Holyman

You need to follow the owners manual for the break in period. The banshee in it's stock form is not at all powerful at low end and it WILL throw you on your head when it decides to come alive. Once the break in is done like the owners manual says, then you can figure out which oil-gas ratios you want to use and what kind of modifications you want to make.

Sounds like your master cyl needs a rebuild. I've found that if the seals inside are starting to get worn out, or the steel inner parts have gotten a little rust or deposits on them, the master cyl will give one good pump out but the inner parts will not return to the original position to draw in more brake fluid. So get another master cyl or take your apart and clean it really well. NEVER clean the rubber parts/seals with carb cleaner. They will be ruined. Some brake cleaner and some very light sandpaper is really all you need to clean things up. And try it again.

Now instead of the frat haouse, you will have to look at and smell the charred ruins for the next 4 months while the ins co tries to figure out what the house used to look like and what was in it. It will most likely be over a year before there is another house there and then the party starts all over again. JKJK, you're in construction, now would be a good time to approach the owners and buy the lot. The ins should be able to pay off the house and give them a nice chunk of change for their belongings and with that, they can move closer to the campus and you will own a nice lot down the street. You can build a spec home or a nice little cottage to rent out to some appreciative seniors. Just a thought.

Well on paper we are going 4-22 thur the end of the month. My friends Grandma died recently and the family is going to be selling the house so we are going to go and help out a little and see what it's like around there. We'll get a free place to stay so it'll be worth the trip. Plus I've never been out there should be interesting.

I need to find a place to rent an ATV while I'm in Tucson. Can anyone help me out?

Post a link to one of the auctions. Or better yet, have him post a "special" HQ deal in the for sale section. Maybe free shipping or something

Yeah where did you find 'em for $169?

Why didn't she just mooch off of her church? And why doesn't the family pay? Too cheap? Why should I have to pay? Why doesn't she get off her butt and pay for her own kid? Why didn't the kids father have enough in the bank to pay for his own kids if he died? I suppose I'm going to be supporting this kid the rest of it's life now because the parents weren't smart enough to plan for this. How is that fair to me. Why should my kids suffer because this guy died. I think all of the kids benefits should be removed because her father died too soon. Of course that would be a stupid argument. The point is, the government and it's programs are supposed to be there as a protection to the people who are it's citizens. I see soc sec as one of the necessary, often times expensive and mismanaged, programs that cannot be done without. One more side point for you bush lovers. I got this from a link that brooke posted... you guys will love this http://www.doodie.com/duty.php

That's really good advice. You will be surprised how much you will get for the old stuff. Go to the post office and get a bunch of the new flat rate priority boxes {they're free} and anything you can get into the box is $7.70 to ship. When you look for an engine, the banshee engine may be your first choice but the RZ350 engine is the same thing but better in some ways. Sometimes they are even cheaper than a shee engine. You will be able to get it up and running in no time.

I'm pretty sure you could get a card at Sears or Menards or Home Depot. These are usually "safe" cards since most of the money spent will either go to home improvement {which should improve the property value} or tools which are often used to make more money. Cards at stores that you like too much could be dangerous. These stores are usually pretty easy to get and they are backed by banks that report to the credit agencies. You can now get 1 free credit report per year directly from the credit agencies. So if you want to know what your credit rating is, you can do that. Or I could pull it and fax it to you.

You can start by emailing 'em to me... [email protected]

Hey guys I just got an 89 Exciter and an 86 Arctic Cat Cougar. I finally found a trailer I want and these things gotta go. Email me for pics and details... [email protected]

I'll start the bidding at $100. Where do you live?

Send me a pic of that 2:1 and carb... [email protected]

Either one. The lenders just want to be able to get an accurate history of your bill paying that you cannot manipulate. Afterall anyone can say they pay their bills with cash or money orders but how would you prove it? If you use a bank account, all they have to do is get a bank history and there it is. I have a guy that I'm trying to get a loan for who is originally from Belize. He has owned a home for several years but still pays all of his bills with money orders. He wants to improve his mortgage rate but he has only had a bank account for 6 months. The only reason he has a bank account is because his employer required all of their employees to go to direct deposit. So when he gets paid, he goes to the ATM at the end of payday and pulls it all out except the $5 he needs to keep the account open. He then goes and gets money orders to pay his bills When I say to run a balance on your credit card, I'm not saying to go crazy and buy a house full of furniture that you will pay on for the next 20 years. I'm saying buy some carpet for a room in your house or some tools and pay them off over a couple months. Buy a washer or microwave and pay it off over a couple months. Keep the rest of your money in the bank. If you make the minimum payment on your credit cards, it will take over 20 years to pay them off. So from that aspect, it would be better to put all available money to killing this debt. If you don't kill it now, it will still be there when you retire. You could file a bankruptcy but that just screws everyone else and it doesn't usually result in new spending habits. You getting a co-signer to rent a place is OK but NEVER NEVER NEVER co-sign for anyone. You WILL be required to pay off the loan if the other guy defaults and it WILL ruin your credit rating too. And you said you weren't a tree hugging ultra liberal

I wish I knew about that too Well it costs about $12-15 to ship an axle each way. So $75+ $15+ $15= $105 for a bent and straightened used axle. There's no way I'd do that

That's it for sure. Did you use the "parking brake"?

