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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
Tonight I decided to find out why my log splitter puked it’s guts. It’s been about 10 years since I drained the hydraulic fluid and the filter finally burst after the first good freeze this fall. Milkshake! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/85FE962D-0195-4120-A4B3-7A1CDBFB11D3_jpeg-754622.JPG Welp, that’s the problem! View Quote |
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Log splitter is back up and running!
Hauled in the last bit of maple flooring we’ll need for the house today: Attached File |
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Patched a few more spots of flooring today. The existing maple is from ~1920 and will be sanded once I finish patching and tying in all of the new areas.
Since our house got all new hvac ducting we have holes which need registers. The kids have been calling this one in the dining room “the hole of no return” as toys which go in never come out Since the hvac guys placed the duct flush with the surface of the hardwood I have to drop them to subfloor height. Attached File I trace the wooden register and remove the old flooring with the handiest tool on the planet. Attached File I’m cheap, these registers are like $25ea and I needed 12 of them so I’ve bought all I can from amazon warehouse. Only 2-3 were actually maple, the rest oak, and even some are prefinished like this one. Once sanded and finished I find they match well enough. (I’ve paid about ~$5 on average for each register this way) Test fit the frame Attached File Since I’m cutting these in to an old floor I shim the frame to the proper height and lay a ring of construction adhesive before nailing in place. There’s no tongue and groove jointery when they’re installed after the fact like this and I don’t want any movement. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
Patched a few more spots of flooring today. The existing maple is from ~1920 and will be sanded once I finish patching and tying in all of the new areas. Since our house got all new hvac ducting we have holes which need registers. The kids have been calling this one in the dining room “the hole of no return” as toys which go in never come out Since the hvac guys placed the duct flush with the surface of the hardwood I have to drop them to subfloor height. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/310ED170-D372-4E12-9B88-01899CCED449_jpeg-759261.JPG I trace the wooden register and remove the old flooring with the handiest tool on the planet. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/845F03FF-7B34-45C7-99FE-82E1FAF66B79_jpeg-759262.JPG I’m cheap, these registers are like $25ea and I needed 12 of them so I’ve bought all I can from amazon warehouse. Only 2-3 were actually maple, the rest oak, and even some are prefinished like this one. Once sanded and finished I find they match well enough. (I’ve paid about ~$5 on average for each register this way) Test fit the frame https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/753A20DB-6203-4696-9520-5F198CA3C656_jpeg-759264.JPG Since I’m cutting these in to an old floor I shim the frame to the proper height and lay a ring of construction adhesive before nailing in place. There’s no tongue and groove jointery when they’re installed after the fact like this and I don’t want any movement. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/D88D2574-0F22-4014-8412-5702492DC67E_jpeg-759265.JPG View Quote I’m making sure the wife likes the tile before I rip into the kids’ bathroom linoleum Attached File |
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Time to rough out a mantelpiece.
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Originally Posted By Tacticalcows:
Time to rough out a mantelpiece. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/E231A959-1485-4B3F-A445-8F4451589511_jpeg-759961.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/08AD8585-02CB-46ED-8FFA-7E2DEE236673_jpeg-759963.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/BD0388B7-0D01-429D-8F38-029BB442E7CA_jpeg-759964.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/291B779A-A0CA-4ABE-9921-6D71C1DF873E_jpeg-759969.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/D25F30B8-169A-43F1-B23D-3BD3CF84E869_jpeg-759970.JPG View Quote Another vent installed. It’s tough to capture the same spacing as 90 year old worn flooring so I’m forced to leave gaps in the new material. It is what it is, and once finished it blends in well enough for my taste. Attached File I’ve also found a good solution to my hydraulic fluid problem with the log splitter. After much agony (bursting two more filters) I found a Wix brand oil filter which is working great. Fortunately it let me purge all the remaining water out of the system with each of the three new hydraulic fluid fills. Since my log splitter is powered by a Hewlett-Packard HP-40 hydraulic pack origionally designed to run a hydraulic saw I can’t find parts for it. I can’t find hydraulic filters, and it predates the internet so there’s no .pdf to reference for a filter to search for. Years ago I went to an auto parts store and found a comparable sized oil filter which spins on and works until they burst. Unfortunately the oil filter media is too fine and it froths the hydraulic oil as it passes leading to more resistance and a higher likelihood of bursting in cold weather. I cross referenced one of the burst filters and found a Wix brand oil filter which fits. Wix filters have a mechanical bypass which opens and closes a valve if the filter is overcome by pressure, a very robust design. It’s installed, working well with the hydraulic fluid, not frothing as bad, and of course I don’t expect it to burst because of the bypass. |
