Very Important Subjects

Okay---Here's a photo of a Great Scientist. Yup. He is very famous, even more famous than Famous Dave. Attachment 4226Attachment 4226

Okay--We'll talk about that guy who is the Famous Scientist--more famous than Famous Dave, later on. But first, I wanted to talk about Mooo-Veees. Seee--I used to sit-n-watch Mooo-veees, just like some people. But, I pretty much quit. The only mooo-veee I will even consider watching is one about a stigmatized property. See? Okay---here's two photos. One is from a famous moo-vee, the other is an actual stigmatized property. Guess which is which. Ha. I know what you kids are thinking: What's your point, Packy or whoever you are? Well, since you asked, the point is that one reason I quit watching mooo-veees is that I noticed that too many people get their wires crossed from it. Ha. There's other reasons, too. But, anyway---none of that keeps me from studying the subject of stigmatized properties, or a lot of other stuff. I just don't source my "information" about anything from Mooo-veees, any more. . See? Okay---here's the two photos. Hope that helps you some. Thank mee.Attachment 4227Attachment 4227Attachment 4228Attachment 4228

Okay--one of You Kids inquired about my old Packkard. Actually, I have two Old Packkards. Well, they are fine. Last fall, a seller on F-book out in N.C. had a '58 Packard Air Filter housing for sale. Well, I already HAVE 2 housings, but one is in rough shape, due to rust. So, guess what? I made the seller an offer, and acquired their filter housing from them. What a find! The last one I bought, I got from a F-book friend, who was not yet a F-book friend. See? So, yeah---F-book can be a resource for '58 Packard parts, which BTW are VERY rare. Only about 1700 cars were made with that housing. Yup. But, here's the deal: The air filter itself is no longer made. Hasn't been for a while. So, you've got to be a "MacGuyver", which is a pop culture term meaning essentially to improvise. There is help, and I learned this solution online. What you do, is go online, and purchase a filter for a mid-sixties Rammmler v8. You might get some spares. There's some ebay sellers asking $20 or more, but I found a company who sells overstock, and they had them for $6 plus shipping. So, $10 each. So, I got several. Where do I store them? One of my file cabinets, of course! Ha. Anyway, there is a catch, though. Though the Rammler-specific filter fits & has the unique flange at the top that the lid rests on, it is about 1/4 too short. So, what you do, is buy a piece of 1/4" polycarbonate plastic the right size, and make a spacer that fits in the bottom of the housing. See? The housing I purchased also has the s-shaped carburetor stud, so that was a plus. I need it for a pattern. Hope that helps you some. But, I seriously doubt it will. Ha. Thankk Mee.

Okay--this update. I purchased a pre-sewn front seat cover & upholstery retaining clips & pliers and seat back bumpers, for my 66 Chevy. They have already arrived. It was $300 and change, including shipping. Then, from the same vendor, the rear seat cover($200), but apparently it was not in stock, and will be drop-shipped from the production facility in rural Kentucky. But, that's kinda okay. The shipping is a bit high from that vendor, so for the front seat foam bolster($245), I went with a vendor in Ohiowadaho, which is just across the state line from the sme manufacturer. It's supposed to arrive next week. That's fine, all that matters is the it does arrive. Unlike the Axles for the same car, which Fedex lost in shipment. But, that vendor sent me another set. So, I'm fine. I know you kids are sitting there thinking: littlebittybobby, why are you wasting that kind of money on a dinosaur gas-guzzling clunker that you rarely drive? Sounds like a money pit indicative of obsessive-compulsive behavior, to us. Do get some help. Yes, during brief interludes when I'm "normal", I realize that I could've used the credit on my cards for worthwhile purchases, such as a billionaire Paul McCartnnneey(1/4th of the mop-topped foursome) still-alive-and-in person front-row seat Ticket, OR on a nice cruise on a Carnival Ship OR season tickets to sit-n-watch I-wah play Iwah state and other Big Ten Confernce(conference) ball teams. The "Big Ten" actually has I believe 14 teams, now! Ha. I coulda done one a those worthwhile things, instead of refurbishing my old Chevy seats! Ha. More on this subject, later. Okay--I figured out a way to reconfigure the wooden wardrobes I bought from the REAL money pit--the local state U, here. They are heavy--they look like oak, but really are oak-plastic veneer pressed board and oak-veneer plywood. They were functional, but had some cosmetic wear-and-tear. Future Office People(students) are fussy about home furnishing, ya know. After several years, they still have a dorm-y smell. Anyway, they are taking up room in my storage, and I had sold some of them, but have several left. Selling them was a hassle; I was considering cutting them up and burning them, out back. But, after lying awake at night, I finally arrived at a solution. So, I'm modifying a couple of them today, as storage shelves that will hold plastic tubs of my car parts, with room to spare. They have two nice drawers, down below the closet space. See? So,yeah--they will be useful. I think I paid around $5 each for them, but moving them was a chore, and storing them ate up my profit on the ones I sold. To be continued.....

