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I was just called tonight from Search and Rescue of Idaho County to do road closure for the fire areas. We are getting to many looky loo'ers driving up in the fire areas, etc. So I'm not sure when and where exactly yet but I'll be gone for 12 hour shifts for maybe 14 days. So I'll keep you all informed of what's happening...As for air quality here it nasty at times...

Man, just when I thought things would start turning around for the better... Been on this new job for 8 weeks now and the wife has already found grey hairs! Literally... I turn 24 this Saturday too, mind you. I took this job because I have prior experience in it thinking it would be a good avenue to take considering my prior situation before it. I was on the verge of being out of a house. Would have been on the street, pretty much. So I take a leap, move all my belongings to a storage unit and living on an air mattress in the parents house close to the job. Saving as much as possible and sticking it out without any creature comforts. Doing all that I can do to m…

Twas a good Monday to do the job........so I did it!!!!!!!! Took more trips up and down the ladder than I'd care for...........but so be it!!!!!:cool:Pix to follow in another thread!!!!

Anybody ever hear of the hydrogen settup people are running these days? I talked to a guy tonight that has been building these and actually sold his patent for this settup. I dont know alot about it but he uses vinegar and said he hadnt filled the little container under his hood in probably 3 yrs. He had it in a 69 3/4 ton shortbed stepside chevy with 307 and a 3speed. Said it was a military truck and of course i told him he should put a 12v in it. he said he gets 25-26 mpg with that settup and he has done big rigs to vw tdi with great results.

Mr. Garmin, can you not see that I'm pulling a loaded trailer?? https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=cardinal+dr,+winchester,+va&daddr=38.9938811,-78.5148051+to:Fairview+Road,+Woodstock,+VA&hl=en&ll=38.968285,-78.49122&spn=0.067066,0.104628&sll=39.033205,-78.467395&sspn=0.268019,0.41851&geocode=FUV1VQIdBc9T-ym3n63tUpG1iTF-MyJbjbkDmg%3BFdn_UgIdi_VR-ynL0MQ8hKS1iTE-upykEwCQww%3BFaa9UQIdkbhR-ykLqIrSeq-1iTEkGhhN28EUqw&t=p&mra=dvme&mrsp=1&sz=12&via=1&z=14 My point is... If you see SR. 623 in the lower part of the map (before Mr. Garmin told me to take a left onto Zepp Rd).. It takes me to the same interchange (off the map)…

Here is a set of photos that are some of my favorites... plus I am playing with some free editing software, so lets go on a tour of one of my FAVORITE airplanes. Welcome to the front office of Battan, what was once General Douglas MacArthurs personal ride. And afterwards, Air Force one and Two for a while, and it retired as a radio relay aircraft over the Pacific for Apollo 11. There is only one addition to the current cockpit that wasn't originally operational in 1969, you should be able to spot it. Radio Operator and Radar Operators station, all original equipment, as it was used back in the 1950s. The galley, whic…

Alright, so I was able to take a gander at the spreadsheet program and get familiar with it a little. Never used it before and took some time last night and composed this up:[ATTACH]4488[/ATTACH]I decided to get myself a schedule made up so I can get things a little more organized than writing it all down in a notebook and have to fish through it all everytime in order to know which task is next. Looking at it, do you guys think I need to add, take away anything to make it more efficient and streamlined?All the red boxes are what task is to be done at that mileage. The *, or ^ is what type of task is to be done. I would either like to print it out or keep it digital and w…

I haven't found what I was looking for. I was thinking of a oval slotted rail inside the truck bed... they are often used as a toe rail on sailing yachts... But everthing I found was crazy money. Anybody have any experience with something like this? http://www.macscustomtiedowns.com/TrackSystemInstall

Now, just because a watery tart threw a sword at you is no basis of government! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_1bzaj2fw&feature=plcp I figured we could all use some humor, considering everything going on.

