have fallen off by then.:bouncegri

Stop interupting...I'm trying to operate the mini in the backyard:rolleyes:

I wont have to worry about painting....By the time I get around to it I'll just get the dump truck and excavator and start loading it out.:cool:

[Jeff D.]

....By the time I get around to it I'll just get the dump truck and excavator and start loading it out.:cool:

That approach has it's pluses. My house was built in the 50's. It has the old screw in type fuses, no ground outlets, very little insulation, on and on.

I think about fixing it up, but it might be better just to push it into the pond when it's completely dilapidated, and pull in one of those new modular two piece homes. They're getting pretty nice now adays.:thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

That approach has it's pluses. My house was built in the 50's. It has the old screw in type fuses, no ground outlets, very little insulation, on and on.

I think about fixing it up, but it might be better just to push it into the pond when it's completely dilapidated, and pull in one of those new modular two piece homes. They're getting pretty nice now adays.:thumbsup

I'd like to build out of solid limestone...but its taken me three years just to do a feature setting in the backyard so how long do you think a two storey house will take..:eek: :confused: :spaz

As an aside....I did finish the limestone steps today...had the whole family out there working..me on the mini yelling at everyone and the missus getting cranky because I forgot its her birthday:eek: :(:( I wonder where I'm sleeping tonight???

[digger242j]

Here, Squizzy, this may help:http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/calendar.php?do=getinfo&day=2006-7-15&c=1

[Squizzy246B]

Yeah..very funny..She is in the lounge room knitting a jumper for one of the neices and the knitting kneedles are gnashing together that bad I reckon sparks are gunna fly off them shortly...do you think this a bad sign?

[digger242j]

...do you think this a bad sign?

Anything having to do with pointed objects in her hands at this time should be watched carefully. :eek2

If you think it'll help, I could change that calendar date to tomorrow, and then you could point it out to her and blame me for having confused you. I can claim it's the damned international date line thing, and that our intentions were good, but it's just too complicated to get it straight. :dizzy

It's called "plausible deniability"... :yup

[Squizzy246B]

Anything having to do with pointed objects in her hands at this time should be watched carefully. :eek2

If you think it'll help, I could change that calendar date to tomorrow, and then you could point it out to her and blame me for having confused you. I can claim it's the damned international date line thing, and that our intentions were good, but it's just too complicated to get it straight. :dizzy

It's called "plausible deniability"... :yup

If you haven't noticed, with women..it doesn't matter if you have a valid excuse...you screwed up and thats their excuse to get cranky with you. I've noticed that at this stage a little more pushing and they give you the silent treatment...so I reckon that little extra effort is worth it. If your gunna be in the dog box you may as well do it in peace.:rolleyes:

[Squizzy246B]

Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night
Saturday night

Saturday night's already old
Walking into Sunday, and I find
All desires are cold
I could walk forever, I don't mind
Show me a light, your company
Goes a little way to help me see
The path on which I'm bound
Rather than the things I leave behind

I've got the keys to the city
Baby
I can feel my luck
I got two days' money
If you light me up
This heart will shine on

"L'esclavage D'amour
It will be ours forevermore"
Words we both recall
Either from a lover, or the law
Saturday night, my steps have shown
I can walk away from all I've know
Goodnight, my friend, goodbye
Remember what they say,
When you're alone, laugh or die

[Jeff D.]

Maybe we should all pitch in and purchase a guitar for Squizzy.

I have the feeling he's got music in his soul, and it's not getting expressed.

We'll have to hurry before Steves all out of bandwidth.:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

Maybe we should all pitch in and purchase a guitar for Squizzy.

I have the feeling he's got music in his soul, and it's not getting expressed.

We'll have to hurry before Steves all out of bandwidth.:bouncegri

Steve Frazier or Steve Earl??:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

Steve Frazier or Steve Earl??:bouncegri

Either.

Steve Earl?? From "copperhead road", and the warning not to go, or Steve Earl from the "Afgan Whigs"??

[Jeff D.]

I have an old beat up 70's Harmony H90D (a Les Paul copy) I could mail you, but you'de need to get an amp.

[Squizzy246B]

My kids like to listen to Copperhead Road, Queen, AC/DC, Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly, Dire Straits, Mozart & Vivaldi, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Billy Joel and bloke you wont have heard of called John Williamson.....do you think they are influenced by their parents???:confused:

[Jeff D.]

.....do you think they are influenced by their parents???:confused:

:yup I imagine. I know I listened too the stuff my parents did, when I was a kid, too.(had no choice) Neil Diamond, The Carpenters, Burt Bacherach(sp?), Simon and Garfunkel.:eek:

I actually like alot of it.

Steve Earle, does he come from down under? After you mentioned him, I recall a "bagpipe" sound in the Copperhead Road song. AC/DC has it too on a couple of their earlier ones(long way to the top), so I thought maybe bagpipes were used down there.

[Squizzy246B]

Steve Earle, does he come from down under?

Nope, he's a good ole boy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Earle

Acca Dacca were formed in Australia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC/DC

The strangled cats (bagpipes) have conquered the world..there everywhere but I really like them in Copperhead Road.

[Jeff D.]

The strangled cats (bagpipes).............I really like them in Copperhead Road.

:thumbsup Yes, they can improve some songs, if used in moderation.

If you haven't yet, and get a chance, watch a movie called "Spinal Tap". It's a comedy about a band, and it's journey to the big time, and back. I sure thought it was funny.:yup

[Squizzy246B]

Last week no stone..beautiful weather...today, stone arrives and:

I can't stand the rain, against my window
Bringing back, sweet memories
I can't stand the rain, against my window
Cause he ain't here with me

Hey window pane
Tell me, do you remember?
How sweet it used to be

When we were together
Everything was so grand
Now that we parted
There's just one sound
That I just can't stand

I can't stand the rain, against my window
Bringing back, sweet memories
I can't stand the rain, against my window
Cause he ain't here with me

When we were together
Everything was so grand
Now that we parted
There's just one thing
That I just can't stand
I can't stand the rain (I can't stand the rain, I can't stand the rain)

Yep...I like the Tina Turner version

:Banghead :Banghead :Banghead :mad: :mad: :mad: :cussing :cussing :cussing

[Squizzy246B]

Hello!..???? :(

Most users ever online was 427, 05-17-2005 at 03:38 PM.
Squizzy246B

[Squizzy246B]

Sorry, there are no new threads to view.

:eek: :confused: :crying :crying

[Jeff D.]

I can't stand the rain (I can't stand the rain, I can't stand the rain)


If you don't like something just come out and tell us Squizzy, don't beat around the bush!!:rolleyes:

[digger242j]

:crying

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me.

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

BTW, right now here it's 74 degrees F, humidity 56%, partly cloudy and the visibility is 10 miles or better.... ***

:wink2

[farmerted44]

we are on a cooling trend here today...114.
117 yesterday.
our all time high is 122 so we are still calling this mild heat.lol:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

How can you even breath when it's that hot, Farmerted44??

Squizzy, I know you like AC/DC, and bagpipes(strangled cats), so here's one for you based on "Long way to the top (if you wanna rock-n-roll):

Long way to the top(if you're building limestone walls)

(verse 1)
Riding down the highway, heading to the site,
can't get in the skid steer, locked the keys in it last night,
get a rock, bust it in,
no more AC, just the wind,
drunken helper, never shows,
I tell ya folks, this job it really blows,

(chorus)
It's a long way to the top, if you're building limestone walls,
It's a long way to the top, if you're building limestone walls,
funny how bills still can make it through,
but we ain't been paid yet, 90 days past due,
It's a long way to the top, if you're building limestone walls.

(verse 2)
Waiting for the rental, when will it get here?
the bucket almost fell off, and it's hard too steer,
start the loading, tires dig,
burns more fuel, what a pig!!
loading slows down, day gets long,
traction control?, "I won't talk about it in this song!!":mad::rolleyes:

(chorus) again,
(then alternate guitar riffs, and squeeze the bag-o-cat's a bit)

(verse 3)
Going on vacation, got the family in the car,
kids won't stop their screaming, stop to see an old Hart-Parr,
On a budget, campings cheap,
freeze your arse off, too cold to sleep,
plastic chairs, and folding tent,
Two weeks later, feels like they never went.

(chorus again)(then lead guitar, and a full blown cat strangling)

Enjoy Squizzy!!:bouncegri

[dayexco]

JeffD, you spent too much time in baudette

[Jeff D.]

JeffD, you spent too much time in baudette

Baudette Mn., up by Rainy River?? What's up there??

[Orchard Ex]

ROFLMAO!!!
Jeff - you have some real talent! :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Now do "Big Walls"
here's a start -

Chorus
"and he builds big walls,
and she builds big walls,
But Squizzy builds the biggest walls of them all!"

:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

ROFLMAO!!!
Jeff - you have some real talent! :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Maybe it's all that time in Baudette that does it!!:beatsme

[digger242j]

:roll


Jeff--the HEF "poet laureate." :notworthy

(Look it up. It's a good thing...) :wink2

(Here, I know you're too busy to look it up-- I looked it up for you: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poet%20laureate)

Orchard, DON'T encourage him! :nono

:bouncegri

[farmerted44]

hey jeff,
breathe whose got time to breathe???
give me the so called dry heat anytime! it almost killed me working in missisippi @90degrees and 90% humidity......those guys are tough!!!!!!!!

[Jeff D.]

Orchard, DON'T encourage him! :nono

No, I'm done for awhile, two original songs/poems a year is the limit at HEF.

section 56, sub-part 111, of HEF official forum rules
"Rule 89: No more than two songs, or poems, of original nature may be posted by any memeber, or member affiliate, in any one calendar year"

I already had the "Toga" one on another thread, so........... Orchard will have too make that "Big Walls" song up himself. Sounds like he's already a good start too it.:thumbsup

Besides, I'm always rattling Squizzy's cage, and that's not right............. Others should get a whack at him too!!:bouncegri
it almost killed me working in missisippi @90degrees and 90% humidity......
Farmerted, around here lately it's been high 80's low 90's, humitity around 75%. Me no like it!!:spaz

[digger242j]

section 56, sub-part 111, of HEF official forum rules
"Rule 89: No more than two songs, or poems, of original nature may be posted by any memeber, or member affiliate, in any one calendar year"

Yeah, but it wasn't "original"--it was a parody. Feel free to compose more.

No. Wait! I'm sure that's not what I meant to say... :eek:

[Squizzy246B]

I'll have to get back to this::eek:

[Jeff D.]

I'll have to get back to this::eek:

No,no.........there'll be no more!! Not if you didn't see the humor in the first one.

How's that saying go "You can beat an old dog with a new stick, but you can't make him drink."........er, something like that.:rolleyes:

[digger242j]

Not that it has anything to do with anything , but since we're having this nice little sing-along in this tread, here's one of my favorites. It's a pretty obscure one, by Chris Rea: "Working on it". Some days it just seems like the song of the day...



Oh how i'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh this job, it's got the best of me
Tell you why, tell you why

Somebody above is in a desperate state
Some kind of urgency, the kind that won't wait
I say tomorrow, he say today
And the man in my head well he tell me no way
Keep working
I got eight little fingers and only two thumbs
Will you leave me in peace while i get the work done
Can't you see i'm working
Oh, oh i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working on it

Well they're coming from above me
And they're coming from below
Yea they're in there right behind me
Everywhere that i go
And my buddy, he's screaming down the telephone line
He say gimme, gimme, gimme
I say i ain't got the time
Oh, oh can't you see i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working on it
Yea, yea, oh tell 'em

How i'd love it girl, just you and me
Take the day and fly
But oh, this job it's got the best of me
Tell you why

Well they're coming from above me
And they're coming from below
Yea they're in there right behind me
Everywhere that i go
My buddy, he's screaming down the telephone line
He say gimme, gimme, gimme
I say i ain't got the time
Oh, oh can't you see i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working on it
Oh, oh i'm working
Oh, oh can't you see i'm working on it

[Squizzy246B]

I think you guys need some Slim Dusty

[Jeff D.]

I think you guys need some Slim Dusty

That a name I haven't heard yet!

Must be a country singer with a name like "Slim Dusty".

[Squizzy246B]

That a name I haven't heard yet!

Must be a country singer with a name like "Slim Dusty".


http://www.slimdusty.com.au/

[Squizzy246B]

Geez...bit quiet on the forum today:confused: :) Anybody???:rolleyes:

[farmerted44]

hey squizzy,
you aint goin to let this thread die are you!!!!!!!

[Steve Frazier]

It ain't Friday!!

[Squizzy246B]

hey squizzy,
you aint goin to let this thread die are you!!!!!!!

Nope:bouncegri

It ain't Friday!!

But it's raining and paperwork bores me to tears:crying

[Jeff D.]

OK Squizzy, it's 7:06pm Thursday here. If Australia's 12 hrs ahead, it's Friday there. Where are you??

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[Steve Frazier]

Just waking up?

[Dwan Hall]

How many time zones are there down under? I got a little over 5 1/2 hours to go till Friday but it is raining so I may start early.

[Jeff D.]

Since Australia's to our west(from the Greenwich meridian) I would've thought it was behind us in time, ie earlier Thurs than us.

But the "International Date Line" cuts up through the Pacific, so that must be why I'm screwed up in my thinking, and it's ahead of us in the day of the week??:beatsme

Might as well start early if it's raining Dwan!!:thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

Since Australia's to our west(from the Greenwich meridian) I would've thought it was behind us in time, ie earlier Thurs than us.

But the "International Date Line" cuts up through the Pacific, so that must be why I'm screwed up in my thinking, and it's ahead of us in the day of the week??:beatsme

Might as well start early if it's raining Dwan!

Jeff, calm down...you'll burst a blood vessel in that thing on your shoulders. Just remember...we are a day in front....and it will always be that way.:rolleyes:

I poured concrete this morning and it hasn't rained yet so its nothing short of a miracle....getting real black out west though:eek:

and...I'm not buried in paperwork for a change

DTG Zulu 1648 Local GMT+8Hrs Aus has three time zones as opposed to the zones in that thing on top of Jeff's shoulders:eek: :bouncegri :bouncegri ...to boldly go where no man has gone before.. I remember a song in "Topgun"...wasn't it "Highway to the Danger Zone" so that was really about you Jeff??:rolleyes: :bouncegri I imagine thats what you play when your behind the wheel of your truck:eek:

I just thought I'd change this to the pay out on Jeff thread but we luv's ya mate:)

[digger242j]

Jeff thinks the "International Date Line" is a 1-900 number you call to pick up chicks from different countries... :laugh

[Jeff D.]

Jeff, calm down...you'll burst a blood vessel in that thing on your shoulders. Just remember...we are a day in front....and it will always be that way.
Even on backwards day?? I don't think so!:spaz

Jeff thinks the "International Date Line" is a 1-900 number you call to pick up chicks from different countries...
Um............no I don't!!

But if I did think it was that, what would I think the rest of that phone # would be??:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

Even on backwards day?? I don't think so!:spaz


Um............no I don't!!

But if I did think it was that, what would I think the rest of that phone # would be??:bouncegri

My mistake..I forgot...Truck drivers are not like Topgun...they are more like Groundhog Day:bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

My mistake..I forgot...Truck drivers are not like Topgun...they are more like Groundhog Day:bouncegri :bouncegri :bouncegri

Hey.........If I have to write another Squizzy song I'll do it!!:nono

I don't want too, but I will.:yup

That seems to quiet you down for a short time atleast.

Maybe a take on a Glen Campbell song. Rhinestone.......er, Limestone Cowboy

Yeah!!:thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

Hey.........If I have to write another Squizzy song I'll do it!!:nono

I don't want too, but I will.:yup

That seems to quiet you down for a short time atleast.

Maybe a take on a Glen Campbell song. Rhinestone.......er, Limestone Cowboy

Yeah!!:thumbsup

I was having dinner....GroundHog Burgers:yup ....err....well maybe with a bit of Skippy too.

[Jeff D.]

...well maybe with a bit of Skippy too.

Skippy? Peanut butter?

Groundhog and peanut butter??:eek:

It's no wonder you guys have a fondness for these: http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/Forum/showpost.php?p=11836&postcount=15

[Squizzy246B]

Bob Seger Fans:thumbsup

Just take those old tracks off the shelf
I'll sit and fit them by myself
Today's Machines ain 't got the same soul
I like that old Iron rock 'n' roll

Don't try to take me to an expo
You'll never even get me into the cab
I’d rather be laid on a slab
I like that old Iron rock'n' roll

Still like that old machine rock'n' roll
That kind of traction just soothes the soul

I reminisce about the days of old
With that old Iron rock 'n' roll
Won't play that new computer fango
I'd rather hear growling diesel soul
There's only one sure way to get me to go
Start playing old Iron rock 'n' roll

Call me a relic, call me what you will
Say I'm old-fashioned, say I'm over the hill
Today's machines ain't got the same soul
I like that old Iron rock 'n' roll

Still like that old iron rock'n' roll
That kind of power just soothes the soul
I reminisce about the days of old
With that old Iron rock 'n' roll

[digger242j]

:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy




(I'm speechless. Anything I could say would simply not do justice...) :thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy




(I'm speechless. Anything I could say would simply not do justice...) :thumbsup

Well it is actually Friday here....:yup

[Squizzy246B]

Here's an unadulterated one for those poor Trucking souls out there, its Slim Dusty as mentioned prev:

OH YES IT'S A LONG STRAIGHT ROAD AND THE ENGINE IS DEEP
I CAN'T HELP THINKING OF A GOOD NIGHTS SLEEP
AND THE LONG LONG ROADS OF MY LIFE ARE A CALLIN' ME
THESE ROUGH OL' HANDS ARE GLUED TO THE WHEEL
MY EYES FULL OF SAND FROM THE WAY THEY FEEL
AND THE LIGHTS COMIN' OVER THE HILL ARE A BLINDIN' ME

IT'S A LONG TOUGH HAUL FROM A WAY DOWN SOUTH
A MANS GOTTA FIND A LITTLE BREAD FOR HIS MOUTH
AND A HOME FOR A GIRL AS SWEET AS MY HONEY CAN BE
SO IT'S DOWN THROUGH THE GEARS SHE'S A STARTIN' TO PULL
THE GAUGE ON THE TANK IS SHOWIN' NEAR FULL
AND THE LIGHTS COMIN' OVER THE HILL ARE A BLINDIN' ME

THERE'S RAIN ON THE ROAD I CAN FEEL THE LOAD START A SHIFTIN' IN A DANCE
TOO LATE I SEE THE POST AND I HAVEN'T GOT A GHOST OF A CHANCE, OH OH OH NO!

