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So this is basically a thread for me and switch to paste in progressively more ridiculous kijiji advertisements, right? I mean that's pretty much all we do all day.Seat Safety Switch posted:[*] Waylon Jennings as Slung Blade - Once built an electric tractor, now Oh man if only I had facial hair of that magnitude. So anyone up for a "get this heap of a dodge running" wrenching party / bbq at my place sometime soon? I'm just outside* Calgary. * for a given definition of outside
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 flatlander.No seriously, it's cool, come hang out with your radical younger brother with the terrible taste in everything, especially politics.
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Jul 15, 2014 01:49
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We just got a Smoke's in Calgary near my office. It's ok, but my poutine palette is very unrefined, so I have no idea if it's "good" poutine or "bad" poutine.
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Jul 15, 2014 04:25
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Powershift posted:Michener allen collector car auction is next weekend, who's ready? I just emptied my bank account paying visa and mastercard bills. So I guess I am?
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Jul 15, 2014 05:15
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MrChips posted:Heh you think anything in Calgary would "get it together". Depends, what is your proximity to Caroline?
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Jul 15, 2014 05:50
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MohawkSatan posted:I spent most of my adult life in the hell that is the Alberta oilfields. Most of my family lives in Alberta. I hate the entire province with a burning passion. You'll be back. Back to feed the horrid bitumen goddess of our economy. They always come back. LloydDobler posted:I want to see this Pantera god dammit. I'll double-double that statement. Also they keep the paint fresh, every twenty minutes or so. Driven by temporary foreign workers from the Philippines. Used to be maintained fresh at the local dealer but now it gets sent back to the factory for maintenance. Comes with a side of soup or chili.
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Jul 15, 2014 15:50
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Man, if that union-jacked truck is troll, it's brilliant and subtle. But it could easily just be a dumbass redneck mistake. Either way, it's loving hilarious.
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Jul 15, 2014 22:51
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Frank Dillinger posted:I'm an edmontonian car-haver! came here from BC, which has luxuries like roads with corners! Decadent wastefulness from tax and spend socialists trying to ruin are country  No seriously, anyone in Calgary know how to run brake lines? I'll grill burgers and we can have a fire and beer and stuff afterwards.
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Jul 17, 2014 04:54
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jamal posted:How soon you want to do that? Calgary meet? I'll be up there the weekend of the 3rd through I don't know when. I was hoping to do it this Friday/this weekend. I'm slated to hang with family on the long weekend, sorry man.
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Jul 17, 2014 15:49
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Oh man am I ever lucky. I was out picking up firewood at bluegrass garden centre when the storm hit. I caught just the tail end of it with some heavy rain. Once I got back to the Airdrie office, my buddy said it hailed so hard someone's windshield cracked in the parking lot Glad my 25 year old truck didn't get swiss cheesed.
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Jul 17, 2014 23:23
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Campus radio is pretty good. CJSW is doing five times the signal power they were last year, which means I can now pick up their channel at both ends of the block in which their tower resides. I was able to pick them up strong and clear all the way to Sibbald flats in kananaskis. I bet you could get them clear out to almost banff, though, they get re-broadcast out there don't they? CBC is usually pretty good too. Unless you want music, in which case no radio station will satisfy for long no matter where you are.
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Jul 19, 2014 15:59
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Build a camper on your five ton, throw it on a train flat deck, and ride that poo poo out here.
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Jul 21, 2014 17:08
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Frank Dillinger posted:So, how does one get involved with the leduc 1000? Apply for refugee status and leave Edmonton on foot. Slung Blade's top gardening tips: 1. Whatever, just ignore that poo poo until like august or something. 2. Use a stihl with blades on it to chop down the three metre tall weeds in the bush lines and on the gravel pad where your shop sits. 3. Spray two hundred liters of round up on the driveway and fire pit gravel to kill those little creeper weeds / moss like plants. 4. Resolve to get on top of this early on next year. 5. Ignore number 4 come spring. Seriously, I think I killed a rhubarb plant. Pretty good indication that I should just stay the gently caress away from plants. Slung Blade fucked around with this message at 17:40 on Jul 28, 2014 |
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Jul 28, 2014 17:37
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Man, it's gonna be hot this week. Hot for this area, anyway. You guys doing anything fun for august long? I'm going to see if I can trick my sister into working on my car with me.
