Doing taxes!

if u get really drunk we'll have Don King (burner) promote yea...
sorry just had to put that in


made a re-mix of You're My Angel (Styles and Breeze), worked, and looking for a car

LOL. You should rent out that lame mule instead of trying to ride it. Went thru all my desktop jpegs, gifs and tngs and deleted a chunk of pictures. I'm left with a pretty good assortment of really nice pictures.

Took my 5th grade boys basketball team for their end of the year pizza party.

I remember those days!!! How did your team do?

well before I say wat I did...

does anyone have 30-40 killatons of plutonium I can borrow?

Hmmm .... sorry SG have been using the stuff ( plutonium) to replace gas out this way! At $3.10 a gal-low grade for gas it works just fine, and no lights are needed-all the car glows bright white, and is a nice warm feeling too.

God you think $3.10 is bad. Were up to $3.25 here. I have been riding my bike just to save money. I guess its a good thing it has been a warm winter!!!!

Gas has creeped back up to $1.02 per liter, which works out to $4.60Cdn per gallon. Sheesh.

We finished 14-14. Not bad considering they only won 2 games last year.

Damn, now I don't feel so bad. We are hovering around $2.50

went to a concert at the Mr. Smalls theater. and now can't hear for crap...
also involved in at least 8+ mosh-pits...ah..good times.

Well if you won more than last year you cant beat that!! So has anyone ever seen the show NINJA WARRIOR on G4? Its freaking awesome!

Staying out of the way of the crew working about the house!

got motivated and got to digging on my driveway project. now that I have some informed, professional opinions on it and, frankly, have relearned how to use a shovel, SMARTLY (ask any ex-grunt- using a shovel ain't as simple as you might think... and I am ashamed I'd forgotten!). Moved about 2 cubic yards of earth from 1500-2100 (lots of breaks, and yet still more than I have gotten done on this in over a year), much of which was used to backfill what I'd dug before (WAY too deep!). Going to halve the job- was going to dig it 12" deep all throughout, put down 4" of builder's sand, 4" of gravel, and 4" of concrete. Well, that would be needed, if I were to drive a tank on this thing- but my jeep's nowhere near that heavy, so no need. I'll dig it 6", an inch of sand after letting what I've moved about dry out and pack in, an inch of gravel, and 4" of fiber-reinforced concrete. No rebar, no mesh, nothing else needed. Actually, the sand and gravel aren't even really needed, but I'm one to overbuild, and they'll make leveling the foundation off a darn sight easier.

Put air in my kid's bike tires. A few minutes later nearly crapped myself-- I happened to be looking up at him when suddenly his rear tire let go with a lound pop, venting directly at his shirt. I heard the crack, saw the shirt move, and it sounded and looked exactly like someone had just been shot with a high-powered rifle. For a nanosecond I thought someone has shot him, then realized there was no blood, he was still on his feet. Jesus what a horrific feeling. Scared him, too- he started crying about how he couldn't ride his bike now after the shock of the sudden expulsion of air passed.

No, we don't live in a bad neighborhood where people get shot. But ya never know these days, you know?

and very shortly, will have updated my blog.

I know the feeling Burnt im a grunt myself. I finallly got around to putting a new exhaust on the jeep and throddle body spacer!

Finally meandered home from my SO's apartment (he's out of town, I've been staying there for the last couple of weeks so I was a 5-minute walk from work rather than at home, which is a 20-minute drive). Did copious amounts of laundry (mine and his), planned my mom's 71st birthday dinner and dessert for tomorrow (her birthday is today, but she's out with friends), cleaned the house, cleaned out my car, organized the spice cupboard, and re-introduced myself to the cat.

It's not even 6pm yet.

About to colour my hair then do a hot oil treatment on it, then I'm going to collapse in a vanilla-scented bubble bath with lots of candles, a bottle of Viognier and a good book. I suppose I should eat something first, though.

ex-Army here-- got out in 94 after doing 6. Just realized the other day I'd be retiring next year. Damn.

What kinda jeep you got? 90 XJ here, in the midst of a buildup which is on hold till I get the driveway done. I need the flat workspace sans mud to do my Dana44 swaps, gas to diesel swap, paint, bumpers, flooring inside the house, etc.....

EDIT: BTW, Snuffy. .: spills out a little beer on the grass : Here's to ya, and absent companions.

Im a Marine. been in a little over 2 years. Wow i bet you wished you were still in if you that close to the retirement!! LOL.
I have a 99' Wrangler with a 5.5 R.E. long arm kit. dana 44 front and 60 rear. 37in tires. i run big o because of thier warranty! an atlas 4.0 transfer case and 4.56 gears detroit lockers gibison exhaust KnN intake with a R.E. thorddle body and a jet preformance throddle body spacer.. im trying to get the new warn winch with air compressor!! that thing kicks ass! the gas to diesel swap sound awesome. who does that?

I do. I don't let ANYONE else's tools touch my vehicles. Because it's been my experience with the local "mechanics" that they're a bunch of crooks and bumbling idiots.

