ironpony
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Enslaved pandas pulling slow freight... Panda Express.
Duck Pond Redneckery
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4mer Trucker
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Hillbilly Canuck
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I've seen tons of that stuff when I lived in Indiana and maybe even as far back as Kentucky but I'll be damned if I know what it's called either. Never really thought much about it.I wish I knew what species of plant this is.
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It was the stalk of a weed I cut down behind the old wood barn 2 years ago.
It was a green stalk, a broadleaf plant like burdock but it grew about 5-6 feet high. I cut it all out and it all went on the burn pile except for this 3 foot piece I kept out of curiosity. I don't remember what piqued my curiosity though.
It was green and flexible when I cut it. I cut it with hand pruners the size of a pair of wire cutters and it was super easy to cut.
Now it's super strong and super light.
I mean I don't think I can snap it in half with my bare hands if I tried. It's as rigid as whatever wood they use for broom handles.
And it's so light I could probably balance it on the end of a cigarette, holding it by the filter. I mean it weighs almost nothing. But it's so damn strong I can barely flex it holding it by the ends.
Too bad I cut everything down again this year and poisoned the ground. I'm going to have to go out in the fields on the 4 wheeler and see if I can find some more.
But I just noticed this:
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The core is soft like styrofoam. It's basically like a wooden tube with foam inside.
I just cut a piece off and dug out the foamy stuff with a drill bit.
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Whatever it is, it grows wild in Illinois.
Electric Chicken
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Duck just discovered a replacement for aluminum.
Duck
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I'm going to start making airplanes out of it.
Like when MacGyver built an ultralight out of bamboo and some tarps.
ironpony
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Don't fergit th' duck tape*.I'm going to start making airplanes out of it.
Like when MacGyver built an ultralight out of bamboo and some tarps.
*An FAA approved, aircraft quality, attachment method. Fer reals!
Hillbilly Canuck
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I was just watching that the other day flipping through his videos looking for the bit in that special about stupid people.
Duck
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Hillbilly Canuck
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Fitting for this fuckery going on eh?
Duck
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Almost prophetic.
Uncle Birchy
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Just always "wondering"..This room in the barn, at some point was insulated. There's old rotted insulation in the walls, planking on the interior wall, and..
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... the ability to lock yourself in.
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Makes me wonder what for.
Apparently it predates Tyvek too. They used plywood as a vapor barrier. This is what's behind the old siding I just pulled off.
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Did ya folks just buy an Old Farm or did ya folks die like mine leave ya the place..
Now I do "Understand" that's a very personal question 2 ask
Electric Chicken
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I thought Van Wyk was ancient history.I turned the barn into a candy cane.
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That's just primer on the molding strips. They're all red now. But I was tempted to leave it that way.
When do you actually drive?
Uncle Birchy
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Electric Chicken
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I meant ancient history for him. Not as a company.
You know how when you quit a place and you know you'll never work there again, after a while (14 employers later in your case) they are ancient history to you.
Uncle Birchy
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I hear ya "Loud & Clear"...
Duck
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I never quit. I've been continuously employed by them since 2005. I simply switched to "part time" and all I do now is rescue their junk when it breaks down and they ditch it at a shop in the Chicago area. This is the 2nd time this month.
I picked this one up in Mokena today at that KW dealer next to I-80. Picking up a load to Sioux City tomorrow, ditching the truck at the yard and hitching a ride back.
For the first time in ten years, I'll be leaving Sarah home alone for two days and I don't like that idea. No idea why I agreed to do this. If it wasn't for the fact I gotta hitch a ride back with some other driver, I'd bring her with.
Electric Chicken
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Ah 10-4. Wasn't trying to bust on you or anything.
so lemme guess it took all day to paint 5 white linesI turned the barn into a candy cane.
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That's just primer on the molding strips. They're all red now. But I was tempted to leave it that way.
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