Ace-Garageguy

Flatulations of cattle are blamed for part of the impending fiery end of Earth as we know it, which, according to the doomers earlier predictions, should be any day now.

Monkey see, monkey do...

Another beauty. I'm in love.

Robles of the Paso variety is the site of a few vintage car and aviation events...and I personally like that kind of big-sky "dry and brown and flat".

Cholame Caulipornia is surrounded by some durn purdy country.

"Out of luck" is what anyone who still uses AOL dial-up will be on September 30th.

Not entirely true. You had at least one very clean wasp.

"Ironic" isn't something made of ferrous metal.

Yup, very nicely done.

More cherry pie, more key lime pie, more pizza, more big ol' greasy burgers...yeah, I can always go for more, and it shows.

Fast cars and airplanes are usually beautiful too.

If a little tacky chrome is good, more really gaudy chrome is better.

Rider rash can afflict parts of the occasional operator of any two-wheeled conveyance who doesn't use the right gear, or have sufficiently calloused skin in the contact areas.

Never give a sucker an even break.

All I saw in the yard is grass that's going to need cutting next weekend if it rains the next few days.

Said Mr. Watts also: "you are under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago" and "we are so scared of being unimportant, of not being somebody, that we are willing to be anything at all."

Obviously this was fate all along, and you are meant for each other.

Work doesn't have to be something you hate but have to do to pay your bills if you do work you enjoy and are good at, but for some odd reason, not many people ever seem to realize that,

"Lucky" often means being in the right place at the right time because you worked like the devil to get there.

One of the guys who works at the "antique mall" I frequent knows I'm into HO train stuff, and took me aside a few days back to let me know he had some I might be interested in. So...we met in the parking lot like we were doing a deal in illicit substances and I looked in one of two big boxes. "Sold" I thinks to myself, without even digging through it. "Make me a price" says I. "$60" says he, and I start peeling off twenties. Got it home, so far the two best items are an almost new, powered Bachmann GP-40 locomotive with all-wheel drive, and a Heljan 804 turntable kit, complete. Just those two alone are worth at least twice what I paid if I got 'em from eBay, and there's a ton of other good stuff: more locomotives, buildings, cars, electronic and electrical bits, etc. The train stall in the mall just happened to have been restocked again yesterday too, so I snagged several more vintage craftsman kits, a few built-ups and RTRs in unusual liveries, plus two beautiful powered EMD SW-1 switchers in Burlington Northern livery, different numbers. Again, the locos are worth at least twice what I gave for everything. EDIT: And Steve...I looked at every piece of rolling stock for anything Duluth South Shore & Atlantic. Nada.

Money sure doesn't go as far as it used to, even taking decades of inflation into consideration.

Well...guess I'll need one to keep the BRE Z-car and 510 company...

Congrats. Looks like a solid little car. Glad it finally has a home. Those 2.3 inline fours are pretty simple, reliable as bricks if they're not actually broken. If it's been sitting that long, turn the engine through manually before trying to crank it with the starter, and if it turns free...REPLACE THE TIMING BELT BEFORE YOU GO ANY FARTHER. A timing belt that old will almost certainly be brittle, and if it strips the teeth, valves can hit pistons and get bent (IF it's an "interference engine", which I don't know right off hand) causing a WHOLE lot more expense and effort. Best to find a service manual before you do much of anything to it. Information is a whole lot cheaper than ruined parts. Hope you didn't have to tow it far with the dolly too. Towing an automatic like that without dropping the driveshaft is a good way to kill one. Of course...if you already know all this, my apologies. Just trying to help.