New England B.S. Thread

Time for some Teflon tape!

 

Yup, you are probably going to get a couple years our of them, like my rebuilt Advance Auto calipers (mine are coming up a couple years old, and I am already on my second set from Advance).
Edit: I see @js312 had the same calipers as me, and the same issues .

 

1. When mowing the lawn in the "Granite State", look out for big rocks. Now my poor old cheap lawn mower makes some more noise than it used to. Still cuts and starts first pull(even after sitting for 3 years) though.
2. I bought a B&D 40V weedeater from Amazon Warehouse in 2015. I have only charged it twice and the last time was over three years ago, and it still had more than enough juice to finish trimming the lawn. Kind of impressed.
3. Back to moving is a pain in the dick. In the last week, I have assembled a generator(why no instructions Generac), a bookshelf, a dresser, and today a grill. Shit is getting old yo.
4. Crows are destroying my lawn-they are no shit digging fighting positions out there-never seen that before. I liked ravens better. Putting Grub-X on my shopping list.
5. Now I need to decide whether to burn $1K-1.5K on a snowblower or hire a plow dude for a 300ish' driveway. Probably going to buy a snowblower-why not.

 

I have one from 6 years ago and one coming up on 2 years old, they're not terrible other than their coating

Time to go swap it out

 

300ft drive is a plow guy job for sure. Assuming it’s a car width drive it’s an easy one or two pass job and then clearing around the house a bit. I wouldn’t think twice if my options were blower or pay someone to plow.

where about are you I might actually have a guy.

 

Vicinity Plymouth, NH. I'm still tempted to buy a blower-fuck it, I'm retired it will give me something to do while I enjoy my barley and hops breakfast.

 

When @Pugga helped me with my carrier bearing, found out I also needed a u-joint. We stopped by AutoZone or Advanced. The guy asked if I planned on keeping the vehicle for a while, or if I needed something to last long enough to trade in the vehicle

 

Where is @tacobell007 ???
Sorry it's been awhile, life happens.
I need to get out ASAP!
Night run preferred

 

Very glad to not have to deal with things like that anymore!

 

If you go the blower route, buy the beefiest one your budget allows. I went through 2015 with a little dinky one I had from my Mom's house and while it fought the valiant fight, it took forever and gave up the ghost at the end of the winter. The beefy one laughs off snow. That being said, I guess the ultimate question is what a plow guy would charge relative to a snowblower budget. See what makes sense. I suppose you could always buy a yard truck for the winter, though. I got dangerously close to use that for an excuse for a K5 / Bronco for a bit (yes, I know half tons are far too light to plow, give me a break).

 

We went out and got new cell phones plus changed carriers today. Our phones were 3yo and started acting up plus Sprint now stinks for us since they merged with T-mobile!

 

Hearing this from EVERYONE. Like they shut down 1/2 the towers

 

Social Distancing movies tonight.

 

I'm taking notes.

 

Half tons are fine for plowing your own driveway, they're too light to do it commercially and will end up breaking. The trucks you're talking about at least have a solid front axle, they'd plow just fine. There's a local member here who plows his own driveway with a Tacoma and plenty more who do it with ATVs or UTVs.

 

Hi Rob, how’s it going? We’re in the same boat. I have sprint and they were already stinking. And now that they’ve merged it even worse. I’m waaaay past my contract time. Probably like 4 years and so ready for something different. Who’d you go with? I’m open for suggestions

 

Awesome! What did you use for a screen?

 

We got Samsung S20 plus with Verizon. The plans are a little more expensive but at least I'm not roaming everywhere and everything is working great!
We went to Best Buy in N. Attleboro and had great customer service!

 

Nice! Thank you. I was with Verizon about 6 years ago before I switched to sprint. They were getting so expensive at the time. Their service and coverage was always better though for sure. Maybe it’s time to look at them again.

 

Yeah, I had them before Sprint too but when we couldn't make calls we figured why pay Sprint for service that doesn't even work!