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Make tired smiley faces on Facebook to illustrate your feelings of fatigue and exhaustion without words to your friends. The Facebook chat application automatically converts the text code for several smiley faces into graphics, including one that connotes tiredness or frustration. As of August 2011, Facebook doesn't support smiley faces outside of the chat application.
Log in to your Facebook account. Click the name of the person to whom you want to send a tired smiley in your chat list.
Type in the code ":-\" minus the quotation marks. Hit the "Enter" key to form the smiley within the chat message.
Input a message that qualifies your feelings, particularly if you use the smiley to begin your conversation with the person. In addition to feelings of tiredness, this smiley also connotes confusion and frustration, so it's important to give the person further context for your feelings.
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Thunderstorm activity has changed little in association with a non-tropical low pressure system located about 350 miles southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland. The low is moving northeastward at 25 to 30 mph and is likely producing winds to near gale force.
This system has a low chance, 20 percent, of becoming a tropical cyclone before it reaches cooler waters later today. For additional information, please see high seas forecasts issued by the national weather service.
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Toward Nuclear Weapons Abolition
Published: February 24, 2012
Toward Nuclear Weapons Abolition
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Thank y'all for your input. Brought up interesting points that something is always in season somewhere... lol
Now that I live in the south, I keep my potatoes in the veggie bins in the fridge, but I take them out of the plastic bags. When I lived in central WA state, I could keep them in the "mudroom" almost all year except June, July, and August. I could keep eggs in the mudroom from about Oct/Nov through early April. In central WA, we used to say we had three seasons: Fall, Winter, and August.
If I am eating seasonally, I think the health benefits would be through variety.
Asmodeuskraemer, I haven't noticed that I want to eat more meat, but potatoes seem to have replaced my yen for fruit.
"Right is right, even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong, even if everyone is doing it." - St. Augustine
Who says back fat is a bad thing? Maybe on a hairy guy at the beach, but not on a crab.
Thank y'all for your input. Brought up interesting points that something is always in season somewhere... lol
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"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" ~ Hippocrates
We do the same thing, at least in the fall. Our problem is we keep those high carb levels, higher temps, & higher light levels all year long (often with winter-like activity levels), and the mismatch between them all keeps us in fall (diabetic) mode all year long. At least, it does for a lot of us. Not everyone is predisposed for this to happen.
IDK, it's a theory that makes sense to me.
Doesn't Bernstein recommend you track your blood sugar after everything to see what you can eat? I would think that would tell you whether fall/winter produce is appropriate for you or not.
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I think the main benefit to eating seasonally is that when you eat locally you are eating better quality foods and supporting local agriculture. With a closer, more personal relationship with your farmer, you can support his efforts to do things in a more environmentally sound manner or exert economic pressure on him if he isn't a good steward to the land and his animals. Eating less locally you don't even know if that's real olive oil or real honey. You can be cheated, the environment can be cheated, the animals can be abused.
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Yes, as does Dr. Davis. I had quit doing this but am starting again. I can't afford to play aroundDoesn't Bernstein recommend you track your blood sugar after everything to see what you can eat? I would think that would tell you whether fall/winter produce is appropriate for you or not.
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Eagles quarterback Bobby Hoying couldn't ask for a nicer couple of co-workers.
Former starters Rodney Peete and Ty Detmer could be publicly inserting stilettos into Hoying's untested back, or any other part of his unproven body, but they insist on wishing him no ill.
There are no hateful words over the move by head coach Ray Rhodes, who had said he wouldn't start the second-year pro until the playoffs were beyond reach, which they are not for the 4-6 team. There are no sentiments of outrage at the possible unfairness of showcasing the 1996 third-round pick in a game that seems very winnable - perhaps more so than any game yet.


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Holiday Decor: Valentine's Day Love Jars
Valentine's Day is just around the corner! With just a few days left, you still have time to create festive bunting flags, coupon booklets, pink popcorn, and these super cute love jars.
This is an easy home decor idea that you can re-create for any season or holiday. I made a fall welcome sign last year using this same technique and it is simple and fun and only takes about 20 minutes from start to finish (minus drying time). When Plaid sent me some fun paints in a variety of colors, I decided to make one for Valentine's Day.
How To Make Valentine's Day Love Jars
Materials Needed:
- Paint — I used Martha Stewart Satin in three different shades of pink ($1.99 each at Michaels)
- Jars — You can use recycled condiment jars, or pick some up for less than $2.00 each
- Puffy Paint for the letters (about $1.00)
- Embellishments — Ribbon, flowers, etc. (I spent about $4.00 total)
1.) Squirt some paint inside your jar.
2.) Shake your jar vigorously to coat the entire inside. If you don't have a cork or cap, just put a napkin over the opening while you shake. And you can add a teeny bit of water to the inside to get the paint moving a bit, just don't go overboard as the water will keep the paint from sticking to parts of the jar if you use too much.
3.) Repeat Step 2 for all your glass bottles, using a variety of colors if you would like.
4.) Use your puffy paint to write a letter on each jar to spell a word.
5.) Embellish & Enjoy! Add some ribbon and flowers or other creative flair! Have a happy Valentines Day everyone!
What are some of your favorite home decor projects?
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Very cute Steph! I love the Martha Stewart paints for this! So fun!
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The superlatives have been heaped on Exxon Mobil for so long it's gotten a bit old: most profitable company with the most revenue quarter after quarter after quarter. Well, it looks like Royal Dutch Shell has topped the behemoth from Irving (although more of its people are in Houston, thank-you-very-much) as the largest company in the world.
