Ace-Garageguy

Wasting yet another morning waiting for UPS to get their head out and get my package here...marked on the tracking site yesterday as "delivery attempted, business closed" which is utter and complete bull. The tracking site USED to have a real-time GPS truck locator map, so you could tell if the damm thing was in the neighborhood. I guess that was just too good an idea to last. Now they have a "smart" chatbot that is as useless and incompetent as a typical live human. Pretty impressive, techie dwerps. Big Brown, indeed.

Pasture isn't the guy who developed a sterilization process for milk, but he seems to be credited frequently.

Peculiarities is what makes some individuals interesting...unless they give off a bad smell.

Look at the way she handles tools. It's apparent she has at least half a clue as to what she's doing...unlike the vast majority of "men" I know. Though I don't exactly go along with the way she does some things, she makes it very clear that she has the desire to do things "right". That right there sets her apart from a lot of "mechanic" Ytoobers who wouldn't know "right" if it jumped up and bit 'em in the face. And she's not shy about showing her sidekick doing the majority of the welding, or bringing in people who know more about something than she does, or knowing when to farm things out...or admitting up front she's still learning and hopes to continue doing so, rather than posturing as an expert in everything automotive. All in all, reasons I like her. And she's cute. And funny.

When it absolutely, positively HAS to be at the other side of the galaxy overnight...

Covered is what many corporate drones are concerned with keeping their backsides.

My sincere condolences, Ray.

Poisoning wives and associates, even annoying ones, is frowned upon.

Old Heller 1/24 Traction Avant Citroen 15 CV, another important car from an engineering standpoint as a pioneer in unibody automobile construction. Battered box, virgin inside, cheap. Tamiya 1/24 Alfa Giulia Sprint GT, which became "necessary" after seeing an outstanding build of one on the forum here, and it was priced well under market. Plus, I have a fondness for the real cars. And a very clean, complete and unmolested 1/24 Monogram '36 Ford. I had several in various states of restorable, but always wanted an un-buggered one. Always one of my all-time favorite designs from Ford, too. Not cheap, but not too bad for the 6-way customizing issue.

I see what looks like an arresting cable but no hook on the bird. Is that the big ol' piece of FOD on the deck...?

Yup.

"Bed-sitter people look back and lament, another day's useless energy spent..."

Yup, there's that... 2 right here I used to listen to a lot, many moons ago: WREK at Ga.Tech, and WCLK from Clark College.

I don't generally recall FM being commercial-free from the time I started listening to stations out of NYC in the early 1960s, when I got my first little Toshiba transistor radio, though it seems there was less. Public Broadcasting on FM was commercial-free though, often programming jazz and classical music. Not the answer to your specific question, but this might shed some light on it: https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Rise_and_Fall_of_FM_Rock

Teen dreams seem to have more to do with becoming an internet influencer than slipping the leash and riding around with your girl in the '60 Chevy.

I pre-pin anything that will have to go on a painted body, then use PVA (white glue) to hold it from falling off. PVA also works great for me on things like chrome valve covers on painted cylinder heads. It's not like models are going to be subject to the abuse that children's toys get, so it just doesn't require a lot to hold them together.

Meaning can be inferred from almost anything if one is subject to "magical thinking".

Enough is enough; I'm starting my own Postal Service.

Yup, for model car bodies, I agree...and if I were 30 years younger, that's exactly what I'd be working on...though the surface resolution is about there so as to not require any post-processing of a printed master. The best aftermarket bodies I have are resin copies of rare annuals, and the best of the best are indistinguishable from glossy injection-molded styrene, other than their solvent resistance. Resin-casting a car body in a "squish" mold is much faster than printing, and there's only flash cleanup required. On the other hand, I have a lot of half-azzed resin bodies where people used idiot trash like talcum powder for mold release...but when it's the only game in town for a particular subject, you get what you get.

I wouldn't agree that it's "easier", as there are several necessary and complex skills involved, each with a learning curve, and lots of stuff that can go wrong while getting up to speed. There are going to be a number of people who will never be able to master 3D printing, just as there are folks who've tried to cast resin parts and failed.

80's babes are still close to the top of my favorite-looks-for-women list.

The "trick" gearboxes from the wayback flathead days were the 1937 Caddy/LaSalle "top-shift", Buick 40/50 series (cheaper than the LaSalle), and the Packard of about the same time frame. Adapters from several companies were available to mate them to Ford flathead engines.

Water is primarily to keep the abrasive from "loading up" or clogging with material that's been sanded off. It also acts as a lubricant, allowing you to use less pressure while sanding, and both functions make the abrasive last longer. As long as you're happy with your results, there's no particular other benefit to wet-sanding.