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Archive for November, 2008
Important warning signs
Saturday, November 29th, 2008A day to give thanks
Thursday, November 27th, 2008I am thankful that our first fried turkey turned out so well. The outside was a little more done than I would have liked, but it was still perfectly edible and the inside was just perfect. I picked a few brains for how to do it, Dad borrowed the fryer from his neighbor and gave me plenty of help. Shannon carved it up for us. There was maybe a couple sandwiches’ worth left tonight and the carcass was picked clean. I think we’ll do another come Christmas.
The redneck prep station
Well away from all the buildings
Heating up the oil
A sizzlin’ bird
Peanut butter jelly time!
How to tolerate family on the Holidays
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008
YouTube has lots of videos that explain how to do this. I’m posting this one because it was short and to the point.
Fun for the whole family
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Jwinter @ glocktalk.com
Ken Block showing off
Saturday, November 15th, 2008It’s like, if this guy can drive like this, why does anybody else even try?
Snowmobile flips
Friday, November 14th, 2008ATV flips are amazing. This is insane!
Left 4 Dead demo available now
Thursday, November 13th, 2008
This is supposed to be the revolutionary new multiplayer zombie shooter for PC and X-Box 360. I’m anxious to play it!
Set in the immediate aftermath of the zombie apocalypse, L4D offers four expansive “movie campaigns” that challenge you and your fellow survivors to battle thousands of swarming zombies as you travel across the rooftops of an abandoned metropolis, through rural ghost towns and pitch-black forests. In addition to the movie campaigns, Left 4 Dead features a Versus mode that allows you to play as the Boss Zombies.
Download the demo from store.steampowered.com/app/530
Watch a 15-minute gameplay video below.
Source: l4d.com | kotaku.com
So many light years to go
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008Thanks Joey!
87-95 Chevy TBI idle adjustment
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008My truck is running very well after sitting for over 3 years. We’ve replaced a few sensors, new plugs and wires, etc. Going down the road is just fine. The reason I parked it, and the problem I was still having, is that it didn’t want to idle. It wanted to surge and stutter and turn on the check engine light.
After spending a small fortune on replacement sensors and messing with everything I can think of and then some, I came to the conclusion that the best thing to do was to find a way to raise the idle RPMs. I asked around on a couple very-informative forums. I wasn’t really getting anywhere with it though.
My dad is the holder of many secrets. I guess a career mechanic can’t help but know a trick or two, right? I must look like a fool when I go tell him that the consensus of all the guys on the internet is that adjusting the idle on the throttle body is impossible and that the idle setting is programmed into the computer.
He then proceeds to pull a throttle body nearly identical to mine out of the corner of the garage and show me a plug that needs to be removed. Behind that plug…is a screw that adjusts the freakin idle!
With it running, I put one turn clockwise on the torx screw. The idle went up and smoothed out. I let it idle for 30 minutes and it never threw a code. It usually throws a code just waiting for a stop light. omghax! My dad is awesome.
Throw the rascals out!
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Quoted from 1911Tuner
Posted at thehighroad.org
I know that it’s hard to believe, but many gun owners voted for Obama. For some people, the gun issue isn’t the main issue…but one of many. They were convinced that Obama was the better choice on many other positions.
Others voted against Obama on the sole question of 2A/RKBA. I can’t really call it voting for McCain for some few, because he’s no real champion of our cause. He’s just a little further to the right than Obama…but glancing at his voting record shows that he’s not a whole lot further.
My prediction is that the gun question won’t be in the forefront for a while…possibly as much as two years, or maybe more. I think there will be some sort of legislation in that arena, but it won’t be drastic because it will consume too much energy and too many resources for the ensuing battle. The Heller decision sent a message that we won’t take it lightly, and neither Congress nor the president wants to get mired down with the gun question while the economy is comin’ at’em like a runaway train. That’s what their focus will be for a long time. The economic meltdown was the single biggest deciding factor in this election…not guns.
You can probably look for heavy duties and taxes on ammunition and reloading components by July. You can probably also look for restrictions on lead usage. It’s already started…and the environment is their poster child. Remember that the power to tax is the power to destroy. Write to your congressman, and write to him often.
In the interim..we have work to do.
We have a president with a strong anti-gun agenda, and we’re likely stuck with that for the next four years. Our best hope is to swing Congress in our direction by voting and by educating the people who are in the middle of the road. By and large, the fence-sitters are the ones who sent these people to Washington. Let’s see if we can turn the tide, shall we?
Rather than bickering amongst ourselves here…let’s spend that time and effort and bandwidth writing our congressmen. Flood their E-mails and their switchboards. Fighting about which man coulda/woulda/shoulda won will accomplish nothing except using up bandwidth.
“Throw the rascals out!”
Let that be the rallying cry for RKBA.
THROW THE RASCALS OUT!