tin

Posted on by June 20, 2018

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I picked up a bunch of used tin tonight down in Saluda.

That’s the advantage of driving around all these old houses all the time.

Sometimes you see people tearing stuff up and throwing it away.

I asked them if I could have some of the tin….and they were glad to give it to me.

“It would be great to keep some of it out of the landfill” is what they said when I asked.

When you re-roof an old house, there’s a lot of tin in a dumpster.

What a shame that it wasn’t easier to get, though.

There was a lot of screws and other garbage on top of it….hard to get it cleaned up enough to get it out of the dumpster without spreading screws all over the place.

I got about 30 big pieces before I quit to go home and eat tacos.

That’ll make some good shed roofs, for sure.

Maybe I’ll go back and get some more tomorrow?

Bring a broom to sweep the screws off this time?

Some work gloves?

Free stuff to build with is good stuff, for sure.

the kid down the street can….

Posted on by June 19, 2018

Ahhhhhh…..YouTube.

This is pretty self-explanatory ….but good to see somebody do it.

Watching these videos always saves a bunch of time.

You have to have tunes in a new ride, right?

First priority….get some tunes.

prison time

Posted on by June 18, 2018

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He said he was the only person ever sued by the government for starting a forest fire. Although Cash cultivated a romantic outlaw image, he never served a prison sentence. Despite landing in jail seven times formisdemeanors, he stayed only one night on each stay.

from Wikipedia

pursuing static

Posted on by June 17, 2018

I drove around on the mail route the other day and didn’t turn the radio on.

That was as close as I got to “sensory deprivation”.

But….it was interesting to only have my job and my thoughts to contend with.

I realized that I don’t really think about much.

It’s “tabula rasa” up in my head…not a lot going on.

I wonder what it would feel like to float for an hour?

I think that I’d like this.

We went to a high desert valley….ringed by mountains….one trip out to Colorado….that was so quiet and still that I thought I might faint.

It was so beautiful and peaceful.

Maybe Heaven is just a lack of distraction?

Maybe Paradise is finally being able to focus?

I pursue static sometimes….like I’m afraid of the quiet.

It would be good to settle in to peace as a lifestyle choice.

I wonder why I can’t quiet my mind?

Here’s another view of what a tank experience might be like….

Freaky.

in the gravel….

Posted on by June 16, 2018

We had an old Plymouth Valiant for a long time when the older kids were little.

I remember driving it to Atlanta one Christmas….and my young nephew looked at a spot of rust on the car and said, “WHAT’S THAT?”

He’d never seen a rusty car before.

I think that I painted it with rattle cans (maybe a couple of times) before we finally got rid of it when the screen on the oil pump got clogged and it didn’t have any oil pressure anymore.

Here’s a $50 Rustoleum paint job.

Man….people get creative and get the job done…with a little hard work.

Here’s the YouTube description…

Integra $50 rustoleum paint job 2 quarts of rustoleum gloss white $8 each. gallon of mineral spirits $9. gallon of bondo $15. sandpaper $6

Good job.

MY TRUCK IS EVEN MO’ BETTAH THAN THIS!

Posted on by June 15, 2018

What’s that saying about having enough time to watch rust grow?

Is there a saying like that?

Is there a saying close to that?

Well….how about having enough time to watch a guy blast rust off his truck frame?

That’s a big bucket of rust that he ends up with…..for sure.

My truck is rusty.

I wonder if I should crawl under it with a blaster and go to town on it?

Maybe it would relieve some of my stress?

I hope so.