New England B.S. Thread

JeffB · Jun 11, 2020

Happy Belated @mach1man001

Thank you all for the advice.
The Lab I had to put down on 4/24 was 9 yrs old and we adopted him as a pup. I also have a 50# mutt the came from the South threw Second Chance in Brookfield.
So he was my 1st lab and we bonded very well, so I'd like another Lab but I don't want anyone less then 1.5 years old.
I've been looking on Labs4Recuse and they have some very nice dogs I'd like to adopt. But the fosters all insist that I have a 6' fence for my yard. I've live here 25 yrs and have had a dog every day and only twice has the 70' run in my yard broke.
I have my wants on one dog and am waiting to hear from the Judge if I'm worthy of this dog or not.

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That is a good price IMO. We just did a whole system including duct when we built the house, we are like 1600 or so sqft 6 rooms and a basement (more like 24-2500 with basement). We have one compressor and one zone. We did get an oversized system that can do our basement too which we are about to do now. I think all said and done probably around 15-16k. Not sure of the SEER rating, I know it was one of the higher ones and it is a bryant branded machine.

When I was in NC about to get my last dog, I was required to sign that I would give raw meat only and all sorts of mandating exercise etc....

Said "f it" and just bought a dog from a regular breeder for the same price and non of the bullshit. The dog eats like a king and has never seen a leash outside of a trip to the vet.

Sometimes it isn't worth it to deal with the lunatics at these rescue shelters. Many nice people, but plenty of lunatics too. I worked at pet shelters in NC training dogs and exercising them so I am qualified to make that statement.
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FOHA of RI?
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No, Anchor Paws Rescue. We were going through I think 2 or 3 other lab rescues with extremely limited feedback or success. No idea how long the waiting lists were, which dogs were actually available, it was a frustrating experience. We found Anchor Paws by accident. We went to a PetSmart event in which one of the rescues we were interested in was going to be set up out front. We showed up a little early and Anchor Paws was there and taking their stuff down. We got to meet the pup we eventually got, the people running the rescue were very down to earth and willing to help us actually adopt a dog. I still had to do the long application process and they were supposed to do a home visit but the guy running the rescue told me 'look, I know your friends are going to say you're great, I'm going to make one call to the vet you have listed. If they say you're good, that's all I really care about'. I did the 'home inspection' by sending them a few photos showing I had a fully fenced in yard and that was it. I would have had the dog within a week but he developed Kennel Cough and the rescue kept him to run the antibiotic course before giving him up.

The rescue we were supposed to meet at PetSmart that day showed up in stages. The first person set up the table and tent with 2 dogs, a young pit and a little ankle biter. The young pit was really sweet until person #2 showed up with another pit and they did not get along at all. For 30-45 minutes, I watched these 2 people try to get the 2 dogs separated enough so they could hold their event but it wasn't working out. Then, pitbull #3 showed up and all hell broke loose. Not a good look for an adoption event. Individually, the dogs were fine with people but clearly were not comfortable with each other. Those were the only dogs they brought so we bailed out.
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taco-houla said: ↑

Happy birds day @mach1man001

kind of reminds me about finding Rhode home. My wife was going for first dog. First dog? Lab. They’re dumb and forgiving and joyous creatures. We were looking at dogs and one day she sends me a random picture of a catahoula named sprinkles. At this point I’d never heard of the breed but started researching. Sheep/cattle dog, high energy, etc etc. I was a bit weary but said okay. We were maybe third on the list for sprinkles but were told they had another catahoula just not on their site yet. Enter Katniss. Turns out her “legal” name was just Cat. And her listed birth date was the day they spayed her. So we have no idea how old she is, we have a rough idea. Turns out she had actually been adopted out and then brought back because she was too much. Everyone always says they’re high energy and a lot, I dunno, maybe we got a defective one or I’m just so used to the energy level of a husky, she seems fine. She needs exercise but not like the husky did and honestly what we do with her is hardly more than we’d do with a lazy lab, she’s not overweight/acting out etc. and as mentioned before, she’s smart enough but not too smart. Really love the breed.

funny part is my husky growing up, the family brought her to the pound, kids cried so they brought her back home, she destroyed a couch, so the dog went back to the pound. So this is now my second dog that has been “just kidding” adopted before us. Also the second dog that ran out into the lobby to meet us and immediately peed on the floor. The woman who was helping meet and greet looked sad like we were going to say no after she peed on the floor, I just laughed, pointed to the dog and said “that’s my kind of dog right there!”
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T-Rex266 · Jun 11, 2020

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KTJO sent out an email. He said that a mod got upset with him for not being a vendor (but claims that he was never asked to be a vendor). No idea if it is true. Also claims it was the same person who gave him the temporary ban of a week (seems to think they are out to get him).
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She is not telling the truth. She had a lot of attitude issues, customer complaints of orders not being fulfilled and acted like she was/is the best thing on this forum. She was never asked to be a vendor. FWIW, it’s rare do we ever ask someone to be a vendor. They usually come to us, and then it’s discussed.

