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Currently, this, it’s reasonably fast, gets 25mpg, and the top goes down, super fun to drive and puts a smile on my face whenever I’m in it. 2004 commemorative edition corvette

Lol, I have not, nor do I think I can pronounce them properly?

Well by golly, I thought they were a universal thing. What they are, are small white potatoes with a thin skin, you boil them, and add heart attack inducing amounts of salt into the boil, then when done, add a ton of butter on top of them. Theyre quite good! I hope you are aware of Hoffman hot dogs.....

So, I’m cooking dinner this evening, and part of that is a bag of salt potatoes. As I look around for a pot to do the taters in, I find myself using a not quite adequate pot, but I decide to soldier on. I get the taters in the pot, and add water, ok, all taters are covered in water, so on the stove the pot goes. Now, at this point, you’re thinking, big deal, you’re making salt potatoes, how can this possibly relate to model building,......,wait for it, it will all become crystal clear,.... after a few minutes, the pot begins to boil, so I keep an eye on it, and check the progress of the ‘cooking’, it’s looking good so far. Here is where this random topic starts to make sense......., I decide it’s time to stir what’s in the pot......, all of a sudden, I have too many potatoes in the pot, I have stragglers above the water line! Panic ensues, and I have to keep stirring to keep dinner under water. now, I posted this because awhile ago I decided to rearrange my model kits, and much like the potato debacle, once I stirred up the boxes, nothing fit on the shelves again......., I seemed to lose shelf space, much like I lost space in the pot with the taters. Just thought it was funny, your mileage may vary?

It is amazing how many people can’t drive stick, I too learned on the 3 on the tree. My only gripe now, is that some of the 6 and 7 speeds have a very vague neutral gate.

New Callaway 58 degree wedge?

Ya, the digital age sure seems to have put a damper on outdoor play. I can also remember building all sorts of stuff with lego’s (sp?) , playing with matchbox cars, and model building on rainy days. Then there were the phone calls on land lines with the 40 ft cord so you could climb up the stairs so the rest of the family couldn’t hear you, untill your sibling would try to pick up the other phone to snoop on you, lol. And a bike was like a car back then, 2 wheels, two pedals, one speed, and off you were on a black top adventure......

I remember those days, in front of my house was a street light, and lined up with the end of our driveway, in the middle of the street, was a man hole cover, or as we called it, home plate. Standing on home plate, my house was on the right, a small tree in the next neighbors house was 1st base, a painted circle in the middle of the road was 2nd, a small corner of the driveway of a house across the street was 3rd base. A few houses down from 2nd base was an imaginary line that indicated a home run. We played ‘baseball’ with a tennis ball, kickball and ‘frisbee’ baseball on our ‘diamond’. Luckily, we didn’t have a lot of traffic on our street. When the street light came on, we all seemed to have to make the run home to check in, then back out to start/finish whatever game we were playing. We also had a big hide and seek game, the boundaries were about a block and a half , and all yards were fair game in that area, except a few, every neighborhood has one or two cranky old folks, lol. great topic, I haven’t thought of our neighborhood games in quite some time. almost forgot about the touch nerf football games in the street, with certain driveways denoting end zones, lol

I'm pretty sure I built the base/floor section and painted that as one piece, the rest of the build is cross bars and floor ramps. the sides are pretty much one piece if memory serves. two sections of the top ramp sections pivot so you can get cars in it on the lower level. if it weren't for the whole photo bucket debacle, i had a rather detailed build thread when i did the car hauler/titan90 and 69 camaro's, that had tons of pic's as i went along.

If I remember right, when I built mine, I painted all the parts first. It seemed to me at the time it would have been tough to get good paint coverage once built. It builds into a rather sturdy trailer.

I sure hope so, because even if the scores are horrible, many more people would be willing to play golf with him, and he would have a lot more fun.

well, must be my comments about checking his math has made some sort of impression. I noticed lately he is using an app on his phone to keep track of his shots, and ironically, still missing some, but, it does seem like he is making an attempt of some sort [to be honest on his score, or to shut me up......, not sure which yet]. I have decided to just keep reminding him at the end of each hole if his math seems suspect to me. I figure eventually he will keep actual score, or stop golfing with me, lol. on a side note, last two weeks he has moaned about his horrible scores, in my head I was saying to myself, 'gee, lot tougher game when you keep actual score'.

I think the most at one time was 40. A friend had bought a big collection and had a lot of complete kits for $5 each. NNL East usually results in 20 or so at a time.

I scored a 9, guess I’m about 1/2 way there, lol. And I’m 48..... my kids think I’m older than dirt though....

