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WeedFreak78

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I don't think I could buy paper plates with any of those bills. I'm giving them back to my dad. He's old and didn't remember putting money in the books. Next time I'm at their place I'm raiding his bookshelf!
I had a distant cousin find around $70,000 in cash and a pile of old stocks in his father's house when he passed away. They always thought he was broke because he went to the casinos often, but they said when they started to clean out the house they found every book in the house and ever file in his office was stuffed with cash and stock purchases. He never told anyone about it.
 

Laughing Grass

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I'm thinking years ago your Dad told you if you read books it can make you rich.
Were you a good student??
I was a pretty good student and got my love of reading from my dad. All these books that he was getting rid of... the outsiders, lord of the flies, the adventures of huckleberry finn, great expectations and dozens more were books that he would read to us when we were little.

He never told me books would make me rich, he always told me that I will find a good paying job if I went to university. He was wrong. :-( If I knew then what I know now, I would have been a mixologist or a waitress in a nightclub.

I had a distant cousin find around $70,000 in cash and a pile of old stocks in his father's house when he passed away. They always thought he was broke because he went to the casinos often, but they said when they started to clean out the house they found every book in the house and ever file in his office was stuffed with cash and stock purchases. He never told anyone about it.
That would be nice. My dad is insanely cheap and controls the money so there may be cash squirreled away somewhere. I'll never know 'cause they're going to live forever.
 

WeedFreak78

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My Dewalt cordless drill died today. It's gotta be 10+years old. I marked the batteries when I bought them and the newest one I have for it says Oct 2010 and that was a couple years after my father bought it. It was a replacement for the one we burned out halfway through building our garage, definitely got our moneys worth out of it. I'm debating buying a multi piece tool kit with a drill, impact driver, reciprocating saw, circular saw, grinder, vibratory cutter and 3 batteries, but the $500 price is kinda hard to swallow. It'd be nice to not have to drag cords around for quick jobs though. It's $200 for just a drill and 2 batteries so I'm getting a lot for another $300, but that's still another $300.
 

tyler.durden

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Prolly, the novelty value. It's fun to look at other countries money, esp. since we can't normally look up their drawers. I have a $5 and a $20 Singaporean bill that I can't yet recall how I got them
One cool thing about busking is that I have currency from most major countries. Most of it is worthless, but it sure is pretty. One day I'll organize it and make a scrap book or something...
 

Singlemalt

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LOL I figured your dad's magazines only had pictures in them (:
Yeah, all sorts. He'd get interested in shit outta the clear blue. I was around 12 and he brings home some boat magazines and for the next year and a half he had subs to around 5 or 6 boat mags. Mom and sis don't know whats up, but I do. Soon the topic of boats starts cropping up in casual convos around the house. LOL, the fucker wants a boat!! The hell does a city born and bred guido want a boat for? You must understand, the only, absolutely only thing he was truly interested was planes,jets and flying and that was his job. He finally lost interest when he realized he'd also have to buy a truck/ trailer and figure someplace to keep it out of the weather. His boat was gonna get mighty expensive
 

curious2garden

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Yeah, all sorts. He'd get interested in shit outta the clear blue. I was around 12 and he brings home some boat magazines and for the next year and a half he had subs to around 5 or 6 boat mags. Mom and sis don't know whats up, but I do. Soon the topic of boats starts cropping up in casual convos around the house. LOL, the fucker wants a boat!! The hell does a city born and bred guido want a boat for? You must understand, the only, absolutely only thing he was truly interested was planes,jets and flying and that was his job. He finally lost interest when he realized he'd also have to buy a truck/ trailer and figure someplace to keep it out of the weather. His boat was gonna get mighty expensive
Boat prices pale in comparison to things with wings
 

Singlemalt

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Boat prices pale in comparison to things with wings
True, but he disliked small planes, mainly because there were too many around. He could have afforded one, but he was a "professional" and hated the fact that anyone could get a plane and operate it, just like a car. I suppose he was correct that most air accidents were caused by private owners. Remember Bob Yeakel of Yeakel Bros multiple car dealerships? He crashed a Piper Comanche on I think the Pomona Fwy(maybe San Gabriel Fwy) in 1960, killed all 5 on the plane and a driver on the Fwy. Dad just says "See", fuckin amatuers
 

Lethidox

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neck is killing me today. making the puzzle on the floor with no chair or table was a bad idea. gonna try and put it on my computer desk later on today hopefully my dog didn't mess anything up while i was gone. semi easy day of work tomorrow should be done fairly early. friday gonna take long for sure. 3 more sunflowers gonna get chopped tomorrow and 2 more in about 1-2 days after. nothing new on my cannabis grow probably will sprout in 2-3 more days. gotta wash clothes and just get started on this puzzle hopefully i can finish by sunday.
 

grilledcheese101

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Blew an adjustable coilover out on my mitsubishi the other day, lucky to be alive let alone not crash. Fucker seperated at the tophat and luckily lodged into the strut tower. Old girl still limped me all the way home.

Today i put another set of fronts in. Not much cussing or swearing either. Feels good to get my hand greasy every now and then after being outa the trade for so long.
 

curious2garden

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True, but he disliked small planes, mainly because there were too many around. He could have afforded one, but he was a "professional" and hated the fact that anyone could get a plane and operate it, just like a car. I suppose he was correct that most air accidents were caused by private owners. Remember Bob Yeakel of Yeakel Bros multiple car dealerships? He crashed a Piper Comanche on I think the Pomona Fwy(maybe San Gabriel Fwy) in 1960, killed all 5 on the plane and a driver on the Fwy. Dad just says "See", fuckin amatuers
I remember Sunday was when all the amateurs took to the air. I can't tell you how many guys got P-51s and crashed them, too much airplane, not enough training and experience.
 

raratt

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I guess there is a right side temperature door in my car that chooses AC or heater because I am only getting AC on the drivers side. I figured the AC would need charged sometime (it requires some strange new synthetic coolant, not R134) but I didn't expect this. I'll be damned if I can find a diagram online of the actuators for it.
Cleaning out the fridge I noticed the brats I thawed out, so I'm smoking them now. Brilliant idea on the hottest day of the year so far. I wonder if I could make stoner brats by soaking some buds in water to make them smoke when they are put on the coals. The neighborhood would smell lovely...lol.
 

grilledcheese101

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Yup my mitsu has same problem some days lol. Switch the settings back n forth a few times and see if theres qny difference. I went a whole summer with heat blowing on my feet. That was fkd.
 

curious2garden

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Cleaning out the fridge I noticed the brats I thawed out, so I'm smoking them now. Brilliant idea on the hottest day of the year so far. I wonder if I could make stoner brats by soaking some buds in water to make them smoke when they are put on the coals. The neighborhood would smell lovely...lol.
Schwag or top shelf?
 
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