CttAznRanger · Jun 11, 2020

ersmith said: ↑

KTJO sent out an email. He said that a mod got upset with him for not being a vendor (but claims that he was never asked to be a vendor). No idea if it is true. Also claims it was the same person who gave him the temporary ban of a week (seems to think they are out to get him).
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Saw the email, thanks.

T-Rex266 said: ↑

She is not telling the truth. She had a lot of attitude issues, customer complaints of orders not being fulfilled and acted like she was/is the best thing on this forum. She was never asked to be a vendor. FWIW, it’s rare do we ever ask someone to be a vendor. They usually come to us, and then it’s discussed.
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Right, for us non-moderators, it's a he said/she said scenario. So, we can't be the ones judging at this point. Last word goes to Bob and how he wants to handle it, so if he came to the decision to perma, then that's that.

Truly unfortunate that it had to come to it, because a lot of the stuff was neat in my opinion.

ABA180 · Jun 11, 2020

Bridge4 said: ↑

That is a good price IMO. We just did a whole system including duct when we built the house, we are like 1600 or so sqft 6 rooms and a basement (more like 24-2500 with basement). We have one compressor and one zone. We did get an oversized system that can do our basement too which we are about to do now. I think all said and done probably around 15-16k. Not sure of the SEER rating, I know it was one of the higher ones and it is a bryant branded machine.

When I was in NC about to get my last dog, I was required to sign that I would give raw meat only and all sorts of mandating exercise etc....

Said "f it" and just bought a dog from a regular breeder for the same price and non of the bullshit. The dog eats like a king and has never seen a leash outside of a trip to the vet.

Sometimes it isn't worth it to deal with the lunatics at these rescue shelters. Many nice people, but plenty of lunatics too. I worked at pet shelters in NC training dogs and exercising them so I am qualified to make that statement.
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When I rescued Ozzy a few years ago at the Taunton Shelter they had us fill out a 2 page form on Wednesday. Talked that night and decided on him (over a pair of kittens). I called right as they opened so he wasn't gone and they said "oh we have to call the vet but we already decided you could take either/or". Damn I wanted to take them all. I ended up taking Thug Rose from a former friend who was homeless and she came from a place somewhere in Central MA that had so many rules throughout the cat's life, one being you are not allowed to re-home the animal.

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The Central AC question is one I struggle with. My house is forced hot air, which would be ideal for AC, except it's not.

I've got two returns on the 1st/main floor and one return on the second floor. That in itself isn't ideal, but if I wanted to leave the doors open upstairs would work okay enough. The bigger issue is that the duct to my master bedroom was cut off when a downstairs doorway was widened, so I have no heat in the room. My cousin does commercial HVAC and said he could duct up through a closet to either get us heat in the master, or make a return for the rest of the house to have AC, which would mean no ripping up walls, but that wasn't a great option for us.

I think it would be ultimately ripping up walls to run additional ducting. I also need a better makeup air source for combustion air as I can pull my cellar door shut in the winter after we did the Mass Save program. If it were as easy as plopping in a unit and connecting it to the furnace, I'd have done it five years ago.

I disagree about AC not increasing the value of your home. It might not increase dollar for dollar like a kitchen upgrade would, but for a lot of people it would become a yes/no option in buying the house, much like a in-ground pool. If my current house isn't my forever house (which I'm leaning more and more to it not being), the next one will have AC when I move in. If it doesn't, I'm either reducing my offer or passing.
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My folks did central in the Hanson house we moved to in 1998. It had been roughed in already (new construction) at the first buyer's request and then it fell through. Not sure what they paid.

