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Went to a neighbors home where he is putting in a huge pond. The liner is 100x110 and weighs 2000 lbs. had 20 guys pulling and tugging. The pond will be self cleaning with plants and an elaborate filtering system. The center is 25x40 with 8” block. It will have a dock and be 16 deep at the...

Well it started on Friday night. Picked up my wife and 30 year old downs son at lax, they went to watch our grandchildren in utah. On the 105 coming home I did a car pool violation by crossing the double white line. Got pulled over by a lady CHP who took my lic. On the way to her car my son...

one of the AC units in my home has a 3 zone controller (built in 2007) and i think its bad (one thermostat went blank, that zone is dead, tried another thermostat and still dead, have 24vac at thermostat and wont even turn on) looking at a more modern controller and have come up with a...

Finishing the 4 th chicken condo,  shooting critters around the property,  had a friend come over and kill our turkey ( first time) she’s a year old but was laying eggs so we kept her longer. Last pic appears to be eggs in process. She would have one about twice a week and about two times bigger...

Two years ago I bought a one piece 33’ taper aluminum flag pole with 6” base. Beautiful. Well an accident happened s a 5000 lb rock rolled down a hill and bent the top 5 feet of my pole like 10 deg. I was devaststed.  Didn’t do anything with it for two years. Well I came up with an idea of how...

worked on prepping/fixing my mini x and the skip loader,  just a few past due repairs to be made. pressure washed a few areas to identify potential leaks.  sold three tortoises to a wonderful family off of craigs list, finished the night off with a relaxing jacuzzi.  had some neighbors come over...

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Borrow a Chinese mulcher from a friend to do a little job ( I was thinking about getting one too). Then I broke not only a tooth but the holder for the tooth. Fabbed up some cold rolled. Then went swimming. Most of the grandkids are already here  planning on having a busy Father’s Day. I...

did you know that if you were traveling in a twin turbo Callaway corvette at 200mph and passed a dragster that was staged  at the starting line, and the dragster took off at the same time as you crossed the starting line. in 1/4 of a mile, he would not only have caught you but would have passed...

Picked wife and kids up from trip in Hawaii. One of my daughter’s home schools her kids. She has a group of parents and kids that trade off teaching. They wanted to come to our house to see tortoises, chickens, bearded dragon, swim in the pool, pot luck, ride sxs and lt80s and everyone learned...

Hello Guys,  im a little out of my comfort zone but this customer wants me to do a lot of things to his car.  One of those is that he has a Fab9 rearend with leaf springs, they mounted the shocks inboard of the leaf springs but in doing so welded in a bar above the diff housing to mount the...

Woke at 4am to drive to LAX to drop off wife and two kids. They’re going to Hawaii. Then picked up 4 of my grandkids 2 from two families. 6-10 years old and went to raahauges outdoor sporting event. All my grandkids did the following:  22 pistols, 22 rifles. Petting zoo, touched horses, archery...

The weather for the last month in so cal has been incredible. Face timing with a grand daughter  planting 18 black berries that are babies from my larger ones. Eating first crop of cherries. WOW. Planting a few oak trees to fill in the landscape

Sold 9 dozen eggs already this AM. Working on the last of 4 chicken condos. Wife has 15 more babies she raising. Getting my curling fixed from a fellow duner. Had a roof leak last year. Shooting critters with my pellet gun early in the AM. Enjoying the beauty of my neighborhood and the spring...

When I asked what I could do to make this weekend special she asked if I could help weed her garden and plant tomato plants.  It wasn’t tops in my list but I did. Great conversation though. Went to the Yard house for dinner. Saw Planet of the Apes. ( that was my idea)   happiness is making her...

Well doing a water pump and oil filter housing reseal on the wife’s e63 AMG. Turns out both turbos have water lines that feed them off or the pump. These lines are Metsl rubber and hard plastic. They break when they get touched. My Mercedes friends tell me the factory way to replace these hoses...

Final report: I lost an alternator Thursday night but changed it out this am. My intake comes off in 10 min. Makes it easy to change alternator. A 500hp gen 3 snapped a stub axle on a little jump. Had a spare in the trailer. That little car is a Tom Pro car. He just bought the car ( first trip...

I one new car come out he blew a front and a rear bead within 30 min of each other

Came out Thursday morning. Supposed to be 91 yesterday and today. Pad 1,2,3,5 had zero camps. We are the only group on pad 4. Some at keyhole and road runner. Sand is absolutly perfect. Slight tracks left. Canal is like 75 deg. It might say 91 but with 10 mph wind it feels like 80