things we learned this weekend

I'm still blacklisted from renting cars by some providers and mid west cars are far rusty then even their mid atlantic counter parts

How'd you get blacklisted? I know it takes some doing...... Because I haven't even been blacklisted.

I've come into the return area on the donut tire, sides full of heavy mud, and the tranny fluid stinking and haven't gotten banned. What happened?

Did you go all 'Days of Thunder' on a rental once upon a time?

Back in the days of 16v neon with 3 speed automatics upper intake manifolds and gaskets ran $84 from the dealership. Nitrous was involved.

I learned that I will never go for another ride on my bike without earplugs. I can't believe I waited so long to find a pair.

I've been pondering this for a while.

In fixed wing aircraft, the pilot sits in the left seat.

In rotary (helicopter) the pilot sits in the right seat.

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captdownshift wrote: Back in the days of 16v neon with 3 speed automatics upper intake manifolds and gaskets ran $84 from the dealership. Nitrous was involved.

Hehehe you're.not the only.one I've heard that from

In reply to mndsm:

Somewhere at my parents house I still have time slips of 13.4 and 13.1 and 56.3

That's a whole Lotta squeeze on that poor thing. Were you on rental tires?

My mom is finally realizing the GOP is playing her for a sucker.

score

Krystals chicken wings kick ass

Liberty Creek Chardonney is a a great buy at $6.99 for 1.5L

Don't buy a cheap Saturn.

Conifer xmas trees smell a little like oranges

Ski tickets aren't any cheaper just because they only have 3 out of 27 slopes open

Flight Service wrote: My mom is finally realizing anyone who has been in office more than 10 years is playing her for a sucker.

FTFY

I shouldn't go from one controversial thread to another controversial thread without looking at something humorous first...

...like this:

I learned just how much they charge for one bottle of old engine oil at the liquor store.

Earplugs will attenuate, but not remove, the sound of a house full of 10 y/o girls. Same with an ANR headset, unfortunately.

When you got three kids, it's better to buy a cheap minivan and then a cheap fun manual pos than any one do-it-all vehicle.

late Friday evening, i learned that the stock timing belt in a SOHC 95 Neon with 170,000 miles on it just randomly decides to break when you try to fire the engine up after having the engine out and sitting on an engine stand for 3 months.. i figure it was telling me to buy that cheap DOHC/5 speed parts car that i know about and swap drivetrains because the SOHC/auto doesn't think it's good enough to be used in a race car..

I learned the the movie "Rover" (Australian road flick) was a big steaming pile of E36 M3. Do not waste your time!

I learned that if one kid is really sick, and one is sort of sick, bring them both to the doctor at the same time. Otherwise by the time you get home with really sick kid, pretty sick kid has now progressed to also being really sick and back to to doctor again. This all goes doubly if you're dealing with strep throat because kids are filthy animals and will infect each other almost immediately.

I learned that a tree and a 2500 ram rear bumper don't mix well. I also learned that my 70 year old father can still turn purple when pissed.

Wonder how much a bumper is going to cost. berkeley.

I learned, my middle son has an outstanding voice, after listening to him sing a solo in church this morning.

Take you time when getting out of the front seat of an SRT Neon. Trust me.