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2 Cops Racing - NOT TO A CRIME - kill two people

wallmaxx — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:06:20 GMT

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ww11 in hd

tomstruble — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:15:48 GMT

anybody been watching this on the history channel?

ive always been fascinated with this time period the 30's-50's

i love the architecture the tools and machinery of this time period

i sometimes wish i was around back then

but then i realize im not that hard of a man

God bless the men that were

Do U Practice What U Preach?

jtpro — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:38:03 GMT

I�m just curious as the title asks �Do You Practice What You Preach?�
Day in and day out in real life and on this forum when someone does something outside of their profession (whether licensing is required or not) we jump on them and call them hacks (and rightfully so). So how often do you use professionals?

A thread was started on changing out fuel injectors. Plenty of advice on how to do it yourself and where to look.(DIY manuals forums etc.) myself included. Not one person said you�re a hack for not taking it to a mechanic. Even people chiming in on not all licensed mechanics know their head from a hole in the ground.(same argument is made on licensed �professionals� in our trades) I will be having an argument with one of 2 shops that touched my GFs car(the first will just say the 2nd F�d it up) 2 shops 30 days �no clue� 3rd shop (a dealer) found the prob in less than 12 hours. $760 NOW to fix it but could have spent it 6 months ago and had a "new"ish running car.:furious:

Long and short and a bit OT. The second shop had worked on the car a year ago and F�d the installation which led to the overall prob. After I dinked with it AFTER both shops(fixing minor crap like installing the timing chain cover gaskets they left out:eek:) we took it in to a dealer (sitting in the driveway MAYBE traveling 5 miles a week wasn�t doing us any good).

So when it�s time to change oil, do you go to a pro? Sparkplugs? Shocks? Rotate tires? Etc.

How about home improvements/maintenance? Does someone plant your flowers, shrubs mow, weed eat and edge your lawn?

Time to paint the trim on your house..DIY our hire a pro. Tile the floor? Etc

This thread isn�t meant to be a heat getter and I�m not arguing the point that hiring a plumber to install a toilet is equal to swapping out spark plugs or that the licensing (or lack of) is the same between doing minor roof repairs vs. changing oil.

I�m not defending un licensed hacks or screaming for respect for certified mechanics. Just wondering what everyone does or doesn�t do.

I myself will do everything I feel is in my comfort zone. I do all my own lawn maintenance even though I have 2 neighbors who are yard guys. All maintenance on my home I do. Hired a plumber to switch me from septic to city water (A WHOLE other thread and won�t slam the plumber as that�s not the point of this thread) I replumbed for my ice maker(former �pro� or DIY F�d up) swap my own toilets faucets etc.

Vehicle maintenance is as much DIY as possible (only a few times have I messed up going outside my �scope�) I have before and will be on my current truck doing the oil, spark plugs, shocks, fuel filter flushing the coolant system and so on. I will pay a shop to rotate my tires so they can check balancing, brakes and other components. I plan on my own scanner so I can pre determine if a shop is needed or not.(at $70ish for an OK scanner I�d be stupid not to)

I have changed out intakes, carbeuraors, fuel pumps, headers and so on. The vortec I have now intimidates me so needless to say I will be doing very little under the hood(with clenched butt cheeks:shutup:) changing out the plugs(as I'm staring at the F'n $$$$ coil packs) cleaning the MAF,K&N and checking replacing fluids will be about it. Under carriage rear suspension I'll do all the shocks bushings etc. front will be a 4X4 shop. Greasing zircs I can handle.:thumbup:

So�how about Ya�ll? What do you let a pro do?

Gibson Guitars raided by Feds

ChainsawCharlie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:09:47 GMT

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news/20..._raided_by_fbi I wonder what this will do the value of the guitars if this pans out?

on the road to Vegas

Mrmac204 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:54:57 GMT

yup - we're out here :D one week and a bit in sunny (I hope) Las Vegas. I got my $20 to put on roulette - then for the rest of the week, I'll be searching out tool stores.

hope to find some fein multimaster blades cheaper than here! maybe not, other years I've found that tools are the same price or more.

I'm being made to pack "good clothes" apparently carhar's and steel toe'd work books are not the outfit of choice LOL

maybe take a bath too... geez, this big city stuff!

ok, time for coffee! gotta hang a bunch of doors today :)

tomorrow we fly away!

Cool houses

shanekw1 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:55:25 GMT

My latest gig has me driving an hour each way up the west arm of the Kootenay Lake. Thought I'd post a couple pics of a couple cool houses up that way.

The first one is most of an old stern wheeler built in 1913 that used to run on Kootenay Lake, the SS Nasookin.

This one is Blaylock's Mansion, Built in the 30's by the general manager of Cominco, a smelter in Trail.

Arrogance.....

neolitic — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:18:05 GMT

...Thy name is Belichick.

Thank you! :clap: