Jayman17
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BF, wow that lightning strike was a little too close for comfort! Glad no one was hurt and I hope you get your energy back soon. Nice to see an update from DaBarn! 
Jay
Jay
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don long
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You sure have some FAT deer up your way. It must be that 10' tall corn they have to eat.
That's a nice can that you found. I've never seen one like it.
When I was a boy, we had a lightning bolt hit the car while we were driving. It must not have been a very powerful jolt but I remember touching the door handle of the car shortly after and being knocked across the seat into my dad's lap while he was driving.
I'm sorry to hear that you think that you need to keep up with us old guys with those pesky med. issues. Don't do it. It's not worth it
Seriously Tony, I hope your condition is not. Please keep up posted
That's a nice can that you found. I've never seen one like it.
When I was a boy, we had a lightning bolt hit the car while we were driving. It must not have been a very powerful jolt but I remember touching the door handle of the car shortly after and being knocked across the seat into my dad's lap while he was driving.
I'm sorry to hear that you think that you need to keep up with us old guys with those pesky med. issues. Don't do it. It's not worth it
Seriously Tony, I hope your condition is not. Please keep up posted
Scott
I'm always here on The Garage Journal everyday! but things in the barn move slow at times so I don't always have any good content to post
Bob
Yeah! I have an idea on what one of the issues is, I had a high cholesterol test a few months ago and my doctor put me on Atorvastatin, its the generic version of Lipitor, one of the side effects of statins is body and joint pain. Good news is my cholesterol is down, the bad news is that my body feels like it was hit by a truck! I decided on my own to stop taking it to see if I feel better. I hate taking any kind of medications
Jim
I really do see lots of deer's on my trek to work, so I'm always on the look out for deer, it made me laugh when I came up on the cows.
"Okay who left the gate open again"
JayBF, wow that lightning strike was a little too close for comfort! Glad no one was hurt and I hope you get your energy back soon. Nice to see an update from DaBarn!
Jay
Thanks for checking in! I work for the premier internet service provider in the town, we had to send out service techs Thursday to almost every single building in the surrounding area to replace blown equipment, I felt bad for our repair crews. As a telephone and ISP company we hate to see any lightning.
Don
I need to get a picture of the corn in my field to post up here, its crazy how high it has grown this year!
A couple of years ago the neighbor across the street took a lightning strike at his house, it blew all the GFI's in my house and I had to go change my shorts
I noticed one of my bushes turning brown, after looking a little closer I noticed these little pod looking things hanging on it.
After an internet search I figured out that they are called bag worms, the females make these cocoon's and stays inside to lay their larva. I pulled a **** load of them off this one bush. Now I need to order some bacillus thuringiensis often called Bt. to spray on it, I'm hoping to save this bush and I don't want it to spread to the other bushes either.
I got all these little bastards off one bush
PugetDude
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Bagworms- haven't seen those since we left Ohio. Glad we don't have them out here. Just rattlesnakes and scorpions...
We had a nasty front blow through here on Thursday morning! We had 73 mph wind gusts and lots of lightning, I was about 2 blocks from my office when a lightning bolt stuck near me blinding me for a second and scaring the **** out of me! I drove around the block to see if there was any damage, the lightning bolt I heard happened at 7:50 am, I took this picture at 8:09.
The fire depart is only a couple of blocks away and was on the scene that quick, the first truck was just setting up when I snapped this picture at 8:09 the fire was under control at 8:20 but the building was a total loss and no one was hurt, the first employee had just pulled into the parking lot and she was still in her car when it struck, she is the one that called 911.
If it scared the **** out of you just think what that poor lady went through sitting next to it....
You have some funny looking deer in your part of the country....
Glad to hear you are feeling a little better....
LynnW
MacTexas
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I see your posts on the big party garage but I never came across your thread. Now I have some reading to do.
Homebody
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Lightening is scary ****! Back when we had lightening rods on our farmhouse about 12 years ago we heard a crack and my son and I seen it travel down the cable into the ground. Crazy.
Hope you're feeling better soon. I go in for a possible heart stent this Friday... Getting old *****.
