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We'd send the new ET's to supply for fallopian tubes and sonograph ink. (The sonographs in use at the time used treated paper and an...

I can't imagine what the contractor was thinking. Straight dry clay maybe but the best bet would have been to dig to the bottom of the...

Ye olde Jumping Jack. Grandson has a plate compactor if I need that sort of thing.

NAS Pensacola FL to NAS Millington TN on my '74 TX650A. 450+ miles with my seabag strapped to the back of the seat. I had orders to...

I coulda tolja that, and I barely gradumated hi skool.

He discovers that grease guns work MUCH better if you peel the metal cap off the cartridge first...

Jeebus, I'd be in negative points territory just getting out of bed! :laughing:

I haven't done any of the exercises/tests he listed, but I certainly will. I'm nearly certain the balance test will be good for a laugh...

You wood know.

The "steel boutique" at Deep Homo is beyond stupid on prices. I really need to get to my favorite industrial steel supplier and pick up...

Looks like it had "pole-io"...

Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! Might've known it'd be you. (I suspect either your father or mine got around some...)

Better picture of 'Enery (let's see who gets that reference...) Those Harris Hawks are pretty!

We have a Cooper's Hawk that hangs out around here. I've seen him lunching on tweety-birds a couple of times and found a pile of...

I can't even imagine, Jim. I spent my career in air conditioned buildings, but the ride between my quarters and the site could be...

Google Translate: I want to mount an 18 inch rear disc wheel on my xs.Has anyone done If so, what motorcycle does she ride? Otherwise...

Yes, thanks to the genius that invented air conditioning and a nice, cool basement. As a kid growing up in mid-Michigan, baling and...

And trust me, Maildude, it ain't a DRY heat! :D

I move to...oh...I dunno...Missery!

I have a few tools that elicit that response. (No, not THAT one...well, okay, maybe occasionally...)

One of the many reasons I live in Maine is that I don't DO heat! Anything much over 75° (24°C) and I start looking for reasons to hide...

I do use the circular saw and straightedge method when possible. It's been some time since I manhandled a full sheet through the table saw.

Thereby creating a trip hazard. Again, JMHO.

Shroud is a good point. My thinking on the stop-in-cut issue is kickback. 99% of my tablesaw work is solo and handling a 4x8 sheet of...

Watched a video on shop tips this morning and one of the recommendations was running your table saw via a foot switch. Personally, I...

After looking at alternatives, I decided that the best deal for me was to buy smaller bottles (60CF O2, "B" Acetylene) from Maine Oxy's...

Didn't want to derail the other thread. I just turned in the leased bottles on my O/A torch set. Main reason was they closed the depot...

Close, but no cigar... Craigslist "Bridgeport Vertical Mill, asking $500, decent vise, some tooling. Motivated seller" Really...

One for each foot?

Being a total gearhead, I could force myself to drive any of those. :laugh: I actually had a '69 Nova SS but it was a 99% stock...

Yeah, better gas mileage, better starting, longer lasting, better crash-worthiness...who needs all that? :poke: I will say the styling...

Don't even get me started... The numbers of that particular sort of asshat have dwindled since the Navy Base (and it's plethora of kids...

Right there with ya! Here in East Overshoe, it applies to trucks as well. The intersection 25 yards from my kitchen window goes to a...

Yes. Yes it is. Expensive tho...:D :whistle:

In the 70's we used "trichlor" to clean 1" tape recorder heads. I think it was Trichlorotrifluoroethylene vs. the Evil Stuff, but it...

BTDT with various sorts of unfortunate things in fresh cuts. No grease to the eyeballs, but did get some brake cleaner blowback...