Ace-Garageguy

Just about everywhere you go today, common-sense and follow-through are lacking. Thing is though, these deficiencies have always been there, but the web makes it more visible because more stupid clueless people get to show their stuff to the world. For instance, I have a collection of old model RR mags going back to the mid-1930s, and it's not at all uncommon for advertising copywriters to omit little things like scale or contact info for the company or distributor, and sometimes even the name of the company selling whateveritis. One thing that bugs me mightily today though is the plethora of supposed "journalists" who use words just flat wrong and have little understanding of basic English sentence construction, and a recent trend to scramble verb tenses...constructions like "I didn't unloaded it".

"Wench with a Wrench" would be a great name for an independent chick hot-rod shop.

Merit is the only basis any hire should ever be made on by a company that wants to stay in business and deliver consistently high-quality goods or services.

Socks are afraid to get lost when I do the laundry.

Imbibing alcohol doesn't seem to be as popular as it used to was.

Work is a four letter word.

Diseases that affect the most people, and therefore have the potential to generate the most profits from drugs, get top priority.

Fire the incompetent and hire only on ability and experience, no matter what other baloney HR criteria may be in play.

Sake, the Japanese rice wine, can be very comforting served warm in the winter.

I was in a parking lot in front of a small mall earlier today, and a FedEx driver was so aggressively on-and-off the throttle, it seemed like he was intentionally trying to destroy the transmission. I don't know if it was a technical fault with the vehicle, gross incompetence, or something else.

Ohhhh baby...that is PRETTY!!

"Scolded" is something I'm loath to tolerate from those for whom I have little respect.

Bottom line: any AI, or any tech really, is only as good as its makers / programmers / caretakers. GIGO: garbage in, garbage out.

Market prices keep climbing, and it's no joke.

Yup, the Connie is one of the most beautiful machines ever built by man. I had a friend who flew some of the last of the commercial Constellations as they were being replaced by jets, told a story about how, at the end when the big radials were getting tired and overhaul wasn't considered economically feasible, they'd just cover the oil pressure gauges and cross their fingers. I was familiar with the EC-121 AWACS aircraft, but never knew of the specific "BATCAT" variant until just now.

Community colleges probably prepare many students better for the reality of working for a living these days than most of the snooty ivy-league schools.

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Nope. You could take one of the well-proportioned Revell kits and swap in the best of the available interior and undercarriage guts, and mashup a correct engine from all the flathead bits out there, but that's your only option. The lack of availability of a correct stock '32 Ford anything has been a long time gripe in the model car community. One of the most important, most iconic cars of the '30s, or among hot-rods, and no good stock kit. Oh well. Everyone who gives a rat's rump will be pushin' up pansies in not too long anyway, right?

Future was a floor finish, a breath freshener, or a dessert topping depending on the packaging it was sold in.

"Dumpster fire" is a phrase appropriate to describe several recent events.

It's a little late now, but those cars really stood up on tippy-toe in reality, and the wheels are 18" rather than the kit's 15-inchers. So, ummmm...so much for "stock". The other major problem with ALL the AMT '32 body shells is the height at the cowl. Here's how you fix it.

Yup.

Eggs are one of the best sources of high-quality protein, and make up part of a healthy breakfast that won't leave you carb-crashing in an hour or two like cereal, especially sugar-laden cereal.

"Behind" is where I'm usually running.

"Groupies" sounds like a kind of fish, and the fish may be smarter.