Scared $hitless just looking at this thing...

 

Ted Kaczynski (Unabomber) died today - apparently a suicide.

 

Chris, yes, I need a garage. I offsite store 3 cars and a boat and have to put the driver on the driveway.

Norm, yeah that Chicom bridge can go on living without me.

While I don't condone mailbombing folks, Kaczynski, along with some other criminal or maligned people, was quite brilliant and wrote great things.

 

Good morning everyone.

Tiger wanted to get up at 1, and I got back to bed and said no way was I going to get up again at 2. So I got up at 4 and came in at my regular time. Turns out no one else came in, either, and my wall guy handed me a stack of wheels that I've been working on non-stop since 6. I've also been getting a steady stream of wheels from him, and for awhile another guy as well. I'm already at my number for the day and probably have 10 in the stack still. It feels pretty good actually, it gets old sitting wondering what to look at next on the internet.

The septic tank isn't abandoned, it's the one for the house. It's at the corner of the front yard, right where I'd like to pour a driveway. I guess I shouldn't move over and put the driveway over the sewer pipe coming out of the house, either, since that's what started all the problems with the other house some months ago.

My mower friend is coming over today after work and we're going to do mower stuff. Then a friend of mine from Ohio is coming down tonight and tomorrow we're going to load up one of my Metropolitans I said he could have. It will be a project for him and his grandson, and then it will be the grandson's first car. Sounds cool.

I had heard the Unibomber had died. He was from around me, and all growing up he was a constant on the news. Boy did they get the police sketch wrong how funny.

The lead is not here today. Shocking. He wouldn't let me take off today after working all weekend, but he could. What a dick. Well the joke's on him. I'll be gone two weeks and he won't.

Okay, break is about over, and the stack awaits. Hope everyone has a good Monday.

 

Mike - The least expensive & easiest route is the simplest. Set your forms & pour the new driveway outside the perimeter of the existing septic tank. Be creative - straight lines are boring.

 

Norm - I watched the video, that bridge is amazing! The Chinese seem to be really into those amazing tourist bridges, You may have already seen these but here's a couple pics of the world's longest glass bottom bridge in China,

 

John - From your description of the outbuilding you have planned, you're gonna have plenty of space for your toys in the not too distant future. I've lost the bubble on this point, when are you planning on breaking ground for that? I'm envious you have enough property to erect a building of that size.

 

Norm that would put the driveway out in the middle of the yard. The opposite of what I'm wanting to do. I could build forms and pour a raised driveway over the grass, so there is no weight on the tank.

Chris if you would have been on the stick and bought the lot behind you, you could have built a garage the same size as your house. I need to plan a big workshop. Not gonna happen for awhile.

Well I finished my stack about 930. Holy Toledo that was a lot of wheels. Fifty-one to be exact. I'm by far the star player of the day. Eh, nobody cares and that's okay. It's a personal victory.

That glass bridge reminds me of this thing we went to in Melbourne. Up about 100 floors in this high rise this outfit had built a room out of the side of the building. You got in the room, it had a glass floor and glass walls, and the room moved out of the building and was outside of the building. The room was maybe 10x20. My friends insisted we go on it, I didn't want to, but I did because they wanted to. I hated it. I hope I was a good enough actor to not look scared shitless. I know the thing was safe, didn't help.

 

Still planning. My friends didn't like my plan, but I don't think their idea is feasible. I'd like to build next year, site prep this year.

 

Good luck, I hope it all goes smoothly and comes together just as you envision it!

 

Mike - Move your home to a more suitable location.

 

Mike From where I sit it looks like you have 2 choices [none of which you're gonna like] Move the septic tank or move the driveway. Given the age or your property I believe I would move the septic system as it may need work soon and it gonnna be a mess Put it out of the way Chris, Since my post has turned into an advice column Sell your bike You ll live longer Norm I hate the swinging bridge at grandfather mountain N C much less that thing John I SLOWLY doing some site prep for a metal building. The prices are all over the map. I may have mentioned the city [in their infinite wisdom said A. It has to be permitted B it has to match the siding on my house [even though I have 5 out buildings with metal siding that don't match my homes wooden horizonal siding ] C there is a $20 K fine for pouring concrete w/o a permit. I've about decided to get the thing erected on Saturday or /Sunday [ no inspectors working]and use pavers not a poured slab The city has gone bat $hit crazy. A Baptist church next door founded in 1838 and has NEVER had any kind of building permit Had a oak fall on a rec building. The city slapped a stop work order on the volunteers covering the hole with a tarp

 

Hrrrm a Baptist church getting a stop order on saving the church? Good way for code enforcement to get an exorcism shoved up their ***.

