TSCLT 7.0: Hemis, Harleys, Hooters-n-Harridans

[bellisarius]

Just up the road from Daytona on I-95 is a rest area. During Bike Week and Biketober fest you could see folks pulling off, getting their rides off the trailer, throwing some dirt on the bike, and proudly riding into Daytona as if they'd ridden all the way from PA, or NY, or where ever.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Suicidal people don't want to die, they just want the pain to stop.
Some are too proud, broken or ill to ask for help.
Some have asked and been told to 'get over it'
Some have gotten and are in counseling getting help when they die.
The only thing they all have in common is that they are sick.
So light your josh, candles or say your prayers but let them be at
peace and please understand they aren't hurting anymore.

I have been in that level of pain.
I have thought that I wanted to die.
Death has certainly looked like a solution.
I have been ashamed to ask for help.
I have figured that asking for help was a big fat waste of time because no one else could possibly understand.
I have done it anyway from the point of hopelessness.
I have been wrong.
I have received what looked like a flimsy straw to grasp which turned out to be a beam of steel which could hold me and all the weight of my supposed burdens.
I have been released . . . .
My josh burns for all those who suffer needlessly, whether here or in the hereafter.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

I don't get the tiny fuel tanks.


I know - "looks."


I may be more of a function over form guy sometimes.


But if it ain't mine, I have no opinion . . . .

 

[bellisarius]

I figure when they go on a road trip there's someone following in a vehicle with 4 or 5 Jerry cans.

 

[Endrura]

I have been in that level of pain.
I have thought that I wanted to die.
Death has certainly looked like a solution.
I have been ashamed to ask for help.
I have figured that asking for help was a big fat waste of time because no one else could possibly understand.
I have done it anyway from the point of hopelessness.
I have been wrong.
I have received what looked like a flimsy straw to grasp which turned out to be a beam of steel which could hold me and all the weight of my supposed burdens.
I have been released . . . .
My josh burns for all those who suffer needlessly, whether here or in the hereafter.

I've been lucky enough to never be that far down, I've always had more
to live for than I was willing to give up, but I lost a SIL less than a year ago and I've tried hard to understand and accept what drove her to it.
I don't have answers but if you want to talk about your friend
you know how to reach me

 

[CleanScrota]

But if it ain't mine, I have no opinion . . . .

They're all junk, until I own them.

 

[thør]

I don't get the tiny fuel tanks.

Might not be that comfy to ride and getting fuel is an excuse to walk and stretch.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Five gallon tank, and got down to reserve level. Good thing the electronic gizmo is hyper conservative.


No matter, got plenty of fuel in plenty of time.


Because today is too damned hot to walk.


Quiet afternoon. There plenty to do tomorrow and plenty of time to do it in.

 

[bellisarius]

Agreed on the hotness. Order out night, too damn hot to be cooking.

3-gun was interesting. Some old faces, some new. Shotgun intensive this week and a lot of reload struggling going on.

 

[Go_Fuck_Yourself]

 

[Go_Fuck_Yourself]

 

[Go_Fuck_Yourself]

 

[Que]

95 Chevy 3500 with shadetree mechanic built dump for landscaping work. He thinks 8t is 5.3 liters so 327, maybe? 150,000 miles runs good, no smoke. Mounting brackets for the leaf springs on the left side and the left rear corner of the dump bed we're hit by hit and run driver. The metal work I can do.

I need a truck but I don't really need a dump truck. I'm trying to figure out what would I do with this dump truck if I bought it other than Fix and Flip. At $1000 it seems like there's room for profit but I've got no idea how much C purlins cost, the C purlins that make up the base that the walls are tied to arrested all the way around. Probably one of those things where I wouldn't lose money but I probably wouldn't make money justify the time.

On the plus side if I take it off my landlord son's hands and do all that work here on site they can't very well complain if I do other work here on site. Not that they necessarily would but I didn't want to turn this place into a wrecking yard. Not that the neighbors would have jacked now that I think about it.