THE WINDSCREEN WIPERS ARE A BEATIN' IN TIME
THE SONG THEY SING IS A PART OF MY MIND
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S A REALLY HPENING TO ME
OH BUT I'M OVER THE EDGE AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINSIDE
I KNOW THEY'LL TELL ABOUT THE NIGHT I DIED
IN THE RAIN WHEN THE LIGHTS ON THE HILL WERE A BLINDIN' ME, HEY!

THERE'S RAIN ON THE ROAD I CAN FEEL THE LOAD START A SHIFTIN IN A DANCE
TOO LATE I SEE THE POST AND I HAVEN'T GOT A GHOST OF A CHANCE, OH OH OH NO

THE WIND SCREEN WIPERS ARE A BEATIN' IN TIME
THE SONG THEY SING IS A PART OF MY MIND
AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S A REALLY HAPPENIN' TO ME
OH BUT I'M OVER THE EDGE AND DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDE
I KNOW THEY'LL TELL ABOUT THE NIGHT I DIED
IN THE RAIN WHEN THE LIGHTS ON THE HILL WERE A BLINDIN' ME
IN THE RAIN WHEN THE LIGHTS ON THE HILL WERE A BLINDIN' ME

[digger242j]

:) Well, gee, as long as we're killing truck drivers, here's Harry Chapin singing about 30,000 pounds of bananas:

It was just after dark when the truck started down
the hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania.
Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Carrying thirty thousand pounds (hit it Big John) of bananas.

He was a young driver,
just out on his second job.
And he was carrying the next day's pasty fruits
for everyone in that coal-scarred city
where children play without despair
in backyard slag-piles and folks manage to eat each day
about thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes, just about thirty thousand pounds (scream it again, John) .

He passed a sign that he should have seen,
saying "shift to low gear, a fifty dollar fine my friend."
He was thinking perhaps about the warm-breathed woman
who was waiting at the journey's end.
He started down the two mile drop,
the curving road that wound from the top of the hill.
He was pushing on through the shortening miles that ran down to the depot.
Just a few more miles to go,
then he'd go home and have her ease his long, cramped day away.
and the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes the smell of thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

He was picking speed as the city spread its twinkling lights below him.
But he paid no heed as the shivering thoughts of the nights
delights went through him.
His foot nudged the brakes to slow him down.
But the pedal floored easy without a sound.
He said "Christ!"
It was funny how he had named the only man who could save him now.
He was trapped inside a dead-end hellslide,
riding on his fear-hunched back
was every one of those yellow green
I'm telling you thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes, there were thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

He barely made the sweeping curve that led into the steepest grade.
And he missed the thankful passing bus at ninety miles an hour.
And he said "God, make it a dream!"
as he rode his last ride down.
And he said "God, make it a dream!"
as he rode his last ride down.
And he sideswiped nineteen neat parked cars,
clipped off thirteen telephone poles,
hit two houses, bruised eight trees,
and Blue-Crossed seven people.
it was then he lost his head,
not to mention an arm or two before he stopped.
And he smeared for four hundred yards
along the hill that leads into Scranton, Pennsylvania.
All those thirty thousand pounds of bananas.

You know the man who told me about it on the bus,
as it went up the hill out of Scranton, Pennsylvania,
he shrugged his shoulders, he shook his head,
and he said (and this is exactly what he said)
"Boy that sure must've been something.
Just imagine thirty thousand pounds of bananas.
Yes, there were thirty thousand pounds of mashed bananas.
Of bananas. Just bananas. Thirty thousand pounds.
of Bananas. not no driver now. Just bananas!"


Just, to, you know, cheer everybody up...

[Squizzy246B]

Oh alright...here's some real prose for the cowgirls & boys:

Turbulence

Here's a tale of Billy Hays from out near Alice Springs
A wild young fellow, he'd done some crazy things
He'd bucked bulls over fences, rode a colt up Ayrs Rock
See his legs weren't made for walking they were made for riding stock

A legend round the rodeo from Allaroon to Broom
An untired horse at 6am was saddle broke by noon
No form of equine foolery he wasn't game to try
Only one thing ever spooked him,
He was so scared to fly.

Well if I was meant to fly he said
I'd have feathers and a beak,
You fly and waste a day and I'll drive and waste a week
I hear they're safe as houses and mechanically they're sound
But I don't see no rope or bridle so I'm staying on the ground

One day Bill got a call from his mate in Adelaide,
He'd got his girl in trouble and the wedding cards were played
He said, Mate I don't care how you do it you can beg or steel or borrow
But Mate you're gunna have to catch the plane, coz the big day is tomorrow.

Billy cursed and spat it "That dopey bloody coot!
He knows I'll jump on anything that's coming out a chute
I've caught stallions that'd kill you, caught bulls gone off their brain
But I never thought there'd come a day I'd have to catch a plane!"

Bill legged it to the airport and thought "Well this is it"
The lady at the counter asked "Where would you like to sit?"
He said "You know that black box thing they always seem to find
"Well you can stick me right in side it if you wouldn't bloody mind"

She gave a friendly smile and "Sir I'll just take your bag"
He said "I don't bloody think so, 'n by the way it's called a swag."
Bill was sweatin' buckets when they finally cleared the strip
He had his seatbelt on that tight he was bleedin' from the hip

But then they levelled out he stopped shakin at the knees
Looked around , relaxed 'n thought "This flyin' game's a breeze"
We clipped his belt undone, stretched out in his seat
Well he couldn't stretch that much 'cause his swag was at his feet.

Then the captain crackled something, Bill asked the hostess what was said
"Sir you'd better buckle up there's some turbulence ahead:
Turbulence - what's that?" "Sir it's pockets caused by heat
"And when it gets severe it can throw you from your seat."

"Throw me, I'll be buggered," Bill pushed his seat right back,
Wrapped his legs around his swag and stuck his left hand through the strap
He jammed down his Akubra, he was ready now to ride
Then things got pretty bumpy and Billy yelled "Outside!"

The plane she dropped a thousand feet, bounced up five hundred more
When his head hit the roof, his backside hit the floor!
"I've rode all through the Territory and never come unstuck
So give me all you've got big bird - buck you bastard buck!"

And while the passengers were screaming in fear of certain death
Billy whooped and hollered 'til he near ran out of breath
You would' thought that canvas swag was welded to his ass
And before the ringer knew it he's bucked up to business class

There seemed no way to tame this creature, it had ten gears and reverse
But that didn't worry Billy, he just bucked on through to first
He did somersaults with twists on this mongrel mount from hell
He yelled out to the pilot "for Christ sake ring the bell!"

Bill was bleeding from the bugle, he had cuts above both eyes
If you weren't there on the spot ya probably think I'm tellin' lies
He'd been upside down and inside out, done flips and triple spins
Ya might a' seen some great tides in your time but hands down Billy wins

The flight returned to normal, Bill was flat out on the deck
Still stuck to his swag but he looked a bloody wreck
He pulled himself together, stood up straight and raised his hat
He said "I've had some tough trips in me day but never one like that."

"an eight-second spin in Alice proves your made of sturdy stuff
But I was on there a near a minute and I reckon that's enough."
The first class folk were dumbstruck at this crazy ringer's feat
but Bill just grabbed a XXXX beer and walked back to his seat.

Now years have passed and Bill's long give the buckin' game away
Too many breaks and dusty miles for far too little pay
Now plane's are not a worry, in fact he'd rather fly than ride
"N when you talk about his maiden voyage his chest puffs out with pride

"You can talk about your Rocky Neds or that old Chainsaw bloke
I'd ride 'em both without a rope and roll a bloody smoke
There's cowboys 'round who think they're hot, well they aint tasted heat
"Til they've ridden time on Turbulence at 30 3000 feet."

Footnote: an "Akubra" is a stockmans hat and XXXX really is a brand of beer.
"Chainsaw" was/is a legend Australian Rodeo Bull...so named for the subtle manner in which he performed.

[Jeff D.]

Squizzy, I remember seeing a movie about an Australian trucker (played by Stacy Keech(sp?) ) I don't remember much about it though, except he had a dog called a "dingo"? , and drove somekind of a cab-over.

You remember what the name of that one was??

[digger242j]

You must be referring to "Roadgames".

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0083000/

(I have IMDb bookmarked.)

[Jeff D.]

You must be referring to "Roadgames".

Yup, that's the one. I see Jamie Lee Curtis was in it too.

How did that slip my mind, uff-da!!

[digger242j]

I was going to comment on the fact that you remembered Stacy Keach, but didn't remember Jamie Lee Curtis... :rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

I was going to comment on the fact that you remembered Stacy Keach, but didn't remember Jamie Lee Curtis... :rolleyes:

I remembered her from the "Holloween" movie, doesn't that account for something??:yup

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[Jeff D.]

Wholly Cats Squizzy, you're still on here.
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What is that 12hrs of HEF? I went to bed, got up, made coffee, and you're still here!! You musta broken some kind of record.

What happen, did your kids spill superglue on the keyboard??

[Squizzy246B]

Wholly Cats Squizzy, you're still on here.


What is that 12hrs of HEF? I went to bed, got up, made coffee, and you're still here!! You musta broken some kind of record.