Hope you're feeling better soon. I go in for a possible heart stent this Friday... Getting old *****.
Scott
I'm not real happy with those bag worms, but I will take them over snakes and scorpions any day
If it scared the **** out of you just think what that poor lady went through sitting next to it....
You have some funny looking deer in your part of the country....
Glad to hear you are feeling a little better....
LynnW
Lynn
Yeah! I imagine that lady will never be the same after that lightning strike.
If I could of talked one of those cows into getting in my car, I would of took it home to fill the freezer
Mac
Thanks for taking the time to look at my little barn! its the place I go to chill out, fab some steel, watch football games and tune out the rest of the world at the end of the day! Can't wait until the day I retire so I can get a little more barn time
Homebody
I hope all goes well with that stent! I have more aches and pains as I age, its depressing! I have an appointment with doc tomorrow to discuss some issues, I need to discuss with the doc how much I dislike having to give them money
Last night the wife took me out for supper and then to a comedy show/fundraiser, it was an awesome date night with the wife, she is the best thing that has every happen to me. The fundraiser was held at one of the Auctions of America buildings in Auburn Indiana, they have a huge labor day auction and sale every year, its one of the largest events in this area. Auburn is home to the original Auburn Cord Duesenberg factory that is now a museum.
They had a bunch of items already arriving for the big Labor Day sale in a couple of weeks and stored in the same room as the show that we attended, well they had to get the floor scrubber out after I left to clean all the drool on the floor when I was done looking around
Jayman17
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Lots of goodies in there BF. Did you see any future additions to DaBarn?
Jay
Jay
don long
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Oh man
I'm droolin all over my key board lookin at those goodies coming up for auction. If you go to that auction grab that pennzoil sign for me
I'm droolin all over my key board lookin at those goodies coming up for auction. If you go to that auction grab that pennzoil sign for me
PugetDude
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Tony, that Gillette "bear for wear" tire sign would look great in DaBarn.
shortykorte
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Those deers are shockingly big. To bad they weren’t close to the lightening strike…BBQ.
Jay,
Yes, everything! I would love to pick up a few of those treasures
Don,
I was drooling all over too! I actually thought of The Big Party Garage when I walked in. I just might make it over there this year, it usually draws in the big bidders, but I feel like the small fish in the big pond there, I did sell the Blazer so I have some mad money, I will bid on that Pennzoil sign if I'm there
Scott,
Yes, that would be a cool piece! I wish I had the money and the room for all of it
My party barn is not quite as big as Don's
Shorty,
Yeah! I wanted to take one of those cows home with me, they would of loved my smoker
I got lucky and had a really cool score last week, my wife is the church secretary at a local church just down the road from us, the church has been doing some major interior redecorating lately, she had sent me a text message saying the church was going to toss a bunch of the old metal signs that they removed during the renovation and wanted to know if I would want them, I text her back WELL YEAH! I had no idea what they were? I had never seen them before. I was shocked when she brought them home and I looked at the back, it was some 16 gauge sheet steel in pristine condition made in the USA at a local mill called SDI (Steel Dynamics Inc.) I just need to heat up the vinyl and peel it off and I have the beginning of another sign project
I hung up one of the signs from the church and told the wife that I just installed an elevator in the barn
I hung up one of the signs from the church and told the wife that I just installed an elevator in the barn
harley jim
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Good score on the church signs, cant wait to see what you do with them.
shortykorte
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Elevator 
wait! Sold the Blazer
wait! Sold the Blazer
cbacres
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That’s some clean sheet metal, heavy too!
Now you went and got Shorty going on a elevator.
I gave him a idea last week to use his old forklift
Now you went and got Shorty going on a elevator.
I gave him a idea last week to use his old forklift
harley jim
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Go Shorty!
Jayman17
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PugetDude
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Good catch, Shorty; I skimmed right over that little detail.Elevator
wait! Sold the Blazer
don long
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That's what lifts my elevator box. It's when the lift hits the second stage that the ladies freak.That’s some clean sheet metal, heavy too!
