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If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

I guess we will be getting a new can of that soon

I hear you, James. The longer I live the more resigned I’ve become to the simplest thing turning to crap for no apparent reason. Most recent example. I get up to remove snow and ice from the wife and daughter’s cars and warm them up. (I mean the old girls have 359,000 miles on them, between them and require some warming up. Referring to the vehicles, not the women, dontcha know) and the Ford was flashing a low tire light. Sure enough I look and one of the $200 Costco tires is dead flat, not that my daughter mentioned it. I limp it to the 7-11 which miraculously had its air machine in working order and filled the tire. Knowing this would require further attention I decided to drive my daughter to school and deal withe the issue. Within a few blocks I could tell it was leaking so fast that we’d never get there without multiple air refills. So I pull over at my local Mexican family owned tire shop and called an Uber for my daughter to get to school, $28 later. While the tire is being patched, I piece together from the office girls that Tio -- , one of the shop’s owners, has been picked up by ICE and is being deported. Nothing I can do about that but for the 10 years I’ve known him, he always seemed like a friendly hard working guy. Who do they think is going to have a tire shop open at 7am to patch, not plug, a tire if they are deported en masse? White people? Yeah, right. Sorry to rant, but I sympathize with the simplest task turning into a ridiculous flog of a dead horse. In my case it was scraping ice turning into hearing about another family’s trauma. In yours, the product turning into a self-sealing mound of plastic. We just never know, sir. We can check out any time we like, but we can never leave.

I've got a round point shovel, a D handle spade, a set of posthole diggers, a hoe and a rake with old gray heavily weathered wood handles that are older than I am and I'm 56, but they still work just fine. That being said, whenever I do buy a new garden tool anymore I always get ones with fiberglass handles with steel in the bottom of them.

If the title is a question, then the video was probably shot in 2008. Lego Batman came out in September of that year, I imagine that person playing the PSP receved it as a gift.

Good to see Ted. A man needs a supervisory canine to keep him in the straight and narrow.

I dunno how long ago that was, but I can tell you about buying a desktop computer with 40mg of memory with two floppy discs, one for operating and one for recording files. 1986. That was to replace my MemoryWriter typewriter. How did we even exist without computers in our cars, our watches and our toasters? Well, maybe happier.

Now if Gigi can get you to foller her around for purse shopping, she must have some influence. Maybe she can use that influence to purse-suede you to get one of your cataracts done. At the risk of sounding like a one-note Johnny follower of your channel, I met a met a young technician last week in my opthalmologist’s office who told me she was studying to become a cataract surgeon because she saw the difference it made in her Meemaw’s quality of life when she had one (then later both) of them replaced with new lenses. I was fully awake for both of my replacements (a few months apart) and was instantly aware of the miracle of sight again. Just sayin’ James, you might could be a better assistant purse shopper if you could see Gigi’s choices, though no husband with a lick of sense will weigh in on his wife’s fashion choices. Wishing you well for 2025 vision improvement. Your friend, John Caywood

The previous owner had WalMart doing all the maintenance on this vehicle. Now you know the rest of the story

Oh, and the shop was 65 degrees when I checked it in th morning with Buddy on low

As you are always saying…watch the video. I think that’s how I got onto you in the first place. Your video about replacing the trunk or hood struts on an Impala. Good find on my part! I now know about bucket gardens, running boards, the entire selection of Ryobi tools, Slime, and most importantly Ted, the Granddog. James, I’m wishing you and yours a Happy New Year, and hoping you will soon be able to say, like Bogart, “Here’s looking at you, kid.”

You kinda gone uptown with a Pilot and an MDX. Nice work if you can get it! This is about the same as all my diy car projects. I always consider anything less than two extra trips to the parts store a success.

