Let me say first – I definitely, sincerely, recommend that you buy yourself a fire truck. If you can find a good, solid, diesel, automatic transmission fire truck with less than 100k miles for less than $5k and preferably from a fire department, that way you know maintenance was done regularly – buy it, have fun, sell it before it […]
So, I didn’t roll up the passenger window on the fire truck last night when it stormed. When I was driving the kids to school this morning the horn started honking, and didn’t stop. I figured one of their book bags got on top of the horn switch on the passenger side (they are foot switches on the floor) and […]
A few things have been learned since buying the fire truck: It is as cool as I had imagined. Parts that are specifically for fire trucks can be ridiculously expensive. (Siren brake $179.00) It gets pretty bad gas mileage. My neighbors are very patient. (It is parked at my work most of the time.) It confuses people at the school […]
After waiting for over a month, I received an email from the Kinloch Fire Department with the news that the title was proceeding, and although it would be another few weeks before they had it, I could go ahead and buy the truck. Sweet! We headed over there on our way to the lake and exchanged cash for the title. Kari […]
I have a problem of looking at Craigslist too often. I look at cars, trucks, boats, atvs, casual encounters, you know, normal stuff. I just do it way too much. Whatever. I was looking at Craigslist for a cheap diesel truck, because clearly that is what will make my life complete, when I come across an ad for a 1985 Seagrave Fire […]
I know, I was done! The project was a success and everyone was happy. Then somehow, the kids got the impression that I had built the whole thing for them, and they were like, daddy aren’t you going to put a swing on it, what about a slide? I want monkey bars daddy. Well, kids, why don’t you grab a saw […]
It started out simple enough. We should build a tree house! My thinking was to build it at the lake, across the cove on the vacant and wooded 30 acre lot that may never become the 100 million dollar resort that the owners bought the land for. That way when we get tired of it, we don’t have a hideous […]