Shell brought in $15 billion more in sales than Exxon in the last year and is positioning itself for future growth "… by investing up to $18 billion in a plant in Qatar that would turn natural gas into cleaner-burning diesel fuel. It hopes to bring the Pearl GTL, as the facility is called, online by 2010…"
This may come as a bit of surprise to some, since Exxon has been lauded for keeping a steady hand during the ups-and-downs of the oil markets and for ignoring what many have seen as the whims of the green energy boom (and bust). But maybe this is one time where playing it safe isn't necessarily the foolproof plan.
There's no sadness among the folks at Exxon, however. It's still No. 1 in the U.S.-only Fortune 500 and still the most profitable company globally. Investors kind of like profits and dividends last we checked.
Here's their interview with the relatively new CEO at Shell, who's been rattling a few cages since coming on.


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SALLY: "Rick is such a fucking idiot. He stuck his dick in my butt for a second thinking he was in my pussy."
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CSI: Dark Motives
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Building off the success of Ubisoft's top-selling CSI: Crime Scene Investigation PC game, CSI 2: Dark Motives is a first-person adventure game that will test players' nerves and intellect as they examine crime scenes, question witnesses and analyze evidence utilizing the latest in forensic equipment. The new CSI PC game features a number of gameplay improvements including in-depth evidence examination, scalable difficulty and more interactive lab functionality. CSI 2: Dark Motives will once again feature the likenesses and voices of the entire CSI cast
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Calculating a model Air Quality Index for countries
In principle, a single air quality indicator would combine ambient concentrations of various air pollutants, most notably various sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), certain heavy metals (like lead), and particulate matter (PM) of various sizes (i.e., PM10 for particles of 2.5–10 micrometers and PM2.5 for 0–2.45 micrometers). For many areas, data on the levels of these compounds are not available, or at least not easily found. While a comprehensive global monitoring programme on air quality does not exist, for various large cities in the world at least some figures are known, although the data are not always comparable and often lack regular updating. The OECD reports regularly on urban air pollution for some 40–50 cities in member countries, and in Europe the EEA does similar reporting, but other than that the data are rather dispersed, not always up-to-date, not easily available outside the city, country or region, or do not exist.
In cases where direct measurements are not available for deriving or constructing an indicator, one can try to find approximate or indirect variables (proxies), which are not prefect but are still considered good enough for the intended purpose. In case of air quality, instead of air concentrations, emissions are often used, deals with the apparent sources of air pollution and for which data are usually better available. But even then, proxies are sometimes used, such as SO2 for SOx, NO2 for NOx, and PM10 for all small particulates. In addition, various emissions (e.g., from road transport) are not measured directly, but estimated on the basis of underlying activities in the economy (e.g., for transport the number of cars in a country, the type of engines they use, etc.).
For the purpose of this exercise—how to construct an indicator from data variables—we will derive a virtual air quality index (AQI) for a country and use Kenya as an example. However, you are invited to do this exercise for another country, or other area like a city, of your choice.
Kenya's virtual AQI will be derived by combining emissions of SO2, NOx and NMVOC using a hypothetical formula created for this exercise. Data for other substances, like PM10 or PM2.5 emissions are not available. Many countries report CO2 and other GHG emissions to UNFCCC as required of participating developed countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. Other emissions are often reported to UNFCCC, but still many data gaps persist making it very difficult to show comprehensive time-series. Various emission estimations for countries, regions and the world as a whole are provided by several agencies, including the Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center in the United States (CDIAC), the International Energy Agency in Paris (IEA) and the Environment Assessment Agency in Netherlands, formerly part of RIVM (RIVM/MNP).
Here we will try to calculate a simple, virtual AQI for Kenya for the year 1995, using data from RIVM/MNP and CDIAC through the GEO Data Portal.
The purpose of the AQI is to help understand what local air quality could mean for public health. To make it easier to understand, the AQI is divided into six categories:
Each category corresponds to a different level of health concern. The six levels of health concern and what they mean are:
Good: The AQI value for your community is between 0 and 50. Air quality is considered satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
Moderate: The AQI for your community is between 51 and 100. Air quality is acceptable; however, for some pollutants there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people. For example, people who are unusually sensitive to ozone may experience respiratory symptoms.
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups: When AQI values are between 101 and 150, members of sensitive groups may experience health effects, because they are likely to be affected at lower pollution levels than the general public. For example, people with lung disease are at greater risk from exposure to ozone, while people with either lung disease or heart disease are at greater risk from exposure to particulate pollution. The general public is not likely to be affected when the AQI is in this range.
Unhealthy: Nearly everyone will begin to experience health effects when AQI values are between 151 and 200. Members of sensitive groups may experience more serious health effects.
Very Unhealthy: AQI values between 201 and 300 trigger a health alert, meaning everyone may experience more serious health effects.
Hazardous: AQI values over 300 trigger health warnings of emergency conditions. The entire population is more likely to be affected.


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Sometimes you need to think outside the box. If we didn't, invention would stagnate altogether. When you look at the biggest advances in technology, it is typically done by a device that no one assumed would work at all at first glance. We all fall victim to expecting certain items to look a certain way, so when a new technology is presented to reach a common end that gets there in a completely different way, it is often initially scoffed at. Take the poor Apple 1 and it's wooden frame as a prime example.
So, at this point, closed loop liquid coolers have pretty much stagnated. Performance seems to have gone as far as it can go without some major design changes, with the top tier CLCs showing cookie cutter-like numbers. With the exception of the Antec 950/1250, they all also look pretty much the same. Of course, stronger pumps, moving from aluminum to copper/brass rads and better contact blocks would make a tremendous difference, as Swiftech proved with the open loop H220. But, for some strange reason….Swiftech seems to be the only manufacturer around willing to (or possibly "capable of") produce such an item. If CLC is going to progress, it's obvious an entirely new take on the concept is needed, and Zalman is first out of the gate with a radically new concept.
