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Sorry for the delay guys! I dearly appreciate your holiday greetings!! All is well here and I wish you all the same in return. Additionally, best holiday wishes to all Garage Journal Members!!

Best Regards
Herb
 
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HS: great to see you found time to send up a smoke signal. hope you find time to post a few more good words on your thread and ours cause you are always a positive person.

hope all is well in your world. is it?

my raccoons have left me a mess, but I haven't had an issue for over a week or more now so maybe I can clean it up and mow my lawn again.

take care
 

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Good to hear all is well. Have Good New Year


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Thank you so much for your visit! Things are going very well here, and I want to return your good new year wishes by sending the same to you. Thanks again for stopping in and I dearly appreciate your coming by!

Best Regards
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HS: great to see you found time to send up a smoke signal. hope you find time to post a few more good words on your thread and ours cause you are always a positive person.

hope all is well in your world. is it?

my raccoons have left me a mess, but I haven't had an issue for over a week or more now so maybe I can clean it up and mow my lawn again.

take care
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Wow looks like they have done a number on your lawn. At least they did not take residence under your house as they did here! I am sure you remember the frustration I went through to fabricate a fortress to my crawl space vents and openings. I have never seen the critters do lawn damages like that. I do have the Armadillos that dig up grub worms in the lawn, and best of my efforts I can't stop them. Good luck with a spring lawn if you have those fellows around.

Thanks for the visit and pictures!! I don't seem to be on the GJ that much as I used to be, but I am going to try and get up some pictures on what I have been working on lately.

I am needing to get my shop up for some woodworking projects in Feb and start some honey do work for the house, and crafts for the wife to work on.
I also have new hardwood flooring for the dining room, kitchen, and hall to put in when I get the motivation and a son in law free for two days.

Lately, I have been enjoying some visits to the Dentist. I am getting made a lower partial plate, which involved removal of two teeth and tomorrow I go for the mould and fittings for the plate. All in all I am obstructed with things to do that I would prefer not to, but life is life and older age is just that too!!

Thanks again and thanks for thinking of me!! I will try and get on here more in the near future!!

Best Regards and Happy New Year!!

Herb
 
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HS: I had a couple teeth pulled cause I didn't want to mess with root canals and such a few years ago and i'm going to start looking into some implants (hopefully I won't have to win the lottery to afford a couple). best of luck with your new teeth.

yep i've got hungry raccoons here in the city and maybe I should feed them instead of having them tear up my lawn.

i already have one furry critter on the payroll now that does a pretty good job keeping the tailed critters from stepping on our property (except he raccoons which i'm still trying to get her to chase). thought you might like this picture and even if you only have a few minutes to post up a few things on a few members threads please stop by and give us a few good words.

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Hi, Herb! I had a bunch of dental stuff done in the last year to and it's no fun, but the outcome was pretty good: a zirconia bridge spanning 6 teeth and a crown with an abutment to fill another space turned out great. But I had to have a molar removed last month and it was one of the most aggravating and painful extractions ever. Hoping everything else is going well and the honeydo list is diminished!
 
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HS: we all miss your positive posts and hope you can start posting up a few even if you are not working on your garage or shed at the moment.

hope all is well in your world and if not let us know so maybe we can help or at least send a prayer or two.

cheers
 
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Guys, shame shows on me as I am bad behind on my answering the posts, but I am back on line and will be following the threads and answering my friends and posters here on the Small Two Car Operation.
I really have not done too much but home maintenance lately, and yes I am feeling my age. We continue to make travels, as that ability will soon one day lessen with our aging.
I renewed my "Alliance" membership this month and hopefully I will be able to get back to making some occasional posts. I was blown away at the time since I last posted.
We will all dearly miss 1/2 Cup I haven't quite grasped his passing yet! He was a gem to all of us.
Thanks to all of you for not forgetting me. Yes, Drives I will be posting in YOUR thread from time to time.

Thanks
and Best Regards to all of you.
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Herb, I’ve been thinking about you lately. I’m very glad to hear your doing well and have been taking time to travel. Make those memories while your able my friend.
 
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Herb, I’ve been thinking about you lately. I’m very glad to hear your doing well and have been taking time to travel. Make those memories while your able my friend.
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Gerard

Thanks for your response. We are doing pretty well. Wife has had some ear infections that we can't seem to solve, but nothing too serious. We have been making the rounds of places we always liked to go, and just returned from staying a week at our favorite Trout fishing hole in Northeast Arkansas. We did catch quite a few.
Thanks again for your friendship. I will try much harder to follow your thread now that I have gotten back on. I like your toolbox set up.

