Gentlemen, thank for your thoughts on this matter.
I am thinking now I will offer the mechanic in town $50 for
two weeks of exposure of my car on his lot and 10% if it sells. He
has familiarity with the car - he has been doing the annual
inspections - so his opinion might be persua
I have a used car for sale and live out in the country. I am
not getting any response to my usual ads. I talked today to a well
respected mechanic whose shop is on the main road in town and who is
agreeable to my parking the car on his lot with a for sale sign in
the window. He would be
I have a used car for sale and live out in the country. I am
not getting any response to my usual ads. I talked today to a well
respected mechanic whose shop is on the main road in town and who is
agreeable to my parking the car on his lot with a for sale sign in
the window. He would be
Someone I seem to recall was interested in getting a car
lift. I counted 11 of the 9000 - 12000 lb sort, mostly two post, at
this upcoming local
auction:http://www.frioauctions.com/cgi-bin/mndetails.cgi?frio3
A couple months ago another dealer in Wheeling did a similar
move and
My wife's car, a 2001 Mazda Tribute, began missing and it
again turned out to be one of the coil-on-top-of-the-spark-plug
things had failed. $75 from Autozone. The number 4 cylinder this
time; it was the number 5 a year ago. (V6 with about 83,000 miles.)
The last time it happened
At 08:25 PM 6/9/2009, Curt wrote:
Which reminds me of the time I was trying to tug start my Farmall
Super M which weighs in at around 5500# with my Dodge Dakota. I told
the wife (driving the Dakota) that we'd need to get going pretty
good to start the tractor because the Dakota really doesn't w
These machines are advertised locally as street legal (as a
motorcycle) and in stock new for $6,997.00. A pickup model costs $1,000 less.
http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/not_sold_in_the_u_s/wildfire_wf650_c_column
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
Wh
At 10:53 PM 1/7/2009, Wonko wrote:
There are farms in WV? I don't recall ever seeing many (or perhaps any?)
growing up there.
Where and what are they growing?
"Coal farms" don't count.
In my area of WV's northern panhandle there are many small
cow/calf operations, all I know of run part
t 04:57 PM 1/6/2009, Loren Faeth wrote:
Over 26,000 GVW you have to have a CDL. It is not an state thing,
it is federal law. There are no exceptions for farm use.
Just for the record, there is an exemption for farm use in many
states. For example, Section 17E - 1 - 8 of the WV code sp
At 09:26 AM 12/22/2008, Harry wrote:
The dog pushed the door lock with the keys laying on the seat. The
deputy came with a tool and unlocked it with not much effort. This
was a 97 Lexus.
What about these tools? Do different ones fit different
cars? Where can they be had? I can't recall s
At 07:43 PM 12/8/2008, Donald H.Snook wrote:
In the midst of all this GM bashing I keep noticing a lot of folks
who are basing their experiences on Vegas, or Chevettes or other
crappy GM cars FROM 30 YEARS ago!
Anyone (other than me) have any recent experience with GM cars?
Not with car
Yes we all know how Marshall used to speak of the need for
hefty cables in the jump starting of diesels. I offer a recent
experience on that subject.
My 83 300SD would not start after being shut off for only 15
minutes while I was in voting. No click, no lights, no nothing. My
fi
>
>- Original Message -
>Subject: illegal aliens
>
>just kidding ... i think ...
>
> From the MANITOBA HERALD, Canada (a very underground paper): The
> flood of American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada
> has intensified in the past week, sparking calls for increased
> pa
At 08:17 AM 8/17/2008, Dan wrote:
>My son shot some trap, which he did exceptionally well at. With
>this in mind, I was giving some thought to finding him a decent
>entry-level 12 gauge shotgun to continue trap shooting (and possibly
>hunting) with. Mind you, I don't want to invest a large am
At 10:16 AM 8/4/2008, -R wrote:
>So for a torch do you just get a torch, a tank of oxygen and a tank of
>acetylene, and some goggles and gloves, and have at it?
Where I live people don't own the tanks outright. You enter
into a long term lease sort deal to rent the tanks and take them bac
At 02:00 PM 8/4/2008, Scott Ritchey wrote:
>My 82 300SD has chronic rough hot idle.
(snip)
I seem to remember Marshall used to say that a leaky primer
pump could cause this. Might want to try pumping it a bit to see if
you can ma
At 01:15 PM 7/31/2008, Hurst wrote:
>it's a means of valuing the loan. if you didn't get free financing as a
>promo, how much would you have to pay for it? that seems to be its value.
>
>i suppose another way to value it would be to ask how much you could "sell"
>that money for, that is, investin
It has come to pass that my trusty old 87 pickup will not pass
the WV safety inspection because of body damage and rust. Not worth
fixing. So I have been looking at new vehicles. Traditionally in
such a situation I buy new from a dealer's inventory for cash and
then sell the old vehicl
At 02:35 PM 6/30/2008, Curt wrote:
>I'm almost militantly moderate and don't really see anything all
>that appealing in either candidate. I voted in the Republican
>primary for Ron Paul...
>
>That said I'm going to vote Obama mostly to give the finger to the racists.
But then you would not
Obama says on page 215 of his _Audacity of Hope_ book "I
believe in keeping guns out of our inner cities, and our leaders must
say so in the face of the gun manufacturers' lobby." I guess this is
the standard urban liberal view. He appears to have voted for
restrictive gun laws at ever
At 02:50 PM 6/21/2008, Curt wrote:
>I think he added a zero, after 100 yards .22LR performance drops
>RAPIDLY. I forget the drop at 100 yards but its substantial.
