Am home now! What a ride from hell !!!

i thought i was doing ok, but then the first bump on the road woke me up🤢

then the next and the next and the next, 🤢

one hour later  when we finally got home i was in sooo much pain.

sooo now tramadol is my friend 

Edited August 5, 20205 yr by 64 kiwi boni

15 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Am home now! What a ride from hell !!!

i thought i was doing ok, but then the first bump on the road woke me up🤢

then the next and the next and the next, 🤢

one hour later  when we finally got home i was in sooo much pain.

sooo now tramadol is my friend 

Glad your home. 

1 minute ago, JUSTA6 said:

Glad your home. 

Thanks JustA, 

am buggered, 

i hate being sick, dont get squat done. sit around feeling like Sh-t

and justA wantA get in my shed and do something

2 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Thanks JustA, 

am buggered, 

i hate being sick, dont get squat done. sit around feeling like Sh-t

and justA wantA get in my shed and do something

Understand all to well buddy.  Take it easy bro, last thing ya wanna do is screw it up and take twice as long to heal.  

 Is it beer o’clock yet? Or even beer thirty?

Here Fido, fetch daddy a Heineken! Good boy!

Ah damn it, he licked all the peanuts again! And he did the crossword puzzle! In ink. I guess he’s getting even for having him neutered! 

10 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Am home now! What a ride from hell !!!

i thought i was doing ok, but then the first bump on the road woke me up🤢

then the next and the next and the next, 🤢

one hour later  when we finally got home i was in sooo much pain.

sooo now tramadol is my friend 

Drugs! Who knew! 
Really glad you’re home safe n sound! The rest will come given some time! 

Edited August 5, 20205 yr by Last Indian

2 hours ago, Last Indian said:

Drugs! Who knew! 

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs dude! Everyone knows that! Just ask Timothy Leary (he's dead I know)! 

Glad your home bro, wont be long now!

24 minutes ago, Frosty said:

Reality is for people who can't handle drugs dude! Everyone knows that! Just ask Timothy Leary (he's dead I know)! 

Tell me about it! When they put my knee back, literally, together from my football injury, there were some drugs! I was in so much pain after 6 hours of surgery, they would come in every 4 hours with morphine and it would be off to la la land! 

Edited August 5, 20205 yr by Last Indian

1 hour ago, Last Indian said:

Tell me about it! When they put my knee back, literally, together from my football injury, there were some drugs! I was in so much pain after 6 hours of surgery, they would come in every 4 hours with morphine and it would be off to la la land! 

Dat's good stuff!

Worst things I've had is Tylenol 3 (with codine in it) when I had my wisoom teeth removed. It made the bed spin when I laid down. Okay done with that.

When I was in the hospital 10 years ago in ICU, I asked for a sleep sedative. I have no idea what the hell they gave me but rest was the last thing my mind got. If you ever recall the old Microsoft "Pipes" screensaver you will get the analogy. My sleep/dream was something like that. Only I was "chasing squirrels" up and down thru trees, grass, fences, and yards. Good shit? Probably. Never had it again - for obvious reasons...

Edited August 5, 20205 yr by Frosty

2 hours ago, Frosty said:

Dat's good stuff!

Worst things I've had is Tylenol 3 (with codine in it) when I had my wisoom teeth removed. It made the bed spin when I laid down. Okay done with that.

When I was in the hospital 10 years ago in ICU, I asked for a sleep sedative. I have no idea what the hell they gave me but rest was the last thing my mind got. If you ever recall the old Microsoft "Pipes" screensaver you will get the analogy. My sleep/dream was something like that. Only I was "chasing squirrels" up and down thru trees, grass, fences, and yards. Good shit? Probably. Never had it again - for obvious reasons...

Yup! There’s some good shit out there; read that as bad for you! Only been in a hospital 3 times once for a month for pneumonia at 3, almost died, knee surgery at 17 and the car accident in the Z/28 at 26. Always been lucky or healthy depending on your viewpoint, since then!

16 hours ago, Frosty said:

 Is it beer o’clock yet? Or even beer thirty?

Here Fido, fetch daddy a Heineken! Good boy!

Ah damn it, he licked all the peanuts again! And he did the crossword puzzle! In ink. I guess he’s getting even for having him neutered! 

you guys need to stop eveytime i laff it hurts .

 its thursday here and my first goal is to be good enough to go to my hot rod club quiz night on saturday 

so i am suck in front of the telly with my hot drink, and drugs

waiting for the four post hoist auction to end, and my plan is to call the guy if it doesnt sell and make him an offer👍

Hope you get it, I can only dream of a lift.

5 hours ago, JUSTA6 said:

Hope you get it, I can only dream of a lift.

i have a 2 post in my shed and its great JustA, wish i had it years ago, am well and truly over climbing under cars in the cold, on your back in the winter.

back when i was young, all i had was a dirt floor carport, and it was really hard during winter.

now that i have a caddy with x frame i have to get a 4 post just to get under it.

but really it means i can stack the caddy and plymouth so i can get my work van back in the shed.

its a pain in the arse de icing the van every morning to go to work.

I am trying to order some wheel cylinders and dont know which ones are correct for the 64 bonniville???

rock auto have a listing for wide track axle??? whats that???

Edited August 6, 20205 yr by 64 kiwi boni

Can you show me the listing? I can't seem to find it under Rock Auto.

Most "wide track axles" I know of are for trucks - which are wider than the standard axle. This allows for a narrow turning radius and a more stable ride - especially if you carry heavy loads or tow a lot.. You find these as options on duallys and high end 1-ton or higher pickups and some Jeep models mainly.

7 hours ago, Frosty said:

Can you show me the listing? I can't seem to find it under Rock Auto.

