Modelbuilder Mark

Studies show that many people that retire still plan on working to "some extent". In a 2012 Transamerica Retirement Survey for example, it actually found that 61% of folks in their fifties and sixties intend to work in some capacity in retirement. The reason varies of course from case to case. For some it is purely a financial reason as they still need some income and would have opted for partial retirement if their company offered it. And of course some are living longer than their retirement plans accounted for. According to the International Social Security Project 2010 Analysis, “time in retirement increased from about 13 years in 1965 to more than 18 years in 2003. The AARP as of 2011 foudn that 11% of baby boomers planned to work to "stay busy and feel a sense of community" and may be the only social outlet some of them will have. Some will work for health reasons. When not able, many people lose the necessary sense of purpose offered by working or social involvement, and their health may suffer for it. Think of the people you know who retired, sat on their bottom, gained weight, blood preasure went up, heart attack etc. This is cetainly not for everyone. Peole that have active lives away from work, or volunteer, or have hobbies that keep them active, if they are financially prepared, are not likely to want to work at all at a job.

I am fortunate that I work for a great company that treats it's employees fair. One of the projects I am involved with at work, is to look at optional ways to continue inccorporating retiring employees in the workforce. Possibly paying them as seasonal, adhoc, or temp workers etc. This would help with adapting to a flexible workforce as well as the company acknowledging the importance/value of their employees knowledge and experience. It also contiues to show the companies commitment to it's employees long term by offering them work options in retirement if they so desire. In addition, my company has never laid anyone off or "downsized". I wished more companies were like that. I would have happier friends and family.

A few months back at a local Target, it was not someone's pants being too low that got to me....it was that when he got to the checkout and stood up, he had, well, pooed himself, and of course left the cart for the store to "take care of". Oh, and he walked just fine through the register and out the door. Poor kid that had to clean the cart. Despite his efforts, I would not want to have to use the cart.

Ahh, the dust in the pics look worse that it is Just do not try to drive in it, and suck all that gunk into your motor. For those that do not live here, it is like very fine brown talcum powder. it is not like getting sand blasted. If you get a good coat of it, it will take a couple washes before it does not run mud out of mirrors etc, but honestly, looks much worse than it is. I will take it over a blizzard ANY day.

That's it! I officially admit that I am NOT a model builder. I am an assembler at best compared to this. I cannot even get a straight line cust sometimes. LOL

Here here!

Looks like today is the last day that Dick and Suzanne at The Hobby Depot are honoring Hobby Lobby's coupon. This is from their monthly email newsletter. "Their Coupon is Our Coupon This Friday and Saturday, July 4th and 5th, we will be having another Their Coupon is Our Coupon Sale. We will honor 40% off coupons from the big box hobby and craft stores that are valid on the 4th and 5th with the terms on the coupon."

Looking forward to more.

Ford builds a few vehicles in Japan including an Escape and Escape Hybril. They also build cars in France, Germany, Brazil and of course Mexico. Chevy builds the Colorado in Japan as well as other cars globally. Toyota builds so many cars in the US now that they are also going to start exporting Toyota's from the US. The automotive landscape needs to be looked at much like the rest of the world, as a global market, not just US cars, or Japanese cars. In addition to where they are built, who owns the companies? There are Japanese companies that own stock in GM, Ford etc, and the other way around? Ford increased is a major shareholder in Mazda, and Ford maintains a regional office in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. http://www.howtobuyamerican.com/content/db/b-db-autos.shtml There is more info out there on the web, but there is more and more "US cars" being built in Japan.

Heck, weather the springs just a bit too. Accurate or not I do not know, but the engine looks great to my eye.

BTW, to the OP, I forgot to mention, good for you. A Maserati Bora has and will always be my dream car.