Now you went and got Shorty going on a elevator.
I gave him a idea last week to use his old forklift
PugetDude
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Tony,
Starting a large license plate project (will post pics later), wanted to know how you got those plates so clean and shiny? Any special solvents or maybe something like TimeWarps Magic Soap? I've scrubbed mine down but they don't compare with the pics you posted.
Thanks!
Starting a large license plate project (will post pics later), wanted to know how you got those plates so clean and shiny? Any special solvents or maybe something like TimeWarps Magic Soap? I've scrubbed mine down but they don't compare with the pics you posted.
Thanks!
Jim
Yeah, I'm excited to have some steel that's in such good shape and not covered in mill scale
Elevator
wait! Sold the Blazer
Shorty
Yeah, the Blazer is gone! It wasn't even for sale
I had a friend mention it to a guy he knew and the next thing I know he wants to look at it, to make a long story short, he must of wanted it more then I did. He ponied up quite a few Benjamin's I really like having the extra room now 
That’s some clean sheet metal, heavy too!
Now you went and got Shorty going on a elevator.
I gave him a idea last week to use his old forklift
cbacres
I going to use the steel to make another sign, so many ideas and so little time and energy
Don't be giving shorty any ideas, he bleeds enough all on his own
Jim
You know better then to be encouraging shorty
I’m with Shorty on this one, you sold the Blazer?!
Jay
Jay
Yeah! I was sort of sad to see it go, but I'm really enjoying the extra space it created in the barn and its one thing less that I need to maintain. And I'm really excited on how much cash I got out of it
Scott
The Blazer is gone! it was a 1980 Chevy K5 Blazer with 13,300 original miles and I was only the second owner, I probably will never have a chance to own one in that good of condition again, I enjoyed working on it, it was just time to move on.
That's what lifts my elevator box. It's when the lift hits the second stage that the ladies freak.cbacres said:
That’s some clean sheet metal, heavy too!
Now you went and got Shorty going on a elevator.
I gave him a idea last week to use his old forklift
Don
I had a few extra days off work last week and I actually pulled the Flying A sign outside and spent a whole day working on it, the steel wasn't the best and it had some very hard mill scale on it and I spent a **** load of time with a DA and some 80 grit sanding it down, then I gave it a skim coat of bondo then sanded most of it off, well I got all six pieces done and smoothed out and ready for primer, I didn't have any primer so this is what they look like right now!
Don I just love the smell of body filler in the morning
Scott
I just used some Meguiar's wax and a bunch of rubbing, I really like the Gold Class
What's this license plate project you speak of?
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PugetDude
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All will be revealed soon.Scott
I just used some Meguiar's wax and a bunch of rubbing, I really like the Gold Class
What's this license plate project you speak of?
don long
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Your "A" is looking great. I need to pull out the pieces I have cut and get them put together
Scott
Great! get us all excited over a new project, then leave us hanging
Don
You have been whipping out so many great projects lately, its just amazing following along with you
Got the scare of a life time! I received a call that my daughter had been involved in an accident, it was not too far from where I work so I rushed over not knowing what to expect? I was shaking like a scared dog! I arrived on the scene while she was still in the ambulance being treated before they transported her to a local hospital.
She was on the highway and stopped to make a left hand turn with her turn signal on when a man following her slammed into the back of her new car, he told one of the police officers on the scene that he had just stopped at the post office to pick up his mail and he was looking through it when he hit my daughter from behind, it spun her car completely around
This is my daughters Buick Encore loaded up on the flat bed
This was the gentlemen's van that hit her, I will not post up here what I thought
Distracted over some ******** mail
This is my baby girl sitting in the back of an ambulance, cuts on the head, going to have a black eye, scraps on the face, a black and blue ankle and foot and a concussion.
After several hours in the ER the x-ray's and CT scan were all negative, thank the good lord
She was sore as hell this morning!!!
I can't handle it when something happens to one of my kids, I have not been this upset since my son was blown up in Iraq.