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Jul 29, 2014 20:29
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Oh sorry, I'm hanging out with my sister all weekend. So I can't do anything. Was just curious.
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Jul 30, 2014 01:26
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It's the big  Annual show and Reunion at Pioneer Acres just outside Irricana this weekend!I will be there all weekend Tuned up the beast with grease in all the fittings and fresh water for the battery cells. Never filled them in 5+ years, they were only down a tiny little bit. Best batteries ever.  Come on out and visit if you like: http://www.pioneeracres.ab.ca/ I'd suggest coming for the Parade of Power in the afternoon. When they start those big old century+ old tractors up, it sounds like the world is coming to an end.
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Aug 9, 2014 06:06
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Got to fulfill a couple custom orders while in the blacksmith shop this year. We always try to do odd jobs for folks around the park, help keeps things in theme I guess. Weirdly enough they almost always end up talking to me first, but I don't mind. First up was a couple of bale hooks, lady saw the example one (kinda rusty with the nicely forge-welded handle) and wanted one like it, and a longer one. So I hammered those up for her, using a less technical handle joint, should be just as strong though. Also, I must have made about 12 of those fire pokers, unfortunately I didn't sell any this year though.  Second was this pit saw handle, it had broken in the middle and the owner wanted us to forge weld it back together. I can't forge weld for poo poo, but I helped out a guy who can. This thing's been welded 4-5 times over its life, and it has to be over 100 years old, made by some professional blacksmith back in the day. Fun project, our weld was in the middle-ish, you can kind of make out a joint there.  The slow races were a blast as last year, Saturday morning we had to harrow the road in front of the stage, you can see the mud here after we finished.  They were desperate for a tractor that could be started quickly, because the road was in bad shape. They asked me to help because it takes approximately half a second to "start" an electric tractor. I pulled this harrow with the event organizer on the back.  Another guy was driving with this one, and the bigger harrow pictured above. Best part? Half way through he ran out of gas and I had to finish the job. Still got "HOW LONG CAN THAT THING RUN" questions all weekend   Sunday morning, I 'won' the slow race for the second year in a row.  New truck for SSSwitch found.  An Eddie Bauer version half-ton? Huh, who knew.  Lovin this one.  I think the owner used this to tow his RV to the park. Way to go old timer.  I see fields of green.  Red roses too.    Olivers and Whites, for me and you.  And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.  God drat I love August.
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Aug 12, 2014 04:24
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ExecuDork posted:Is that a unicorn hood ornament? poo poo, maybe it is. Hadn't even noticed there was a hood ornament. I looked at my higher res image and it looks sorta like a dude with one of those horse heads masks on 
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Aug 13, 2014 01:48
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Powershift posted:Storms coming in from the east again, who's ready for more floods! I was out golfing with my sister and cousin at buffalo run last night during a lightning storm. I was not afraid 
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Aug 15, 2014 18:52
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I think we can get it there under its own power with the 318 poly and the automatic transmission. There's no way that I can get the 440 rebuilt, mounted to a manual and get that swap done in time.
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Aug 21, 2014 18:36
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GrantC posted:SSS came up to Edmonton to shuttle some hard tops around, and to hack up the interior of his car in my driveway. Wow, that hard top looks great on the car. Good job you guys. Switch: thanks again for coming over Friday night to help out. You're a total bro.
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Sep 2, 2014 03:05
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It will be twenty degrees well into November. Mark my words well, gentlemen.
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Sep 9, 2014 22:35
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neckbeard posted:No one from Calgary is posting today because a tree branch fell on their power lines, aerial phone drop, house, car, etc. The sun just came out in Airdrie. Every road is nice and dry now. Things are back to normal, and melting nicely.
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Sep 10, 2014 20:42
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Sep 11, 2014 00:26
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Where the gently caress is that? 36th street north of McKnight?
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Sep 11, 2014 06:47
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Powershift posted:scraping windows? what are you talking about? it was 27 degrees today. I filled two sets of nitriles with sweat this evening. It was loving gross. Still, nice to have a couple more nice evenings before the ICE BOUND HELLSCAPE sets in.
