ArdWrknTrk Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Man, I'd melt down in a hurry if I got that little of sleep! I don't see how you do it. I've had cPTSD since I was 6. I don't like barbiturates. I have to live with it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I've had cPTSD since I was 6. I don't like barbiturates. I have to live with it..... I bet you took every radio, tv and appliance apart to see how they worked while others were sleeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essmaker Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I bet you took every radio, tv and appliance apart to see how they worked while others were sleeping Busy day today, so I spent a couple hours this morning continuing the prep for painting. I am starting to grow a deep dislike of sanding 😀 but a respect for what goes into painting a truck. Fenders are scuffed and ready for cleaning and the old paint off of the hood top. Time to call it quits for other life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 I bet you took every radio, tv and appliance apart to see how they worked while others were sleeping When I disassembled the lawnmower my mom beat my butt so hard the welts didn't go away for a week. 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordFETruck Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 When I disassembled the lawnmower my mom beat my butt so hard the welts didn't go away for a week. 😂 My dad wasn't very pleased when I took his lawnmower he had used for 33 years straight apart. I cleaned it all up and put it back together, been using it every week ever since. He said man, it'll never mow grass again. That was 15 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothing Special Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 My dad wasn't very pleased when I took his lawnmower he had used for 33 years straight apart. I cleaned it all up and put it back together, been using it every week ever since. He said man, it'll never mow grass again. That was 15 years ago When I was about 10 I got a go-kart with a 1 hp engine. It was a lot of fun, but even as a 10 year old I could out run it! A couple years later I was looking at the 2 1/2 hp engine on my dad's lawn mower. It was horizontal shaft and looked to have the same size crankshaft as my 1 hp, so I took the 2 1/2 off the lawn mower and put it on my go-kart. That was a lot better! My dad came home from work and was pretty cool with it, but did say I still needed to mow the lawn. So every week I moved the engine back to the mower to do the lawn, and then back to my go-kart. I think that went on for about 2 years until my dad somehow got another engine for the mower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 When I disassembled the lawnmower my mom beat my butt so hard the welts didn't go away for a week. 😂 that's old school! I took apart the vacuum cleaner to make a plug-in welder. that went over real well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat in tn Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 When I was about 10 I got a go-kart with a 1 hp engine. It was a lot of fun, but even as a 10 year old I could out run it! A couple years later I was looking at the 2 1/2 hp engine on my dad's lawn mower. It was horizontal shaft and looked to have the same size crankshaft as my 1 hp, so I took the 2 1/2 off the lawn mower and put it on my go-kart. That was a lot better! My dad came home from work and was pretty cool with it, but did say I still needed to mow the lawn. So every week I moved the engine back to the mower to do the lawn, and then back to my go-kart. I think that went on for about 2 years until my dad somehow got another engine for the mower! I'm thinking your dad is a saint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 My dad wasn't very pleased when I took his lawnmower he had used for 33 years straight apart. I cleaned it all up and put it back together, been using it every week ever since. He said man, it'll never mow grass again. That was 15 years ago My first real job was at a lawn and garden shop in Norfolk VA. Dad knew the manager and got him to hire me. First stop was at Sears, where he co-signed on an Easy-Pay account so I could buy my own tools. I still have most of those we bought. I was sharpening blades, doing tune ups etc. I went to college that fall at what had just been renamed Old Dominion College, now Old Dominion University. I was an engneering major, but failed English Composition and Literature. During Easter break (one week) I went back to the shop for a week, walked in, was told that's your bench, first job, assemble a big old upright Briggs and Stratton single. It had been bored, crank ground, new valves, seats refaced. Everything was laid out ready for me, including a B&S service manual for torque specs and sequence. I started back that summer, but since I was on academic suspension and Vietnam was in full swing, a 1A draft status was an almost guaranteed SE Asian vacation. I ended up enlisting in USMCR as they actually guaranteed I would be back in time for the second semester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 that's old school! I took apart the vacuum cleaner to make a plug-in welder. that went over real well Fortunate, or unfortunately microwaves weren't a common appliance when I was growing up, or I would have had a DEW line radar base in my backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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