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I posted this in another thread, thought it was funny.

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SlyPokerDog said:
He's mad at me again.

I miss him too.
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Riddle of the day - Who isn'tt mad at you? Answer - No one.
Just remember this master, when you're deciding who to banish permanently or temporarily, I will follow you to the gates of hell. I just want Australia when all is said and done.
 
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andalusian said:
I would have gone for pressure treated (*) wood, myself, but otherwise - awesome.

(*) It's not like he is worried about splinters given the way these 2x4's look, but termites are a pain.
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Surprisingly termites are never a problem.
 
andalusian said:
I would have gone for pressure treated (*) wood, myself, but otherwise - awesome.

(*) It's not like he is worried about splinters given the way these 2x4's look, but termites are a pain.
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SlyPokerDog said:
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There was a 1932 Roadster in Portland that hit up many of the car shows around the area that was mostly made from wood.

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I wish I could find the picture - but somewhere around 2011-2012 before we left Portland - I took the front half of my kid's bicycle ( frame, seat, front wheel and handlebar) and connected it to a wooden structure in the rear with 2 rotating office-chair wheels - we used a bunch of cones to make a slalom course and the kids would compete trying to complete the course against time - because the rear wheels were random - it was very hard to steer the thing around the course. I believe at some point when it became too hard - we installed some limiters on the rear wheels so they could only turn about 60 degrees (about 30 each from straight on) - which made it easier to steer but still required quite a bit of technique because they were still somewhat random.

The kids learned to handle over-steer like drafting ninjas from the fast and the furious. When we moved we left it with friends that had smaller kids - which they used when the kids grew up a bit. I was told that it was passed on to someone else with small kids when they outgrew it - so hopefully it is still somewhere around Portland.
 
andalusian said:
Not everyone is an ant-eater, Lanny.

Also, spoken like someone that never lived in Florida, SoCal, Nashville or portions of Texas... etc...
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True, only Oregon, Washington, New Jersey, St. Louis, Alabama, Georgia and Vietnam. I've come home to God's country where I'm going to play out my remaining hands.
Funny you should mention ant eaters. When I was 15 I ate a chocolate covered ant in my biology class. Our teacher had a weird foods buffet at the end of every school year for the students in his class. My mother and I had the same biology teacher, Mr. Calvin Folk. She had her class in the Lincoln building now at Portland State and I had my class at Lincoln High Schools current location near the Multnomah stadium on Salmon street, kitty corner from the MAC club.
 
Lanny said:
True, only Oregon, Washington, New Jersey, St. Louis, Alabama, Georgia and Vietnam. I've come home to God's country where I'm going to play out my remaining hands.
Funny you should mention ant eaters. When I was 15 I ate a chocolate covered ant in my biology class. Our teacher had a weird foods buffet at the end of every school year for the students in his class. My mother and I had the same biology teacher, Mr. Calvin Folk. She had her class in the Lincoln building now at Portland State and I had my class at Lincoln High Schools current location near the Multnomah stadium on Salmon street, kitty corner from the MAC club.
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Wow, small world. @MarAzul went to school when Lincoln was president.
 
Lanny said:
Gives me a woody.
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FWIW, Wavecrest is the largest woody meet in the world, it happens once a year (Sep) in Encinitas, CA - and it is a sight to be seen. There are usually up to 500 woodies of different kinds on display. I was away on a business trip this year so could not go, but here are some images from previous events:

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andalusian said:
FWIW, Wavecrest is the largest woody meet in the world, it happens once a year (Sep) in Encinitas, CA - and it is a sight to be seen. There are usually up to 500 woodies of different kinds on display. I was away on a business trip this year so could not go, but here are some images from previous events:
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Love the old woodies. Cour de lane Idaho hosts a classic wood boat show on the lake in late August. We usually are headed home before this show so I have never been able to catch it but would love to as these are some beautiful boats.

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