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    I don't get it, I stopped shopping there!!!

    by drwinstonboogie May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
    mandan14shooter mandan14shooter 4 hours ago Flag

    For the last 38 years, i've been fortunate enough to live in a great little town called Edmonds, Washington with a great little wife and always a couple German/Australian or Belgian Shepherds lying around. Home Depot and Lowes moved in a few years after i started my business. i was working by myself at the time and remember coming home off the ferry, having spent the day putting in four doors and four openers on Whidby Island. I said a little prayer while coming in the house that i wouldn't have any messages on the phone. That was about 9 pm and there were six messages that didn't get answered until the next day. Having too much work is almost as bad as having too little. Only 1 bad check in over 8500 jobs and that speaks volumes about the people that live around here. A very cool area....

    Home Depot and Lowes when you want a new fridge or a washer and dryer or hard to find plumbing parts. You might even find a parking spot if you're lucky and there won't be a knucklehead in sight....

  • Reply to

    I don't get it, I stopped shopping there!!!

    by drwinstonboogie May 21, 2013 12:00 AM
    mandan14shooter mandan14shooter May 21, 2013 3:35 PM Flag

    Sears hardware?? you are the jokester. i went into HD looking for plumbing parts and had TWO workers come over to lend me a KNOWLEDGEABLE helping hand. Also went in there to buy 60 watt light bulbs for my LLP Garage Door Co. and 20 feet from the front door was a LARGE end-aisle display of 16 pack, 60 watt light bulbs at a more than reasonable price. i bought over a hundred bucks worth. i also like Lowes, but i never see any 60 watt bulbs on sale. Chamberlain/Liftmaster Model 3280 Belt drive openers, with a one piece rail is the way to go. Mechanical adjustments for up and down force settings and for limit adjustments. Never buy an opener with the the limit switches built into the circuit board. my humble opinion of course, but after 8500 jobs completed, i might have learned one or two things....

  • mandan14shooter by mandan14shooter May 20, 2013 12:04 PM Flag

    i watched it over the weekend on the VELOCITY channel. Barrett-Jackson prices everywhere. A Shelby 67 Fastback Mustang with a one-only 427 engine sold for 1.3 million plus commission. What does the insurance cost that guy to park the car in his garage??
    Unkl Les worked for the post office back in Mandan until he retired. He also rented a couple hundred acres south of town and worked it for a few years. He had a green 50 Chev pickup. Now those restored Chev, Ford and GMC pickups are selling for 35-40 grand. I wonder if those buyers ever drove a stock 50 Chev pickup??

    "CHASING CLASSIC CARS" on the VELOCITY Channel if you love classic cars. i've got 39 shows recorded and not one of them will rot your eyeballs....

  • Reply to

    mad men episode portrays gm execs as crazies

    by perfect_market May 20, 2013 7:09 AM
    mandan14shooter mandan14shooter May 20, 2013 11:46 AM Flag

    You shouldn't be watching braindead, septic tank television. It'll rot your eyeballs and your Soul....

  • i made the mistake of going there on a Saturday morning. Lowe's and Home Depot still rule and their inventory is amazing....

  • 505 horse 7.0L, 427 cubes, all aluminum beast. Six-speed stick, 3.91 rear gears, 15.5 and 15.3 inch carbon-ceramic brakes with Brembo six-piston calipers and some nice Pirelli tires thrown in. 60+K might be a little steep, but what a car....
    i've got a 79 and a 77 factory black, 4-speed Camaro. Both needing a little work, but the cars aren't bringing enough $$$$ to spend much money or time on....

  • The poor guy has driven TSLA stock over 90, while trying to drag it down. GM could use a few kbodie's around here....

  • Reply to

    Why hold when shares being diluted?

    by hatepolitics101 May 16, 2013 2:02 PM
    mandan14shooter mandan14shooter May 16, 2013 2:08 PM Flag

    The only thing ford makes that's worth looking at is the Mustang and that Market is saturated. Those little cars they make are a joke and their truck line isn't much better. That's why the stock stinks....

  • mandan14shooter by mandan14shooter May 16, 2013 1:38 PM Flag

    This stock needs you to get to 100 smackers....

  • He said almost all the tankers now fill up at the Arco terminal, which comes down the pipeline from the Arco (BP) refinery in Anacortes. He said some of the tanker trucks would also add a little additive from 55 gallon barrels, but not enough to mention when you're filling 10,000 gallon tankers.

    Arco gas rules around here. Ten cars at the Arco station and two idiot drivers at the chevron station paying 30 cents a gallon more. i've used Arco gas for over 20 years in everything i drive, including two 79 Ford, half-ton, long box work trucks with 460 engines and have never had a gas related problem. i have an LLP business, along with my Son, and after 8500 jobs completed, i can honestly say that we HAVE NEVER RIPPED OFF A CUSTOMER. chevon rips people off every minute of the day and they have no conscience...

