O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

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O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby CRguy » Fri May 19, 2017 12:13 pm

So when our intrepid homie is not keeping the docs at MSK busy ....
he is out playing with his latest Paul Bunyan type toys !!!

Damn, buddy my wife's RAV4 doesn't look anything like your Toyota :mrgreen:

Cheers and Harmony
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby peanut_8 » Fri May 19, 2017 1:39 pm

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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby Lee » Fri May 19, 2017 3:12 pm

I agree, very impressive.

Am I correct to assume that is for the family farm?

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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby juliej » Fri May 19, 2017 4:58 pm

I want to drive that thing! Seriously! Just give me the keys and stand back! :D
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby BrownBagger » Sat May 20, 2017 9:53 pm

Thanks, CRG for posting that. I've been too busy for the past week.

He's right, this is what I do for fun. The trade association I work for puts on an annual equipment exposition, and I'm in charge of the freight handling. This is one of the five machines (the one I use, since I'm the boss) that we use to unload the equipment on display. Nothing to do with the family tree farm, exactly. The show ended today and we just got through loading most of the outbound freight, so I'll have some free time over the next week for an update. I'm doing OK, but obviously, undergoing lots of maintenance lately, including 5 SBRT treatments last week in NYC. Then up to Maine to do the show. Busy guy. Too busy to be sick.
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Major Ops: 6/ RFA: 3 /bronchoscopies: 8
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby Lee » Sat May 20, 2017 10:47 pm

BrownBagger wrote:Thanks, CRG for posting that. I've been too busy for the past week.
. . . Nothing to do with the family tree farm, exactly. . .


Well gee "crap", that blew my next line. I'm from Montana. Been in many columbines thru the years, (big machines used to extract the wheat from the plant). Legal disclamer, with me, machine is in off position, me being passenger only. Butt . . . I've pulled much rye from wheat plants thru the years: back bending work as a high school student. Butt my dear "younger" brother operated these machines for a few years. Been there done that, butt . . .

With your machine, I was ready to jump in, "butt I'm family here . . . , been in many of these machine thru the years " behind the wheels, OF COURSE. I know what I'm doing here." As Julie put it,
juliej wrote:I want to drive that thing! Seriously! Just give me the keys and stand back! :D
Yep me being your "other sista" of course I wanted to drive it.

As a sista of peanut and justin case, and of ya's, I am so jealous :D .

Always,

Lee
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby horizon » Sat May 20, 2017 11:50 pm

For some reason the first thing I thought of was Ripley in Aliens driving the loader. :D
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby CRguy » Sun May 21, 2017 12:12 am

Hell's Bells horizon .... guess y'all know us TOO well here :shock:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Ok gonna hit up Eric for a lottery here
sound GOOD ?????

WINNER gets to drive the Toyota 16 Tons and waddya get ...
All losers get a ride along to the local pub ...
which we will LIFT off the foundation ..... with the Toyota and take back to Eric's place ...
for a HUGE Mega CTalk party ... :shock:
Deal ???? :twisted:

Oh and Eric gets to keep the pub at his place .... possession being 9 tenths of the law and all that :twisted:

any takers ???? :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

If we need to break security, juliej and I have NO fingerprints ... SO we will run point on this

I am SURE Toyota would not miss one little 16 TON forklift for a wild weekend .... ?
would they ???

juliej and I ... ? Sorry officer.
What is your probable cause ?
Do you have any physical evidence .. like FINGERPRINTS ?????

No... Ok then..... juliej and I were just out for a test ride in this 16 TON Toyota bad boy with our buddy BBagger and we "ran into" a pub
which gave us ... take out ????? :oops: to a new home .... at BBaggers ......

YUP sounds REAL good to me ... :mrgreen:

(( Lee : I deliberately did NOT include you in this escapade. IF we need someone to make bail for us = YOU ... then you will absolutely get to drive this leviathan ... BUTT only if juliej and I make bail .... :twisted: ))

twisted ... sista' !!!!!!

Yes I will go now ..... :oops:

Cheers all
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby ktwmn » Sun May 21, 2017 8:34 am

And it's a very nice photo of BBagger :D as well!
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby Lee » Sun May 21, 2017 6:29 pm

CRguy wrote:
(( Lee : I deliberately did NOT include you in this escapade. IF we need someone to make bail for us = YOU ... then you will absolutely get to drive this leviathan ... BUTT only if juliej and I make bail .... :twisted: ))

twisted ... sista' !!!!!!

Yes I will go now ..... :oops:

Cheers all
CR


Oh ya sure right . . . :evil:

And AFTER I bail the like of "you" ( &Julie) out, do you really think that nice police officer will let me within 100ft of that forklift.

No way, ain't gonna happen. :mrgreen:

Guess I will just have to settle for some brew at the pub at it new location :shock: (& I'm not a beer drinker)

Oh well, maybe next time. :roll:

Always,

Lee
rectal cancer - April 2004
46 yrs old at diagnoses
stage III C - 6/13 lymph positive
radiation - 6 weeks
surgery - August 2004/hernia repair 2014
permanent colostomy
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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby BrownBagger » Sun May 21, 2017 8:20 pm

In regards to forklifts, bigger is always best. Just say'n
Eric, 58
Dx: 3/09, Stage 4 RC
Recurrences: (ongoing, lung, bronchial cavity, ribs)
Major Ops: 6/ RFA: 3 /bronchoscopies: 8
Pelvic radiation: 5 wks. Bronchial radiation—brachytheray: 3 treatments
Chemo Rounds (career):136
Current Chemo Cocktail: Xeloda & Erbitux & Irinotecan biweekly
Current Cocktail; On the Wagon (mostly)
Bicycle miles post-dx 10,477
Motto: Live your life like it's going to be a long one, because it just might, and then you'll be glad you did.

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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby Jacques » Mon May 22, 2017 12:38 am

CRguy wrote: ...All losers get a ride along to the local pub ... which we will LIFT off the foundation ..... with the Toyota and take back to Eric's place ...
for a HUGE Mega CTalk party ... :shock:

So, does this mean that there might be another Colon Club party, this time at Eric's place?

BTW, what ever happened to the First Annual Colon Club Barbecue party? (I think it was planned for Atlanta -- or maybe for the capital of Texas -- but I didn't put it on my calendar because I was out of the country at the time.)

And what about the Colon Club party planned for BS's driveway? Did it ever take place?
CRguy wrote:... We ALL camp out @ BS's place and gamble like it's 1999 !!! :shock:
... SO = ROAD TRIP to BS's ...
PARTY @ BS's driveway... !

It seems to me that it's about time to start planning for the Fourth Annual Colon Club Barbecue. How about having it on August 21st -- in BS's driveway (provided BS approves). It would be awesome.

I don't know the exact GPS coordinates of BS's driveway, but I think it must be somewhere around the path of the August 21st total eclipse of the sun. We can verify if BS's driveway will be in the path of the eclipse by checking the following website: http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/states/OR.htm

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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby CRguy » Mon May 22, 2017 10:41 am

I'm only coming if we get to drive the forklift :mrgreen:

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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby peanut_8 » Mon May 22, 2017 10:50 am

BS doesn't let just anyone drive her forklift.

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Re: O/T... BrownBagger's latest toy !

Postby CRguy » Mon May 22, 2017 4:23 pm

I know
I'm asking Eric if we can take his on a road trip :shock:
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