PennSilverTaco's "Perfect 5-Lug Regular Cab" Build, Aspergers, and General BS MegaThread!

The model home again...

 

My main bathroom is pretty similar in size to that except its "L" shaped.

 

The first replacement windshield had a huge scratch on it, so the Safelite guy didn't even bother installing it. That was last week, and the warehouse is in Maryland, so the install was delayed until today...

 

Doesn't your house only have one bathroom?

 

The 2nd bathroom is actually larger than the main one, but it's a Utility Room/Bathroom.

 

I scored a BMW M3 exhaust for my scrap pile today...

 

The guy I got the York Champion A/C from bought yet another house to fix up and flip, and called on yours truly to help him clear it. This time, the house is in Glenside; Amanda's landlady loves this kind of stuff, so I save it for her...

 

That boston terrier is neat

 

I have a Scottish Terrier doorstop that I inherited from my grandmother...

 

I wanted to give these bikes to a guy with special needs who's obsessed with them, but he said he's not interested in them. The Panama Jack one is pretty cool, but they're both pretty beat, so they're going to scrap this week if somebody doesn't speak up...

 

Eight years to the day I saved a baby starling, I saved a baby catbird!

 

The owner of the Glenside property found this bird in the garage, and I decided to take the bird to my girlfriend's landlady, who has owned hundreds of them over the years. I actually thought it was another Starling at first, but the woman at The Ark said it was a Catbird. I kept him in plastic box in the shade with a metal A/C vent over it until I was ready to go. While loading the truck, I heard a familiar call and saw what I thought was the original bird, thinking he'd escaped. I scooped up the bird and brought him over to the bin, only to find that the first one was still there. I put them in the container, finished loading up the truck, and drove to Amanda's landlady's house. One of the baby birds did not survive the drive, which was about half an hour...

I don't know if the bird I found in the garage is the one that died, or if the second one that I found in the driveway is the one that died. I had the windows up and the A/C cranked since it was so damn hot today. I have a feeling that the relatively cold temperature inside my truck led to the bird's demise. After all, baby birds stay underneath their mother a lot of the time, even after they hatch, right? They're sensitive to cold!

Also, owner of the house where we found the birds dripped a little bit of water in the Tupperware container, and the first bird actually drank from it. What happened is I lifted the vent from the top of the container to check on the birds, and I noticed that one of them was on its side with its head partially submerged in the water. I was a very long light, so I took the bird out of the container. It was still alive, but barely. It opened its beak and gasped for air a couple times, and then passed away.

These three pictures are all of the first bird that was found in the garage; I was in such a rush to get the bird home and then get to the scrapyard, that I have no idea which one died...

 

As stated above, Amanda's landlady knows a lot about birds. She currently owns about 45 of them, so she has plenty of supplies. After I talked to her on the phone and sent her pictures of the first bird, the initial plan was for her to nurse it back to health and release it into the wild; I found the second bird after this. One of them died just a few miles from her house. The other one was still very perky, but only ate a miniscule amount of the bird food that she gave him. The decision was made to take the surviving bird to the Ark, which isn't far from the landlady's house; I drove the bird there myself, and he perked up quite a bit on the drive there. It was at the rehab center where I was informed that the baby bird was a catbird and not a starling. The bird was determined to be in good health, and will be released back into the wild once it gets older. I have a case number so I can call them and see if the bird survived; The Ark has a very good track record with baby birds, and they saved the starling I brought in eight years ago, so I think this guy's chances are pretty good!

 

@shakerhood

I believe this to be from a 1971 Buick Riviera, and my uncle says I can get fifty bucks for it if I clean it up, so I won't be scrapping it...

 

There were several GM parts in this load, but I only deemed the four wheel trim rings and the lone rim to be worth saving...

 

Digging the flamingo there

I bet a local charity would take them quick.

Awww catbird..good work on saving him

 

You might be able to take it to a swap meet or car show.

 

The bikes are really rough...

 

I'm gonna try to sell it on Facebook Marketplace...

 

That works too.