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You mean besides having the motor on the wrong end of the car and being water cooled? Well, that way the uninitiated can find the motor. And by putting the motor there (the tranny is still in back) the back end of the car doesn't try to pass the front when you lift the throttle in a corner, like a 911 will. Before the 944, I had an 85 Toyota MR2. That was a fun car. Mid engined, and it had a little trunk all the way in back, plus the one in front. http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/3802/2121/9503560002_large.jpg Not quite the right one, but you get the idea. The engine is under the forward lid on the back. The one all the way back is the "back trunk." I got some very curious looks a few times in a store parking lot when I would put stuff in both the front and back. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

You are an honorable man, John. Refunding part of his money was a very kind thing to do. But as others have said, he bought it, it was his. Good, bad, indifferent. Do you think that if the car had lasted another 4 years and 100k miles, that he would have paid you more? And I have to ask - what went wrong? There are a variety of things that would result in needing an $800 engine replacement. Some of them (oil running out, trying to get the car up over 80, that sort of thing) are new owner related. His fault. Others (timing belt is the first to come to mind, there are others) are maintainace items that you should have done or at least said that they are due. Or it could have just been chance. Something that even a fairly thorough inspection wouldn't have revealed. I will be selling my 83 Porsche 944 as soon as the weather gets nice. It has a lot of issues. I fully intend to disclose everything that I know of. But I wll make sure the buyer knows it's "As Is" and that there are probably issues that I don't know of. It will become their problem the moment the title is signed. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

No you aren't the only one. We call non jumpers "whuffos" because they don't understand what we do. Combat veterans tend to gather together to support one another. Even quilters and scrapbookers do it. The whole principle of the "support group" is that the person is surrounded by others who have gone through a similar experience and can relate. It sounds like you are having a tough time. Finding someone who understands because they've been there and talking it over can often help. Good luck. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Not to be a pain in the ass (ha), but some do and some don't. Many HO and/or renters' insurance policies have exclusions that specifically say that they do not cover, for example, vehicular liability, etc. (Kind of similar to the way most HO policies specifically exclude flood coverage, etc.). So the lesson on that point is to ask your insurance agent, since every policy is different. Ok, thank you. Mine does. I asked my agent. And I specifically said that the OP should ask someone who knows this stuff for a real answer/ "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Show me a clam producing pearls, and I'll show you a very confused clam. Clams produce pearls too. Any mollusk can. Oysters are the most common producers, but mussels and clams make them too. Wiki Clicky, Pearls "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

The Bakersfield Condor Hockey team has a real Condor as a mascot (Andean, not California). It looks pretty cool to have a huge bird out on the ice for the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. Unless the handler loses control of it. And it goes over to the bench and goes after the players. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-condor-hockey-game-video-20130209,0,81626.story "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

To clarify a little of what I said, and to address something Andy said: A person with little or no assets is less of a target for the ambulance chasers. That makes it a little less likely that you would be sued in the event of an accident. BUT... If you are sued, it will cost. A lot. And any judgement against you will follow you around until it's satisfied. And, AFAIK, there isn't any special "pilot's liability" insurance that I know of. Standard homeowner's liability (with a fairly large umbrella policy) will cover this sort of thing, up to it's limits. But unless you have really high limits, you are exposing yourself to a certain amount of risk. And Andy is absolutely right. If you want real answers, talk to an insurance agent or a lawyer. My advice here is worth just about what you paid for it. Maybe not even that much. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

If you mean that the DZ has no liability insurance, then you are talking about every DZ in the US. Some of them have liability insurance on the plane, for coverage if the plane crashes into someone's house or something like that. But overall liability? That just isn't there. And as the jump pilot (or packer or rigger or instructor or anything) you are potentially at risk for being sued if something "bad" happens. Normally, all those people are included in the waiver. I would strongly suggest reading it very carefully. One thing to keep in mind though: As a pilot with less than 500 hours looking for a job flying jumpers, I kinda doubt that you have very much for assets. Which makes you far, far less of a target for the ambulance chasers. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Sweet looking bike. Even stock. Don't forget about the headlight. IIRC, Brit bikes (ones sold in Britain, not necessarily made there) have headlights designed for driving on the left. If you drive them on the right side of the road, the way the beam is set up, you will blind oncoming traffic. And I know how much you love doing that. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

will chocolate work??? I can have strawberries delivered to you I'm not a big sweet fan. You're going to have to do better than that! I was thinking pearls, but not the kind that comes from clams. Am I the only one that thinks, Holy crap I can't believe he said that? Absolutely. The rest of us are divided into two groups: Group #1 - Wonders what took him so long to make the comment. Group #2 - Is pissed that they didn't think of it first. You're new here. You will soon realize how deeply into the gutter the minds on here run. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

My wife has often commented about how easy it is to give a 5150 and is shocked at how many people would seek to make it far easier for her and others of her profession to unilaterally destroy people's lives. People have no idea how easy it is. And I suppose loonies with guns don't LITERALLY destroy peoples' lives? Get real, counselor! Do you have any idea how easy it is to have someone declared "Looney" professor? For example, someone could fail one of your classes. Being angry at you, they could call in a "potential suicide" on you. As long as the story was convincing, the cops would show up and take you in to the hospital for a 72 hour hold. And there's NOTHING you could do or say to stop it. And now you are a "Looney." Would the FAA be notified? Would they yank your medical because you are now a "Looney"? (I really don't know if they would or not) If they did yank your medical, how much trouble would you have to go to to get it reinstated? How much expense? How much time would it take? I'm not trying to allow loonies to run around with guns (or airplanes). But I really don't like how easy it is to classify someone as "Looney" and to strip them of a wide variety of rights. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

