Misc Thread VI: Return of the Threadi

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It has indeed received a long overdue update. You'll be seeing some more over the course of the summer.
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Every time I nearly finish a project, something gets in the way. My new bumper is just a clear coat or two away from done, but Im spending my day off minimizing and packing camping supplies for a weekend in the woods
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Holy Alien Envision Batman, 16ish new threads from the same bot.
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watkins wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:02 pm Every time I nearly finish a project, something gets in the way. My new bumper is just a clear coat or two away from done, but Im spending my day off minimizing and packing camping supplies for a weekend in the woods
Camping? Oh, I'm SO SORRY. Ya see, I just came back from camping and I used it all up.

I'm so proud of my boy, he got 16.2 mpg for the trip and 240 or the 289 miles on that tank of fuel were while pulling my trailer.

Experienced the most hellacious overnight rainstorm while at camp, but we stayed dry inside.

We were at Pinery Provincial Park. I'm not sayin' it's too hilly, but I went for a 3 mile bike ride and my phone thinks I did 14 flights of stairs.
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tankinbeans wrote: Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:53 am Holy Alien Envision Batman, 16ish new threads from the same bot.
Ya godda admire its work ethnic.
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watkins wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:02 pm Every time I nearly finish a project, something gets in the way. My new bumper is just a clear coat or two away from done, but Im spending my day off minimizing and packing camping supplies for a weekend in the woods
It takes you a day to gather what you need for a weekend?
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AHTOXA wrote: Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:21 am
watkins wrote: Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:02 pm Every time I nearly finish a project, something gets in the way. My new bumper is just a clear coat or two away from done, but Im spending my day off minimizing and packing camping supplies for a weekend in the woods
It takes you a day to gather what you need for a weekend?
It's the minimizing that takes all the time.
You make three piles:
Pile 1 is the stuff you would turn back for if you had already driven 100 miles toward your destination before you realized you forgot to bring it.
Pile 2 is stuff you really want to bring, but wouldn't turn back for if you forgot it.
Pile 3 is the fun stuff, binoculars, a telescope, a waffle iron, an RC car, a video drone, squirt guns, etc.

When you pack, take everything from Pile 1 and one item from Pile 3.
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Lets see.....

One car, two adults, and two dogs, so I had to fit a lot in without the benefit of folding down the whole rear seat.

-Get both kayaks on the roof and secured, including making new coated steel cable bow lines.
-Minimize from the four rubbermaid bins we keep everything loose in down to the one we need for just us for a weekend. We own and store everything for a long weekend of glamping with 15 people, so cutting down to normal supplies takes some reorganization.
-Condense food and booze in to just one cooler, and get ice for it.
-Play serious tetris to stuff everything in to a limited area while still keeping things below the window line as much as possible.
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watkins wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:18 am-Get both kayaks on the roof and secured, including making new coated steel cable bow lines.
Oh, so that was you!
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Early this morning, Trooper Nick Favaloro stopped this vacationer returning from the Cape on Route 1 in Danvers.
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I like pizza
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potownrob wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:05 pm I like pizza
Ice cream pizza?
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tankinbeans wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:30 pm
potownrob wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:05 pm I like pizza
Ice cream pizza?
id try it
ClutchFork wrote:...So I started carrying a stick of firewood with me and that became my parking brake.
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potownrob wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 7:36 pm
tankinbeans wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:30 pm
potownrob wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 6:05 pm I like pizza
Ice cream pizza?
id try it
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theholycow wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 3:21 pm
watkins wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:18 am-Get both kayaks on the roof and secured, including making new coated steel cable bow lines.
Oh, so that was you!
https://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/08/06/ ... ers-cited/
https://www.facebook.com/MassStatePolic ... noscript=1
And then this happened...... What Could Go Wrong - Part 6

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The driver was cited for an unsafe load. Please think of your safety and the safety of others around you.
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If Officer Stadanko thought they were unsafe going down the road, he better look away when they start going down the river.
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watkins wrote: Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:18 am Lets see.....

One car, two adults, and two dogs, so I had to fit a lot in without the benefit of folding down the whole rear seat.

-Get both kayaks on the roof and secured, including making new coated steel cable bow lines.
-Minimize from the four rubbermaid bins we keep everything loose in down to the one we need for just us for a weekend. We own and store everything for a long weekend of glamping with 15 people, so cutting down to normal supplies takes some reorganization.
-Condense food and booze in to just one cooler, and get ice for it.
-Play serious tetris to stuff everything in to a limited area while still keeping things below the window line as much as possible.
Eyed half thought ewed putt the kayaks in ewer utility trailer.
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