Couldn't agree more. Give me work grade vinyl and rubber floors. Standard radio. Manual transfer case. I've gotten softer and wouldn't want to go without A/C but I've probably owned as many vehicles without as with. Don't think that's even an option to delete anymore. I've never bought a new truck and probably never will so it's a compromise of what I can find at a good price. Such is life.
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Couldn't agree more. Give me work grade vinyl and rubber floors. Standard radio. Manual transfer case. I've gotten softer and wouldn't want to go without A/C but I've probably owned as many vehicles without as with. Don't think that's even an option to delete anymore. I've never bought a new truck and probably never will so it's a compromise of what I can find at a good price. Such is life.
I hope everyone has had a great fall. I don't post here much but do check in pretty regular. It is good to see some normality in today's world. It's been beautiful this autumn here. Very mild and dry, although that's recently changed. Gave me a lot more time than usual to get things packed up for winter and a few extra projects I didn't think I'd get to until next year.
We also got a new family member this summer. My wife found him down the road, caked in mud, half dead from the heat. This was the day she brought him home, after several baths. He was so happy to have a place to eat and sleep that's all he did for the first week. Its not the first stray we have found. There is an abandoned rail way 1/4 mile down the road that seems to be a popular spot to dump off unwanted animals. People suck.
On the bright side, Bo (our older lab) has a buddy. He is showing Luke the ropes. My wife rolled her eyes when I came up with the name
We also got a new family member this summer. My wife found him down the road, caked in mud, half dead from the heat. This was the day she brought him home, after several baths. He was so happy to have a place to eat and sleep that's all he did for the first week. Its not the first stray we have found. There is an abandoned rail way 1/4 mile down the road that seems to be a popular spot to dump off unwanted animals. People suck.
On the bright side, Bo (our older lab) has a buddy. He is showing Luke the ropes. My wife rolled her eyes when I came up with the name
I've never owned a new truck, but have spec'd out a lot for trucks over the years. Bare bones trucks are hard to get outside of fleet/municipal options. Even then there's a lot of fancy stuff we didn't need that you couldn't get rid of. The 19 5500 dodge ended up with a touch screen, chrome front bumper and alloy wheels after adding the upfitter prep package and plow package. None of which we really wanted or needed. Power windows and ac were standard.
It's a trend with everything though, when's the last time you saw an cheap econo-box compact car? No one makes one these days. It's all frills and gizmos that you don't really need, which all adds to the expense of the vehicle.
We also got a new family member this summer. My wife found him down the road, caked in mud, half dead from the heat. This was the day she brought him home, after several baths. He was so happy to have a place to eat and sleep that's all he did for the first week. Its not the first stray we have found. There is an abandoned rail way 1/4 mile down the road that seems to be a popular spot to dump off unwanted animals. People suck.
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On the bright side, Bo (our older lab) has a buddy. He is showing Luke the ropes. My wife rolled her eyes when I came up with the name
Thanks for giving Luke a home and a chance. We've found that strays and rescues make good companions - I swear I think they appreciate the better life they've been offered. And yes, sometimes people do suck, especially when they treat animals poorly.
My brother had a friend with a Mudstang back in the early 80s… I wonder what happened to it???
I once passed on a very good deal on a very low mileage factory original '68 428 Mustang GT because it was NOT a fastback!
Likely that was a mistake, because that was a very rare car, but all my classic Mustangs were fastbacks!
If I only had more money (back then) and garage space (even now) I would have one heck of a Ford collection!
Likely that was a mistake, because that was a very rare car, but all my classic Mustangs were fastbacks!
If I only had more money (back then) and garage space (even now) I would have one heck of a Ford collection!
Unfortunately our home has been a bit of a revolving door for strays. Both cats and dogs. Most we will house until we find them a good home. We have kept one cat and now Luke. Kitty has been a huge factor in getting the chipmunk population under control.
We found this rottie earlier in the summer. We always post something up on social media to try and find the rightful owner. Havent found one yet and we have rescued a bunch. Rottie was a real sweet heart. Went to a nice young family just before we found Luke.
Suppress it.
Great find on the Lab. I wish that I could find a stray like that.I hope everyone has had a great fall. I don't post here much but do check in pretty regular. It is good to see some normality in today's world. It's been beautiful this autumn here. Very mild and dry, although that's recently changed. Gave me a lot more time than usual to get things packed up for winter and a few extra projects I didn't think I'd get to until next year.
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We also got a new family member this summer. My wife found him down the road, caked in mud, half dead from the heat. This was the day she brought him home, after several baths. He was so happy to have a place to eat and sleep that's all he did for the first week. Its not the first stray we have found. There is an abandoned rail way 1/4 mile down the road that seems to be a popular spot to dump off unwanted animals. People suck.
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On the bright side, Bo (our older lab) has a buddy. He is showing Luke the ropes. My wife rolled her eyes when I came up with the name
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Mounted on a Blazer frame?
Cleaning up Ash on the woodlot today. There are more nice tracks at the scrape right across the street from my driveway. I dropped another dying Ash at noon. It was 21 inches at the cut. I'll be heading back over to finish bucking it up and moving it to the woodpile. This tree fell dead on in the spot where I wanted it to land.
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You should see it around our house. There's at least 6 guys sitting in the section with rifles. There are 9 houses on the section. I think our neighbors from Chicago were shocked the first year of rifle season! Welcome to WI!
We do have a small population of flying squirrels.
Just saw my first flying squirrels here today after living here 30 years. Looks like they made a nest in a woodpecker hole in a dead ash.
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Did you look for Bullwinkle?
If we had a fenced-in yard we'd prolly have a dozen strays.Similar threads
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