What happen, did your kids spill superglue on the keyboard??

No I'm just trying to clean up my office...somewhere under all these overdue bills is some drawings I need tomorrow.:mad:

[Jeff D.]

:eek: Uh-oh, Squizzy never-ever uses the "unhappy head of redness > :mad: "

[digger242j]

Well, at least it wasn't directed at any of us. We're the bright spot in his otherwise dreary days... :yup

[Dwan Hall]

Did we just go through a friday and no one is picking on anyone? Beer must have been free.

[Squizzy246B]

Did we just go through a friday and no one is picking on anyone? Beer must have been free.

I was feeling a bit melancholy last night...and I've been feeling a little bit sorry for Jeff with all the flack he's been copping.....and then I woke up in a sweat and realised it was just a bad dream:D :D

[Jeff D.]

...and I've been feeling a little bit sorry for Jeff with all the flack he's been copping....Don't feel sorry for me Mr. Squizzy. I got it coming anyways, I'm sure.

I've been dishing it out since I've been this forum, so I darn tootin' better be able to take some in return.:yup

I've been busy the last couple-o-days, so that's why I misssed out on this Friday's ritual Squizzy smack-down.

I save up some good stuff for next Friday though!!:thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

I save up some good stuff for next Friday though!!:thumbsup

I wont sleep all week knowing that:spaz

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[Jeff D.]

I saved up some good stuff for next Friday though!!:thumbsupI guess I kinda let you down Mr. Squizzy.

Friday's done come and gone now.:eek:

[Orchard Ex]

Sorry Squizzy,
On Friday I was hanging out while "Ernesto" was adding a skylight to my equipment shed using a Tulip Poplar tree. (And I hadn't even finished it yet...:crying ) Maybe next week.
1909

1910

[Jeff D.]

Aw man!!:confused: That really does suck. Sorry to see all that.

How much damage to your equipment,Orchard??

[Orchard Ex]

Aw man!!:confused: That really does suck. Sorry to see all that.

How much damage to your equipment,Orchard??
Amazingly little. The tree came down between the ROPS and the hoe boom, bent the canopy and scraped up the paint, but everything still works. One of the trusses came down along the side of the Pete so close that it took the chrome off the edge of the mirror, but that's all I've seen damaged so far. I need to clean everything up but - no power so no water - til late today.
2 bays of the barn are toast though.
Could've been a lot worse.
(Insert Monty Python song "Always look on the bright side of life!")
:yup

[Jeff D.]

(Insert Monty Python song "Always look on the bright side of life!"):yupWell, atleast your laughing alittle.:)

Monty Python:thumbsup I learned half my humor from them. Good stuff!

Just don't start singing their "Lumberjack Song" when you pull out the chainsaw and get working on those downed trees.:wink2

[Orchard Ex]

WELLLLLLLLLLL........
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day.....

[Squizzy246B]

He's a lumberjack and he's OK
He sleeps all night and he works all day.......
:bouncegri

[digger242j]

I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
I like to press wild flowers....

Back to you, Jeff, next line...

:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
I like to press wild flowers....

Back to you, Jeff, next line...

:bouncegriUmm............didn't you skip a verse?? I say that cuz I know what the next line is, ans I ain't saying it!!:nono

You'll have to hear them sing it instead.:yup The Lumberjack song (http://www.worldspace.nu/Monty_Pythons_Flying_Circus_--EP09_0109_The_Ant_-_an_Introduction--_Barber_and_The_Lumberjack_Song_avi:watch)

[jmac]

Sorry to hear that Orchard, I hope all turns out well, thank good for insurance. At least no one was hurt. We had very high winds but no damage.
It is all a big test anyways:Banghead

[Dwan Hall]

Lonely friday and nothing ahead but the open road.

[Jeff D.]

And.............it's not raining!!(in the pic)

You said it always rains there, before.:beatsme

Is that just to keep us from wanting to come up there?:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

Oh, and if that was down here Dwan, they'de be building a "Super Walmart" on the top of that knub, so..............

Be thankful!!(it's not down here):rolleyes:

[Dwan Hall]

It is not raining in that picture because that picture is not here.

I got tired of the rain so I took a trip North and 5 days of the 20 I was gone it was nice here in Juneau. Go figure. Now I have customere mad at me for not working when it was nice.

[Jeff D.]

Here ya go Dwan, your stomping grounds. These are from when I was a kid. They're what the Alcan looked like in about 1970.

[Jeff D.]

Another spot you've probly been too.

And the second is in 1992. They still weren't done with it!!:eek:

[Squizzy246B]

Must have been a real bad Friday if you guys ended up going through Jeff's old photo album:wink2 :rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

Must have been a real bad Friday if you guys ended up going through Jeff's old photo album:wink2 :rolleyes:Well...........where were you? For alittle bit I thought Dwan might be filling in for you, but we only got one pic, and a couple of posts out of him, and then he quit.:beatsme

I have lot's more photo's than that though.............Don't make me use them:nono

Here's one of me helping build the Alcan(I didn't really) I'm operating (hasn't run in years) an old shovel (maybe crane), and I'm loading trucks(only in my head)BRRrrrrrrrmm...........:rolleyes:

[Dwan Hall]

Well...........where were you? For alittle bit I thought Dwan might be filling in for you,

I could never fill his shoes,

I have a few pictures of the sign park and the old equipment there but it does not show me operating an of it.
The first time I was there was back in the late 70's and the last time was last year.
Watson Lake still roles up the sidewalk at 9:PM and if you need gas after that you must use there card lock system of wate till 7:AM when the first sign of life in that town.

[Jeff D.]

How far north did you get on your vacation, Dwan?

Is the Alcan all tar yet, or is there still long dirt stretch's?

[Dwan Hall]

How far north did you get on your vacation, Dwan?

Is the Alcan all tar yet, or is there still long dirt stretch's?

about 60 miles up the haul road above Fairbanks is as far as we got this time.

There was about 2 miles of construction north of Haines junction that was under repair. I posted a few pictures of the off road trucks last week. and a few shorter streches of gravel but otherwise the roads were great shape.. I think there was less then 5 miles of gravel total this trip in a little under 3000 miles.

This is what most of the construction looked like. They are putting in a new bridge deck.

[Dwan Hall]

And I found a new old grader to rebuild. anyone out there help me find parts?

[Dwan Hall]

This was the worst strech of road durning the 3 weeks up north. and it was not bad at all.

[Dwan Hall]

And my wife decided she wanted a stuffed teddy bear or a stuffed Moose? she couldn't make up her mind. so we decided to wait till next trip.


And the collors along the highway this time of year are great.

[Jeff D.]

And I found a new old grader to rebuild. anyone out there help me find parts?There was some old "spare" parts sitting next too this shovel, could see if any of them would fit.:beatsme

What you did is what I'd just love too do. Get a big RV, with about two months off, and head up to Fairbanks, or maybe further north if the road was good. Next go through Denali, down too Homer and Seward, and then back home.

Isn't that Alaska's new motto too? "Come too Alaska before you're dead!" I seriously thought I heard that it was too!:bouncegri

I'll get back up there some day, dang it.

[Jeff D.]

Here's a stuffed Bear for your wife. It was on dispaly at the U of A / Fairbanks.

Imagine meeting that thing in the woods?!:eek: :crying

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[Squizzy246B]

Squizzy Junior is well aware that Dad started life as a Boilermaker Welder and sometimes likes to try and fill my boots: Note all the appropriate welding safety equipment:rolleyes: Beware the red eyed alien!

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Thats it...you guys are for it now:D

See below rare and dangerous killer dragon lizard from recent holidays. These things will get up to at least 6" long and eat about 25 APM (ants per minute) and less for flies.

[Squizzy246B]

Also happened to run across Digger out for a drive:

[digger242j]

<sigh> I asked you NOT to post that. Now everyone will recognize me...

:Banghead


:)

On edit: I do have to say though, Jeff is a helluva guy for loaning me his truck to drive all the way across the Pacific Ocean. :thumbsup

[Squizzy246B]

<sigh> I asked you NOT to post that. Now everyone will recognize me...

:Banghead


:)

On edit: I do have to say though, Jeff is a helluva guy for loaning me his truck to drive all the way across the Pacific Ocean. :thumbsup

I apologise for not getting your best side :rolleyes: sorry about that and it wont happen again......welll....much:D

[Squizzy246B]

Hope some of you can read this

[Jeff D.]

I do have to say though, Jeff is a helluva guy for loaning me his truck to drive all the way across the Pacific Ocean. :thumbsupHey, ain't no thang'. I thought it would be easier for you, the scarecrow, cowardly lion, and Dorathy to get around in the land of Oz with a set of wheels.:yup

[Squizzy246B]

Hey, ain't no thang'. I thought it would be easier for you, the scarecrow, cowardly lion, and Dorathy to get around in the land of Oz with a set of wheels.:yup

I'll pay that one:thumbsup :yup

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So, where's Squizzy when I'm here all alone? :crying

[Squizzy246B]

sorry bout that...I was having Pizza with the family:)

[Squizzy246B]

and leave me alone...its Sunday night...StarTrek...followed by the Da Vinci Code and a couple of Quotes....:Banghead

[digger242j]

Couple of quotes? Ok...