Thank u sir

Let us know if you get them by 7:55 pm today as they say. Happy you got the $3 back. You know James, the more I deal with online chicanery, the more I’m convinced I’ve outlived my time. I’m wondering if we boomers, born in the 1950’s, have the necessary abilities (and patience) to negotiate whatever these companies with 40 levels in the organization chart decide to do. You found a button to press to get your order and a discount. I count that as a victory, sir. Maybe there is a Santa Claus after all.

You two are like Lucy and Ethyl. I’m just not sure which is which. Love seeing the Tedster.

I hope I don’t break your heart, but I’ve replaced both of mine in the past year, and I learned they make a version that don’t require bending down to close the lid. Just tap it, it drifts down to close with no noise at all. Particularly useful in the middle of the night. I’ve heard stories about old men (my age) having to get up a time or two in the wee hours(pun intended) and we try not to wake whomever is is on the other side of the bathroom walls, particularly by not dropping the seat or the lid on the bowl. And we all know that not putting the seat down can be a source of conflict with our women folk. One sit on cold porcelain and the world is ended. But this new fangled version, just tap and down she drifts! I been using this this technique for screw hole repair for 48 years. Using toothpicks or matchsticks was taught to me by a fella named Arrold Ordway in 1976. An Iowa corn farmer, somewhere between 60 and death, he earned extra money while the corn was growing to 6 feet high by doing dorm maintenance at the college I was going to. I was assigned as his assistant and I learned more practical things in 3 months than the rest of my life combined. I’ve amazed 1 or 2 college engineering types with the common sense he helped me learn. The best part was he invited me to his farm when the corn was ripe. He got the salted water aboil, then we went to the field, picked the ears, shucked them as we walked back, put them in for 3 minutes and feasted. In any case, I’m with you, wood underneath feels better than plastic. Just like in Papaw’s two-holer, but without the splinters. Thanks for reminding me of Arrold today. He was a prince among men.

Some of these Dad jokes are funny. C’mon y’all, nothing’s going get me to believe that you didn’t know what was happening when he duct taped you to the chair and removed your AirPods. Welcome to the way things were. Only no duct tape.

Always good to see Ted.

That’s a good-looking rocking chair sitting on your deck. At our (yours and my, our ages about the same near as I can tell) age you oughta be sitting in that rocker, maybe Ted at your feet, while someone winterizes your home. But you won’t. For the same reason I get up to scrape the ice/snow (and warm up the inside) of my wife’s and daughter’s cars. And make their lunches. Because, as Rule 303 states, If You Have the Means, You Have the Responsibility. And so far you and I have the means to stay out of that rocking chair.

Luckily this project took place at Ryobi world headquarters. Brush in bag is always a good tip. And since I hardly ever get back to a project the next day, I then stick it in the freezer. Stays good for weeks. Just gotta set it out to thaw before you need it again.

Yep. All comedy is stolen. But successful comics know who to steal from.

Have you checked out getting blade for the front of your John Deere so you can keep those new driveways plowed? Y’all might be needing one!

I reckon you’ll remember when you started this project because it will be within a few days of when America woke up and drove a persimmon wood stake through the unholy heart of trumpism.

Thank you. This helped me get my dad's mowing deck back on. He is 87 years young and still mowing.

Don’t y’all have heat tape over yonder? Or is it not robust enough help with a ground level faucet? Heat lamp will do it, I reckon, but I’d have to put mine on a timer at the plug or I’d forget to turn the thing on.

I’ve never seen a frog/toad with coloration like that. Really neat.

Friend. I told you of my eye struggles and you shared your overall physical challenges. But when I had both cataracts removed at separate times, I wasn’t under any kind of general anesthesia. Only local. I was awake enough to see the removal of my clouded lens and actually see again as they placed the new one. My hope for you is that you seek out what may be available to you as treatment. It changes monthly.

They look to be great-tailed grackles!

I'm so happy you made a channel for these kinds of video, I had been hoping for more but didn't discover this channel until now.

That’s a good ole boy right there! Good video.

Not too shabby, definitely not the sturdiness. I watched the official company 2 videos & took less than 10 minutes total.

