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@ a drag race, in Commerce, GA. Check out the offerings on the signs below the big funnel cakes sign...deep fried Oreos -- ewww!
LTC Jones used the vise-grips out of my tool kit to remove these external fixator pins. normally we use a crank...but i guess he is the doc. he is so cool!
Redneck Sledding is when my dad ties a rope to a sled then hooks it on the back of his truck, and pulls us through the field.
twinkies and beer,refreshments for an outdoor wedding on the Forrest River....wonderful! No this REALLY isn't the way we Southerners celebrate weddings here in the South but the theme was appropriate and soooo much fun.Champagne out of a huge cooler and drinking out of Dixie cups! Barbeque was of course the meat of choice and a Low Country Boil, the perfect day in June and actually one of the most fun birthdays I've ever had!
I hate Target. It presents such a pretty face compared to the Evil Empire that is Wal-Mart, but because style is prioritized over build quality, you always pay the price later. Kimberlee bought a couple of “sling” style chairs for our back room last year. They look like this one (although they clearly weren’t built as well): www.comfortchannel.com/prod.itml/icOid/6462. Sure enough, one self-destructed within months, and the second one broke a rivet last week. Determined to save at least one, I replaced the rivet with a screw. In my defense, I am tired of fixing this crap. Obviously, the screw was too long. The correct way to address this would be to cut it off cleanly and apply Loctite compound to keep the nut in place. Since the repair was out of sight, a quick twist of the pliers accomplished both goals. In the Army, I would have called it a "field expedient" repair. Maybe the chair will last a few more months now. Lesson learned…hopefully.
Looks a little bit better hopefully as I progress with the siding and get the roof line trimmed out. Hoping the neighbors aren't quite as put out with it now, as they probably were a few days ago. :)
The awesome part of this project, is that 80% at least is recycled/reclaimed material saved from the trailer house being torn down, along with some friends construction left overs. Even the 42" Plasma TV is a $5 find, that I repaired for just a few pennies.
It will also use Solar to heat the water...... Of which the water will be rainwater collected off the roof. A small greenhouse will be attached to the back to grow various herbs/veggies in the purified grey(gray) water. The soil it's grown in will be compost from the composting toilet, after it's been processed for aprox 1 year. So it will take some time for it to be full circle, self sustaining, but hopefully it will get there... :)
Plastic mulcher plate and chute failed, so I whopped-up a quick repair plate out of galvanized sheetmetal. I'll replace the screws with pop rivets once I go get some of them.