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Yesterday I laughed my ass off with my twin's MIL. A few weeks ago we were talking and I made the comment that I have never been arrested. The look of shock on her face was something special, and she actually said, "No shit???". She was stunned by that. Yesterday she said that I should go get my vaccine shot because it is now open to anyone over 65. "Hun, I am only 53 but my time in prison aged me", was my reply. Again with the shocked face and "No shit???".
 
RazzlDazzl said:
@cogarboy, does that haha mean you like my artwork? 😁

BTW, my dad built that grill around 40 years ago along with many more, some aluminum and some stainless.
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I worked at a factory that made bulk explosive trucks and that is where I learned to weld. My supervisor on third shift was a welder by trade and he was doing side jobs ... we built two pull behind backhoes with four hydraulic outriggers each, at least 50 wood stoves and a dozen potato guns. The potato guns were heavy gauge aluminum with a pistol grip and piezo igniter. You could charge them with MAPP gas and oxygen safely. Well, safely is a relative term ...
 
batchaps4me said:
I worked at a factory that made bulk explosive trucks and that is where I learned to weld. My supervisor on third shift was a welder by trade and he was doing side jobs ... we built two pull behind backhoes with four hydraulic outriggers each, at least 50 wood stoves and a dozen potato guns. The potato guns were heavy gauge aluminum with a pistol grip and piezo igniter. You could charge them with MAPP gas and oxygen safely. Well, safely is a relative term ...
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My pops was a certified welder and worked up and down the east coast, Tennessee, Alabama, I'm sure other places, mainly in nuclear power plants as well as locally until he was permanently disabled. He helped build the sister ship of the Andrea Gail, which they used in the movie The Perfect Storm.

I'm not bad at carpentry but metal is much more fun to me. A 4x4 is never going to be a control arm for a custom suspension on a 4wd swapped or axle swapped truck.
 
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