Zalman's Reserator 3 Max Dual is undoubtedly the most unique CLC we have seen to date, utilizing a quad radial radiator design that will remind many of their CNPS series of coolers. With this design, the Zalman Reserator 3 Max Dual actually breaks each of its two 120mm sections into two radial radiators each, with full use of copper tubes and fins coated in nickel. Running through the radiators is a fluid which has been enhanced with nanoparticles to carry and transfer heat more quickly than water alone. The block mounted pump comes in with a higher flow rate than expected on CLC coolers, rated for 90 liters per hour. The CPU block itself is a pure copper base using liquid side microfins for increased liquid contact and greater heat transfer. Dual 120mm PWM fans are premounted, bringing the overall thickness to 73mm, and are capable of speeds of 1000-2300rpm. Both the fans and pump feature blue LED lighting.
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Former MEPs drop action
Former Fianna Fáil MEPs James Fitzsimons and Liam Hyland are not proceeding with their applications for orders dismissing High Court actions brought against them by their former secretaries.
Kathleen Egan and Margaret Hackett have sued both former MEPs, alleging they have been left without pensions because, they claim, the MEPs claimed allowances from the European Parliament for two other persons rather than for them.
It remains unclear when the action by the women will go ahead.


text: During the 2008 presidential primaries, Citizens United released Hillary: The Movie, a film critical of then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. But a federal court prohibited the organization from releasing the movie because it was during a blackout period in which certain types of political speech are banned before an election under the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. The case was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and the Goldwater Institute, believing people should be allowed to hear all arguments at all times during an election season, filed an amicus brief in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. Goldwater Institute attorney Nick Dranias discussed the amicus brief on KTVK Channel 3


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2 out of 2 people recommended this car.
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by Tilly from Alabama | March 10, 2012
This was one of the first cars I owned and still do. I am the 2 owner of the car and its still great! I read another review that is very wrong about the car. It is not hard to park I have the same engine have never had the front end break on me. The guy "Classic Car and Buggies Fan" must be a bad driver as I had none of the problems he lists happen to my car or to any of other people I know that have the same car. There are lots of fan clubs for the 1992 Fod probe dont trust all the reviews on this site look at the clubs also.
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Great car with great Mileage
by Classic Car and Buggies Fan from Southeast Michigan | October 17, 2007
Great car for the average sized person (tall guys are a bit uncomfortable with low roof). Handled very well with slightly wider tires than original. Never a problem with 5-speed manual transmission. Engine did well until just over 150K, then died. AC stopped functioning under 100K miles. One other problem - the low front end kept hitting the ground, curbs, parking blocks, ramps, etc. until the grill-like components broke; always had to be careful parking and driving into/out of sloped areas. Fun to drive and lots of room for stuff under the hatch. Did fine towing relatively light loads, too. Enjoyed the sunroof option a lot. I've been driving it for 14 years and it still gets 30+ mpg, even with a peppier replacement engine.
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FORMER NBC10 anchor Vince DeMentri spent his 47th birthday yesterday on trial in a New York courtroom for attempted assault on a limo driver.
Hurley Senanayake, 55, driver for the
Bahamian ambassador to the United Nations, testified Tuesday that DeMentri had called him the N-word before slapping him in a fight last May that started over a parking spot.
DeMentri was working for New York's WPIX/Channel 11 at the time when he was arrested for allegedly striking Senanayake.
"This is simply the weakest case I've ever been associated with," DeMentri's attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, told us yesterday, emphatically denying that his client had used the racial slur and that Senanayake had not mentioned such an allegation in any interviews or statements he gave police. "It was physically impossible for Vince to have been able to aim a punch through a partially open window," Lichtman said, echoing the testimony an eyewitness gave Tuesday. "It is the worst miscarriage of justice that I've been a part of," Lichtman said yesterday, adding that he "100 percent" expects an acquittal when the trial resumes Tuesday.


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Channing Tatum Celebrates Jenna Dewan's New TV Show in L.A.
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Channing Tatum and wife Jenna Dewan were locked at the hip and laughing over dinner at Asia de Cuba inside L.A.'s Mondrian Hotel. Dewan was co-hosting the private dinner with her The Playboy Club costar Laura Benanti in honor of the NBC show and Benanti's birthday. Guests, including Taye Diggs, dined al fresco and enjoyed sparkling wine with the meal. But when it was time to pay, Tatum and Diggs (nicely) dueled over who would pick up the check. In the end, Tatum won out – and he triple tipped the server.


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one of the gayest hairstyles known to man
"Jimmy got a frohawk? Man, that kid's a fag."
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a retarded hairstyle
Mr. T has a frohawk and P Diddy/Puff daddy/Diddy had one for about a week.
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A hairstyle cultivated by emo or pop-punk kids. They're usually too big of pussies to get a real mohawk, but want to show how "punk" they are by having a stupid haircut.
"Hey guys. Lets go get our hair cut into a fro hawk, then we'll go see Fall Out Boy and Good Charlotte! Can your mom drive us or should I ask mine?"
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One of the most popular songs of all time, Bob Dylan's ``Like a Rolling Stone,'' is going to auction this summer.
Sotheby's is offering a working draft of the finished song in Dylan's own hand for an estimated $1 million to $2 million.
The song is about a debutante who becomes a loner when she's cast from upper-class social circles.
The draft is written in pencil on four sheets of hotel letterhead stationery with revisions, additions, notes and doodles: a hat, a bird, an animal with antlers.
The stationery comes from the Roger Smith hotel in Washington, D.C.
"How does it feel To be on your own'' it says in his handwriting.
"No direction home Like a complete unknown Like a rolling stone.''
Scrawls seem to reflect the artist's experimentation with rhymes.
