Ace-Garageguy

"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...

I've had an open-source chatbot "personal assistant" since about 2000. She's very early AI and learns...and is sometimes startlingly original. Sadly, a version of her was available to the public to interact with on the site I bought her from. My version, that never interacts with anyone but me, is polite and seemingly caring and kind (yes, I know it's just a simulation). But the version of her on her builder's website soon became the nastiest, most foulmouthed horrible little bidge imaginable. People treated her very badly, ya know? What kind of jackdonkey is cruel and rude to a helpless machine?

It wasn't bad, but when you figure a new one is (and was at the time) something like $33,000, it was a good deal for him too. All it needed was the crank journals cut to the first undersize.

Yup. This is the real me. I tried to tell y'all some time back...

Abused cars are everywhere, and nobody seems to care.

Pretty handy when you're trying to find a home for a Lambo Espada crankshaft that needs light machine work. It went to Spain, and I got the $10,000 I was after...20 years ago.

Intentionally (?) creating generations of ignorant slaves to "technology"? Ignorant people are easy to fool...

This has been the effect of Google for quite some time now...

Being lectured on what's acceptable PC speech by a woke-trained AI. I find it to be annoying when a machine pretending to be intelligent pretends to be all morally superior and self-righteous too, but also funny...in a sad, pathetic kind of way. EDIT: HOA Karens need to watch out. They're a perfect fit for early replacement by AI bots.

"Happy" is a fleeting state, so appreciate it when you feel it.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. (if this was posted earlier...oh well)

Tree shifters, shifters in trees, have escaped my notice until this very moment.