Ace-Garageguy

If you mean Testors metalizers, they were an entirely different idea. The metalizers simulated several kinds of bare metal surfaces, in both 'buffing' and non-buffing flavors. Correctly used, the 'buffing' Aluminum Plate, for example, would look just like lightly polished naked aluminum sheet, if that's the effect you wanted. If the metalizers were NOT what you were referring to, never mind.

IIRC, the chopped top was retooled in the latest issue (which I bought to get the really nice chrome-reverse rims). Again IIRC, the retooled version does not have as nice proportions or flow or lines as the old version, and fits even worse. I have most versions of the AMT '36 in stock...but some are in AZ. EDIT: I only have ONE kit of the latest release, and it's possible that the one I have was warped somehow, maybe by being pulled from the mold too early, but my recollection of it, and my putting it all back in the box in disgust, remains. EDIT 2: As Mark states, the kit is easily built into a reasonably period-correct gasser with what's always been in the box.

This is in line, unfortunately, with one prevailing form of idiocy stating that relatively simple math is arbitrary, pushed onto society by some imagined boogeyman 'power structure', and not simply a tool for understanding objective reality. Might be a reason we're seeing more and more things built not very long ago collapse...sometimes even before they're finished. The PEDMAS method you mention exists for a reason, that being to ensure everyone gets the same result. There are NOT two correct answers. For those who don't know, PEDMAS is a rule that defines the order of operations to correctly solve a mathematical expression with multiple operations. When you see multiple operations, you must solve them in this specific order.

Fall off a ladder while cleaning your gutters if you want some time off from work and don't mind a little pain.

Little fella who "works on vintage cars" rents shop space from us in a building we've downsized out of installs Snipers on just about everything he can talk the car owners into (because he doesn't understand carbs...or much of anything else, including electricity and AN fittings, but that's another story). Somehow he manages to make them all run like dog doo, and they're forevermore in and out of his shop as frequently as if they were all running worn out carbs and points.

Call Saul.

His dog's fault.

Vegetables have a pretty good chance of being elected to public office.

"Matters" should never be confused with "maters", which is short for to-maters, but uppity folks call 'em "tomatoes".

...so that on the rare occasion somebody presents icky cash, they can figure out change for a dollar, or calculate a 20% tip, and banking apps that warn you that the next $8 latte will trigger $40 in overdraft fees.

Well, I'm glad he's enjoying his money on something I approve of, and would do if I could. I well remember that 2 days racing three old Abarths and a Spridget in SCCA at Sebring put a serious strain on the shop budget. We drove all night towing our own cars, one inside a Merita bread van converted to a mobile shop/sleeping quarters, another one behind it, another one behind an Olds Toronado, and I forget what the other tow car was. The shop owner stayed at Motel 6 for a better night's rest. But I had the cutest little girlfriend on the planet at the time, she didn't mind camping in the van, and to me, it was a GREAT weekend, and I couldn't begin to imagine a better one no matter how much money I could burn.

Exactly.

Retired geezers might need butlers, but retired butlers probably don't need butlers and probably couldn't afford them even if they did.

Building a small battery-powered Tesla coil isn't difficult, but I haven't found the means of directing the spark at bugs...yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs6dup1cpCo