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nightfighter

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  1. Looks great! I am envious of the land space.... and the toys (tractor) that it affords you the need to have...
  2. Congrats to Hunter and team. Local Marblehead HS team just won Mass State Championship 1-0 against a heavily favored team from Nauset. Nice story of a team developing after a 0-6 start to their season!
  3. Roads are awful. Between the frost heaves (which are bound to get worse this week with freezing temps overnight), the utilities opening up seemingly every road in my normal travels for gas or water lines, or the lack of maintenance in past years, they are awful. I will get our vehicles into the alignment shop in a month or so. I had always been annoyed by how long it took a town or city to repave or just patch level all the cuts. Finally had the chance to talk to the gas company rep in this town and he told me they need to wait a full year to be sure it has settled completely despite tamping. Did not know that. (The reason I was talking to him was I had hit one of their hours-old cuts that had not been tamped before asphalt. Hard.... he had no problem paying for my alignment...)
  4. My mother wanted to donate her body, as a second granddaughter was going through medical school and had explained how they used donated cadavers as part of their training. Unfortunately, the school, or whatever group in charge of taking donations denied her as she already had been diagnosed with dementia and they would not accept her signature for donation.... So if you or a family member wants to do any type of donation, get it done and reviewed while you are "of sound mind."
  5. The tide has turned in my favor as I played my trump card about the cover... Now leaning heavily towards new grill with the griddle inset Hobo mentioned...
  6. Screw it. I am going to file the day after I reach my Full Retirement Age, which will be this Tuesday. Woke up to see news reports of a client found deceased in his house here on Thursday... 68 years old. Film maker author David Breashears. Nice guy. I had put my son in his home to do some repairs and window work. When I went to inspect and drop off the invoice, he went out of his way to give me an autographed book to give to my son and said he enjoyed his conversations with him.... We actually talked about him filing for his SS benefits to pay for replacing windows this coming summer instead of constantly chasing repairs on his existing windows..... You just don't know.
  7. So I went online and printed out my SSA benefits page. My Full Retirement Age is 66 years and 6 months.... Which will be in four days.... So am I correct in assuming that the 22k in earnings will NOT affect me? I am throttling back the work hours anyway and think I will file to start collecting in April. The monthly check at 68 will be about 200 more per month. But by then I will have already received 17 months of benefits. Doesn't make sense to wait as I would be almost 70 before waiting would turn positive... Setting up the direct deposit and bank it... Wife is 61 and still working until the day she turns 65 and that is it.
  8. His and hers... and bust her chops when my weber grill gets more use...
  9. Well, that video didn't sell me. If anything it made me want a grill with griddle insert. That top might be the deal killer. We won't buy until we can see one so I am waiting until then to make mention of that. And the fact you cannot close the top when in use...
  10. Oh hell, hobo. No intent to lie.... Range Rover is an opinion from talking to folks who have owned them. Maybe not a large enough sample size. As for the flat top and steaks, I could be proved wrong. But I have also seen it first hand... If you have the goods on me, I am open to see or hear it. I am not an expert in these fields... Tom likes to pile on....
  11. Back to the Queen's griddle... It is going to be stir fries, veggies, smash burgers, shrimp, fish and the like. Steaks too. Top steak houses cook on flat tops and it gets a crispier crust. Not like I eat much red meat anymore and with recently diagnosed severe emphysema..... she is going to be changing/has changed my diet. I am ok with just being the one to execute the plan, as long as I have a hand in making the plan. And my daughter is getting a fine grill that we would have kept for years
  12. I told if she gets one it better come with its own tow truck....
  13. I clearly missed a chapter somewhere...... "cause this left me like a ball in tall grass....lost.
  14. As Ed has gracefully outlined in detail, this is a suck job. Time suck too. Since you say the interiors are good, you can go for the whole enchilada as Ed spelled out; or you could just strip off the loose vinyl and apply a colored epoxy over the wood panel. Critical issue is getting the wood rail dry.... So you either have to get really lucky with weather, or you have to accelerate the drying with warm/hot air blown on it, which will require babysitting it. If you are up for the whole enchilada, God bless you. I wouldn't want it as a paid job. But in the meantime, save your shekels for replacement units. I say units as I doubt you will find replacement panels or door slabs that will fit and have compatible hardware. Look on the side of the doors for a model number and take a pic. You will need that if you are lucky enough to find replacement panels available. The number will also give you the made date. Also get a pic of the glass info, which should be in one of the bottom corners. Tape something dark to the back side to get a better contrast for the pic. My experience with all things Andersen is that they change models, hardware and instructions quite often. And their installation instructions are written by a middle school shop class....
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