Ace-Garageguy

Makes me think about building a steel-roofed steel garage with a 10,000 gallon rain-capture cistern and a couple of decent sized pumps... EDIT: with directable spray nozzles, and gravel or concrete for at least 20 yards in every direction

Novels about spies and crime and and science fiction and fantasy (like the Wheel of Time series) take my mind off the day's rampaging baloney and help me get to sleep.

I tried it eons ago, and so many people I didn't know (or care to) dumped their idiocy on my page, I quit very early on.

Pavement where black ice was a coupla days ago.

"For he's a jolly good fellow" they may have sung at his retirement dinner, but he's actually a grumpy old skinflint always crabbing about something.

Icing by USC is still my favorite polyester glazing putty.

Beta.

"Mind your manners" is a phrase that, these days, might as well be in Swahili.

Pea-emmed.

Pocket change won't even buy a candy bar these days.

Meme generators have been using AI-ish technology for some time, and it shows in some of the illogical and scrambled syntax.

"Not on my watch" said every pencil neck dwerble who wanted to sound like a tough guy after he heard it in a movie.

Which is pretty much my whole point. There is no GOOD reason to put everything in a car on the same network where one small failure can disable the entire vehicle. None, zero, period. Just like the oil-bath toothed "rubber" timing belts that are falling out of favor, it was embraced by the automotive industry, monkey-see, monkey-do, because it was new and different, and helped to ensure rapid unsupported system obsolescence and therefore lessened used-car usefulness, reliability, repairability, and value...not because it was more robust, cheaper, or lighter as is widely rebleated. And although a lot is written about "robustness" and "fault tolerance" and "wiring simplification", anyone working boots-on-the-ground in the post-warranty service end of the automobile industry knows this to be largely bull.

For every potential disaster, there are basic levels of preparedness that aren't difficult, and could make the difference between life and the alternative.

"Situations" have the potential to become disasters.

Worse things than you've ever imagined can happen, so like a good little Boy Scout, be prepared.

Glad you're OK. Hard head impacts like that can be...a lot worse. Take is easy for a good while.

Parts of me want to just walk away from my entire life, and go live on a mountain top as a hermit.

Says the spider to the fly "I spies dinner with my little eyes".

Take whatever time it takes to do things right the first time.

The PPP wheels and tires are some of the best aftermarket parts in the business. And if you read the package labels, they note what era and kind of racing (asphalt, dirt, etc.) each set is appropriate for, so you can get it right. And just FYI: The resin wheel-tire-brake sets you show above are not at all correct for what you want to build, not even close. The wheels you want are steel wheels, sometimes factory production steel wheels strengthened and widened for racing. EDIT: Here's your tires. You can sand the GoodYear off and apply Hoosier decals if you like. https://www.mikesdecals.com/ppp-6064g-1960-goodyear-tires-p-3224.html Here's your wheels: https://www.mikesdecals.com/ppp-holman-moody-wheels-1960-p-3215.html?osCsid=249c1026279e9f8e3b9f575e56febb00

Very attractive build, right colors, and the wheels are perfect. I have this kit but don't recall if those are in the kit...? Anyway, the Space Bird Sport Roadsters were great looking cars. Really wish I'd bought one back when I could afford to.

In well over 70 years on this planet, I've rarely seen anyone do that.

Yup. That's it.

Mouth-harps are kinda twangy.