First, on the topic of this thread:

"They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts."
Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)


And second, on the topic of this post:

"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever."
Anonymous

:)

[tylermckee]

http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Cadburys_Fruit_&_Nut_400g.jpg

Anyone else love these? Its like 3.5oz of heaven

[Squizzy246B]

"They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts."
Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)

Ok..but I am accompanied by.....other??? thoughts...well...err...more like voices??

And second, on the topic of this post:

"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever."
Anonymous

Well I once said "All good work is an uphill battle...and S**t rolls downhills":bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

http://www.britsuperstore.com/acatalog/Cadburys_Fruit_&_Nut_400g.jpg

Anyone else love these? Its like 3.5oz of heaven

Well I'm a white chocolate man..on occaision but I sense an underlying aspersion on my moral character here...so if Digger is the fruit...then I must be......

[tylermckee]

I think my family and i were standing at the bottom of that hill last week. Want to hear is a pretty screwy story. On Thursday my mom stops by my work ant tells me my grandma passed away, so i tell the boss im taking the day off and head home. Later that day i hear on the news that the fishing vessel Ocean Challenger sank outside of Kodiak Alaska, im thinking crap another one on the same day, as my dad owns the boat. I finally get ahold of him later that night and he wasnt on the boat, but 3 other people died and only one person lived. It was blowing 50 and 30 foot seas, boat shouldnt have rolled in those conditions but it did, went down in 5 minutes. Then ontop of that my dad gets a call from my aunt saying that her dog died! :eek:

[Squizzy246B]

Yep, that sure is a crappy week. I'm very sorry to hear about your Grandma. The boat...I spent some years at sea..things will happen that shouldn't and the sea is unforgiving. Sometimes it never rains it just pours. I thought I was having a bad week when we came back from holidays and our family dog had been hit by a car...dislocated hip, $4,500 at the vets but that all appears pretty minor to your week.

Good Luck and keep smiling as you battle up the hill.

[digger242j]

That must have been a tough week, Tyler. I'm sorry to hear about all of it. That's the sort of thing that puts all the rest of life's trivial problems into perspective.

[digger242j]

Well I'm a white chocolate man..on occaision but I sense an underlying aspersion on my moral character here...so if Digger is the fruit...then I must be......


And who says you get to choose who's the fruit and who's the nut? I wanna be the nut! :cussing

[tylermckee]

And who says you get to choose who's the fruit and who's the nut? I wanna be the nut! :cussing

Well from what ive always been told, white chocolate is more of a womans treat, so maybe you can be the nut after all :thumbsup

[Jeff D.]

I think my family and i were standing at the bottom of that hill last week. Want to hear is a pretty screwy story. On Thursday my mom stops by my work ant tells me my grandma passed away, so i tell the boss im taking the day off and head home. Later that day i hear on the news that the fishing vessel Ocean Challenger sank outside of Kodiak Alaska, im thinking crap another one on the same day, as my dad owns the boat. I finally get ahold of him later that night and he wasnt on the boat, but 3 other people died and only one person lived. It was blowing 50 and 30 foot seas, boat shouldnt have rolled in those conditions but it did, went down in 5 minutes. Then ontop of that my dad gets a call from my aunt saying that her dog died! :eek:I'm sorry to hear about your Grandma passing Tyler, and also for those on the boat.

[Electra_Glide]

Tyler,

Sorry for you loss.

Take care.

Joe

[Squizzy246B]

WhoooHoo!...Friday rolls around again:yup

[digger242j]

WhoooHoo!...Friday rolls around again:yup

Yeah, it does that every week at about this time... :yup

[Squizzy246B]

Yeah, it does that every week at about this time... :yup

Yup.."she" is at the scrapbooking thingy and the kids and I are eating unhealthy food and watching Garfield DVD's...sigh...the kids could have at least picked "Who framed Roger Rabbit" or something...still, its better than watching Monsters Inc...AGAIN!

[Jeff D.]

Hey, maybe the kids will let you stay up late while moms gone?!

And good job getting Digger too show up, even if was for only one post.:thumbsup

[Dwan Hall]

It is friday and not raining. my it sure looks nice outside. Maybe I can get something done today. what? 17 F. There is a cool one for ya.

[Squizzy246B]

It is friday and not raining. my it sure looks nice outside. Maybe I can get something done today. what? 17 F. There is a cool one for ya.

Crikey!..our overnight minimum is not even as low as that.

Hey, maybe the kids will let you stay up late while moms gone?!

And good job getting Digger too show up, even if was for only one post.

Naww...Dad was asleep on the couch by 9.30:o

and you have to keep those Super Moderators on their toes ya know:rolleyes:

[Squizzy246B]

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Squizzy246B

Sigh..Friday again...all alone on HEF :crying

Went to work today full of plans for the days setting up for next week. First thing was stepped off truck bed onto a stack of pallets...but they weren't stacked straight so I went a**e over teacup head first down the side of the truck with one leg still hanging up over the drop side. I pulled a lot of muscles..hamstring is not good, wrist just about snapped, bashed my head on a pallet followed by a 22.5" Yokohama. No much blood..I can still walk...Labourer is trying not to laugh.

So off we go to the jobsite setting up for the :cussing :cussing :cussing wall I have to re-build because people are more interested in getting home early on Fridays and vertical doesn't really mean vertical does it ??:Banghead :Banghead . I go to climb down the wall with a profile in my hand but the stay butterfly is not tight so when the profile hits the ground the stay swings around and bashes me in the head...this time there is blood everywhere and I'm really getting :mad: and the air is turning blue for the :cussing

I get cleaned up and we decide to do something where I wont kill or maim myself. The labourer is by this stage becoming anatomically disfunctional on account of he's gunna bust something trying not to laugh at me...but hes holding it back well cause he knows I can still get him with a shovel.
Anyway, we decide to put up the scaffolding for the parapet wall. I went to knock a glut under one of the stands with a small sledge hammer and completley miss and smash my fingers on the frame...only two nails have gone black so far...but it was at the point that I bashed my fingers that I stood up and bashed my already bleeding head on the scaffold planking which..in this case, happens to be steel.

The labourer is considering running away at this stage on account of he thinks there is a lot of tools around which could become missiles and I still have at least one working arm!

On arrival at home SWMBO looks my battered, bruised and bleeding body up and down then says (matter-o-fact like) "Had a nice day at work dear?"
After a hot bath, antiseptic and elostoplast and stiff whiskey I'm considering its a good thing they don't give out free shotguns with new excavators down here because I'd have to spend the whole weekend fixing all my equipment and burying my best labourer.

So..if your having a bad day..just relax and smile because somewhere in this world somebody is having a crappier one.

Fridays...Bah Humbug!

[Dusty]

ouch and that sucks all at the same time :thumbsup
had them days and know what u r talking about

[Dwan Hall]

Someday you will learn, NO WORK ON FRIDAY

[Jeff D.]

I had a good day too Squizzy. When I arrived a my store to deliver my load, I hooked to the empty trailer, pulled it out, and check to make sure it was empty.

It wasn't, the store left the roller track system for unloading the trailer in the trailer. While I was backing back into the dock to unload it I noticed the truck seemed like it started working harder to back up. I pushed in the clutch, and it rolled forward abit(a bad sign):eek:

I jumped out to see "wut up", and here the track system (which is on wheels) had rolled out of the trailer onto the pavement and I was squishing it between the building and the ICC bumper.:crying

It was totally ruined. I don't know how much it's gonna cost, but they're gonna have fun unloading the trailers by hand till they get a new one delivered.:Banghead

[Squizzy246B]

Yep, when Digger finished with his Squizzy Voodoo doll he must have stuck a needle in his model Jeff truck.

I'd better lay off the Diggers thread....umm.....Naww

BTW: Have they invented replacement ankles yet???

[jmac]

Sqiuzzy, sounds like a day to quit at lunch and hit your favorite tavern.

[Squizzy246B]

Sqiuzzy, sounds like a day to quit at lunch and hit your favorite tavern.

That would have been the sensible thing to do...I could have come home fully drunk and only half beaten up!

[Squizzy246B]

A better Friday.

Seen my new Yanmar Integrated Tool Carrier?? :D. This what happens when you get your skid stuck at the bottom of a hill and you tell your labourer to put as many tools on the mini as he can:eek: .

[Jeff D.]

A better Friday.

Seen my new Yanmar Integrated Tool Carrier?? :D. This what happens when you get your skid stuck at the bottom of a hill and you tell your labourer to put as many tools on the mini as he can:eek: .Uh-oh!! Sounds like someones gonna be shopping for some over the tire tracks, maybe?!:yup

Did your hired hand make sure to put your lunch pale in the bucket before all the shovels/heavier items went in?:rolleyes:

[Squizzy246B]

Uh-oh!! Sounds like someones gonna be shopping for some over the tire tracks, maybe?!:yup

Did your hired hand make sure to put your lunch pale in the bucket before all the shovels/heavier items went in?:rolleyes:

Jeff: not OTT, we have ASV our for a demo on this site..awesome but more about that in another thread soon.

If you look closely you can see that black box of the laser next to the white bucket..my brew gear is under that I think.:rolleyes: He liked the mixer on the blade and wanted to know where he could plug into the hydraulics:spaz

[Jeff D.]

