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Jill Wagner

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:37:46 +0000

How many of you knew that Bobby on Lioness is actually Jill Wagner of Wipeout and Mercury tv ad fame?

Canada’s Halifax-Class Frigate Is More Dangerous Than It Looks

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:04:52 +0000

Seems like we have a Canadian Navy vet or two here ( @Hugh, maybe?) who might be interested in this.

Crazy Weather & Power Outages

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:54:56 +0000

My electricity has been out since about 11:15 AM on Thursday (7/2/26). Not a huge deal due to the fact that about a year ago I installed a 14kw Generac whole house natural gas fired generator. I also have a gas well on my property so I get free gas. It's now Sunday afternoon and I just got back from spending the holiday weekend with relatives. The generator has been running nearly the entire time I was gone, although the power was on when I left here Thursday morning, and it's still running right now. Utility company says they should have the power restored by tomorrow evening (7/6) at 11 PM. I get text updates periodically from the utility company so I can tell when the power goes off or comes back on along with their restoration estimates. The generator also has wifi and can monitor itself all of which means I also get a monthly operation report via email. Besides all the normal appliances I also have a couple of chest freezers and well water (with a submersible pump) so the investment in the generator was absolutely worth the cost. Because it doesn't run on gasoline and has an automatic transfer switch I also don't have to be here to start or maintain it. It might stumble a bit when I first turn on the central AC but other than that it has run flawlessly. BTW, I had the AC off while I was gone.

New Toy

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:19:45 +0000

I bought a used 2023 Can-Am Commander XT700 UTV a few weeks ago. It has almost $6k in add-ons and still has about 11 months of remaining factory warranty. It has just under 2000 miles on the clock. The dealer who took it on trade has already replaced both rear axles under warranty and has filed a warranty claim on the winch. The winch still operates under power but the "free-wheeling" knob will not turn which means you cannot pull the winch cable out by hand. I've also done a few minor repairs and repainted most of the shiny body parts due to some nasty paint scratches. I have a full Can-Am decal kit ordered since I had to remove most of the factory decals before doing the paint work. I also just added an outside mirror on both doors. The other add-ons that were done by the previous owner include the windshield with a manual wiper, rear cab window, upper door kit (fixed windows), cab heater, front forward off-set A-arms, LED light bar on the front bumper, rear cab lights and 32x10 tires on 15" System E beadlock wheels. Factory equipment includes the lower doors, digital dash, an electronic locking rear axle, limited slip front axle, front mounted winch and electronic power steering. It also has a tilt bed with a 600 lb load capacity and is rated to tow 2000 lbs. The engine is a single cylinder 650cc Rotax with 52 HP and 41 LB-FT with a CVT transmission with high and low range.

How is capitalism working for YOU? Ford's been around for 120 years and what do they have to show for it?

Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:40:46 +0000

A lousy $55 billion in market cap? Sad. Have you had enough yet? And we still have people going hungry and homeless? Something is just not right.

https://share.google/aFEKGYAmPGDVMnmlv

Tariffs struck down...prepare for the fake outrage

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:20:52 +0000

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-trump-150711549.html

Winter Storm

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:18:35 +0000

Accuweather has updated their snow accumulation total for this weekend's storm in my area to 1-2 feet!

Apparently they are tired of trying to be a little too precise...🙄

YouTube AI "short" vids

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:02:27 +0000

This is one of my pet peeves. Is there anyone on the face of the earth that actually believes what they see and hear on most YouTube "short" videos? Especially anything that has been created in the past year or at least the past few months. It seems like AI is completely taking over YouTube. A good example is all of these stupid animal encounter things. Where on earth are you going to see a grizzly bear fighting a gorilla? Answer....NOWHERE! I get it that most of it is just entertainment bullshit designed to get clicks but come on. The other obvious thing about them is that they are put out there as "shorts" because no one can leave any comments debunking their BS. It's to the point where if something pops up as a "short" when you do a YouTube search most people probably just ignore them which completely defeats the purpose of putting them out there in the first place. Same thing for AI generated voices on any video. It's almost as bad as trying to understand some of my sister's texts. 😁

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 17:24:05 +0000

Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Consumer Reports Test Track

Sun, 30 Jul 2023 22:49:22 +0000

Plane Makes Emergency Landing at Consumer Reports Test Track

https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/middlesex/a-plane-made-an-emergency-landing-on-a-test-track-in-colchester/

EAST HADDAM, Conn. (WTNH) – A private plane was forced to make an emergency landing on a test track in East Haddam Sunday morning, according to Connecticut State Police.

Troop K responded to an emergency call at about 11:50 a.m. at the Consumer Reports test track. The track is used to gauge the safety of automobiles.

Authorities arrived to find that the plane had made a safe landing. The Colchester Fire Chief, Steven Hoffman, confirmed that all three passengers in the plane made it through the landing without injury.

The plane was originally flying from Pittsfield, MA. The only damage caused to the plane was the engine issues that forced the pilot to make an emergency landing.

