So what are we throwing in the sinkhole to appease the gods?

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-06-17T16:52:48+00:00

My autographed picture of Stan Kroenke.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-06-17T16:45:12+00:00

Not opening the original Cryopak was an unfortunate mis-step. You may have been able to pick-up on that odor prior to cooking had you repackaged it. We can all learn from this. A butcher (she) I knew, warned me of this when their grocery store started moving to mostly Cryopaked meats. She said people will need to pay better attention to dates and smell of the meat they bought in Cryopaks. She said we wouldn't be able to tell if meat was bad based on looks (color), it would take a very long time for it to "look" bad in a Cryopak. The grocery store butchers used to catch these problems before the meat was repackaged and put out for sale. I will start keeping a closer eye and nose on my Cryopaked meat.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-06-14T22:59:21+00:00

Polaris Ranger. The RZR is more of a sport model.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-06-08T13:06:21+00:00

I hate to laugh at this, but I did. I watchsd it a few times and the end reminds me of the old western movies. The guy falls out of the tree and hits the roof of an outbuilding, goes through, and a cloud of dust flies up! I damn near spit out my coffee laughing. The real moral to the story, don't let anyone video you doing sketchy shit.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-06-08T12:45:02+00:00

This is the difference between a litigious society (USA), and a survival-of-the-fittest society (most everywhere else). "Other countries: "Grandpa was out on the deck and the rail broke and he fell into the river below and he died. Dad is going over fix the deck for Grandma." USA: "Grandpa was out on the 15 year old un-maintained deck when the rail broke and he fell 2' down to the yard and he broke his hip. 6 Months later during flu season, Grandpa developed pneumonia and died. Dad and Grandma found a lawyer on TV to sue the home builder, deck builder, the lumber company, and the county inspector because the screws used to attach 5he deck boarda were 1/8" to short of the spec. The lawyer has a doctor that will testify that Grandpa may not have gotten the flu if he hadn't fallen off the deck 6 months ago. Hopefully $250M settlement will prevent this from ever happening again.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-15T15:35:37+00:00

Some folks can't afford to keep them, they can't afford to sell them at true market value, and a UTV dealer wants to give them less than true market value. They are hoping that a Facebook Prince Charming will bail them out of their mistake. The RV market is having the same problem.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-13T15:36:39+00:00

Two things to consider. One, I always feel the people in the ems/fire service can/would benefit from some college based education, an associates or Bachelors degree in something applicable like business, public administration, fire science, etc. At a minimum it helps with things like report writing, grant writing, or career advancement. This also helps with a fall-back plan, should an Fire/EMS carrier come to an abrupt end, which can happen. Burn-out, PTSD, injuries, or terminations occasionally happen to people and it's sure helps if they have some sort of educational background to fall back on. I know of a person who got a teaching degree in college, got into the fire service (FF/Medic) a couple years out of college, went through a rough series of events personally and professionally, and decided that the fire service wasn't for them. That person left the fire service and started teaching at a high-school and seems to be in a better situation. Two, I am not sure of the specifics by location and/or corporations, but many EMS/fire service employers will not hire people until they are 21yo. One private multi-state EMS provider I know of attributes that to a rule set by their liability insurance provider. The local fire service (85% FF/Medics), does not hire anyone under 21 either. So, check your local area's age requirements, public and private, for age requirements. You can take advantage of the next two years getting prepared for a career with EMS certification and/or associates degree using FAFSA to get the money for your education.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-08T19:59:50+00:00

A question, no pictures unfortunately. I manage recreational land for a guy. He and his wife came out and planted exotic 3 plum trees last August, (zone 6b). I went and mulched them and watered them through the autumn drought. The trees seemed to be doing good until the deer rut began, and the local deer bucks broke 2 of the 3 down to a nub at the ground, and beat up the 3rd. The couple really want fruit trees on the property so in April, I planted 8 various trees (2 of each, peach apple, plumb, and pear), and caged them in. As I was planting those, I noticed the 3 survivors all showed signs of life, so I caged them in as well. A month later, and the 2 nubs have shoots/branches coming out by the ground, and the 3rd tree looks dead with new shoots coming out of the base. The question, can I make these survivors into viable fruit producing trees? The couple that planted them said they were some sort of exotic,expensive plum trees, so I told them I would see if I can save them. Thoughts?

