zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Right now, I am mechanically reclined.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Hmm I just realized the fourth of july hits on a weekday this year, maybe pull a fire works permit for Sat? Have to look into that one.
And now you see why I didn't go into engineering
Anyone remember the Hardy Boy books?
If it's anything like how the lift went up I'll watch from far away. Once in a lifetime was enough.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Winter is such a curse on humanity
I am so in the mood to play car right now and forget everything else in the world..
How sweet it would be to go sit in a project car and scrutinize every piece of the car without moving a single foot from its resting place.
If it were Summer, it would be light out right now and warm.
But instead.........I open the the door and get a frigid wake up call from reality....
Oh yea, it's winter, and dark out and might snow again.
I think I should go to sleep and at least try to dream of something fun. Probably not tho........
I am so in the mood to play car right now and forget everything else in the world..
How sweet it would be to go sit in a project car and scrutinize every piece of the car without moving a single foot from its resting place.
If it were Summer, it would be light out right now and warm.
But instead.........I open the the door and get a frigid wake up call from reality....
Oh yea, it's winter, and dark out and might snow again.
I think I should go to sleep and at least try to dream of something fun. Probably not tho........
Hey Rainy, got the winter blues? Join the club. Tired of grey skies, snow and ice myself. Buying car parts helps boost my mood. Whether I need them or not. LOL
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Yep. I was part of a "Free classroom" experiment by our school district when I was in 3rd grade where we could learn at our own pace and with our own focus on a subject.
I read all 52 books that had been published by that year in a month of school days.
I followed that with 6 weeks of playing chess and then finished the 3rd and 4th grade math books cover-to-cover in the next month. Then I ignored the English and spelling books for the rest of the year and never did them.
When I was done 3rd grade, they couldn't decide whether to send me straight to 5th grade or hold me back a year to finish the English and spelling bits. They finally chose not to make a decision...and sent me into 4th grade.
Problem is there is nothing to buy right now because I am waiting on pics on some pedals ands the guy says " pics this weekend"
how about Tom Swift books?
To date.....the most fun reading I know of...
FSM.
it allows you to really get to know your vehicle, inside and out.
It puts engineering ideas into a real world application .
Its an engineering, physics, math and life lesson all in one.
I can just read an FSM cover to cover and never be bored
FSM.
it allows you to really get to know your vehicle, inside and out.
It puts engineering ideas into a real world application .
Its an engineering, physics, math and life lesson all in one.
I can just read an FSM cover to cover and never be bored
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
I thought i was the only wierdo that actually read a FSM...
I've been collecting them for years, almost have all the originals
Not familiar with those
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Winter is such a curse on humanity
I am so in the mood to play car right now and forget everything else in the world..
How sweet it would be to go sit in a project car and scrutinize every piece of the car without moving a single foot from its resting place.
If it were Summer, it would be light out right now and warm.
But instead.........I open the the door and get a frigid wake up call from reality....
Oh yea, it's winter, and dark out and might snow again.
I think I should go to sleep and at least try to dream of something fun. Probably not tho........
That's exactly why I am spending the time to make my garage a nice heated and cooled space so I can work on my cars in comfort year 'round. With recent modifications, I have the heating working well. It's 72° in the garage right now and I'm sitting in the front seat of the GTS thinking about what I want to do. If you were closer I'd invite you to come over and help me figure out what to do with the car next. I'd even send you a text...
It doesnt even have to be Mopar for me.....I found a Chilton manual for a VW at a garage sale for 50 cents. It was interesting to see the engineering from a different part of the brain because German engineering is almost not of this world.
Loved them when I was young.The Tom Swift Unofficial Home Page
They were old when I was reading them.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Read a bunch of them when I was a mini me.
I went to a little Catholic school called Scared Heart. In third grade I got moved into 5th grand math and science , but for social studies and English I stayed in 3rd. It was weird as heck. Would have been fine had they just moved me up a grade but in between my 3rd and 4th grade year, the school downsized and no longer went k-12 but K-5th so my 4th and 5th grade years I got stuck doing the same math I'd already learned. Ended up getting into a lot of trouble because I got my work done so much quicker than anyone else that I started being disruptive. Spent half my time in the principals office who happened to be a nun and she didn't like that I wasn't catholic to begin with so yeah. Not funYep. I was part of a "Free classroom" experiment by our school district when I was in 3rd grade where we could learn at our own pace and with our own focus on a subject.
I read all 52 books that had been published by that year in a month of school days.
I followed that with 6 weeks of playing chess and then finished the 3rd and 4th grade math books cover-to-cover in the next month. Then I ignored the English and spelling books for the rest of the year and never did them.
When I was done 3rd grade, they couldn't decide whether to send me straight to 5th grade or hold me back a year to finish the English and spelling bits. They finally chose not to make a decision...and sent me into 4th grade.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
LOL! Yeah, I spent a lot of time in the Principal's office in 3rd grade. I had learned all they had to offer that I cared about, and was spending the rest of my time playing with my Hot Wheels in the hallways and stairwells. I think I pushed them over the edge when I brought a fresh road-kill rabbit I found one morning into school and proceeded to dissect it on my desk with a pocket knife!
I share a birthday with someone special
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
You do realize that I have saved that image of you and it will reappear in the future...right?
O Boy.....
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