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  1. Lil Foot

    Daily Chuckle

    That is simultaneously the saddest, funniest, and most amazing thing I ever read. The levels of today's stupidity are simply unbelievable. Your response could not have been better. Well done!
  2. Lil Foot

    The mouse mystery.

    No problem, nothing in the pipe except the bird, not even any smell.
  3. Lil Foot

    The mouse mystery.

    My place in the high country has a main stack vent line of 3" ABS, and it it 30+ feet tall. Had a drain backup, so I went into the crawlspace to check the highest-upstream clean out. It is tight under there, so my face was only about 6" from the clean out cap. Pulled the cap; imagine my surprise...
  4. Lil Foot

    How did we manage to reach adulthood?

    When I was a young motorcycle rider, I once did a 1/2 mile (measured) through the town of Carefree, AZ, while performing a "Crucifix", at night. (throttle set at 40mph, standing on the seat, arms out at right angles, like a crucifix.) I won lots of money on bets performing that stunt over the...
  5. Lil Foot

    Changing Tires on Tandem Trailer

    When I was about 16 my folks decided to go tent trailer camping near Prescott. I would follow on my motorcycle, and my Dad would join us after work with a work buddy. About halfway there, the trailer blew a tire. We had a spare, but no jack that would work with the trailer. I unhitched the...
  6. Lil Foot

    Changing Tires on Tandem Trailer

    I have used this for years, similar principle, but under the axle instead of the tire.
  7. Lil Foot

    Daily Chuckle

    We must have worked in the same place!
  8. Lil Foot

    Daily Chuckle

  9. Lil Foot

    Read your phone while walking?

    Arizona has a law banning cell phone use in cars while driving, (except hands free) but I see more morons on the phone now than ever before. It is almost impossible to drive anywhere here without having someone drift into your lane, cut you off, fail to go when the traffic light turns green, or...
  10. Lil Foot

    Stupid me

    This is one of those "only two kinds of people" situations: "Those who have done it, and those who will do it." ;)
  11. Lil Foot

    Stupid me

    Nor mine.
  12. Lil Foot

    Daily Chuckle

    I have heard pop, soda, and soda pop. And a South African called it a fizzy. :unsure:
  13. Lil Foot

    Daily Chuckle

    Probably not; I know some non-serious guys who would probably laugh themselves to death.
  14. Lil Foot

    Sorry, oak tree

    The old guy who taught me the finer points of tree dropping (35+yrs with the FS) showed me the "hinge" method 30+ years ago. He was an artist- for every tree he dropped, he would place a pop can out where he wanted the tree to fall. Never saw him miss. He warned me that the hinge always works...
  15. Lil Foot

    Looking for Ideas on how to keep birds from destroying my new fascia boards.

    A friend loaned me a life sized, solar powered, moving, hooting owl to try and stop the problem. It worked for a while, but when the peckers figured out it wasn't real, they pecked holes in it. I had to buy him a new one. :mad:
  16. Lil Foot

    Trailer hitch ball stem won't go into drawbar hole.

    Years ago I came across an accident in which a utility trailer had come unhooked from it's hitch, crossed the center lane, and hit a nice Lincoln head on. No one hurt, thankfully. Turns out the trailer had a 2" hitch, and the ball was 1 7/8". (n) I resolved then to convert everything I own to...
  17. Lil Foot

    Looking for Ideas on how to keep birds from destroying my new fascia boards.

    I am undoubtably older than you believe, and maybe we went to the same schools, as I have felt the sting of the same paddles, on multiple occasions. :)
  18. Lil Foot

    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    No, but I have a tailstock from a dividing head that is adjustable for height & tilt that will work. :)
  19. Lil Foot

    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    My latest acquisition, a Phase II 5C Indexer, Not quite as nice a a Hardinge, but WAAAAAYYYY less expensive. 76mm centerline, 2 1/4" - 8 spindle nose, tight & smooth. $100 shipped.