Still trying to figure out how to say something without it going sideways, although I did tell him last week to check his math on a couple of holes....., his reply was ‘ sometimes I forget....’. Seems like an important part of the game , what with it being score driven and all...

Thanks for the comments guys. Luckily, the leauge we play in is more a social league than a ‘money’ leauge. Thank goodness he doesn’t participate in skins, that would really cause an issue. I’ve had the conversation with other friends about the ‘how can ya tell if you’re improving if you fudge your scores’ in regards to this guy, and, if he shanks one in the woods, he’s in there for 10 minutes ball hunting. It’s funny/sad, cause I’m playing tomorrow with another buddy ( who can count), and he’s like, ‘ he isn’t going is he?’. I know I have to say something to him about this, just gotta find a way to do it. I’m half tempted at next leauge night to just say, dude, score correct from here on in, or I’m out. And to give you an idea of what I’m talking about, 3 weeks ago and prior, he’s shooting 55-65 for 9, all of a sudden he’s in the mid 40’s for 9, boggles the mind...... I’ll update this during the week after our league night, I just gotta say something cause the more I think about it, the more it bothers me. thanks again for reading.

These are the rarest stuff I have, all complete, all unbuilt. The GMC has the turbine engine , and the prestige rig kits have 2 cars, these kits are mammoth.

I’m sure a lot of you guys play golf, I started 2 years ago. Here is my story/dilemma, the guy that got me hooked on it is my daughters father in law, he invited me out one day, we played, I was hooked, that was in July 2 years ago. So, come the next spring, thru talking with other friends, I was asked to join a league, I wanted to do it for the playing time, the practice, learning the game, and to meet new people. Well, I also needed a partner, so due to proximity and other forces, I asked my daughters father in law if he was interested, he was, and we became a team. The first season went as expected, we whacked and hacked our way thru the season, we both played on the same level( horrible), but had a lot of fun doing it. He’s been playing for 2 years longer than I, and outside of league, we played a lot, as I learned the rules of the game, I became a little more diligent in score keeping. Outside of league early on, we wouldn’t count drops and sometimes would just say mulligan on a horrible shot. Well, fast forward a year, same league, same weekend play, but I’ve noticed in both, that his math sufferers, he doesn’t count drops, in league if the other guys aren’t paying attention, he doesn’t count strokes, and I’ve come to think/see when he is ‘given’ a ‘good enough’ put, it doesn’t count as a stroke in his eyes. On weekends when a group of us plays, I hear the same stuff from the other two players, ‘man, he can’t count’. I’m of the line of thinking, if ya shoot a 15 on a hole, ya shot a 15, own it, and figure out how to fix it, it’s about honor, and being truthful , no matter what the outcome. My dilemma is, he’s family, we play a lot of golf together, but his math, and the way he acts about his scores are killing me, I wanna say something, but don’t want to create a rift in the family . thoughts? Or should I just outright call him on it, and let the ball roll where it will? and ya, it seems petty, but it drives me nuts when you play a game and can’t be honest about it. just had to rant a little about this....., thanks for reading .

Said it before here somewhere, but if the charger was made as a two door, I think it’d sell like mad, imagine that in hellcat form......., and I’m a Chevy guy!

Oh man, I remember getting the revell visible engine as a kid (11 or 12 years old), built it myself, and it actually worked ( let’s face it, at that age we were using tube glue and slathering it on), no idea what became of it, and would get another if I could find the motorized version ‘locally’ for reasonable money.

The other funny thing that comes to mind is the Olds Cutlass, went rwd to fwd and one year, had both at the same time....

I think maybe the biggest reason some of these name plates coming back into use makes us nuts is due to the lack of the evolution of the name. Stick with me here.... corvette, the 53 looks nothing like the 2018 version , but we have seen the name/car evolve, so we can relate. Now, if we take the lemans name plate, and the huge gap of time in between use, and the last product it was on....., well, there’s the what makes us nuts factor, one extreme to another really, with no ‘inbetween’. now atleast with the Camaro and challenger vehicles, it seems to be ok because the retro look is close enough to the ‘original’ style to be ‘worthy’ of the name plate. oddly enough, I don’t think anyone would be upset if the celebrity or citation name plates got used again? just my ramblings, your mileage may vary....

saw those at NNL East, they looked quite good.

It’s quite clear to me the automotive industry has lost its mind....... i can only hope it has a dual range 37 speed trans in it, cause 9 and 10 speeds just aren’t enough.... and yes, that is sarcasm, I work on this stuff everyday, and all I hear is ‘boy, my vehicle seems to shift a lot.....’

Not sure where this is supposed to fit in the lineup of vehicles, the traverse is now slightly smaller than a Tahoe, the equinox a bit smaller , what’s it supposed to be???