John Wick

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 02:45:53 +0000

USPS Idiots

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 02:38:51 +0000

I decided to replace the front bumper on my '99 Cobra with a reproduction of one from a 2000 Cobra R. I had already installed a Roush body kit on the car several years ago and always wanted to get the front of the car down to the level of the Roush side skirts but I didn't want to use the Roush front bumper cover since it would lose too much of it's Cobra identity, IMO. The Cobra R bumper cover with its lowered splitter solves those problems. Unfortunately, the brackets that attach the ends of the bumper to the front fenders are pop riveted to the inside of the bumper and I didn't want to drill out those rivets on a perfectly good original bumper and they weren't included with the new bumper. Ford also no longer makes those brackets due to the age of the car.

However, Late Model Restorations (LMR) does make reproduction brackets. So, I ordered a pair of their brackets back on 2/26/25. LMR is in Waco, TX. According to the USPS tracking number, the package was in Pittsburgh, PA on 3/4/25. Because I live in west central Pennsylvania I assumed the package would have been here by now. Afterall, today is 3/7/25 and it was less than 100 miles away four days ago. Wrong. Can't do that. Guess where it was today? Santa f'n Clara, California! WTF? Musk can't DOGE these a-holes fast enough!

Here's a photo of the unpainted Cobra R bumper during trial fitting on the car.

Swapping out an AW4 Jeep transmission

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 02:01:02 +0000

I'm about to install a used AW4 transmission into my 96 XJ (Cherokee), and I'd like to replace whatever parts I can easily get to before it goes in, short of a rebuild.

I'll be replacing the torque converter for sure, but I don't know what replacement part to go with. Should I try to go for an OEM part or a particular brand?

Also, besides the t converter are there any other trans parts I should replace?

Thanks

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to Everyone

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:50:25 +0000

I hope you're all able to have a wonderful day with your loved ones, stay safe.

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to Everyone

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 16:33:03 +0000

I hope you're all able to have a wonderful day with your loved ones, stay safe.

A day which will live in infamy

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 16:37:45 +0000

Remember Pearl Harbor. 7 December, 1941.

.-. . -- . -- -... . .-. .--. . .- .-. .-.. .... .- .-. -... --- .-.

— the message carved on Tojo’s false teeth when he was hung, literally the last words in his mouth.

Weird question about e-brakes

Sat, 16 Nov 2024 15:52:53 +0000

So I suppose this applies to cars in general, not just Ford's. Does parking on a mostly level surface without the e-brake damage/ significantly accelerate the wear on the transmission? I've heard some people say yes, and others say no, it's fine, e-brakes are mostly something you should use if you're parked in a steep incline.

Here's my driveway for reference. It's hard to tell, but like most driveways, there's a mild incline to it, I'd say maybe a degree or a couple of degrees at most.

Healthy political discussions

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:12:44 +0000

Ideally, politics wouldn't come up on this site, but seeing as we just wrapped up an election, they probably will. So I thought instead of having a heated political argument in the main threads, let's discuss it here if we want to discuss it at all. Try to remain respectful please. Remember that even if someone didn't vote the way you did, that doesn't make them a bad person.

F1 Teaser trailer

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 14:07:51 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrE9umGiPZQ

Amazon's Jeff Bezos approaching $1 trillion

Sun, 17 May 2020 20:06:11 +0000

Because nobody else has anything else to do but buy buy buy online! Instead of doing some thinking while idle, they shop! My postal friend says parcel volumes are almost Christmas time levels! Very sad! And the Chinese get rewarded because everything is made there! Like I already said elsewhere, have him and his billionaire buddies cut a check for $50 billion EACH and send it to the Treasury for redistribution to us middle class slaves!

Baby Steps

Sat, 06 Jul 2024 19:56:42 +0000

Not quite ready for a Lightning yet but it's a start. I bought this to use mainly to get to and from my tree stands during archery season without making as much noise or stink. Greenworks 60V mini-bike. I also have multiple other Greenworks tools that use the same 60V batteries as this so it made perfect sense. 25 mph top speed and 20 mile range.

Former employee information

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:24:17 +0000

Tried searching to see if this has already been discussed but search results yielded 20,000 hits. I’m looking for contact information for somebody in Labor Relations at the Glass House. The only result Google supplied was the main 800#.

I am a current Ford employee. While working on my ancestry, I discovered that my Grandfather worked for Ford prior to WWII (his draft card listed employer as Ford Motor Company). I only knew that he retired from Chrysler Dodge Main. I would love to find out which Plant he worked at and in what capacity? He passed way in 1994 and my father wasn’t even aware that he worked for Ford either.

Can anybody point me in the right direction? Thanks!

Mlhm5: I want to say the same thing over and over again

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:36:19 +0000

"Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally on Friday insisted that the company's reserves of $29.6 billion in cash and credit would be enough to survive until 2010." Freep

Anyone read a good book lately?

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 17:42:43 +0000

I'm looking for some ideas for my next book to read. I haven't read a book in a while, but I used to read fairly regularly. In the past I would read John Grisham novels, I also liked Michael Crichton, and I've read some Dan Brown. I've been curious about Tom Clancy novels, but have never read one. Are they a good read? If so, which one is a good first introduction to Clancy? Or any other suggestions for a good "guy" book.

We'd Like To Know A Little Bit About You For Our Files

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 18:00:34 +0000

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/03/youtube-ordered-to-reveal-the-identities-of-video-viewers?utm_source=iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b2c_pro_oth_20240401_aprilweeklynewsletter_paid_v1_1_171171097931&utm_content=innocent_Youtube_viewer