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Oregon Viking said:
So I'm on my way home..something is in the road, red light flashing. As I drive over it (straddle) I guess flashlight. I figure by the time I cross the Chetco bridge, 1/4 mile long (don't ask how I know that) it will be gone. Nope! It is beat up and I can not turn it off. Channel locks and some oil fixes that. It slides open and has a bright LED light that can be adjusted. Also a red light and red flashing light. Very strong magnet on the end adjustable beam on the front. BRIGHT! Rechargeable.
Score!!!:headbang:
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When is it set to blow? :tongue3:

Nice to keep one's eyes open. Decent find!
 

bill from lachine said:
OV,

Good score on the flashlight. I pick up tons of lost stuff on my daily walks it's amazing what people just walk away from.
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Free is good!

I will watch the local market place ads for a 'lost" listing. It took 2 channel locks to open the battery compartment and machine oil, thread repair etc. Lotta work for a 44 dollar light.

Ohhhhh....They make a camo version?

https://www.nebotools.com/p/SLYDE-KING-(2nd-Gen)/596
 

I climbed the Martin pole the other day. We forgot the perch on top. The Martin parents need a place to stare down and threaten you when you check for neighbor's that might need to be evicted. My neighbor had already had the materials, so of course he accused me of the forgetfulness. So, up the ladder I went.

The top of the pole is 20' off the ground. We used an extension ladder. I crawled up there real ginger like and nailed that perch on above the pulley. I was praying for my life the whole time. The thing about me and heights is that it's important for me to keep my head level with the horizon. If I try to look up or down too much I get disoriented. So, when I looked down for a safe place to drop the hammer so I wouldn't have to carry it down, everything seemed okay except that when I looked back up at the ladder in front of me I was shaking like a crapping dog. Had to grab the pole to steady myself.

Pole worked good. Seems strong and stable enough.

We hung the houses around the pole and got them winched up there. Maybe a bit late for the scout martins this season, but they should come around in two, three years. No more than a decade, hopefully. House looks nice though!
 

Duckshot,

I can relate to the height thing....when I was a kid I'd climb probably 75' up in the pine trees like a monkey now I have a hard time climbing up on the carport roof.....:laughing7::laughing7::laughing7:
 

Duckshot said:
I climbed the Martin pole the other day. We forgot the perch on top. The Martin parents need a place to stare down and threaten you when you check for neighbor's that might need to be evicted. My neighbor had already had the materials, so of course he accused me of the forgetfulness. So, up the ladder I went.

The top of the pole is 20' off the ground. We used an extension ladder. I crawled up there real ginger like and nailed that perch on above the pulley. I was praying for my life the whole time. The thing about me and heights is that it's important for me to keep my head level with the horizon. If I try to look up or down too much I get disoriented. So, when I looked down for a safe place to drop the hammer so I wouldn't have to carry it down, everything seemed okay except that when I looked back up at the ladder in front of me I was shaking like a crapping dog. Had to grab the pole to steady myself.

Pole worked good. Seems strong and stable enough.

We hung the houses around the pole and got them winched up there. Maybe a bit late for the scout martins this season, but they should come around in two, three years. No more than a decade, hopefully. House looks nice though!
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Next time use one like mine.

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When you get out on the end, Its a great view.
 

Ha ha!

I'll never forget my first ride in a boom lift. It was a Genie 120. Had it out in front of a new construction and a journeyman and me were suppose to use it to put these false handrails up there to make it look like the building had balconies. It didn't, stupid architects. Anyways the journeyman decided to take me for a ride straight up there, because I was an apprentice and you can't keep an apprentice that can't tolerate heights. So we are up there about 20' over the roof and he asks me how I'm feeling. I was plenty nervous about our counterweight sticking out in the middle of the street and told him so. "If a car hits our turret, we'll be going for a ride!" He made an abrupt correction and I almost fell over in the basket.

Then the super came in on the radio and asks us what the hell we were doing, threatened to put us back up there above the roof come February.:laughing7:
 

Damn Yankees

Tommy Shaw.
Ted Nugent.
Jack Blades.
Michael Cartellone.

Respected musicians. Ted Nugent...luv that crazy guy. And for you older peeps he was in the Amboy Dukes! :laughing7: Tommy Shaw he was in a little known band..Styx!,
Jack Blades. One of my favorite bands.. Night Ranger!!

I would like Tommy's Hamer.
Mr. Nugents PRS (Paul Reed Smith) please.


Unbelievable as a super group!!


 

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Good morning to ya RCT:coffee2:
 

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