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  1. crankcall

    The new lawn tractors are junk.

    Invest in an umbrella kit or a big straw hat . My 30 yrs sitting long shifts on a tractor has me seeing a dermatologist . Wear your sunscreen ! Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  2. crankcall

    RIP - Dolly Parton

    She wrote three thousand songs , that’s prolific. Her philanthropy at the grass roots level , for people that needed it most is remarkable and incredible. She was and is an example of what can be done . RIP Dolly Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  3. crankcall

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I’m guilty of over hardwaring everything. I like things to stay put . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  4. crankcall

    Vendee Globe and other sailing around the world

    The money required to keep a boat like Comanche racing at a high level would fund a small African country . She just changed hands to new owners , buying the million dollar boat is the cheap part, care and feeding and crew is millions a yr. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  5. crankcall

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Last ikea kitchen I did was thier new product , it also uses a metal wall plate for the lowers , only the front legs are on adjusters , back clips to the wall plate . It’s genius . If you have space , assemble the boxes in another room so you’re not tripping over stuff . Have two cordless drills...
  6. crankcall

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I assemble them with a tube of clear silicone. You’d need dynamite to take them apart later . Very few glues will stick to HPL ( melamine) . Squeeze out if it happens doesn’t really matter . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  7. crankcall

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I’ve done two IKEA kitchens , first one took a while but once your into Swedish think , the boxes go together very quickly . The metal cleat system is very good , get a laser level on a tripod and make life simple . I like them so much I’d put one in almost any house . Sent from my iPhone...
  8. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    My trees that need to go measure 5 7/8 at 1.37m , they can go!! Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  9. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    Thank you , they can dig down a foot to find the stump if they bring a shovel , other wise I think these two can go…. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  10. crankcall

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I’ll say it out loud , the advice in here is often worth money . It’s local knowledge not Internet crap where the building code in Nebraska is different than here . Some of you are actual tradesmen that share knowledge and occasionally skills .I appreciate what I often read here . Sent from my...
  11. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    Anybody know is cedar trees would be considered an ornamental shrub or a tree ? I have two that need to go . I could beg forgiveness if the town counts it a tree , but it could also be a 5k mistake. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  12. crankcall

    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    If you have an existing outhouse , there’s your dumper . Or call in a portapotti rental . Not many construction sites or Reno’s around here do without a porti, it’s just part of the cost . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  13. crankcall

    Where to get a puppy?

    You’d have put it in a bottle of vodka , like that famous whiskey in the Yukon bar with a frost bitten toe in it . Here have a shot of MPs left nut . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  14. crankcall

    The new lawn tractors are junk.

    I’ve used a zero turn helping at a friends place . They are fantastic for grass cutting . There is something to be said for sitting a tractor , feeling all farmery. Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  15. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    Oakville has a very vengeful tree cutting bylaw . Trees are like some Druid idol around here . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  16. crankcall

    Where to get a puppy?

    Used properly it’s an effective tool until a dog gets to the point it may not be necessary. Had one for our large and stupid lab , it worked . After age three was no longer required . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  17. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    @raginduck , that’s her house ! Very cool interior and very original inside . Sadly small interior rooms , because that how they were built . Lucky for her , her family originally owned a hundred acre parcel that went all the way to the lake , and she sold a four acres garden center to...
  18. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    Friend in Oakville finally sold her house . Sat on market for a year at 2.2 million, its an intersting "historic" Bronte house , but the town whacked historical designation on it 3 yrs ago and nobody would touch it. Lovely place on Lakeshore , but you cant do anything with it. Sold at 1.2M , but...
  19. crankcall

    How`s your house pricing doing?..

    Ouch , Sheridan college went through a similar situation with a remote campus . They shuttered it quietly . Sent from my iPhone using GTAMotorcycle.com
  20. crankcall

    Where to get a puppy?

    Lol , no gramps has been gone for a while, no leftover product . Sordid tale , he got his blasting ticket when he was working in the same claypit ( Kelso red hills ) as my great gramp , and great gramp walked into the dynamite shed with a lite smoke, gramps got the promotion . Apparently didnt...
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