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Had a leisurely New Year's Eve yesterday...
Up at around 7:00, brewed up my favorite coffee, French Roast Sumatra, extra strong the way it should be.
Fixed some yummy appetizers, for a party later in the day.
Shoveled the driveway.
Went down to the church in Northwood, got married.
Came back to the house with about 20 people, consumed the appetizers and a bunch of champagne. Had some excellent cake.
Fell asleep in the Lay-Z-Boy in front of the fire after everybody left. Missed the ball drop and everything, dammit. Oh well, still a decent day.
Up at around 7:00, brewed up my favorite coffee, French Roast Sumatra, extra strong the way it should be.
Fixed some yummy appetizers, for a party later in the day.
Shoveled the driveway.
Went down to the church in Northwood, got married.
Came back to the house with about 20 people, consumed the appetizers and a bunch of champagne. Had some excellent cake.
Fell asleep in the Lay-Z-Boy in front of the fire after everybody left. Missed the ball drop and everything, dammit. Oh well, still a decent day.
Married? Then fell asleep in the chair : )!
Congrats!
Congrats!
Its no drunken bobcat'ing thats for sure!
Congratulations KLF
LD, call me some time Planning another winter wallys trip. :syrup:
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treated myself to a set of springs and shocks from Frankie's off road today. Luckily they are designed for the same lift height and the rest of the work done on the suspension is applicable.
I like the Slee 4" setup but thought I'd give these a try with all the hype going around about them.
I like the Slee 4" setup but thought I'd give these a try with all the hype going around about them.
I finished up the plating for the 60 steering box.
The outside is a 1/2" plate that I cut and ground into
an oval and welded to the frame.
On the inside I cut out the inner section of the frame
and made up a 1/4" plate to fit. Drilled the holes on the inner
plate, made some crush sleeves out of the old relay rod
and tacked them in place.
Used four 4" grade 8 bolts ran them thru the outer plate, the sleeves
and the inner plate. Tightened them all tight and welded the
inner plate to the frame.
Pulled the bolts out and mounted the box up.
Now I have to work on the steering column and pitman arm.
I'm really loving having a welder!
The outside is a 1/2" plate that I cut and ground into
an oval and welded to the frame.
On the inside I cut out the inner section of the frame
and made up a 1/4" plate to fit. Drilled the holes on the inner
plate, made some crush sleeves out of the old relay rod
and tacked them in place.
Used four 4" grade 8 bolts ran them thru the outer plate, the sleeves
and the inner plate. Tightened them all tight and welded the
inner plate to the frame.
Pulled the bolts out and mounted the box up.
Now I have to work on the steering column and pitman arm.
I'm really loving having a welder!
Finish up the headgasket last night with Rick Jack and Nate
truck is running great now no more worrying about the damn head-gasket not i can enjoy the truck
black ice everywhere this morningmade it 2 miles down the road and said screw it it aint worth it and turned around, ill go to work when it melts
truck is running great now no more worrying about the damn head-gasket not i can enjoy the truckblack ice everywhere this morning
made it 2 miles down the road and said screw it it aint worth it and turned around, ill go to work when it melts
Here is the Great Pumpkin's weird, F-ed up cousin....
Custom Hotrod- Ratrod Landcruiser - A Truly Unique 4x4 - eBay, Passenger Vehicles, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 14-Jan-09 17:00:00 AEDST)
Custom Hotrod- Ratrod Landcruiser - A Truly Unique 4x4 - eBay, Passenger Vehicles, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 14-Jan-09 17:00:00 AEDST)
i drove the lv to work today and listed the fj62 on eBay yesterday. excited on both fronts...
Jason
Jason
Good luck with both!
I H8 sheetrock and all that has to do with it! We stripped all the knotty pine boards off the walls a week ago today, after fixing the electrical, the floor,and hanging the board, I am ready for corner board and 1st coat of mud.
Your relatively new there aren't ya? It will take a while to get to somebody that low on the pole. (unless your taking home %50 of the gross for the co then hold onto your ass)
Sporin
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this round was actually last in-first out pretty much. I've been here nearly a year with a lot of folks hired after me.
I'm also in a highly "useful" position at the moment, with the skillset to do my job plus other peoples' so I won't be the last to go, but I certainly won't be the first... hopefully.
I'm also in a highly "useful" position at the moment, with the skillset to do my job plus other peoples' so I won't be the last to go, but I certainly won't be the first... hopefully.
Here is the Great Pumpkin's weird, F-ed up cousin....
Custom Hotrod- Ratrod Landcruiser - A Truly Unique 4x4 - eBay, Passenger Vehicles, Cars, Cars, Bikes, Boats. (end time 14-Jan-09 17:00:00 AEDST)
wow that is just so wrong on so many levels
well the first round of stupidity came down from the national service manager
We use our cars for company travel and get reimbursed at 58.5 cents per mile.
Now someone built a calculator to evaluate when renting a car and paying gas is cheaper than driving the personal car.
I plugged in the numbers and the distance that you hit the magic $20,00 mark ( the amount of savings that requires you to rent) is around 500 miles. So on those weeks were I'm supposed to service someone a long ways away I'm first supposed to go and rent a car. Basically I will be doing that and driving both Monday and Friday which impacts the number of calls I can do in a week or work over time to get the car thing done with out impacting productivity.
The kicker is that the customers pay for travel and living expenses so all this won't save us anything.
We use our cars for company travel and get reimbursed at 58.5 cents per mile.
Now someone built a calculator to evaluate when renting a car and paying gas is cheaper than driving the personal car.
I plugged in the numbers and the distance that you hit the magic $20,00 mark ( the amount of savings that requires you to rent) is around 500 miles. So on those weeks were I'm supposed to service someone a long ways away I'm first supposed to go and rent a car. Basically I will be doing that and driving both Monday and Friday which impacts the number of calls I can do in a week or work over time to get the car thing done with out impacting productivity.
The kicker is that the customers pay for travel and living expenses so all this won't save us anything.
It will actually cost the company money.
I guess if they were looking to save money for the customer it works.
It's just getting started for us. We had a hiring freeze back on Nov and a week later our NJ guy quit. So now there are only 2 techs in the north east. So productive hours are already at a premium and now we get to burn a few more chasing rental cars. I figure it all will come to a head around April and companies with service contracts will start threatening law suits from lack of response times and the overtime flood gates will open and those hours won't be billable either.
I've been through this a few times over the years and it seems like a lesson that just never gets learned. Our customers pay around $6000 na year plus travel and living expenses. They start seeing a trend toward more down time and they tend to get a little excited.
I've been through this a few times over the years and it seems like a lesson that just never gets learned. Our customers pay around $6000 na year plus travel and living expenses. They start seeing a trend toward more down time and they tend to get a little excited.