What did you do TO your Gladiator today? [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS, NO GUN TALK]

[Pismo61]

You could've done it earlier and after they FAFO'd you could stand over them and say the line our parents said to us whenever we acted stupid and got hurt...

"So....what'd we learn ?".



My parents were STRONG believers in letting you learn on your own. I once took a sheet of thin plywood, propped it up against our picnic table and was going to jump it with my Schwinn Apple Crate 5-speed bike (best bike EVER). I did a lap around the house to gain speed and hit the ramp. The plywood flexed, popped under the table and I hit the table edge with my bike. Flipped the table on its side, me going with it. Knocked the wind out of me. As I lay there in the grass gasping, my Dad, who was watching me the whole time from the back patio, yells over, "Try it again, stupid !!". I'm on my feet now, hands on my knees, trying to breathe. I shake my head, no. Then he says, "What'd we learn ?".

I had the cotton crate.

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[RudeJeepin]

I've had 3 in the past 3 years. I know of what I speak....

I was stupid and had my first at age 62. Found 9 non-cancerous polyps. 9. Came back the next year, inadequate bowel prep, canceled halfway through. 6 months later, all clear. Now I have a 5 year respite from sitting in the bathroom doing my impression of the Artemis rocket on liftoff.

I had one a couple weeks ago. Endoscopy and colonoscopy, they met in the middle and high five.
They are going back in tomorrow to give me a tattoo.

 

[Freems]

I still haven’t pulled the hard top off for the season. And it’s almost mid July I feel shamed. But I also need somebody to assist with it as especially with the lift installed, now my wife is too short.

This may help…like you I haven’t had the full top off this summer (been hotter than my coolant temperature) the back piece of the roof is only 60lbs (think big sack of dog food) I pull the fasteners, then put a piece of 1/2” plywood on top of the bed rails, take the front panels off, then just pop the seal loose on the main panel and lift and slide it onto the plywood. Once that’s done lift it to its destination for storage in the garage. Easy peasy. One person job.

 

[Mud Pie]

Freems -

"lift it to it's destination in the garage". "one man job". Huh ? Are you built like Bigfoot or something ? Do you bench press VW bugs for fun ?

I'll be honest...I could feel my face turning red when I walked my doors over to the door cart.

 

[Freems]

Freems -

"lift it to it's destination in the garage". "one man job". Huh ? Are you built like Bigfoot or something ? Do you bench press VW bugs for fun ?

I'll be honest...I could feel my face turning red when I walked my doors over to the door cart.

LOL…6’3” 225lbs old guy. BTW I put casters on my door cart and wheel them over to the rig.

 

[Mud Pie]

LOL…6’3” 225lbs old guy. BTW I put casters on my door cart and wheel them over to the rig.

Ah......I'm 5'6", 160 lbs (yeah I got a belly going, I was 145 for decades until I quit the ciggy's) and 65 years old. The heaviest things I lift on a regular basis is a full coffee cup and the occasional pint. What I call "12 ounce curls"...

In fact, when I installed my headliners, I pulled the top completely off. I had my neighbor help. When we got done, I bent over and looked in my sock. My neighbor says, "Whattaya doing ?" "Looking for a testicle.".

 

[Mud Pie]

Well, I gave my Jeep it's first colonoscopy. I poked that endoscope down every defroster hole there was. No sign of the fugitive screwdriver bit. Took me a few to work the camera right, I instinctively kept moving the handheld display hoping the view would change. Duh. I stuck the flex magnet down there and gave it a wiggle, just cuz. Came up empty.

I then replaced my cabin air filter and stuck the endo in there too, just for gee-whiz. Fan is clean with the exception of one small leaf on the squirrel cage.

Then I installed my Auto Start/Stop Eliminator. Stupid simple, took max 3 minutes including popping the panel off. Every time I pop a panel and them clips make that awful crunching sound, I fear I broke something.

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