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Synagogues seem to be the most at risk but it seems any denomination is fair game now. People suck.

Close. It's a four engine heavy bomber.

I had the privilege of often flying with a P38 pilot. Steve flew out of Italy after the P51 was introduced as an escort and his mission was primarily ground attack. A self-effacing guy who told of a strafing run on a train where he managed more destruction on the station than the train. He was shot down and managed to walk out. After the war he worked for GM eventually buying a dealership where he did well. He was in the reserves at Hanscom Field flying C119s and 124s. When they left he bought and sold various planes. He didn't like flying alone so I flew with him and maintained the various planes which he gladly let me use. He would get mad when I bought gas. He made it into his 80s. One son, my age, got the flying bug and has a R66 helicopter.

My sister's FIL passed away last year a few days short of 100. He was a gunner on Bail-Out Belle:

Where to begin? I've been riding since I was a kid. My first bike was a BSA . Through the years I've had a few rice rockets and still have and ride my Norton. Yes HD capitalized on boomers that finally had the money to afford the bike their mother wouldn't let them have. They sold them the image, the Screaming Eagle accessories, the full set of leathers including chaps, boots, and a jacket that looked like an outlaw gangs patch HOG! in smaller letters Harley Owners Group. I watched a bunch go down that route and laughed to myself. With the exception of a few none of those guys are serious riders and many not very good. They're all aging out now. One of the aircraft mechanics I know who was a serious rider with bikes in the cafe racer variety made the complete switch. He bought a new Heritage Soft Tail and invited me to try it. I scraped the crap out of the foot boards just attempting to leave the parking lot. I sheepishly rode back to him and he said these bikes aren't made to go around corners. He is still riding with a sidecar putting thousands of miles a year in all sorts of weather, an exception to the HD sales target. I'll keep riding my ancient Brit bike. It's got plenty of performance for the back roads and the few miles I ride a year. I stay away from traffic and distracted drivers. It brings a smile to my face every time I ride. I can't even imagine shining up a bike and putting it in an enclosed trailer to FL or Sturgis where most of the other bikes are very similar except for the assortment of accessories and bars. I'll say this for HD. They've taken what was often dead on the side of the road and made them reliable machines.

Mel Brooks is 99, 100 in June. I never met him but sure enjoy his work.

If you don't have 3 phase it's probably easier and perhaps cheaper to simply change the power pack motor or even the entire power pack. I was browsing Surplus Center for something else the other day. Tab was still open and here's a brand new one: https://surpluscenter.com/115-vac-gpm-3000-psi-auto-hoist-hyd-power-unit/

After two Maytag failures in short order, one top, one front, we bought a high end Whirlpool front loader maybe 6-7 years ago. It hasn't missed a beat, spins clothes to just damp and never moves around. The Maytag top loader had a safety feature - it would unplug itself it it wandered too far. The Whirlpool is direct drive and doesn't seem to mind how much I load it. Many years ago another pilot and I rented a house. Those were the "will fly for food" days. Anyway, after first and last month's rent we were broke. Needing a washing machine we picked out a likely looking candidate at the dump, an old Maytag. It ground the gears terribly every time it shifted but otherwise worked fine. We figured it might last until we could afford a better one. Years later we got jobs in different parts of the country, went our separate ways, and I hauled it back to the dump still grinding and washing. That's when the Maytag man really didn't have to work. Years later and after that experience I bought two in a row that were absolutely junk. Never again.

Those $10. tools are not TPMS programming tools. Be sure of what you're needing to do. You Tube may be helpful. https://www.foxwelltpms.com/product-news/tpms-relearn-vs-tpms-programming.html

Well, deciding to work on. I've been waiting for an engine from overhaul so got to cleaning the shop. I unburried my MG and looking through some of the receipts I abandoned it around 15 years ago. Kids, job promotion, life in general, etc. Anyway, the dust and grime on it was so thick I rolled it out and washed it off. Now the question is do I sell the whole thing as a project? part it out? or......finish it. Engine, transmission,rear end, front end, generator, starter, distributor, carburetors, brakes, radiator, water pump, and more all new or overhauled. There's no filler in any body panel, some are new as is a lot of the wood in the tub. It's a coach built steel on wood body/tub. There's a long story on this project. Much was done by other shops before I bought it. I'd hate to price today the chrome work on this radiator grill and other chrome I had done years ago: I was getting discouraged aligning the bonnet. Being coach-built they were all hand made and I'm a mechanic, not a bodyman. My FIL, an old school bodyman comes over for Sunday dinner. I'm going to get his opinion and maybe rope him in.

My friends dad never greased the auger shaft on his snowblower. It was discovered after transmission destroyed. My buddy and I heated the auger to nuclear and, with much effort, pressed the shaft out with a 50 ton press. His dad wondered why the shear bolts never sheared! Salt in the snow near the street probably made for the extreme corrosion.

