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April Banter 2020


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3 hours ago, losetoa6 said:

No....not lucky enough to have a coveted GNX ...just a GN . I've shown some pics over the years of it here. I've had the car since 1994. I tuned and raced it for probably 15 years strait ultimately turning it into a 10 second 1/4 car. The cars were wayyyy ahead of there time no doubt about it . My dad also has a turbo Buick .

One of my best memories was the first spring I had it I got signed by a independent minor league baseball team as a pitcher and got to drive there.  All the the other players were like ...wow!..bad ass car!.....what a beast !....can I ride in it!! ....Good times no doubt :D

Thanks for the comeback.  It's great you still have it.  Hats off for the upkeep!  Looks to be in cherry shape.  Those particular 3.8 blocks were just about bullet proof.  I hear stories of people boosting the output to 700+ at the wheels.  My buddy chipped his GNX, but never put it on the dyno.  He and his friends at GM had access to GM's proving grounds and specialized software/hardware.  The chip he used was not publicly available.  That car was a blast to drive.  

It's no where near as bad ass, but I still have my 91 Silverado I bought new July of 91 after my first overseas assignment.  Would love to have a newer truck, but can't force myself to part ways with it.  (it doesn't even have remote door unlock - haha).  Still original paint and matching numbers and less than 200K on the Odo.  Only thing I've done is replace a leaky intake manifold, the starter and radiator.  No rust at all on the body - been garage kept most it's life except when I took it back to Germany in the early 2000s.  The Germans would stop me and ask if they could just look at the "monster" motor (only has a 350).  When I would start it up they would get giddy at the sound and torque.  

Maybe some day I'll get a newer truck...  dunno when.  I'm nearly 60 and have owned only 7 vehicles in my life.  Still have 5 of them now.  All are in a heated and air conditioned garage.  Guess that helps with the longevity.  Wish I had clearance for a lift.  Someday...   

 

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3 hours ago, losetoa6 said:

^Good stuff..RDM ...especially the Germans getting excited experience. 

 

BTW ....who needs clearance when u can dig a pit in the garage floor  ( no need to go up ...just go down --- don't dig too deep though ....you might end up in Wuhan ,China :lol:)

Garage pits are illegal most states but your secret is safe with me .

Yea, the Germans loved to see a good ole American pick-em-up truck cruising am der Autobahn around 100mph.  (It will do 114, but takes about 3 weeks to stop!).  Had a number of people just ask for a ride around the block.  If was like their first ride in an automobile.  

Drove the Silverado to the German double-marathon inline championships (yea, an 84 km inline race) in 2004. Was in the middle of no place in a little dorf (village) called Prezelle in what was former E. Germany during my first tour in Germany.  Took a dc/ac inverter and a TV so our inline team could watch one of the qualifying matches for the Welt-cup.  We must of had 50 Germans standing around the back of the tailgate watching, but a good number just wanted to look under the hood.  At half time they asked me to start it up (needed to recharge the battery anyway).  The group cheer in unison made some others nearby think Germany had scored a goal.  Will never forget it. 

As far as the pit for a lift...  Actually thought about that, then thought again.  FFCO is, well, ahem, not very flexible about stuff like that.  Been looking at a mid-rise lift, but I'm getting too old to roll around on a creeper.  Friend of mine races Spec-Miyata and has a mid-rise - he loves his mid-rise.  I've also given thought to buying a portable roll around single post lift (pallet jack style).  Poured an 8" garage apron just outside one of the garage doors as a precursor to getting one.  Maybe some day.  

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3 minutes ago, nw baltimore wx said:

The covid thread is better with Jaws in it.

It’s terrible. We all know where the people who post incessantly in it stand. I think earlier on, it represented more of the 80/20 divide in the country.
 

Now it’s just everything must be reacted to all the time. It’s a useless thread for communicating. 

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7 minutes ago, gymengineer said:

It’s terrible. We all know where the people who post incessantly in it stand. I think earlier on, it represented more of the 80/20 divide in the country.
 

Now it’s just everything must be reacted to all the time. It’s a useless thread for communicating. 

Its pretty much unreadable at this point.

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On 4/17/2020 at 6:38 PM, WxWatcher007 said:

You’re right. It’d be a shame to lose all my annual profits to a wrongful reap suit. 

Let me ask you this...you think I can repurpose some of my Lye supply for that?

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Hmmmm, that may just work, if you have sufficient extra next year!  Give it a whirl!

Oh, and I'm sure you have plenty of bespectacled legal minds ready to assist you in the event of such frivolous lawsuits!

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Maybe some will do some...errr...pro bono work for you?

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2 minutes ago, nj2va said:

I deleted Facebook years ago...Twitter is a cesspool of opinions in a vacuum...but I can’t seem to quit IG....so addictive...

 

I only go to Twitter for some sports and weather stuff, and mostly its what I see posted by others. I don't have a Twitter account. I rarely logon to FB in recent years. No use for it at all. I need to deactivate my account.

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1 minute ago, C.A.P.E. said:

I only go to Twitter for some sports and weather stuff, and mostly its what I see posted by others. I don't have a Twitter account. I rarely logon to FB in recent years. No use for it at all. I need to deactivate my account.

If you care about such things, just deactivating the account still leaves your personal information available. So there is the potential for others to use that information in a harmful way or to even create a Fake account impersonating yourself. Need to do other things to get that information deleted and then there is still a question as to whether it is actually getting deleted.

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Just now, showmethesnow said:

If you care about such things, just deactivating the account still leaves your personal information available. So there is the potential for others to use that information in a harmful way or to even create a Fake account impersonating yourself. Need to do other things to get that information deleted and then there is still a question as to whether it is actually getting deleted.

Yeah I will have to look into properly killing it. So much data mining, there is really nowhere to "hide" anymore lol.

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Just now, C.A.P.E. said:

Yeah I will have to look into properly killing it. So much data mining, there is really nowhere to "hide" anymore lol.

About all you can do at this point is try to limit your exposure somewhat. Pretty much done as much as I can in regards to past accounts but i make it a point to really think over joining something when they start requiring personal information. There has been many a site that I really wanted to join that I basically nixed when they starting wanting more then just basic personal information.

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Just now, showmethesnow said:

About all you can do at this point is try to limit your exposure somewhat. Pretty much done as much as I can in regards to past accounts but i make it a point to really think over joining something when they start requiring personal information. There has been many a site that I really wanted to join that I basically nixed when they starting wanting more then just basic personal information.

My email has become littered with crap from different sites again lately, so I need to nuke that. I get lazy with managing the junk, but it gets overwhelming if you don't.

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1 minute ago, C.A.P.E. said:

My email has become littered with crap from different sites again lately, so I need to nuke that. I get lazy with managing the junk, but it gets overwhelming if you don't.

Same here. Amazing how everything is now so interconnected that just doing a simple search on something results in e-mails coming in targeting this search. Just something as clicking on an ad link within a site does this as well. Still trying to figure our what I clicked on that initiated tons of e-mails for older Asian women available for companionship. And no, I don't visit porn sites. :lol:

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