Recent content by hamburglar

I have a concept for Veterans Day. After spending a bit of time trying to go to the post office, bank, and city hall to pay bills (well, I made the first trip of the three...I *am* a one trial learner after all), it occurred to me that we should have a day where just veterans get the day off.

I just can't see how politics, which is basically just the interactions in groups of people, can be avoided...or why for that matter. Death of GM/Ford corporate and dealerships, overseas v. US manufacture, changes in taxes (just wait 'til they start taxing web purchases or the first major IRS...

Serious question? Well...yes....but for $100 or so dollars, what the heck. For the price, what do you really expect? I expect it will do a perfectly fine job for what you need.

Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a smoking deal.

Holy cow... Actually, I'm kind of suprised that an SS350 hardtop is worth the money the owner is going to put into it. It always seemed to me that big block cars and/or convertibles are about the same cost to go through, so why spend the money on the SBC cars (Z/28s excepted due to the fan...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAC-TOOLS-19pc-Standard-Socket-Ratchet-Set-1-4-Drive_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43993QQihZ018QQitemZ280275246241QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW...

It seems to me that: . 90% of users actually just need a web terminal, some speakers, and a printer. . You should choose your software and then choose a platform to run it on. . Most of the brand loyalty seems to revolve around subtleties in UI behavior. . The Mac people are more vehement about...

FWIW, Amazon had that set in 6 point a couple of months ago for $70 with free shipping. It's pretty much impossible to beat Amazon prices, I think, for SK. It's just that you've got to keep an eye on them.

a possible alternative to Snap On: http://www.kell-strom.com/tools/cooper/apex/apexpg05.htm If it's a rebadged Gearwrench, I'd bail and buy something better. My guess is that any brand would work fine 90% of the time, so it'll be more a matter of whether you feel ripped off or not.

Sorry that it's SK, but there you go.... http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002SRB84/?tag=atomicindus08-20 for $96.00 is pretty darned good. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002SRB8O/?tag=atomicindus08-20 for $103 is less good, but not bad. I'd buy sets of both, but I've got a full set of Apex short...

I wouldn't sweat it too much. Just send a message to PayPal and tell them what you did and I expect they'll reverse the charges. Don't torture yourself over $50, it's super easy to do a thing like that on the web with any kind of credit card thing.

Oh well.... JayL and I will be off prying up stuff for $20 though. Life is sweet.

In a country that only makes 1% of the shoes that it consumes, I suppose that it's too much to expect pliers manufacturing. As long as we can get cheap Salad Shooters(tm), my guess is that we're all pretty cool with having jobs as government workers, retirees, and mortgage brokers.

Seriously, if you're low on cash at all, I'd just buy a pile of Craftsman flat panels off of eBay. I managed for quite a long time (30 years?) on a set of those, the funny thing is that the cars that they touched are now worth as much as most peoples' houses. Amazon is worth watching for deals...

I'm not so much an SK supporter as I am someone who gets tired of the tool fandom. This latest Gearwrench fiesta makes me crazy. I can't say that I've noticed a whole lot of quality difference between brands generally. It's one thing to editorialize on something you've bought and looked at...