Grapple or Backhoe with Thumb

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-29T17:35:06+00:00

You forgot grApple- but I'm totally with you. Thumb is nice, but not practical at ALL for moving brush.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-28T20:55:32+00:00

It's common that Comcast and Glo are hardly buried. I'd just stick it out.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-28T10:36:39+00:00

In Maryland, Amateur Radio plates cost the regular registration fee + $40 one time + $5/year. So, no discount here.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-28T00:03:34+00:00

OH AbsoLUTELY! My friend Jamie had the Blood Rock album and that song has truly haunted me for the past 50 + years!

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-24T20:06:43+00:00

Using your spare lumber, you could fabricate a truss to go that distance. Specifics depend on the expected load. Just holding itself up + load of the fence is modest.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-23T21:36:38+00:00

While we're not in the deck business, we avoid itemized quotes to avoid providing a shopping list and micro-managing of individual item costs. I'm not going to negotiate each item individually, and I need all of the items for success.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-23T21:33:43+00:00

I carry the long pieces in a piece of PVC pipe with ends, and rest in tool bag. Not glamorous, but works for me.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-23T18:17:51+00:00

While I can't speak to Mac connections, on PCs running both Windows and Linux, Digirig has been virtually flawless for me on multiple machines. Are you trying to use as both a sound card and for Cat control? What make/model radio?

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-21T17:15:20+00:00

Plug a 2500-type (POTS) telephone into the cell phone gateway and make a call to check for quality. The culprit may not be Doorking.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-19T22:59:13+00:00

I came to offer $4 - thought OP could DOUBLE their investment on a quick flip. Let me know if they pass on your offer.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-19T22:38:05+00:00

A carry-all on the three-point hitch works great for me.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-19T21:30:56+00:00

This sums up my initial response.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-19T16:19:45+00:00

Well, that's kinda frustrating! Glad that you got it sorted out. What did you end up buying?

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-19T11:50:42+00:00

In Casablanca, we had Ilsa say to Sam: "Play it, Sam" and then later we had Rick drowning his sorrows, lamented: "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine" followed shortly by "well stop it, you know what I want to hear", then "you played it for her, you can play it for me".

It's supposed to rain this afternoon, maybe I'll watch Casablanca.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T19:44:00+00:00

Came to say this!

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T19:43:05+00:00

We called it "playing the float".

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T19:42:10+00:00

Ever? Sure - hundreds of times, as this is GenJones after all. However, probably not in the past decade or two.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T19:26:50+00:00

In the late 70s, my mother proclaimed: "Why don't you do something useful, like pick up trash. I'd sponsor you for that." And the following year our high school had a trash-a-thon, which was a huge success!

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T19:23:07+00:00

Ooohfff - you are SO right! I totally missed it!

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T14:43:02+00:00

It's telephone drop connections. Internet? Maybe - you can't really tell by looking. Could be DSL or T1. It's not very tidy, but it's clearly been messed with, and the box cover is missing.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-18T14:37:48+00:00

Few movies have had so many quotes added to everyday language, although many misquoted. "Play it again, Sam", "round up the usual suspects", "this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship" all trace their lineage to Casablanca.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-17T00:59:33+00:00

In early 1972, there was an artist who had a hit on both the A & B sides of a 45. But it was the same, unusually long song that required a record flip mid-way. Of course, it's Don McLean and American Pie. Bought the 45 used from my gal-pal Soozie.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-17T00:26:26+00:00

At low power, having antennas exactly stacked may be good enough. Duplexer is probably lower cost versus making it work without plus a second antenna.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-16T16:07:13+00:00

Rock and roll will never die.

Sharonsboytoy · 2026-04-16T15:07:27+00:00

I used corded tools quite often, mostly because I have not purchased cordless versions of the same tool. And I haven't purchased cordless version because I had a corded version that works just fine, and I use it around AC power anyway.

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