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Got the downstairs bathroom and laundry room remodeled in three days. New tile, paint, decorations, vanity, mirror, lights, and toilet. Happy wife happy life right?
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Between all of that I also found time to buy some Leyland Cypress and a Japanese Bloodgood Maple to plant in the backyard for $140! Nursery in town is going out of business. I’d say I had a pretty productive three days off LOL
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Nice work!

That’s a nice view, as well. Are you sure about those Leylandii? :D

I spent the weekend rebuilding a rotten deck frame, using recycled plastic lumber. Jeepers that stuff is heavy.
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murphjd25 wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 10:19 pm
Between all of that I also found time to buy some Leyland Cypress and a Japanese Bloodgood Maple to plant in the backyard for $140! Nursery in town is going out of business. I’d say I had a pretty productive three days off LOL
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Love those Japanese maples.

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Great backyard view Josh! Where did you move to again?

I also see she totally won this past weekend when you were supposed to go look for campers haha!
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Thanks guys. We live in Gold Bar, WA, about an hour out of Seattle to the east in the mountains. Our plans of moving to Phoenix are on hold, housing market is good to sell but not be a buyer right now. I’m not paying seattle prices for a home in Arizona right now, nope, no way.
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murphjd25 wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 10:05 pm
Happy wife happy life right?
Happy wife, get a new knife!

Nice work on the renovation.
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RustyIron wrote:
Tue May 04, 2021 1:16 pm
murphjd25 wrote:
Mon May 03, 2021 10:05 pm
Happy wife happy life right?
Happy wife, get a new knife!

Nice work on the renovation.
Thanks! I think a new knife may be in order!
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Josh, your kickin arse and takin names man!
Good job!!
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MacLaren wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 3:26 pm
Josh, your kickin arse and takin names man!
Good job!!
Thanks buddy. It’s a lot of work. Got all the trees planted today.
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Gold Bar is a beautiful place. Congratulations Josh!
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remnar wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 6:06 pm
Gold Bar is a beautiful place. Congratulations Josh!
It sure is. Might be a pain to get home after work but it is well worth it!
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All the top surfaces on my deck, 1000+ screws later! Buying lumber, and lumber in general just sucks!
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benben wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 7:14 pm
All the top surfaces on my deck, 1000+ screws later! Buying lumber, and lumber in general just sucks!
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Great looking deck! Lumber prices are absolutely insane right now.
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The deck looks good. Cool dog, too.
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Very nice deck! The prices of lumber these days, I'm not even going to ask how much that cost. Looks great though, hope you enjoy it!
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About to start building a new engine for this mess.



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Currently painting my '68 Chevy Caprice. Image Image Image
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Nice David and Nick!
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Nick D. Fingerz wrote:
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Awesome car Nick! Back in the very early nineties me and my Dad went to the Good Guys Show at the Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte. We brought home a one owner 68 Caprice Coupe with 45,000 miles on it. This car was ridiculous, 396 Big Block, TH4000, and a 12 bolt posi rear end, this car also had a block heater and a trailer hitch!?? This car was from Montana and the original owner pulled a small pop-up camper 3 or 4 times a year! He said he originally ordered this car specifically for this and not a truck? And he had ALL the paperwork and documentation, plus pics of it pulling his camper!

At that time my Dad had 5 or 6 Impala’s but not a Caprice, high class fancy! ;) The thing that always struck me about that car the day we brought was all the little things, like the cluster lens, crystal clear like it was when brand new, the steering wheel was perfect, original carpet not even close to faded, the seats literally looked like they’d never been sit on! It had one dime sized piece of rust on the entire car, and it drove like a dream, like driving a big ole comfortable couch!

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Good luck painting and restoring your old Caprice!
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