About 8" for standard velocity IIRC.
> At 300 yards you'd really be just lobbing bullets toward the
> target in a huge arc.
At 05:03 PM 3/27/2008, Luther wrote:
>Copperhead, just ever so slightly poisonous
I suspect Luther to be having fun with the city boys here. In
fact it appears to be a black snake. Note the color and how slim the
head and tail is. The constrictor effect - the way it wraps around
>SOUTH KITSAP
>
>A 66-year-old man shot himself in both his legs
>Saturday afternoon while trying to loosen a
>stubborn lug nut with a 12-gauge shotgun.
>
>Kitsap County sheriff's deputies were called to
>the residence on the 10800 block of SE Olympiad
>Drive at 2:57 p.m. after the shooting wa
At 02:14 PM 11/7/2007, Chris wrote:
>will be installing a new set of ATF cooler hoses this weekend. Do
>the threads need to be treated in any way? tape? threadlocker?
I wish you luck but when I tried fooling with these hoses on my
83 SD it turned out to be a major PIA. It looked like the
Made by Mahindra. Also SUVs.
http://www.gv.usa.com/vehicle-info.php
4WD, high tech diesel, 6 speed automatic, 30mpg, a bit over
$20,000 the projected price. Just ugly enough to look authentic.
Dave Gilmore ,Cameron WV
War represents what faith we won't be laughe
At 10:42 AM 3/24/2007, Jim wrote:
>>> A full pickup load is a cord. Very roughly.
And by full, I mean FULL. Mounded up above the roof height
in the center, all the way back.
{snip)
A thrown cord of 18" long wood is about 180 cubic ft, of
24" length about 195, and wh
At 02:49 PM 1/31/2007, Randy wrote:
I think my truck is almost as much car as truck - Ford F150
Supercrew - 4 doors - maybe a 5 foot box. Just a tall
car with the trunk lid removed??
-Original Message- (Tom wrote)
Hey, at least in Georgia you can still drive a pick-up truck. They're
At 01:34 PM 1/24/2007, Lee wrote:
Werner Fehlauer wrote:
> A good example of where our tax dollars are being wasted:
>
> This morning, on a drive from NJ to DC, I had occasion to drive
by Newcastle
(snip)
> traffic on I-95 and local roads. Of course, the inconvenience
and w
Here is a site that may be of interest to you folks who like to try
local eating places when you travel: www.roadfood.com
I discovered the site when my wife and I went for a big date to a
place that recently opened in Moundsville WV, Hocutt's Carolina
Barbeque. The owner was ma
At 03:31 PM 11/3/2006, Craig asked for an explanation of:
> If you can extend a cow's life
>by one lactation,
> Her lifetime profit will double
A standard claim by the people who sell "Animat: the leader in floor
covering!" known among dairy farmers. Further inf
At 04:32 PM 11/2/2006, Jeff Zedic wrote:
Somebody, somewhere please tell me why the hell you need those kind of
performance numnbers!
It is for fun not need. Others fun is hard to understand. For
example, I find it impossible to understand the fun in jewelry.. What if
all the gold loc
At 01:37 PM 10/26/2006, Tom Potter wrote:
I never really thought about it before, but it sure makes sense upon
reflection. Those little pointy bullets probably would not work well
jammed up against another center fire cartridge--
Except, just for the record, the Hornady folks have develope
At 08:45 AM 9/14/2006, Dave Wakin wrote:
I have an existing chimney that is on the outside of my house. It's footer
is at ground level and the existing flue pipe goes through the 1st floor
wall into our living room. What I would like to do is set the wood stove up
in our basement, but I am unsur
At 10:43 AM 9/11/2006, Curt wrote:
Followup question on this since I now have a garage and a yard to work in
I'm planning on getting the greenstuff out of my 190D.
The question is what do you guys do with the greenstuff? Pouring it
down the drain is an ecological nightmare. Can you take it for
My 83 300SD has been inclined to over speed when shifting from second
to third under light load when not fully warmed up. It has done this since
I got it about 30,000 miles ago. I have messed with the modulator
adjustment and tried switching to Mobil 1 ATF. Both these actions helped
some
At 03:47 AM 6/13/2006, Gerry Archer wrote:
Does anyone know which state and which insurance company have the cheapest
auto insurance rates? Just got my insurance bill from Allstate for two old
MBs here in Florida: $840 for the minimum insurance required by the state;
no comprehensive, etc. incl
At 08:16 PM 1/27/2006, Lt Don wrote:
(snip)
I always assume that no one sees me. Even if I make eye contact with the
driver at an intersection, I am not seen.
(snip)
Why not wear a blaze orange vest like the deer hunters do?
At 07:46 AM 1/25/2006, Mitch Haley wrote re. DOT 4 brake fluid:
There are lots of ways to go, I buy Valvoline "synthetic"
because it's cheap, and alternate it with ATE Superblue from
Rusty because Superblue doesn't look like last year's Valvoline
and I easily can tell when my change/flush is com
At 03:05 PM 12/12/2005, Jim C and then RLE wrote:
>
Boy oh boy, is
Described in the local ad as a 1962 MB troop carrier. Pictures
at www.davidjonesauctions.com . I guess that is a Unimog. Needs TLC.
Some other neat stuff too. That Cushman scooter you always
wanted. A 1956 Dodge Power Wagon. A lathe.
Dave Gilmore, Cameron WV
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