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Sep 17, 2014 05:38
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Siochain posted:Well played, Alberta. Well played. Skip SK and MB and most of Ontario, then nail us. We got it last week. Oh hey look at that, Ontario not giving a single poo poo about what happens in the west until it affects them.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:09
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Also the cow catcher bumper for plowing the hordes of unemployed off the streets. It's snowed 10cm here and my power's been out since 9:30. I hear the crows nest pass is getting hosed hard too.
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Nov 2, 2014 20:29
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Slung Blade posted:It will be twenty degrees well into November. Fuckin' 
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Nov 17, 2014 18:21
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slidebite posted:I mean, we have an honest to god Creation Museum down here. I'm spending the weekend in big valley. Home of the big valley creation science museum (HOOOOOO-DOGGIES). It's literally that and Jensen contact flooring on the map when you look at that town on Google maps. Siochain posted:loving Bunnyhugs. Its a hoodie, guys, its a loving hoodie. Seriously, my brother in law is from Provost and he calls them that. How did that even become a thing?
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Nov 21, 2014 18:42
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Slung Blade posted:I'm spending the weekend in big valley. I will write up a full trip report upon my return, but wow, this is quite a place. Notables thus far: -Casual bar talk behind my table involved claims of running over a moose with a combine harvester. -comparing 'war' wound stories from midnight truck rollovers, both drunken and sober. -me telling seat safety switch that I feel like an albertathropologist via text message. -losing my camouflage pants on the bed sheets for five minutes because I couldn't see them 
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Nov 22, 2014 06:07
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What the Christ is vico? That some kinda eastern thing? 
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Nov 23, 2014 07:00
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GrantC posted:It's chocolate milk... Any company with "DP" as its' initials is alright with me.
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Nov 24, 2014 05:01
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gently caress thermite, let's make nitrocellulose.
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Dec 1, 2014 23:28
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Timmy Cruise posted:Holy poo poo I hate that too. I GOTTA BE ABLE TO READ THE MENU AT TIMMY'S, BRO. poo poo'S DARK IN THE MORNING. I didn't even know there was an autocross at Ghost lake, I'm willing to help act as pit crew if anyone needs the extra set of hands. Or as a large amount of passenger seat ballast.
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Dec 2, 2014 04:57
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Anyone have a late 90s /early 2000s Nissan pathfinder around here? Is the 4x4 any good or is it purely for suburban poseurs? I mean I don't need to drive across Kazakhstan or anything, but farm fields and snow drifts are a little hard on my Hyundai hatchback. I'm looking for an occasional winter commuter and hunting / backpacking camping truck, wondering if that would be a good choice for our part of the world. It's hard to find the right truck for this job, I'd love a 3/4 or 1 ton 4x4, but it's hard to justify that when I already have the 2wd f150.
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Jan 10, 2015 00:27
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slidebite posted:As long as your not running over some IPEs in the Edmonton area, it's not going to be any more of a deathtrap than any other small 70s designed vehicle. I am loving this idea. Where can I find these? Never seen them listed on that government liquidations site (or anything else worthwhile either...). Switch, that jeep, god drat man, it actually looks pretty decent. I can see the rust on the doors and the rear quarters, but it really doesn't look that bad, all things considered.
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Jan 10, 2015 03:26
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We had one of those lesabres when I was a kid. Biggest pile of poo poo our family ever owned. Electrics would randomly turn off, usually when descending a mountain on a return trip from radium in the snow and darkness, poo poo mileage, depressing performance ugh. Anyone have family with land in this province that also wants the coyotes removed? I'm seeking revenge.  
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Jan 20, 2015 23:04
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1500quidporsche posted:Optics aside I really don't mind this. I'd rather he be able to afford a decent classic car then pay the premier next to nothing so the only person that wants the job is a guy who just got fired from Walmart. Gotta make sure dem welfare queen poors pay their fair share. *spits*
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8ender posted:I have no idea how Harper is going to deal with long term unemployed Albertan oil workers after he gutted the gently caress out of EI to screw Ontario and the maritimes. I suspect the internal conflict may cause him to burst into flames. He can't, they need a few months to figure out what to do about the budget, lmbo. Ontario on the whole seems to like him for some reason though. I cannot figure that out at all, I thought you guys used to at least be a moderate center type area back in the nineties. What happened?
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