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    Coffee Walk with Dennis Collins

    Over twenty years ago, Collins Brothers Jeep Sales was founded in wide awake Wylie (local joke), a sleepy town near Lake Lavon a few miles from Plano. It was on a small lot with a metal building and some CJs parked along the road. Dennis has done well.
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    Temporarily Suspended Longshoremen Strike

    The big unions that Biden has bowed down to are using his inflation to extract huge wage gains from their employers. Boeing has offered the Machinists a 30% raise, a $6K signing bonus, guaranteed annual bonuses above $2K, and expansion of health and other benefits. They responded with a GFY.
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    R.I.P. Pete Rose

    He played at a higher level than anyone in the modern era of the sport, almost to the point of crazy. I was at an Astrodome Astros-Phillies game during the late 70s or early 80s, and Rose had rounded third on a single, attempting to score from second base. The throw from the outfield came in...
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    Fire in the pits

    That was a crazy huge fire. The fiberglass and composite construction of the Involved RVs must have been the source of the huge flames. I imagine there were occasionally exploding propane tanks also contributing. I had never thought about the possibility of a large fire in that setting, but the...
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    Question to lease or to buy

    OK, we're good. My detection meter was malfunctioning. Since LOF had his issues with some posters, I didn't know how to interpret your reference.
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    RIP!!, Kris Kristofferson!!

    KK was part of the Wrecking Crew in the 60s, and like most of its members, didn't get credit for brilliant session work on many classic recordings.
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    Generator Load Bank questions

    A knob? That's a new one for me. All of the generators I've installed had precise frequency control, going back to the old Woodward analog regulators from the 80s and 90s. Thanks for the info.
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    Question to lease or to buy

    Jesus, dude. You asked for reasons not to buy a Tesla. I gave a few, and they're legitimate. Did I hurt your feelings or something? The insults are a little over the top, and you're definitely being a Tesla homo.
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    Question to lease or to buy

    You wanted reasons not to buy one. Fit, finish, and repair issues are widely discussed. Tesla's sales haven't met the predictions of management or analysts. These aren't personal opinions, the falling stock price in 2024 reflects those problems. The decade old designs of the cars are absolutely...
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    Question to lease or to buy

    In addition to the fit, finish, and crash damage repair issues, they're completely outdated in cosmetics. The Model 3 looks like a duck billed platypus from the front, the other two aren't much better. A redesign of the fleet would cost several hundred million dollars, exacerbated by the...
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    Generator Load Bank questions

    Those modern pickups have 100% computer controlled injection and other devices that precisely control fuel delivery. RD's ex-military unit has a mechanical fuel pump that provides pressure adequate to support the full rated load, regardless of what the actual load is. That technology, along...
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    Beautiful metal

    Excuse me for a couple of minutes. I have a stiffy.
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    Had to jump start the truck today....

    You da man... LOL.
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    Spider ID

    Eight. 😁
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    47 Freeway in San Pedro shut down after big rig carrying lithium-ion batteries sparks fire

    It'll be interesting when one day a lithium battery fire spreads across the LA Port terminals. It's coming. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/fire-halts-work-la-port
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    Spider ID

    When I see large garden spider webs like that one, I find a big grasshopper and toss it into the web. It's on! 😁
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    Beautiful metal

    In racing, Quinn Epperly (1950s Indy roadsters, rear engine cars, USAC sprints, midgets, Breedlove's Spirit of America) and Tom Hanna (many of the most beautiful dragsters made) were metal artisans beyond compare. Most people are unaware that early 20th Century luxury automobile manufacturers...
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    CCW - LA County

    It's the exact opposite here. Businesses that wish to ban firearms on the premises must post that same specified sign with certain verbiage. If I carried a concealed weapon, I would probably ignore the sign anyway. (Smiles at other customers while wandering around the store...)
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    NYC mayor Eric Adams indicted for corruption

    The Democrats and the left have bastardized the progress made in civil rights and the legacy of actual leaders and beacons of light. The claims they represent the majority of disadvantaged, poor, and racial minorities have collapsed under the weight of their lies. When people like you and I say...
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    Spider ID

    Yep. Wolfies dont spin webs. They're one of the few spider species that use speed to catch prey. It's cool to watch one rush a cricket or other insect and make it a meal.
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