Dumb stuff that you've done

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I've married a couple of those.

One moved in next door. Supposedly "abused" by her husband.

[Steeveedee]

Another story- A friend of mine and I managed to make a small batch of sulfuric acid the hard way, by burning a small amount of sulfur from his chemistry set and collecting the smoke, and then adding hydrogen peroxide. It made for a quite dilute mix, so we were driving the water off with his little alcohol burner when he splashed some on his hand. I don't know which was worse- the fact that the mixture was near-boiling or that the solution was strong enough. Boy, was his mom po'd! Our ultimate goal with that sulfuric acid was to make gun cotton (Nitroglycerin using cotton instead of glycerin, as it's a lot more stable). Of course, we'd have had to also make the other acid, but that kind of got sidelined.

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by LS short box

When I was much younger I bought a cross bow to shoot carp in the spring. Got the reel mounted. Put some fish line on the reel and thought lets test thing out. Put arrow in it and just shot it into the air. When the arrow hit the end of the fish line and the monofilament has a lot of stretch in it the arrow came back at me almost as fast as when I shot it. Just past my head. Didn't do that again.

YIKES. My top five dumb was real painful, crushed my foot. Luck has it I forgot the shoes I was going to wear for a trip up the coast. So on the way up I bought a pair that happened to have a 3/4" thick tongue. Those shoes saved my ankle and foot.

[Gregski]

went to the store one time to get hot dog buns as we had the hot dogs already

... ended up getting

beer, chips, salsa, sodas, milk, butter, eggs. flour, rice, pasta, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, chili, salmon, pickles, mustard, katchup.... you get the idea

came home, no friggen hot dog buns - but then that one time in Band Camp

[Warrens69GMC]

Lately, its ordering items off the 'net after I have been drinking.

Thankfully its something(s) I will use sooner or later....

[1976gmc20]

Here's one:

I bought a set of five 6-hole 16" wheels from a junkyard to put on our old Suburban. The bolt pattern was correct but the center hole was too small, so I got a neighbor to cut them out very nicely with his plasma cutter. It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Well, it turns out there is this thing called "backspace" The wheels fit perfectly, except they go in too far and hit the tire rod end and won't rotate. But of course I had him do all five at once instead of just one to see how it fit. So I couldn't take back any of them.

Since then I bought a GMT400 pickup which the wheels originally fit, but I'm afraid the wheels aren't safe to use with only the lug nuts for support.

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Here's one:
Since then I bought a GMT400 pickup which the wheels originally fit, but I'm afraid the wheels aren't safe to use with only the lug nuts for support.

Get Concentric wheel rings for the gap

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

Get Concentric wheel rings for the gap

They make such a thing...? Why? How many people are cutting out big holes in these wheels? Do people put 15" wheels on the 88+ pickups?

[Stocker]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

Lately, its ordering items off the 'net after I have been drinking.

Thankfully its something(s) I will use sooner or later....

So, how much TP do you have to buy to qualify for free shipping?

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by Stocker

So, how much TP do you have to buy to qualify for free shipping?

Mainly car parts and silver tokens

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

Lately, its ordering items off the 'net after I have been drinking.

Thankfully its something(s) I will use sooner or later....

Thank god I'm not the only one.

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Thank god I'm not the only one.

Amen

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Thank god I'm not the only one.

Found out GM made a decent roller cam and it around $100+like 20 shipping. I have been looking to get that lately

[71CHEVYSHORTBED402]

Originally Posted by Warrens69GMC

Lately, its ordering items off the 'net after I have been drinking.

Thankfully its something(s) I will use sooner or later....

Bugs me when I order two and only needed one.

[Warrens69GMC]

Originally Posted by 71CHEVYSHORTBED402

Bugs me when I order two and only needed one.

Glad i bought 3 magnets from china 3 months ago, they should be delivered next week.....

[FleetsidePaul]

At least you know what's coming. I get boxes delivered and I have no idea what they are.

It's kind of like Christmas.

[special-K]

Is it ok if I close this thread now? It's causing me to remember all the dumb things I've done and I'm starting to feel pretty bad about myself. Too much to type anyway

A'll jus ind it wif thisheer thang... gittin' marreet ta ma cuzin. Twankies wuz good tho!

