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Way back in the early days of automobiles Europe was ahead of the US on spark plug technology and they used metric threads.

Albert Champion was a Frenchman.

 

Cole said he had steel toes

I cut these so he could make small mud bricks and build with them.

 

I mean, those ridiculous steel toe overshoes are basically just like that

 

Maybe.

 

The Unified State of Cackalacky!

Their flag will just be a palmetto tree over a horizontal corndog from Cook-Out

 

Thanks @RustyGreen for sparkplug education, that makes sense now.

 

New tool cart, who dis?

 

She's doing great, thanks for asking! We went to a car show Sunday and she was fine the whole time we were there (like 3 hours in 80+ degrees) and then we went to cracker barrel and she had some fish. She didn't eat all of it, but she ate which is great. Normally, being in the heat for that long she'd have been so ill she'd have been in bed all day. She had a 3 hour nap later and was pretty much A-ok. It's so amazing how much better she is. Now we need to find a Geneticist with availability that we can get in soon for so that she can have which type of EDS (Ehler Danlos Syndrome) she has so we can determine if it's safe to get the last surgery she needs.
The surgery she needs is called 'Nut-Cracker Syndrome' which basically is there's an artery that's pinching the left renal vein which affects blood flow to the lower extremities and left kidney. We want to get in quick and find out so we can schedule the surgery this year while our Out of Pocket Max is done. If she has EDS: Vascular type, the surgery is too risky, and her artery might disintegrate mid-surgery. If she has Hypermobile type the Dr said he's comfortable performing it. She said she wants it either way, which is really scary to me. I know she's scared too but she's not trying to psych herself out so I think she's bottling it up a bit.

Otherwise she's doing great, she's missing free time now that she feels better so she's planning to close up her business and work 4 days a week for her part time job in an HR/Administrative role. Though now that she's not running her own business 24/7 anymore she's feeling a bit lost on things to do. I'm thinking maybe we could grab a project car and work together on it as a fun bonding thing and to learn some new skills since I got her into cars.

 

RE: Poll
My wife has an advanced directive, but I don't have anything at the moment. I should draft one up sometime.

 

Hope everything works out well with your wife. That all sure sounds scary to me.

 

I like it. Should look at getting one. I used to have just a plain cart but it's loaded with other things now.

 

Something that makes no sense to me is how does a vehicle go down the road arrow straight, no hands on the wheel, 75 mph with everything equally worn out....change a couple ball joints then not

 

Last alignment accounted for the ‘slop’ which is no longer present.

 

Head over to Asheville and fix I-26, that mess still ain’t complete yet. And it’s still a shit show!

 

you tightened up the tolerances

 

$120 I couldn't pass it up. Pretty sturdy if you don't put too much weight in the drawer.

 

Glad she's feeling better and we're all hoping for the best.

 

Thanks guys!

 

G'day Shane and Co

HFBD @Jtcmedic

 

Yeah , everybody needs to have a plan in place. What happens if one passes , or both pass. Who's gonna take care of ya kids. You definitely don't want the state deciding your personal affairs.