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Had a 700lb utility quad roll backwards on me... handlebars hit me in the gut as it rolled on top of me.... I got up, passed out for 20 minutes, came to and felt ok... except I wasn’t OK. Volunteer fire department came in with a stretcher and took me into the ambulance... we were riding about 2 hours north of where we lived. Medics cut my clothes off and said “you’re internally losing blood and we don’t have much time” as this is going on I wasn’t in much pain and was joking around with them as they weren’t joking around with me . Ambulance took me to a medivac copter and flew me to the nearest hospital near my house. Took 15 minutes versus 2 hour ride. Could only imagine how brother joe felt driving to the hospital. As I entered the hospital there was a priest asking me if there was anything I wanted to say to my family as my wife was waiting to enter my room... I says “ I ain’t dyeing today ... icu 2 days, blood loss from a lacerated liver. Level 4 of 5 level.... no surgery needed and a total of 5 days in the hospital. 2 months out of work and back to normal . Good lord watched out for me that day.

 

Link? I wanna join!

 

Wifey took this pic with my camera.

 

Cool old light bulb, it's a flower

 

I mowed the side yards yesterday evening after work, and the mower was running like hot garbage. I went out to mow the front yard and decided to do some tinkering. The cheap Chinese parts came with a spring that was significantly stiffer than the original spring. The spring hooks to a lever and pulls the throttle open, so I decided to swap it in to see what happened. It worked, but it sounded like the engine was revving way too high. However, while I was swapping springs, I noticed that there was a second hole, so I hooked the original spring in the second hole to give it more tension. That did the trick for now, and the mower ran without the usual surging and stumbling. I still need to look up parts to do a proper tune-up, but it's a lot better.

 

I don’t like 3rd genners.


There, I said it.

 

@T-yoda happy 17th anniversary to you and your bride today

 

Good Saturday morning friends. Time to start putting some tin on and see if I can get this store wrapped up. Hope everyone has a blessed day

 

G’morning Shane and thank you! We about to journey off together not knowing exactly what we’re doing but we like doing this. No kids. Oldest working today with his buddy and the youngest is hanging out with nana

 

Have a great day, Shane.

Are you going to use a different color for the outside corner trim?

 

Lime green would look amazing.

 

8am and it's already 75 degrees, climbing up to 101 again.

Do not like.

 

That was Headin’ in to work yesterday. Supposed to break all kinda records today.

 

I thought Fargo was supposed to be nearly Canada and still kinda cold right now?

 

I think this weather followed you home from when you went down south .

 

Over the years I have had so many close calls seen far to many strange events .

I believe when your time is up you move on at times I wonder if you even notice.

 

Mornin' folks.

 

I wish I knew that years ago