She was on the highway and stopped to make a left hand turn with her turn signal on when a man following her slammed into the back of her new car, he told one of the police officers on the scene that he had just stopped at the post office to pick up his mail and he was looking through it when he hit my daughter from behind, it spun her car completely around
This is my daughters Buick Encore loaded up on the flat bed
This was the gentlemen's van that hit her, I will not post up here what I thought
Distracted over some ******** mail
This is my baby girl sitting in the back of an ambulance, cuts on the head, going to have a black eye, scraps on the face, a black and blue ankle and foot and a concussion.
After several hours in the ER the x-ray's and CT scan were all negative, thank the good lord
She was sore as hell this morning!!!
I can't handle it when something happens to one of my kids, I have not been this upset since my son was blown up in Iraq.
Sorry to hear about your son.The sacrifice these brave men and women make for our freedom and trying to make the world a better place is immeasurable.
Wow,that was a huge impact.I can only imagine how sore she is after that.Thank god she was in a newer vehicle.It is amazing how the suv absorbed the energy.
So many people pay attention to everything but driving when they are driving.They ought to have their licenses suspended.
Hope your daughter gets well soon.
Wow,that was a huge impact.I can only imagine how sore she is after that.Thank god she was in a newer vehicle.It is amazing how the suv absorbed the energy.
So many people pay attention to everything but driving when they are driving.They ought to have their licenses suspended.
Hope your daughter gets well soon.
Bob Heine
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Tony, glad to see your daughter came through the accident in one piece if it's a battered and bruised piece. I can't believe someone would flip through their mail while driving. I don't even open most of mine. I get upset when I see people on their phones while they're driving and it has made me cut back on my own driving.
racer-john
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I hope they throw the "Book" at that *******: reading the mail while driving = attempted vehicular manslaughter.
harley jim
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I'm right with you Tony, I wouldn't lay my life down for many but my kids I would, my Grandkids even more so.
I'm glad she is ok,
Maybe we can send him a letter!
I'm glad she is ok,
Maybe we can send him a letter!
PugetDude
ALLIANCE MEMBER
Tony,
Glad she's going to be OK.
Only good part of the story is that he admitted to distracted driving- hope he was ticketed for it?
Will make the insurance claim process much easier.
My wife totaled her Cadillac SRX last summer- 17 year old kid pulled out of a parking lot in front of her. Told the cop he "thought he could beat her across the intersection" All the airbags deployed, she was shaken up and bruised, but not seriously hurt. Tesla behind him got the whole thing on dashcam video. He was ticketed for it, his Insurance paid up promptly without an issue. After the accident she decided to go with something a little bigger- she's driving a Tahoe now.
Scott
Glad she's going to be OK.
Only good part of the story is that he admitted to distracted driving- hope he was ticketed for it?
Will make the insurance claim process much easier.
My wife totaled her Cadillac SRX last summer- 17 year old kid pulled out of a parking lot in front of her. Told the cop he "thought he could beat her across the intersection" All the airbags deployed, she was shaken up and bruised, but not seriously hurt. Tesla behind him got the whole thing on dashcam video. He was ticketed for it, his Insurance paid up promptly without an issue. After the accident she decided to go with something a little bigger- she's driving a Tahoe now.
Scott
don long
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Sorry to see that tragedy Tony
Looks like your daughter will be coming home but don't think that the buick will make it.
Thank you for the service of your son and your sacrifice. Seeing that crash brings back way too many memories of the things I've seen while in the tow business. My wife will not drive anything smaller than her Excursion.
Looks like your daughter will be coming home but don't think that the buick will make it.
Thank you for the service of your son and your sacrifice. Seeing that crash brings back way too many memories of the things I've seen while in the tow business. My wife will not drive anything smaller than her Excursion.
Jayman17
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BF, so sorry to hear about your daugher’s accident. I can’t believe the guy was reading his mail. Doesn’t he know you do that in the bathroom!? 
Glad to see your daughter came through it without extremely serious injuries and was smiling for the photo.
I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Jay
Glad to see your daughter came through it without extremely serious injuries and was smiling for the photo.I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Jay
jon72vega
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Tony,
I'm glad your daughter is going to be ok.