 

Sure sounds like another prime example of, "Ya can't fix stupid"!

 

Wife cooked a nice dinner. French Toast made with thick Texas Toast style bread and a pile of Armor Black Label thick cut bacon just for me (she's eating that yucky turkey bacon).



Couple of updates. Sony is replacing my boom box that went TU a few weeks ago. It's on it's way. My '67 Fisher Body Service Manual and Fisher Body Illustrated Parts Manual that I bought from a member on here got here today in great shape. It will be fun going through those over the next few weeks. All in all a very enjoyable day.

Hope ya'll had a great one and have a relaxing evening!

 

Chris, Ya need to ax your wife to try this Its really easy/good

 

Jim - I've heard you guys talk about that recipe many times and it sounds very tasty. I'm going to try and get her to watch the video. However, most of us are creatures of habit, and when she's the one in the kitchen doing the work, I'm walking a fine line if ya know what I mean. I'll even offer to cook it, but she's usually not keen on that either. This is one of those topics that's tricky to navigate around.

 

Ok remember it on your anniversary Breakfast in bed for the queen

 

Sounds like a plan!

 

Mike Was that YOUR Awful House Trump visited yesterday?

 

Good afternoon guys,

Beautiful today, sunny and 84° right now. Nothing really exciting today. Wife was cleaning house for her elderly friend down the street this a morning so I was on dog duty. Still managed to get out to the garage and clean on my car some. My least favorite cleaning/detailing job, the engine bay. I hadn't done it in quite awhile and it was getting pretty dusty and grimy. I don't like spraying down electrical components with the hose, or near the open element air cleaner, so I did it all by hand without a hose or soap and water. First I blew out the entire bay with the lawn blower. Then I cleaned all the reachable surfaces with baby wet wipes and dry rags. I've found baby wet wipes work really well for car/motorcycle cleaning purposes. They are easy on paint, and do a pretty decent job of removing oil, grease, and grit without leaving a visible film. I use them to clean aluminum and chrome wheels too. Plus, they don't need to be washed! After I was done cleaning I polished the chrome air cleaner and valve covers with chrome polish. Turned out looking pretty nice if I do say so myself.

Don't know what's on tap for dinner yet, I usually offer to go get take-out on days she cleans, but we didn't discuss it before she layed down for a nap with the dogs. I never have been able to enjoy naps, I always feel worse when I get up regardless of how long the nap.

Hope everyone has had a nice day!

 

Wow Chris, that sure is some detailing to use baby wipes on your engine! I have been really bad as far as cleaning my Olds this year. It has been so dusty around here and I have to go 1/2 mile or so on a dirt (sandy) road to get out. So I knew cleaning would be for naught. I've only went around here for a top down ride on one of those hot days we had last week. Well now I have to clean it up. Homecoming is this Saturday and I will go to that. I wish you were here to detail my Olds for me!!

 

I keep looking at the radar and saying, "BRING IT ON! MORE RAIN!" I don't recall a May/June being this dry in quite some time here in MI. Man, is my yard burnt to a crisp.

 

Greg - I'm sure it sounds kinda silly and overkill to us "baby wet wipes" to clean the engine bay, but for me it's really the lazy man's way to do it.
There's so many advantages:
1. I don't have to pull the car out of the garage to use hose/water, so I can work in the shade of the garage.
2. Since I'm not using water I don't have to worry about electrical components getting any unwanted moisture in them.
3. When I'm done the wet wipes just go in the trash, likewise the cloth rags for drying that come from discarded t-shirts, socks, etc, saved up over the winter to be used for cleaning. No oily, grimy rags to put in the washing machine..

Yes, there's the expense of the wet wipes, but very little, and we buy them in bulk. I may have used 15 wet wipes to do the whole engine bay, we're talking about a few cents.