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Originally Posted By jacobsk: Sorry, but that is just super freaking cool! Another vent installed. It’s tough to capture the same spacing as 90 year old worn flooring so I’m forced to leave gaps in the new material. It is what it is, and once finished it blends in well enough for my taste. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/15909DD3-CA1C-4451-91ED-D1A9572A1FD6_jpeg-762110.JPG I’ve also found a good solution to my hydraulic fluid problem with the log splitter. After much agony (bursting two more filters) I found a Wix brand oil filter which is working great. Fortunately it let me purge all the remaining water out of the system with each of the three new hydraulic fluid fills. Since my log splitter is powered by a Hewlett-Packard HP-40 hydraulic pack origionally designed to run a hydraulic saw I can’t find parts for it. I can’t find hydraulic filters, and it predates the internet so there’s no .pdf to reference for a filter to search for. Years ago I went to an auto parts store and found a comparable sized oil filter which spins on and works until they burst. Unfortunately the oil filter media is too fine and it froths the hydraulic oil as it passes leading to more resistance and a higher likelihood of bursting in cold weather. I cross referenced one of the burst filters and found a Wix brand oil filter which fits. Wix filters have a mechanical bypass which opens and closes a valve if the filter is overcome by pressure, a very robust design. It’s installed, working well with the hydraulic fluid, not frothing as bad, and of course I don’t expect it to burst because of the bypass. View Quote I thought I killed another thread. That vent is awesome. For your hyd issue look at the flow rate of the filter. I had to make a multiple filter setup to match the out of manufacture filters. |
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Originally Posted By Tacticalcows: Thank you sir! I thought I killed another thread. That vent is awesome. For your hyd issue look at the flow rate of the filter. I had to make a multiple filter setup to match the out of manufacture filters. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Tacticalcows: Time to rough out a mantelpiece. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/E231A959-1485-4B3F-A445-8F4451589511_jpeg-759961.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/08AD8585-02CB-46ED-8FFA-7E2DEE236673_jpeg-759963.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/BD0388B7-0D01-429D-8F38-029BB442E7CA_jpeg-759964.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/291B779A-A0CA-4ABE-9921-6D71C1DF873E_jpeg-759969.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/425345/D25F30B8-169A-43F1-B23D-3BD3CF84E869_jpeg-759970.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By jacobsk: Good point, the power pack has a variable speed pump with 10, 20, & 40 liters per minute. I usually run at 40. Does anyone have a log splitter and know their pump capacity to compare? View Quote |
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Originally Posted By TWO_LABS:
All new windows and patio door. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/421844/EE7567BE-540F-44FF-BB69-4A1981887CDE_jpeg-764040.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/421844/F76ADC7D-1D15-43E6-B605-EE66C63E8947_jpeg-764041.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/421844/C6FE4883-D04E-423F-9584-15BC1B232A06_jpeg-764043.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/421844/B15E5231-9CA3-4554-BB2E-DB78228AE0C4_jpeg-764044.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Tacticalcows:
Do you know the pump type? Vane, piston, gear. The volume at psi can be calculated. I can pm my number and I’ll help the best I can. View Quote Today was prep day to lay the living room floor now that the maple has acclimated to the house. There was a jump in the center of the room where a load bearing wall used to sit before I changed the layout. The floor joists have settled in the 145 years and the stone wall below hadn’t. Tonight I pulled the floor boards and removed some of the high points from the stone/mortar which was causing the problem. Attached File . Put the same old floor boards back afterwards and we’re set for tomorrow. |
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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
Making some progress. Lots of cutting. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/94CB53F8-6977-4972-B144-3FAFC4CFA482_jpeg-765157.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Tacticalcows:
Holy cow! How big of an area are you replacing? View Quote The living room is about 450sqft, about a quarter of the first floor of the house. Since the origional floor was all short pieces I decided to match it (really glad we did). It’s sort of strange taking brand new 4-6’ lengths of flooring and cutting it up into 6-16” random pieces to nail down Attached File With each piece being so short it’s taking a lot longer than usual. I’m also consuming many more nails. I ended up calling it a day after laying 2500 staples and my arm is sore |
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Lots of ambitious projects going on here. Making me feel guilty now.
