Over The Hill Gang , Old Farts with Young Cars

[Trickskier]

Glad tomorrow is Friday!!! Left home Monday for Columbia, SC - Greenville, SC & in Florence, SC tonight. I have a meeting at 10:00 tomorrow morning in Darlington then I can head home. Headed to Birmingham next week. Come on Labor Day Weekend!!!

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by Trickskier

Glad tomorrow is Friday!!! Left home Monday for Columbia, SC - Greenville, SC & in Florence, SC tonight. I have a meeting at 10:00 tomorrow morning in Darlington then I can head home. Headed to Birmingham next week. Come on Labor Day Weekend!!!

With your name, do you still trick ski.... I have a friend that is a world record holding barefoot skier...

I'm guessing that skiers is a small world...

[Trickskier]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

With your name, do you still trick ski.... I have a friend that is a world record holding barefoot skier...

I'm guessing that skiers is a small world...

Yes I can - Not as good as I used to be and the falls hurt a lot more - LOL!

I can still barefoot as well.

Sold my MasterCraft last year because my kids don’t enjoy going to the lake as much and the X1 sat in the garage.

[BLU DUCE]

Originally Posted by Trickskier

Yes I can - Not as good as I used to be and the falls hurt a lot more - LOL!

I can still barefoot as well.

Sold my MasterCraft last year because my kids don’t enjoy going to the lake as much and the X1 sat in the garage.

Now you have extra spending money for the {Wife}

[RubyCamaro]

No naps yet but definitely getting used to the retired status & getting into a new rhythm.

[69supersport396]

Happy Friday gang!

Might do some car stuff this weekend. Still monsoon season here, so you never know when a thunderstorm or haboob will roll into the area.

[theragtopguy]

Originally Posted by RubyCamaro

No naps yet but definitely getting used to the retired status & getting into a new rhythm.

Good for you!!! Couple of years and I will be as well. We were gonna move to FL, but with all the Toxic Green Algae issues and stuff we are actually looking around Western NC and Tennessee, there's some great values down there. In TN, do they tax your pension benefits or have state income tax?

Thanks!!

[Trickskier]

Originally Posted by spike III

Now you have extra spending money for the {Wife}

Shhhhhhh - My ‘86 IROC-Z!

[BLU DUCE]

Originally Posted by Trickskier

Shhhhhhh - My ‘86 IROC-Z!

LOL

[RubyCamaro]

Originally Posted by theragtopguy

Good for you!!! Couple of years and I will be as well. We were gonna move to FL, but with all the Toxic Green Algae issues and stuff we are actually looking around Western NC and Tennessee, there's some great values down there. In TN, do they tax your pension benefits or have state income tax?

Thanks!!

No income tax. I only know about 401K here & since it is deposited before tax, it is taxed when withdrawn. Bummer. Cost of living here is pretty good but going up a lot in Nashville & some surrounding areas. But other areas (like Clarksville/Montgomery County) housing costs are quite low. Not a bad area to retire to.

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by Trickskier

Yes I can - Not as good as I used to be and the falls hurt a lot more - LOL!

I can still barefoot as well.

Damn I know the falls hurt more is the truth... if and when I ever go again, I’m driving and / or staying in the boat...

I’ve had one hell of a weekend...

So... we (the bride) decided she wanted a new bed... I encouraged her to find what she wanted... she did...

I’m afraid to ask the final tally, but it arrived in 15 box’s / crates...

It was decided that we would sell our dresser, both end tables, and an armoir from hell... that thing is huge... but we have 10 plus foot vaulted ceilings in our master, so it fit... but it’s going away...

The new bed has 12 drawers on the sides, and four at the foot of the bed...

So it was also decided we would change from the dark brooding (relaxing) color of the room as well... so... we chose some very light greenish, sea foam looking color, and my only stipulation was we were buying the best level/ grade/ quality of paint they offered, as I wasn’t going to be chasing the bleed through color forever... I wanted one coat coverage... I used Kilz on the dark red accent wall and the paint covered the browns of the other walls... and the ceiling... this equated to about 250 for a 5 galling bucket... and I used my airless sprayers, one tyvek suit, one respirator and two pairs of glasses covers.... (this is a low VOC paint but it’s paint, it has an odor... twenty minutes into me starting to spray and I hear this, “babe, the paint smell is all over the house...”. Yup, it’s 104 outside and A/C systems move air...)