Wouldn't be worth it to me. I have window units in the living room and upstairs. The worst is buying a new one if the upstairs one dies b/c the windows are so tiny and even with an 11" tall one I have to swing the bottom pane open and then close it after getting the unit in the window. UGH

ABA180 · Jun 11, 2020

Happy Birthday @mach1man001 and @eborgie

mach1man001 · Jun 11, 2020

JeffB said: ↑

Happy Belated @mach1man001

Thank you all for the advice.
The Lab I had to put down on 4/24 was 9 yrs old and we adopted him as a pup. I also have a 50# mutt the came from the South threw Second Chance in Brookfield.
So he was my 1st lab and we bonded very well, so I'd like another Lab but I don't want anyone less then 1.5 years old.
I've been looking on Labs4Recuse and they have some very nice dogs I'd like to adopt. But the fosters all insist that I have a 6' fence for my yard. I've live here 25 yrs and have had a dog every day and only twice has the 70' run in my yard broke.
I have my wants on one dog and am waiting to hear from the Judge if I'm worthy of this dog or not.
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ABA180 said: ↑

Happy Birthday @mach1man001 and @eborgie
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Thanks guys!

GarlicFarts · Jun 11, 2020

JeffB said: ↑

Happy Belated @mach1man001

Thank you all for the advice.
The Lab I had to put down on 4/24 was 9 yrs old and we adopted him as a pup. I also have a 50# mutt the came from the South threw Second Chance in Brookfield.
So he was my 1st lab and we bonded very well, so I'd like another Lab but I don't want anyone less then 1.5 years old.
I've been looking on Labs4Recuse and they have some very nice dogs I'd like to adopt. But the fosters all insist that I have a 6' fence for my yard. I've live here 25 yrs and have had a dog every day and only twice has the 70' run in my yard broke.
I have my wants on one dog and am waiting to hear from the Judge if I'm worthy of this dog or not.
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Sorry about your lab. It sucks you have to go through hell and high water to save a dog but you can go on CL and pay the same and get one from a shady dealer no questions asked. My dog is technically a potential bird hunting dog, but (with me) she hasn’t hunted a day in her life. She’s not gun shy (OOB fireworks display tested!) but I just don’t hunt. Yet. Have considered small game and bird hunting. But that’s beside the point.

if you haven’t yet, check out Rhode home rescue. I know @Skierrichy was actually adopting a dog because I came across him on the highway when he was going out to pick one up don’t know what his experience was.

if you want a working dog, vet it to be a working dog. You wouldn’t hire someone without vetting them. Don’t hire a dog without it. My dog doesn’t have a job (I do my best to give her a job though, she’s a working dog she needs to have a job) so we didn’t “test” her when adopting. She’d do great as a cattle dog probably mediocre as a bird dog. She’s treed a few turkeys and coons though.

T-Rex266 said: ↑

She is not telling the truth. She had a lot of attitude issues, customer complaints of orders not being fulfilled and acted like she was/is the best thing on this forum. She was never asked to be a vendor. FWIW, it’s rare do we ever ask someone to be a vendor. They usually come to us, and then it’s discussed.
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CttAznRanger said: ↑

Saw the email, thanks.

Right, for us non-moderators, it's a he said/she said scenario. So, we can't be the ones judging at this point. Last word goes to Bob and how he wants to handle it, so if he came to the decision to perma, then that's that.

Truly unfortunate that it had to come to it, because a lot of the stuff was neat in my opinion.
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it’s hard for us. Chances are there was a lot behind the scenes we don’t see. But you gotta mess up bad for TW to ban you as a vendor (even if not an “official” TE vendor). I’m sure (and not to be insulting here) both sides were right, wrong, and petty. But, hey, not my circus not my monkeys. I’m just some idiot that comes here to talk trucks and stocks.

CttAznRanger · Jun 11, 2020

taco-houla said: ↑

Sorry about your lab. It sucks you have to go through hell and high water to save a dog but you can go on CL and pay the same and get one from a shady dealer no questions asked. My dog is technically a potential bird hunting dog, but (with me) she hasn’t hunted a day in her life. She’s not gun shy (OOB fireworks display tested!) but I just don’t hunt. Yet. Have considered small game and bird hunting. But that’s beside the point.

if you haven’t yet, check out Rhode home rescue. I know @Skierrichy was actually adopting a dog because I came across him on the highway when he was going out to pick one up don’t know what his experience was.

if you want a working dog, vet it to be a working dog. You wouldn’t hire someone without vetting them. Don’t hire a dog without it. My dog doesn’t have a job (I do my best to give her a job though, she’s a working dog she needs to have a job) so we didn’t “test” her when adopting. She’d do great as a cattle dog probably mediocre as a bird dog. She’s treed a few turkeys and coons though.

it’s hard for us. Chances are there was a lot behind the scenes we don’t see. But you gotta mess up bad for TW to ban you as a vendor (even if not an “official” TE vendor). I’m sure (and not to be insulting here) both sides were right, wrong, and petty. But, hey, not my circus not my monkeys. I’m just some idiot that comes here to talk trucks and stocks.
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We do stocks here???