Closing in on 200 arrests in Fl. Kids used to be just stupid, now stupid AND entitled.

I just keep a bunch of tabs open on Firefox on my laptops, same with iPad and iPhone. Like others I find the websites generally work better than apps for some things but apps definitely have their place.

My go-to as well. They can tell you where to look by the type of metal they find, bearing material, bronze bushing, ferrous by the type such as cast iron or hardened steel, etc. Trend monitoring: When my engine finally gets back, the promised ship date is April 7, I'll do regular samples and expect to see decreasing ferrous as the cylinders wear in. Other than the initial sample I won't expect to see much of any aluminum, bronze or other non-ferrous. What I like about Blackstone is the comments they include, like they're involved with the health of your engine. It's not uncommon to change individual cylinders on aircraft engines and you include the hours since when sending in the next sample and they'll note it and with the next sample they will comment the levels have decreased as expected since the last cylinder change. I've heard of them actually calling a shop when they were alarmed at the type and quantity they found.

If you've never 'ucked up it means you never do anything. My FIL, a very good mechanic, and I agree that being able to fix your 'uckups is the sign of a good mechanic😁.

Sadly no. Other than Montpelier when I was flying for an insurance Co. years ago there never was a big reason to go there for business. As for my personal pleasure I prefer coastal areas of New England or the Canadian maritime provinces. Perhaps I should expand my area.

Oil spectrometric analysis is a big deal in aircraft engines and usually a requirement for the maintenance program along with borescope inspections for on-condition turbine engine operation. Even for my piston engine I do samples. Because of all the lead in the gas there's no way to extend oil changes. Air cooled engine, primative carburetor or fuel injection makes for lots of lead in the oil, but, sampling that finds that something is weaing that shouldn't is important to me. Interestingly if there are pieces big enough to get caught in the filter they won't show in the report. Things like the spalled chips off the lifter faces will get caught in the filter and may or may not be visible to the eye on a visual inspection. The lab offers a filter inspection service. You send them the whole filter and they rinse out all the caught stuff and subject that to the analysis.

Sorry, the OP was asking about a PTO shaft, not internal bolts. Lacking any experience in those I opined on PTO and in my limited experience I haven't seen any bolts other than specific necked bolts or grade 2 or 5 common bolts. Of course a slip clutch is probably a better but expensive alternative. My post hole auger was an eater of bolts. The manual called for grade 2 and it seemed it would go for ever without shearing one then in a rocky area it would chew up a bunch. I kept a handful on the ready with a couple of wrenches. Big squares: I never saw any in New England but at my CO base there was a outfit in the grass valley that used them. I would watch them and was always impressed with the pickup and stacking truck and its operator. Their storage shed was stacked perfectly neat and very full.

I sure wouldn’t use a grade 8

I just use fiber stop nuts.

If tire balance and rotation don't fix it maybe it's time to pull the shaft and get a feel for the joints. As I write and read what I've written I want to be clear that I mean your truck's drive shaft. Anyway, perhaps then you can further evaluate it, perhaps get the wheels off the ground and spin the pinion, maybe change the diff oil and look for shiny stuff. Just thinkin'.

Model: 1972 Scout II 4x4 Trim: Scout II Engine: 8-cylinder gasoline engine Production Number: 491090 VIN: A83880G491090 Factory: Fort Wayne, Indiana Country: USA

Lots of single digits here and a few negative. Roads are a mess of frost heaves. Our driveway pavement is 12 years old and is pretty beat in a lot of places as well. I've got some well pipes that aren't very deep due to ledge but they've never froze so I stopped worrying about them - good snow cover gives me peace of mind. I dislike the cold so couldn't live in interior AK, coastal like Anchorage not too bad but the short days in winter would suck. I respect those who can live and work in those -40 temps in the dark.

I needed 24 volt ground power so I took one battery I just changed out of caution and added a Walmart in series on a Harbor Freight dolly. The connector is a standard aircraft 24 volt DC that I’d made into a jumpstart years ago. When not using it on the plane I use its maintainer to keep it charged. Normally if I want to keep the avionics powered in the hangar I use this setup for external power. I also used it when the last battery went bad to crank the engine.

Sadly what is Op-Ed doesn't seem to be separated from the "news" anymore. The only print I consider is the WSJ where the Op-Ed page generally tilts right but does have dissenting opinions, which I'm OK with. The news appears to be straight without opinion. Of course omission is another way of injecting opinion. I won't watch far-right internet "news". If I do watch TV news it's just the local news. I thought it was a sad day when Walter, a trusted figure who reported on the moon race stooped to stating his opinion on the nightly news. That's the way it is but according to Walter.