Not only am I swapping to diesel, I'm going to run veggie oil. Will be picking the engines up as soon as Mother Nature decides to thaw out Buffalo, NY, which is where they are at present.

no as far as who does it i was wondering if you had a kit in mind or were just going part by part? i also work on my own stuff, minus minor things. like i blew all the gears out of my rear diff, ring and pinion, spider gear, bearing, everything.. that i had an off road shop here in town do but i dont know how to reset gears so!

Went on my first 'fire' call. Just a small grass fire that was under contol before we got there. Did get to drive the old army surplus jeep brush truck though.

Awesome!

There is no such thing as a gasoline to diesel engine conversion kit. I am designing, engineering, imagineering, whatever you want to call it- the whole darn mess, myself.

I believe in this credo- real Jeepers (gearheads, wheelers, whatever) learn to do it themselves. I build suspensions, weld, rebuild transmissions, rebuild transfer cases, engines, you name it- myself.

Gears are easy. Just time consuming and frustrating more than anything. The principles behind them are straightforward though. Now automatic transmissions-- that's black freakin' magik if you ask me. I understand about half of the stuff in them-- and I just get a good book and do what it tells me to do. Videos help as well. After that, all you need is a few bins, a partwashing bucket, lots of table space, and the patience of a saint. Or is it lots of Scotch?

EDIT: forgot to mention: I owe my Jeeping habit, and most of the whole of the above, to Mister4X4.

Gee, THANKS, Eric! :P

Oh ya i know that. ive been a certified mechanic as well but i still dont want to dick with it. i think the one thing that really stops me is i dont have the time. other than that i pretty much do my own!

Ready to start again for an hour or so on taxes. Then off to the local electronic store to check out new computer equipment, and video series ... JAG, 3rd season.

Got the call that my SO successfully arrived at the airport and received his ticket (I was a little nervous, I've never booked a flight for someone else before). Now I just have to wait another two hours so I can pick him up.

Of course, air travel being MUCH faster than ground travel, I have to leave here shortly after his plane lands in Philadelphia for a two-hour layover or I don't have a hope in hell at getting to Detroit before he does, but whatever.

Went to an AFI. it was boring

Hmmm ... new price today for gas $3.25 this area - across town about $3.15 a gal. low test. Ouch!

$3.29 here

$2.55 here

$2.59 and climbing...

woot i found a pump in town for 3.19/gal

took a picture:



(not bad for a 1.3MP smartphone cam, eh?)

Very nice.

Very nice, bk.

Thanks folks- Will's growing like a weed, and he's there with Kylie the Tennis Ball Terrorist.

bought another bike:



1998 KLR650. This particular one has a wiped-out upper end of the motor. No matter, parts are plentiful and dirt cheap on Ebay.

Bought for $750. It's looking like I need about $60 worth of odds and ends off the 'bay (clutch lever perch, brake lever, springs for stand and rear brake) a head, and possibly a new jug and piston. Which , if the jug and piston are needed, I'll go ahead and bore out this jug aind install the 685 kit, for a whopping $350.

I think I'm about $600 at worst, from riding this thing. Which puts me at about $1400 into the bike which is only just barely above what the book value is (and you can NOT buy one of these things in decent shape for less than $2000 around here- and that will be $1400 for this bike with a new motor with better piston, rings, etc than the factory had, once I am done). These things are like 2-wheeled jeeps. Anything that runs worth a damn goes for way over book value.

No, I didn't NEED another bike. But this was too damn good a deal to pass up, especially considering I was about to trade my 650R in on one (and lose my shirt in the process!) Nw I can go check out those dirt roads I keep seeing

So are you keeping this one and ditching the street bike? Keeping both? Btw, I can see your face in his, to an extent.

keeping both bikes. I'd lose my shirt if I was to sell the Ninja. Depreciation and all that. The KLR is the bike I originally wanted, but it was too tall for me. Wish I'd known about lowering links then! But I HAD to have a bike I could put both feet on the grouond with, so I got the 650R streetbike

When I got my 1983 Suzuki 650 Savage it was because it had one of the lowest seat heights going on an "intro" bike. One cylinder, lots of torque not much top speed. Having short legs really sucks when it comes to having/owning a bike. Then again, having extra longs legs must be just as much a pain in the arse.

Went on the Rubicon for a couple of hours to test some now stuff i added to the jeep!!

ok, its official- I hate you now....

That is supposedly one tough trail.

Ya I know, i live like 1hour away!!! and about 1.5 hours to Fordyce, but ive only been to Sierra Trek once. Just to many people and not really an off roading experience. But i picked up my dana 60 fit for my jeep for only 1200!! so its an awesome place to get geat deals!

Dana 60 for a TJ?!?!?!

Don't like replacing axle shafts, do ya?

drove me parents new Saturn Sky...
sweet car...
$26k fully loaded...not bad for a fast 4 banger

oh damn. That's freakin' SEXY!

got a steal on a carb for the KLR650 I just bought.

$108, delivered, via Ebay.

Got eyes on a head next. If that pans out, I am not too damn far from a running engine soon.

W00t!!

That is one nice car. Beats the heck out of the Pontiac Solstice.