Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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No no....I mean I wanted NOTHING from my dad. Zero. Not money, not his guns, not a grain of sand.

I have met others over the last few years that feel the same way.

I got a bunch of hand tools and some old corded electric tools from a friend of the family whose kids didn't want them. Dude had a stroke and couldn't use them anymore. I had just gotten my first house, so I was just building my arsenal. I have used them a bunch. One is an old craftsman circular saw that is a bad mofo. When that motor kicks, you know it.

Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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I will never understand this line of thinking.

Sounds like a great way to leave an anchor around a child or grandchild's neck. No interest in living on or working the ranch/farm yet property taxes still due. And, of course, they can disclaim the inheritance, which then leaves a trust and the estate to deal with the consequences of a deceased decision.

Now imagine this in a dynamic where you have 4, 6, 8 or more children/grandchildren. Some of the "family land legacies" that people are so attached to will not survive the splits, reqardless of the tactics used by prior family members to prevent it.

I think you should leave your children and grandchildren with blessings and not anchors. The land should never be move valuable than your family name, and the actual family legacy which exists in children & grandchildren. The men that originally came to Texas to receive land grants or purchase land did so because they were pioneers seeking their own choices and adventures. Someone that uses a tactic to prevent a successor inheritor from what they deem is best is the antithesis of that same family pioneer.

Just my $.02.

O.G. said:

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Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

---

There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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No no....I mean I wanted NOTHING from my dad. Zero. Not money, not his guns, not a grain of sand.

I have met others over the last few years that feel the same way.

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Paul Harvey ?

Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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That guys sounds like he's ignorant a of how things work at best and a short sighted and selfish jerk at worst.

aggiez03 said:

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Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

---

There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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I will never understand this line of thinking.

Sounds like a great way to leave an anchor around a child or grandchild's neck. No interest in living on or working the ranch/farm yet property taxes still due. And, of course, they can disclaim the inheritance, which then leaves a trust and the estate to deal with the consequences of a decesed decision.

Now imagine this in a dynamic where you have 4, 6, 8 or more children/grandchildren. Some of the "family land legacies" that people are so attached to will not survive the splits, reqardless of the tactics used by prior family members to prevent it.

I think you should leave your children and grandchildren with blessings and not anchors. The land should never be move valuable than your family name, and the actual family legacy which exists in children & grandchildren. The men that originally came to Texas to receive land grants or purchase land did so because they were pioneers seeking their own choices and adventures. Someone that uses a tactic to prevent a successor inheritor from what they deem is best is the antithesis of that same family pioneer.

Just my $.02.

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Another family down here is in the opposite position. There is a substantial amount of land involved here too dating back to the same period. There are 5 sibling heirs, 2 want to keep the land, 3 want to sell, pocket the money and want nothing to do with it. They can't agree on how to parcel out the land because certain areas are more "useful" than others or put values on said parcels and which ones get what parcels. They've been in court fighting over it for more than a few years. So there is the other side of the coin.

Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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No no....I mean I wanted NOTHING from my dad. Zero. Not money, not his guns, not a grain of sand.

I have met others over the last few years that feel the same way.

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Paul Harvey ?

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Dad used gifts etc as a device. Nothing was ever given "just because". He also made lot of promises when I was younger that were never followed through. Ever. Held "leaving me things in his Will" over my head etc, when he and my mom were fighting.

His wife (2.0) wanted to make sure she got everything, so I let her. The only thing that I got out of his house when he died was a big boar head that I killed when I was a kid. But that was legit mine, not hers. So I let that particular dog catch the car. She didn't know what to do with it when she caught it.

I would rather have nothing than be beholden to someone. Everything that I have now, is mine. I earned it.

BrazosDog02 said:

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Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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That guys sounds like a short sighted and selfish jerk.

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Well he's been dead for 15 years or so so I don't think it matters much what you or I think. He was of old German heritage and, like it or not, that was his way of keeping his part of the old family ranch in the family, The place next to his was part of the old tract and was inherited by other direct kin and then sold. It's now a subdivision

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This video made me laugh at how the Old Timers always have off the wall stuff that just works to help fix problems. Would love to hear examples from others about things like this. One example I remember was an uncle that tuned carburetors by sound and smell.

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Here you go, OP:

pic.twitter.com/iLrRW1EFTy
This video has more utility than 99.9% of altcoins.

— Digital Asset News (@NewsAsset) March 7, 2026

I bet I know who that family is!

Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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If I'm dead I won't care. I'll be on a much better piece of acreage. Let them live their lives after we're gone. I hate it when people dictate from the grave and horse collar the lives of the living. If folks are that concerned what happens after their gone then donate it in your will to a nature center.

wow, the last page or so of this thread makes my heart hurt.

O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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I'm completely opposite. I tell my dad regularly to take care of my inheritance (his tools and guns). He has one of the last runs of Nissan Titans and loves to drive long distance, so I always tell him to take my mom's ride so he doesn't put too many miles on my next truck.

I always expect to get a thumbs up from him, but I keep getting another finger...

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I bet I know who that family is!

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Bet you do too. Probably both families.

S.A. Aggie said:

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Rattler12 said:

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O.G. said:

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Tecolote said:

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Canyon99 said:

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BrazosDog02 said:

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I have the opposite problem as old timers. I'm a "buy the right tool for the job even if it costs $200 and you will only use it twice."

If I did what the dude in the OP did, I'd probably be taking the pump apart for whatever damage was done inside. But if it truly was ok to heat it, I would use my induction heater for those bolts. It would shine in that instance.

Watching old people hack and pray through repairs drives me nuts.

