Wut I'v bin wrking on this yir by JO753

Cool. I hate the speedometer on our Ford Edge because it goes in increments of two and the fives aren't even labeled, like when is the speed limit 58 MPH?? It takes way too long to focus in on the speed that way.

Also, the ac vents are ten inches long, and don't even reach your face at all. Sure does cool your belly button down tho.

I had to stuff the vents to get the air to flow up even a little. And then there is the shiny plate on the dash that reflects sunlight INTO the car...

I think they had a monkey design it.

I have been fixing all the little tiny things about our house that bug me, in anticipation of maybe selling next summer. Cleaning and painting the furnace room, replacing a piece of vent that was over the sump and had rusted through, pulling weeds and selling/ getting rid of as much as I can.
Even if we don't sell, at least I will be happier with it.

It would be nice if it wasn't so darn hot, so I could get some things done outside....

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 8:10 PM

I was wondering what happens when it hits 88 MPH, myself.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 8:48 PM

REAVERFAN

Vegan lunch today at the Little Goat, Chicago. Yum!

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:38 PM

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2 mph increments! Thats wierd. Ford haz sum persistent bad habits.

The orijinal spedo behind the new wun wuz only readable between 20 and 80. below 20 its bounsing around, probably the cable needed lubrication. Abuv 80 and with the angl uv the needle pointing at linez going to numberz that are virticle, you spend way too much time trying to line thingz up visually. They may az well hav replased everything over 80 with 'FAST'.

I wuz going to black out the .0 red dijit, but now I like it.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 9:52 PM

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Originally posted by G:
Is that the 80-10 Chrysler with the braced extenders?

Thoze werent invented yet, grandpa. Its a 72 New Yorker.

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I love bright LEDs and would encourage you to get a clock with bright red or orange ones. Having said that, I am a fan of clunking old analogue. Actually, I like them both.

It orijinally had a mekanical dijital clock. I thot it didnt work till I took it out and discovered that it just wuznt plugged in.

The LCD clock I added iz in a spot the gets too dark sumtimez, so I got 4 more to work on to add a back lite. I ruined the first wun. Now I hav an electroluminesent baklite on order to try.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by reaverfan:
Vegan lunch today at the Little Goat, Chicago. Yum!

That looks like a chunk uv beef there. Wut iz it?

The resturant I miss the most in Chicago iz the Oranj Garden. http://eatorangegarden.com/zgrid/themes/10592/intro/index.jsp
Best egg rolls in the verse.

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Friday, August 30, 2019 2:13 AM

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All the stuff in the art section iz oooollllddd, but I spent sum time this yir refurbishing them.

http://www.zolkorp.com/PRoDUKS.htm

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Friday, August 30, 2019 9:21 AM

I missed this video back when you put it out JO. I thought I was watching something new you just did.

Any chance you were able to make the gas gauge go down slower too? I remember when I had my LTD and if I floored it on the expressway you could literally watch the fuel bar drop.

Man.. I love listening to a car like that though. From the sound of the engine to the slamming of metal on metal when you close the doors.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Friday, August 30, 2019 10:12 PM

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I forgot how long the vid wuz! Thot it ended just up that 1st road.

Anyway, I ran into sum sort uv problem with the video gas gaje and ran out uv enthuziazm for the dashboard project befor I solved it. Aside frum the addition uv a dijitl enjin temp & oil pressure, It looks the same now.

My old frend Skum Dog Dave had a 72 Buick Riviera with a 455 that coud make the fuel gaje drop az you watched.

It seemz Crysler gets betr mileaj at full throttle than Ford & GM, kuz mine never did that. Still, I only get 9 to 11 mpg averaj.

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Friday, August 30, 2019 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Cool. I hate the speedometer on our Ford Edge

Well, I didn't have ta put up with that for long, that's the one that got hit.

One of the vehicles we have now is an old Plymouth Neon. Gran gave it to me since she couldn't drive and I take her to everything. She still thinks it's worth the 14k she paid for it though.

There is a glitch in it that I think stems back to the interior right turn signal, but will randomly affect all the dash lights and the gauges, usually when I hit a bump too hard. To get it to turn back on I keep a rubber mallet in the back seat and whack it hard on the dash in one spot

Kicks right back on! It's as cranky as her former owner...YES, I took it in to have it looked at and after a week of looking they didn't find it, but still charged me $100 to not fix it.

