It's Saturday April 18th 2026.. What is everyone doing this weekend?

TheSPAINishLover said:
Just returned from the gym and going to fire up the smoker. I’m having some gym friends for bbq, drinks, and games to celebrate the grand opening of my man cave. In the evening, going for a river walk with my family- maybe a few friends.

Sun: early workout session then to Gatlinburg for the Rod Run!

Mon: all day fun with my son- bike ride in the am then Mario movie, bowling, arcades, etc. to celebrate my birthday.
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Have fun at the Rod Run! I have been to Shades of Past years ago. My buddy had a few Cobras and we used to go to it. I am from the Asheville area. I also used to ride the quads out at Windrock in Knoxville.
 
I finally got to look at the chain whack on the banshee. It saved the case but took a chunk with it. It really hurt my feelings. My buddy is working the race out in Long Beach so I will head up there tomorrow to see him.
 

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Worked on upgrading the thumb pivot on my big excavator. The original thumb only had a 7” wide connection with no bushing. It wore out the metal. I widened it to 13” wide and installed some HD 65mm bushings and seals. Getting ready to paint this part of the dipper. Then I can move on to building the thumb with wider spacers. Cost of bushings, laser cut 3/4” side plate and 4.5” diameter 1” thick tubing has already got to $800. Plus a mobile welder to come out and lay the weld down. He welded for 2.25 hours straight. I’m well over a grand just for the upgraded pivot
 

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Put a new set of tires on the Tahoe, had spa delivered, did a little car shopping then had dinner at moms house.

Couldn’t get the car to the number I wanted so I walked away but hoping I get a call tomorrow that the Manager made it work.
 

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Micro stub bearing failed badly behind olds last weekend - thankfully was able to limp slowly to the flats and get it on a flatbed. Taking these things out is a PITA, tried a tweaker bolt remove trick - and it helped a little bit. If anyone has tricks let me know. Also - i changed out the other side as it had a little slop 2 trips back, should have replaced both.

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JDMeister said:
Long story short.
Got up at 3:30 am loaded the car with gifts.
Left the house at 5:00 am, drove to Poway Ca.
(To miss the traffic)
Stopped in Poway for breakfast at 7:15 am.
Futzed around until 10:00 am for the birthday party
for my now, "One Year Old" Great Grandson Alexander.
Headed back after the meet and greet, home by 2:15.
(Traffic headed South of Camp Pendleton was brutal this afternoon.)
Glad I was going North.
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I discovered my Grandson has started an "Orange Grove".
To be honest, it's a small start. I expect free oranges soon.
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Removing all the swoop & hook vinyl decals from the RV. Almost done with passenger side, just have the black/grey ones left to do. Definite ghosting in the gel, guess I'll see how bad it is after I cut/buff it. I can live with it if mildly visible.
PSA: GraphXOff is the only shit that works to take off the majorly cracked decals, unquestionably the only product that penetrated through the decal. None of the other recommended "adhesive removers" touched them. Waiting the 30 minutes after applying was the key to scraping the decal off like soft butter.20260419_092317.jpg20260419_092405.jpg
 
Paynecore said:
Have fun at the Rod Run! I have been to Shades of Past years ago. My buddy had a few Cobras and we used to go to it. I am from the Asheville area. I also used to ride the quads out at Windrock in Knoxville.
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Thanks. We had a blast. We arrived early to beat the traffic.

It's our 4th year attending and it's a blast every time. Even coming from SoCal, I've never seen so many hot rods in one place. It surprises me every year.

I've been MTB'ing out to Windrock. The place is growing tremendously....it's becoming resort-like.

Why would you leave Asheville????!!!!!
 
This was my weekend!!! :)

Here is a quick write up of my weekend. Billy Barton, SpecTrain, FTW.

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Thread 'SpecTrain, Level-Up Pistol Class (Billy Barton)'

I signed up for the Billy Barton Level-Up 2 day Pistol class (https://www.spectrain.us/level-up-pistol). it was held @ Burro Canyon shooting range in the San Gabriel Mountains (North of Azusa).

Billy is a GREAT instructor. He is super flexible & pushes each student with the right amount of push for their skill level. He is very well versed & practiced at his trade & it shows. His demo's are spot on & amazing what he can do on demand. He makes sure that we stay on task, & that everyone knows what their homework is & is able to self guide as they take their skill back to their...
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Another weekend of camping. Got to the trail up to Mt Pacifico campground to find the gate locked so had to find another camp nearby. Not as cool but it had a little stream going through it - got to catch a frog at night lol

Also upgraded my camping stove to a Blackstone so I was cooking all weekend. Huge upgrade over my basic Coleman - unit fits right into the drawers I have in the bed too
 

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Got back to my "Waking up at 6 am to 'Wash Cars'" schedule for Saturday mornings. No fun 'washing cars' in 40 degree weather and I like getting it out of the way, not dragging into lunchtime.

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My edit timed out... lol...

A buddy Manages a local Dispensary and told me to come and grab some stuff before the sales hit, after I washed the Runner.

Can't argue with good friends who know how to use their phones!

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TheSPAINishLover said:
Thanks. We had a blast. We arrived early to beat the traffic.

It's our 4th year attending and it's a blast every time. Even coming from SoCal, I've never seen so many hot rods in one place. It surprises me every year.

I've been MTB'ing out to Windrock. The place is growing tremendously....it's becoming resort-like.

Why would you leave Asheville????!!!!!
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Nice! I am glad it had a great turnout! Yeah it's an amazing place to be. All those old timers in the hills have a hotrod stashed away somewhere...lol.

Yeah I miss Windrock. They were just starting to build it up when I left a little over 12 years ago. Last time I was there a bunch of rockbouncers were raising hell on some hill climbs. The Navy is why moved away. I joined out of that area and then went back for recruiting duty. Right after I got stationed in San Diego. I go back from time time to visit family. Pic on the left is from Windrock, the middle one is the Blue Ridge Mtns. and the right one is from Boone NC. Beautiful country.
 

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