 

[bellisarius]

Might want to do some checking on that engine. As I recall the smallest engine available in '95 was the 350. And as a truck it should have the 4 bolt mains (good news). A VIN lookup should give you the data. The 350 with the 4 bolt mains is a really good engine, but don't expect economy.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Home. Was out with the Saturday crew. They kept going, but I was toast.


I agree that it's most likely a 350 engine. Google should help answer that one.


I had a '91 that was a very good truck until it all turned to shit. GM can be like that. Accessories, too. That truck ate starters. I have yet to change a starter, alternator, or water pump on my '07 Dodge. The '94 has the same starter and alternator, too.


Off to read for a minute and then crash for hours.

 

[bellisarius]

Recommended reading.

"The Fate of Empires"

Somewhere between a pamphlet and a monograph. It was written in 1976/77. You might find some insights/parallels in it.

 

[Noor]

Happy Friday!!!


I looked at the thread and it's kinda hard to believe that it's been five years since Byron ambled along to the next dimension.


Some smoking josh in his memory, and for those who suffer needlessly.


And Allah gets the rest, and he knows what to do with them . . . .

It's still kind of hard for me to believe too.

My workbench is a clusterfuck.


In other news, a guy I'd known for a long time, a helpful guy, offed himself yesterday. Depression, finances, and a general feeling of hopelessness. He left a note.


I'm sure his kids are thrilled. I get the decision, but better to tough it out, or, shock of shocks, ask for some fucking help!!!


It's never Litsters . . . .

Sorry about your friend. Sometimes it is Litsters, I remember one quite early on, she was a kid early 20's.

Suicidal people don't want to die, they just want the pain to stop.
Some are too proud, broken or ill to ask for help.
Some have asked and been told to 'get over it'
Some have gotten and are in counseling getting help when they die.
The only thing they all have in common is that they are sick.
So light your josh, candles or say your prayers but let them be at
peace and please understand they aren't hurting anymore.

Sometimes people are just too exhausted to care what happens.
I wouldn't intentionally kill myself, but there have been times, esp in ERs, when I wouldn't have minded death, but when my mind doesn't care, my body seems to, so I am still about.

 

[Que]

I'm wearing a red, striped Ralph Lauren, regular cut Wranglers and some Italian, basket weave leather loafers with a bit longer, blunt-tip toe. Girl in the club says, "You're a cowboy, aren't you."

"Yes, I agreed. On a steel horse I ride. At least most of my Prius is steel."

My horse is in the shop so I have the Honda tonight. I need to replace that A/C line even though I drive this maybe twice a year, at most. If I do, I probably won't use it again till winter.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Happy Sunday!!!


Up after a fashion. Cats are eating, dishes are washed, and coffee is being drunk.


My cowboy look yesterday was a Brooks Brothers shirt, regular cut Wranglers, and Lucchese ostrich boots. I reckon the HfD counts as a steel horse, after a fashion.


But then the question always becomes, are you wanted dead or alive?

 

[bellisarius]

Good morning all. Another hot one today. Not Phoenix hot though.

 

[Que]

Although it was 112 and 111 the last couple of days it's supposed to be a nice cool, breezy 107° today.

. . and by breezy- I mean hot, stale, air. . . but now with less thermal updrafts.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Yeah, hot.


We're pushing 98* today, so it says.


This is Allah's kind of weather.


I should probably consider conversion to belief in the Norse gods more seriously . . . .

 

[Bidin~Time]

Good morning!

The pups woke me this morning. I'm still awake and they have gone back to sleep.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

The cats were all interested in my waking up.


And they're all downstairs, napping intermittently.


Tiny barbarians!!!


I'm thinking of going to Walmart before the heat and the church ladies get out and about.

 

[Bidin~Time]

I have to admit, the pups weren't actually trying to wake me. My waking was a side effect of their shenanigans. I haven't seen the cats yet this morning, but as they are cats, they are probably sleeping somewhere.