Cotton eyed Joe

SAND!!!!!!!! This trip is on my mind constantly. Mostly because I have a goat load of things to get done still.

Just a few ideas I found

Good news man!!! It seems your company thinks your worth keeping on. If you like your job, thats a good thing. To be honest, I can't think of anyone I know thats been kept on during a round of layoffs Did you get your shirt on straight this time? lol

LMFAO!! Yeah, either do more, do less, or change the meds around man.

If business goes well, I hope to be rolling out there. When is it? Where do I go (url) for info on vendors/camping/etc?

Congratulations!!! I bought a house in '99 that was nearly identical to what I moved out of when I was 24 (parents house) with a whopping 1100 sq feet. The garage is a dimley lit dungeon that houses only the snowblower, mower, and 2 stroke weed eater. It was built in '55, and is in a less than wonderful neighborhood. Costs around $140 to heat in the coldest months too. Almost bought a new 3000 sq foot abode with a 2 car...er...8 Banshee garage 2 years ago, but things kinda turned bad, then turned to shit altogether. Probably won't even look until the wifes college bills are paid up.

You can also put them in a plastic bag, and suck all the air out before you seal it. Then just before you take them out of the bag (when they've been in the freezer for at least 6 hours) dip them in some alcohol. Wear some gloves so it doesn't frostbite your hands. Also, if you have the means, you could sit your carrier next to a heat source. Once the cold bearings come in contact with the carrier, they will start to transfer heat, and expand again. Don't forget your spacer tube either. The pain of tapping out fresh bearings isn't as bad as calling yourself a moron for the next 3 days.

I can go +8". Got my carriers running again, and have 10 built right now. Waiting on bearings to be shipped in, and some gussets to get off of the laser table.

All of that mis information goes to show you guys just how stupid the liberal media is. I can find the dry weight on this thing in 2 seconds by opening my owners manual. And it wouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that 150 mph is REALLY REALLY FAST!!!!!!!! and un attainable on something like this atv. I hate the news. CNN and ABC are the worst imho. I cant stand Katie Couric either. What really pisses me off, are these people (reporters) are idiots, and they make more in one year than I'll see in my lifetime.

I'm afraid I'm not the child bearing type. I enjoy my buddies kids, my 5 year old niece, and 1.5 year old nephew, but damn it...........I absolutely LOVE it when they go home. I love it when I get to leave their house, with no whining, crying, screaming, shitty diapers, a whole bowl of cereal either wasted or spilled on the couch, cranberry juice dumped over everywhere, etc. I just want a shop full of banshees.

I run the same tire as you, only until I get some $$. A buddy of mine ran 20 x 10 x 8 9 paddles on a stock bike, and he could whoop my ass. After he got pipes, he could still whoop my ass, even though I had pipes. The one extra paddle made a world of difference. I have almost equivalent mods. T-5's, 2:1, shaved head, advanced timing, 13/44 sprockets, mild port, and stock stroke, and some buddys have the same mods running the same gearing with 22" 10 paddle haulers. They don't slide all that well, but they hook up. If you want to slide go with either 9 paddle or 8 paddle haulers. You might need to mess with your sprockets a little to dial it in to what you want. a 22" tire with 13/44 is the same as 20" tires with 14/41, well not the same, but damn close.

I put my shirt on inside out the other day too. I had my hoodie on, so no one knew. Great minds and all that. We have tons of aerospace here (don't know much about NE Ohio, sorry). My mechanical engineering nephew is trying to get on at the local solid rocket booster factory And I guess my little sister got hired on as a level 1 purchasing agent, but now (after a week) they think they need to make her a level 2. My brother in law, that works with me, said if they make her a level 3 hes going home to watch TV all day.

Excellent replies everyone!!!! LOL when I saw the binary thing I wanted to learn more, heres the stupid reason. lol. When I was in the 8th grade, I had an algebra teacher that kept trying to get me out of her class. Called my parents and told them I was wasting her time. We get to the end of the year, and she decides to "impress" us by teaching us how to "calculate" binary. I never understood what it was she was saying. She tried and tried and tried. I just couldn't get what she was saying. Fast forward about 10 years. I have a subscription to Popular Science. They had 4 LINES EXPLAINING BINARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Instead of wasting an entire 2 days like that teacher did, this magazine took up 3 square inches. Who was wasting who's time? Now I think its just funny that she said I'd never get it, its a point of interest, but I like to have the last laugh on shit like this.

OMG. Sorry to hear about that Mike.

Hmmm... Maybe you should try mooning yourself. next time your sick Stan, call yourself and see if you can get the day off...... LOL If I were to call myself to ask for a day off I dont think it would work out. I'd probably tell myself to get into work or I'm fired. Then when I got to work, I'd grab me by the collar and take me into my office, sit me down, and have a heart to heart conversation with me about how taking time off is like stealing from the company. I'd listen, then I'd tell me I was sorry for not taking my job more seriously. I wouldn't give me a written warning this time, but next time I might not be so lienient. Then I'd give me my work orders for the day, and I'd go back out into the shop and do a good job for me. I'm sure you're in the same boat as me Deuce. If you wanted to punch a clock everyday you would. There's something to say about a self employed person--You either sink or swim.

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Hmmm... Maybe you should try mooning yourself.

This is the line that sealed the deal, and made my morning. omg....I had just woken up, hadn't even had coffee or food yet, shit I think only one of my eyes were open. After that I was ready for the day. I appreciate good humor, and that was it.

WTF? Anyway, I understand about the work thing Deuce. Last month I had a purchasing agent scream at my dad while I was at lunch. I was pissed off enough at that one total lack of respect to tell the guy to take his $30k worth of work and stuff it in his pee hole. Then I remembered that I need to pay some bills. Dumonts going to happen for me, but it almost didn't due to work. Being self employed is an adventure. When there is work you better damn well do it, and when there isn't work, start worrying where your next meal is coming from. Work is an obligation when you own the place. I plan on making it back out to Dumont, I'll let you know Jim. I'll let you impress my friends, and then they'll think I'm a high roller. lol.

I can read binary numbers, but how do you do letters?

I would willingly live in the pits if NHRA was everyday. Simply amazing to see a pit crew humping a 4000hp engine to get it done in an hour. I also like how they let you get "close" to see all that hot engine humping action. What I didn't like, is no one yelled out "Hey, we're gonna start this thing" and they blew about 50 of us out the back of the Skoal Bandit pit with a plume of Nitric Acid from the race gas. I had no idea what was going on, other than my nose, eyes, lungs and face burned. Once shit calmed down I payed better attention to the crew, and when they put on the face masks, RUN!!! But yeah, best times I've had in Vegas was seeing the Winston Nationals.

How about a master link, and valve stem forum Evil? h lol.

He's down wit da LBC. Evil, can you do that LBC hand/gang sign that Snoop Dogg used to always do?

Boonman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the offer Walt! I need the whole thing. Lens and case. The headlight I have (the one I bought from K&K) is a newer version, so its more bulgy and bulbous that the stockers. I'll bring my '98 headlight out so we can compare. Not much difference, but it will look like a red headed stepchild with the 2 different lights. Not going to paint them either I decided. I plan on upgrading stator and lights later on anyway, so its not going to kill me to have them black for now. If you got room, stick them in your luggage, unless the "UPS Fairy" doesn't mind sending them. I just sent off an email to Shawn for availability and cost to get the other one expedited, and tomorrow I hope to sneak away to the bank for headlight $$$ and registration $$$. Just ran out of time the last few weeks. Its good to hear we'll have some old school out at the dunes too.