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Ace-Garageguy

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  1. Followed the crowd he did, but unfortunately for his sneakers, the crowd was elephants.
  2. I'd go with stitchdup's advice if you want to get it done with the least aggravation. None of the windows in that car are compound-curves, so heat-forming isn't necessary. Single-curved "glass" made from colored clear sheet can be gently curved with your fingers well enough to hold its shape. EDIT: It's fairly straightforward to devise a simple hidden retainer system that will allow the windows to "snap" in place, eliminating all or most of the necessity for using an adhesive...and I'd recommend a PVA "white" glue that dries clear and doesn't fog.
  3. "Plan your work, work your plan" has always been excellent advice.
  4. Apology-making when one has done nothing wrong just reinforces the accuser's self-righteous sense of power.
  5. Either ignoring a definitive answer from someone who actually knows, or wanting to argue, is a frequent and irksome occurrence, and not conducive to getting the real experts to offer correct info. But hey...it's just SOP for the interwebs.
  6. "Pencil-neck geek" isn't a term of endearment.
  7. For cryin' out loud, mom, give it a rest.
  8. Time seems to pass faster and faster the more of it is behind us.
  9. Phrase-regurgitation or cut-and-paste from online dictionaries is not really in the spirit of the "one sentence" game, is it?
  10. Adult whiny babies.
  11. Sow too much baloney and reap the whirlwind.
  12. California sea otters are a protected species, with only about 3000 individuals.
  13. Jeep races on the beach during the daytime were never as entertaining as watching the submarine races from the beach at night.
  14. "Man" used to be such an easy concept to grasp.
  15. Got my "staging tent" reskinned with new tarps just before the rain came. All it is is one of those cheapo "portable garages" that a freindamine gave me after his neighborhood Karen reported him to the zoning people. It lasted for several years in my back yard, and I've been storing not-too-valuable tools and parts in it prior to moving. Last windy rain storm, a limb came down, punched a hole in the top of it, and I didn't notice until last week. A few things got soaked and ruined, but nothing irreplaceable. Anyway, now it's watertight again.
  16. That's IMC, who made some really cool kits of interesting, highly-detailed cars and trucks with lotsa opening features, widely bashed as "too fiddly" and "unbuildable", and aircraft. Many have been re-released over the years under other labels, including Lindberg, Testors, and Union. While they were indeed challenging, in the hands of skilled modelers, they could turn out stellar models.
  17. The ONLY models you can have to work with were previously put together by 5-year-olds who used an entire tube of gloo to hold on every single part...kinda like a lot of what I used to buy on FeePay, listed as "adult built".
  18. Writing 1984, the author thought he was creating fiction, not a handbook of instructions on how to do things.
  19. Streets of Fire is, among other things, a film from 1984.
  20. Last new fridge I bought quit after two years, just out of warranty. Opened it up, pathetic tiny components inside, sized for a small office fridge. Lotsa insulation was its only advantage over an old one with big fat clunky last-forever guts. Cheaper to buy another one than pay someone to fix it, and I didn't want to take it to the car shop to evac/recharge or bring the equipment home, then probably have it die again after another 2 years. Bought an older creampuff used, and it's still running fine 12 years later. A friend of mine has a fridge from the late '40s, still running on its original freon.
  21. Fences in good condition make good neighbors, so it's said.
  22. What search method are you using?
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