A new game... Post pics from your cel phone V.1.0

[94touring]

On a brighter note

[Jims5543]

Eminent Domain in use.  New highway going in, houses purchased and town down. The last few are being torn down.






This was was an odd ball, everything around it is gone and this one is untouched. Figured out why.






This is on the back of a land surveyors truck, my friend sent it to me. I told him I think the surveyor should be closer to the ape.

[94touring]

I really like that survey sticker!

[Jims5543]

I am a self loathing land surveyor, I hate land surveyors 90% of them think they are better than everyone else.  Ever been to a continuing education class for land surveyors? An entire room of the best land surveyors known to man.

I am not the best, I am constantly learning and constantly trying to be better, maybe by the time I die I will consider myself good.

To sit in a room with these assholes is maddening. That guys sticker is the epitome of the mindset of a typical land surveyor.

/rant

[94touring]

I have been to one of those classes!  I still remember how much the instructor was into himself lol.

[Jims5543]

I have been to one of those classes!  I still remember how much the instructor was into himself lol.

My point exactly, the entire room is full of them. I am now working for a Pool company, in many cases I get a copy of a competitors survey that was used to permit the pool with the task of locating the form boards to make sure everything jives. So many of these supreme surveyors turn out fantastic looking surveys, that are complete works of fiction. Nothing they say they found or set is there and in some cases I am only months behind them.


I dropped the E30 off for an alignment yesterday, this was parked out front.




Customers house, I knocked on the door really hard.

[Jims5543]

About a year ago I impulse purchased a $60 pancake compressor from Harbor Freight, I had moved my compressor (a POS Wal - Mart one) 8 years ago to the shop space and wanted something at the house.

It crapped the bed as I expected it would, so this time I decided to do some research and get a quieter and better quality one.

It did not come with oil so I have to pick some up today and finally try it out this evening after work.



We are in a cold snap here in Florida, I saw this guy out in the field sunning himself, he would not move, I poked him with my shovel and he just turned a little. I guess he was about as happy as I was about this late season cold.

[Mudhen]

Nice looking compressor!  Mine crapped out too.  Blew a connecting rod - my second time in about 7-8 years having to rebuild it.  New pistons/rods and good to go.

Thinking about an upgrade as well.   ::)

[94touring]

My favorite tool at the shop is my ginormous air compressor.  Sometimes I just stand and look at it.  ;D

[MiniDave]

Black snakes are beneficial - they eat rodents so let him be if you can.......

[Jims5543]

Black snakes are beneficial - they eat rodents so let him be if you can.......

I leave all snakes alone. Even the poisonous ones, which I rarely see. Did you know a vast majority of poisonous snake bites occur because the human is messing with the snake?

If I encounter one, I find another way around, that snake wants less to do with me than I do with it. We both just want to go our own ways.

It is startling when you almost step on a non poisonous one though, you think "damn, that could have been bad for me, glad it was a rat snake."

That pancake compressor sucked balls, it could not even keep up to inflate a bike tire.

It would fall behind when I used my trim nailer.  It sucked. I am looking forward to putting this one through some paces, I have lots of projects coming up in and outside the garage.

[John Gervais]

Black snakes are beneficial - they eat rodents so let him be if you can.......

I leave all snakes alone. Even the poisonous ones, which I rarely see. Did you know a vast majority of poisonous snake bites occur because the human is messing with the snake?

If I encounter one, I find another way around, that snake wants less to do with me than I do with it. We both just want to go our own ways.

It is startling when you almost step on a non poisonous one though, you think "damn, that could have been bad for me, glad it was a rat snake."

That pancake compressor sucked balls, it could not even keep up to inflate a bike tire.

It would fall behind when I used my trim nailer.  It sucked. I am looking forward to putting this one through some paces, I have lots of projects coming up in and outside the garage.

I read that as 'nail trimmer' and thought, cool - a pneumatic nail trimmer. 

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Only the garter snake (certain ones from Oregon apparently) and the keelback snakes are poisonous from storing toxins from their diets of toads and newts, which are harmful/dangerous if ingested.  The others are venomous, meaning that the venom must be injected, though there are a couple of exceptions.  You could theoretically drink snake venom, but don't - a small laceration, cut, sore or abrasion in the mouth, throat, digestive tract etc. could be fatal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_snake

[Jims5543]

Pic from Ft. Myers Florida last weekend. Across the street is the Edison theater, now a law office.  I love that E30, it has been such a great car to us.

Did you know Thomas Edison and Henry Ford both had winter homes there, next door to each other?  Harvey Firestone used to visit there a lot and the 3 of them spent a lot of time together.

That was part of our decision to spend a weekend there and explore. I took some cool pics, I will have to spend a minute and get them uploaded when I have time.

[jedduh01]

Nice Compressor upgrade!  I have nearly the "same" thing -- Kobalt  From (lowes) but same capacity - Same compress unit + Same drive unit ... probably in time came off the same assembly lines....

Anyhow - It works great - Has PLENTY Of volume and  your air tool's will grow!

I suggest-  before going full bore --  replace the bottom petcok (probably a small - wing type screw in jobbie - and upgrade to a
90' Angle fitting- to a small pipe- to a ball valve...

WIth Florida - and myself in NC - Humidity will make MOISTURE In the tank.  With enough use - I have had moisture enter the hose. I now also added a Moisture trap on the outlet too of my unit.

Crack the ball valve every once in a while blow out the water /moisture  - more frequently after much use- you will be amazed with the water that comes out.

[Mudhen]

Moisture trap on the outlet of your unit?

Depends.

[jeff10049]

 

Moisture trap on the outlet of your unit?

Depends.

:D

[jedduh01]

Moisture trap on the outlet of your unit?

Depends.

If you don't trap some moisture you can get into a WORLD of trouble .... I'm 6 months into Trouble now -17 yrs 6 Months to go to rid of that Moisture loss!

[Mudhen]

Moisture trap on the outlet of your unit?

Depends.

If you don't trap some moisture you can get into a WORLD of trouble .... I'm 6 months into Trouble now -17 yrs 6 Months to go to rid of that Moisture loss!

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[94touring]

Downtown from my place last night.

[Dmulder]

Parts parts. I have been waiting like a kid for Christmas. I'm ordering more later today. I'm excited for no tire run and two functioning headlamps. Although I think I managed to order the single bulb headlamps instead of the dual (pilot)bulb headlamps.

[Dmulder]

My throttle cable broke. This is how I made it the rest of the way to church and how I will get home tonight. Another fun project.

[Dmulder]

Forgot the pic

[94touring]

A true mini owner!

[John Gervais]

Brilliant!   77.gif

[Jims5543]

Lol! Way to fight through a problem.

Um.... your setbelt is hanging out too....