Also, the taillights on that model were never sealed, so over time they separate and water ran down the inside supports and would fill the trunk and soak the floorboards before we fixed that. Took me forever to google out that problem...

I found an interesting vid today of a guy stripping out all the rusted bits on a Range Rover and doing the most detailed fabrication repairs I've ever seen. This dude has more patience than the entirety of the people on this board.

https://jalopnik.com/this-stop-motion-video-of-a-guy-fixing-his-range-
rovers-1837714082

Imma Jalop addict. LOVED the articles about David Tracy fixing up ancient jeeps just to barely running condition to make it to Moab. That's a cool hobby.

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 10:22 AM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

I like YOUR artwork JO, but the other artwork that you feature is so dark and angry. Why don' you do more?

I used to paint before I got married, got ajob and had a kid. When you're working on your pieces, are you "in the zone" artwise? Or is the fabrication so difficult that you have to concentrate on the mechanics?

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 10:42 AM

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Originally posted by JO753:
I forgot how long the vid wuz! Thot it ended just up that 1st road.

Anyway, I ran into sum sort uv problem with the video gas gaje and ran out uv enthuziazm for the dashboard project befor I solved it. Aside frum the addition uv a dijitl enjin temp & oil pressure, It looks the same now.

My old frend Skum Dog Dave had a 72 Buick Riviera with a 455 that coud make the fuel gaje drop az you watched.

It seemz Crysler gets betr mileaj at full throttle than Ford & GM, kuz mine never did that. Still, I only get 9 to 11 mpg averaj.

My first car was a New Yorker. I loved that big pile of metal. It was a bit newer than yours though and already came with a digital well, everything. One of those cars that would tell you your door was ajar, or not to forget your keys. Yanno, the inspiration for KIT, or vice-versa. It was the only car I ever owned that had a digital gas gauge, and it also predicted (horribly) how many miles you had left in the tank. Probably only got 10 or 12 miles out of that one too.

The LTD though? Try 6. Only 6 miles per gallon. I'm not even kidding.

Funny thing is though, that was just in the city. On the highway it was right around 20MPG. Once that land yacht was cruising, there was no stopping her. But getting her up to speed in stop and go south Chicago suburb city traffic? Fuggedaboutit.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 12:09 PM

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My first car was a New Yorker. I loved that big pile of metal.

I had one too. Lights wouldn't flip, back windows wouldn't roll up, and there was eventually nothing left of the suspension because they were heavy sonabitches, but there was a mile of super plush blue velour in there that would make any pimp's day

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 4:28 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:

My first car was a New Yorker. I loved that big pile of metal.

I had one too. Lights wouldn't flip, back windows wouldn't roll up, and there was eventually nothing left of the suspension because they were heavy sonabitches, but there was a mile of super plush blue velour in there that would make any pimp's day

lol

Mine was more or less great while it worked, but I didn't know anything about cars and when the transmission finally went it was time to move on. They wanted more to put in a new transmission than I had paid for it.

The funny thing was, and this is the only car this has ever happened to me on, is that when I was on the way to the mall with a friend after filling up the massive tank with $0.85/gal gas, all of the sudden the digital gas gauge was going from full to empty over about a 30 second span of time. A single little hose had fallen off and I leaked all that gas on the road. Cost me less than a buck to replace it. Just a tube and a few c-clamps. Glad my friend knew a bit about cars from auto shop because I wouldn't have had a clue.

Blue would have been sweet. Mine was probably the same material, but it was a deep red. I didn't mind the interior color, but I hated the tan color of the outside, and the super sun-faded "leather" spots toward the rear window.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 6:21 PM

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Originally posted by WISHIMAY:
I found an interesting vid today of a guy stripping out all the rusted bits on a Range Rover and doing the most detailed fabrication repairs I've ever seen.

Crazy & great. He practically bildz a new body 1 random shaped scrap at a time.

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...old Plymouth Neon...

I remember driving past the Crysler Belvidere plant in the early 2000z on my way to momz house in Rockford and seeing a sea uv new Neonz.

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 6:27 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
I like YOUR artwork JO, but the other artwork that you feature is so dark and angry. Why don' you do more?

I dont get many inspirationz. I think art that iznt based on a jenuine inspiration iz not really art.

