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    Little things that make life easier

    I should have bought my 10,000 lb. two post hoist 25 years ago. I've had this one for 10 years now and find it my favorite tool Only time I have to get on my knees is setting the lifting arms. my #1 retirement tool suggestion Hank
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    Rear Wheel Reduction housing lube?

    thanks good point on measuring the levels I'll give a try cheers Hank
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    Rear Wheel Reduction housing lube?

    We have Grey L2201DT and wonder about the reduction gear on the rear wheels I see a drain and filler cap bolts- but does that gear housing get it's lube from the transmission fluid level. or is it a separate fluid. In freezing weather the hydraulics do not work -I'm thinking there is a lot of...
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    Ear Candy

    La Mer https://www.youtube.com › watch?v=fztkUuunI7g
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    The Lottery - Anyone hit it?

    A few years ago I worked as longshoreman loading logs for export. I'd pick up my pal every morning and drive to the docks. I've been buying and playing the same numbers for many years. I mentioned I won to him but don't know the exact amount. I said to keep it hushed up and we would check the...
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    Awesome dogs / Crazy pets Thread

    My wife said that I;m spending so much time with the dog we are starting to look like each other
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    A question for the gray beards

    My grandpap told me to save my money and buy a farm some day- seemed like a great idea so at 27 I bought 13 acres. I built our house and shop with wood I cut on the property with a saw mill I built. Living in a place with clean air and water- and a wife that can put up with all my projects I...
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    First Car

    My dad was a Sargent Major in the US Army stationed in Hawaii. As a high school kid at a military school. I got a job picking pineapples for Dole during the summer while all my pals were out surfing and fornicating. I saved all my money and bought a two tone Blue 1954 Dodge Royal Red Ram 2 door...
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    Woodstock in 1973

    I got out of the Air Force in '69 and jumped on a 10 speed Peugeot bike and was well on my way across the states . From Miami to Vancouver BC when Woodstock and the moon landings were happening. I had no idea ether happened until that winter good times
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    Who has a Drone? Why?

    I'm on my second real drone and really enjoy flying and filming what I see. the latest is a DJI Air 3s 40+ minutes flying time. I tried to build my own buying parts from ebay and made it too heavy with poor results so I bought a Phantom 3 pro and had many good flights then flew it into a tree...
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    Daily Chuckle

    An attorney arrived home late, after a very tough day trying to get a stay of execution. His last minute plea for clemency to the governor had failed and he was feeling worn out and depressed. As soon as he walked through the door at home, his wife started on him about, 'What time of night to...
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    Snakes

    A few years ago I had our `13 y.o. grandson driving our Kubota tractor tilling up the garden when it looked like he fell off the tractor on to the stacked hay pile. I rushed over just as he was getting up with a 3 ft.+ gardner snake in his hands. I gave him a bit of $hit for pulling that stunt...
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    What does everyone collect or do for a hobby?

    1957 bug 1986 Syncro 1992 Eurovan + 15 others I know I have a problem
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    What does everyone collect or do for a hobby?

    This Atlas brass plaque I salvaged from a sunken boat off the Government wharf in Bella Bella BC. The other plaque from the Ocean Falls paper mill site .
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    What does everyone collect or do for a hobby?

    Other than working on old VWs and Volvos. I collect and trade license plates I just like how they look on the shop wall. Over 200 so far. I also collect Brass Plaques I helped tear down a old paper / pulp mill in Ocean Falls BC. When I heard that they were planning on bulldozing the place I...
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    Daily Chuckle

    Two priests decided to go to Hawaii on vacation. They were determined to make this a real vacation by not wearing anything that would identify them as clergy. The plane landed and they headed for a store and bought some really outrageous shorts, shirts, sandals. The next morning they went to...
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    Daily Chuckle

    Jack and Jill are getting married. Jacks old man takes him to one side and says "Listen Jack you need to stamp your authority on this relationship. When I married your mother, on our wedding night I asked her to try on my trousers in the honeymoon suite." This she did and then said "Honey I...
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    Daily Chuckle

    An old country farmer had a wife who nagged him unmercifully. From morning till night she was always complaining about something. The only time he got any relief was when he was out plowing with his old mule. He tended to plough a lot. One day, when he was out ploughing, his wife brought him...
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    Daily Chuckle

    A gentleman staying at the Ritz removes a card offering sexual services from a telephone box in Piccadilly. Back at the hotel he rings the number. A lady with a silky soft voice answers and asks if she can be of assistance. The gentleman says, "I'd like a blow job, some missionary work, a...