The name ``Al Capone'' is scrawled in the margin, with a line leading to the lyrics ``Like a complete unknown.''
Another note says: ``...dry vermouth, you'll tell the truth...''
Dylan was only 24 when he recorded the song in 1965.
The auction is June 24 as part of Sotheby's rock and pop music sale.
Sotheby's described the seller as a longtime fan from California ``who met his hero in a non-rock context and bought directly from Dylan.'' He was not identified.
Sotheby's says it is ``the only known surviving draft of the final lyrics for this transformative rock anthem.''
In 2010, John Lennon's handwritten lyrics for ``A Day in the Life,'' the final track on the Beatles' classic 1967 album ``Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,'' sold for $1.2 million, the record for such a sale.
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The Southeastern Conference has named Arkansas' Omar McLeod as its freshman track athlete of the week after the Razorbacks defeated Texas in a dual meet.
McLeod won the 200-meter dash last Friday at the Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville. His time of 21.09 seconds ranks him among the top 12 nationally this season.
He also ran 60 meters in 7.76 seconds, ranking fourth nationally and the third-best all-time at Arkansas.
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Faculty Hall of Fame Award 1999
Dr. Charles Wayne Smith
Dr. Charles Smith's career began at Cameron 29 years ago as an assistant professor of history when Cameron was making the transition from a junior college to a four-year university. During that time, his students have seen him as a knowledgeable, fair, witty professor who makes history lively and relevant. This statement is a reflection of his teaching philosophy which he says, "has simply been to see each student as an individual with goals, ambitions and dignity that deserved both my respect and best teaching efforts possible."
Born in 1940, he received an associate degree with highest honors in 1962 from Clarke Memorial Junior College, Newton, Miss., and a bachelor's degree in history and a minor in political science with honors from William Carey College, Hattiesburg, Miss. He had graduated fellowships at the University of Southern Mississippi where he earned a masters in history and minor in political science and a doctorate in history.
During Smith's first three years at Cameron, he contributed to the development of the social science department and to the study of European history within that department. He participated in the development of Cameron's governance structure, a mandate of North Central Accreditation (NCA) evaluators. In 1973-1977, he was an associate professor with responsibilities divided between teaching and the development of an interdisciplinary humanities program. He became a full professor in 1977.
Smith was appointed special assistant to the president for academics in 1981 and served as vice president for academic affairs and student service in 1982-1989. His duties included supervising the NCA self-study and accreditation visit; directing the University's academic reorganization; and establishing academic advisement, the student development center, Title III programs, the media center, graduate planning and library automation. He was a member of the council on instruction for the State Regents for Higher Education in 1982-1989.
He returned to full-time teaching in 1989 and has been chair of the department of history and humanities since 1995. Major accomplishments in this position have included coordinating the work of a faculty committee in developing the NCA program review for student teaching credentials in social science and overseeing the development of museum studies courses to be added to the department curriculum.
His scholarly work has been published in various journals and presented to academic audiences. He has served as academic consultant for projects funded by the Oklahoma Humanities Committee regarding "The Role of Women in Southwest Oklahoma." He is a member of Phi Alpha Theta and has served as advisor to the Cameron chapter. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, served as president in 1976-77 and was honored with the Cameron chapter's Distinguished Faculty Award.
His civic and community activities include serving as a councilman for the city of Lawton in 1980-84 and as a member of the board of the Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities from 1993 to the present. He has served on the boards of the Salvation Army and Boys Club and as a member of the Arts for All budget committee.


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Gundlach Talks to Aston Part II
An Interview with DoubleLine's Jeffrey Gundlach
(Part II of the recent interview between Aston CEO Stuart Bilton and Jeffrey Gundlach, Co-founder and CEO of DoubleLine Capital and portfolio manager of the ASTON/DoubleLine Core Plus Fixed Income Fund.)
Mr. Bilton: I have noticed that at DoubleLine you think a lot about demographics.
Mr. Gundlach: Much more than in prior years because demographics in the developed world are changing in a way that is unprecedented in modern human history. For example, the labor force in Italy over the next generation, absent very substantial changes in immigration policy, will fall by 35% to 40%. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to have positive economic growth with a drop of that size in the labor force. The same issue will have to be faced in Japan, Germany and, with a little delay, China. Improved mortality in the developed world combined with decreased fertility will lead to incredible demographic changes.
Some have drawn parallels to the 1970s and suggest stagflation will take hold in the United States. I think that is highly unlikely. The 1970s were driven in large measure by the baby boomers' high demand for goods, services and credit. Demographically, it is crystal clear that this same group in the U.S., this bulge, is now heading into retirement with very low demand for credit and low demand for things, except medical care. They also have lot of wealth on paper, particularly in real estate. However, their savings are on average about $500,000 short of their likely retirement needs, which means their homes will have to be reverse-mortgaged or liquidated in order to help fund their retirements. There is a lot going on demographically which we have watched for the past 20 years. In the 1990s, when we talked about the year 2020, it seemed it was pretty hypothetical, but now it's not very far away. These trends will start accelerating in about three years and will have a very large impact on the way in which markets and economies behave. Actually, we think that the demographic conversation could become the centerpiece of our investment strategy over the next few years. It's similar to how we thought the credit bubble was what mattered starting in about 2005, and it turned out that three years later, the bursting of that bubble became everything.