Most "wide track axles" I know of are for trucks - which are wider than the standard axle. This allows for a narrow turning radius and a more stable ride - especially if you carry heavy loads or tow a lot.. You find these as options on duallys and high end 1-ton or higher pickups and some Jeep models mainly.

Here it is frosty 

https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/pontiac,1964,bonneville,6.4l+389cid+v8,1350425,brake+&+wheel+hub,wheel+cylinder,1952

On 8/5/2020 at 5:39 PM, JUSTA6 said:

Hope you get it, I can only dream of a lift.

Copy that buddy no room at the inn! Still I’m pretty happy with pipe stand set up! Gives me 20 inches of clearance under the car which has always been enough get done what I need! And it’s carpeted where the Indian sits and petty well climate controlled year around!

Bit of an up date, the auction for the hoist closed with no bids, i called the guy and made him an offer and its all good to go,👍

explained how i am out of action and he was cool about it, so i will touch base with him next week and make a plan to get it.

its a 4 hour drive away and its too wide to fit straight on a trailer, so it will need to be either pulled apart or tipped on its side to get it narrow enough to be legal on the road, which i think will be the easy way, i can make a timber prop set up and then strap it down.

biggest trick is that, i can lift squat 😏

so then there is the plan once i get it home on how the heck to get it off the trailer and into the shed in position 

certainly worth it as the brand new version of this lift is 11k

first things first i need to make dinner again for the boss, and build up my brownie points to get it, then let her know what i am buying!! hehehe👍 

Edited August 7, 20205 yr by 64 kiwi boni

25 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Bit of an up date, the auction for the hoist closed with no bids, i called the guy and made him an offer and its all good to go,👍

explained how i am out of action and he was cool about it, so i will touch base with him next week and make a plan to get it.

its a 4 hour drive away and its too wide to fit straight on a trailer, so it will need to be either pulled apart or tipped on its side to get it narrow enough to be legal on the road, which i think will be the easy way, i can make a timber prop set up and then strap it down.

biggest trick is that, i can lift squat 😏

so then there is the plan once i get it home on how the heck to get it off the trailer and into the shed in position 

certainly worth it as the brand new version of this lift is 11k

first things first i need to make dinner again for the boss, and build up my brownie points to get it, then let her know what i am buying!! hehehe👍 

Sweet, but U better find alot of help. 

2 minutes ago, JUSTA6 said:

Sweet, but U better find alot of help. 

Yeah, i Know, last thing i want to happen is to look down and find my end trails dragging along the ground! hahahaha

doc would be a tad pist off with me

11 minutes ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

Yeah, i Know, last thing i want to happen is to look down and find my end trails dragging along the ground! hahahaha

doc would be a tad pist off with me

The Doc, the dog. DA MOMMA  and yourself, you'd have a pisst off line goin on.

Road trip tomorrow to pick up my new (secondhand) hoist 

loaned  my mates car trailer and i am picking some parts up for him along the line and heading to the big smoke of palmerston north!! wee hee, ( land of pretty much nothing)( maybe some sheep)

boss was not very happy with me spending money again..... but ah, shit happens !

Everyone  must remember one thing....... you only live once! 

and i have spent the last whole 2 weeks getting brownie points for cooking tea, cleaning up, taking her shopping etc 

so i am blowing all my points again in one hit

so tonight i have the ram hooked up and ready for a 6 am start👍, sounds like i will need to pull this 4 poster completely apart to get it on the trailer, but thankfully the guy has a fork lift, as i still cant lift bugger all.

JUSTA love  trips 

Almost any trip without the boss lady is bound to be a good trip....no supervision!!! Wahoo! 

Palmerston north! reminds me of Omaha Nebraska. I bought a T-shirt when I was there in the 1980s, it said "Omaha Nebraka, Known Worldwisde for Absolutely Nothing".

Of course, Omaha's real claims to fame was (A) it was Henry Fonda's boyhood home town and (B) it is home to the College World Series, and (C)  it was home to the former U.S. Strategic Air Command HQ. This lead to another T-shirt with a mushroom cloud on it that read "Omaha Nebraska - Ground Zero USA!". Come to think of it, I have a sounvenir baseball from old Rosenblatt Staduim somewhere.

Enjoy the road trip. I agree with you - you only live once.

....and why do most men die before their wives? Because they WANT to.

 

Edited August 18, 20205 yr by Frosty

 Have fun bro!

11 hours ago, Frosty said:

Almost any trip without the boss lady is bound to be a good trip....no supervision!!! Wahoo! 

Palmerston north! reminds me of Omaha Nebraska. I bought a T-shirt when I was there in the 1980s, it said "Omaha Nebraka, Known Worldwisde for Absolutely Nothing".

Of course, Omaha's real claims to fame was (A) it was Henry Fonda's boyhood home town and (B) it is home to the College World Series, and (C)  it was home to the former U.S. Strategic Air Command HQ. This lead to another T-shirt with a mushroom cloud on it that read "Omaha Nebraska - Ground Zero USA!". Come to think of it, I have a sounvenir baseball from old Rosenblatt Staduim somewhere.

Enjoy the road trip. I agree with you - you only live once.

....and why do most men die before their wives? Because they WANT to.

 

Ahh! Omaha! Been there done that! Uncle Warren lives there! You know Buffett! Spent lots of time there, Council Bluffs Iowa and Lincoln Nebraska between “96” and 2003 on the railroad project for oil drain extensions that our team developed. Union Pacific Railroad’s headquarters is in Omaha. Talk about wide open spaces! 
Side-note did you all know that Abraham Lincoln founded Union Pacific Railroad? 

Edited August 18, 20205 yr by Last Indian