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Just last Sunday, when I filled up before driving to my dad's birthday brunch, a van filled up, next to my truck. A 73 VW van... Admittedly, the owner said it was costing her a fair bit, to keep it alive... I told her I knew the feeling (mine being a 1991 GMC Suburban...) Got rid of a 1970 VW van i...

Description sounds like they might have entirely replaced the suspension and drive train. The guys over at Doc's who rebuild old cars do that.

Yeah, I've been jammed up with work (technically working right now, actually ) and weekend crap with the ancestral property. Haven't looked in for a few days.

My condolences, Pablo. Did not check the board for a few days and am just seeing the news here now.

Sometimes the waiting is worse. Wishing comfort and peace to you and your family.

My grandmother spent ten years dying inside her head until her body finally gave out at age 102. I know what it's like. My mom didn't last that long, but I was missing her while she was still here. We thought her anorexia and dislike of formerly palatable foods was a symptom of dementia. She went f...

The FIAT 128 was a decent little car. There was nothing Sovet cost-cutting couldn't ruin. Remember once seeing the Yugo described (approximately) as a base-model Fiat assembled from factory-second parts by unskilled workers in poor light. Click and Clack about stroked out laughing at an unlucky cal...

AnotherFairportfan wrote: ↑

Sat May 11, 2019 4:11 pm

The Yugo i ripped a door off made a similar but not-so-loud noise...

Q: For why has Yugo rear window electric defroster?

A: For to warm hands when pushing in snow!

Good to see Jasper whatever thread.

Now, you want a bad joke?

Saw a thing just lately--with pictures--that dogs can ride the New York subways. If they fit in a bag!

Try convincing Jasper to ride the subway in a bag.

I knew opposite sides all equaled the same number. But I was thinking it was 6. That actually wouldn't work - what goes on the side opposite the 3? The numbers 1 to 6 total 21. There are three pairs of opposite sides on a cube, so if each pair is going to have the same total it must be 7. Quite log...

I knew opposite sides all equaled the same number. But I was thinking it was 6.

Goes to show, ya don't ever know . . . .

Jasper puts up with a lot. It's tough being a dog (as any dog will tell ya). But there are limits.

Always good to see Jasper. Makes the week better.

Well, they have so much information on it, at least it can be physically restored to an almost identical condition - and a whole lot faster than it was constructed initially. I haven't read any of the news reports yet - I'll wait a bit and see if they come up with how it happened. There was restora...

Does anyone else still scroll down on the main page to look for the big button link to the forums? It would seem that I'm still not used to its absence, as I scroll down almost every time. (Granted, if I start typing the word "forum" in my address bar, it suggests the forum's URL anyway...) I only ...

According to the portable blackboard outside of a café and drinking establishment along the bus route I work every day, it takes 139 glasses of wine to fill a bath tub... I can't help but think that can't be right, as it seems to me a bath tub would take a lot more liquid than that. Unless you're t...

Alkarii wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:12 am

I remember a time when Popeye was a sailor, man.

Ya wouldn't think he was a cowboy.

But then there's this one:

"What time do y'all go to church?"
"Hell, we don't go to Church. We go to Popeyes!"

I actually thought someone had put a shell on one of those Spyder trikes when I saw it, but this thing had four solid wheels. The story is intriguing behind it, but I wonder if the guy asked too much for it, and just decided to keep it? Strewth that is the ugliest thing I've seen with a license pla...

Cool! Hope you get fruit. If it bore fruit before, maybe the soaking will help.

About the wire: Long time back, I heard a discussion about the value of magic wire on the local public radio station. Format then was mainly classical music. The station engineer said he used plain old zipcord, like for extension cords, for speaker wire. Low cost and plenty of conductance.

AnotherFairportfan wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 05, 2019 3:23 pm

Atomic wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 05, 2019 8:18 am

Perhaps you meant a Bop on the head with a lollipop, courtesy of Herbie Popnecker?

you had to remind me

Really. Oy.

Ok, yeah... I think so. Thanks. It may come as a bit of a surprise to some folks due to the character I write in the fanfic, but I truly only know enough about computers to break them in interesting ways and to do a better job at bullshitting about knowing about them than the average joe :P I've be...