On 28 Apr 2006 12:07:01 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:
On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:

Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
--
'Til next time,

John H

Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H
I rent one about two times a year, I've got woods. My wife says she
thinks the woods don't need clearing that much, but I just like to
play...it's true!

Only a few bucks and you could own your own!
http://tinyurl.com/s4pbe

I've got one of the little die cast models on my desk. Maybe I'll post a
picture one day so we can all drool!
--
'Til next time,

John H

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JohnH wrote:

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H


Couple of years ago I rented a baby excavator to dig a trench in my
backyard. That was fun.

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:

Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to
get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and
get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
--
'Til next time,

John H

Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a
Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

The are known as skid-steers in the trade, not bobcats. And I would love to
have one also. ;-)

JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:


Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to
get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and
get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
--
'Til next time,

John H


Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a
Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************


The are known as skid-steers in the trade, not bobcats. And I would love to
have one also. ;-)


Up here..everyone calls them Bobcats.
maybe it's a different manufacturer for a similar product.
http://www.bobcatatlantic.com/

On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:47:26 GMT, Don White wrote:

JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:


Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to
get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and
get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
--
'Til next time,

John H


Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a
Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************


The are known as skid-steers in the trade, not bobcats. And I would love to
have one also. ;-)


Up here..everyone calls them Bobcats.
maybe it's a different manufacturer for a similar product.
http://www.bobcatatlantic.com/

I'd never heard the term skid-steer either, but a quick google shows that
John Deere calls their imitation Bobcat a 'skid-steer'.

But, if it didn't say 'Bobcat' on the side, I wouldn't want it.

"There's just something about a Bobcat!"
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

"Skid-Steer" is actually the slang name of the product, regardless of
the mfg.

But then again Logging equipment like the type made by Timberjack Co.
is also called a skid-steer. When it's actually a "Log Skidder" go
figure.

Like it seems everybody calls and adjustable wrench a "Cresent" wrench,
because Cresent Tool came up with the idea, or at least stole
somebody's patent....

A Starter "Bendix" is actually an "Overrunning Clutch Pinion" but
Bendix designed the first one and it's easier to say.

"Vise Grips" for locking pliers. etc etc

you get the picture...

Oh yeah, a "Bulldozer" is actually a large rubber tired bucket loader.
But almost everybody gived that name to a "Crawler tractor" (CAT)


JohnH wrote:
On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:47:26 GMT, Don White wrote:

JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:


Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to
get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and
get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
--
'Til next time,

John H


Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a
Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************


The are known as skid-steers in the trade, not bobcats. And I would love to
have one also. ;-)


Up here..everyone calls them Bobcats.
maybe it's a different manufacturer for a similar product.
http://www.bobcatatlantic.com/

I'd never heard the term skid-steer either, but a quick google shows that
John Deere calls their imitation Bobcat a 'skid-steer'.

But, if it didn't say 'Bobcat' on the side, I wouldn't want it.

"There's just something about a Bobcat!"
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

Mule wrote:
Answer: Hillary Cliton!


Er, "Cliton?"

JimH wrote:
"JohnH" wrote in message
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On 28 Apr 2006 11:41:21 -0700, "basskisser" wrote:


JohnH wrote:

Sunday is the day. The boat will be put in the water. I will attempt to
get
it running. Anyone who wants to fly in from parts unknown, watch, and
get a
good laugh is welcome to do so.
--
'Til next time,

John H

Sorry I've got to miss that little gem! But, I've got a neighbor, real
nice guy, and is fairly adept at a lot of things. Trouble is, he is
just an accident waiting to happen. I call him Hardluck! Everything he
touches turns to ****! He rented a Bobcat (skid steer loader) to do
some leveling in his back yard. I go over there about a half hour
after, and in that amount of time, he managed to dig into the leach
field for his septic tank, which pretty much flooded the yard. In
flooding the yard, Georgia clay turns to mush. The bobcat is buried so
bad that it's almost on it's side....I just laughed. We had a chain
fall hooked to it, and tried everything. He ended up getting a wrecker.
First wrecker, $125, couldn't get near it. Second wrecker $300 was one
used to get semi's out of ravines and stuff!!!!

One of my dreams is to own a Bobcat. I love 'em. One day the church had a
'land clearing' and the guy in charge asked me if I could operate a
Bobcat.
(He knew I could operate a chain saw, which was plenty of qualification, I
guess.) Naturally I told him I could!

The rental company delivered the Bobcat, and the man asked if I'd ever
operated one. I wasn't dishonest with him, so he spent 10 minutes showing
me what the levers and pedals do. What a blast! I spent the next several
hours having a ball with the Bobcat. It was like a fantasy come true!
--
'Til next time,

John H

******************************************
***** Have a Spectacular Day! *****
******************************************

The are known as skid-steers in the trade, not bobcats. And I would love to
have one also. ;-)

I rent a Bobcat. It's a brand name. I once rented a Case skid steer,
but I didn't like it. Since then, I've only rented Bobcats. Also
notice, in my original post I stated that my neighbor rented "a Bobcat
(skid steer loader)". I was correct.

wrote:
Mule wrote:
Answer: Hillary Cliton!


Er, "Cliton?"

Freudian slip?

Jimmy,
It looks like you decided that your request for "lively" political
conversation" was not the correct decision. It is nice to see you doing a
good job of netcopping.


" JimH" jimh_osudad@yahooDOT comREMOVETHIS wrote in message
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"Mule" wrote in message
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Answer:


I am heading out to my boat to start putting the epoxy barrier coats.
Yesterday I prepped the bottom by washing it down with Interlux 202
solvent, sanding it w/80 grit and washing it down again with the solvent.
I need to put on at least 3 coats of the epoxy. After that I will be
putting on a coat of bottom paint, fixing some boo-boo's with an OEM
gelcoat kit, washing the boat, waxing it, installing a new thermostat and
putting it in the water. I will then still need to install my new helm
seat and the new bimini.

How about you Mule? Is your boat in the water yet?