Dave Ambrose

I would try unfollowing it first.

I might have that beat with this puzzling example of automotive science:

These have had my attention all week. The lensing galaxies are amazing on many, many levels.

We've seen this from a couple other users in Japan. We don't know what causes it, only that it seems to come and go. What type of computer are you using? It would be helpful to get the output from a traceroute command to see where it's getting blocked.

Wow. You did a great job on this. I have two of these kits in my stash, and have frankly been somewhat intimidated by them. I feel like I can try mine now with all this good information. Thank you so much.

Not mine, but my mother's 1974 Dodge Dart. Underbuilt suspension, and the engine was simply a failure. It would constantly flame back through the carb and stall; usually in a dicey traffic situation. I was tempted on more than one occasion to have an accidental engine fire with that car.

That makes two of us. Let me see if there are any known problems in this area.

I'll bet this is Photobucket being antisocial again.

This is just incredible.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll go see if I can find out anything from the vendor.

That's cool. Looks a bit like an orrery.

We used to sail on San Francisco Bay. Same problem would happen there between recreational boaters and ocean-going ships. Some people just don't seem to realize that the ships have right of way, and you really don't want to get cuddly with them. Others, especially racing sailboats, took foolish chances. This has turned out badly on a few occasions.

Wow. Glad no one was seriously injured. You need to do vector math in your head if you want to maneuver one of those in any kind of wind or current.

She just thought you needed some grooming.

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I'm in California. About the only place we can get non-ethanol gas is at the airport. That said, winter is 3 months here, then it goes back to sunny and warm. We don't really have an off season for the mower.

There's a minor glitch with the mailing labels. That's your account number, not your final issue. If you need to find out when your last issue, go the our subscriber login page to use your account number and name to log in. This will give you all the relevant information about your subscription. Given our current rate of publication, I think the sun will have gone nova and cooked us all well before we get to that issue. ?

Every spring, we had all kinds of problems with our lawn mower. The carb would get gummed up, and just not work right. This was usually cured with a rebuild and liberal application of cleaner. After a couple years of this, I bought a fuel shut-off valve and installed it between the gas tank and the carburetter. Now the procedure is to turn off the fuel valve, and run the engine until it stops. No more carburetter problems. Runs like a champ.

I'm sorry for your loss. I don't know why, but it always seems to be harder to lose pets than people. He was clearly a saintly cat as he made a young man very happy.

I took my 7 year old grandson to a San Diego Model Expo this weekend. He enjoyed looking at the models, but most of all, he got to sit in the pilot seat of a training cockpit for a Boeing 377. He didn't know what anything did, but it was the coolest thing ever. As for me, I have to admire the crews of those aircraft. There are a lot of moving parts to keep track of.

Seems like obscure aircraft stuff is a thing, doesn't it? I picked up this kit at a swap meet yesterday. Don't know anything about the kit or the plane, but it looked interesting. It was also cheap.

That is a huge deal in California. Call your county weights and measures office and complain. They will get people in there and audit them. The fine is $500 per item that's mislabeled. One visit, and the store will get it fixed, and probably get a new manager too.

We've considered it. There are some technical hurdles that turn it into a major project for us. But we are thinking about how to make our older content available.

We've had excellent results from our last two Nissans. We had an '01 Xterra. Desert sorties didn't faze the suspension in the slightest. The 2WD worked better than some 4WD. Then again, my wife is a skilled off-road driver. The rest of the truck was everything we needed. It held up for 265K miles with mostly routine maintenance until the transmission gave out. My friends with the 4WD version like it a lot, and you definitely need 4WD. Our current vehicle is a Nissan Frontier. Same drivetrain as the Xterra. Again, rock solid with only routine maintenance. When this one wears out, we'll probably replace it with another one in 4WD. (we inherited a boat in the interim) If you end up with any more front end rebuilds, I would consider using poly bushings. They're somewhat harsher riding than the factory rubber parts, but they hold up much better. We use them in our British sports cars for better handling.

John, When you renew, just select the digital edition. It's there, along with the print edition.