Harry P.

If you're referring to the Tucker trial, what happened was that after the prosecution presented their "case," as it were, the defense didn't put up a defense. They said that there was no need to defend Tucker and the other defendants on trial, as no offense had been committed. The jury agreed, and found the defendants not guilty on all counts. From everything I've read, the "case" against Tucker was basically a trumped-up case instigated by a disgruntled Tucker ex-employee and brought to the attention of the SEC by certain parties with a vested interest in the health of the Big Three, including influential Michigan Senator Homer Ferguson, who didn't want to see the Chicago-based Tucker Corp. become a potential rival to his home state business interests. The only thing Tucker was guilty of was maybe too much "chutzpah."

The other day the high temp here was 92. The forecast high for this Thursday: 55.

I tried reading through this thread... way too much bloviating going on. Obviously, everyone has a different idea of what new kits to produce. These types of threads always devolve into nothing more than a completely diverse and disconnected list of personal favorites, without producing any information of real value. That's ok, I guess... nothing wrong with listing the model kits you want to see. But in the end what has been accomplished? We found out that everyone wants something different... but we knew that going in. To me there seems to be a very easy and obvious answer to the original question. Produce a kit of a car that's never been done before!

I've been doing the same thing for years. It's a lot of fun...

This week's winner of the "Thread from the Crypt" award...

Very nicely done!

Wow! I haven't seen that before. Very impressive.

I'll let you know how it goes...

Oh, come on, Bill! That thing was an abomination! Nothing but a Studebaker with a few parts tacked on to make it a "Packard." Like lipstick on a pig!

My dad (RIP, dad) always had his little garden in our back yard when I was a kid. And he kept it up all his life. Peppers and tomatoes were his biggest "crop," but he also did lettuce, cucumbers, onions, beans... all sorts of stuff. He grew up poor, in a small town, when growing your own food wasn't a hobby, but a necessity, and he kept it up his whole life, long after he needed to do it anymore. A nice memory of my dad...

You guys are making me hungry!

Ouch...

According to what I learned by doing some online research, I think I've narrowed the problem down to a bad RPM sensor. Tomorrow I'm going to call the Genie help line. They will go through a complete, live, trouble-shooting session with you on the phone, in real time... all you have to do is be standing at the opener and follow their instructions. If their diagnosis is also a bad RPM sensor, problem solved. I'll post the results tomorrow. I found a ton of online sources for replacement parts.

Same here. I've never, ever bought a lottery ticket. Not ever. Knowing what the odds are to win a really big prize, it seems like a waste of money. I know, I know, somebody has to win, it could be me, blah, blah, blah... but the odds are astronomical, especially the multi-state lotteries with the really big jackpots (hundreds of millions). I guess by not buying lottery tickets I'm doing my part to make the odds of winning better for people who do buy them!

One of the best ones I've ever seen.

Not in Denver.

Mask off the area of the wiper tracks, then spray the windshield with Dull-Cote. Remove the masking, and you have a dirty windshield.

Only one spring, it's fine. The door can be raised and lowered manually with no problem. It's not the door... it's the opener.

Remember, don't post any hints or answers here! PM me with specific year, make and model. The answer: 1954-55 Swallow Doretti

Who pays full retail? And why?

OMG! It's halfway to June, fer cryin' out loud!

If you guys are talking about FM before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, way back in the beginning, back in the Peter Green days, yeah, they were a completely different animal then.

Everyone has an agenda. Even you. BTW... since you apparently have some sort of special insight, care to explain which part of the Fox News story was agenda-driven? Because what I see is a straight-up news story without any political slant. I await your insightful reply.

I'm sure you can figure out a way.

Can't help it... it's a huge part of my life. If I wasn't busy with MCM, I'd probably be a member of a music forum somewhere... Anyway, a big story in today's paper (Tribune) about the fact that Christine McVie has decided to come out of "retirement" and rejoin Fleetwood Mac on their upcoming tour. Apparently she saw a shrink who managed to get her to overcome her fear of flying, which was a big part of the reason she decided to leave the band (and touring) about 15 years ago. She and Lindsey Buckingham have been busy writing a whole slew of new material, much of which will appear on the new upcoming FM album. Seeing as how Christine wrote many of FM's biggest hits, this is pretty good news in my world! Mick, John, Lindsey, Stevie... and Christine...