Digger is it Friday yet, cuz you have reason too celebrate!!:yup

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[Squizzy246B]

We roll up today to dig a strip footing, pour and generally get ready to do a front feature wall for a new house on a rural property. The unfunny thing is the old fence is still there and the grass has not been cut out, levelled and compacted etc etc. I could have done all this myself but the Builder (GC) has his own guys, Bobcat, truck and compactor so its his call. They turn up an hour late and start work...I'm fuming cause I told the builder on Monday that I had ordered the agitator trucks for 10am:mad: .

Anyway, we get on with it because there is no point whining. I put back the trucks to midday, which always makes you popular with the scheduler. Eventually the concrete trucks coming up the road when I look in the truck for the floats and remember my eager beaver labourer took them out at the shed the previous day:Banghead I send him off in the loaner truck we currently have until my little dumper arrives...if it ever does (Santa Please).

Anyway, first agitator arrives and hes a nice bloke, we run the chute while he drives along and he does a great job. Second truck arrives and I have got say this guy really not do the truck drivers cause much good. He backs up and runs over one of my line pegs, gets the chute setup and operates the remote control so that 1/2 a metre of concrete goes nowhere near its supposed to. I say "its alright mate..we didn't really want it in the trench":rolleyes: Anyway he can't seem to drive the truck parrallel to the trench and run the agitator so we do it in stops and starts and he very nearly goes overtime (which is then going to cost me $1.76 per minute thereafter). He says "see you next time" and I'm thinking there is plenty of other concrete companies around for next time.

In the middle of all this my eager beaver labourer calls up to say the clutch in the loaner truck has crapped itself but he has 4th gear and reverse sometime:spaz :spaz ....I'm thinking why oh why did I go for a concrete pour on Friday??. Its hot as hell, dusty and there is a million flys to keep us company. The pour is going off like a three week old raw prawn when the builder wheels into the driveway in his 4x4 and runs over my level:Banghead :Banghead

On the drive home (in 4th gear) we got beer and I contemplated cancelling fridays and just starting the week on Sunday.:rolleyes:

[Steve Frazier]

We roll up today to dig a strip footing, pour and generally get ready to do a front feature wall for a new house on a rural property. The unfunny thing is the old fence is still there and the grass has not been cut out, levelled and compacted etc etc. I could have done all this myself but the Builder (GC) has his own guys, Bobcat, truck and compactor so its his call. They turn up an hour late and start work...I'm fuming cause I told the builder on Monday that I had ordered the agitator trucks for 10am .

That's why I won't bid jobs involving other contractors or the homeowner. I either do it start to finish or I don't do it. I can't afford the wasted time, nor guarantee a job where others have done a portion of it.

[Squizzy246B]

Well the poured footing worked out OK and its generally been a good job....can't go wrong...us out in the middle of a field with 7 cows, 9 horses and 40 million flies:Banghead ...rain or 95 deg...no problem...Friday came and is almost gone without me shedding any blood:eek:

Got home about 4ish...well in time to drop the truck and mini-ex off before going to the Hardware for chrissy drinks and a bar-b-Q.....only thing is I managed to take out the power lines into our house when reversing the truck in the drive.:Banghead

Now this loaner truck is on 17.5" rubber and my Yanmar is lower than the Kubota 161 which has been reversed up my drive about 220 times...on the single axle Mitsubishi which is on 22.5" rubber....:confused: :confused: ..anyway."procrastinating"...I got the lines and blacked out the house...no point putting lipstick on the pig...I screwed up big time.

So...being a true red-bloodeed aussie male I called the power company...organised the repairs and shot through to the hardware for drinkies. I came home several hours later much the merrier only to find the house in darkness....a manilift turned up awhile later and we are now back on the grid. I can't really see what the problem was but...Women though...see the necessity to make us males pay for our sins...apparently consumation of the wedding nuptials is off the menu for awhile:confused: :eek: :o :o

[digger242j]

There is momentary carelessness, and there is gross stupidity. I don't know which of those was at play as you took down your power line, but leaving the missus at home in the dark while you went out for a few cold ones is evidence of a death wish! :Pointhead

(About your "lipstick on a pig" reference, and the activities that go along with marital bliss--the pig might be your only option for a while. I hope you can find a shade you like...)

:yup

[Countryboy]

Sounds like the powerline was the least of your problems.:D

[Jeff D.]

I had a neighbor stop by the house one winter day just after I got home from trucking. I thought it was odd that he stopped by, he doesn't stop by often. After some idle chit chat he says "Do you know you just pulled down the line from the pole to my house with your truck?"

I said "No!!". He say's "It's no big deal, I called and they're on their way out too fix it now. I just wanted to let you know."

I knew I wasn't normally missing them by much, but the frost and the snow build up on the road must have taken out the extra clearance. My trailer is 13'6", but I thought by law the lines were all supose to be higher than that for just this reason.:beatsme

No-one contacted me about trying to get me to pay for it later, so............??

Squizzy, what that about getting drinks at the "Hardware"? Is your fav-o-rite watering hole named "The Hardware Store", just so guys can say "Honey, I'm going to the Hardware Store" and not be lying??:bouncegri

Also, if she says something like "All he cares about is going to the bar and getting drunk!!" really loud for everyone to hear, especially at a get together with her mom there, you might want to pay attention. It's not far from there to singlesville.........trust me!!:nono :rolleyes:

[Countryboy]

How did you like singlesville Jeff? I've been there a couple of times and found it to be nice and quiet.:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

How did you like singlesville Jeff? I've been there a couple of times and found it to be nice and quiet.:bouncegriWell......it has some pluse's, but I really don't enjoy it alot. I know I wasn't always to blame for the problem's, but it took me along time before I finally realized I should've listen alot more than I did. Highsight's 20/20 I guess.

I do regret not having had any kids though. Who knows, maybe there's still time?

I get alot done in the garage now!!:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

I had a neighbor stop by the house one winter day just after I got home from trucking. I thought it was odd that he stopped by, he doesn't stop by often. After some idle chit chat he says "Do you know you just pulled down the line from the pole to my house with your truck?"

I said "No!!". He say's "It's no big deal, I called and they're on their way out too fix it now. I just wanted to let you know."

I knew I wasn't normally missing them by much, but the frost and the snow build up on the road must have taken out the extra clearance. My trailer is 13'6", but I thought by law the lines were all supose to be higher than that for just this reason.:beatsme

Now that makes me feel a whole lot better seeing as we have no snow an ice here:rolleyes:

Squizzy, what that about getting drinks at the "Hardware"? Is your fav-o-rite watering hole named "The Hardware Store", just so guys can say "Honey, I'm going to the Hardware Store" and not be lying??:bouncegri

Also, if she says something like "All he cares about is going to the bar and getting drunk!!" really loud for everyone to hear, especially at a get together with her mom there, you might want to pay attention. It's not far from there to singlesville.........trust me!!:nono :rolleyes:

We have various code names for the Hardware:naughty for those male to male conversations when there is a female present :D

She can't complain too much about me....I rarely drink more than a couple of beers after a hot days work......Scotch occaisionally in winter time. She'll just make me pay in one of those ways that the female of the species does...memories like elephants I tell ya:wink2

[Squizzy246B]

Well......it has some pluse's,
I get alot done in the garage now!!:bouncegri

Yep, an he doesn't have to face the music after tearing down the power lines. And anyway...Jeff is not alone...he has all us guys:yup

and the occaisional Stalker:rolleyes: :bouncegri :bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

Well, it wasn't a Friday it was a Monday this time. LV (415 Volt) power cables inside the boundary that the "Dial-Before-You-Dig" said they were outside:mad: I'm not having a good run latley...Oh well...first time for everything.

Can't be cranky...I'm off with the family on holidays. Ya..Allll (still haven't got the Yank accent right) have a very nice christmas now, be safe on the roads and be back on HEF in the new year:thumbsup .

Thanks for the forum Steve...its the best.

Best wishes from Down Under....and I thought I'd leave you guys with a good Aussie christmas carol:

In australia, christmas comes in the middle of a very hot summer
so when santa claus delivers his presents
he's not taken around by reindeer because
they can't stand the terrible heat

he's taken around by six big, white, old man kangaroos
called the six white boomers

early on one christmas day
a joey kangaroo
was far from home and lost
in a great, big zoo

mommy....where's my mommy?
they've taken her away

we'll help you find your mommy, son
hop up on the sleigh

so up inside the bag of toys
little joey hopped
but they hadn't gone far when santa stopped
unharnessed all the reindeer
and joey wondered why
then he heard a far off booming in the sky

(boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom)

[chorus]
six white boomers
snow white boomers
racing santa claus through the blazing sun
six white boomers
snow white boomers
on his australian run

pretty soon old santa began to feel the heat
took his fur-lined boots off to cool his feet
into one popped joey
feelin' quite okay
while those old man kangaroos kept pullin' on the sleigh
hey!

[chorus]

then joey said to santa, "santa, what about the toys?
aren't you giving some to these girls and boys?"

"well, they've all had their presents, sonny
we were here last night
this trip is an extra trip
joey's special flight

[chorus]

soon the sleigh was flashing past
right over marble bah
"slow down there!" cried santa
"it can't be far
hop up on my lap here, son
and have a look around"
"there, there she is!
that's mommy! bounding up and down!"

[chorus]

well, that's the bestest christmas treat
that joey ever had
curled up in mother's pouch feeling snug and glad
the last they saw was santa heading northwards from the sun
the only year the boomers worked a double run

[chorus]

[Jeff D.]

