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Bob, sorry to hear about your cold issues. Darned things anyhow. Since I've been at the same company for forty years now, I just got a booklet of things to pick from... A trip of a lifetime... Two nights in Paris, a train ride to London, two nights there... Sounds great. I've always...

Bob, my apologies... I realized that I got a couple of pages behind on your thread, talked about my cat with sore toes.... Meanwhile you were dealing with your bank and probably didn't care about my cat... Hope things shape up soon with your bank. I can tell you that I am fully caught up with...

Quite frankly, Bob... I feel that I'm not keeping up with everything that's going on with the thread, pull up a chair... I feel bad about it. I feel that it's a bit easier to keep up on your thread. Don't get me wrong... The chair thread got me out of my shell in the first place and I really...

I wish I could do small parts of your responses to do justice to you, Bob. But I'm not smart enough to do that. In anyhow, I've talked slightly about Miss Kissa, from just a few years ago. Kissa could've been related to my little cat, Kiwi. I don't think they knew each other, but they were...

Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts and best wishes on my little cat. She really is the best. I realize it takes takes me a bit of time to respond to everyone but I really do appreciate it. I realize that I talk about things like this on Bob's thread, and by no means want to steal Bob's...

@WordMan, I just wanted to comment on something you said. I've said that the root of all evil is money. You wrote back with the idea of money and debt isn't such a bad idea. Or something along those lines. You made me realize that I've used debt completely wrong and that I am very biased...

We really had a scare with our little cat the past week. ( I call her my "Little Buddy"). She developed something like "restless leg syndrome", could hardly walk, couldn't jump up on the couch, didn't spend any time in my lap. I had tears in my eyes, thinking the worst, that her diabetes and...

I'll never cheat on turning a rotor or a drum. The books don't really give you that info.. it's stamped or cast in as a minimum thickness or a max diameter on a drum. Well, half the time the number is very obscured, so I buy new one, one time. Then, read the number, write it in my repair...

Bob... I'm amazed of the answers I've received from everyone on "bedding in brakes.". Thanks to everyone for that. I'm amazed that it is as big as it really is. Every time I do a brake job, there's a paper in the box.. I've not read the paperwork... I always specify ceramic brake pads...

Thank you!!

Actually, I do have another question for you.. you just replaced your purge valve and somewhat wondered where the valve lived in the first place. By now, you probably found it and replaced it. But there was some question with red marks on your scan tool. I'd imagine that had to deal with the...

Thanks again, Kay. I learned a lot from you. I have no further questions...

Thank you, Kay. Sounds like I'm doing things proper. That works with disc brakes. I still wonder about drum brakes where the brake shoes are at a different radius than the drums. I get the bedding in on the road. This is different. My brake lathe has an option to grind the brake shoes to...

I have a tool box with about the same tools in it. Mostly, my tools came from Harbor Freight. My spring pin kit came from Amazon. I have a question for you and the masses... Whenever I do a brake job on a car, people recommend to "bed" in the brakes... What does that even mean? Is that...

Mr. Bob... For a while I've had a small affinity toward watches. And fixing them... I have some pocket watches that I can fix, with new batteries. @WordMan has a very old pocket watch that he wants to take apart and clean, re- oil.. I really hope he speaks up on this. Not write a novel...

That reminds me of a story of when I was very young and still wet behind the ears... Mom, having a sewing machine, and as a gag gift to my aunt... Mom bought a stuffed toy in the form of a frog. She also bought a small amount of bright pink fabric and some very small pom-poms to match. She...

I kinda think that way... All or nothing. I try to put my whole effort into the things I do. Many people might think I'm a perfectionist, and in the machining and programming world and fixing my own cars, maybe that's true. But I'm getting a bit older and tasks aren't so easy to do anymore...

Bob, I asked you about being an alliance member to the Garage Journal and you came back in a big way and told me your thoughts. I really appreciate your efforts in your writings. You talked about Kay and others, but Kay really sticks out with her experience in just about everything and her...

Wait? What?? Bob's brother is back??@oldironfarmer Good to see you, Andy. I've been lurking about these parts myself. And made a mess of things.. ha, just kidding.

Ha, I can see how you think about the log splitter. I can assure you that my uncle designed and built it with a friend. The friend is no more, so it belongs to my uncle now. He (uncle) worked as an architect, so building a log splitter would have some math and designing behind it. But, yes...