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Mike Romain 05-20-2004 08:59 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
TJM wrote:
>
> > Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> > with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> > shortcakes for the helpers.

>
> Nothing like taking advantage of child labor.....


LOL!

My 'kid' is 6'2" and 180 lb with friends as big. The days of taking
'advantage' of him/them are long over.... ;-)

Mike

Mike Romain 05-20-2004 08:59 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
TJM wrote:
>
> > Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> > with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> > shortcakes for the helpers.

>
> Nothing like taking advantage of child labor.....


LOL!

My 'kid' is 6'2" and 180 lb with friends as big. The days of taking
'advantage' of him/them are long over.... ;-)

Mike

Mike Romain 05-20-2004 08:59 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
TJM wrote:
>
> > Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> > with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> > shortcakes for the helpers.

>
> Nothing like taking advantage of child labor.....


LOL!

My 'kid' is 6'2" and 180 lb with friends as big. The days of taking
'advantage' of him/them are long over.... ;-)

Mike

twaldron 05-20-2004 11:10 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.

Mike Romain wrote:

> So they are demolishing the houses on the other side of the street to
> make 30 story 'condos'.
>
> Folks have been scrounging lots of stuff so my wife and I decided to go
> in one of the last ones last night just to look and down in the basement
> was a 1901 upright grand piano.
>
> I came home and checked out the make and age using the serial number on
> the net and they are selling from 600 to $1500.00.
>
> So my kid got a few of his friends and my nephew showed up and I took my
> CJ7 over across the site to the back door, we put my 3" wide snatch
> strap and blue camping foam around the piano with a couple boards on the
> stairs and I fired up my Warn XD9000i winch.
>
> Well, it came right up out of there likity split with the boys balancing
> it. I then was planning on pulling it across the boards to dirt, move
> boards, repeat, repeat, but the wheels dug into the back cedar plank I
> was using so the boys just balanced it and it came home on a custom
> 'ski'.
>
> An old friend stopped by today out of the blue for a visit, looked at it
> and gave me $500.00 for it. He is coming back to move it at his
> expense.
>
> Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> shortcakes for the helpers.
>
> Nice piano, it was still in tune and only one ivory has a slight chip.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's


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__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

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__________________________________________________ _________


twaldron 05-20-2004 11:10 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.

Mike Romain wrote:

> So they are demolishing the houses on the other side of the street to
> make 30 story 'condos'.
>
> Folks have been scrounging lots of stuff so my wife and I decided to go
> in one of the last ones last night just to look and down in the basement
> was a 1901 upright grand piano.
>
> I came home and checked out the make and age using the serial number on
> the net and they are selling from 600 to $1500.00.
>
> So my kid got a few of his friends and my nephew showed up and I took my
> CJ7 over across the site to the back door, we put my 3" wide snatch
> strap and blue camping foam around the piano with a couple boards on the
> stairs and I fired up my Warn XD9000i winch.
>
> Well, it came right up out of there likity split with the boys balancing
> it. I then was planning on pulling it across the boards to dirt, move
> boards, repeat, repeat, but the wheels dug into the back cedar plank I
> was using so the boys just balanced it and it came home on a custom
> 'ski'.
>
> An old friend stopped by today out of the blue for a visit, looked at it
> and gave me $500.00 for it. He is coming back to move it at his
> expense.
>
> Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> shortcakes for the helpers.
>
> Nice piano, it was still in tune and only one ivory has a slight chip.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's


--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________


twaldron 05-20-2004 11:10 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.

Mike Romain wrote:

> So they are demolishing the houses on the other side of the street to
> make 30 story 'condos'.
>
> Folks have been scrounging lots of stuff so my wife and I decided to go
> in one of the last ones last night just to look and down in the basement
> was a 1901 upright grand piano.
>
> I came home and checked out the make and age using the serial number on
> the net and they are selling from 600 to $1500.00.
>
> So my kid got a few of his friends and my nephew showed up and I took my
> CJ7 over across the site to the back door, we put my 3" wide snatch
> strap and blue camping foam around the piano with a couple boards on the
> stairs and I fired up my Warn XD9000i winch.
>
> Well, it came right up out of there likity split with the boys balancing
> it. I then was planning on pulling it across the boards to dirt, move
> boards, repeat, repeat, but the wheels dug into the back cedar plank I
> was using so the boys just balanced it and it came home on a custom
> 'ski'.
>
> An old friend stopped by today out of the blue for a visit, looked at it
> and gave me $500.00 for it. He is coming back to move it at his
> expense.
>
> Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> shortcakes for the helpers.
>
> Nice piano, it was still in tune and only one ivory has a slight chip.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's


--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________


twaldron 05-20-2004 11:10 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.

Mike Romain wrote:

> So they are demolishing the houses on the other side of the street to
> make 30 story 'condos'.
>
> Folks have been scrounging lots of stuff so my wife and I decided to go
> in one of the last ones last night just to look and down in the basement
> was a 1901 upright grand piano.
>
> I came home and checked out the make and age using the serial number on
> the net and they are selling from 600 to $1500.00.
>
> So my kid got a few of his friends and my nephew showed up and I took my
> CJ7 over across the site to the back door, we put my 3" wide snatch
> strap and blue camping foam around the piano with a couple boards on the
> stairs and I fired up my Warn XD9000i winch.
>
> Well, it came right up out of there likity split with the boys balancing
> it. I then was planning on pulling it across the boards to dirt, move
> boards, repeat, repeat, but the wheels dug into the back cedar plank I
> was using so the boys just balanced it and it came home on a custom
> 'ski'.
>
> An old friend stopped by today out of the blue for a visit, looked at it
> and gave me $500.00 for it. He is coming back to move it at his
> expense.
>
> Cool, that was about a half hour's work. I have to put on a rib BBQ
> with escargot to start with home made biscuits made into strawberry
> shortcakes for the helpers.
>
> Nice piano, it was still in tune and only one ivory has a slight chip.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's


--
__________________________________________________ _________
tw

03 TJ Rubicon - Rubicon Express 4.5"
01 XJ Sport

There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
-- Dave Barry

Pronunciation: 'jEp
Function: noun
Date: 1940

Etymology: from g. p. (G= 'Government' P= '80 inch wheelbase')
A small general-purpose motor vehicle with 80-inch wheelbase,
1/4-ton capacity, and four-wheel drive used by the U.S. army in
World War II.

(Please remove the OBVIOUS to reply by email)
__________________________________________________ _________


Jeepers 05-20-2004 11:27 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In article <7U3rc.699$3%1.328@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>,
twaldron <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote:

> In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.


Yup, and he moved the Pie-anny up the STARS. Stars is whut we use to get
to the second floor.

Bar?
A bar shits in the wuuds.

Give new meaning to Stars & Bars!


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Jeepers 05-20-2004 11:27 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In article <7U3rc.699$3%1.328@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>,
twaldron <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote:

> In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.


Yup, and he moved the Pie-anny up the STARS. Stars is whut we use to get
to the second floor.

Bar?
A bar shits in the wuuds.

Give new meaning to Stars & Bars!


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Jeepers 05-20-2004 11:27 AM

Re: Just made almost $500.00 with my winch!
 
In article <7U3rc.699$3%1.328@newssvr22.news.prodigy.com>,
twaldron <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote:

> In Texas, we call that a 'pie-anner'.


Yup, and he moved the Pie-anny up the STARS. Stars is whut we use to get
to the second floor.

Bar?
A bar shits in the wuuds.

Give new meaning to Stars & Bars!


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