All I’ve done lately...... Built a cart for my smoker. Attached File Cut a few of these out on the bandsaw Attached File Forgot about the carpet I put down on my wife’s side of the basement. Attached File Also did some rearranging things in the garage. My workbench was hidden behind my tool chest and turned into a horizontal shit collector. Attached File Cleaned the bench off somewhat, pulled it out into the middle of the work area and put the tool box up against the wall under the cabinets. I had to disconnect the drawer locks since I keep the lid closed. Attached File FWIW, plans are to replace the bottom of the tool chest with the new 22” deep and to turn this one into a smaller and portable bench and get rid of the big shit collector. |
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Originally Posted By jacobsk: This is our living room, which never had hardwood before. The old parlor (before I changed the layout of the house) and the kitchen were the only rooms with maple put down. You can see the dark brown wax finish on the origional maple. The living room is about 450sqft, about a quarter of the first floor of the house. Since the origional floor was all short pieces I decided to match it (really glad we did). It’s sort of strange taking brand new 4-6’ lengths of flooring and cutting it up into 6-16” random pieces to nail down https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/A2FD4A09-C743-411E-8493-7922C3AFF80C_jpeg-765875.JPG With each piece being so short it’s taking a lot longer than usual. I’m also consuming many more nails. I ended up calling it a day after laying 2500 staples and my arm is sore View Quote |
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Originally Posted By ScottsGT:
Lots of ambitious projects going on here. Making me feel guilty now. All I’ve done lately...... Built a cart for my smoker. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/32016/117E0EBB-DFD8-4FA4-B313-F93C85699422_jpeg-766104.JPG Cut a few of these out on the bandsaw https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/32016/C544B5EB-93BA-4FD5-957A-178106895C17_jpeg-766105.JPG Forgot about the carpet I put down on my wife’s side of the basement. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/32016/A451041C-79C1-4BD3-B65E-1CF294EBF249_jpeg-766109.JPG Also did some rearranging things in the garage. My workbench was hidden behind my tool chest and turned into a horizontal shit collector. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/32016/5C93F290-F45B-4FFC-911D-9E98D0B4502A_jpeg-766112.JPG Cleaned the bench off somewhat, pulled it out into the middle of the work area and put the tool box up against the wall under the cabinets. I had to disconnect the drawer locks since I keep the lid closed. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/32016/892E3724-B4FE-495F-A883-37825B6FF0AD_jpeg-766117.JPG FWIW, plans are to replace the bottom of the tool chest with the new 22” deep and to turn this one into a smaller and portable bench and get rid of the big shit collector. View Quote |
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Wow, man, I am lovin it.
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Tread on others as you would have them tread on you.
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Originally Posted By Tacticalcows: If it can break or kill me it most likely will at some point. It’s my nature. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Tacticalcows: If it can break or kill me it most likely will at some point. It’s my nature. Looks beautiful! |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet |
Thanks everyone!
Still had some time so I patched the hole in the dining room floor. I don’t know why, but it seems common in old houses, that rather than carry a coal fired stove through the basement door they elected to cut a hole in the floor and hoist it in place from above Attached File Attached File |
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Originally Posted By bradpierson26:
Home network. I’m out of my depth now lol https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/2B859279-5885-42DB-BD07-B92AC18059CA_jpeg-767108.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
Okay, I gotta ask. What is that called and where do I get one? I have 96 runs of cat6 dropped in the basement with a patch panel and nothing to mount it in View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By jacobsk:
Originally Posted By bradpierson26:
Home network. I’m out of my depth now lol https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/2B859279-5885-42DB-BD07-B92AC18059CA_jpeg-767108.JPG I can’t believe you had an actual trap door in the floor and filled it in |
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If you see something, say nothing and drink to forget.
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Originally Posted By jacobsk:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/8CE40588-DA93-41BF-888A-BAA0CA0725DC_jpeg-766861.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/116241/B3A93B48-2968-4045-9E53-99D02D75D281_jpeg-766864.JPG View Quote That's awesome and a stoopit amount of work. |
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Originally Posted By phurba:
That’s a small network rack. I can’t believe you had an actual trap door in the floor and filled it in View Quote And that was no trap door, it was a hole. The house did have two trap doors elsewhere though |
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Have another hit of sweet California sunshine
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Does crashing a shell mill count as work?
Attached File Also, made this after the pucker relaxed a bit. Attached File Attached File Attached File I think it looks so nice that that hour and a half at Ace I 5-minute epoxied together and hung it on kinda looks like crap now. Yeah, now... FYI, this is what the original parts are supposed to look like. I think i made it functionally the same. Attached File |
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Feminism or Cancer? My mom had cancer, and it's treatable. But my dad always says, "You can't fix stupid."