I admit I’m very happy with the color, (now that it’s applied) and I’m liking where the bed is going, though I have driven somewhere around 4000 screws to this point assembling the thing... did I mention it arrived via fed ex in 15 box’s...

Holy crap on a cracker... there are a metric crap ton of pieces, drawers everywhere and all kinds of stuff. My only real complaint is the instructions... well written... too well written... this company has been in operation for 70 years according to the web site...

copy and paste...

I know the bed has options, but holy crap, please give me instructions specifically for my bed, 12 drawer platform with this mattress set... I don’t care about the 6 drawers option or the 18 drawer option.

I’m using your stuff entirely... I’m not using my own headboard so I don’t need to skip to step 6B unless I have the 18 drawer option in which case I skip 6 and repeat 1-5 for carton 1 the third time...

I could go to their manufacturing place in Michigan and in a week, completely fix their instructions.

Excel spread sheet with options tabs...

Fill in the little options buttons and abracadabra, print, instructions explicitly for your bed, without the tail chase of 47 other options...

Room is painted, trim back up, base is built, more tomorrow... holy crap...

[Trickskier]

Originally Posted by SSE 4 2SS

Damn I know the falls hurt more is the truth... if and when I ever go again, I’m driving and / or staying in the boat...

I’ve had one hell of a weekend...

So... we (the bride) decided she wanted a new bed... I encouraged her to find what she wanted... she did...

I’m afraid to ask the final tally, but it arrived in 15 box’s / crates...

It was decided that we would sell our dresser, both end tables, and an armoir from hell... that thing is huge... but we have 10 plus foot vaulted ceilings in our master, so it fit... but it’s going away...

The new bed has 12 drawers on the sides, and four at the foot of the bed...

So it was also decided we would change from the dark brooding (relaxing) color of the room as well... so... we chose some very light greenish, sea foam looking color, and my only stipulation was we were buying the best level/ grade/ quality of paint they offered, as I wasn’t going to be chasing the bleed through color forever... I wanted one coat coverage... I used Kilz on the dark red accent wall and the paint covered the browns of the other walls... and the ceiling... this equated to about 250 for a 5 galling bucket... and I used my airless sprayers, one tyvek suit, one respirator and two pairs of glasses covers.... (this is a low VOC paint but it’s paint, it has an odor... twenty minutes into me starting to spray and I hear this, “babe, the paint smell is all over the house...”. Yup, it’s 104 outside and A/C systems move air...)

I admit I’m very happy with the color, (now that it’s applied) and I’m liking where the bed is going, though I have driven somewhere around 4000 screws to this point assembling the thing... did I mention it arrived via fed ex in 15 box’s...

Holy crap on a cracker... there are a metric crap ton of pieces, drawers everywhere and all kinds of stuff. My only real complaint is the instructions... well written... too well written... this company has been in operation for 70 years according to the web site...

copy and paste...

I know the bed has options, but holy crap, please give me instructions specifically for my bed, 12 drawer platform with this mattress set... I don’t care about the 6 drawers option or the 18 drawer option.

I’m using your stuff entirely... I’m not using my own headboard so I don’t need to skip to step 6B unless I have the 18 drawer option in which case I skip 6 and repeat 1-5 for carton 1 the third time...

I could go to their manufacturing place in Michigan and in a week, completely fix their instructions.

Excel spread sheet with options tabs...

Fill in the little options buttons and abracadabra, print, instructions explicitly for your bed, without the tail chase of 47 other options...

Room is painted, trim back up, base is built, more tomorrow... holy crap...

Sum Beach - That’s a TON of work!!! Well at least you’re finished and you can enjoy the LONG Labor Weekend!!!

[SSE 4 2SS]

Originally Posted by Trickskier

Sum Beach - That’s a TON of work!!! Well at least you’re finished and you can enjoy the LONG Labor Weekend!!!

Not exactly. I have built / installed three of 15 better days to this point. Dr appt at 1:50 then back and it. Tomorrow all day I figure I might finish.

[perfucto]

As it states, 61 with a 2013 ZL1.