That doesn't mean we're not in here watching and learning. I am in this category. I think you would be surprised at how many people are lurking in this thread but don't post. Good gravy, this thread has over 650,000 views.
Not sure there's much learning being done around here except by me
Was I whining?
I hate it when I do that. Really don't want to post a bunch of stuff nobody is interested in, however. On the other hand, I like having the record of what is happening. Thanks for the comments!
Yup. I don't know anything about forming sheetmetal, all my patch panels were just plain flat in my flintstone mobiles. Still reading though.
To be perfectly honest, when you were in a different room working on something else almost daily, there was a lot more to comment on.
Perhaps you could start another 15 different things?
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Great idea! I'll post everything I do.
Maybe not.
Only so many shots of a hot crucible you need to see.
You can count me in as a lurker. The stuff your working on is out of my wheel house. So I don't have much to add to the conversation. But I do enjoy the conversation and check in a couple times a day.
Instead of looking for comments, check the view count. I think you'll see it goes up significantly every day.
Keep it comming we're out here in the shadows like peeping toms waiting for the next show.
Glen
Thanks for the comment!! I'm just learning this stuff. And it seems painfully slow.
My wife will be glad to know we've got peeping toms'.
Such as there are 3403 post on this thread but 656,084 views quite a difference.
Hmmm... not sure what a "view" is, I figured it was because I checked 900 times per day to see if there was a comment.
Andy: I'm really happy to hear your bride made it out to see your shop and all it's progress while you are CLEANING and ORGANIZING. i bet she really didn't think that there was any floor space for her to move around so maybe you had to convince her with a picture or show her your garage gallery thread here on GJ. i hope she is able to venture out there again and again plus it might motivate you to not use the floor space with your improving FSD (flat surface disease).
I missed all your STUDABAKER/DODGE work while i was working on my house this summer, but even though i don't have a clue about some of the things you are doing i'll always try to comment on something cause you do leave a lot of doors open for discussions. i still haven't had time to catch up on all the posts while i was gone, but curious if your granddaughter named truck you gave her?
cheers and hope you had a great weekend.
She surprised me by asking to go. She thought we'd drive the car over there and I'd take her in. But I just ran the wheelchair across the gravel and grass with Hershey going in circles around us. I had enough stuff cleared to get her into the broom room, main shop, then into the machine shop to see the new metal bench top, then through the wood shop and planer room into the Skelly Garage, through the paint booth to buy a Coke, then back and into the foundry room. Opened the overhead door there and gave her a biscuit making demonstration. Then I wheeled her straight past the caboose and on to the house. She was worn out but we had a good time. She really loves Hershey, by the way, and asks to go sit on the porch so she can just give her treats and pet her.
No name yet, it may not be a priority. I'm not much on naming stuff. I did name my garden "The Cows Come Home" many years ago. Then when it was time to cultivate I could prove I could go till the cows come home.
I guess I also named our lilac bush. It's called "A Dog". I call it lilac a dog.
And when we had a little pond in the yard I called it Rosa. Seemed like a nice name, and Pond Rosa was kind of catchy.
Did I stray again? Sorry.
I have missed your visits.
Hi Andy
Stopping by to catch up on the latest happenings and found the conversation on lurkers and not posters. Well as you know I don't post regularly and Your thread moves so fast that it's hard to stay current but I'm here a few times each week and enjoy trying to catch up cause I can't keep up
Don
HA! My hero and mentor. You're the one who gets stuff done. I'm always amazed at what you are doing. And I'm going to be begging when paint time comes around.
+1 on what
Don said......
And good to see
Drives dropping by as well. And yes - your view count is astounding.
Lyndon
Lurking, lurking!
Lurking Lyndon!
Thanks for stopping in!
I think the real reason most of us struggle so much to keep up is that we only have one Saturday a week. Even then you get more done than we do on one of ours, Andy.
Still here keeping up with all your good work. Just not keeping up with the replies so much.
Now stop worrying about us and get back to rebuilding your rustbucket!
How come you guys only have one Saturday? That just makes no sense. Whatever do you do with the rest of the week?
Thanks for stopping by. It's always good to hear your wisdom.
Not worrying, just fretting...
It's a Studebaker, not some cool Ford or Chevy, so what do you expect?.........lol I actually like the Stude stuff. I'm not following how your new die is going to work. When you start using it, can you post some detail photos of it in action? Thanks for the education.
Kind of funny, I think more people would like Studebakers if there were more of them around. I'm gaining appreciation for this old truck as I see what went in to making it. Pretty much the others are almost copies of each other, but the Studebaker is really quite different and well made.
If the die works I may try to make a video of it in progress. If it doesn't, I'll have a really good excuse as to why it wasn't my fault.
Thanks for all the visits, guys, I had high hopes for today, but I have to make a broom (ReFit teacher's birthday tomorrow) and my grandson is coming up to have me look at a Corvette with him. He sold the Bronze Beetle and is down to three vehicles so he has the itch for a project car. After all, he's 21 and in college and needs something to do. 81 Corvette for $3,000. Needs detailing.
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At least she'll remember me.
