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Or truck? Do you staighten out the hose right away or leave it, or just pile it up haphazardly, or roll it up on a hanger, or just go to the car wash.
What's yer mettle?
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Guess what I just spent about 5 1/2 hours on this afternoon!!
I roll it back on the cart thingie and stuff it in the garage.
Bruce doesn't care about the hose... he runs his truck through the car wash.
Oh... why did it take me so long to wash my car today you wonder?
WELL... I washed, dried, used a clay bar, washed again, used a paint cleaner, used a paint sealant, chrome cleaner/sealant, sprayed the tires, then vaccuumed.
Wow... now wonder I'm pooped out and my arms are sore!
-------------------- Dana Ferry St Cloud, MN Posts: 1556 | From: St Cloud, MN | Registered: May 1999
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On a well here..water is sometimes scarce in the summer and the couple of times I tried to wash the vehicles with our water, I had to take em to the car wash to get all the white spots off!
Now I just skip the water hose and go directly to the car wash.
OOOPS!!! Noticed that I didn't answer the original question..
We have one of those hose reels hanging on the wall of the shed. Just wind it back onto the reel when done using the hose. If I had to coil it back up by hand, it'd lay there until it was chopped up into litle bitty pieces by the riding mower!!!!!!!!
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“Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.” AA Milne Posts: 3722 | From: Folsom, CA | Registered: Dec 2001
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Last hose we had I cut apart. Bill was working outta state & it was suppost to freeze. He hadn't put it away for the winter & had it so tight I couldn't unscrew it, so I chopped it off. We're on a well that isn't the greatest so I never bothered to replace the hose. Truck goes to carwash.
-------------------- Chris Welker Wildfire Signs Indiana, Pa Posts: 4254 | From: Indiana, PA | Registered: Mar 2001
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I keep my hose hidden now, just in case Frank shows up with Scotty...
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-------------------- Terry Baird Baird Signs 3484 West Lake Rd. Canandaigua, NY 14424 Posts: 790 | From: Canandaigua, New York | Registered: Dec 2002
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ours lives at the side of the gravel driveway... going 50 ft down & doubling back 50 ft to hook the spray nozzel onto the spigot. This make it easier for the wife to water the plants out front of our rental... not quite as much dragging.. & no coiling
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It all depends on how I feel 50/50 Owning a car is quite similar to owning a pet. We take time and great care to pick out just the right one to be our friend. We want the relationship to be happy since we'll be spending a lot of time together. Finally that perfect match happens, and then we name it, talk to it, play with it and, even brag about it. And ultimately, for most of us, we even fall in love with it. People have this same love affair with their cars.
Our cars are an extension of our personalities. They reflect our lifestyles and the perception we have of ourselves. They inspire feelings and quite often ignite our passion. Pick up trucks make us feel tough, athletic and in control. Sports cars ignite our sex appeal making us feel oh so hot and very cool. Luxury cars inspire feelings of elegance, leadership, and often a sense of wealth that you may not even have.
Isn't it funny, though, how any one of these beasts or beauties can send us cowering into shame and embarrassment if they're coated in dirt? Or the interior is loaded with garbage? How easily that all changes with a simple car wash! Just like that, a clean car can change your day. It can change how you feel about yourself, your surroundings, even transform a bad mood into a good one. Someone left the water running...
Did you say something about a garden hose? Two garden hose questions: You have ever had to wash off in the backyard with a garden hose before your wife would let you in the house.
What is the distance can suck a golf ball though a garden hose (Be carefull how you answer, it could come back to haunt you): 5 feet: __ 10 feet: __ 100 feet: __ Don't need garden hose: __
You know you are a Redneck if you buy a 50ft garden hose not to water your lawn, but to syphon your neighbor's gas tank. The one sittin on cinder blocks!
Last but not least, I heard of guy, who knew a guy, who had a 2nd cousin, who knew.....etc. He decided to get a drink out of a hose and didn't have the fore thought to check the hose b4 he turned on the spicket. To his surprise he got a little protein with his plastic flavored fluid..... A gecko lizard. He said it tasted like chicken. Peace out!