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I used to paint before I got married, got ajob and had a kid. When you're working on your pieces, are you "in the zone" artwise? Or is the fabrication so difficult that you have to concentrate on the mechanics?

Therez definitely a zone. You looz trak uv time and can really consentrate on minute detailz.

Post sum piks uv your work!

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 6:33 PM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
My first car was a New Yorker. I loved that big pile of metal. It was a bit newer than yours though and already came with a digital well, everything.

Must hav been a very late 70z model. Sumtime around then Chrysler wuz in deep doodoo and went to compacts and minivanz.

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 6:38 PM

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 7:31 PM

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Originally posted by JO753:
Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
My first car was a New Yorker. I loved that big pile of metal. It was a bit newer than yours though and already came with a digital well, everything.

Must hav been a very late 70z model. Sumtime around then Chrysler wuz in deep doodoo and went to compacts and minivanz.

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Good guess there. If memory serves, it was actually an '80.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 9:52 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

My first car was a Galaxie 500 .. 'fraid I don't know the year ... and it was a POS. The rear left frame member was broken, and every time I went around a corner it kind of waggled its ass. It also left me stranded when the fuel line broke right near the carb and dumped a lot of gas all over the engine. It smelled. I was just a college student at the time, didn't know anything about cars and had no interest in fixing them (still don't) and was very happy when my sister took it over!

My next car (boyfriend's, later husband's) car was a Camaro. It had a powerful engine but was a beast to drive because it had been set up for towing ... a VERY heavy clutch and many many turns lock to lock made it unfriendly for city traffic! I think my left leg doubled in size with that car!

So my fond memories of cars began with my first Honda Civic CVCC two-door hatchback with stick shift.

That was the car that we set across-country in for hubby's new job all the way in California. We called it the Pumpkin, and I treasured that thing until I sold it to a co-worker many many years later. Knowing that the family it was going to was careless with their ... well, everything ... I even gave it a farewell oil change and packed the wheel bearings with grease. I was saddened to hear that the daughter totalled it just a few short weeks after she got it. It was a treasure of a car and gave us many years of good service.

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 10:00 PM

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I like YOUR artwork JO, but the other artwork that you feature is so dark and angry. Why don' you do more?- SIGNY

I dont get many inspirationz. I think art that iznt based on a jenuine inspiration iz not really art. -JO

Agreed.

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I used to paint before I got married, got ajob and had a kid. When you're working on your pieces, are you "in the zone" artwise? Or is the fabrication so difficult that you have to concentrate on the mechanics? - SIGNY

Therez definitely a zone. You looz trak uv time and can really consentrate on minute detailz. Post sum piks uv your work!- JO

All of my paintings are gone. Many of them (watercolors) faded with time. The best one I actually destroyed because even tho ... no BECAUSE everyone who saw it paused, looked reflective, and said it was very good ... I tore up. I didn't want to spend the rest of my time trying to re-create the experience, or the result.

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 10:12 PM

I never did any art at all after high school. I don't know why, but as much as I loved it as a kid I just never did it again.

I always got pissed off that I never won any awards in the shows until junior year, but even then it was only 2nd place for a piece I didn't much care for (it was an abstract assignment).

Looking back though, my art teacher was right. He said for the most part my work, although technically very well done, was "trite". Lots of monsters and demons and blood and other unhappiness from a kid that looked like a jock on the outside, but was probably more Emo than Emo before Emo was even in the vernacular. Very dark stuff. But yeah... trite.

But then senior year, I won best of show. Not just best in a single category. It was a complete accident and it's the most beautiful piece that I've ever done.

A water color start mixed with colored pencils. I didn't intend it to happen, but however I had placed the watercolor initially left what looks like a stylized musical note from sheet music. Filled that in with colored pencil as well as some other spots.

After it won best of show it was featured in the school's quarterly liberal arts publication (that I hadn't even known existed to that point until I was given a few of them). It featured art, poetry and news about the drama club and the like. I had the front cover in full color.

I just recently found it while going through all of my artwork to figure out what I was going to pitch. I'll have to remember to take a picture of it and upload it somewhere.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Saturday, August 31, 2019 10:42 PM

I figured, why wait. Now that tinypic is closing though, it took me a while to find free image hosting you didn't have to sign up for.

