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Post by Whiskers on Jul 21, 2006 21:47:13 GMT -6
Welcome to the board.look around and jump in.
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Hoot
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Post by Hoot on Jul 22, 2006 9:16:16 GMT -6
;D WELCOME VOLTZ, SET DOWN, CAST OUT YOUR LINE, AND TELL US ABOUT YOU.
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Post by donkey on Jul 22, 2006 14:12:51 GMT -6
I see ya made it. Jump rite in, anywhere.
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Post by voltz on Jul 22, 2006 18:05:29 GMT -6
Hi, Guys.. (and gals..hehe) Thanks for the welcome! Nice place ya have here. I'll be floatin' around.. Hoot.. I'm just a converted city boy livin' the real life now. No more big city stuff for this "Adjusted" soul. Gimmie the Country! I converted from a city slicker to carryin' my poop to the compost pile in buckets. Built me a shack in the middle of nowhere and discovered what real livin' is all about. My woman and my dog are my best friends and they prove it to me daily. (I don't have to buy 'em a beer to make 'em talk to me.  Ain't got no 'lectric and they're just as happy with it as I am. Who could ask for more..? |
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Post by Whiskers on Jul 22, 2006 20:43:27 GMT -6
That's nice that your wife likes livin' that way.I doubt I could talk mine into it.She and I both grew up livin that way in the rural Ozarks but we have got used to the air conditioner,and kind of like it.lol I think that's the only thing I would have trouble doing without.If I could figure out how to make an Icey Ball that would cool my whole house down I would be ready to try it.
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Post by voltz on Jul 22, 2006 22:05:23 GMT -6
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Post by Whiskers on Jul 22, 2006 23:33:01 GMT -6
That is a nice design.I have thought of doing something like that for ages but never got passed the thinking stage.lol If I build a new house that would be the way to go.Where I'm at here at the lake it would be hard to do.I cleared out just enough timber to put this mobile home and I have 75' tall white oaks everywhere around the house which makes any digging pretty rough because of the roots.
I would like to study up some on the straw bale houses.I had been hearing of those for a few years now and think they seem like a neat idea but I don't know alot about them.I seen a couple people talking about them over on your site.
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Post by Hoot on Jul 23, 2006 9:33:39 GMT -6
 VOLTZ, I TO AM A CONVERTED CITY KID. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KANSAS CITY, MO. ,THEN 15 YEARS AGO, MA&PA CAME DOWN HERE TO GERSTER, MO., AND I FOLLOWED, DIDN'T WANT TO BE THAT FAR FROM THEM. I GO BACK TO THE CITY ONCE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS, TO SEE MY BOY AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER, BUT IT'S ONLY FER THE WEEKEND, AND I'M ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO BE HOME, AND OUT OF THAT CONCRET JUNGLE. ;D
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Post by Whiskers on Jul 24, 2006 20:28:58 GMT -6
Hows that tractor working out?Is it running OK after you set the points?
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Post by voltz on Aug 24, 2006 17:52:45 GMT -6
After runnin' it for a while it seems rust got kicked up from the gas tank and messed the carb up. The sediment bowl was full before I found it..  It's an old updraft type so it ain't too hard to work on. I'll get a rebuild kit and mebby a float too.. |
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Post by Whiskers on Aug 24, 2006 21:55:23 GMT -6
That's usually pretty cheap and well worth the money.(Carb kit)
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Ain't got no 'lectric and they're just as happy with it as I am. Who could ask for more..?
VOLTZ, I TO AM A CONVERTED CITY KID. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KANSAS CITY, MO. ,THEN 15 YEARS AGO, MA&PA CAME DOWN HERE TO GERSTER, MO., AND I FOLLOWED, DIDN'T WANT TO BE THAT FAR FROM THEM. I GO BACK TO THE CITY ONCE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS, TO SEE MY BOY AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER, BUT IT'S ONLY FER THE WEEKEND, AND I'M ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO BE HOME, AND OUT OF THAT CONCRET JUNGLE. ;D