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Spend 3 minutes watching this moving, but warm clip of VJ Day in Honolulu. From the despair and dark days following Pearl Harbor to the end of WWII. Who among us today could not feel the rush of exuberance and energy of these brave men and women from 1945 ... đșđž
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Check out the The Historical Construction Equipment Association (hcea.net). I commend you for extending a life-line to an old work horse, well done !! As a retired member of a global construction machinery manufacturer, I can say with some credibility that a grader operator is usually the senior and most skilled machine operator in a fully equipped construction machinery yard. It takes skill and experience plus operating more controls than one has hands to operate them with.
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Cutting hundreds of jobs in Sturtevant, BRP is ceasing Evinrude production and partnering with Mercury Marine After 109 years of production, BRP, Evinrude's parent made this sad announcement. Owners of Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Plymouth (others) automobiles share the pain, disappointment and loss as their chosen brand goes over the rainbow.
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My Gran Turismo Omologato suggested to me that the true meaning of the 3 letter abbreviation - GTO: means Go To Olds ... So I made the switch !!
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Look up Ray Nichels for an interesting read. Ray was involved with Indy cars and NASCAR. He worked with Pontiacâs âBunkieâ Knudson, then became MOPARâs man to roll out the 426 Race Hemi in 1964 when GM pulled out of racing. Drivers for Nichels were from A to Z, included AJ Foyt and Paul Goldsmith (pictures 1 & 3 - Pat OâConner - last picture).
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This is the âlunch boxâ as it became known aboard Apollo 13. It was made from an array of items not related to the carbon dioxide scrubber it ended up being. The crew and the support staff at Mission Control came up with this and other solutions that brought our 3 Astronauts back after an fuel cell explosion in the command service module that could have very well been their end without a bevy of quick thinking. America - where âfailure is not an optionâ. đșđž
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NASCARâs restrictor plate program is to racing as the WWE is to wrestling ... đ„ș
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British motorcycle Norton is closing down after 122 years
Uncle_Buck replied to Mark Gregory's topic in General Discussion
Uncle Buck chose to take French as an elective while a junior in HS, mostly because my hoodlum friends said all the âhot chicksâ take French. Well those âhot chicksâ didnât materialize, at least not in my class ... So what to do? It seems that the French text book was the perfect size to effectively insert/disguise Cycle magazine. So with no âhot chicksâ to lust after, I diverted all that lust to all things British motorcycles through the pages of my text book, er, Cycle magazine insert. After all, as the owner of a Honda Super 90, I must plan for my next bike (ha-ha). The Triumph Bonneville, BSA Lightning and the bad-boy of the bunch, the Norton Commando garnered most of my attention. Oh how I loved/lusted after that Norton !! 50 some years later, I can still speak fluent Norton. French, not so much ... -
LED tube lighting retrofit: Arm yourself with knowledge here to avoid a costly mistake. There are 3 types LED tubes, A, B and C. Type B does not need a ballast, therefore even more energy savings. They do require a simple wiring change, however. I did my entire home/garages and am totally pleased with the results and energy savings. Also, type B bulbs are harder to find - not usually at big box stores. I got mine through Amazon. Good luck with your new swell setup !!
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60+ Movie stars in their classic cars....
Uncle_Buck replied to Lebowski's topic in General Discussion
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HOW OLD IS TOO OLD TO BUY ANOTHER OLD CAR?
Uncle_Buck replied to Dynaflash8's topic in General Discussion
Iâll share two of my fathers sayings on age: âYouâre as old as you feelâ & âage is just a numberâ. He played decent golf daily well into his 90âs. Now as age creeps up on me, I find myself saying the same things my father said ... đ„Ž -
How about a picture of YOU with a car?
Uncle_Buck replied to victorialynn2's topic in General Discussion
When my wife runs across pictures of me like this, she says I should get in shape. I tell her Iâm already in shape - round is a shape ... -
After several hood-to-head incidents, usually involving blood - my blood, l keep at the ready a âcushionâ or âbumperâ for next time we come together. The following model year (1971), Oldsmobile saw fit to move the âdragon toothâ from the hood to a stationary position on the body ...
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Buy high, sell low then make the rest up in volume. There, I have just made sense out of this topic - all 16 pages ...
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A fitting tribute to one D-Day hero. Please watch: