Flyinbowtie
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Or it would drive me crazy.
We are hoping to move next spring, and as such we have been fixing up some stuff on the house and around the house, and I am going through stuff, getting rid of stuff, and discovering stuff.
Mind you, we have lived here for 42 years. Raised two gearhead sons, built 3 or 4 sand rails ,(me) Toyota 4x4s, (boys) Quads (boys) and a couple of hot rods (me) and supported a few 4x4 full size trucks (me).
In other words, some stuff has accumulated.
Good Lord has it ever.
Last week I was working in the shed, putting all the lubricants, filters, etc I keep in stock for everything form the damn mowers to the truck into plastic tubs. I came across 4 neatly stacked 1 quart bottles of Teak Oil. 4 of them, one in front of the other. The first one I pulled off the shelf was half full.
So was the second.
So was the third. I could barely get the lid open.
The fourth, way in the back, well the lid was rusted closed and the top of the can was starting to rust.
The only thing we have ever owned that had Teak on it was the Ski Sanger, which I sold over 18 months ago. I have no idea how the hell I wound up with 4 freakin' cans of Teak oil, all of them half freaking full.
Or maybe I do.
I can see myself in spring, getting ready to get the boat out, thinking "man I gotta oil the swim deck, do I have any oil? screw it I will stop and get a can".
And so I did....for at least 4 years in a row.
I gave our friends 2 gallons of Quicksilver 20-40 oil, and half a dozen impeller kits (don't ask, I dunno), a brand new never used steel jeep can and mount, two trailer disk brake hose kits, a surge brake master cylinder kit.
I got rid of parts for vehicles I haven't owned in 10 years. My rule right now is if I haven't used it in 5 years I don't need it, other than hardware and tools.
I am getting rid of a lot of stuff, the extra trash can we got just for this purpose has a max weight of 250lbs per the company rules, I know I have been close a couple times, LOL...
I am building a pile of Toyota parts for my sons to go through and get rid of, or move to their places. Dads free indoor storage is closing...
I gave away a bunch of Bug parts to a kid down the road who is a hard working youngster and trying to build a street bug, he got some chrome tins, a never used alternator kit, a used twin Solex Carb kit, and a used but was OK 1776 short block, and some other stuff. He is stoked.
I sold my last Beetle 10 years ago.
I have too much stuff....but I am working on it. Two other engines (one 30 over and 4 bolt small block and one standard bore 429, and two transmissions went last month, I have one more trans to go, and maybe one engine...oh and a set of rusty DOVE-C Ford heads, and actually pretty nice set of chinese 460 Ford aluminum heads.. maybe I should keep those...
This is how it starts, boys...beware you youngsters out there. The bigger the shop you build, the more stuff you put in it...
When this is over we are gonna have one hell of a sale on plastic tubs, that is a fact.
We are hoping to move next spring, and as such we have been fixing up some stuff on the house and around the house, and I am going through stuff, getting rid of stuff, and discovering stuff.
Mind you, we have lived here for 42 years. Raised two gearhead sons, built 3 or 4 sand rails ,(me) Toyota 4x4s, (boys) Quads (boys) and a couple of hot rods (me) and supported a few 4x4 full size trucks (me).
In other words, some stuff has accumulated.
Good Lord has it ever.
Last week I was working in the shed, putting all the lubricants, filters, etc I keep in stock for everything form the damn mowers to the truck into plastic tubs. I came across 4 neatly stacked 1 quart bottles of Teak Oil. 4 of them, one in front of the other. The first one I pulled off the shelf was half full.
So was the second.
So was the third. I could barely get the lid open.
The fourth, way in the back, well the lid was rusted closed and the top of the can was starting to rust.
The only thing we have ever owned that had Teak on it was the Ski Sanger, which I sold over 18 months ago. I have no idea how the hell I wound up with 4 freakin' cans of Teak oil, all of them half freaking full.
Or maybe I do.
I can see myself in spring, getting ready to get the boat out, thinking "man I gotta oil the swim deck, do I have any oil? screw it I will stop and get a can".
And so I did....for at least 4 years in a row.
I gave our friends 2 gallons of Quicksilver 20-40 oil, and half a dozen impeller kits (don't ask, I dunno), a brand new never used steel jeep can and mount, two trailer disk brake hose kits, a surge brake master cylinder kit.
I got rid of parts for vehicles I haven't owned in 10 years. My rule right now is if I haven't used it in 5 years I don't need it, other than hardware and tools.
I am getting rid of a lot of stuff, the extra trash can we got just for this purpose has a max weight of 250lbs per the company rules, I know I have been close a couple times, LOL...
I am building a pile of Toyota parts for my sons to go through and get rid of, or move to their places. Dads free indoor storage is closing...
I gave away a bunch of Bug parts to a kid down the road who is a hard working youngster and trying to build a street bug, he got some chrome tins, a never used alternator kit, a used twin Solex Carb kit, and a used but was OK 1776 short block, and some other stuff. He is stoked.
I sold my last Beetle 10 years ago.
I have too much stuff....but I am working on it. Two other engines (one 30 over and 4 bolt small block and one standard bore 429, and two transmissions went last month, I have one more trans to go, and maybe one engine...oh and a set of rusty DOVE-C Ford heads, and actually pretty nice set of chinese 460 Ford aluminum heads.. maybe I should keep those...
This is how it starts, boys...beware you youngsters out there. The bigger the shop you build, the more stuff you put in it...
When this is over we are gonna have one hell of a sale on plastic tubs, that is a fact.