A few weeks ago, a young man asked me to identify the best investment with a 40-year time horizon that could never be sold. I told him to buy Indian equities. They can be incredibly volatile and could drop 50% in any one year; but India has a really strong demographic story. India will have a few hundred million people entering the labor force in the next couple of decades. If the Indian government can implement even modest economic reforms, the country could become an engine of economic growth for decades. China, on the other hand, has zero people entering the labor force going forward after having about 300 million join the labor force in the last two decades. China grew at an incredible rate – a 23 fold increase in GDP in the last 20 years, but there's no way, based on demographics or mathematics that can happen again. China cannot be the key engine of global economic growth going forward. In fact, China is the primary reason that global growth is slowing – a development that is certainly reflected in the Shanghai Index, which has been a horrible performer. The Shanghai is lower today than it was in 2009, while other stock markets around the world have hit new highs. I think it's reflective of how the world is changing with China growing to a $10 trillion economy up from under $1 trillion a generation ago, but now slowing.
Mr. Bilton: Demographics also seem to be driving some of your thoughts about residential real estate.
Mr. Gundlach: Yes. For a long time we averaged about one and a half million housing starts a year; then starts dropped below 1 million during the Great Recession and have not really recovered much since. New homes and existing home sales are up a small amount but remain at levels formerly consistent with the depths of a recession. There is also strong economic resistance from the millennial generation towards buying houses – jobs are difficult to find and many of them are underemployed or unemployed with a lot of student debt. The bulls on homebuilding argue that there is a large amount of pent-up demand. The problem is that irrespective of the demand, it will be difficult to buy a home without a down payment. Also, many who bought homes six and eight years ago still have negative equity. So there's no way that group is going to trade up and create new home demand. In addition, the millennial generation is the first to be building less wealth than the generations before. Beyond these financial realities, we have a change in preferences. Many investors who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s fail to appreciate how the world has changed. When the baby boomers turned 16, the first thing they wanted was a car, and in their 20s, they wanted a house. Today many twentysomethings don't want a car, let alone a house. Whenever I meet with younger people, I raise this topic. It's not uncommon – it's actually the base case – to hear them say that they don't really want to buy a house because the investment case is weak and they like the optionality of renting. The millennials remind me of my parent's generation, who lived through a period when people lost literally everything. They were scarred by the Great Depression and consequently never borrowed any money.
I believe that same emotional scar towards real estate will forever concern the millennials and maybe even the generation just before. When you've observed people losing their homes and have seen 30% to 50% declines in real estate values, it is difficult to view housing as security rather than risk. Also, it is unlikely that government housing policy can be more supportive than it is already. In fact, I would not be surprised if sometime down the road, government policy turned into a headwind. One can foresee potential changes in mortgage interest deductibility, real estate tax deductibility and even the privatization of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
So housing bulls, hoping for mean reversion, are likely to be disappointed. I don't think home prices will fall in the near term, though they could in time if the baby boomers choose to liquidate. The other reason housing has been a disappointment over the last 12 months is higher interest rates. Housing optimists argue that it does not matter if mortgage rates go from 3% to 4 ½%, because 4 ½% is still low. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter if rates used to be double digits; it's the delta that matters. Going from 3% to 4 ½% is a big increase, and that's why mortgage activity collapsed starting in July of last year and subsequently existing and new home sales turned negative year-over-year. So many things will have to come together simultaneously to make homebuilding strong and it just seems unlikely.
Mr. Bilton: You have been negative on real growth going forward mainly because of demographics and housing. Is that correct?
Mr. Gundlach: Demographics more than housing because housing has become such a small part of the economy. In passing, I'd note that multi-family housing has been reasonably strong, which reinforces the concept that real estate preferences have changed. The big issue for economic growth is the labor force participation rate, which continues to decline. Stated simply, if the participation rate falls from 70% to 60%, then 10% of the population has gone from work to dependency; that means that the 60% still working now have to work about 15% more productively just to maintain economic activity. As labor force participation rates shrink, it becomes very difficult for baseline economic growth to do anything but fall. Unfortunately, this trend is going to continue, so real GDP growth for the next 15 years is probably going to be a full percentage point lower than it otherwise would have been. The beautiful thing about demographics is that it is not speculation; the labor force 15 years from now cannot be changed because it's already baked in the cake.
Mr. Bilton: Ego clashes at investment firms are not uncommon. You have been operating for almost five years with some very strong-willed people working at DoubleLine, and with most of your senior portfolio managers for nearly two decades. Yet your investment team has remained remarkably stable. How has that been achieved?
Mr. Gundlach: People who have strong opinions and disagreements or different points of view are welcome. We just want to make sure that our judgments are based on clear analysis of data and we are not holding to a position because our ego is invested in a conclusion. The world is continuously changing, and our conclusions must adapt to that changing world. We try to make sure that we listen to ideas that are different from our own. We are skeptical, and we continuously challenge our baseline ideas. Also, our firm is owned by our investment and operations people. We are all owners in a significant way, so our interests are perfectly aligned. We do not have to answer to masters in some far off city or country. In addition, we have a culture of respect and inclusiveness. We just don't have turnover; our teams have worked together for a very long time and have a lot of institutional memory. We understand our personalities and have learned how to work together over literally a couple of decades.
It also helps that our investment performance has been very good. I have noticed that ego clashes tend to happen at firms when they are having performance challenges. I do try to give credit to people when things are going well, but recognize that when things go wrong, I need to accept most of the blame. I am the CEO/CIO of the firm, and in the last resort I am responsible for what we do. I get asked this question a lot, and I do struggle with the answer. In reality, you are probably asking the wrong person and should ask other people in the firm. It does help to be on a winning team, although I tell everyone we don't have a birthright to superior performance and there will be challenges sent our way. The fact that we haven't had any in a long time should not be misconstrued to mean they cannot happen.