My old man old would use literally whatever was laying around to make something work. And when he took off a rusted, damaged, and rounded off nut….he'd save it in a coffee can with others just like it just in case he needed it at some point. lol. They have never been used.

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Same issue with my grandfather. Depression era farmer that started fabricating his own implements. Rubbed off on his son that took over the farm when he passed away and after decades left us acres of scrap and other crap to clean up after his health deteriorated. After that clean up project I vowed I'd never hold on to worthless items even if there was a fraction of a chance I could use it in the future. I don't get sentimental over material possessions.

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You're over a decade younger than I am. My daughter is 21. She's an only child and grandchild on both sides. She's due to inherit four homes' worth of junk. And she wants NOTHING! She has no attachment to material things. Going to be a lot of huge estate sales.

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There is a lot of this going around. I wanted absolutely nothing from my dad when he passed & I've heard from multiple Gen X to Boomers that their kids/grandkids dont want family ranches/farms/estates.

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But they'll gladly accept the proceeds from the sale of such property. There was an old man down here that nipped that in the bud. His 2 sections of land had been settled by direct lineage family back in the 1850's. He had an only child and 2 grandkids. To prevent them selling it after he died, he left 7/8ths undivided interest to his son and directed the remaining 1/8 th undivided interest to be put in a trust he set up for his grandkids and any other direct lineage kids born in the future. I asked him why and he said "to prevent what's been in the family for the last 150 years plus from becoming a housing subdivision 3 weeks after I die."

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If I'm dead I won't care. I'll be on a much better piece of acreage. Let them live their lives after we're gone. I hate it when people dictate from the grave and horse collar the lives of the living. If folks are that concerned what happens after their gone then donate it in your will to a nature center.

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There is a third family around here that did that very thing. Not sure whether the descendants of same liked or disliked that decision.

On a more positive note. Pop made fiddles. 33 or 34. I forget the count. He left me and my brother each one and my daughter one. He sold all the rest. I also got all of his templates and tools but have never tried to make one. My maternal grandfather also gave me his fiddle. This lady has 2 of his she bought and one of them is the one she's holding.....if you ever watched Hee Haw you'll probably know her name.

Holy cow! So do you play also?

Gunny456 said:

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Holy cow! So do you play also?

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Yessir I do

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I'm not criticizing anyone that enjoys it. I just don't. I spent today playing golf while friends that like being handy changed my garage door opener. I didn't work 45 years to spend the time i have left fixing things. You guys do you.

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I get not being handy or mechanically inclined or just not wanting to work on things. The older I get the more I don't want to work on most projects anymore.

But what I cannot fathom or comprehend is calling a couple of my buddies up and asking them to come fix something at my house and then I don't even stick around to at least help them by handing them tools or beers or cooking fajitas for them or whatever while they are doing me a solid. The concept of leaving to go play golf while they are working to help you out is just something so foreign to me that I can't grasp it.

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I didn't ask them to do it. I had a professional handy man do something last fall and it pissed them off. This is their thing and what they like to do.

Outstanding man! That's tremendous

I ought to know who she is, but I'm drawing a blank

Janea Jae, I'm guessing.

New to the thread. I have a LOT of old relatives in the country and I am always amazed at the different ways they keep gates closed. I cross through maybe 30 different gates a year that are kept closed 20 different ways.

If I don't immediately figure it out they look at me like Im a dumbass.

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New to the thread. I have a LOT of old relatives in the country and I am always amazed at the different ways they keep gates closed. I cross through maybe 30 different gates a year that are kept closed 20 different ways.

If I don't immediately figure it out they look at me like Im a dumbass.

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There's another way than a loop of wire attached to a solid fence post fitting over the post of the gate?

I was like 28 when I had a supervisor blow my mind when he used two crescent wrenches as scissors to cut open metal bands holding together some goods on a pallet. "Just the way we used to do it growing up" while I just stood stood there feeling dumb AF for struggling to get them off.

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Janea Jae, I'm guessing.

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That's a Bingo

I am having a hard time figuring this out. Do you just tighten them both down on the strap right next to each other and twist opposite directions?

Charismatic Megafauna said:

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I am having a hard time figuring this out. Do you just tighten them both down on the strap right next to each other and twist opposite directions?

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Exactly. Just have them right next to each other, turn in opposite directions quickly, and they act as field expedient scissors themselves. Supervisor was an older gentleman and it was just an old timer way of doing things if you don't have metal shears.

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Charismatic Megafauna said:

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I am having a hard time figuring this out. Do you just tighten them both down on the strap right next to each other and twist opposite directions?

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Exactly. Just have them right next to each other, turn in opposite directions quickly, and they act as field expedient scissors themselves. Supervisor was an older gentleman and it was just an old timer way of doing things if you don't have metal shears.

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I also learned this from an old guy at a trailer shop. Thought it was pretty cool.

So I am rebuilding the transmission in my old Camaro an decided to replace the clutch, throwout bearing and pilot bushing. I picked them up at O'Reilly's and decided to grab their bushing remover loan tool while I was at it. The tool would not work on a Chevy 350 pilot bushing because it's too big so I had to revert to old school methods. The old school method I have used in the past is to pack the bushing with axle grease then drive a tight fitting bolt into the hole which pushes the bushing out by hydraulic pressure. This can get messy depending on how tight fitting the bolt is as you and every thing else gets squirted with axle grease with every whack of the hammer. I decided to see what the internet said and I saw a video of a guy using Playdoh. I grabbed some of my grand daughter's Playdoh, and packed it in. Whack whack whack... it popped right out. I guess a new school-old school method.