The Good Banter Thread

[callingcolleen1]

They are old pictures but good happy memories, made lots of good friends in the Canadian Army. CE my kitchen is very old and my hubby got the wood stove in 1999 for the Y2K (ha ha) and it still there, made it though the Dec 21st 2012 end too! (ha ha) It's there just looking at me, keep it just for an emergency as we have no fireplace. now that all the "end's of the world" have come and gone maybe I will move it! It's my kitchen, my yard, my pond, and I put things where I wish them to be. I set my own "trends" and "blaze my own trails"! Now everybody else will want one in their Kitchen too! Ha ha ha....

 

[Big Lou]

Bad joke for a cold Saturday

"Went and got the most expensive DIY Chinese teeth whitening treatment on the market. Worked so good I don't need a flashlight anymore! Just open my month and my glowing white teeth light up the room!".

 

[j.w]

EVERYONE :bdaybiggrin:

 

[Big Lou]

J.W., you're a hoot! Get it? A hoot! .....LOLLOLLOLLOL

 

[Big Lou]

Cathy just finished watching three straight hours of the "American Hot Rod" TV series with me. I'm one lucky husband.

 

[j.w]

Yep Lou you are lucky cuz that's more than I could handle. I sit there w/ my hubby watching The Rifleman sometimes and Mash

 

[sissy]

well done had to go get a new radiator hose and new gas line hose for the explorer and just got done putting them on .Easier putting them on than taking old off .But at least the temps were decent and now it is getting really windy out .Darn wind blew the hood down on my back twice .Glad I was sitting up on the edge of the motor or would have crushed my fingers or hit my head when it came down

 

[j.w]

Geeze sissy you are a jack of all trades and can do pretty much anything can't you :razz:

 

[Big Lou]

It's PBS tonight with "Doc Martin" then "New Tricks".

 

[callingcolleen1]

Good thing you never got those fingers and head wacked! Good job fixing truck with that wind!

 

[CountryEscape]

OMG, Sissy, for real, you did that all yourself, and had hood falling down on you problems, too? I can picture that, and you are some woman, that's all I can say!!! I think with you it's a matter of trying and figuring things out, instead of assuming you have to have someone else do that for you. I want to watch someone else do it, then learn that way before trying it on my own. I really need to build a new well house for my well and pump (which is above ground) that provides water for the horses, but I'm afraid to try to do it myself. I've never built a frame for a house, and that's pretty much what it will be. I know how to do the main framework, it's connecting side to side in a square I'm not sure about. LOL I have the lumber from the swingset I took apart, but never got it built. Guess it will be a spring project.

 

[sissy]

Hey when the ford dealer wants to charge you over 300 dollars to put on 2 dumb hoses that are just clamped on and know you used to do it in the plant figured how hard can it be and only took me about 2 hours and was harder getting the old ones off than it was putting new ones on .The stupid clamps would not loosen and had to spray them with Wd 40 .I think it took me all of 15 minutes to put new fuel line and new radiator hoses on .Darn stupid fuel line cost 65 dollars just for part and radiator hoses were 45 dollars .I had to take off the hydrualic lifts for the hood and adjust them so they were stiffer so it would not fall as easy as they loosen up over time and should have done that first ,geeze all it takes is adjusting a screw but you do have to take them off to get to the screw ,dumb design there ,must have been thought of by a man . :razz:SORRY MEN :razz: Go on you tube ce wealth of info on framing a building you just need to scale it down .Just make sure the sill plate is pressure treated wood so it does not rot .built just like an out house


.You can find any repair you want on you tube or almost any .

 

[Big Lou]

Great going Sissy!

 

[sissy]

that was just left over wood from the front porch build .I can't waste wood ,i try to find a use for everything left .birdhouses to people ,that is my hubby standing there :razz:

me


and made fake son and daughter even though i don't have a daughter :razz:

 

[Big Lou]

Long ago an Aquascape forum member asked for help with his koi photo. I happily took on his project. The original was a very good image yet was very littered with fish food and other matter. Most of the koi's tail fin and lower body was obscured and had to be recreated. When all was completed the member was very happy with the end result. Since I ensured he retained copyrights to the finished artwork I asked and received his permission to use the image as I pleased for non-commerical use. Sure wish I had the before version.



By the way, if you have any photogragph on any subject you would like edited or restored I would be happy to help. See the below before and after of my fathers WWII photo also attached. This is a great hobby for me and of course all of my work is free. It's very simple. Provide a digital photograph, tell me what you want done and I take care of the rest. :razz: ...........Big Lou

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AFTER


COMBINATION