Random Thought Thread

I lost a partial top front false tooth (originally lost belly riding a skateboard at eight) and half a bottom front tooth during a rock fight. My friend felt really bad. My lips/mouth were pretty swollen the next day. After going to the orthodontist in the morning, I made it to school in time to watch “The Elephant Man” with the rest of my class.
Good times!
 
We used to have stone packed mud ball fights when I was little....

Ran across the street to re load (oh it was a good one that perfect consistency thick goopy mud.... loaded with the most pointy edge rocks I could find)

I put everything I had into that rock filled mud grenade.... I felt like Nolan Ryan when it left my hand....

I wasn't paying attention to the road in my excitement.... soon as I let go of it.... a brand new chevy truck drove in front the mud balls destructive path

Cracked the passenger window... chipped the windshield and messed up the paint...I learned a lesson that day

If you are going to dumb stuff ....don't be a rolly polly chubby kid who can't run fast

Hahaha
 
My childhood friend Bobby and I got in trouble once for taking downed tree branches and trying to ''touch'' cars as they passed in the street in front of my house.

I wonder what ever happened to Bobby. His mom was a chain smoking cat lady. That kid taught me the FBomb and how much fun playing with matches can be.
 
A one foot long piece of flat wood with a stout rubber band & a spring clothes pin for a trigger were common in my neighborhood growing up as a kid in eastern PA. Most common form of ammunition was a 1"x1" piece of asphalt shingle. Depending on the season we would also gather up the horse chestnuts from the trees that were common at that time, and use them as hand thrown projectiles. Even better when you found them still in the hull resembling medieval 'Morning Stars'. Those suckers would really hurt if you landed them on exposed skin.

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We didn't need on line gaming for amusement......we just took it to the streets......lol.

Oh yea, almost forgot the burning match fights when you would hold a wooden match business end down on the striker with your index finger & flick it at your intended target......usually a neighborhood friend. How we ever survived without being maimed is beyond me !
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
please explain like I've never seen one of those before.

please and thank you.
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It is the actuator on my VGT turbo on my Cummins. The stock oem one is cheap and fails at an alarming rate. I upgraded with a better one when my failed, just had to wait 7 weeks to get it. Replacement was easy peasy. Stealership wanted $3800 and a reputable diesel shop quoted me $2000. Figured I’d just do it myself. This thing is a totally different truck now. She makes more boost and the exhaust brake hits HARD!
 
Murphjd25 said:
It is the actuator on my VGT turbo on my Cummins. The stock oem one is cheap and fails at an alarming rate. I upgraded with a better one when my failed, just had to wait 7 weeks to get it. Replacement was easy peasy. Stealership wanted $3800 and a reputable diesel shop quoted me $2000. Figured I’d just do it myself. This thing is a totally different truck now. She makes more boost and the exhaust brake hits HARD!
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what's an exhaust brake
 
Murphjd25 said:
It is the actuator on my VGT turbo on my Cummins. The stock oem one is cheap and fails at an alarming rate. I upgraded with a better one when my failed, just had to wait 7 weeks to get it. Replacement was easy peasy. Stealership wanted $3800 and a reputable diesel shop quoted me $2000. Figured I’d just do it myself. This thing is a totally different truck now. She makes more boost and the exhaust brake hits HARD!
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Nice congrats! Glad install was easy!!
 
tinfoil hat timmy said:
what's an exhaust brake
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It’s like an engine brake, except the vanes inside the turbo close down, preventing flow through it, and feeds back pressure into the engine to slow the truck down without needing to apply the brakes. It works great for towing, and every day. I’ve still got 2/3 of pad life left on my brake pads on the oem pads, at 115,000 miles.
 
GmpaJim said:
You had armor!!? Genius! Pain is the great educator.
Teen years, we experimented with pipe bombs. Couldn’t get a proper seal on the fuse hole. Flash bulb detonators were a total flop too. Fortunately.
Its a good thing we didn’t know each other…
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BB guns, slingshots, fireworks wars. Uhhh... I'll refrain from mentioning anything more 😅

We always go, "Man... how'd we make it to adulthood?"

"Cuz only the strong survived!" 😂
 
Gusbuster said:
Happy Birthday EMCEE EMCEE Enjoy your new Boot Dagger!

Lets see your CPK in Leather!

buncha UF2s out there gonna have a cozy home soon enough that stitching there took over 15 hours of time, and consumed over 180 feet of thread They’ll be well loved and fondled regularly !
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Thank you Gus ! I’m so frickin’ excited. I’m old enough that not many things make me feel like a kid……but this CPK stuff,….ooh la la !!!
 
Smithhammer said:
We had Mexican limes and kumquats, both of which made great projectiles with wrist rockets. :cool:
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Oh, I remember plucking a small (3/8"), hard little lime off a buddy's mom's plant.

We were curious how far UP a slingshot could shoot it. This was one of those surgical tubing slingshots.

I tried to aim completely vertical to the best of my abilities and drew this thing like a chest expander (remember those stupid things? 🤣), not just to the ear.

THWIPPP.

Watched it disappear upwards with a quickness. "Uhhhhh... anyone see where it went? Huh... aim might've been off. Maybe the wind blew it. Don't know where it came dow..." ***Thud*** as it lands on their roof. 😲.
 
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