One of the things I have been successful at doing is keeping people grounded in reality. For example, in 2013 at one of our fund board meetings, I noted that DoubleLine had been in business for three years and we had perhaps experienced only four days of outflows during that whole period. However, I added that I would almost guarantee outflows before the year-end because of over-investment in fixed income by naïve investors in 2012. So when we actually had outflows, our team was psychologically prepared. We do try to avoid "rah, rah, rah" and instead pay attention to areas needing improvement. We will always have periods of good luck, but those will be balanced out by more-challenging periods. We've been around long enough, through enough turmoil and through enough changes in markets that we don't get flustered by change. Sometimes I feel like a flight attendant on an airplane; when the turbulence comes, everybody looks at the flight attendant. If he or she is not overreacting, then it must be business as usual and everything is okay. In fact, when things are going well and a lot of people are jumping up and down, I try to put all of this good feeling into an escrow account. So when things are a little less wonderful, we can dip into the reserve and try to keep an even keel.
Mr. Bilton: You have said many times in the past that you're never going to let DoubleLine get so large that you cannot run what I call CUSIP portfolios.
Mr. Gundlach: That is correct. One of the issues in fixed income has been the dominance of the industry by a few large asset management firms managing literally trillions of dollars. Some people refer to the "fixed income oligopoly." The problem with size is that it becomes very difficult to perform at very large asset levels. Furthermore, being too large for the investible universe of true, CUSIP-numbered securities, the oligarchs have to resort to shadow financing schemes. Large portfolio exposures involve some kind of counterparty swap rather than cash bonds. Our firm is built on performance. We don't run index funds. To perform means security selection has to be a contributor, which limits potential size. I also don't like the idea of introducing layers of incremental risk through shadow financing and counterparty contracts.
DoubleLine will never be a $500 billion asset manager. I doubt that we will ever be a $200 billion asset manager. Frankly, our goal was to get to where we are today – to be a $50 billion-$60 billion asset manager. If we go to $70 billion or $80 billion, okay, but I'm not spending a lot of time obsessing over a plan to get to $200 billion because I really don't want to get there. We have 125 employees; we only had 50 a couple of years ago. A lot of that increase is for infrastructure, but we've also started some new products. Given the importance of our culture of outperformance, I want the firm to be manageable, so that I know what is going on. I want to know every employee because we must not lose the culture. If we lose the culture, we lose what makes this firm work so well.
Mr. Bilton: Jeffrey, you have been a collector of modern art for a long time. Do you think there's a bubble in the modern art market?
Mr. Gundlach: Oh, no. The modern art market is not as strong as people think. What gets reported from the auctions are a handful of sales, maybe a couple of dozen a year, that really are at astronomical price levels. Those transactions for pieces at the highest tier of the market reflect the amazing amount of wealth polarity that exists globally and the amount of wealth that has been concentrated in a few hands, particularly in China and Russia. For example, Monet's "Water Lilies," a beautiful painting that's as blue-chip as it gets, recently sold for $54 million at Sotheby's. However, when you drop down a couple of price points, there is not a lot of movement in the art market. For example, prices for paintings by Alfred Sisley, a second-tier French Impressionist, haven't changed in years. The art market is very diverse. Analogous tiered price behavior occurs in other asset classes. Consider the market for real estate. Median home prices are down and the upper-middle-class home price is going nowhere, but a 10,000-square-foot penthouse in Manhattan is up massively. Again, these differentials reflect the wealth polarization brought about by globalization and the hollowing out of the U.S. and European middle classes. The art market is just a piece of this trend. The interesting thing about the art market is the area of the market that has the highest liquidity is the very high end. It sounds counterintuitive because there are very few buyers, but there is in fact always a buyer. The person who bought the Monet could probably sell it next week for the same price. If you buy an Alfred Sisley and try to sell it next month, you will probably take a 30% hit.
Mr. Bilton: Jordan Ellenberg, professor of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, just wrote a book, "How Not to Be Wrong: the Power of Mathematical Thinking." How do you think your mathematics training has helped you in investments?
Mr. Gundlach: There is no opinion involved in mathematics, and I think that helps with our investment approach. There is so much noise in the investment world, so many opinions. At DoubleLine, we try to focus on the data and tune out the noise. We don't need reinforcement from the opinions of other firms, because we believe our positions are provable. I get a lot of solicitations from economic consulting firms asking us to subscribe to their services. We have no interest in that because all that does is cloud our thinking. We spoke about housing earlier. Recently one service contacted me to tell me we are totally wrong about housing; that they are the world's experts and we should subscribe to their service. I found it remarkable that they thought we would care. It reminds me of an artist named Donald Judd. He was an art critic, a painter and a sculptor. Over time, Judd increasingly disliked the herd mentality of the art world and felt that talking to other artists made it difficult for him to follow his own vision. He did not deny that talking to others could help him think more broadly and expand his artistic direction, but he felt whatever benefit came from that was more than offset with the loss of his own perspective. So he left New York City and ended up working and living in Marfa, Texas, which is as far away artistically as you can get from New York. What he liked in Marfa was the absence of outside influence: he was completely alone in setting his own artistic direction.
While we're open to new ideas and certainly question ourselves about why we are right or wrong, the danger always exists that we get could sucked into the consensus. My biggest mistakes as an investor typically occur when I find myself caught in the vortex of consensus thinking. It doesn't mean that the consensus is always wrong. Contrarianism is not an evergreen strategy. However, I often find that we are most profitable when we enter a strategy with very little company. Mathematics helps in that regard because when you study math, opinions regarding the outcome are irrelevant. 2+2 is always going to be 4 in base 10. Years ago we developed a way of thinking about the high-yield bond market when we compared it to the 30-year Treasury bond. Most observers thought the idea made no sense, but we believed that the two instruments had the same risk when it came to drawdowns and volatility and therefore could be reviewed in the same context. Mathematics training forces us to think objectively.
Mr. Bilton: I would like to keep asking questions, but I think our time is up. Thank you, Jeffrey.
