Granted I lived in the South, and snow wasn't common at all - but there's no way I was going to school in the snow. That was before cell phones. My emergency / parent contact was changed to the phone number of a friend's Uncle - I dated a girl who worked in the school office to get that done. For a six pack now and again - he'd pose as my Dad when they called when I didn't show up for school.
Cast is for amateurs I forge everything.
LOL. My first dirt bike was a 70's YZ80. I was 8 or 9. It was my older brother's bike. He saved and bought a bigger bike. Dad told him he couldn't sell it IF I could ride it. My "lesson" was "There's the clutch, there's the gas, there's the brake." I broke my wrist but I learned to ride it. Went through dirt bikes until I sold my soul for a YZ490 when I was in my teens. To this day - out of all the things I've done and survived, including the Army - I still don't understand how I didn't kill myself on that bike. Got my first real street bike - same deal - my older brother gave me his wrecked GSXR750. Oil cooled and all. Swapped in a 1100 Kat motor. That thing was crazy fun. Rode sportbikes for years - commuted on them 9-10 months a year. A few years ago it simply wasn't any fun anymore - people with their faces in their phones sucked all the joy out of it. While track days were GREAT - they also add up quickly.
Plausible. I knew a guy in high school that mounted tires on his MGA with his bare hands. Saw it with my own eyes. If you see this Pete Davis (last know to be in Oregon), please confirm. I have a hard time with racing kart tires.
And I bet you don't respect anyone that casts engine blocks, either.
I had to fashion a very stout fishing pole from Egyptian water reeds and the fishing line was milked directly from thousands of spiders. The splash of the engine block hitting the water tended to temporarily frighten the fish, but I lined the cavities with succulent worms and the fish would willingly enter the cylinder bore where a spring-mounted flap would slap down. Hauling in the block took some doing but it was remarkably successful. I don't know why the other villagers didn't think of it sooner!
Who ripped anyone's profession? Wow, I must have hit a nerve made someone feel overly insecure about themselves. As an accountant I seriously doubt you play with your spread sheets and mouse all day long and then come home and do taxes for the entire neighborhood pro-bono for the personal enjoyment of it. Likewise I don't want to come home to doing more of the same I do at work all day long. Get the comparison now sweet cheeks? Dag there are some thin skinned whiners in this place.You wouldn't get paid if someone didn't "play" accountant. No need to rip someones profession.
I have to disagree a bit there. I respect talent and effort, and today I met a young man ,maybe 18 years old, that listened intently and really wanted to learn. I respect that a great deal and care that there are young ones out there that do want to learn. I know that young man will pick up tools and go to work on something someday. And if he is as enthusiastic as some of the up and coming racers I know and have helped, he will eclipse everything I have accomplished by a good margin!
Heck I meet so many who say they love a car but dont anything about the car such as v8 or oil or anything other than where to put gas
Google "is there a difference between green pump handle and black"? There was a YT some time back about some girl not knowing there was a difference between dispensers - with the expected results.
Am I reading this wrong or are you saying that all the people who come on this website are "nutsacks"? Not sure what you even mean by that. Is it supposed to be derogatory?
I think you meant there are those that have more money than time and those that have more time than money.