So, as the title states, I want to publicly thank Ryan "rth0006" http://forum.mopar1973man.com/members/11105-rth0006 for a couple reasons.. Story: My good friend, who lives here in Winchester, VA by me, was on his way back home from Louisiana. He's on a Disaster Support Team that supports the wireless and wireline 911 service in disaster-stricken areas of the US. He's spent the past week or so supporting Key West, FL, then MS and LA. He was headed home from Louisiana tonight, and blew out the transfer case in his '05 3500 SRW 6 speed 4x4 around exit 32 on I-85, about 20 minutes outside Auburn, AL. I checked the directory, and found Ryan was in Auburn. Let me tel…

Going in the hospital in the morning to have a lump removed from my throat. How do you like these odds, 97% sure it's not cancer

Moparmom called me to say mike has been at it for 48 hours now and needs sleep so until he gets back on here and gives the go ahead, don't try calling him because it is just flooding moparmom. If you have an emergency then you would be better off looking at the 911 section or calling me (though I am not available often currently) at 660-287-7318. A lot of peoples numbers are in their profile if you click on their name.. Thanks guys.

Im not tech savy but would like an Iphone but I dont want to pay for the monthly plan so maybe an Ipod is the next best thing. I know nothing about them but would like to know if you can run internet and navigation while on the road. A gps would be good if you know the address your looking for but if not it would be nice to look it up while in the truck already on the road. Can this be done with an Ipod or do I need to get an Iphone with the monthly plan?

I does anyone else have to register everytime you leave site then return? I dont know what the deal is, but if I dont open another window and just go somewhere else I have to register everytime.

So I have been crazy busy for the last few months and aside from trolling a little I haven't been on the forum much. I did however complete a task worthy of the forum. (for me anyway) Thought I would share my experience. I was called on by a friend to travel from central KY to Austin TX and pick up his race car and bring it back. I haven't ever made that long of a journey for purposes of hauling/towing something, but I thought it would be kinda fun and I like to put the ol girl to work on occasion. I don't know what my weight was, but it wasn't bad. I made the trip in a total of 37 hours. Used 120 Gallons of Fuel and traveled 2140 miles. So I averaged…

From my first hunt of the year. I took the little brown dog with me. She did OK.....but I'm surely spoiled by what her old man can do!!!!!!

I have an old POS laser printer and a new inkjet and currently I have both connected to a POS computer to be used as a print/file server. The laser is parallel port and I don't have one on this new beast so I was kinda forced.. I can't even load a driver for it so I can just print from my windows 7 computer because windows 7 is too new. So I easily use remote desktop and manage with ease. But, that computer is a 2ghz celeron with 1gb memory.. It's a dog. And it is just doing the BSOD every 5 seconds ever since it installed some .NET framework update. Along with some other issues.I like fedora and figured I would throw it on there. But, I have no idea how to get it…

DESCRIPTION: Maroon Dodge 2001.5 QC, 2500, Cummins 5.9L 24V Turbo Diesel, AirDog150, big line, RE47 auto, 4X4, 4.10, Michelin 265/75R16 LTX A/T, 8800gvw, camper pkg, tow pkg, plow pkg, TCW3, Turbo back 4" SS exhaust, 5" tip, 36" FTE spiral resonator, straight through "muffler". IAT (mpg) fooler, XZT+. 59k PICTURE: REWARD for Safe return (perferably with full fuel tank!) Early this morning, wife took the truck load of lawn furnature to the daughter who's closed on a house yesterday. Was supposed to be back by noon to swap vehicles & she's volunteering at a Cajun Music Festival... camping out in staff area... beginning to get dark now.

Ive been following the channel dedicated to hurricane issac. Those poor people down there just cant catch a break. the hurricane appears to have been much worse than anticipated due to the fact that it has literally stalled out once making landfall. Theyre already saying the flooding has become significantly worse than katrina, as much as 25 inches of rainfall in the past day and a half. Praying for everybody down there, theyve got a long ways to go as levees are continuing to fail and people bieng evacuated as we speak.

Here is something from another forum at... http://www.idahoturbodiesels.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10173 It about the 13 rules of gunfighting everyone should know.