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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4725 on: September 29, 2012, 03:36:56 PM »
I saw a 1/43 scale model of a Ronnie Bucknum's 1965 Mexican GP Honda RA272 today and wanted to buy one, but when I asked for price, it was about 200 Euro!  :o I suppose it was worth it, as the detalisation was nearly better than on an original full scale Honda. I just didn't want to spend so much money for a scale model actually...  HPI that was, one of only 100 made.

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4726 on: September 29, 2012, 03:46:59 PM »

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4727 on: October 05, 2012, 07:47:18 AM »
Remember, this election season....
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4728 on: October 31, 2012, 03:35:59 AM »
Remember, this election season....

...is almost over ... THANK GOODNESS!!!!

*rolls eyes*

I just hope people remember that we are all friends/family after the election; otherwise, whoever is elected won't have much to govern.



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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4729 on: November 01, 2012, 03:18:16 PM »
 ;D
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4730 on: November 01, 2012, 05:41:10 PM »
Apathy kills, but I don't care.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4731 on: November 06, 2012, 05:43:55 AM »
Yeah, me too  ;D

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4732 on: November 07, 2012, 07:55:32 PM »
I'm so frikkin glad that the election is over that I almost don't give a shit who won.  

Besides.  I got my own little private hell going on here (read: ex-wife, pension, mental illness & drugs {hers, not mine}) and all I wanna do is hide under my bed.  But I'd have to clean there first and I'm not up for that.  I talked to my lawyer today and there's a chance things will be over and done with in a couple of weeks.  I sure hope so.  

So...who won the election?  Never mind.  I'll add an old joke about apathy.  Question: Which is worse?  Ignorance or apathy?  Answer: "I don't know, and I don't care."  And maybe the insanity is mine, after all.

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4733 on: November 09, 2012, 02:55:00 AM »
Besides.  I got my own little private hell going on here (read: ex-wife, pension, mental illness & drugs {hers, not mine}) and all I wanna do is hide under my bed.  But I'd have to clean there first and I'm not up for that.  I talked to my lawyer today and there's a chance things will be over and done with in a couple of weeks.  I sure hope so.

Been following this as I've been able ... I'm sure you already know you have my thoughts/prayers coming to ya.....



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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4734 on: November 10, 2012, 09:13:16 PM »
Thanks, Cort.  Prayers, good vibes, +++++~~~~~~ comin yer way, too.  Hope the health problems get rectified soon.  Before we both know it, it'll be cruisin and racin season all over again.  I dunno about you, but I gotta get the roll cage into the race car so I can run in the 150 Club.  I'd hoped to become proficient enough to weld the damned thing in myself, but given current circumstances, I may not be able to do that.  Still gonna try.

I did a little ignition work on the race car but don't really have a way to test it.  I wonder if the cops would mind if I drove it 5 or so miles to a place that has a dyno?  Yeahrightsure. 

At the moment, I'm caught up in this divorce/pension deal and although papers have been served and a hearing date of 11/27 set, I'm sure there will be plenty of chicanery and obstruction going on before that happens. 

I guess we both gotta keep goin and keep our fingers crossed.  I'll email ya a coupla emails I got from Gayle.  I think it's a good case for proving demonic possession.  She's real sick...and back on booze and drugs again.   It's really sad.

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4735 on: December 13, 2012, 03:30:08 PM »
Since I'm here, I'll report that things seem to have come to a happy ending...for the moment at least.  I was able to get my retirement pension and found that I could buy myself a retirement gift.  Since I already had a watch (albeit not gold, but a nice watch anyway), I bought a Camaro.  It's a 2010 SS/RS, 6.2l V8, 426hp, 6-speed manual trans, independent rear suspension and all the goodies including a sunroof.  It only has 19k miles on it and it feels just like a brand new car. 

I bought it in a little bit of a hurry, since I thought I was gonna have to make a quick dash to Portland, Or for Target 550 streamliner testing...like the first time it'll move under its own power.  I wanna be there for that if I have to go in a motorized wheelchair!  But the test has been delayed while a few modifications are taken care of (the multi-plate clutches are being modified a little) so the rush is off. 

Anyway, I've only driven the Camaro about 50 miles, so I think I'll go burn up some gas...the price of which has dropped fairly significantly in the last couple of weeks.  I might even turn off the traction control and see if I can "light 'em up" when nobody's looking. 


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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4736 on: December 13, 2012, 03:40:58 PM »
Yee-ha!  ;D

FWIW, I just picked up a lease on a Fiesta, also 6-speeds and a sunroof. No way to turn off the traction control, but I don't think there's enough grunt to light 'em up on anything but ice.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4737 on: December 13, 2012, 05:21:41 PM »
Awesome posts. Congrats to the both of you!!
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4738 on: December 15, 2012, 06:21:23 AM »
Say, did you hear the Pope has become a Twitter user? I'm not surprised, as the Catholic cardinals have been tweeting for years.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4739 on: December 15, 2012, 10:11:26 AM »
Technology creeps in where least expected.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4740 on: December 17, 2012, 11:42:40 PM »
So is His Holiness using a iPope?

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4741 on: December 18, 2012, 03:12:44 AM »
Dominic, go frisk 'em.
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4743 on: December 24, 2012, 09:18:32 AM »
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4744 on: December 24, 2012, 03:52:16 PM »
Buon Natale!
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4745 on: December 31, 2012, 10:18:27 AM »
Happy New Year, AutoPuzzlers!
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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4746 on: December 31, 2012, 11:51:18 AM »
Happy New Year to one and all!

Lang may yer lum reek! (as they say in my town of origin)

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4747 on: December 31, 2012, 12:17:05 PM »
about 5¾ hours to go here... early wishes bring ill luck.. ;)

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4748 on: December 31, 2012, 12:27:25 PM »
"Guten Rutsch!" is allowed!  ;D

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Re: The "Must Post" Thread
« Reply #4749 on: December 31, 2012, 01:36:45 PM »
about 5¾ hours to go here... early wishes bring ill luck.. ;)

I had no idea  :o

I think it was 2013 (or just about 2013) in Oz when I posted that, so  I hope we're OK.  :nerves:
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