Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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marcusluvsvols said:
Unless the patent has expired and the market changed, Gutter Guard was the only one who would come make 1 piece gutters (no cap or screen on top of a regular gutter) from rolls of aluminum onsite at your house. They measure and make each run of gutter fit exactly so that the product is seamless as well. That stuff is very expensive though. The guys installing it were making $1000 a week and up back 20 years ago. Likely make twice that now.. there are other products similar but nothing as nice as what they made. Fwiw i have never put caps on the gutters in my own home even though i would do it myself...we dont have many trees though and i do not mind getting up on the roof and cleaning out my gutters either. I always cleaned my folks gutters out every year as well. Once a person gets a little older though and balance etc is an issue, it becomes quite dangerous. Definitely not worth taking a fall.
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One thing I've learned is that the wider gutters are better than the normal ones that builders always use. I don't remember what company replaced our gutters, but they were the seamless ones they rolled right out of the truck. The guards the guy recommended and put up are a metal screen that fits under the shingles and screws onto the outer part of the gutter - convex upwards rather than flat. You could wash them out with a hose, but everything including the runoff from the roofing seems to wash away with a good rain.

I used to climb up there to clean the gutters - didn't feel so bad on the garage and the front porch roof (I actually use the TV antenna tower), but I absolutely hated the two story part over most of the house. Best thing I learned was from a chimney sweep a long time ago - put the ladder in the driveway and angle it over the corner of the house roof instead of straight up the front. Really stable and won't slide, but the part about getting from the roof to the ladder has always terrified me. I came up with an idea for that, but I've haven't built one yet. Two posts that go above the top of the ladder so you have a grip to hang on to as you step onto to the ladder. It could be a wood or metal extensions that clamp to the upper rungs on an aluminum extension ladder - probably large threaded rod with big washers and lock nuts through the upper rungs on an aluminum ladder.
 
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hog88 said:
Bonehead move of the day! Put DEF in the fuel tank of my pickup.
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If there's any residual stuff that causes problems, Red Line Fuel System Cleaner is the best stuff I've found. First time I used it was years ago when my Toyota pickup started missing so bad I wondered if I could even get back home. I stopped at an auto parts store and looked all through what they had and went with Red Line. I'd just replaced the clutch in my SHO, and the performance parts company that sold the clutch included Red Line transmission fluid in the kit; one of those "if it's good enough for them, it's good enough for me" moments. I don't even consider any other brand of fuel treatment now. Within a couple of miles, the problem went away in the pickup; I'm a believer.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
No.
A company that wants in the Chattanooga market. They approach me and 2 other multi crew guys.
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You are the only 1 that i know besides the guy who sold our apartment building company to my bosses that got out this way. Big congrats brother. Guys like us don't usually get bought out, or ever get to retire. Super happy for you.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
How Celtics' Grant Williams used his big breakout to teach rookies about mental health

BasketVol. Grant Williams doing great things in the NBA again. Him and Admiral both seem like great dudes. That team was pretty stacked....its awesome that Barnes is here now. Far more interested in our basketVols than i ever was before him.
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The Pearl years were a ton of fun. I will always remember us beating like number 1/2 Kansas after 4 of our starters got arrested. That was the same year we beat Kentucky when they had John Wall, and Cousins. I was there for both of those.

Pearl would come and hang with the fans as we waited the night before. Brought us pizza and drinks a couple times with players too. I think it was for the UK game where they let the first 100 or so come in and sleep in TBA and play games with the players. Definitely some of my favorite memories from UT.
 
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McDad said:
Nice try, I know DEF is the additive for diesel trucks which cuts sulfur emissions. But I thought Hog drove a F250 which is a diesel.
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I used to, now I drive a Nissan Titan with the Cumins diesel. Might go back to an F-250 and give the Nissan to one of my project managers.
 
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