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Well I can tell you this, if y'all woulda had a widow open, 3 States away, you coulda heard my wife screaming the other day when she overheard a phone conversation about me buying another truck.
No worries though. I am known for, on a pre-emptive basis, to purposely screw up in a semi-major way every couple of months to give the little lady something to crow about, leading to her leaving me pretty much alone about the minor things for a couple of months.
I did tell her that she is right. I should give up my truck building hobby and go back to my womanizing and drunkardly ways. She didn't laugh near as much as I had hoped. Maybe got an extra month of nit picking reprieve out of that one though.

Good strategy Carl. I play cards that way as well.

Carl, this brave admission with some truths, half-truths, outright lies (none but you know the real from the fabricated), has, IMHO, won you the title 'KING OF THE INTERNET' for a day.

It was a great laugh and I thank you for it!

Good strategy Carl!
That's the same one I use. My wife knew how I was before we started dating.
So as long as the bills are paid and I'm not chasing or running the bars anymore, she lets me be.
Plus, you can buy a lot of toys with the money you save from just working in the shop and not running.

Don

This 1-ton stuff may all be a moot point...seems like we were miss led, the truck in question is NOT a 1-ton, it's a 3/4 ton...

Mike B

Mr. President,

The People hereby drop all charges against Carl and withdraw any pending requests. The people furthermore request that the Grand Jury be dismissed.

Respectfully Submitted,

J. Crsby Mlmn, etc, etc
Harrumph

Not so fast. The cab appears to have come from a 3/4 ton. Now there is the matter of the rest of the truck.
THIS ISN'T OVER!



But if it is, I'm OK with that too.
I've got bigger fish to fry.
My wife is as mad as wet cat gettin' slung through a draft under a door big enough you could sling a dead cat through it.
(No animals were harmed during this phraseology.)
No wet cats were actually slung. The draft under the door is of the minimum size required for a dead cat to fit through, if one were to die of natural causes and slung in the general direction of said draft.

P.S.
Snitches get stitches. You know who you are...

Real one tons have duels!

Measure the wheel base...125" = 3/4 ton, 137" = 1-ton.

Mike B

Carl, if you're saying that you WANT me to prosecute you for something, I can certainly oblige. I was just trying to be friendly here. Anything in particular? We could start with metaphorical postmortem cruelty to felines (whilst merely *swinging* deceased felines in an attempt to illustrate abundance of something is actually an accepted and widely practiced ODSS recreational activity, launching felines in a postmortem state ballistically under partially open doors is an entirely different, and frowned upon, matter ... )

"Trying to be friendly", hmmm, I will need to break out The Webster's Collegiate for that one. I am pretty sure that I do know the meaning of "friendly".
Perhaps at issue, is the voracity at which one is applying to the "trying" part.
As far as deceased feline draft gauging, that was all that we had available in the mud hut in which I was raised.

I hereby retract my application for entry to the One-Ton Club Membership for which I never actually participated in applying for.
The truck in question, though a fine example of creative craftsmanship, is nothing more than a 3/4 ton stretched by 24"
My sincere apologies to the panty wadded, hound running, willy-nilly man purse swingers for letting them down with the revelation that this truck is indeed, not a one ton.
R.

Congratulations Carl on the 3/4 ton purchase. Don't let the one ton club bully you. They don't have any one tons that cruise, burn tires, and hold someone's attention in the quarter mile like your half ton !..... Maybe there should be a special club for refined/improved half tons !!

Carl,

On behalf of my fellow panty-wadded, hound-running, willy nilly purse swingers, let me extend our sincere appreciation for your concern for our mental well being. We will reverently place your application in the round file with deepest regret. I had already ordered your monogramed will nilly purse, too... Alas ... what might have been ...


Hardshell ... That's the spirit!! Bring it!!

John.
When you talk about purse swingers, you have quit preaching and gone to meddling.

Since I personally don't care for the look of the 3/4 ton pickup (can't explain why), I am now leaning toward creating a shortbed 3/4 ton out of what I have.