Many of you are driving in cars that have had recalls, and may not even be aware. Here is a link to the NHSTA website for all recalls. http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchSafetyIssues While the GM recalls are indeed disturbing, some of them are not major. I work for a major auto manufacturer, and I can tell you first hand that recalls happen sometimes now as just reactionary, IE: "there is the tiniest of problems, better recall before someone sues". There are FAR more recalls for minor issues than there are for major concerns. Some of this comes from the fact that so many parts are made by vendors, and quality is not easy to control. Some, poor design. The deal with the Camaro, come on, no one pointed out their knee was hitting the keys? Harry pointed out that GM has had 35 recalls this year, but keep in mind that is going back over several years as well. Companies will now also recall vehicles for issues that are 10-15 years old or older. For example, the bolt that holds spare wheels under trucks, some rust from salts and water on the road, go figure. Well, now instead of common sense telling you that a metal part, exposed to the elements for 15 years can rust and will need maintained/replaced, they recall them. Here are just some 2014 model year recalls from the site 2014 Fords have had 28 2014 Chevy models 18 2014 GMC models 12 2014 Honda models 10 Keep in mind that many of these items are very very minor, and may not actually require the work. Just the better safe than sorry.

What does need have to do with it? Well..there is also "THE need, the need for speed". Some folks just have it.

I think this is being lobbied for by brake companies as well, which is why so many people have to replace pads and rotors SOOooo much more frequently than we used to.

Um, with the current state of your shower, I would say a very crappy picture ......

looking forward to additional progress, really enjoying it so far

What about sit down restraunts, or drive-thrus etc? I am sure you hand over your card more than you realize. I personally use my card FAR more than cash, BUT.......cash still comes in handy for small transactions, like vending machines, but even some of those here at work now take cards. It also comes in handy to have cash for poker night.

Maybe this was mentioned before in the thread, and I missed it, but it is a long thread. Why the F350 and not the F150 or F250. I see the F150 ALL over the place.

Beautiful! Nice mild shading on the chassis, great pictures with the natural light, great all the way around

I agree, for that model they work great. Here in the valley almost all the Fry's groceries have the Blink charge stations, lots of book stores, and more are also getting them.

Posted 28 May 2014 - 04:22 PM bbowser, on 28 May 2014 - 4:16 PM, said: The biggest obstacle for full electric vehicles will continue to be range, and charge times. Toyota, despite being the most successful hybrid maker, is already looking heavily into hydrogen. Main reason, charge time and range on a full electric continue to be prohibitive for long range driving. For example, If someone wants to drive from here in Phoenix to Vegas in a Tesla, cool, it can make it, as long as you do not drive it too hard and pull too much juice from the battery. If you do, then the "fill up" per Tesla's own web page can take up to 4.5 hours to get the full 265 mile range back. Elsewhere on their website it states that in the future electric stations along the highway with "A Supercharger can replenish half the battery in as little as 20 minutes." Soo, if you wanted to travel across the country, and every 250-300 miles you were stopping for 40 minutes for full recharge, you will be adding another 7 hours of time to the trip just for charging. Granted, a couple of those times will be at night when you stop to sleep, but still, take two charge ups out of the equation (the nights you stopped) and you still have 5.5 extra hours of charge time added to your trip. Add to that, what will lines look like at a station where the guy/gal in front of you JUST plugged in, all lanes are taken, and you now have to also wait however long it will take the person in front of you to charge their car. I can see these charging stations needing to be VERY large with MANY more islands than the traditional station would have just to prevent the long line of people waiting. This is where hydrogen or better ethanol, or some other alternative "fuel" will come more into play. Most other fuel sources can be filled in minutes, just like gas. Brazil has the largest and most successful bio-fuel programs in the world, involving production of ethanol fuel from sugarcane, and it is considered to have the world's first sustainable biofuels economy. You just do not hear too much about that.. Plus, not all fuels have to be noxious. Some bio diesel smells pretty darn good when it burns, like french fries.

Me. Lately when I sit down at the bench, frequently I can not get my hands to create what I see in my mind. At times it makes it hard to get motivated or move on to some other aspect of the project etc. It makes the progress really slow sometimes.

Sweet ride!

Hmm, the first time I was using Tenax around 1990, and knocked it over on the work bench, and it ran VERY quickly, and of couse mushed up parts in came into contact with. You can make a stand for them by turning over a spray can lid or block of wood with correct size hole....lesson learned. There are many more, but I won't shame myself further no public display.

I think you will also see more of this over time. http://www.solarroadways.com/intro.shtml Solar road panels. There is some cool video on Youtube as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTA3rnpgzU They can change all kinds of aspects of the roadway, repairable in segments, very coold stuff.