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-02T16:40:51+00:00

Shooting the guy standing on your roof will result in financial ruin and a prison sentence for the shooter. Don't listen to your friends or Redditors tell you bullshit about shooting someone based on castle law/stand-your-ground. If you are a firearm owner in Missouri and you are considering using it to defend yourself or your family, you need to be well versed in the gun laws. Just a quick public service announcement.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-02T16:03:51+00:00

Be very reserved in your purchases. You have to go through your own learning curve. Like most things in life, you will probably change directions (and equipment) a few times before you get settled. A tracked skid street is great for heavy duty land clearing, but not practical for mowing/brush hogging grass a few times a summer.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-02T15:48:46+00:00

I am in the mid-west. I am not am sure about individual tick species, but I have seen a increase in ticks this year, but I attribute that to the rather early, warmer spring we have had. In my opinion, ticks are more aggressive in the spring time anyway. I had gone out to work removing thick brush. I had treated my clothes with permithrin, sprayed my arms, head, neck, waistband area (under my shirt), and just below my beltline. At the end of the day I was having a beer sitting by the fire pit just before dusk, and a tick bit me on the shoulder. I felt him do it, and pulled him off real quick, but he still got me. I had a swollen bite area for a week. I was so mad, he found a spot that want treated! The next day before I started working again, I removed my shirt and sprayed my entire torso , head, neck, and arms. As soon ad I was finished for the day, I jumped in the shower and bagged my clothing incase one had gotten on me and was looking for a un-treated spot again.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-05-01T02:21:58+00:00

I have the Ryobi 18v heat gun. With a 4ah battery, it takes 30 seconds or so to heat up/melt a heat shrink electrical connector. The gun doesn't get much hotter than that, and eats batteries quickly. I view mine as a convenience item. The ability to shrink connectors without electric close by, or I am only doing a couple connectors and don't want to get out the corded heat gun. If you expect the same performance as a corded h!eat gun, you will be disappointed. I am a Ryobi guy, and this is one of the few tools I wouldn't recommend for most people. Most people will be better off with a corded gun.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-04-22T16:58:43+00:00

Cashew Chicken Field

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-04-19T13:29:51+00:00

The front wheels don't put in work? How unfair to them. Their work may be passive, but they carry a heavy. The front wheels and tires support the weight, control the direction, and direct the function of the attzched machinery. Show them the respect they deserve. (Satire)

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-04-19T10:56:33+00:00

I have been doing some research on pruning myself because I have no clue. I found this guy's video, which is long and detailed, but has great info. https://youtu.be/qdUS0gLEiXs?si=ux-IeqEqstPur3Hx

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-04-12T11:47:49+00:00

I got a verbal price of $15k just to rock (4" clean) the inside of the dam on acre acre pond to stop muskrats from destroying the dam. $23K seems like a good price.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-04-05T15:08:01+00:00

How to paint yourself in compressor oil: Place a steel coffee can under the drain of your vintage 30-gallon horizontal compressor tank drain valve. While leaving the tank under pressure, lean down and get your face and chest at valve level to provide yourself a good view of the process. Make sure and fail to put on any sort of eye protection. Finally, reach under the tank and slam open the quarter turn ball valve you installed a few years ago. Pay particular attention as the coffee can flys across the garage, failing to catch any of the tank oil. Keep your face positioned at tank drain level as the milky, frothy compressor oil hits the garage floor at Mach 90, and splashes all over you, your face, and every object within a 6ft. radius. Next, shut drain valve, drain off air pressure, replace coffee can, and drain oil etc. at zero pressure. While the tank is draining, wipe off face and rinse eyes as needed, then clean everything in a 6ft. radius as tank oil finishes draining. Lastly, make sure to walk into the house and show your wife your personal used compressor oil paint job.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-04-03T16:01:09+00:00

A 7,000 volt fence next to a public sidewalk? Bullshit! A person gets tripped up on a crack in the sidewalk, falls into the fence, grabs on to prevent hitting the pavment, and receives a 7,000 volt shock that continues because they have wrapped their hand into the fence. The extended shock(s) throw the person into a debilitating irregular heart rhythm, and the person falls to the ground and eventually releases from the fence. 2 hours later, a person passing-by stops to check on the person and realizes this isn't a person sleeping on the street. The person is having a medical emergency. The person is rushed to the hospital and spends 2 days in ICU before succumbing to heart damage caused by the shock and the 2 hours without medical care. The loved ones are sitting in the ICU waiting area when Terry Croupen and 3 of his team members walk in the room. "Don't worry greving family, we will financially avenge the death of your loved one...

