Ace-Garageguy

"Unwell" almost ranks up there with doubleplusungood for clarity.

I just won't spend much on daily transportation. I recently purchased a one-family-owned (real car people) '96 Blazer 2wd 4dr, well maintained but not perfect. Runs and drives like new except for the inop AC (works fine but leaks refrigerant) which is OK by me, as I have no heat-intolerant offspring or wives to deal with, and I prefer having the windows down most of the time if it's not raining or really cold anyway. 15MPG in town, about 20 on the highway. Even handles decent for a top-heavy SUV. Heavily optioned when new, including leather, and the interior is still quite nice. Practical little hauler in town, surprisingly comfortable on the road, one of my favorite all time vehicles. As good as this thing is, I'm surprised I don't see more of them...though there seem to be a fair few of the pickups still running. Like this but different. The '89 GMC longbed 5-speed single-cab fleet stripper still runs fine too. Another one of my all-time favorites, mostly because she has so much heart. Saved her from the crusher for $100, did the top of the engine and a timing chain, a radiator, and after 10 years another new battery, and she just runs and runs and runs. I did have to replace the failed EFI with a 60-year-old 2bbl carb, but she gets the same fuel economy as before, and still starts on the first turn of the key after sitting for weeks. Her engine is getting a little tired (300,000 plus now), but I have another 305 on the stand that just needs to be resealed, so she'll most likely run forever. Two people have crashed into her since I got her maybe 15 years ago, and she has surface rust where the infamous self-stripping GM paint has done its thing, but I have everything to make her pretty again too. Only thing I don't like is her lack of posi, but it's only been an issue once, so... Like this, but on the cheap steel wheels. Just an old truck, and a good one.

Forecast high 98F. Currently 80 with 94% humidity.

Interior appointments for the "Van Candy" vans weren't very luxurious, not helpful for a franchise that was doomed from the start.

"Relaxing" is something I need to get back to more frequently, but it's been tough for the last couple years with demands and obligations pulling me in opposite directions.

Well suh, lack of talent didn't seem to be a part of the equation. I saved it, did a neat 360, and continued on in the original direction. No impact. When we got home the only gripe she had was that her lovely ash-blonde hair was so ratted she couldn't comb it out and had to cut a lot of it off. It grew back.

Ruin a paint job by sprinkling ants or beetles or flies or moths on it.

Myself has discovered that a high percentage of those who harp on "communication" have very little to say beyond mindless gossip and self-interest, and religiously avoid any topics that require thought or knowledge of much of anything beyond consumerism and celebrity worship.

"Confused" is what several women have told me they were, and looking back I'd have to agree with them; make up your mind and don't waste my time.

Fins on 1950s cars were more for fashion than function.

Needed a day off from world events, personal BS piled high and deep, and work...so I went out for breakfast, then to the ACME meeting. Showed an in-progress model I've posted on this board and introduced a fiberglass technique those guys hadn't seen previously. What a nice bunch they are. Came home with 4 decent rebuilders (3 of my favorite kits and one forlorn '34 Rolls nobody else wanted) for $20 too. I finally figured out where that extra resin Merlin I have is going... Far as the other rebuilders go, the little Revell pickup wants to look something like this but with a mild chop... The '36 Ford 5-window has its heart set on this look... And the '48 Ford really wants to be a gasser...

Meow, James Meow...

Thanks. I need a couple.

Platforms of the sneaker variety are not at the top of my list for visually appealing footwear.

As I tend to have multiple builds going and let projects go dormant for a long time, I have quite often had to refer to my WIPs here to jog my memory.

The issues come and go for no apparent reason from my perspective, but performance is definitely different depending on what browser and ISP and privacy settings I use..

You might want to take some time to stock up on emergency water, non-perishable food, check your emergency generator if you have one...and get fresh gas for it.

Sunny and 75F, heading for 92. Forecast later in the week to go to 98 or 99F, which means it'll be over 100 in both shops by mid-afternoon, as neither of them have cross-ventilation. Need to get in to work much earlier than usual...

When I had a Lotus 7, a sub-1000 pound car, I took my new girlfriend for a fast ride. Her ex had a Kawasaki 900, and she wasn't worried. BUT...her additional exquisitely arranged 120 pounds threw the tiny car's handling off so much I ended up spinning it on a road I was intimately familiar with. Exceed the coefficient of friction of the tire contact patches and find out. Physics, ya know?

"Love" is sometimes just self-serving lies, deceit, and grasping for power and control of another human being.

Definitely notes, especially on anything with complex or involved modifications, or anything that requires historical or technical research. Very often drawings or sketches too...

Hand me that chrome left-handed framislator wrench.

Pretty good day overall, but my left hip is quite unusually painful. Definitely got the old grampaw walk going on. Ah well. Take some ibuprofen and get on with it.

Went to the shop early in the cool, got an unpleasant fiberglass-grinding job done on the DeLorean in preparation for mounting the custom instrument panel, pumped up tires on all my cars, put an air filter in the '89 GMC (hauled a load of trash to the shop in her too), worked until it was just too hot and miserable for a Saturday. Came home, had half a sandwich, fixing to go out and rake more pine straw off of the concrete drive (it's relatively cool here under the trees) which should take an hour or two and burn off some lard. Then maybe, just MAYBE, after a nice cool shower I just MIGHT actually work on a model.

"Halt; who goes there?" is a sentence within a sentence in this sentence.