mike

wow luke does tammy know how you really feel about orlan?:p:p:p:D:D:D

the boy woke me up at 6 but i made him watch cartoons til his sister woke up a 7:D:D

i got a pair of sweet ducks unlimited shooting classes with interchangable lenses and a dozen golf balls from jeff(texastrophies) Thanks alot jeff awesome gifts:cool::D

ok, now that i have had some time to think this question over after my modular home rant:rolleyes: i would stick to the basics if this is not a home you plan on spending the rest of your life in. think resale when you make decsions. open floor plans seem to appeal to more people than not. concrete foundations are the staple of homes and seem to sell the best, even though when building my own home i would prefer a wood foundation but that is because i would build it myself and know its done right. they are quieter,warm, and they won't crack:D. but there are contractors out there that don't know how to properly build one. as far as heating and cooling, i would stick with forced air heat and a/c. while geothermal systems and in floor heat are a litlle more efficient it takes a alot longer to recoup the intial installation costs than they first expected and if this is not the home you want to live in forever i don't think you will recover your costs in resale at all. you can cut some costs in some areas but there are a few places you never want to. when it comes to the exterior think maintenance free the whole way. todays homeowners do not want to own a paint brush:D and DO NOT CORNERS ON KITCHENS AND BATHROOMS!! kitchens and baths sell houses! they are the two most expensive rooms in the house but they do make the sales trust me!! solid wood cabinents with good quality drawer guides and dovetail drawer boxes. good quaility plumbing fixtures and plenty of light!! hope this helps some. and like i said in my last post a good contractor and a sight built home. you get what you want and what you pay for. and you can also make some changes as you see your house go up. sometimes once you walk around in it a bit during the framing you realize there are things you don't like as much as you did on a blueprint. you don't get that in a manufactured home. and if you haven't geussed yet. yes i am a contractor:D:D if you have any more specific questions that i didn't cover well feel free to shoot me a pm and ask away. but opinions are just that opinions:D:D

its definately a classic!! i love it when they are tryin to talk the kid into puttin his tongue on the pole and the other kid shoves him and says " go on smart ### and do it" just about bust a gut everytime i hear it.:D

buying a modular is like buying a trailer imho. to say that a modular is better built than a stick built home is absurd:mad: i have worked on a few modulars and they are built alot cheaper than the custom homes by honest contractor. i would like to see some research on your theories:confused: and as far as resale goes.. in this area a modular as alot lower resale value than an actual "house".

too many other variables in a street pull like that. the tires would have as much affect as the motor in that situation;) first one to break traction gets pulled. inexpirienced driver would be second. :D

this is my oldest, austin and i on a deer hunt last year, I've been told we look alike LOL and my youngest abygail, and yes she has daddy wrapped arpound her lil finger LMBO

well i finally get to go out with the gun monday for the first day of our late season muzzleloader:cool: it runs til jan. 10th so hopefully i can snag us some more points:D we have been seeing alot of nice bucks around there. by switching from early season to late season muzzleloader we picked up alot more and better ground to hunt since most people around here shotgun hunt. their seasons are done so most anyone will let you hunt their ground now:cool:

10 from here luke, she sure is a little cutie bud:D

just saying ohio state made me throw up in my mouth a lil:eek: how do they have the strength of schedule to rank that high:confused: the big ten was horrible this year:rolleyes::D and as much as i hate to say it i think usc and oklahoma are probably the two best teams in the country right now

the answer was already geussed:p all american inventors. good geuss steven thats what i was gonna geuss:D:D

make sure they don't leak chris:D metal and salt don't get along too well;) might just rust clear through one of these days:eek::D

i think farve is going to have a tough time with that dallas d !! i also think T.O. is in for a big game after last week. i imagine they will put al harris on owens and think owens is just to big and physical for him to shut out all night.:D

:D:D :p:p hows that?

i heard there was a sucker born every minute but you boys just filled the ammo boxes in the photochop arsenal:D:D:p:D

if i remember right when i bought mine i called the company and if i sent it back in they would do a trigger job on it for a small fee. i think:confused::D

when i grind deer we mix 80% to 75% deer to 25% to 20% beef fat. when done you can fry it in a pan and you can not tell the diference between the deer burger and store bought hamburger. all of the good flavor in beef comes from the fat. but make sure you trim your deer meat of all fat!! and when your done fryin the deer burger mixed 75-25 there will be hardly no grease left in your pan. trust me i have proved more than one wrong.

thanks for all your thoughts and prayers everyone. i had quite the day. the doctor came in and said he saw the results of the bone scan and there was a possibility that a may have had a tumor near rib 9. he ordered more xrays on the exact location the bone scan was showing something to rule out anymore possibilities. after worrying all day and going crazy the doc came back and told us it was just torn muscles and a couple of cracked ribs...NO TUMOR:cool: i tell ya folks this ordeal has scared the crap out of me. once again thanks for all your thoughts and prayers everyone. it sounds like now that they have figured this all out i may get to go home tomorrow:cool: i never realized how hard it was to get rib and rib tissue damage to show up on tests:confused:

count me in!! Mike, and i will ship anywhere

thanks for all the prayers everyone. so far they have given me a cat scan,x rays,blood and urine tests. they have all came back fine. yesterday late they gave me a bone scan and i will get those results today. they are thinking i some how tore some muscle or tissue around my rib cage or chest wall or possibly broke some ribs and and passed it of as a pulled muscle:confused: i didn't hit anything or fall or nothing so that theory confuses me a little:confused: it could still be gall stones that are not showing up on any tests also. the doc is pretty sure the spots on my lung are from all the years i smoked and will go away in time but wants a specialist to look just in case. thats about all i know at this point. thanks again everyone! sorry if i seem to ramble a little bit but the morphine for the pain is making me a lil goofy:eek::D

way to go man!! nice dear bud:cool:

it happens to the best of us randy:D have a few grays myself as for draggin andrea in it.. good luck with that:eek::D:D

i thought you might be referring to the real ISU! hahaha go cyclones:p:D:D

can't you just hear the children of the world... when i grow up i wanna be a muggs......NOT:p:D:D DB:p