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Originally Posted By jacobsk: Okay next question, why are small network races so expensive? And that was no trap door, it was a hole. The house did have two trap doors elsewhere though View Quote Drove two hours for a steal on 6x6 cedar @ 10’ Going to redo my porch beams These are the times I miss my truck Attached File Attached File |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet |
Originally Posted By bradpierson26:
Kenuco 12u rack from amazon cost me under $70. I probably needed 6u lol Drove two hours for a steal on 6x6 cedar @ 10’ Going to redo my porch beams These are the times I miss my truck https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/94689CD7-C2E3-403A-8D61-DB67ABCFD6FB_jpeg-767630.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/A3F53B72-7EE9-42F4-91EE-B6305899262F_jpeg-767632.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By bradpierson26:
Originally Posted By jacobsk: Okay next question, why are small network races so expensive? And that was no trap door, it was a hole. The house did have two trap doors elsewhere though Drove two hours for a steal on 6x6 cedar @ 10’ Going to redo my porch beams These are the times I miss my truck https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/94689CD7-C2E3-403A-8D61-DB67ABCFD6FB_jpeg-767630.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/184182/A3F53B72-7EE9-42F4-91EE-B6305899262F_jpeg-767632.JPG |
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Damn. Aimless must have a belt-fed lock button. -photokirk
Logic is to democrats what laser pointers are to cats. They just confuse the shit out of them. -h3smith Welfare is a safety net, not a hammock. -cmjohnson |
Originally Posted By MissileCop:
Got my solar air heater up and running. As I type this, I have air coming into the house at 120 degrees. The pipe at the window inside the house makes for a really nice hand warmer. Hopefully this will help to cut down on my heating bill a bit. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6492/IMG_3688_JPG-768595.jpg View Quote |
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Originally Posted By MissileCop: No central air in the house. I ran duct work from the window box across the bathroom and into the hallway in the center of the house. The window box has a thermo switch and a 120mm fan in it. When the air temperature hits 110 in the piping in the window box, it closes the switch and fires up the solar powered fan. It's an experiment in progress, so it being pretty wasn't my first priority. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6492/IMG_3687_JPG-768663.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6492/IMG_3676_JPG-768664.jpg View Quote |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet |
Originally Posted By bradpierson26:
What did that cost you? View Quote |
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Damn. Aimless must have a belt-fed lock button. -photokirk
Logic is to democrats what laser pointers are to cats. They just confuse the shit out of them. -h3smith Welfare is a safety net, not a hammock. -cmjohnson |
Originally Posted By MissileCop:
Got my solar air heater up and running. As I type this, I have air coming into the house at 120 degrees. The pipe at the window inside the house makes for a really nice hand warmer. Hopefully this will help to cut down on my heating bill a bit. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6492/IMG_3688_JPG-768595.jpg View Quote I was gone on a business trip all week so tonight was all prep as I plan to sand the floors this weekend. Nothing fancy, just moving my mess to other areas of the house In doing so, I had to remove the plastic drop cloth from the wall in my office. Today was the first time I’ve been able to see the brick with drywall in this room kinda cool. Attached File |
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I worked on a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon, no pics though because of work rules/OPSEC.
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This world would be a better place to live if it weren't for people!
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Originally Posted By MissileCop:
Got my solar air heater up and running. As I type this, I have air coming into the house at 120 degrees. The pipe at the window inside the house makes for a really nice hand warmer. Hopefully this will help to cut down on my heating bill a bit. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/6492/IMG_3688_JPG-768595.jpg View Quote |
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Why do you own a fire extinguisher when you have the fire department to protect you???
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Originally Posted By Drsalee:
I got my fire pump out and changed the oil, cleaned the carb and ran a tank of gas through it. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/161250/C9C84F5F-92DA-423D-8F73-562E8CDC3058-767226.jpg My daughter had some fun with it. You guys have way more mad skills than I do. View Quote That is AWESOME! |
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Very busy day today. Last patching of the floor is done and then had to empty the contents of about 1000 sqft of house
Began to sand the floors using an edger to blend in the patches while my father and brother-in-law ran the orbital and drum sander. The old sections have ~80 years of wax to remove which is a bear but the drum does a good job. The new material gets orbital only. Attached File It’s really nice to see the old & new maple matching so closely! I’m excited to get it all cleaned up tomorrow Here’s the spot at the base of the stairs where I tied new & old Attached File |
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I wouldn't stand in front of a piss-filled supersoaker. Does that make it a good pistol? - Caboose314
I thought I was covered for 22 cans, but the NFAids is a bitch when it mutates - themagikbullet |
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