Tried (and failed) to get my tablet to make the colors match the real deal. Looks alright here, but ain't nothing like the real thing, baby.

It probably looks different on any monitor you look at it from too, so really no point in trying to get it to match, I suppose.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 12:46 PM

Makes me want pizza. Deconstructed pizza...Cheese, pepperonis, with some green peppers on the side.

Kiddo said Shark Attack. Blood and Algae on the side.

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 4:24 PM

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Its got atmosfere. Like you are looking at a violent event, but in a plase with no clearly recognizable elements.

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 5:40 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

It's like glimpsing into the hidden heart of the sun.

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 5:43 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

I'm sad to say I don't have an artistic bone in my body - but every now and again I dream wonderful music, chants, and poems with vivid visual, tactile, and kinesthetic settings.

I even dreamed titles for some of the pieces:

Tales of the Tashkent
Rotrova
Oh Neemboh
Oh Mercy me, the Joshua Tree

The first poem I remember dreaming, I was a youngster, maybe 9.

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 7:55 PM

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Originally posted by WISHIMAY:
Makes me want pizza. Deconstructed pizza...Cheese, pepperonis, with some green peppers on the side.

Kiddo said Shark Attack. Blood and Algae on the side.

Yup. I forgot that there even was a shark in there. Not sure if either of you saw that or not, or maybe she just subconsciously did. I'm actually kind of disappointed that it's in there, but not surprised. I had to have fangs in everything I did, and I guess I was just ruining this piece with a big F*U to my art teacher. lol

I wouldn't put it past 17 year old me to have put that in there as an act of defiance for winning best of show for something that wasn't my usual monsters and mayhem crap well after it was made. I don't remember.

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Originally posted by JO753:
Its got atmosfere. Like you are looking at a violent event, but in a plase with no clearly recognizable elements.

Maybe the musical note was the beauty that comes from chaos?

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
It's like glimpsing into the hidden heart of the sun.

I don't know exactly what that means, but it sounds awesome. As apt a description as any for this piece.

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I'm sad to say I don't have an artistic bone in my body - but every now and again I dream wonderful music, chants, and poems with vivid visual, tactile, and kinesthetic settings.

I even dreamed titles for some of the pieces:

Tales of the Tashkent
Rotrova
Oh Neemboh
Oh Mercy me, the Joshua Tree

The first poem I remember dreaming, I was a youngster, maybe 9.

I know the phenomenon you're talking about well. I've experienced it with art pieces that I was never able to put on paper before on occasion, but quite often with music that I was never able to create was especially frustrating since although I dicked around with the guitar for 5 years or so there, I never actually learned how to read or create music. Hearing those melodies and losing them to the ether with no way to record them was like hearing something beautiful from a lost language that I was able to understand while dreaming but faded away forever like most of our dreams that we forget a few minutes after waking up.

I wonder if we'll create something that can record our dreams someday? I also wonder if that will foster even more artistic creation from mankind or if it will cheapen it to dime a dozen status when the process is made so easy that anybody can then be an artist.

Do Right, Be Right. :)

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 8:13 PM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Originally posted by WISHIMAY:
Makes me want pizza. Deconstructed pizza...Cheese, pepperonis, with some green peppers on the side.

Kiddo said Shark Attack. Blood and Algae on the side.

Mmmm... pizza ....

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Sunday, September 1, 2019 11:00 PM

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Originally posted by 1kiki:
I'm sad to say I don't have an artistic bone in my body - but every now and again I dream wonderful music, chants, and poems with vivid visual, tactile, and kinesthetic settings.

I drempt that I'd stopped at a cigar store to get sumthing wile driving sumwhere else.

The muzik playing on their sound system wuz like Beyond the Black from Metal Church, but way better. I thot "Why havent I herd this before?!" and that it wuz too good to be made by humanz.

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I even dreamed titles for some of the pieces:

Tales of the Tashkent
Rotrova
Oh Neemboh
Oh Mercy me, the Joshua Tree

They all show up on Google, more or less.
(Sorry. I had links, but the url= thing duz not work here and they were running past the window frame)

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Monday, September 2, 2019 6:11 PM

Goodbye, kind world (George Monbiot) - In common with all those generations which have contemplated catastrophe, we appear to be incapable of understanding what confronts us.

Glimpsing into the hidden heart of the sun ...

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Monday, September 2, 2019 6:22 PM