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    Painting Tins. No really...

    Forgot to mention.... After the flying cup-n-lid fiasco, I finally learned the secret handshake. A bit tricky, but removing the lids to add thinner is doable. It pays to get the mix right in the first place, but if I don't, it's not the end of the world.
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    Painting Tins. No really...

    Thanks!! I don't do installs.... and I don't pump gas. Would there be anything else? :whistle:
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    Painting Tins. No really...

    You're welcome to stop by and pick it up. I don't do installs though... :poke:
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    Painting Tins. No really...

    Thanks Bob! Let 'em cure for a bit, then the graphics can go on both of 'em. Still hopin' by the end of the month.
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    Painting Tins. No really...

    Hey Kevin... no worries bud, I gotcha. :wink2:
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    Uh-oh...If I dood it, I get in trouble!

    Had the 3800 motor in an '06 Grand Prix. Mating surface on the water pump to block (on the block side) corroded bad enough I had to half ass the leak with RTV. Sold it shortly after. 140k miles. Found out in some forums that it was a common problem on that motor. Motor disassembly and...
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    What have you done to your XS today?

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    Just out of curiosity - Airplane Guys

    Don't think I've told this one before, but I'm at that age... ya know? :er: Late 90's... was a flight mechanic on a 727 freighter. A flight mechanic is just a glorified name for a mechanic that flies with the airplane when it travels to places where there's no maintenance. Here's a typical...
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    Painting Tins. No really...

    ...and Navy, and Marines, and..... :cautious:
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    Royal Enfield Interceptor 2019

    That's exactly the same complaint the Zack Courts from Revzilla had when he did his Daily Rider test.
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    Electric Vehicles, Hybrids...Battery tech... Land Air and Sea. Let's See 'em.

    Note to Elon.... lay off the vanity projects. Jus' ask John DeLorean. :whistle: 5 hours to reboot after a car wash killed it? FIVE HOURS... that's ridiculous. https://jalopnik.com/tesla-cybertruck-no-match-for-car-wash-1851417011
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    Workshop heater install.

    Don't mind the north 40, Togl.... he tends to ramble on an' on 'bout stuff. Lessee.... he loves russia, but hates helmets. Talk about a conflicted soul.... swears helmets are evil, yet you're a fool iffn' you don't get a CO2 thingamajig... Hmmm.... Mr Safety First.... or Mr Fuck All the Shit...
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    Painting Tins. No really...

    What a day.... Got a late start. You know... honeydo's. Got the paint room nice and clean... then couldn't figure out (remember) which tank was in there ready to shoot. Finally found a clue on the tank upstairs. Can't get paint out of the front mount holes... So it's the blue tank on...
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    Itchy Boots Fan Boi's (Spoilers Ahead)

    So now she can add underwater videos to her long list of talents. She never fails to amaze.
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    Uh-oh...If I dood it, I get in trouble!

    :geek:
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