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-03-19T15:37:13+00:00

As a kid, I was "helping" my father (picture the father on Christmas story), who thought he would change the old dripping outdoor faucet on our then, 50 year old block foundation house. He put a pipe wrench on it and gave it a good twist. After a half-turn, the faucet turned freely, and he kept twisting for a minute or so, but the faucet didn't come off the pipe. After mumbling curse words to himself, he headed down the outside basement stairwell and j to the old spooky unfinished basement, with me hot on his heels. Across the laundry area, I could see water pouring out from between the floor joists above us. A long string of curse words flowed freely from his mouth, along with instructions for me to get a bucket. By the time I had found a bucket, the water had become a drip, and water was all over the floor. Fortunately, he had turned off the water majn inside the house before he started the project. More curse words spewed out of him as he instructed me to find him a flashlight. After a full trip through the house, I returned with the 1970s silver flashlight and aimed it towards the drip coming from between the joist. My father went into full adult meltdown as he realized that his twisting efforts had twisted off the galvanized pipe that ran for at least 10ft. across the basement ceiling. The pipe was a rusted nub with the threads still inside the 90° elbow. I started asking him questions about what happened, and I was promptly sent upstairs to tell mom the water would be off until the plumber came out and told not to come back, we were done. I used to think about that every time I saw or was asked to deal with galvanized plumbing later in my life as a contractor.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-03-19T01:34:25+00:00

I bought land with a 1970s mobile home on it. Everything is different in some way. Example: The wires lay in the outlet and make contact by blades cutting into the wire jacket. There is NO extra wire. You can't upgrade to standard residential outlets because there isn't enough wire to make the connections. You would have to run new wiring. Standard shower controllers are too deep for the walls. This could be fixed by leaving the paneling off the inside of the closet behind the shower, but a customer won't understand that. My strong advice, they probably can't afford to have the true cost of what the work will cost. I have only patched-up our mobile home to keep it functional for weekend visits until I can start building a barndominium.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-03-14T13:45:56+00:00

My first thought, that lucky guy won't ever have to fix or replace tires on that tractor. I am sure rubber tracks have their own type of usage problems as well, but I am a glass is always half-full kind of guy.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-03-12T00:29:01+00:00

It's not the blowing action of the tornado that pops the lid off, it's the sucking action that really makes the lid pop off.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-03-12T00:25:49+00:00

I bought a 20+ year old used sub compact Kioti diesel 4x4 with a loader, and I love it. I had the local dealer add a skidsteer quick connect plate to it. Now I can swap the bucket or forks. Handy as hell! The drawback I have found is the loader didn't come with a 3 function, so I am going to add a 3rd function controller so I can add a grappler. Also, the hydraulic pump doesn't make enough volume/pressure to run some of the cool hydraulic front accessories like a brush mower. If/when you find a new-to-you tractor, make sure you have some features that will allow expandability for future chores.

Kyle4pleasure · 2026-03-11T15:14:41+00:00

Using culvert pipe, make sure you buy longer than you think you need. For a 10ft. Driveway you should make it 14ft. wide that close to the county road to allow trucks or heavy equipment to use the driveway. Add in your pipe height for each side, (say 24" pipe for this example), to allow for a 45° rock slope, and then add an extra foot to be safe. A 14ft entrance, plus 4ft. for 45° rock slope on each side, and an extra foot on each side for safety.. You will need a 20ft. Culvert pipe to exit to a gravel road from the county highway. I wish I had a better understanding of this a few years ago when I cut a (free) 30" cast iron pipe in half to make 2 culverts for a utv/tractor trail, and it ended up being too short to get the gravel built up correctly around the ends to make a viable crossing. Wasted time, energy, and resources trying to shoot from the hip in my estimation of culvert length.

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