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love my hobart handler 140. Taken whatever i've thrown at it.

Buy a weber kettle charcoal grill for $150 Save $50, get a weber, and grill like a man.

September-October the let the dam out on the weekends to give you class V+ rapids on the upper and lower gauley. We did it a few yrs ago and it was definitely fun. VERY intense though. The actual act of paddling isn't that intense, its the thought of what if you go over and all the crazy currents going on. Be ready to be under water for a while if you go over. Still worth it.

I got the e-brake reference as well.

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If you like those deals sign up for the travelzoo top 20 email. My fiancee and I went to Jamaica last october, 7 nights, direct flight from cinci, all inclusive food/drink. $700 per person. Just can't beat it. Have Fun!

been looking at them. how much did that set you back?

PM'd you guys. Hopefully you can ship to me! Thanks for all the responses.

Working on a project hoping to get a turbocharer compressor housing. Maybe off a scrap turbo or something. Not really any kind in particular.

Thats funny. Thats really great man. I need to get serious about losing weight thanks for sharing your story. My fiancee lost 65 lbs in 6 months really a total lifestyle change. I do say thank you for posting a picture where you were overweight and smiling. Most of the before pictures are so depressing and then they go forward to the skinny picture and they are all smiling and stuff. Like big ppl can't be happy!

Interesting venture to do tires mobile. Best of luck to you! I can't blame you for wanting to take some time off and be around with the family. Always have to remember you work to live, not live to work. I lose sight of that myself. What your mobile radius?

Not to thread hijack, but he's already got a smoker now. Anyone have any good suggestions for a dual source grill? I traditionally cook on coal, but like the convenience of propane every once in a while. Hoping to get something that won't rust away in 5 yrs. Suggestions

why sail it when you can just drive it.

Man, I'll echo what folks have said in not knowing how to deal with it. We've had some health scares with dad, gave him 2yrs to live, that was 10 yrs ago, thankfully. The words you posted are very deep and sincere but even then they don't describe your pain and how much your father meant to you. You got to take care of him and sounds like get him out of a bad situation, granted its still only a small fraction of raising you but still nice you got to do that. You got to say good bye which is often a luxury, hopefully that helps. I'm sure there are still things you wish you told him. Your family will help you through this. That same vision you have of your father, the strong foundation of the family is what will drive you do gather yourself and continue for the sake of your own family.

Changing his last name would be a leap.

I like turtles.

Here is some info I found. Mostly just tax assessor stuff. Looks like the advertised taxes are based on a lot of it qualified as farm land. Do I have to be a farmer to do the same or am I going to get reamed on taxes? http://egis.39dn.com/egisbartholomewin/prc/2013/03-94-24-000-001.802-011.pdf?CFID=2346921&CFTOKEN=79851a50d659fb7b-AD0A5EE3-0825-0881-B264A1D70256EB57

I hear you I keep going back and forth on this. The more we talk the more shit she wants to do. Adding doors and stuff upstairs. I think she feels like this is legos that doors, walls and bathrooms just magically appear. I am thrilled to have a huge shop but what's the point if i'll be buried in the house with dumb work. Thanks for the input. The location and the land really is what keeps me. Its beautiful, its close to town. Most places this size I have to drive 45 mins to get to work and the school is some remote system. I still get creature comforts like cable (yay interwebs) which again is a pain out in the country. I totally forgot you were in the biz, been working with your bank, Jay Morris. Sounds like everyone here works with him. I will ask about the builder. I can't seem to find any public records. What things should I be looking into? Is the septic tank something an inspector would do when the home is purchased? Or is that something I would have to hire out separately? Place is in Indiana, thats one heck of a haul! So turns out it sounds like the house was designed as a 2 story, just not finished. So structurally and everything it should be fine. One of my buddies that used to be a contractor is coming with me tomorrow, we're going to look at the place again and look a bit more closely. He wasn't too concerned with adding the bathroom and said he would help. Maybe just hire out the plumbing to make sure its ok. He's on the page that the location/lot/barn is a huge plus, if everything else lines up its worth it. We'll see what we dig up tomorrow. Keep the ideas coming!

crawl space.

Well dudes. The fiancee and I have been looking for a home for a while now (~ a year) never finding the right one. Here recently we've had some good hits. There is one we really like but need advice from some folks in the biz. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9906-W-50-N-Columbus-IN-47201/2143061137_zpid/ The location/land is amazing. Its about 6-11 mins to work/town for both of us, but its still 'country living'. Has 12 acres, sits way off the main road. Pros - - Huge lot: 12 acres great view. - House is physically appealing - Has big detached garage and 36x60 pole barn with electric/conrete floors. - In the school system we want (I know the grading on zillow isn't so hot, don't judge me!) Cons - Modular construction. Not sure if this is all so bad, some people say they are built better. I don't know enough. - Inside is dated, needs new appliances. Not a big deal, barely a con. - Looks like it was a single story house, upstairs was added later. One room is still being finished. There are no central air/heat vents upstairs, weren't added. Looking closely I could see the line in the wall where the stairs were added. It looks like the owner does his own work. I wouldn't have noticed the addition unless I looked very carefully. I am curious if this kind of work requires any permits or code. I don't know if the original trusses were change/modified to allow for living space? structurally worries me. This is our 'forever home' so I don't want to be fixing someone else's problems until the day I die. - Fiancee loves the house but wants a bathroom upstairs, coincidentally the room still being finished is directly above the bathroom downstairs, so the connections should theoretically be easy-ish. or is this too much of a PITA and not worth it? - They can't call it a 4 bedroom house because of the septic system. So the second room upstairs is a bonus room. Not sure I understand this. May be a red-tape BS thing because you could cram 4 kids to each bedroom and the load on the septic system wouldn't be dependent on the number of bedrooms. thoughts?

I have the 12ton and the bolt heads are stamped '8.8 SFC'.... So are you saying they aren't grade 8? or that they are Junk grade 8?

might be slightly overkill but I ordered a superwinch tigershark 9500. Its about $350 on amazon with great reviews (in and outside of amazon. Its a 9000lb winch. Last thing I want is to have a broken down car and then be frustrated when my winch breaks. BTW look up the runtime/duty cycle on the HF winches. Other winches have a higher on time.

I don't see how shutter speed affects the crispness of the shot. most lenses have sweet spots. so lets take my F1.8 lens. I can get a real short DOF at 1.8 but in reality its sharpest 2 stops up from that. Also I learned the hardway...going up to F22 doesn't mean sharper, it just means longer DOF. Every lens has a sweet spot. In general I wouldn't go much over F11 unless I really needed that DOF.

Do we know that the cause of the big fire is they keep referring to? Are we supposed to assume its the cabin they burned down in the previous episode?

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