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    Recovering from being burglarized

    Sorry for you loss Robert Haas--the money won't get back the family tools. Really *****! My folks had an auto parts store/repair garage in East Orange, NJ until around '96 (right on the boarder with Newark). Place was hit a few times a year--usually Saturday night, as the place was closed...
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    Sooo....Whats your radio?

    Tivoli Model One... Nice sound, even though its mono. Nice small size, 8" wide, 5 deep, 4.5 high. Wood case, cool retro style. Control action feels 'high quality', has an Aux input for my MP3 player/computer. Geoff
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    poor quality wiper blades

    A few years ago I had a pumice stone with an inset vee-groove on it, for re dressing the glass contact edge of the wiper blade. A few swipes back and forth, clean off the blade with denatured alcohol, worked pretty well. I stepped on the 'stone' and it split along the vee. I've been happy...
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    Carburetor Cleaning

    :thumbup: Quote:"fill with water, add some sodium carbonate, I think that what it is, It brand name is oxy-clean, laundery isle. then hook your battery charger to it, come back in a week and it be spotless." The Oxy Clean chemical is sodium percarbonate--this method works great on steel...
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    Shed Project: New Construction Build Thread

    :eyecrazy: Most impressive Sir! Started reading this thread a couple hours ago--just finished... Better than ****. Thanks, Geoff
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    PM spam?

    Lucky for me right after I opened the PM and before I had a chance to respond, my morning coffee kicked in. I guess by the time I got back to the computer, they OP was blocked. Geoff
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    Current Active Users

    I lurked here for about a month (found the site from a 4BT diesel conversion site)--I wanted to read the posts and get a feel for GJ first. Was pretty active on a big VW forum--but over the years it has become more and more guys signing up with questions like, "I just got my DL and first car...
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    PM spam?

    I got a PM this AM from someone unfamiliar--I wrote a response, hit send, and up came a notice the OP was blocked/no longer able to PM/or similar. Now I know to flag these if it happens--good to know. Geoff-Noob
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    Dieses ist ein test.

    Hah, finally a test I'm not likely to fail! :) Geoff, "I am not young enough to know everything."
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