Okay--I use an electric chain saw as a carpentry tool--one of them, anyhow.. Ha. Also---here's my philosophy--"Using nice, new, hand-picked lumber from the big box, any weekend warrior can be a carpenter. But it takes a REAL craftsman to use culled lumber that's been stored outside under a tarp in the backyard for YEARS, to build something useful." Hope that helps you some. Thankk Mee.

I though you had used up all your available credit on Joe Satriani concert tickets?
Seriously, I think that is very cool that you were able to do something with reclaimed lumber. I have carpentry aspirations myself, but still very much in the beginner's stage, so I'm lucky if I can do something decent with the lumber from the big box stores (although the quality of that product is not always so great either).

:laff: Joe Bonamassa Tickicks. He's been here at least twice, and filled the largest arena in town with what I affectionately call "Boneheads", who clamor for the noise he makes. Also, the elderly Texoids who call themselves "ZZ Top" They show up almost every year, here. In addition to the tickkick expense, you've got to figure on having a nice, neew Tattoo(aka "Body Art) to show off at the concert. It's got to be the largest conglomeration of sleaze in the community. Ha. A couple other groups the aging teeny-boppers worship in this area are REO, Styx(my term: Stinks), and of course Steve Perry and Journey. Don't get me wrong--I do not hate them. Not at all. I just dislike their music INTENSELY. See? Thankks For raising that subject, RR. Hope my responses helped you some. To be continued.....ETA: Close to 15 years ago, The Company where I was employed had one of the people who thought they were in charge decide that they didn't need an old crate(or maybe it was several) made for storing and shipping stuff for a display used at trade shows. So, I was assigned to dismantle it and dumpster it. It was made of large pieces of 3/4 plywood, and stapled together. But instead of dumpstering it, I loaded it all in my pickup, and hauled it home to store it, until recently. See--an accesory building I have here that houses a workshop--or did, until it sustained weather damage, needed substantial repairs, anf guess what? That salvaged plywood has been VERY(xxxx4) useful in repairing my litttlebitty shop. Seems like plywood like that is at LEAST $50 a sheet these days! I've got a cache' of secondary-grade lumber, that I've kept tarped up for this and other projects. PLUS an old 55 passenger school bus that's got quite a bit in it, too. Saved it for the day when lumber prices have gone wild! Also, I have at least 25 old fluorescent "troffers" that I picked up dirt cheap $5 or even free; Well, they used to use T-12 bulbs, but what I did was make a indoor winter project of refurbishing them with solid-state ballasts for T-8's. See? If you buy the ballasts by the CASE and the bulbs by the CASE, they are very economical. But if you go to the Big Box and just want one ballast and a set of bulbs, thats not ver cheap. Nope. Hope that helps you some. Anyway, I've got the refurbed lights in storage for this and another project. (To be continued)

Well at least I had the "Joe" part right!

Just For You Kids....Attachment 4229Attachment 4229A map of Ohiowadaho.(not actual size--click to enlarge)_ It doesn't show any roads, because everyone knows it's just flyover country, anyway. Ha. But yeah--there's Boise, Cleveland, and Dez Moinez, all tiny burgs, compared to REAL cities. Hope that helps you some. Thankk Mee.

Okay--Very Important things I did, today. But first--I need to make sure my profile picture is showing. I added one, but it doesn't show on my prior posts. I thought it went retroactive. But, lemme see if it can be seen on a test post. Then, I'll deal with the other Very Important Stuff. 1,2,3, testing