There is way too much distracted driving going on these days.
I hope the guy that caused the accident gets the book thrown at him.
I was the victim of a distracted guy running a red light several years ago.
T-boned me, rolled my truck on it's side.
Long story I won't get into, the worst thing for me was several cracked ribs... they took a loooonnnggg time to heal.
I'm glad your daughter is going to be ok.
There is way too much distracted driving going on these days.
I hope the guy that caused the accident gets the book thrown at him.
I was the victim of a distracted guy running a red light several years ago.
T-boned me, rolled my truck on it's side.
Long story I won't get into, the worst thing for me was several cracked ribs... they took a loooonnnggg time to heal.
409, Bob, John, Jim, Scott, Don
Thank you for the kind words! I feel horrible every time I think of the accident, I'm trying not to get mad
I just need to be thankful that my baby girl (now 24 years old) is doing okay, we are going to go get a rental car today for her, I'm pretty sure the Buick is totaled, I want her to get a different car that has not been turned into an accordion Since I bought it up I thought I would post some pictures of my son Cody and what happened to him in Iraq, since this is the anniversary of 9-11. He went to Purdue after high school and that didn't work out for him, so he went into the army and became a Army soldier/paratrooper, after basic training he was stationed at Fort Richardson in Anchorage Alaska, that was awesome because it was my first chance to visit Alaska.
He had not been in Alaska very long before getting deployed to Iraq, he was based in Al Hillah just south of Baghdad, his group was in charge of keeping the highway between Al Hillah and Baghdad clear, it was a major supply route into the city. One day while on patrol with Cody driving the lead Humvee in the convoy he tripped a road side bomb (EFP), this knocked Cody unconscious and they ran off the road, luckily they had two inch thick armored plated doors on the Humvee.
We received a call from a Colonel in his outfit telling us what happened to Cody and that he and the three other men with him in the Humvee were medevaced by helicopter to a Baghdad hospital and that Cody was in surgery and that was pretty much all the information we received at that time
we did not get any new information then that for a day and a half, until we learned that he was being flown to Germany, while in Germany we had a military liaison that keep us up to date on everything until they had flown him back to the states.This is my 9-11 HERO
Cody had a friend in the convoy that got these pictures of the bombing and sent them back to me. WARNING THESE ARE GRAPHIC!
This is a shot inside the Humvee after the bombing.
Inside the Humvee looking at the rear drivers side door and the back of the drivers seat where Cody was sitting.
This is a M4 that belonged to the kid in the back seat on the drivers side where the EFP entered the Humvee through a 2" thick armored plated door melting the gun.
This is a shot of Cody's flack jacket, bloodied from his injuries to his back.
This is the 50 caliber gun turret on top of Cody's Humvee, you can see shrapnel embedded all over it.
This is just a shot of the scene after the bombing.
A picture of Cody's back packed with sterile gauze, they had to change these twice a day for two weeks until they closed them up, they needed to keep an eye on infection.
He had pieces of brass shrapnel working its way out of his body for quite a long time after.
He said changing the gauze twice a day was the worst pain ever.
Three of the men that was in the Humvee that day, Cody is on the left, the major in the center - he had to have reconstructive surgery on his elbow and the one on the right is Matt, it blew his calf off, they removed a muscle in his back to replace his calf, the other guy not in the picture lost his left leg.
Thank the good lord all these boys came home!
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don long
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Thanks for sharing those pics and your thoughts with us Tony.
I'm assuming that your son is in Indy with you guys now?
I'm assuming that your son is in Indy with you guys now?
bugnut
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Tony, I'll also pray for your daughters speedy recovery. I appreciate you sharing the images of your son and his buddies.
I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate the sacrifices parents and loved ones make so that we can sleep securely.
Your son and all the others in uniform, past and present, deserve our utmost respect and prayers. May they be kept safe!
I cannot begin to tell you how much I appreciate the sacrifices parents and loved ones make so that we can sleep securely.
Your son and all the others in uniform, past and present, deserve our utmost respect and prayers. May they be kept safe!