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Funny this post is here, preordained I assume...like Dana, just came in from 4/5 hour sojourn, cleaning exterior of Suburban...y'all making fun of my dog??? Anyway, could have finished sooner if not for the usual sore muscles before, during, and after, creakn' and groan' and gettn' wet...heheh...other half of the time spent w/scotty control...Y'all making fun of my dog??? As those out there can relate, obviously, Baird's hiding his; Scotty and any hose is a trip to see!!! Now, wash your car!!! what do you do w/hose when washing???? HE KNOWS!!!!! So, picture this; scrub sponge in one hand, hose and bucket in other; Scotty climbs the hose!!! After refilling bucket w/soap and water, we went back to washing Suburban...y'all making fun of my dog????? Eventually, I get it done, Scotty's soaked to the bone, chased hose all the way to reel,(like Bob, I drain hose and roll up)then to top off his act, he jumps into Suburban and shakes off!!! Now we do the interior, which has us eating dinner at 9pm...somedays Scotty, I really love you!!! Hahahaaha Kimberly, Clay's going to love BLACK!!! COOLTOON DON!!! even down to the pink/orange nose "Boy, they really rinsed it off!!!" Jack, where's your hose hiding?
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Now the AIR COMPRESSOR hose, that stupid stiff thing that stays bent one way, I HATE winding it up!!!!! I can never get it to wind right because it is bent it's own way. I always let HIM do it!!!
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Hoses - use them daily here - keep coiled on ground by faucet when not using - We use 3 here - 1 at carport to wash truck/signs/self - 1 for wife's ride on other driveway; 1 in the backyard/Patio area for misc. I have started liking them black Goodyear brand hoses - the're tough & don't leak - -kinda pricey, but worth it - went thru about 300' of cheapie Wal-Mart "Better Homes & Gardens" hoses last year & am replacing that as needed with the Goodyear hose - they carry it at Wal-Mart -
-------------------- Carl Wood Olive Branch, Ms Posts: 1392 | From: Olive Branch,MS USA | Registered: Nov 1999
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I let the dishes stack up till the end of the day, then if there's enough dirty stuff, and a shortage of plates in the cupboard, I'll wash them------ whoops, sorry..... wrong thread !
(I don't was the car, the kids do, if it rains, wearing undies & carrying sponges, sometimes joined by my wife!)
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Believe it or not, this is the second year since my restoration of my Vette and it has NEVER seen water! I dust it, clean any bugs with windex and use Maguire's Spray wax. The rims are very hard to clean, so when they get a little dusty, I jack it up, put it on jack stands and take the rims to the car wash! Next weekend is the Zippo Vintage Grand Prix weekend and the car will be in the Concours DeElegance show. They only made 700 of this model Vette......very rare! Hey! What can I say?
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WHAT is UP with this cleaning-questions-fetish you seem to be developing???
BTW...Emily washed the truck both times it's ever been done . . .meanwhile, I do my best to stay out of mudholes and stick to the mainroads and it don't really get too dirty . . .does it??
Also, you should know, it's a badge of honor in the south to drive around with as much mud as possible ALL over your truck, from the cab down. It shows that you know exaclty what a truck is for and ain't afraid to use it. Large clinging chunks, a nice well-layered pattern of spatters down the sides and windows. The pattern is best when you cannot see inside the cab except where the wipers have been used. You should drive it this way so as many people as possible can see it, or until it rains and messes it up, then wash it and go again. This is most impressive if it's a jacked-up 4-wheel drive, with huge tires, but any mud-coverable truck is acceptable, and will receive due respect.
But we do use a hose, (160 glorious feet of it) to water new plants, and stretch it out to the pool.
I'm extremely particular about keeping the garden hose rolled up neatly. It makes it easier to deal with . . .and, have you ever thought about what a lawn mower could do to that thing?? *GASP*
Besides, my military neat-freak father always yelled at me when I was a kid if I did'nt roll it up right. He'd make me drag it out completely straight, about 250ft of it, and re-roll it RIGHT. LOL
But, after growing up and getting my very own hoses . . .just a few times of dealing with a crazy, twisted, kinked-up hose revealed exactly WHY he was so adamant . . .