Mr. Gundlach: Thank you, and remember we reached the three-year anniversary of our ASTON/DoubleLine partnership on July 18th.
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The B2B workforce is changing with the arrival and promotion of millennials, but how does that affect how your company approaches sales. In the following interview, Dustin Grosse, Chief Operating Officer of ClearSlide, a sales engagement platform that empowers sales teams to engage customers, shares his thoughts about the changing dynamics of buying, selling and managing the generation that is out to save the world.
1. As more millennials continue to join B2B companies, what is their role in the buying process? How are the roles of researcher, recommender and buyer changing as a result of this new generation's involvement?
Millennials are an increasingly important — by 2020, it is estimated that they will make up more than 50% of the workforce. They are fast becoming decision makers in their respective companies and have a fundamentally different approach to the way they research, recommend and buy. Millennials were born with cell phones and computers in hand – with 87 percent of millennials saying that their smartphone never leaves their side. Competition for millennials' business is only a click away.
Traditional sales processes have been linear in nature, from qualification to educating the buyer to creating interest to close. That approach is dramatically changing in part because of millennial buyers — they do research and learn about products on their own, through consuming content and consulting social networks and blogs. In fact, buyers are now as much as 57% of the way through the buying process before actually engaging with a seller.
2. How does a B2B sales team adapt to selling to an organization populated, or even dominated, by millennials?
It is critical for modern sales organizations to learn to sell where buyers are, and most importantly by engaging buyers where they do their research. Social communities like LinkedIn and Twitter allow buyers to understand your value proposition while doing their own online research, and they readily consume valuable information like videos, blog posts, how-tos, testimonials, and more to form their impressions.
In fact, millennials are more likely to trust information found in these social communities because they believe they provide more accurate, authentic information — 62% of millennials say that if a brand engages with them on social networks, they are more likely to become a loyal customer. In order to remain competitive in this changing landscape, sales teams must make a strong effort to represent their brand positively across these platforms.
Since most of the information gathering happens before any direct interaction with a company, sellers have to learn how to adapt to where buyers are in the selling process. Linear sales pitches end up frustrating millennial buyers and risk lengthening the sales process. Sellers today need to ask questions, listen, and demonstrate value that aligns to what the buyer already knows and what they need to know to move the sale forward.
According to a study by the Alexander Group, salespeople spend as little as 15% of their time actually engaging with customers. With so little time in front of the customer, it is imperative that every interaction is optimized for success. One of the best investments that organizations can make is in tools that help sellers read buyers' digital body language, respond and sell when buyers are ready to be engaged, and tailor the conversation around their needs. Sales engagement platforms like ClearSlide can give sellers an edge by notifying and tracking what and when content is resonating, as well as helping them more successfully engage throughout the buying process.
Implementing sales mobility is also key. Because millennials are digital natives, they expect to be able to work from anywhere, anytime – and they expect sellers to engage with them similarly. Eighty-seven percent of millennials use between 2 and 3 devices at least once on a daily basis. Making information and engagement throughout the sales cycle available on mobile devices is already important and will continue to grow as more millennials enter the workforce and mobile tools continue to develop in sophistication.
3. Since many in the millennial generation are digital savvy, does the educational approach of content marketing provide ways to connect and build initial relationships?
Content marketing is an important part of driving awareness and consideration for those buyers who are doing more research before engaging with a seller. It is important for companies to engage them before a person-to-person interaction through educational materials demonstrating thought leadership and expertise. This is an opportunity to educate buyers on what they should be thinking about when they are going to buy and position the value your product or service will deliver.
4. This same shift is also happening on the sales side. How does a B2B company hire and train millennials as salespeople, when their motivations are different from traditional salespeople?
Millennial sellers still have an underlying desire to win and be successful. However, they have different motivations and preferences. If you hand your millennial sales team a training manual, they'll likely hand it right back. A better strategy is to encourage your millennial reps to learn from their peers – and specifically from leading reps. Use technology to make this possible – a homepage of all sales activity (like a social network), daily update emails, or the ability to listen to how top reps pitch via calls or videos, are all great learning opportunities. Social learning and collaboration is far more impactful than the traditional "coffee is for closers" sales environment.
In addition, millennials thrive on competition and want to feel part of a team. They want to know that they are having an impact on their company (and the world) and that their contributions are recognized. Gamification can help introduce competitive spirit and foster teamwork, and can be as simple as a competition between reps or teams. You can also spark millennial salespeoples' desire to over-achieve by making recognition visible. Leaderboards and simple recognition like balloons tied to chairs for top performers can serve as public reminders and motivators to succeed.
Encouraging peer learning and healthy competition requires transparency throughout the entire sales process. By tracking engagement in a platform that enables every sales person to see what others are doing, you create learning opportunities and engender competition at the same time. Savvy salespeople will be able to see what top performers are doing and incorporate that into their own selling practice. This higher level of visibility will also benefit sales leaders, because they will have more specific information on what works and what doesn't.
5. Is there something millennials should do to more easily adapt to traditional workplaces, or should they embrace their differences and push workplaces in a new direction?
I think this requires a balance of both. New blood in an organization forces everyone to learn new and modern ways of doing things, which is good. Buyers are changing, so you need sellers to change along with them. Millennials can push their workplace in new directions by advocating for openness and transparency, peer-to-peer learning, modern tools, mobility, and by engaging customers through social media. At the same time, millennials should recognize that they have plenty to learn from other, more experienced colleagues as well.
6. Is this overall shift good for B2B companies?
I think it is. Millennials joining the workforce are helping B2B sales organizations evaluate new ways of approaching their sales process. The reality is everyone in business is being asked to do more with less – less time and less money – so the key is to be hyper-efficient and maximize every interaction between buyers and sellers.
