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    I'm Back!!!

     



    I am finally all moved in to my new home in Pahrump, Nevada.
    Man that was a big move, glad we are finally here.
    The wife loves the new place and so do my Boxers.
    The wife loves the 10 foot ceilings and the dogs love the fenced in arce
    to run jump and play around. Lots of boxes to be unpacked yet but
    we can take our time with that. Just got the new internet up and running tonight.
    Kurt
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    I was just going to post a "Where is Kurt" thread. Glad to see you made it safe and love the new digs. Post some pictures for those of us suffering in 100% humidity.

    Don

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    HE! HE! I'll tell you Don you got me laughing now.
    I got here and the news was saying how bad the weather was with thier 20% humidity.
    I don't think that I have even broken a sweat since we got here.
    Man is it nice and we are surrounded by moutains all he way around.
    Old rust free cars all over the place, I already have a few I've been eye balling.
    There is a 67 mustang and a couple el camino's I would not mind having right down the street.
    I'll get some pictures posted in the next couple of days.
    Kurt

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    Welcome home,Kurt..Good to hear your move is completed..Yeah,let the other half unpack the boxes..You have some serious story telling to do on here...
    I was just wondering when you were gunna come and settle back into the groove. Looking forward to the pix..I bet you are glad of the climate..
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    Good to hear from you again Kurt! Moving never is fun but to get to an area you like and being able to live again it's certainly worth while!!!!
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    glad to have you back kurt. missed you being around here.
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    Good to see you made it Kurt, without too many horror stories to tell.

    According to Google weather Henderson shows thunder storms today, and rain the next three. That's for Henderson anyway, not sure if it'll get over the hill to you. That'll give the locals something to whine about!!
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    Ya Bob; it's been looking like it's gonna rain for a couple of days now but we have gotten nothing from it.
    They had out a flash flood warning last night for parts of Vegas, but I am not in a flood area.
    I am at about 2,500 feet above sea level, I guess it's a good thing most of my car are fuel injected, with brains.
    Then when I drive down out of the mountain they can adjust them selves for the altitude change.
    Thanks Barb, your gonna have to update me on your project.
    You are so right Dave moving ain't no fun, blew a trailer tire left rear 600 miles into the trip.
    That took out the tail light, fender and lost my plate, aluminum rim is stiill good.
    I could not even tell because it was about 3 am and dark, the wife pulled up beside me and told me.
    Had my floor jack on the back of the trailer so it was an easy fix.
    It then rained almost all of the way out and kept my tires cool even thru most of Texas, which made me happy.
    I scaled my trailer just to see what weight I was pulling up and down the mountains.
    It's weight was just a little over 6,000 pounds with the ranchero and wooden box's I built to carry all my shop stuff in.
    Then I had my 6 foot tall stainless steel smoker on the very back of my trailer, I got that off last night.
    I'll have to take a photo of it before I finish unloading it. I raised the ranchero body about 3 feet up off the trailer,
    u bolted the front of the frame to the front of the trailer rail. Then I lifted the back of the car up and welded a 2 X 4 bar
    acrossed the back of the trailer in the rear wheel wells of the Ranchero, then I u bolted that down as well.
    Then took and put stuff under the car, it worked out nice. Thought I would get pulled over in every state with no plates
    on the back, but I didn't get pulled over one time. Thanks Lamin8er the wife and I are real happy with the climate.
    The best thing is she loves the house and property, she had never seen it, but in photo's before we got here.
    Kurt

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    Kurt, have you noticed any improvement in breathing since you got there? I think that was you main motive for the move. Hope you are feeling better.

    Rust free cars, 20% humidity........................do you have an extra room out there?

    Don

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    Yep I can feel the differance already, Don.
    I got two extra rooms so come on Don.
    I got the smoker and the grill set up on the back patio
    and a giant kitchen so I am ready to start cooking.
    I gotta run the 250V power to the side of the house for my welders and air compressor.
    But the Box is right there so it won't be a problem like my home in Florida, that was about
    a 250 foot run from my box to the other side of the house.
    Come on Don I'll come pick you up in Vegas at Mc Carren airport.
    Then it's just over the hump to Pahrump!!!
    Kurt

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    Kurt glad to see you made the final voyage back! How did the trrailer hold up after the blowout repairs, and fire? Sounds like you have plenty of space to work on the new projects, and the wife and kids(Boxsers! ) are loving it too. I'm happy for you!
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    Good to hear from you, Kurt, glad you are finished with the draggin' back and forth, and that you're already breathing better, desert air has always been thought to be healthier, you know; now the settling in; you'll keep busy for a good while, I imagine. Personally, I like Pahrump, I could be very content there, but Mrs. Rr likes a bit of "life" around her, so we are here on the hot side of the mountain. When we got hitched, she lived in San Diego where she'd grown up, and I took her to Twentynine Palms, a town very much like Pahrump; she swore I'd taken her to a different planet.
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    Yeah Kurt, though the valley floor around Vegas is at about 2150 feet, so not too much of a change there. Our place at Anthem in Henderson is close to 2500, gets a bit more wind up there, not sure how Pahrump is for that. I guess they had a pretty good wind three weeks or so ago, took out a good sized pepper tree in my back yard there. I haven't seen it but my buddy who minds our place when we're not there took pictures with my camera. Unfortunately his computer is old enough it doesn't have a flash card drive for him to download and email to me. Oh well, it doesn't matter much anyway, already had a contractor remove the debris. Sadly, it was my bride's favorite tree on the lot.

    Good that the desert air is more to your liking, makes life just a bit nicer when you can breathe.
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    Glad your there and not much more excitement. settle in and start getting those cars in a coral. You don't want them getting away..
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    Kurt, it's great to hear from you and glad the cross country journey was a safe one. Also glad to hear you're breathing is better.

    Mike

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