[67C10Step]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Another story- A friend of mine and I managed to make a small batch of sulfuric acid the hard way, by burning a small amount of sulfur from his chemistry set and collecting the smoke, and then adding hydrogen peroxide. It made for a quite dilute mix, so we were driving the water off with his little alcohol burner when he splashed some on his hand. I don't know which was worse- the fact that the mixture was near-boiling or that the solution was strong enough. Boy, was his mom po'd! Our ultimate goal with that sulfuric acid was to make gun cotton (Nitroglycerin using cotton instead of glycerin, as it's a lot more stable). Of course, we'd have had to also make the other acid, but that kind of got sidelined.

I have scars from concentrated sulfuric that got on me once at work. I was also the process control, design, and R&D engineer over energetic materials manufacturing for quite some time. Nitrated organics are very unhappy molecules. Handled a lot of concentrated nitric acid for that purpose.

While at that job I had to remove an electric actuator from a control valve. For some reason this particular actuator was on the same circuit as the control system and I really did not want to shut it all down. No worries, it's only 120VAC and I've pulled that hot a dozen times, right? When I stuck my screw driver in the terminal slot my teeth chattered for a few seconds. I was standing there wondering how it could happen because I had done this in other areas with no issues at all. Then I realized I was standing on a conductive floor with conductive shoes on. I then went and spent the time to do a proper shut down, lock and try like I should have done in the first place. Haste is not your friend.

[RodnRudy]

So a few years ago my truck of choice was a 49 F1. Being a street rod it sat pretty low in front and I had to drive up on some short ramps to get the front end up in the air to get the floor jack under the cross member to get it up on jack stands The rear was no problem to get up. Well in my haste to lower the truck I decided to lower the front first on to the ramps then went around to the rear and raised the rear axle off the stands and got them out of the way. proceeded to slowly lower the floor jack and all of a sudden the truck started rolling off the ramps! The floor jack was still under the pumpkin and when it hit the edge of the concrete at the door opening it stopped. Good thing the garage door was up and I was able to roll out of the way. I'd forgot to put the truck in park before I started lowering it. That one could of been ugly!

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by RodnRudy

So a few years ago my truck of choice was a 49 F1. Being a street rod it sat pretty low in front and I had to drive up on some short ramps to get the front end up in the air to get the floor jack under the cross member to get it up on jack stands The rear was no problem to get up. Well in my haste to lower the truck I decided to lower the front first on to the ramps then went around to the rear and raised the rear axle off the stands and got them out of the way. proceeded to slowly lower the floor jack and all of a sudden the truck started rolling off the ramps! The floor jack was still under the pumpkin and when it hit the edge of the concrete at the door opening it stopped. Good thing the garage door was up and I was able to roll out of the way. I'd forgot to put the truck in park before I started lowering it. That one could of been ugly!

There was a fatality about a mile down the road from us when a lady tried to catch her car that rolled down the hill

They called in a chopper for her but I guess they left without her because by then it was clear that it was too late. I didn't know anything about it until they took off. It was a horrible noise.

[72 tigger]

In the mid 70’s when l was in the 10-14 age range, Evel Knievel was at his peak. I bet this pic was on a Saturday afternoon about an hour after Evel had cleared 13 buses. I don’t know anyone in the photo, but this was typical in the area I lived after a big jump on wide world of sports. Gotta love the unconcerned adult watching the mayhem

[Ol Blue K20]

I can't tell you guys anything until I'm sure the statute of limitations is up and certain people aren't looking for me still....lol

[dmjlambert]

It was pretty early in the morning and coffee not done yet when I was sprinkling my buttered toast pretty heavily with cinnamon sugar from a glass shaker we keep on the table. The look on my wife's face was pretty much priceless as she asked "What are you DOING?" as she laughed. If she could have just kept a straight face for a few seconds, she would have seen me wolf down my toast that I put a massive amount of Old Bay seasoning on, which is also in a glass shaker at the table.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by dmjlambert

It was pretty early in the morning and coffee not done yet when I was sprinkling my buttered toast pretty heavily with cinnamon sugar from a glass shaker we keep on the table. The look on my wife's face was pretty much priceless as she asked "What are you DOING?" as she laughed. If she could have just kept a straight face for a few seconds, she would have seen me wolf down my toast that I put a massive amount of Old Bay seasoning on, which is also in a glass shaker at the table.

About 30 years ago, we visited with a long lost aunt and a couple cousins in Texas. She took us all out to eat at some buffet type place. I saw they had pickled okra so I took a bunch but to my surprise they were really spicy.

Then one of my cousins remarked, "[my name] really likes jalapeno peppers, doesn't he?"

[Steeveedee]

I'll eat jalapenos anytime, over okra. Never acquired a taste for that stuff. YMMV