Well, it wasn't a Friday it was a Monday this time. LV (415 Volt) power cables inside the boundary that the "Dial-Before-You-Dig" said they were outside:mad: I'm not having a good run latley...Oh well...first time for everything.So we'll have to wait to "Hear the rest of the story" ????:crying

I'm off with the family on holidays. Ya..Allll (still haven't got the Yank accent right) have a very nice christmas now, be safe on the roads and be back on HEF in the new year:thumbsup .You be doing the same Mr. Squizzy.:yup

[Countryboy]

Well since the original Lonely Friday posterboy :D is not here to grace us with his presence and continue on with the tradition of posting on Friday, I will pick up the slack with a few farewell words before the holidays.

HUH...HMM...

Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope that everyone gets what they asked for from Santa. :yup


I also wanted to say Thank You to Steve, Digger and everyone else who are addicted to this site for giving me a place to talk about one of my passions, Equipment.

Merry Christmas.

2969

[Jeff D.]

I also wanted to say Thank You to Steve, Digger and everyone else who are addicted to this site for giving me a place to talk about one of my passions, Equipment.

Merry Christmas.Oh yeah........well same to you but more of it!!:yup

A guy down the road dressed up his grader with Christmas lights and stuck it in his front yard. I forgot to take a pic, but will tomorrow on my way back home. I thought it would fit in here juuuust perfect.(Note too self, remember bring camera)

[Countryboy]

(Note too self, remember bring camera)

You find out how much time you spend on here when you start leaving yourself reminder notes on the forum. :bouncegri

But yes, the lighted grader would fit in here nicely. :yup

[Jeff D.]

But yes, the lighted grader would fit in here nicely. :yupWell, dang it, the pic came out crappy. I'm pretty sure it's either a camera or a camera operator issue.:rolleyes:

We have 2004F550's lighted equipment holiday pics to get in the mood so it'll be ok.:yup

Merry Christmas everyone!!

[murray83]

I'm guessing a Champion grader?

And Merry Christmas to all and have a SAFE and happy new year

[Jeff D.]

I'm guessing a Champion grader? Nope, it's a Cat. A 120 I think it said on the side.

[murray83]

Ahhh I just noticed the front had a slant to it.

[Dusty]

hope everyone has a good time and be safe

[Squizzy246B]

I just had to check in today to make sure everybody was OK:yup :bouncegri

Merry Christmas:thumbsup

[digger242j]

Merry Christmas, Squizzy. :)

We're looking forward to your return from the holiday break.

[Squizzy246B]

Currently Active Users: 32 (1 members and 31 guests) Squizzy246B

Sunday night and I've been abandoned..:crying can't even get a bite with the Lumberjack song:naughty

I guess I'll just have to do that paperwork I've been putting off all weekend.:rolleyes:

Mind you...I have noticed Jeff D the sneaky little critter has his watsamajiggy thing turned off so we can't see when he is on-line:nono .. that must be so we can't see he spends so much time on HEF:eek:

(that should do the trick)

[Jeff D.]

After reading some posts this morning I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that someone down under dusted of the bottle of brandy and decided to loosen up for the evening?!:yup

I wish I could join in all the fun(honestly), but, I really do have to head out the door for work.:crying

I just gotta "pop some pills" first!:bouncegri Where dey is be at??:wink2
( ^ not really):nono

[Squizzy246B]

Nope..sober as a Judge Judy!:eek:

Just bored:bouncegri

[Jeff D.]

Nope..sober as a Judge Judy!:eek:

Just bored:bouncegriWell, I was almost sure a big bowl of loudmouth soup had to be involved with the "matches" comment to Serv, the "knuckle dragging truckers who eat pills like they're M&M's", and the "Lumberjack" thing all in one sitting.:beatsme Guess not!:rolleyes:

But now I'm back, and where you is?

Not here!!

Hmmm, maybe I'll go over to the "Squizzy's jalopy" thread and see what kinda stink I can raise there!:wink2

"Squizzy's compressionless puddlejumper...........yeah:thumbsup "

[Squizzy246B]

, the "knuckle dragging truckers who eat pills like they're M&M's",

Hey you said it not me:cool:

"Squizzy's compressionless puddlejumper...........yeah:thumbsup "

Steady on...can't you wait a week or two until the sheen has worn offa the deal and the windscreen is dirty.:rolleyes:

Get your motor running....

[Countryboy]

Sunday night and I've been abandoned..:crying can't even get a bite with the Lumberjack song:naughty
You got abandoned for "singing" that Lumberjack song.:nono

Mind you...I have noticed Jeff D the sneaky little critter has his watsamajiggy thing turned off so we can't see when he is on-line:nono .. that must be so we can't see he spends so much time on HEF:eek:

Mine ain't on neither but thats cause the bulb blew. :rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

Here, maybe this'll make Squizzy feel better. See, my names the first one*What's Going On?
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[digger242j]

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Well, It's nice that somebody was here to keep me company this morning. (Since the other guy from Perth obviously had more important things to do...) :rolleyes:


:bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

Well, It's nice that somebody was here to keep me company this morning. (Since the other guy from Perth obviously had more important things to do...) :rolleyes:


:bouncegri

Yep...I got a Bowen massage treatment yesterday and I was sleeping like I haven't slept for years. An crikey..what an odd experience that was...I felt nauseous for awhile...then I was like the jelly man..all wobbly like. Feel good today. My fencing mate came over to borrow a compactor but we got talking excavators an trucks an stuff so of course nothing useful happened.:rolleyes: Just got back in from the dark...loading all the stuff on the truck for tomorrow....sure glad somebody at Yanmar decided to put lights on a mini:cool:

[Jeff D.]

Well, I've been in a crappy mood for a few days, and haven't been around here as much, (as a couple of you have noticed) but I think I now figured out what my problem was.

Suprisingly it had nothing to do with long winter nights (cabin fever), or having too much free time on my hands during my "slow" period, or the fact that I'm a near 40ish balding guy who may have been realizing that my youth will never be regained, and that I'm now on the downhill side of life.

It wasn't any of that.:nono No, it's because I didn't have a Harley to ride.:yup
So I fixed that, and now everything's gonna be mo betta.:thumbsup :rolleyes:
(Cuz I'll never have time to think about all that other stuff being it's a "shovelhead" and will need my constant attention & money:crying :yup )

Now I just need to see if I can change my user name to "Electra Glide"?

I don't think there's anyone using that one, is there??:beatsme :wink2

[Squizzy246B]

Well, I've been in a crappy mood for a few days, and haven't been around here as much, (as a couple of you have noticed) but I think I now figured out what my problem was.

Suprisingly it had nothing to do with long winter nights (cabin fever), or having too much free time on my hands during my "slow" period, or the fact that I'm a near 40ish balding guy who may have been realizing that my youth will never be regained, and that I'm now on the downhill side of life.

It wasn't any of that.:nono No, it's because I didn't have a Harley to ride.:yup
So I fixed that, and now everything's gonna be mo betta.:thumbsup :rolleyes:
(Cuz I'll never have time to think about all that other stuff being it's a "shovelhead" and will need my constant attention & money:crying :yup )

Now I just need to see if I can change my user name to "Electra Glide"?

I don't think there's anyone using that one, is there??:beatsme :wink2

Woo Hooo...The King is back!. Re the Harley thing...don't read the Case thread:nono ..actually...between you and "Overhaulin" on discovery channel...well...I was out doing a quote couple of days ago and the client had a 1970 Ford LTD sitting on the lawn rusting....now..If I could just get my hands on some Foose Wheels...and give that 351 Cleveland a little work over :D

[Electra_Glide]

Now I just need to see if I can change my user name to "Electra Glide"?

I don't think there's anyone using that one, is there??:beatsme :wink2

Jeff,

Be an originator, not an imitator...:nono

You could use "shovelhead", but maybe that one's reserved for Mr. Digger, since he always seems to be talkin' about getting whacked in the head with one...:bouncegri

Congratulations on the scoot. Where's the pics :beatsme ? Since it's a Harley, you can now start walkin' around with your nose stuck up in the air, actin' like you're better than everyone else, since you own one. You know, kind of like all those Pete drivers...:roll .

As far as the 40ish thing, don't sweat it. I'm just on the other side of 40 (41 this month...:eek: ), getting fatter by the day, and not terribly good looking, but I still got my hair :thumbsup, and I figure that my best days are still in front of me.

Take care and be safe...

Joe

[Orchard Ex]

Since the subject of Harley's and Pete's has been opened:
The National Geographic Channel has a series called "Ultimate Factories". On Sunday the 28th at 8, 9 and 10 they are showing; Harley Davidson, Budweiser and Peterbilt. :notworthy

[Jeff D.]

I was out doing a quote couple of days ago and the client had a 1970 Ford LTD sitting on the lawn rusting....now..If I could just get my hands on some Foose Wheels...and give that 351 Cleveland a little work over :D:thumbsup That's basically a Galaxie, with different trim, isn't it? I know some of the cars that have gone down under are alittle different than ours here, so I wonder what the differences would be on that one, if any? (obviously the steering for one)

Soup up that 351C, or even mo betta, find a 429 to put in there.:eek: :thumbsupBe an originator, not an imitator...