Apparently there IS a bit of skill involved in fighting with and overcoming the twisted-will of a garden hose, forcing it to submit to your will.
My Dad was SO proud when he visited.
Now, I'm passin' this great family tradition on to Emily . . .(but I don't get red in the face and bellow quite as much)
Altho' when my kids and grandkids grow up they'll probably just decide to never own hoses due to my disdain of improperly rolled hoses . . . or mabey they'll just leave them for me to un-kink when I visit . . . "HERE mother...hereditary, patriarchal/matriarchal dynamics prohibit us from feeling as if we are capable of doing this to your satisfaction . . . YOU do it."
I can see their neighbors now . . . "See that really old woman?? For years now she's been coming to 'visit' her kids and grandkids, but she only fixes their messed-up garden hose and then leaves."
Did someone mention getting 'priorities'straight??
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A tidbit . . . my Grandfather, Ernie Anderson, invented the hose reel, among other things such as that little air pressure guage you carry in your glove box. (Don't really know why my family is not rich by now!).And I don't even own either one. Go figure. Wash a car? Once I took my car to a small car wash, in a barn, big sign, off the beaten path. I thought the guy said $40. When I picked up my car, it was $140 - but it looked brand spanking new inside and out, even under the hood - how could I complain? He did an awesome job and was worth the money. But since I'm not too picky, I most likely won't go there again until I decide to sell it. Gotta clean my ears out more often. BombaDear
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You and Frank Magoo, picked up the scent. It isn't so much about the clean car or truck as it is about FUN like Frank, gets into with Scotty and how a person polices them selves in life like rolling the hose up right after the job is done. Two primary actions that gauge our sincerity to ourselves.
The thought came to me to make the post when I found the hose in a mess after my son washed his truck. He's still in the gravel of time and I school him when it is a time to share points of view that develope character. He's still in college but don't know shyt except what MTV throws out. He'll make it though just like Sheila, with her dad teaching disipline and respect for the simple things that count.
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I just washed my truck yesterday and wound the hose up by hand.
I have a power winder, but I lost the battery charging thingie.
Around here, my Wife has so many flowers that need watering, I have four water hoses, in different places, that are wound up except when they are in use.
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I hear ya Jack . . . and thank you for makin' me appreciate my strict daddy again.
It'a amazing how crazy, how SO,SO stupid, I used to think he was . . . I walked away from his lectures as often as possible. His assine ways of doin' things drove me from home just before I turned 17 . . .
And then . . . after I was about 20, when I started comin' back around him a little . . .somehow . . .I very slowly, very gradually, started noticin' how much smarter he seemed to be getting . . . His wisdom really improved the older I got . . .why, before it was over, I was begging him to tell me more!
I'm SO thankful for what all I learned from him before he passed away at age 80 . . .but I'm VERY concerned about how much I still don't know at age 43!!
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At 4 - My daddy can do anything At 7 - My dad knows a whole lot At 9 - Dad doesn't know quite everything At 12 - Dad just doesn't understand At 14 - Dad is old fashioned At 21 - That man is out of touch At 25 - Dad's okay At 30 - I wonder what dad thinks about this At 35 - I must get Dad's input first At 50 - What would Dad have thought about this At 60 - I wish I could talk it over with Dad once more
Car washin' is good fun. You take the hose and wet the car down. Start at the hood, soak them lovebugs real good,. While the soapy suds is re-hydrating the dessicated bug bodies, you start with the front fenders, move toward the back, come back afew minutes later and scrub the nasty, slimy, smelly little critters off.....etc.
The water hose....anyone who comes within range is fair game...kids...momma...dogs...cats... Ever watch a cat stalk the end of a waterhose or extension cord while you're dragin' it along through the grass? First they notice the end of the hose and trot over to investigate. Then you stop for a few seconds. Then they focus on it with that crosseyed stare that kitties get. Watch them eeaase up to it...then give it a couple of jerks, they flinch a little..ease up to it again and slap it a time or two..then pull it along some more and watch them pounce?
I used to roll it up by the "spikit" (spigot). Now I have one of them fancy, plastic roller thingies.
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