I think we agree 100% on this...

You guys have been busy while I've been trying to watch my income for the month go down the drain OK here goes... My kid needed a cell phone because, when he had a job, he would work whatever shift was available. Sometimes he started at 7:00AM and sometimes he wouldn't be done til midnight. So he would call me to come get him from work. I also wanted him to have one when he was with his friends in case they did some underage drinking or something else stupid and he needed a ride. I also wanted to be able to find out where he is when he wasn't home. Besides that, he should be responsable enough to start his credit with a simple bill which would require budgeting. We have not gone to 6 Flags yet because the work is seasonal. He needs a full time long term job and it's way too hard to find work after the 6 flags season ends. On to soc sec... It strikes me as funny that some of you guys who are for the end of soc sec are the ones who now suggest that KGL as a widowed woman should run to apply for it and stay on it 'til her kids turn 18. Yes there is a death benefit and it is a life saver for those in this situation. It will allow KGL to stay in her home and raise her kids. She may even get some health coverage so she can deal with her disease while caring for her kids. One thing that is flawed though is that she cannot work while getting the poverty level assistance she gets from soc sec. And here is where KGL missed the point of MY part of the analogy... I understood what you were saying. But because you want to eliminate the soc sec coverage, it is like you pulling the rope that soc sec offers out of the hole. As it is the benefits are shrinking and it's like the rope was already too short. Do you yell to the person in the hole to go to church or ask their relatives for help or do you stretch the rope as far as it will go and add to the rope from your own supply to get them out? This really tells what kind of person we are as individuals. Are you the kind that says "those people should get some help but not from me" or "those people need some help what can we do" or "these people need some help, here's what I can do". I just find it ironic that your only real suggestion was to go to the one thing you say should be eliminated. Granted the soc sec system and it's coverages need to be overhauled. But to eliminate it will be nothing but a smudge on the ideals that this country is supposed to represent. You know "bring us your huddled masses" and all that. Maybe we should scrap the statue of Liberty {didn't the French give that to us?} and 1/2 of the money could go to erect a huge middle finger where the statue once stood to demonstrate the US' view of the rest of the world. The balance of the money can go to find Bush's imaginary WMD's. And the govt can use Haliburton to build it... heck they're already on the payroll.

That's an interesting analogy. And you have a "top of the hole looking down" attitude... the hands off attitude that all people in holes need to do is climb the rope. But at the same time, you want to pull what little rope there is from the government out of the holes and say that there must be rope somewhere else, like churches and family. But some people distrust churches and don't have family. You are also not thinking of the people who are already barely functional. There are millions of people who are naturally timid, intellectually challanged, depressed or who have never had the chance or reason to look at the safety nets before they actually fall. Just like falling in a hidden hole. There are also millions of people who have made themselves worse by poor choices. People who are obese from overeating, diseased due to sexual "experimentaton"/ drug abuse/ or passed on thru family lines; physically incapable because of work or other accidents not compensated for by insurance, or who suffer from birth defects or other health problems, simply cannot support themselves. Your remedy is that at your convenience, when you feel like acknowledging the people in the holes {like on this forum} you will yell down into the hole "all you gotta do is pull yourself up" as you remove the rope that was already 3 feet too short. This is evidenced by the fact that in the last 8 days of being a widowed female with 3 kids to support, you have done no research, made no plans, called no-one and done nothing to improve your situation. You have become a statistic, not an exception to the rule. So far, you haven't even been able to do it for 8 days. How are you going to do it the rest of your life?

I guess it's better to trust the CIA than some guy who was part of the fallen regime who is trying to make himself seem useful. BTW KGL... What have you done in your first week as a widowed woman to help your family? You only have 6 days left

You guys must have forgotten that he couldn't spell. Here's one... Man who goes to bed with itchy butt wakes up with stinky finger

Greyhound is the best. You can wrap it in the crappiest pieced together box and drop it off at the local depot. It get to their depot in a couple days. The last one I shipped went from Chicago to South Cali for around $55. UPS usually won't touch it and if they do, it'll cost you.