random pics that YOU have taken.......

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Capt. Carrera

Fishing pier and oak tree next to to my house.

Beautiful

[KNS]

Originally Posted by Baz

Turns out the founder of the Miracle Ear company was a decorated WWII vet named Ken Dahlberg.


https://www.miracle-ear.com/blog-news/miracle-ear-founder-ken-dahlberg-story

Ken Dalberg also had a small but somewhat significant role in the Watergate scandal. He has an interesting place in US history.

[KNS]

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by KNS

" random pics that YOU have taken"
you took that pic?

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by KNS

You took that picture? 🙌🏽

[john70t]

Originally Posted by daepp

My next life after rebirth karma I want your and Skip's experiences as a start.
Oh pls pls god.
(at least a few decades would be great but millennia would be better.)

[KNS]

OOPs!

Sorry - I did NOT take the Beatles photo! For a moment I thought I was in the regular Random Pics.

In only wish...

[Seahawk]

Soybeans FTW:






The home of Varmint Cong:

[john70t]

(I couldn't find the "what are you fixin today" thread)

Background: The second story was apparently built without a permit or inspection by the PO. That's a tangent in itself. My second-gen experienced builder said "I'm scared" when working on it. And there was a lot of work. He did many things very well. But some not so well.

The upstairs porch is the cantilevered floor joists and originally floated. The original railing was easily kicked over during demo. It was super sketchy. I wanted corners made of strong 4x4 going from ground all the way up. The only problem was the base was not well prepped and eventually settled and sank. And that pulled the cantilever porch down with it.

I noticed the sliding door frame gaps were bowed in the winter which meant the wall was flexing under load. Some occasional creaking and popping sounds upstairs from the walls on either side of the porch. The previous work was a long time ago and any settling should have resolved. Walking outside on the deck felt like going downhill especially this year.

There is a 1" drop next to the house and probably 3.5" total.
I've got a laser level somewhere but just eyeballed it.


Tips:
-Use a rip saw blade for big cuts. Fine blades only make smoke and burnt wood.
-Have quality long sawzall blades (both wood and metal) because you will need them.
-Have all your outdoor rated fasteners purchased in advance instead of reusing old screws.
-If a bolt is stuck, a little jacking might make it easy to remove. Conversely, release jack if it's stuck. lol.



Black C-plates covers the splices and prevents side movement in three directions. They don't look too bad but they were the only thing the store carried.


The original stub posts on the right were not even touching before. They were bolted with an inch air gap which doesn't support anything.


There is still a 1" bow in the center from these two sinking posts at the front.
There is only one single post in the center of the whole deck! (With no bracing to the edges).
And to think those three posts once held up six to eight adults at a party....
There needs to be more and sitting on concrete sono-tubes.



The stair will also need to be lifted to height but taken off first. There originally was a 2x4 thingy there before so I built these. Today was about 70deg but after tomorrow it drops down into 40-50deg Michigan fall weather. Not enough time for a complete rebuild. One corner still needs to come up 3.5" total but I at least squeezed 2" in there for now. I will re-do in the spring but at least it's better for now. Much less bounce and feels flat.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Soybeans FTW:






The home of Varmint Cong:

Is that what is being harvested now? On my way from Charleston to Kershaw, SC, I saw a lot of dust out in a field, and as I got closer, I realized they were harvesting something. There was another machine that looks like a huge hopper, that look like it was waiting to be filled up.

[john70t]

Small farming tangent about usage and titling a property correctly:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/they-bought-ranch-help-veterans-then-came-unexpected-green-tax-bill

“Then last year, 2022, just a few days before Thanksgiving, I received a call saying it was a courtesy call because we were going to get a tax bill for just over $92,000.

The Pennsylvania Farmland and Forest Land Assessment Act is a state law that allows qualifying land devoted to agricultural or forest use to be assessed at lower than fair market value through the Clean and Green land preservation program. It's intended to encourage property owners to keep most of their land in agricultural, open space, or forest, and not develop it. The program provides real estate tax relief and is favored by owners of large tracts of land.

Sorry for the tangent

[Skip Newsom]

Squamish, Tofino 2018











Canadian Coast and Bob- not sure which one's Bob

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by Skip Newsom

Squamish, Tofino 2018

It was a cloudy day when I was there in June, so missed all the mountain peak scenery.

[70SATMan]

Visited the folks at the homestead a couple of weeks ago and took this. I Grew up here the river. This is about 100’ down the hill from the house. Spent a lot of time fishing here. In the summers, I would sometimes just spend the night down there fishing, cooking out. Nothing like fresh Channel Cat from the line straight to the skillet.

We’d also put in our canoe upstream several miles and spend a day or two floating down fishing as we’d go. Kind of sucked hauling the canoe back up the hill when we hit home but, was always worth it.

[Skip Newsom]

Nice territory!

Rivers are always relaxing or invigorating, time spent seeing the rage of a spring melt off as well as minimal levels of late summer flows shows they are a living changing force.
I never get enough!

My best friend lives on Jim Creek, it feeds the Stillaguamish then the Salish sea.
His 7 acres has the river cutting through it, so it's a constant focal point.

This years run of Pink Salmon has been epic, most I've seen in at least 30 years,
lots of Eagles and other Raptors enjoying the bounty- his place is far up enough that you see spawning happening.
The last couple weeks transitioned from full of life to very stinky with lots of rotting going on... the forests are getting a great fertilizing this year.

Then, there's Steve's dog Milo- he loves the river and sticks pretty equally, combine the two and it's the best day ever!

[A930Rocket]

Another weekend at the track…. Carolina Motorsports Park. Set my best time so far at 1:53.68.

[harvardma]

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by KNS

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

" random pics that YOU have taken"
you took that pic?

Still wondering!

[Racerbvd]

[porsche tech]

Originally Posted by Por_sha911

Still wondering!

He already apologized to you. See post #16987

OOPs!

Sorry - I did NOT take the Beatles photo! For a moment I thought I was in the regular Random Pics.

In only wish...
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1984 911 Carrera