That sucks having to travel gravel to get to the main road, impossible to keep vehicles clean! I wish I could be up there for Homecoming, maybe one of these years, I sure hope so. I hope you have nice weather and a great time.

 

Jeff - It's been an extremely dry May/June here in StL too. Last time I checked we were down almost 7-inches in average rainfall. It's a tinder box everywhere around here, not a good thing with 4th of July fireworks in the not too distant future!

 

So I'm in Walmart buy dog food and I decided to buy some canned air to blow out a little plastic neutral /drive/ reverse button switch on Das Boat That's been sticking I head to self check out and run my items and the screen has some kind of error message and Ms Patel comes over and say, You have to be 18 to buy air. Well I qualify and ax her and got the have no idea. WTF do you need to be18 to buy canned air Are kids doing something kinky with it

 

Depends on the makeup of canned air. Kids have been using the NO2 cannisters for years as whippets (cheap inhalation high). So, if said canned air is of that makeup, then it makes sense. But if it's composition is different, then it may depend on flammability and laws regarding age restrictions? I'm sure Norm will weigh in on the topic.

 

Hi guys,

Got out this morning and touched up a few small places on my 4-4-2's intake where some small pieces of the bronze paint had flaked off. Here's some pics of my detailing efforts in the engine bay yesterday.

 

Agree. Whippets. Inject air into a balloon allow to cool a minute so it does not freeze your lungs then inhale.

 

Scaffold is my middle name.

 

Well, Norm, I decided to buy a pair of Georgia boots for work, ordered thme a couple of days ago, and will be in, in a couple of weeks. I may have to take the Doc up on his recommendation of taking five days off of work to let my foot heal a bit. I cut my grass, and I paid for it with searing foot pain. He might know what he is talking about, and if I quit being a stubborn kraut, I'll call his office. Jim, I hope that they didn't ask for your I.D. so you could continue your canned air purchase. I had a Wally world "associate" ask for my I.D. around a month or so ago, because I was buying head & cold meds. Apparently at age 66 I don't look old enough to be able to legally buy it. He got an earfull and some items to re stock after I left them at the checkout. I made my purchase across the street with no issues. Chris, engine compartment looks nice, you missed a spot.

 

Tanks, I had no idear

 

Dan - Thanks! First pic was taken after the intake paint touch-ups. 2nd and 3rd pics are before. You will notice the chipped off areas near the Edelbrock writing in the 2nd pic have been covered in the 1st pic. Paint is not an exact match. Being cheap and wanting instant gratification, I bought VHT's bronze engine paint in aerosol at Walmart and sprayed it into a container and brushed it on. I should have waited and ordered Fusick's bronze, which I believe is a better match. Good enough for Government work for right now, but some of Fusick's will be on order.

 

Jeff - You have Kentucky Blue Grass?

 

Chris - Have you thought of replacing the white zip-ties w/ black zip-ties? I think it makes for a cleaner look.

 

Norm - No, I hadn't even thought about that, but I think it's a great idea and would look cleaner as you stated. Plus, I already have a whole bag of that width out in the garage. Thanks! 😊

 

I'm a LARGE advocate of electrical maintenance. I see at least one set of wires, bolt/screw & nut which is in need of a wire brush, sandpaper, burnishing wheel or weapon of your choice. You want to maintain the absolute best path of least resistance in the electrical. The best method is to ensure every wire, especially in the ignition system, is spotless & clean. If it were mine, I'd remove those wires & the securing nut, then wire brush the wire metal terminal ends, bolt/screw of the ignition coil then wire brush, burnish or replace the nut with a new nut. Just good electrical maintenance. It will keep your spark the snappiest it can be & places less strain on the ignition coil itself if you can remove any resistance.

 

Jim, Mike, those tornadoes south of you?

 

Dan, I really hope you're impressed w/ the Georgia boots. Look forward to feedback after they arrive.

 

Norm - Thanks again, you're absolutely right! The back nut/bolt looks much fresher than the one in the front that looks terrible, don't know why, but certainly appears that way in the photo. When everything's running great, I find it too easy to look past stuff like that, my strong suit (if I have one), is not preventative maintenence. Thanks again!