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Trail cam picked up nothing.

Traps were tripped and baits eaten.

Chicken coop entered, one more dead.

Have to admit, while I love stouts, Guiness is not my favorite by a long shot

As far as virgin sacrifices, those are getting harder to find nowadays

Rain...

Rain down here again

Afternoon peeps.

My money's on it being a cat. Or maybe chupacabra.

Did catch a tuft of fur on a piece of the fencing that looks like cat fur, not coarse enough to be raccoon. Plus raccoons are clumsy and this is being done by something that eludes the laws of physics.

Bought the wife a 2016 Honda Civic.

Base model, but other than the wheels (hubcaps - seriously who does this anymore?) we like it. Can pull these off and mount winter tires, and buy a new set of wheels for the rest of the year.

Certified bumper to bumper warranty for 12 months, powertrain for 100k.

Had to argue price a bit. Initially they came back with a total that was $1k over the price of the car, and that was after 2k on trade and 2k down. I said if this is where you're starting, I'm walking. They came back with out the door price at the list price of the car. Again, nope, strike two. Said I'm putting 4k down with the trade and cash, but you're still getting the listing price of the car. Came back 1500 under the listing price out the door. Thought that was a bit more fair so I bought. Then had to spend an hour refusing their add on services and protection plans and stuff. Even when we got to the signing part, the price was back up from what we agreed on and I had to start being a jerk to get the thing done. Same thing with a different Honda dealership when we bought the Subaru in 2010.

This just a Honda dealer thing? Didn't have to deal with any of this when I bought my used truck. When I got the truck, the price on the lot plus sales tax was what I paid and the sales guy asked if I was interested in any protection package or extended warranty to which a verbal "no" was sufficient. The Honda dealer had me sign a form for every thing they offered and I declined.

guess I better pack a suitcase...

You whacked it at da Herf..??

Best of luck with Honda purchase dan.


Evening peeps.....

"500" moving along at a rapid pace.

So... my boat has a few cracks in the fiberglass on the transom where the engine mounts, and a few along the seams of the deck. Brought it to the manufacturer, who is extremely good about fixing any issues and he's taking care of everything for me. He's going to put in an aluminum brace where the engine mounts so it doesn't happen again.

While he's at it... I'm having a new, black, powder-coated T-top put on to replace the flimsy aluminum one that came on it. He's selling me the T-top at his cost, and a small fee to remove the old one and mount the new. $1,000.

Bust
Out
Another
Thousand

Probably dragged your tripod across the deck a few times.

But it's likely because my first boat cover filled with rain water (back in January of 17 we had a lot of rain) and lined the damn thing like a swimming pool. It wasn't meant to hold that much weight... and over time the weakened fiberglass just cracked. It isn't serious and he's fixing it.

Mine doubles as a spare bed that my wife let's me use when she's mad at me...

Hey.............. February................. Go somewhere and die tonight.

What good is a virgin?

Of course I was one once at the time..

Picked up the new car about 30 minutes ago.

I like it. It's ugly as sin, but I like it. Still would've preferred an Accord but wife wanted a Civic. Does have a bit more room than the old Subaru. Put the kid's car seat behind the driver's seat and he fit. Had to have him behind passenger seat in the Subaru if I was driving, and his feet still needed to be turned to the sides. Now he's got room to kick the seat.

Now gotta shop for new wheels. Gonna put some feelers out for OEM takeoffs before buying aftermarket.

Steel wheels with hubcaps. Can see the rusty steelies through the hubcaps.

Just looks like crap.

Tomorrow the car's going up on jackstands, pulling 4 wheels, and sanding/painting the rusty steel wheels so at least it looks halfway decent until I can get some proper wheels on the car.

I hate steelies/hubcaps with a passion. Even the ugliest cast wheels look a million times better than any hubcap.

Being in the Chicago area I'd bet there's a ton of used wheels stores around..

Bunch of peepers looking for this to end...............

Had an old Boston Whaler many years ago I had to replace the transom on.. they ripped up the deck and reinforced some runners also.. had a Merc 125 6 cylinder which mighta been a little heavy for it.. worked out fine until I sold it a couple years later...

That does sound like a bigger problem than da boat....

OK fellow lurkers- let's go!

Heading to the sideline.

No way man...