Drew Dowdell

At the risk of having to unapproved my own post, perhaps we could get some economies of scale by having Catholic priests do the inappropriate touching instead of the TSA.....

probably the lowest weight solution, but i like the sound of BMW's Turbo Steamer better.... it just sounds cooler.

hmmm pull the belt off and check the tensioner pulley or anything the back side of the belt touches

Old stock off the shelf maybe? Or another pulley or accessory going bad while the water pump displayed the first symptoms?

used car purchase = always replace the belts + fluids and if they are easily accessible, the plugs too. You never know when they were done last.... and even if the owner told you, just assume that they probably lied. Cheap piece of mind.

beware of motivations..... they may not be what you think

It's the scary white stalker van way in the back of the second pic, isn't it?

Actually, it's the good old U.S. of A. that has figured that one out. It turns out that your run of the mill police speed radar gun can be calibrated to detect the wiring used to make the bombs on the suicide bombers. It is still in development and detects a lot of false positives in things like heavy jewelry and bra wires, but they are calibrating it more.

Bombs, Not Bombers: TSA should concentrate on stopping bombs, not bombers. We need a device that will reliably sniff out sufficient quantities of explosive to bring down an airplane. If someone wants to blow off their foot or castrate themselves while in the air, fine, it won't bring down the plane. The body scan thing is solving the wrong problem, as does restricting liquids and x-raying shoes and asking if you packed your own suitcase. The aim should be to detect high explosive in quantities that are sufficient to cause significant damage. When explosives are found, take the person concealing them out to an open spot on the airport and detonate them – the explosive and the carrier.

How about we grow into full employment before adding to the pile?

Dominicans are the new black gold.

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Nice car! You have caked down snow already?!

Your pic links didn't work.... but a Magnum is still a loved car around these parts.

+ Monte Carlo

You've always told me that wealth = dollars, no other measure matters. Are you changing your story?

The Dominican isn't always more or less productive than the person already living here. The productivity you speak of is the productivity of your money, not necessarily of the person doing the work. Having that person cut your lawn for $20 while you sip ice tea doesn't make you wealthier (since in your world, the only measurement that counts is $). But what you're doing is short circuiting the economic process and cutting out entire swaths of people (i.e. just about the entire middle and working classes) from participating in the economy. You've raised someone from abject poverty to working poverty and pushed the entire American middle class down to poverty level. Furthermore, the country is in an entirely different state than it was even 50 years ago. We no longer have explosive growth to support a massive influx of immigrants. Yes there is room for more immigration, but not at the rate we are seeing illegals come here.

G80. Not always easy posting from phone. Oh yeah, the driveway is a real hoot. I buy lots of salt and have a snow blower. Still, I managed 4 winters with a RWD CTS

But....why no G20 lock in?

There is no amount of mayhem that can be caused by a train or airplane that cannot be duplicated by blowing up key segments of a professional sports stadium, key highway interchanges, tunnels, bridges, or amusement parks... we better put all of them on security lockdown too.

Ok, so I took some pics of the truck in the exact position where it starts to slip. I hit the brake and set the parking brake right where I lost traction. The right rear tire is just where it was the other night when it tried to dig a hole to China. Here I am about 20 feet from the front of the truck and my shins are about level with the roof..... that's how steep the driveway is.