The Iron Heart Forum Triangle of Terror Type III Trucker Tour 2018 - Updates thread
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01.05.2020
When we moved into our house, we made the concession of taking on a reno project for a fraction of the cost of new construction in order to be in the neighborhood we wanted.
Luckily, I have been able to do nearly all the work myself aside from building new white oak stair treads, and shaping/installing new countertops.
Here is a little taste of the “before”
I didn’t even bother taking photos of the brown carpet they used throughout, including on the stairs, but here are some updated pics of everything I have done, including building a new (larger) kitchen island:
I tore out all the carpet and installed greycast oak laminate (the quote for real wood for the remainder of the house was unreal!), and did have the stairs redone by a professional (who did a knock out job)
I also added some industrial flair with a cool steel cable system in the loft (4 years olds and open loft spaces are not ideal) and a big fan
Here is the exterior - we will be painting it white later this year, and we trimmed back all the plants we put in when we redid the beds for the winter - they call these “raised Florida cottages”
My favorite feature - my island [emoji7]
We had a busy day cutting down trees, so more updates to follow after my meetings this AM
-Adam
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@Giles - seriously!!! It was a total waste and didn’t match up to the other edges which totally bothered me - all fixed and clean now!
01.05.2020 continued…
So we had a tree in the lot next to ours (undeveloped) scraping our metal roof during storms and making a terrible noise - after a crazy quote from a tree company to remove the tree, we decided to just fix the problem ourselves...
Off to Home Depot we went!
But first, coffee:
White coffee was brewing, let the little man strum away on the vintage acoustic
Snagged me a ladder!
Started cleaning the area a bit
ACTION SHOT in some ancient SRs
RESULT
And more carnage for the big magnolia in our backyard
Earned some lunch - my version of a Power bowl, done keto style with spinach, smoked sausage, and an egg with sesame.
Felt like I earned this lol
Cleaned up and enjoyed rockin on the porch while the wife ran an errand with the kiddos
Started the grill to do some meal prep of chicken
Continued…
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01.05.2020 again lol
Not sure why the twins will only consume chicken if it’s in the shape of a Dinosaur, but c’est la vie
Enjoyed a nice cocktail on the porch
I got this smoking thing down
Little dude woke up from a nap And enjoyed some pizza and scooby doo - if only my nights were as easy going!
Then I made a cheesy smoked chicken bake for the wife and I for dinner
After dinner, ran out for some Keto Ice Cream [emoji509]
That about wraps it up for yesterday!
Hope everyone has a great Monday!
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Great updates and pictures. I am now looking at green eggs online again after seeing your chicken. Large or Xl?
Or just get your usual IH size?
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It's interesting to me that the denim seems to evolve like a black denim. There's very little blue, if any at all, right?
There is an indigo tinge to the white and grey areas, but much less so with the overdyed 19oz than with the overdyed 21oz, which goes from black, to blue/black, to indigo, the grey/white. Irl it feels and looks very different that SBG, for example.
I'm convinced the reason for this is the nature of the 19oz donor denim. Firstly it is very dark indigo in it's original form, so the difference in colour post-overdying, from a distance at least, isn't large.
Secondly, and most importantly, when the 19oz fades it does so with high contrast, going straight to white at high abrasion points. I wore my indigo 19oz while preparing a graveled area for some concrete work during the summer and in the course of one days work the knees went from deeply dyed, new indigo to white. so with the jacket the overdying pigment and the indigo come out together.
I suspect that if this overdyed material received more genteel treatment than this jacket has had, then more indigo would show. But @spitfiredealer and @steelworker have kicked the crap out of it. If you take it for another round, you'll be amazed by the difference.
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Great updates and pictures. I am now looking at green eggs online again after seeing your chicken. Large or Xl?
Or just get your usual IH size? [emoji1786]I actually have a medium - it’s perfect for our family, but when the kids turn into carnivores, a large will be necessary. I can still cook 5-8lbs briskets no problem.
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01.06.2020
Yesterday was the first official “full week” back to work for me since the holidays and the start of a new semester with the kiddos.
Started off with my normal 5am workout - Was feeling achy, so stuck to 30 minutes of cardio and core work
Seeing as I had my first big team meeting in almost a month, I dropped the IH Vest on ‘em
Threw on the Lefty and took the kiddos to school
I have three offices that I conduct business out of, and none of them really have dedicated space for me, so I’m usually loading down float space
I did manage to break one of our blenders in the AM and after 3 months of cursing that bastard out everyday, my wife told me to go ahead and order this bad boy - very excited!
My lunches are usually salads with olives, feta, an oil based dressing and leftover meats. Today was smoked chicken
BONUS PIC: Katie Higgins in the first female Blue Angel pilot of “Fat Albert.” Our dads were stationed in California together and our moms were quite the friends on base. Here is a random picture of her and I at my 2nd Birthday
After a disaster trying to get the twins to eat, I fixed us some strip steaks and green beans
One of my co-workers gave me these amazing fresh lemons from her tree, so I did what was obvious
Had Avery do a fit check on the lefty… as imagined - she should go TTS
That concludes our Monday!!
Cheers everyone,
Adam
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I'd like another shot at it @neph93,,,
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Of course @steelworker, you shall go to the ball!
There is a certain beautiful symmetry to the tour taking two years to complete it's first leg and ending up with @Appfaff in January again. However I wonder who is still up for the continuation?
I asked for people who did not want in to pm me but received nothing. On reflection this may not have been the best way forward, as it doesn't account for people who don't visit this thread anymore. So if anyone reading this wants out of the tour, please let me know.
Going forward, we follow this list. When the jacket holder is done with their four weeks he needs to contact the next person on the list. If they respond positively, in a timely fashion (lets say 48 hours), then that is where the jacket goes next. If not then get in touch with the next person on the list.
@Appfaff - US
@JDelage - US
@Fadez - US
@Matty123 - US
@steelworker - US
@Aetas - GER
@Cole - GER
@Max Power - GER
@Jordan23 -GER
@organisys - IREOUT
@Megatron1505 - UK
@Alex - UK
@Giles - UK
@bryaneidins70 - UK
@tmg - UK(OUT)
@spitfiredealer
@neph93 - NOR
@scooter - US
@DrBabyhorse - US
@DK - USI suggest that as we approach summer then we make a change to the schedule so that the jacket comes to me in Norway in July. I'll be able to use it regularly and it means the Germans can get it afterwards when things cool off a bit. @Rune in Denmark can join the tour at this point if he is still interested. Let me know what you think, gentlemen.
Final suggestion. We've discussed touring the jacket until it dies, but that will probably mean it getting "lost" at some point. I'd like very much to avoid that, and all good things should come to a glorious end. I suggest that after this round we look at auctioning it for charity. That could be done in a number of ways.
1. Open auction on the forum's marketplace. Anyone can bid, highest bidder wins.
2. Closed auction for members of the tour, highest bid wins.
3. Managed lottery. Everyone buys a ticket for a fixed price, the holder of the drawn ticket gets the jacket for life. Again this can be confined to members of the tour, or made open on the marketplace.Again, please do let me know what you think.
Cheers,
Reuben.
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This is so f###### cool. I'm totally in
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@neph93 I’m out dude, I bought my own!
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Really cool ideas. I’m definitely in for the next go around and I like the idea of buying tickets for a managed lottery.
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