    Crude oil prices have come down recently and gas prices have risen sharply in the last three weeks. What gives?? Ripping GOD's Children off will put a world of HURT on you in the end....

  • mandan14shooter by mandan14shooter May 15, 2013 11:52 AM Flag

    Can you say "Go Go Goog"??

    Just to repeat a msg i put on here a few months ago....

  • mandan14shooter by mandan14shooter May 13, 2013 12:24 PM Flag

    Toyota and Honda in the United States and throughout the world....

  • Don't look for anything out of the ordinary. EVERYTHING obama TOUCHES TURNS TO #$%$. the poor, hapless person thanks GOD on one hand, while the other hand holds a dagger, dripping with the BLOOD OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS....

  • mandan14shooter by mandan14shooter May 9, 2013 11:38 AM Flag

    kbodie, please put that fork down. Fill your mind with the good times you've had. Over on the GM board, you said you had a small pickup. i think it was a Luv. Think about that Saturday afternoon when you went down to Ace Hardware and bought a can of Carnauba wax. Remember how nice that Luv looked when you finished her wax job. Remember that blind guy who came by and told you how nice your Luv looked. When you were finished, you went in the house and had a bowl of Post Toasties, so remember that FABULOUS Saturday. Lux pickup....Ace Hardware....Carnauba wax...Blind man compliment....&....Post Toasties and you will be fine for 24 hours....and then pick the fork back up....

  • Reply to

    Words That Start With "R"

    by black_hannity May 6, 2013 3:45 PM
    mandan14shooter mandan14shooter May 7, 2013 2:21 PM Flag

    You forgot words that start with "d"
    Here's 30 seconds worth without looking in a dictionary:
    demon
    demonize
    destroy
    demented
    divide
    delusion
    dunce
    dork
    decapitate
    dementia
    DUD
    What does it prove??

  • mandan14shooter mandan14shooter May 7, 2013 1:41 PM Flag

    One of the firewood brothers pulled an old Citroen out of the brush to put it out of its misery at the metal yard. The body was totally rusted out and filled with spiders, but the bumpers and full cone wheel covers were made of stainless and looked real nice. Anyone want a full hubcap for a Citroen?? Was there ever an uglier car made??

  • mandan14shooter by mandan14shooter May 7, 2013 1:58 AM Flag

    Frank was the owner and the best boss anyone could have. He was totally laid back and a perfectionist. Every Bird had to be straight enough for Black. He worked in a separate building from painter John and myself, so we only saw him a couple times a day. He took the cars apart, put them on a rotisserie and when the body was painted, assembled everything to factory specs. Every Bird had a punch card that we would clock in on and he would bill the customer every two weeks. He came over one day and told me the bodyman before me had the bodies, skirts, continental kit etc, ready for primer in 98 hours and wondered why it took me 108 hours to beautify those bodies. i told him i had to have that extra cup of coffee or two each day, but in reality when you undressed those ladies, they were rough. Painter John would be waiting to cover them with PPG K-200 primer and then block them with 80 grit paper. 80 grit paper leaves ugly scratches in primer and i complained to him about using such coarse paper for the first blocking. He said "that's the way we always have done it". Even though we always used activated materials, you still didn't want to block it in 80 grit, but that fell on deaf ears and it was kind of a slap in the face. Big John was a good painter though. On occasion, he would start the day with a few hits of weed. One day he painted the roof on a 56 black, instead of white and Frank was "Hot". i don't know if the wacky tabacky was the reason, but if Frank knew what went down, Big John would have been down the road. Frank was THE T-BIRD MAN and was nationally known and every car rivaled Amos Minter in quality and beauty. Frank also had a couple F-Birds at the time, which was very cool....

  • CNQR at a buck seventy and the stock started to take off shortly after. i know biggs would never invest in a stock like that. That's not in his playbook, but sometimes you have to throw the playbook out the window....

  • Reply to

    An Insight for Safeway Shareholders

    by hairy_is_still_jealous Apr 30, 2013 4:29 PM
    mandan14shooter mandan14shooter May 6, 2013 12:55 PM Flag

    i'm not a kazionaire like you, but i always carry 3 or 4, 50 dollar bills in one pocket and smaller bills, with a large paper clip, in the other pocket. It's a whole lot more convenient to pay cash. It's the AMERICAN WAY....what the heck is a debit card??

  • i always buy groceries at Safeway, while the Wifey goes to Costco. She was a vegetarian, so most of our meals have vegetables and she can always put a nice meal together in just a few minutes. Chicken Breasts, Gold Potatoes and vegetables is just one of many and that is a GOOD meal. Last summer we also were able to pull over 30 nice, large Spaghetti Squash and a lot of Zucchini out of her small garden. LIFE IS GOOD....THANK GOD....

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