Norcal Spotted and BS Thread

Wheel lock as one of the lugs.

 

locking lug nuts.

 

That lucky bastard!

Your kids 1st rig is cooler than mine

Aint nobody got time fo dat

 

Dakar HD leafpacks with no added weight, and stock shocks on a mallcrawler... Bad idea?
Remove upper overload, or rock the rake?
Brake line concerns? Shock concerns?

 

Haha, thanks. I've already got my old HD Dakars just sitting in my shop (and a new warranty-replacement one). I considered selling them, but @OneGiraffe wants more of a rake, and the unknown AAL she has kinda bothers me. I don't really want to replace her shocks right now (she'll get my OME when I swap mine out), and I certainly don't want to put extended lines on hers. She'll end up towing, so the extra overload would be nice, but 90% of the time she'll ride with no extra weight.

 

Forgot how angry things make me...

Just finished the Waco miniseries. I have a 7 year old asking me "who are the bad guys." How do you answer than kind of question with that much depth to someone who wouldn't understand it?

 

There is no easy answer but you probably can safely answer that one "I don't know".

 

I just told him I'd explain it when he's older for now

 

I think, for his age, it was a pretty impressive question.

 

Cheap aluminum tailgate skin required mod #1.......

Gotta drill the center hole apparently.

 

He's starting to pick up that there isn't just good and bad. There is a grey area. At 7, I don't think I could process that myself. But can you teach a 7 year old the the government isn't always good? (Slippery slope into politics, and I'm trying to avoid it) He's watched a few shows like that with me and I have to explain it away. I miss talking to adults in person...

 

Pretty tasty on a warm Sunday afternoon.



Today is Sunday, right?

 

At this point, I'd take the 7 year old. The dog listens but his replies are pretty limited-like right now, he's just panting; which is his way of saying "I want to go out side".

I think it's good that you do watch stuff that might be harder to understand with your kid and provide answers as you can.

 

If you want to read something interesting,

$16 The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic

The Last Gentleman Adventurer is a book I'd recommend. It's about Edward Maurice and his work with the Hudsons Bay Company in Canada's Arctic during the 1930's.

The loneliness and difficulty of the job are offset by what the author learned and experienced while working in the arctic.

Highly recommend.

 

I havent had a chance to watch that yet. But izzy and i watched 2 hours of fluffy last night. Lol

 

Almost worth driving down for.

 

The Master conqueror frustrated his enemies plans and broke up his alliances. He created cleavages between sovereign and minister, superiors and inferiors, commanders and subordinates. His spies and agents were active everywhere, gathering information, sowing dissension, and nurturing subversion. The enemy was isolated and demoralized; his will to resist broken. Thus without battle his army was conquered, his cities taken and his state overthrown.

Sun Tzu



Another good book to read.
The Art of War.

 

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