Yes, but I’ve slowed way down on the handyman work, at least for now. Still got everything setup and waiting to get to it, but between my wife volunteering at the pregnancy center and projects around the house and the amount of overtime I get at this new job, it just ain’t been worth trying to do. My main customer has also pretty well driven me crazy, hopping from project to project and severely underestimating timelines for those projects even after I tell her what kind of timeline she can expect lol
Yeah I’m a couple episodes in and so far it’s been far better than I expected
Got a headache rack with a chain rack made for the utility bed, along with handles for climbing in the bed that double as hangers, and a new fuel fill pocket as well as extending both fuel filler necks to fit. Unfortunately I forgot pics of everything but the headache rack lol
#Truckstr #Carstr #DIY #WannabeWelder #SkilledTrades #Handyman #IDI #DirtyOlDiesel

Hell yeah, not a bad engine option. Them 4.9l straight 6’s are unkillable though, I miss the two I had lol
2 brand new tanks , 3 brand new pumps , full electrical tune up and some temporary redneck rigging to force the fuel system to run and hell yeah it’s running on its “own”
https://video.nostr.build/eaea28159d7ace3d24fec42d981c38fa81810841a667bd44c29c2b7f3373eeff.mp4
Which engine you got on that thing?
It’s finally happened. And no, the crane is not attached to my
Truck, it’s my buddy’s. Didn’t realize how much it looked like it was on my truck until after the pic was taken lol.
#Carstr #Truckster #IDI #SkilledTrades #ServiceTruck #Handyman #Toolstr 
Yeah it was pretty great. It was a weekend firefighting school, there was like 5 of us from my department and probably 40 or more total from my county, one of our 5 went for a smoke break and came back to find a Smirnoff ice. Whole bar side starting chanting “Chug it” and then this little 5 ft nothin bald headed scared manager came out and said we had to leave cause “there’s families over there!” And we were like “ok, we’ll pay and get gone but we need a check”. Took ‘em 45 minutes to get us a damn check, we kept up our pace the whole time lol
Yeah, people who take their families to a bar and then are shocked when bar things happen are hilarious. Me and the boys got kicked out of an Applebees at 9pm on a Friday lol
I listen to a LOT of podcasts, including a LOT of fiction podcasts. Been meaning to nost more about that because I have many recommendations and thoughts about them.
One of the highest quality fiction podcasts that I most looked forward to each week, Bookburners, has just concluded.
Plot: dangerous magical forces exist trapped in books that the unwitting or nefarious use, and a special task force of the Vatican tracks down these outbreaks, kicking ass when necessary.
I was reluctant to give this podcast a chance at first because I figured it would just be one long slam against Christians. But for most of the show, I think they did a pretty good job of depicting a life of faith, and even when that started to break down, I think they still generally treated things with remarkable respect for a fiction podcast (sadly, a typically super woke genre).
The characters are so vivid and likable, and the show’s single narrator did a fantastic job with conveying their different personalities in her voice.
Nor is the story lacking; in fact, one of the authors is actually someone who I liked ahead of time, Mur Lafferty. And the theme song is pretty great, too.
Sad to see this one go, but it ended well 🥲 now I get to share it with you:
https://fountain.fm/show/hXWT1tzggjwNeYxvkb5Z
#podcast #podcasts #fiction #stories #grownostr
I’ll def be checking that out.
While not a podcast, you might enjoy the Monster Hunters International book series. Be forewarned, it’s written by a gun nerd, so if you’re not into guns some parts may be a bit boring to you, but it lends a level of realism that lacks from most authors(I myself being a gun nerd wish most authors not familiar with guns would just skip their details lol)
Remember, there isn't such a thing as "escalation of violence" when defending your family
40 years of Gary Plauche enacting correct justice
https://video.nostr.build/82d92dd4e02c8f302b7332a10879956e3868dd4937368c4bbbab71686a9673f1.mp4

I’m just saying here…I ain’t seen a tractor with a cab where you don’t sit in said cab….lol
Yeah doing good, just been trying to adjust to my new schedule and learn new skills lol
Been busy! Started new job calibrating scales at the end of January, then got the hand foot mouth plague and that took me out for a whole week. Still dealing with my skin peeling from where the blisters were, which also happens to mean I’ve lost all my calluses. Anyway, been at a plant testing all their silo scales, here’s some pics of the rigging we have to set up in order to pick up the 6000lbs of test weights.
#SkilledTrades #Hustle #Rigging #Toolstr #Handyman #GrowNostr

I still look at the charts. Most of the stuff I live on is priced in USD, and it’s also a great way to remind yourself just how shitty the USD is and so you should buy more sats even though the price is up. #NeverEnough

#gunstr