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So, I do business with this Mill all the time...just bought 50 16x6x1 oak fence boards to repair aging fence sections from the Mennonite/Amish.

The place is amazing:



I went at lunch time and got to watch this guy, who I know and got permission from to post this photo, work this machine like you read about.

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16x6x1 OAK!

Mind if I ask how much that cost?
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16x6x1 OAK!

Mind if I ask how much that cost?
They know me, so $10 a board...$500 out the door.

I have paid a lot less in hurricane years. I can’t imagine the West Coast price.
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I didn't take ^that^ one.
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They know me, so $10 a board...$500 out the door.

I have paid a lot less in hurricane years. I can’t imagine the West Coast price.
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They know me, so $10 a board...$500 out the door.

I have paid a lot less in hurricane years. I can’t imagine the West Coast price.
That's a good price for that size, Paul. Love the drone's eye view of the lumber yard too....very cool!

This time of year.......a cold one really hits the spot!

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They know me, so $10 a board...$500 out the door.

I have paid a lot less in hurricane years. I can’t imagine the West Coast price.
Thanks.
I don't even want to think about the price out here.
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Cormorants.... not only do they put a hurting on they baitfish, they make a mess of the docks... explosively craptastic..
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On the way to work a few weeks back, I was stuck for 2.5 hours in between 2 exits on I-10 so I got to watch the sunrise. 2 semi's got in an accident with at least one laying on its side and on fire. Total commute ~3:50 (left home at 4:50 and got to work ~8:40)


summer sunrise


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There are 2 caves open to the public for tour. One had an exposed opening and had a bat colony. The second was discovered because the family that owned the property performed exploratory drilling in the late 60s. On one of the test holes, they hit a void. The drilled the hole bigger (exploratory drillings were 6") up to 22" where they then used a winch to lower folks down the hole to see what was there. Because the cavern had been essentially "sealed shut" there were/are "soda straw" stalactites up to 6' long. The grandsons loved it.
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Small part of an impressive private car collection I went to see recently. That 1955 D-Type Jag is the genuine article, not a tribute or continuation.

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Small part of an impressive private car collection I went to see recently. That 1955 D-Type Jag is the genuine article, not a tribute or continuation.

Saw this at the High Museum in Atlanta when they did the Allure of Automobiles exhibit years ago:



(1957 XKS owned by Steve McQueen)

No surprise they had a few Porsches too:

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Looking for the Perseid Shower, but no meteors.
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I guess a locking gas cap was way too complicated for this situation. Then again, gas prices have gotten really stupid toooooo….sooooooo

Saw this while returning a piece of rental equipment. Hat is off to the bloke for ingenuity.











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Looking for the Perseid Shower, but no meteors.

We had cloud cover most of the time so we missed out too. Saw an impressive pass of the ISS last week but only crappy iPhone shots that showed nothing noteworthy.
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Off my buddy’s back porch…how many millions of $ do you think is sitting around there?



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Off my buddy’s back porch…how many millions of $ do you think is sitting around there?




Officially……. If I had to hazard a guess, I would probably say… a phuc-ton.




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