That sounds good at first, but are you aware of how easy it is to get someone involuntarily committed? In Wisconsin, there's a "72 hour hold." It's used to put someone into a mental facility (usually the psych ward at the hospital) for "their own safety." All it takes is a cop and/or a doctor and you are locked up. I know of one guy who ended up on one because his soon-to-be ex-wife called the cops and said he was threatening suicide. She used the three days he was gone to clean out the house. You said "starting point." and I understand that, but there needs to be real due process. I'd have a very serious problem taking away someone's rights based on that very, very easy committment process. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Interesting. I got that as a fortune out of a fortune cookie one time. I think it went something like: "The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference." The really interesting part is the lunch was with my ex-wife's cousin (he introduced us and is still a very close friend). He had mentioned that she was going through a difficult breakup with a S/O who he had thought was a really bad choice. I didn't really want to know all the details, I try not to get involved. But I had said something to the effect of "I still love her and always will, but I have no interest in getting involved in any of her drama." And then that showed up in the fortune cookie. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Meh, it's an adult forum. Just like the DZ is an adult playground. Language and conversation subjects that wouldn't be appropriate in a work place or at the dinner table (depending on your family of course) are just fine here. If you look in the "Sick and Twisted" thread, you will get an idea of what kind of weirdness is within the rules. And you can always ask "WWBVD?" And then do the opposite. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

My mistake on the Hurricane armament. I'm not an expert, I just found a historical website that claimed the "Hurries" had cannon during BoB. I did know that the Spit, while important, really took 2nd place on the podium for the BoB. And yes, a motley group of "Home Guardsmen" probably shot down one or two German planes. Or at least claimed to have. I'm sure that there were a lot of Home Guardsmen shooting a lot of guns at a lot of German planes. But I'll bet the attempts to kills ratio was really really high. And yes, the 303s in the Spits and the Hurricanes were used to good effect in the BoB against the attacking planes. But it's still ludicrous to compare 8 machine guns firing a combined Two THOUSAND rounds per minute against a rifle firing at most 10 per minute. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Ok, what do you mean by the "common definition of insane"? Really. What mental disease does he have? In what way is he out of touch with reality? I don't see him as insane. I see him as very, very angry. He has reached the point where the consequnces of his actions are no longer a deterrent. He seems to have decided his life is no longer worth living. If he chose to commit suicide all alone, we wouldn't call him insane, would we? More likely sad, misguided, or something similar. If he decided to commit "suicide by cop" (look it up if you don't know what I mean), we'd also say something like this. He has simply decided to commit suicide by cop, in a very public way, and he's determined to take as many of the people who he believes drove him to this point as possible. It's also known as a "death run." To go out in a "blaze of gunfire," taking as many of your opponents as possible, making as large of a spectacle and as loud of a statement as possible. While I don't agree with his actions, nor do I condone them, I can certainly understand them. As I said above, he's "Mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore." Or to quote a different movie - "I'm not crazy, I just don't give a fuck." (bonus points to anyone who knows it without looking it up). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

True, but the idea of naming storms is to differentiate them from each other. You'd have to use that name on every storm. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Well, we really aren't discussing AA. We're debating whether or not a 50 cal is usable for downing a modern aircraft. The anti-gunners (people against guns as apposed to anti-aircraft gunners who are against airplanes ) want the sheep to believe that they are. They compare a single shot or repeating bolt action or even semi-auto 50 sniper rifle to the mulitple (multiple as in 4 or 8) machine gun AA setups from 70 years ago. They convieniently ignore how many rounds that were typically used to down an enemy plane - hundreds of shots were needed. Partly because hitting a plane is a very difficult task, partly because you either need to hit something vital or do substantial damage. (Note: Japanese Zeros didn't have self sealing fuel tanks or pilot armor and were vulnerable, the P-51 Mustang had a belly mounted radiator that was very vulnerable to ground fire). "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Really? One step? I didn't think it was that far. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

This happened to my Dad's G-series Chevy van back in the early 90s. He thought I had been taking his peppermints from the cup holder, but that's what the mice had been living on! You gotta appreciate a mouse with fresh breath. Mr Jingles? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Traps may be a better solution. In my case, the nest was on top of the motor, in the valley on the valve cover (top of motor). This wasn't the first time the dealer had seen a nest in that exact place. If they had died inside the nest, getting them out would not be a problem. If they got into the car, especially into the heater vents, it would have been really bad. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Yeah, that's it! Video of tv playing kind of sucks, but that's it. Thanks. (Clicky fixed) "Backpack" Found this one, same segment, different narrator, but it's the acutal video, not bootlegged video of it playing on a tv. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbzu0h6G-J0&NR=1&feature=endscreen "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

Well, the Spitfire was armed with 303s, but the Hurricane was armed with 37mm cannon. Which plane do you think won the Battle of Britain, professor? "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

I had this happen with my 92 Saturn. They chewed the insulation off of the spark plug wires. The dealer suggested D-con in the engine compartment. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

JJ Jr? In Chicago? With Quinn gone? Probation. "There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy "~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo