Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

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#80,903
hog88 said:
Always favored Ford even though I’ve purchased others. Got rid of that Nissan Titan I was driving, gave it back to the fleet and got me a new F-250 Lariat. Went with the 7.3 Godzilla instead of the 6.7 diesel and so far I’m impressed. You’re right, it’s basically a rolling computer.
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Oh btw I’ve got a cool pic of my 6.2 gas pulling an odd 23 ton load. The tug was at the opposite end of the airfield and a rain storm came thru while we were working on installing a sensor on a test aircraft. I’d had my truck for one week.

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NorthDallas40 said:
I thought you hated Fords? I looked at the new half and three quarter tons too much electronics and gizmos on them. Mine is a 2012 but only 83k miles. I think I’ll keep it for another decade.
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Nice truck. Sound logic too. More computerized stuff you don't want = more crap to tear up/break that still needs to be repaired or replaced many times. I hate the fact that they make pickups like Lexus inside these days. Its counter to the purpose of actually owning a truck vs a car. A truck is a tool for transporting men and tools/equipment/materials to where they are needed. Power steering, power windows, and AC are all I need or want in a work truck.


Orangeburst said:
Go Jackets..
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Yessir. Always pull for them because i detest their rivals.

Btw...I really, really hate texas. Already. They are unbearable. They act like world beaters anytime they do anything...beating Flarda with their 3rd team QB isnt an achievement. Guess they forgot that UGA pimpsmacked them in Austin just a couple weeks ago.
 
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#80,908
Orangeburst said:
not impressed..I have a pic of my Honda pulling a C-5..let me dig it up.
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I had to pull it all of 75 feet at less than 1 mph. Took a bunch of throttle to get it loose due to the tire sag but once it moved I just feathered the throttle to keep it moving. It stopped itself.

And that is the primary issue with any big load. Getting it moving is rather trivial. Bring it to a controlled stop in possibly an emergency situation is why we have F250’s and F350’s. I learned that lesson when I moved a bunch of dirt with a dump trailer.
 
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NorthDallas40 said:
I had to pull it all of 75 feet at less than 1 mph. Took a bunch of throttle to get it loose due to the tire sag but once it moved I just feathered the throttle to keep it moving. It stopped itself.

And that is the primary issue with any big load. Getting it moving is rather trivial. Bring it to a controlled stop in possibly an emergency situation is why we have F250’s and F350’s. I learned that lesson when I moved a bunch of dirt with a dump trailer.
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I forgot to switch out the ball on my hitch once when picking up my boss' single axle trailer. Was an eighth inch too big on my hitch. Hit the brakes on I77 north coming into NC and the trailer passed me on my left going ~65mph and went down into a huge grass median thank the Lord. I was very blessed that nobody was killed...would have never forgiven myself. The trailer eventually came to a stop and i was able to get my truck to it without incident. If it had happened literally anywhere else on that first 15 mins of the trip, it would have probably killed innocent people. It scared me so very badly that I dont like pulling a trailer anymore. I will still do it if I absolutely have to...but everything is double and triple checked and I will pray first. I could have taken someones wife or children or parents from them...just because I was in a hurry and distracted. It still bothers me quite a bit and that was close to 15 years ago.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I forgot to switch out the ball on my hitch once when picking up my boss' single axle trailer. Was an eighth inch too big on my hitch. Hit the brakes on I77 north coming into NC and the trailer passed me on my left going ~65mph and went down into a huge grass median thank the Lord. I was very blessed that nobody was killed...would have never forgiven myself. The trailer eventually came to a stop and i was able to get my truck to it without incident. If it had happened literally anywhere else on that first 15 mins of the trip, it would have probably killed innocent people. It scared me so very badly that I dont like pulling a trailer anymore. I will still do it if I absolutely have to...but everything is double and triple checked and I will pray first. I could have taken someones wife or children or parents from them...just because I was in a hurry and distracted. It still bothers me quite a bit and that was close to 15 years ago.
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Yikes!

I have a convert-a-ball hitch that has all three balls swappable that I leave hooked up in the receiver but if I am using the 3” ball I have a dedicated heavy duty hitch I swap out if I am getting the load out on a public highway. I bumper pulled an overloaded dump trailer rated at i think 14k lbs. Had wet dirt in the last two loads and it was HEAVY! Serious pucker factor.
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
I forgot to switch out the ball on my hitch once when picking up my boss' single axle trailer. Was an eighth inch too big on my hitch. Hit the brakes on I77 north coming into NC and the trailer passed me on my left going ~65mph and went down into a huge grass median thank the Lord. I was very blessed that nobody was killed...would have never forgiven myself. The trailer eventually came to a stop and i was able to get my truck to it without incident. If it had happened literally anywhere else on that first 15 mins of the trip, it would have probably killed innocent people. It scared me so very badly that I dont like pulling a trailer anymore. I will still do it if I absolutely have to...but everything is double and triple checked and I will pray first. I could have taken someones wife or children or parents from them...just because I was in a hurry and distracted. It still bothers me quite a bit and that was close to 15 years ago.
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My old boss had me drive from Nooga to Bristol to pick up a 100HP compressor, not that heavy, with this massive trailer and severely underweight and underpowered truck..I mean I was foot to the floor the whole 3.5 hour return trip..It was dadgum dangerous and never again. What a long ass day.
 
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#80,918
NorthDallas40 said:
Should be two fouls both enforced I think since they were both personal fouls? Facemask and targeting

Edit: no only one.
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Yeah thats BS. 30yds would have put them in FG range.

GT Is gonna have to beat Miami AND a couple refs to win this game. Miami is the only ACC school in the playoffs. They will protect Miami so their conference makes the tournament. They jobbed Boston College vs FSU last season the worst I have EVER SEEN Including the music city bowls etc where we were robbed. Watch for the refs
 
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marcusluvsvols said:
Yeah thats BS. 30yds would have put them in FG range.

GT Is gonna have to beat Miami AND a couple refs to win this game. Miami is the only ACC school in the playoffs. They will protect Miami so their conference makes the tournament. They jobbed Boston College vs FSU last season the worst I have EVER SEEN Including the music city bowls etc where we were robbed. Watch for the refs
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ACC championship game winner gets auto bid
 
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Vol423 said:
I just turned 53. Had first one at the age of 50, which used to be the old rule. They changed that recommendation to start them at 45 right around the time I had passed 45. I had so many polyps on the first colonoscopy that my gastroenterologist had to prioritize to remove the largest ones and then come back a year later for the rest. Total polyp count between those 2 procedures was upper 20’s. Some of them were pretty good size, but no cancer. This was my first real follow-up, and I was down to 4 small polyps.

While I waited until 50, I wouldn’t recommend that. I lost a high school friend to colon cancer two years ago. He had some stomach pain, went to see the doctor, and he had stage 4 colon cancer. He passed away about 3 months later.

The colonoscopy itself is nothing. It’s the prep (cleanout) that sucks.
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Several years ago while my wife was stationed in DC she signed us up for a study at Bethesda. This was a virtual colonoscopy and followed up two years later by another virtual colonoscopy and then the real thing for comparison. The prep is essentially the same, but with the virtual, they just insert a plug and fill you up with air and then do something like a CT scan. Other than purging the air or whatever they used and the boated feeling until purged, it's pretty quick and seems less invasive ... except for the part about someone inserting a butt plug.

The first virtual showed nothing; the second showed one polyp. I woke up while they were pulling the scope out and heard the radiologist saying "It's going to be right here." It was; they snipped it and did a biopsy; end of story. The virtual sounds like a great idea; but the downside is that if it finds something, you will have to have the real thing. Since I haven't heard more about it, you have to wonder if it didn't save money and time even though it did work in my case.

There's a lot they find with CT scans. The radiologist told me after the first one that I had degenerative back disease. The diagnosis years later was scoliosis, the spacers are shot, and there's some arthritis in the joints. The one last year to verify the new heart hardware is still where it is supposed to be verified all the back stuff and showed a spot in my lung - after effect of covid earlier in the year. That generated a trip to another doc and then an X-ray later on to verify it had gone away.
 
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volfanhill said:
ACC championship game winner gets auto bid
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True story VFH. Hopefully the refs let em play. The worst officiating I have ever seen was BC/FSU. I loved it when FSU still got left out of the 4 team playoff despite being undefeated. Unranked BC flat whipped them week 11 or 12. Winston was hurt at QB and gone for the season. The refs were shameless that day trying to keep them undefeated though.Hopefully they keep this one fair. Good job so far IMO.
 
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