It's Friday, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 08/28/2020 at 18:09 • Filed to: it's friday

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Friday of a week that feels like it was about 10 days long. Any big plans?

My only schedule is to watch the F1 from Spa. My favorite course, hands down. Other than that, I plan to relax, because I clearly haven’t done enough sitting around for the last five months.

Y’all be safe.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:17

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Bro: that truck is so  cool.

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 08/28/2020 at 18:19

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I actually went in and lightened the shadows in PS before I posted to get more detail out of the cab. 

Merkin Muffley > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:23

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Is the whole truck Krau sened? Or just the contents?

/a reference that only Midwesterners, of a certain age, who grew up on Old Style Beer ads will get

ttyymmnn > Merkin Muffley 08/28/2020 at 18:27

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Mmm, krausening....

I am a former midwesterner of a certain age who grew up on Old Style Beer ads .

jminer > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:32

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I took today and Monday off to extend the weekend and not work at all. It’ll be nice to disconnect a bit.

Going to the garage shortly to put some more work in my 71 CB500. Had to hit 3 parts stores to get spark plugs for it today! The 19 year old guy at the counter of Oreilly’s just stared at my blankly when I have him the NGK part number of the plug .

Merkin Muffley > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:34

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Not to be a pedant, but with the old time Mack semi truck the period-correct can should have had a pull-tab not the flip-top...

Im kind of a beer snob-wannabe with Midwestern German roots but I get all pissy about the new age heavy-sweet microbrews with “hints of lavender” or “raspberry infusions”. Any of those swill old-style Midwestern lagers like Old Milwaukee or Hamm’s still hold up pretty well in my book compared to what passes for beer in your average brewpub these days... JMHO

PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:35

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That’s cool. What are we thinking early 50s Mack truck?

just-a-scratch > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:36

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I have no experience with Old Style. This just makes me think the threat of Frank Gallagher (Shameless jerk!) stealing the truck is rather high.

ttyymmnn > Merkin Muffley 08/28/2020 at 18:44

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IPA? No. Prickly pear beer? Hell no. Just give me a crisp, clear, bitey pilsner and leave me alone. 

ttyymmnn > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 08/28/2020 at 18:44

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I have no idea. I do planes. 

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:46

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I have a few plans, none of them particularly fun unless you count long studio hours to be fun. I’m already a bit behind on a major school project. Still, the novelty is still strong and I’m not allowing myself to check Oppo in the studio so it’s a good work environment.

wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:49

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love that old Mack

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 18:55

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This whole week has been weekendish for me, since I was working out of a state park cabin. Now I’m headed home and not sure what to do with myself.

I lost a weight on my tire (heard it bounce away and felt the new vibration) so a balance is in order.

Since that won’t take all weekend I’ll probably post some pics here, like this one.

After that, dunno. Spend more time searching for a vehicle.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 08/28/2020 at 19:01

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Early 60's I would say, they change a lot by the late 60's. 

Merkin Muffley > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 19:08

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Bingo. Pilsener. Czech style. German style.

Now I'm thirsty 

Oddly even the British ex-pats who developed IPA did it because of all the logistics problems getting “real English ale” out to the Asian colonies. It was a cheap alternative to real beer from the beginning... so I find it hilarious to see it featured these days as a “premium” selection on some fake blackboard beer menu in some faux brewpub....

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 19:09

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3 Year-old wild child starts “school” on Monday. We’re planning to swap the office/guest room and our room back how it was before he was born (the previous room swap was never really fully completed either ha).

This way we’ll be back in the “master” and since we won’t be having house guests any time soon there can be office/school room.

This task is UNBELIEVABLEY daunting.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 19:11

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PS I took my lawnmower blade for sharpening and stopped in at the local brewer next door for a growler of ale, so that’s nice. The lawnmower man did a stunning job sharpening my mangled blade and the ale is delicious.

ttyymmnn > Merkin Muffley 08/28/2020 at 19:12

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IPA is terrible. It’s only drunk by people who want to be seen drinking it. If you tell me you like IPA, you are lying, because it’s terrible.

