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Go tearing out into a howling January ice storm to attempt to prop up the leaning stud walls of the barn under construction when some of the braces gave way.
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My first year of teaching, I allowed a student named Richard Head to use a nickname.
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When I was 8, I found an old power cord in the garbage. I put paperclips in it, hooked it up to a 9 volt batter, then plugged it in....at my friend's house. It recharged the battery, as far as I could tell. It only occurred to me later that day that his dad yelling at him in Hindi and his lights going out might have been related to my experiment.
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Dr. Michael Hunt ran the planetarium at my high school.
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Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: San Pedro,CA
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Swap out a new fuel petcock for a leaking one on my still warm from ride Norton with 3+ gallons of gas in the tank.
Long funny story with good outcome. NEVER try this, Darwin Award material..
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...sell my 1963 Ragtop bug for almost nothing.
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Mel Ted Dick was my history teacher in high school. No joke.
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Takin' hard left turns
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Traded my 67 Camaro for a 66 bug
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Wow....I just realized I have done several of these......sad
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My dad, an electrical guru, was out in the barn when I did it. I remember lights getting dim in the house, sparks and flames spewing out of the wall, and being knocked on my butt by the electrocution. He came running in...he knew exactly what was happening. Learned my lesson on that one....
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It was only 25 amperes received on my end. Blew the breaker and done. Learned a lot about alternating current that day.
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Buy the first Miata we looked at... $4200 for Miata... $4000 in repairs... still have at least $1500 in upgrades I want to do.
However when I'm done it will have all the parts I want on it, it should be like new and good for another 100K miles. Wife bought the car for me with her inheritance... "I like this one"
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Selling my mint 69 Z/28 Camaro because I did not haave room in the moving van. Then selling my other mint 69 Z/28, because I did'nt think there was a future in muscle cars. Dooooooooo.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: midwest
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Check why they put a ribbon on that wire around the cow pasture.
Ride a motorcycle through a snow storm. |
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![]() Did not end well for me after my father found out who the "jackass" was that told cousin John that it's ok to hose that ribbon down. To my dad's credit, he did wait to beat my ass until after cousin Johnny's (pussy) obligatory ER visit.
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94 turbo 3.6 74 carrera RS race car 05 denali XL "We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us." Charles Bukowski Last edited by matt f; 10-14-2013 at 06:44 PM.. |
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...fool around with a drunk crazy girl that showed up at my dorm room in college. (Happened more than once.)
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Check the gearbox oil level in a '72 Corvette while the front wheels were up on ramps.
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