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TommyT-Bone	Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#1
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Good Morning gang. Three days till company comes. Got to get my azz in gear. Orginize our mess a little, make the cars look pretty and all that other stuff you do when you have company coming. You know, buy beverages, snacks and other foods your company likes. Put your best foot forward and show a little hospitality. Have a great day everyone, and for those that had a bad day yesterday, turn that frown upsidedown.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 11:11

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Matatk	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#2
Webmaster SW Chicago Burbs 22804 Posts Member since: 2008/1/7 0:00	Good Morning CGs! Feeling a little better today but still stressed/bummed a bit. Had a really rough day at work yesterday and I'm dealing with that. Car is broken and I'm dealing with that. Got some other issues going on and I'm dealing with that. Luckily family is all good and healthy. Just everything piled on top of me at once. But the wheels don't stop turning around here just because I'm in a pinch. Kids still need things, house still needs things, wife still needs things, friends still needs things...did I mention kids still need things? Of course all these things just take time to work out. That's what I need now that I don't have...time. It's a commodity. I'll see what I can do, though. Hope everyone has a great day! Matthew
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 11:40
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j3studio	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#3
Elite Guru Western Philadelphia Burbs 4247 Posts Member since: 2007/9/2 0:00	Good morning, all! Dreary this morning in Philadelphia - grey, grey, grey. Working at the University today and trying to clean up some odds and ends from the Wildwood Regional tonight. I'll be glad to close that out ... Matthew, I share your feelings about lack of time.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 12:03
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#4
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Time management requires that you learn the good use of a two letter word. That word is ........... NO! ..... Alternate; Can't, I'm sorry ........... Not right now but Thank You for asking ........... I would if I could but I can't so I won't. ............
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 12:09

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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#5
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pianoguy	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#6
Guru Emeritus Apple Valley, MN 14762 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Quote: BillH wrote: Morning Agreed, not much good about it so far. Gonna be dark, rainy and cool the next few days. I worked on the deck some more last night and found a few more carpenter ants in another post. Mofuggers have been evicted. On Sunday, my son found a turtle out in the street, so he put him in the grass in the neighbor's yard. Yesterday morning, my wife opened the door to the garage to take the garbage out, and the turtle was sitting in there, looking at her. Scared the hell out of her - LMAO! He has been banished to the garden. Have a good day, all!
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 12:33
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Ultraman	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#7
2015 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Huskerland 14745 Posts Member since: 2009/9/12 19:16	Good morning, had some wild weather in the area last night. You know it's going to be an interesting evening when two seperate Storm Chaser outfits fly by you when you are on the way home. Here is a picture of a tornado that was west of town 5 miles and tore up a bunch of stuff and derailed a coal train. Nobody got hurt thank goodness. The houses get in the way but right over the middle house you can see the top of the funnel. I could see the whole funnel when it was further south but I was racing home to get stuff put away. Not so much for the tornado but there was supposed to be a lot of hail with it. Life on the prairie. Matt, one day at a time, what can we do to help? Tommy, if we didn't have guests occasionally we would never get stuff in order. Brad what is up with the Twinkies? Let's roll Guru's it's Big Tuesday!
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 12:45
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#8
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: pianoguy wrote: Quote: BillH wrote: Morning Agreed, not much good about it so far. 1 & 1/2 coffees = Good Morning.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 12:50
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pianoguy	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#9
Guru Emeritus Apple Valley, MN 14762 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Marcus, the Twins have made a remarkable turn-around, really been on a tear. I don't know if they'll be able to pull it off for the season, but at least they are moving toward being relevant. The first couple months of the season were embarrassingly bad, lots of injuries, too.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 13:24
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#10
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: pianoguy wrote: Marcus, the Twins have made a remarkable turn-around. Attach file: hot_twins_girl_30.jpg (0.00 KB)
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 13:28
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pianoguy	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#11
Guru Emeritus Apple Valley, MN 14762 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Those twins have some remarkable, uh, turnarounds.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 13:37
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#12
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Quote: BillH wrote: Quote: pianoguy wrote: Marcus, the Twins have made a remarkable turn-around. I'd hit it.
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SpectatorRacing	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#13
Elite Guru 1721 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	Good days here despite the rain and busyness. The house is finally going back together after the kitchen destruction. Having hours of LeMans coverage on while working doesn't hurt. So soothing... Bill, mailed your VATS thingy yesterday. I really don't understand shipping. I sent something a few weeks ago of roughly the same size (a little heavier) and it cost $13. So this time I bought a "flat rate box" and paid $5.20. She tells me that if I had not used the flat rate box it would have only been $1.80. WTF?