CB > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 19:46

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I’m likely going to be driving up to Hudson Bay (the town, not the actual bay) tomorrow just to get out for a drive. Any podcast recommendations?

onlytwowheels > PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120 08/28/2020 at 19:48

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B model Mack 1953-1966.

https://tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Mack_B_series

ttyymmnn > CB 08/28/2020 at 19:53

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No, I’m not a podcaster. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 19:53

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I’ve got an Old style sign in my garage, was in my paerents basement bar growing up.  Never actually encountered the beer. Is it any good?

ttyymmnn > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/28/2020 at 19:59

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It’s been ages since I’ve had it, but it’s a good, basic American lager. Great for baseball games. Ask Merkin Muffley in this thread. He seems to be more of an Old Style aficionado. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 19:59

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Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 20:05

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I’ve got family in Hudson Bay, The town. Easy not to confuse them since you can’t actually drive to Hudson’s Bay (the bay)  Both are way out in the sticks though.  

CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/28/2020 at 20:08

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It’s only an hour and forty minutes from me (the town). I’ve got less than fun second hand stories from the conservation officers about Hudson Bay (the bay).

Small world, eh? Me being from Toronto, I was surprised to learn that my grandmother’s third husband was actually from Carrot River, which is about an hour and a half from me.

Wacko > ttyymmnn 08/28/2020 at 20:09

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I worked from home today and finished at 3:30. Took my boys for a ride on my Teryx 750, then took my daughter. Went in the woods behind the house, but turned around before getting the big mud hole.

I’m taking next week off, cause I want to finish my stair case, then remove a wall beside my stair case. Next is remove old parquet floor. And then remove the bamboo laminate floor I installed when I bought the house in 2007. Then I can start my maple hardwood floor. Then build my stainless steel railing, with maple hand rail beside my staircase and dinning room. Then and only then will my major Home renovation I started in 2014 be finished.(one story house was jacked up 15 feet in the air, then I built a new heated concrete slab, and built walls, then sat the old house on those walls) this has been all done nights, weekends and vacations. Had my daughter in 2014, my first son in 2015 and then my other son in 2018.

Next year I want to move my 26x32  garage. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 20:17

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Its right where the prairie transitions into the trees. Cousins both farmed and worked at the sawmill, which I believe is closed. They used to have a Saan store, which was a western thing, nicer than Bargain Harold’s (a reference you should get) but slotted below Z eller’s. also a post office, C hinese restaurant, and a Petro Canada.

CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/28/2020 at 20:19

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Sounds exactly like every small town.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 20:22

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Come to think of it that place was my whole concept of Saskatchewan before I actually lived here.  

CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/28/2020 at 20:22

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And how on the money was it?

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 20:24

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Pretty close.  Regina has the vibe of a very big small town.  I’m actually from Winnipeg which is a very small big city. 

CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/28/2020 at 20:25

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All big cities in the prairies are just small towns that have too many people. Which explains why no one out here can drive in a city.

ttyymmnn > Wacko 08/28/2020 at 20:32

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Sounds good. I wish I had some builder skills, but my brother got all of those. 

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 20:37

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My cousin from out that way would drive out for a visit and make me drive him around in his car, Regina traffic being a terrifying sensory overload.  We’ve got tons of these people. That sask license plate is a red flag out of sask. (I survive driving in Toronto but its eyes on the road and hands upon the wheel.) 

CB > Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer 08/28/2020 at 20:38

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Hah, I learned how to drive in Toronto, drove downtown far too much, survived driving in Ottawa, and survived driving in Quebec. Prairie drivers are something awful.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 20:50

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we really are, one of the reasons is that Hudson Bay is one of the towns you can take your driver’s test in.  

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CB 08/28/2020 at 21:04

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Mrs Doorhandle used to be a Que bec City Road Warrior in a Subaru Chaser.  

ttyymmnn > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 08/29/2020 at 21:49

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We didn’t have to do anything quite so drastic, but I did clean off the two big bookshelves in my room so I could move one in to my son’s room so I could put a desk in the bedroom and have a space to teach online trumpet lessons. My son was actually happy about it because he got a new bookshelf to display his Lego collection on. 

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > ttyymmnn 08/31/2020 at 00:22

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Well we quickly aborted the room swap but did manage to get the office to a less heinous state. Wife got the idea from somewhere to convert his old crib into a desk.

Also, finished this off.

ttyymmnn > MiniGTI - now with XJ6 08/31/2020 at 00:34

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That desk is brilliant.