Ace-Garageguy

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Fireworks are legal here, and I'm used to them. So is the cat. No hay problema. And luckily it's been wet enough the past few weeks so there wasn't much danger of idiots setting fire to the neighborhood this year (it's happened before). BUT...as I live with my windows open most of the time and use a big exhaust fan to cool the house on summer evenings (gets it down to the 70s, thank you), about midnight I started smelling burning plastic. Had to go out and check everything to make sure there wasn't a fire on MY property (I have had fireworks land on my roof before, still burning, so that's not as much a Karen move as folks might think). Never did figure out where the stink was coming from, but by 02:00 it wasn't. Explosions started in again at about 05:30.

My guess is that the sledge hammer would be quite sufficient on its own.

And which few even comprehend today. The popular use of the term "forged carbon fiber" to mean low-pressure-molded chopped goop is evidence.

And being poor quality cast iron, it'll break again almost immediately.

Uncomfortable muscle cramps can be due to a variety of factors, including dehydration.

Loose nuts, bolts, studs, and bearing races can be easily prevented with Loctite anaerobic threadlockers.

Big ol' fat 4th of July burger. Too many skeeters outside because I've been negligent in my control program this year, so I just pan-fried it. Sliced tomatoes, deli potato salad, and a slab of cherry pie for desert. Plain old 'Murcun food. And at least a 5 mile hike tomorrow to burn it off.

Jeff Bezos of course. He'll get a new one on the way from China immediately and pay all your medical or funeral expenses, and hire a crack legal team to defend you or your family from the civil suits brought by lawyers for the people you injured or killed in the crash. Oh wait...that might cut into his $50 million dollar wedding to the queen of implants and botox. Never mind. EDIT: Same goes for all the purveyors of cheap offshore junk that's made to get as much money for as little real value as possible. Have a problem with the stuff? Nobody's answering the customer service line, if there even is one. You're on your own, sucker.

You can't change the nature of reality by trying to forcibly bury everyone else's head in the sand.

"Work it like a pro" is a slogan on the PB Blaster cans.

A washing machine. Doing a "self clean". Seems kinda pointless to me. And then of course the stupid bell/whistle fails and you have to pay to have it fixed. Just another example of today's obsession with unnecessarily complex and silly "features". Is this thing made by today's GM (sorry Mary...gm)? ---------------------------------------------------------------- Congrats on finding your part though.

Complete this sentence: I wish I had a...

Use "beholder" in a sentence that doesn't include the word "eye".

Not to be preachy, but if you haven't, you really should research the downside of this stuff. While I fully understand the desire to avoid empty sugar calories (and I'll drink a couple of "diet" Cokes a week...the only sodas I drink for that very reason), the effects of non-sugar sweeteners on your body aren't good either. "While non-sugar sweeteners are often promoted as a calorie-free way to enjoy sweetness, research suggests they may not be as beneficial as commonly believed, and in some cases, could even be harmful. Studies have linked long-term consumption of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) to an increased risk of type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Additionally, they may not be effective for weight loss and could potentially contribute to weight gain." If you drink a lot of the stuff, you really owe it to yourself to look for healthier alternatives. Yes, they're kinda a PITA and take some getting used to, but type-2 diabetes is a real downer...and is largely avoidable. It's really a shame that most of the mass-marketed beverages are pretty much garbage. For instance, I wish somebody made a carbonated lemonade or root beer or cola with just a little real cane sugar, and an electrolyte package. That would be a lot better for us than the stuff that's easy to find.

A lot of stuff for the hot-rod market is just as bad, but not as immediately life-threatening...and who would do the "testing or certification" these days? SEMA would be the logical go-to, but they're not in that business. And dog help us if the gubmint started certifying aftermarket parts. That said, there are very valid reasons that rods and customs have a somewhat sketchy reputation among normies, and just flat poor craftsmanship by the builders tops the list. We just took in a semi-bare chassis for a '32 Ford rod that was in a collision to repair broken shock mounts, frame horns, and straighten one slightly bowed rail. But the workmanship and "engineering solutions" the "builder" supplied when the car went together are so bad as to be almost beyond belief...to anyone who actually knows what they're doing.

Current production aftermarket "offshore" cast '32 Ford front axle, failed in use... Genuine 1930s Ford forged front axle, twisted intentionally by Ford to demonstrate its strength...

"Psychopath" accurately describes a couple of my exes, but they sure were pretty. >>>>>>>

'72 Porsche 911S. I have a '74. EDIT: I took the question to mean "real world cars, not streeterized race cars, but that a semi-normal human might realistically strive to own". While we're at it (cost no object) I'd like a Miura, a first-series Countach, a factory street GT40, an Austin Healey 3000, a covered headlight E-type roadster, a factory 914/6, a 275 GTB4, and a Daytona Spyder. And a TR6 and a bugeye Sprite and another Lotus 7 and another 356 A (coupe or Speedster). And a '57 Corvette.

Case law, also known as precedent, refers to the body of law created by judges through written opinions in past court cases.

Forms that follow function are generally more successful than empty fashion statements.

I've bought their stuff through eBay. Good quality, no problems...though one Hilborn intake manifold warped before I could use it. https://www.ebay.com/str/3dscaleparts EDIT: I've had stability issues with several liquid printed parts from various vendors. The thinner ones seem to be the most prone to warping.

Crushed is what happened to the $50 split-window Bug I was late getting back to pick up long ago in the distant past.

Not very often I see something and think "dangeddy man, I wish I'd thought of that". This is one of those times...