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 13:59
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teebee	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#14
2014 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Lakin, Kansas 67860 12367 Posts Member since: 2005/9/16 0:00	Morning guys...More rain here last night, probably still dry at home. I've got most of the stuff loaded already, and I've done a couple last minute things here for the daughter. Long trip home today, pulling the trailer. Hopefully I won't be bucking the wind, too. I need to go shower and finish loading, I'll try and check in when I get home.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 14:09
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#15
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Padded envelope or small box goes by weight at USPS. Look at it this way. You got a free box. You would have had to get an envelope or scrounge up a little box and tape it. Flat rate is a bargain for heavy stuff. It's a live and learn thing. Never be afraid to ask "What's the best cheapest way I can ship this?"
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JrRifleCoach	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#16
Elite Guru 1524 Posts Member since: 2005/9/16 0:00	Woke up with an ear infection, sore throat and pink eye. I think I'll stay home today......
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 15:01
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#17
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: SpectatorRacing wrote: Bill, mailed your VATS thingy yesterday. I really don't understand shipping. I sent something a few weeks ago of roughly the same size (a little heavier) and it cost $13. So this time I bought a "flat rate box" and paid $5.20. She tells me that if I had not used the flat rate box it would have only been $1.80. WTF? What I do nowadays: 1. Disregard UPS entirely. 2. When I go to the PO I use the automated scale/stamp machine. I check the flat rate box against what the scale says the postage sticker will be and take the least expensive one. And it's way faster than waiting in line. I just sent a set of valve cover gaskets to Georgia, $5.20 flat rate, $2.20 for the postage sticker. BTW, it took 3 days, UPS would have taken 9 days.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 15:16
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#18
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: JrRifleCoach wrote: Woke up with an ear infection, sore throat and pink eye. I think I'll stay home today...... Hope you feel better, Steve.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 15:16
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SpectatorRacing	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#19
Elite Guru 1721 Posts Member since: 2007/12/29 0:00	yeah, but it's like Tommy said. The box did save me time finding, packing, and taping the package up. Too bad there isn't a flat rate box for tires.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 15:30
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#20
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: SpectatorRacing wrote: Too bad there isn't a flat rate box for tires. I always bought them at the track, free delivery.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 15:33
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biggrizzly	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#21
2011 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Chesapeake Beach, Maryland 4543 Posts Member since: 2006/4/23 0:00	Just got back from taking the wife over to the doctors office. I'm getting pretty used to this. However, now I have to make up another four hours in an already tight schedule. Now I'm off to deliver some equipment to the office and get back here to do some more worky work. Steve... get some rest. I know its difficult but your immune system is down from stress. Notice how during stressful times we manage to do just fine, but then after the stressful period is over or there has been some kind of closure or climax... the body caves in and you get sick. At least I have noticed this in my experiences.. I'll have a major task or stressful event and I'll make it all the way to the end and when I should be taking a breath, whamm, I get sick! Take it easy and hope you get feeling better Later..
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 15:55
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vetteblondie	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#22
Master Guru Jonesboro, AR 4651 Posts Member since: 2007/4/3 0:00	Steve, get rest, nothing beats water and sleep to heal the body, and maybe multivitamins. Matt... I sympathize with you, if we can help just say so. Up and at the office today, feel like crap, dreary here too. Getting the air fixed on the truck tonight and gonna ask the mechanic if he can get my stuck head bolt loose then I can move a little farther forward with the car. Supposed to be leaving for Bloomington Gold tomorrow but oh well, priorities and problems come first. Hope you all have a good day.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 17:16
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Ultraman	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#23
2015 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Huskerland 14745 Posts Member since: 2009/9/12 19:16	Nuts Letty I'm sorry you can't go to BG. Steve hope you heal up soon, I am sorry you are in a tough time now. Here is some spy photos of the new C7.........just kidding it's some storm chasers resting up from a long night of being in a tornado. These dudes are crazy!
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 21:21
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#24
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	A tornado that rips through houses, commercial buildings and silos would make short work of that mobile slug.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 22:01

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Ultraman	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#25
2015 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Huskerland 14745 Posts Member since: 2009/9/12 19:16	Yeah I know but they charge right in the middle of them. I love to watch the vids they make but I hate to see peoples stuff get wrecked.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 22:20
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#26
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Attach file: storm.jpg (0.00 KB)
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 22:53
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#27
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#28
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Matatk	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#29
Webmaster SW Chicago Burbs 22804 Posts Member since: 2008/1/7 0:00	Chat is all over the place today!
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 23:12
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Ultraman	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#30
2015 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Huskerland 14745 Posts Member since: 2009/9/12 19:16	Quote: BillH wrote: Now that's a storm rig! How about this one......I don't think a tornado will mess with it!