Looks like you found a sweet spot in the yard for pepper growing. Some mixed shade for a little shelter from the hot Texas sun. Those plants look healthy.

Whatever that first adhesive was, you oughta get more of it! The overall design of this thing is a cool and useful idea.

Looks like a nice unit. Cord free is a big plus.

I’m out of date, I reckon. Seems like I was taught if you gotta cheat, it ain’t winning. All that registration finagling by Abbott and Paxton and intimidating Latino voters by raiding their homes is proof these “people” will cheat in any way so they can call it a “win.” Happening here in Utah as well, but less bragging about it because their “church” would find it immodest.

Rube Goldberging it. Way to go.

You have hit on one of my pet peeves. This is a problem with a lot of products. I don’t know if it’s because I’m left handed or what, but most things that say “Tear Here” do not open without a struggle.

Always nice to old Ted.

I've had one of these things for years and whilst it is not the world's beefiest or most accurate device, it serves a purpose. Word of advice though, when you have the thing really clean, give the chrome rails (vertical and horizontal) a good going over with 'Autosol' or other good quality chrome cleaner and never put oil on them; it works as a 'dust magnet' and makes things worse in the long run. Once the chrome is sparkling just use a spray wax furniture polish between the plastic sliders and the metal work. It will glide well and has the added benefit of being 'anti-static' in most cases. I have always found this the best way to lubricate things like this since the days of struggling to erect and collapse baby push chairs. No mess, no greasy stains and a happy wife. 😅 Not familiar with brand names in USA but all decent quality stuff seems to work well this side of the pond and is very easy to keep on top of the issue.

You gotta enough Ted hair there to build a whole new dog. My Aussie Shepherd has been gone 3 years and to this day I find little dabs of his hair in odd places. As for vacuums, none of them can hold a candle to my mom’s 1960’s pig-on-a-rope style canister vacuum. The marketing slogan was Nothing Sucks Like an Electrolux. Wish I had it.

Yikes

From the ex-Texan-None-of-My-Business-Department, I thought I’d throw in my vision difficulties since we are similar in age. Mine started when I was 55 with macular degeneration. Treated successfully. Over the next 6 years I twice experienced surgery for detached retinas followed by two cataract surgeries. Stable now for 5 years and see about as good as I ever did with good lenses. Don’t know your situation, but as one codger to another, they can do amazing things now. Keep looking. No pun intended.

Pretty exciting. Better get a blade for the John Deere so you can plow it clear of snow!

I like that you leave in the false starts while recalling how the looping/pulling works. But I’m with you, nylon rope isn’t the best. I much prefer this type of tying to ratchet straps any day. If I use them I find myself tying a bunch of half hitches at the end because I don’t trust them. Just old-fashioned I guess. But I ain’t never had a canoe or a deer or a cooler come off the top of the car if attached with good old knots.

I wish I had this rig. Mine is a crappy plastic box that’s only suitable for the crudest of cuts. But my Hitachi mitre saw 30 years old, made of metal, cuts great. But who wants to lug 25 lbs and 100 feet of cord every time you need an angle cut on a 2x4?

I got the belt covers on my troybilt 42inch lawnmower but my belt still comes off any suggestions what might be causing it to come off the belt is brand new

My Kobalt 40v lasts 45 minutes to an hour in my mower depending on the grass length. Thanks for the update! Great video!

Thanks! I picked one if these up at a garage sale; works great but they all eventually need to be cleaned & lubed. I just found the owners manual online, which says the belt pulleys don't need to be lubricated for life - but did they envision it being in service 50 years later...? I hope to use mine for another 20 years, and then have someone else feel lucky to find it in the estate sale that will inevitably be held at my home!

Must be some of that Sandy East Texas soil if you can manage it with a post hole digger. How come y’all don’t put some Qwikset in the post holes? I like your Cowboy eyeball approach. My Papaw was a carpenter (and a barber after he couldn’t carpenter anymore) and he used to say, “It don’t matter if it’s right if it don’t look right.”