You could use "shovelhead", but maybe that one's reserved for Mr. Digger, since he always seems to be talkin' about getting whacked in the head with one...

Congratulations on the scoot. Where's the pics FINE THEN!:mad: I just stick with my current name!:bouncegri I don't think they'de have let me change it anyways.:nono

I need to get it home first. I've to borrow a bike trailer from a friend, so......
I'll get some soon as I get it home.(maybe tomorrow) but I still got my hair :thumbsup Oh, just rub it in, why don't you!:bouncegri

[Dwan Hall]

:

I need to get it home first. I've to borrow a bike trailer from a friend, so......
I'll get some soon as I get it home.(maybe tomorrow)Oh, just rub it in, why don't you!:bouncegri

What is wrong with the hog? didn't it come with wheels? or is something already broken?

Harley riders ride them they don't trailer them.

Back in the day I use to ride mine year around. Remember a trip from Kalispell Montana to Great Falls on ice and snow pack. Snow pack was ok but I went down 13 times in 1/4 mile on the ice. had to ride on the sholder in the snow till I got past the rest of it. Only time that machine seen a truck or trailer was when it droped a valve with only 500 miles on it. I think that was on a friday also..

Thanks for brainging back some good memeries

[Jeff D.]

What is wrong with the hog? didn't it come with wheels? or is something already broken?

Harley riders ride them they don't trailer them.

Back in the day I use to ride mine year around. Remember a trip from Kalispell Montana to Great Falls on ice and snow pack. Snow pack was ok but I went down 13 times in 1/4 mile on the ice. had to ride on the sholder in the snow till I got past the rest of it. Only time that machine seen a truck or trailer was when it droped a valve with only 500 miles on it. I think that was on a friday also..

Thanks for brainging back some good memeriesYou're tougher than I Dwan!! :yup I'm not "up" for trying it in the snow, and single digit temps. It's all operational right now though, ready to roll. But it is a shovelhead, so I imagine it'll be like my '75 Sportster was, dependability wise.:rolleyes:

[Jeff D.]

Since the subject of Harley's and Pete's has been opened:
The National Geographic Channel has a series called "Ultimate Factories". On Sunday the 28th at 8, 9 and 10 they are showing; Harley Davidson, Budweiser and Peterbilt. :notworthyOh, you snuck this inbetween Mr. Orchard. Thanks, I'll keep my eye's peeled for them.:yup

[Squizzy246B]

:thumbsup That's basically a Galaxie, with different trim, isn't it? I know some of the cars that have gone down under are alittle different than ours here, so I wonder what the differences would be on that one, if any? (obviously the steering for one)

See ZB & ZC (Basically the Galaxy) and the 1973 LTD:

http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/car_info_ford_fairlane.htm

Soup up that 351C, or even mo betta, find a 429 to put in there

I was thinking why hold back...go the 460!...naww...I have owned two 51's and they were both great.

[Electra_Glide]

Harley Davidson, Budweiser and Peterbilt

Well, 2 outta' 3 ain't bad...:wink2

Joe

[Jeff D.]

.....and the client had a 1970 Ford LTD sitting on the lawn rusting....I imagine the "sitting on the lawn rusting" part, down there, is alot different than here, being you're in the desert?

Here in Mn., when they're rusting, they're rusting. It's the *poof-car all gone* type of rusting. The 70's era cars didn't fair too well here, with all the rock salt used on the roads.

I had a 460 in a '73 Lincoln Mark 4. It was a good engine, had plenty of power, but used alot of fuel. IIRC, about 8-10mpg around town, and low teens on the highway. It probobly would be best to keep the 351 motor in there, if they were good engines.:beatsme
(Ford had 351 W's, C's, M's. What were the main differences? I'm not really "up" on those Ford motors)

Now you just got to convince the owner that letting you haul it away for free,:wink2 as a favour to him, is in his best interest.:cool: Wouldn't hurt to try, I guess. There's always room to go up some in price, then.:bouncegri

[jmac]

Congrats on the bike Jeff. I have a Harley and it is the best toy I have. I wish I could ride it more. When the weather is good I work, if I have work, and last summer I had so didn't go half as much as I wanted to. Post pics!:thumbsup

[Jeff D.]

Thanks, will do!

I was hoping to pick it up today, but the guy isn't around so my next chance won't be until Sat. now.:crying

[Orchard Ex]

Well, 2 outta' 3 ain't bad...:wink2

Joe

Forgot about you PA guys and your (taste?) in beer... Yuengling? Rolling Rock? Iron City?:) :bouncegri

[digger242j]

Rolling Rock is now made in New Jersey, presumably with authentic New Jersey spring water...

[Squizzy246B]

Forgot about you PA guys and your (taste?) in beer... Yuengling? Rolling Rock? Iron City?:) :bouncegri

Looks like 1 out of three then...those Pete's must be good trucks then:wink2 :rolleyes:

[Squizzy246B]

I imagine the "sitting on the lawn rusting" part, down there, is alot different than here, being you're in the desert?

Here in Mn., when they're rusting, they're rusting. It's the *poof-car all gone* type of rusting. The 70's era cars didn't fair too well here, with all the rock salt used on the roads.

I had a 460 in a '73 Lincoln Mark 4. It was a good engine, had plenty of power, but used alot of fuel. IIRC, about 8-10mpg around town, and low teens on the highway. It probobly would be best to keep the 351 motor in there, if they were good engines.:beatsme
(Ford had 351 W's, C's, M's. What were the main differences? I'm not really "up" on those Ford motors)

Now you just got to convince the owner that letting you haul it away for free,:wink2 as a favour to him, is in his best interest.:cool: Wouldn't hurt to try, I guess. There's always room to go up some in price, then.:bouncegri

I don't think the rust is too bad...but anyway, the owner is FIFO up the rigs so I'll have to wait...but he does need a retaining wall bad:yup :wink2 .

I'm not a real motorhead but the Windsor eights have less V angle than the Clevelands. It was generally accepted I think that the Windsor's were nice and smooth whereas the Clevelands went a bit harder. I had a 351 Cleveland in what we call a Phase II specification. That was a lovely engine.

So Mr Midlife Crisis...where's the bloody pics of the chaff cutter...Oh ..I mean Harley:rolleyes: ... see ...men's problems are easy fixed...just buy a Harley or an old Ford and WhallaaHHH..problem solvered :D:thumbsup. Now if you bought an old ford or a Harley for a woman you'd probably be in more trouble than when you started:yup

Is this here Motiesicle a work in progress..or is it full on ready for the highway??.

[Orchard Ex]

Rolling Rock is now made in New Jersey, presumably with authentic New Jersey spring water...
So, what happed to the "glass lined tanks of old Latrobe"? Do we get to know what that damn "33" is for now? I must say that a "bucket o' rocks" made for a most aromatic cab the next day for some reason. :drinkup :dizzy

Looks like 1 out of three then...those Pete's must be good trucks then:wink2 :rolleyes:
So, Jeff's shovel-head is only good for leaning on?;)

[Jeff D.]

So, Jeff's shovel-head is only good for leaning on?;)I might not even be able to do that. Maybe the guy done runned off with my money.:crying

I'll just post pics of the "title" then.:bouncegri

[Orchard Ex]

Let's hope he's not out "taking one more ride" before you pick it up. :eek:

I'm surprised that you didn't just put it in the Target trailer and bring it home.:yup :thumbsup

[Jeff D.]

I don't think the rust is too bad...but anyway, the owner is FIFO up.........What's that mean? Is it "fixing it for others"?:beatsme

Is this here Motiesicle a work in progress..or is it full on ready for the highway??.Yup, It's all ready to go. I might change the handle bars, and add a kicker,(it's only electric now) but that's about it.I'm surprised that you didn't just put it in the Target trailer and bring it home.They put seals on them so I can't open the doors while in transit.:crying

[Squizzy246B]

What's that mean? Is it "fixing it for others"?:beatsme



FIFO - Fly in Fly out...up north on the gas rigs on the North West Shelf.

http://www.nwsg.com.au/

He will be back in a couple of weeks.

[Countryboy]

:confused: Whats the North West Shelf?

[Squizzy246B]

:confused: Whats the North West Shelf?

http://www.internalwaveatlas.com/Atlas2_PDF/IWAtlas2_Pg509_Australia_NW2.pdf

You can see better on Google Earth.

Oil and Gas fields off our North West Coast...LNG mostly.

Google for "Burrup"

and also here:

http://www.marine.csiro.au/nwsjems/factsheets/memp.html

[Squizzy246B]

For anyone thats interested it just hit 105 deg F here...a good Australia Day Friday:thumbsup

And to all those snow bound types :drinkup :drinkup I'm going to open a nice cold beer (and turn up the AirCon:cool: )

[Countryboy]

For anyone thats interested it just hit 105 deg F here...a good Australia Day Friday:thumbsup

And to all those snow bound types :drinkup :drinkup I'm going to open a nice cold beer (and turn up the AirCon:cool: )


I thought the "AirCon" didn't work in your little truck. :bouncegri

[Squizzy246B]

I thought the "AirCon" didn't work in your little truck. :bouncegri

Who's workin?:bouncegri :drinkup

[Lashlander]

For anyone thats interested it just hit 105 deg F here...a good Australia Day Friday:thumbsup

Man, thats just plain messed up. I had to fire up and plow snow today, all day.