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 23:26
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#31
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: Ultraman wrote: Now that's a storm rig! ] Saw it on "Stormchasers" a couple, three years ago. Those guys might be good weathermen but they can't build jack.......it leaked like a sieve.
	Posted on: 2011/6/21 23:42
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Vetron87	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#32
Elite Guru Granger, Indiana 1988 Posts Member since: 2009/8/9 1:43	Good evening guys. Its been awhile. Ten days into retirement. Great feeling. Spent the last four days in Punta Gorda, Florida, looking at retirement home possibilities, real estate prices are extremely affordable. Got in this morning, neighbor down the street committed suicide. Wow! shocker! car guy with a passion for British Cars. Seems like a long term solution for a short term problem. Two of my former students were killed in some gang related crap! and to think South Bend was just voted an All American City, Go figure! Still trying to fing tires for the 87, 255-50-16 are becoming very difficult to find. Tire Rack and Discount Tire are back order since May 1.
	Posted on: 2011/6/22 2:22
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#33
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Punta Gorda got spanked by a hurricane a few years back. Right off I-75. Small town feel. Port Charlotte and Ft Myers to the south. Sarasota/Bradenton/Tampa to the north. Not to far to The Muscle Car Museum. I'm more of a water guy so I like to be a little closer to the beaches and water. Florida is on sale so ya, the prices are pretty good right now. Good luck Ron.
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teebee	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#34
2014 Memorial Day Car Show Winner! Lakin, Kansas 67860 12367 Posts Member since: 2005/9/16 0:00	Hey guys...it was a long trip home today. Wind was blowing hard dead into us. Pulling the trailer made it feel like I had the emergency brake on the entire way home, probably only made 8mpg all the way home.....makes for an expensive trip. On a side note though, gas was a low of $3.36/gallon in the middle of the state. I got everything unloaded and the trailer back to it's home and watched two grandsons play ball. My butts a draggin'.
	Posted on: 2011/6/22 3:01
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Vetron87	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#35
Elite Guru Granger, Indiana 1988 Posts Member since: 2009/8/9 1:43	Tommy. This home was recently rebuilt after last huricane, seven miles in on a channel from the ocean, has a dock, caged swimming pool, ask what the cage was for?, the Realtor said, gators. Cool. Could not believe the prices. Reasonable is an understatement.
	Posted on: 2011/6/22 3:24
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#36
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Gators... No shortage of them. A guy up Tampa way used to go swimming in a canal like that behind his house everyday. Big shark got him. Funny thing was it was rare for a shark to be there. It must have got disoriented. Gators have a brain about the size of your thumbnail. Hasn't evolved in millions of years. It does 4 basic things. Eat, sleep, shit and mate. Doesn't particularly care what you think about him. Your in his domain. Watch out for your pets. Chomp, chomp, chomp. http://www.sptimes.com/News/083100/Ta ... n_s_death_thought_t.shtml
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Vetron87	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#37
Elite Guru Granger, Indiana 1988 Posts Member since: 2009/8/9 1:43	Quote: TommyT-Bone wrote: Gators... No shortage of them. A guy up Tampa way used to go swimming in a canal like that behind his house everyday. Big shark got him. Funny thing was it was rare for a shark to be there. It must have got disoriented. Gators have a brain about the size of your thumbnail. Hasn't evolved in millions of years. It does 4 basic things. Eat, sleep, shit and mate. Doesn't particularly care what you think about him. Your in his domain. Watch out for your pets. Chomp, chomp, chomp. http://www.sptimes.com/News/083100/Ta ... n_s_death_thought_t.shtml Thats what the Realtor said, guy next door was telling us about his Golden Retriver that was taken in front of the canal by a gator in the classic death roll. Never saw any part of their pet again. Wow! Doesn't seem like a great real estate market when you could end up being gator shit while reading a book on your dock.
	Posted on: 2011/6/22 15:15
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#38
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	Info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ ... e_United_States_by_decade
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TommyT-Bone	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#39
Chair-man of the bored Homestead USA 33760 Posts Member since: 2007/12/10 0:00	They're not all that common. You could just as well die by rattle snake, brown recluse spider, black widow, africanized killer bees, water moccassin, bear, bobcat, wolfpack, chupacabra, and the list goes on and on.
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BillH	Re: Tuesday Chat 06.21.11	#40
The Stig Moderator Reno 22702 Posts Member since: 2007/12/25 0:00	Quote: TommyT-Bone wrote: They're not all that common. You could just as well die by rattle snake, brown recluse spider, black widow, africanized killer bees, water moccassin, bear, bobcat, wolfpack, chupacabra, and the list goes on and on. Gangbangers VD Obama Policys
	Posted on: 2011/6/22 17:28
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