Best Regards
Herb
 
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Herb,
I'm happy to see you posting again.
I've been thinking of you, and wondering how you and your wife were doing.
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Herb,
I just realized that this week 3 years ago we met in person, it seems much less than that. Take care my friend and I'll let you know if I'm in the area in the future.

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I'm happy to see you posting again.
I've been thinking of you, and wondering how you and your wife were doing.
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Thanks for thinking of me! I do appreciate your post, and we are both doing fine here. I really like the "QST" decal on your posts. We will miss 1/2 Cup dearly.

Best Regards
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Herb,
I just realized that this week 3 years ago we met in person, it seems much less than that. Take care my friend and I'll let you know if I'm in the area in the future.

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Yes remembering well our meeting (wow) three years ago! Where can that three years have gone? I know from your thread your deep into restorations which I find amazing.
Hope all is well on your homefront and would always welcome hearing from you!!

Best Regards
Herb
 
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HS: great to see you posting even if it's only a little bit. if you might have pictures of some of your travels/vacations I for one would like to live vicariously through your fun since i'm in the progress of DIY work around our house this summer.

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HS: i'm back to bother you and hope i'm not. how's things?

I have a question for you. do you think I can make a structural 4x10 beam out of 4x4x3's with glue and a few 6 inch screws?

hope you are well and planning a fun weekend.
 
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HS: i'm back to bother you and hope i'm not. how's things?

I have a question for you. do you think I can make a structural 4x10 beam out of 4x4x3's with glue and a few 6 inch screws?

hope you are well and planning a fun weekend.
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Drives

4X10 ft beam sounds pretty heavy and hefty, so making one like you ask depends on what it must support. If I were to try that, I would use Locktite construction glue and the heaviest screws (galvanized) that I could find.

I would prefer to buy treated (if exterior work) 2X10's and not have anymore that two well glued and screwed members creating the beam. Knowing you would probably need to sandwich some plywood between if required to make up the difference as in if you were making a header in framing.

However, this is guesses and I am not that knowledgeable and again it depends on what it supports and if someone needs to inspect it.

Hope your doing well and sorry for the delay in response to your post!

Best Regards
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HS: i'm getting a few posts saying I'm on the right path with the short 4x4x3's to make beams out of them and several that are cautious.

some compare it to building ships hundreds of years ago that are still floating on the oceans.

I know you are relaxing or maybe driving around and seeing a lot of the old USA, but feel free to stop in on my thread and keep me going down the right path cause I do need more than a little help.

cheers and hope all is well in your world!!
 
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Hi, Herb., Just checking in again. Haven't been doing much to post about this summer( too many 110 days at work to even think about going into the garage with A/C) and have been having a lot of back pain to contend with. Hoping your days are filled with doing what you like and not too many have-tos! Best wishes
 
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Herb: I was putting up some little vises on a shelf and thought of you and the tiny Wilton vise. have you used that little 1 or 1.5 inch jaw Wilton for anything yet or found a good spot for it?

I also miss your positive posts and even your raccoon stories, but i hope the raccoons never came back.

cheers and hope all is well in your part of the world which i'm guessing is about perfect weather at this time of year.
 
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Hi, Herb., Just checking in again. Haven't been doing much to post about this summer( too many 110 days at work to even think about going into the garage with A/C) and have been having a lot of back pain to contend with. Hoping your days are filled with doing what you like and not too many have-tos! Best wishes
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Just now caught your post (sorry for the delay). All is going well and I am pleased you stopped in. Wishing you the Best!

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Unruh said:
I read through your garage thread awhile ago and really enjoyed myself, I think the second time was even better.
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Unruh

Thanks for the stopping in! I haven't been around the journal lately, so thanking you much for your visit!!

Glad you liked my place!

Best Regards
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drivesitfar said:
Herb: I was putting up some little vises on a shelf and thought of you and the tiny Wilton vise. have you used that little 1 or 1.5 inch jaw Wilton for anything yet or found a good spot for it?

I also miss your positive posts and even your raccoon stories, but i hope the raccoons never came back.

cheers and hope all is well in your part of the world which i'm guessing is about perfect weather at this time of year.
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Drives

Going to answer your post with a long reply. Stay Tuned. Might do it email.

Cheers
Herb
 
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HB: I hope all is well. I never received an email so feel free to try again or just post up a few things here if you can. or just post up a few pics of a project or some vacation pics cause i'm guessing you and your bride did something fun for the summer if you were healthy.

hope you have a great weekend!!
 
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