GarlicFarts · Jun 11, 2020

CttAznRanger said: ↑

We do stocks here???
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https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...ds-commodities-options-etfs-401ks-etc.531854/

js312 · Jun 12, 2020

jpereira2 said: ↑

80! I'd die. My house is a nice 60-65 degrees. Sleep with no covers typically too. I run hot though lately my temp has been checked numerous times at 97.7
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At night I keep the bedroom AC set at 61. During the day, I don't care much if the house is warm. I just need it cool to sleep.

jethro · Jun 12, 2020

My bedroom AC was turned on a month ago and it won't shut off until probably November. House has poor insulation upstairs and a metal roof, it gets hot as hell up there.

Noelie84 · Jun 12, 2020

Morning all. TGIFFF.

Also, apparently I owe Rob a happy belated birthday.

williams63 · Jun 12, 2020

Picked up my truck today from the dealer. Had the frame coating done. Talking with them when I dropped it off, it’s not a spray like I thought and they don’t do the whole frame. Said it like a caulking gun and the only do just behind the motor mounts to the rear cab mounts.

Pibbles99 · Jun 13, 2020

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Finally getting to replacing the shed roof...this thing was a planter...and full of ants...LOTS of rot on the wood. They used staples to put the old roof on, had not paper underlay and installed the flashing wrong on 2 of the corners so they rotted...at least the staples made the demo easier..

Look at the moss! I trimmed out the tree branches too.

Needed to replace 2 sheets...

Time to start shingling...
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Some people have no concept at all about water runoff and install the flashing backwards so that the water can sneak behind the flashing. Will you be putting a ice and water shield for an underlayment of the first few feet( courses)?

didn’t pay attention to how old the post was

Pibbles99 · Jun 13, 2020

Not sure if I mentioned this in this thread , but dealership ( Nashua) called and told me my new frame came in! I also ordered these rims at $195 each .

Took truck to have a bodywork estimate on passenger door and rear bumper.

With a new frame, relatively new steering rack and leaf springs ( all replaced by dealership) I’m just going to keep my truck for another few years and save a lot of money. Will add running boards kayak/ ladder racks, a cover and level it off with a moderate lift that won’t call any adjustments
Edit: oh , and a Entirely new stereo replacement

GarlicFarts · Jun 13, 2020

Pibbles99 said: ↑

Not sure if I mentioned this in this thread , but dealership ( Nashua) called and told me my new frame came in! I also ordered these rims at $195 each .

Took truck to have a bodywork estimate on passenger door and rear bumper.

With a new frame, relatively new steering rack and leaf springs ( all replaced by dealership) I’m just going to keep my truck for another few years and save a lot of money. Will add running boards kayak/ ladder racks, a cover and level it off with a moderate lift that won’t call any adjustments
Edit: oh , and a Entirely new stereo replacement
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I actually have a similar dent in my rocker. I’m going to hit up a pdr place soon so they can look at it, I only want like a 75% job doesn’t have to be perfect. I’ll let you know what they quote me.

Pibbles99 · Jun 13, 2020

taco-houla said: ↑

I actually have a similar dent in my rocker. I’m going to hit up a pdr place soon so they can look at it, I only want like a 75% job doesn’t have to be perfect. I’ll let you know what they quote me.
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Thanks. Body guy I talked to today said he can fix the rocker w/o taking it off . Thinks I may need a new bumper. I’ll let you know as well on what price estimate I get

BadDNA · Jun 13, 2020

I'm not towing a camper quite as often with the Tacoma these days, so in addition to replacing them because the glass was cracked on one, and the heater on the other stopped working, I switched back to OE mirrors with turn signals, color matching covers, and added the heated glass to them. Yes the truck is still in need of a wash.

mach1man001 · Jun 13, 2020

Well it's been a busy but fun weekend so far. My daughter graduated from kindergarten on Friday, we did my B-day/kids grad party + movie night tonight and my son graduates from elementary school onto middle school on Monday!

Rintho · Jun 13, 2020

CttAznRanger said: ↑

So, just a heads up, and a question for y'all, KTJO has been perma'ed across all the sites. Any idea what will happen to the pre-orders people placed?
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I've ordered several things from her and had no issues whatsoever. Her stuff is made in China, so like everyone else, covid has delayed prototyping and production. I'm not worried about the grab bar and HUD I put money on.

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