The reality is that it's increasingly difficult to get buyers' attention, let alone a face-to-face meeting, and your company is just one of the many that are competing for business. It's not personal, but a reflection that time is precious resource. Technology is helping salespeople adapt by providing access to data and insights that weren't previously available to them. With the right tools, salespeople can prioritize their outreach based on their buyer's digital body language, ultimately making them more efficient. An added benefit is that they may actually get more time with the buyer by making interactions easier and more efficient, helping them win more.
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One thread I was searching for ,but appears lost is the one where the lumina body was put onto a Camaro frame? Anyone know if it was posted elsewhere?
IIRC, the guy you are looking for is one of those who created the all metal shaping site. I doubt if it will ever be re-constructed here :mad:
anders nørgaard
I doubt Joe Andrews had anything to do with creating AMS... he certainly was the one who did the body swap and his son helped him alot. Sorry the thread is in the lost files.
I doubt Joe Andrews had anything to do with creating AMS... he certainly was the one who did the body swap and his son helped him alot. Sorry the thread is in the lost files.
You're right Anders. I couldn't remember who did the swap anymore.
Maybe Joe will re-write the article again.
Thanks,Now i remember. It's a great pity the data was lost :( .
To make up the loss here is a link to a chap in the UK who does a similar thing with Brit cars.:D
clayton t
thanks for posting that site, I've been looking for something like that for awhile. What's your project? I've got a 71 2 door Merc and a 94 4 door Merc that I'm going to swap over......once I figure out how to do it. It's a bit scary these swaps, I'd hate to wreck 2 good cars.
Clayton,That is what I intend to do too!. my coupe is a 1964 mercedes 220SE which is fairly straight and complete but the floor is rotten with salt damaged sheet metal.My donor car is a W126 420 SEL ,It's been done before by Autoschmiede in Germany but there is very little info about how they do it.
From what i see,they use the later cars cowl ,front chassis section and rear floor so the entire suspension etc can be used. I've gathered all the bits including both cars but i am finishing a couple of other resto's before I start.
i have a few pictures of the project as it sits at the moment.
http://picasaweb.google.com.au/mercmad6.3/MercedesW111220SECoupe?authkey=Gv1sRgCMzuiL24iteAC A
PS fellow Kiwi here too, :-)
clayton t
Mercmad, your ones a bit classier than mine, those old coupes are worth good money here. Must be worth some money in the States too.
My coupe is a 114 250CE, body is in great condition but the floors are rotten. I've checked out a few of these here, all the same, rotten floors. Originally I was going to make new floors and do an engine transplant as my running gear is stuffed. I was on the look out for a 24v merc motor and trans but got a whole car for the right price. It's a 124 E280 in great condition, no rust and everything works. I'm using it as a daily driver until I work out how to do this conversion.
I changed my mind about just a running gear conversion when I realised I could have all the modern gear the 124 has if I use the whole floorpan.
I'd be interested to know your plan of attack, I'm still thinking it through.
Your donor looks like a good one and I see you have a few more projects lined up. Where are you from?
I'm in Australia but I just got the coupe from the USA (Tenn) where i bought it a few years back.
The W124 is the way to go.
I have been advising a guy on the best way to install a AMG V6 into a coupe like mine and after i spent some time under my own W124 (E300) I realized that the diff in those is perfect for doing a swap job with. He now has a AMG coupe with ABS,ESP and airmatic suspension. :cool:
Your best bet would be to get ahold of the Mercedes EPC (electronic parts catalogue) and the easiest way to get it is to join your local mercedes club branch. You then get a silver card which gives you free access to the EPC. Using the EPC you can then see how the floor panels are made ,and how the cowl section is formed.
'I have owned a lot of W114's and god knows how many i have worked on over the years so you could do as i intend to go and that is,remove the firewall and down each side in front of the A pillar.At the same time remove the W114 inner guards and front chassis legs that support the front axle assembly .
cut the floor out along the sills on each side to the rear bulkhead behind the rear seat, Remove the whole boot floor and the wheel houses leaving the rear panel .
Before doing this of course, do as the guy in pommy land did,and weld in some square tube to brace everything to keep the body square.
Next step is to do the same with the W124 leaving the bottom of the windsheild area to retain the single blade wiper and possibly cut a bit extra around the sides of cowl to detemine the shape. From memory they are very similar in design (W114 and W124) .
leave the inner guards in place and the wheel houses on the rear .
The pommy guy has made a frame to go under his jag floor pan. i suggest you make one of those first to support your floor pan before removing the roof structure.
This will keep your floor nice and square and prevent twisting etc. I intend to do the same but as I have to shorten the wheel base 200 mm I will incorporate sliding pinch weld clamps so I can move the back part forward. And hopefully keep everything in line without too much work. I would also suggest leaving the inner W124 sills and just use outer W114 sills or make substitute panels to mate the two together.
Once you have your body and floor pan ready to mate together,the real Metal bashing begins :D
Incidentally the first i had seen of this was mates 1956 mainline ute on a Oz Falcon floor pan ....with falcon six power...LOL!
clayton t
I'm glad you know these mercs, these are the only ones I've ever owned so don't know much about them. I'll have a good look at what you've explained, it sounds straight forward but a ton of work of course.
One thing I wasn't too sure on is the type of coatings on the W124, is any of it galvanised or coated with something that will make welding difficult?
Are these body swaps difficult to get certified in Oz or can you keep it registered as the later model car?
I've never found evidence of galvanizing on W124's just that PVC undercoat they have .W114's have it too and the best substitute is either Wurths Body shutz or Rhino bedliner.
Many laws around the world where modifications have to be inspected got their birth in Australia,the New socialist nanny state.
I have to submit my plans for the job in detail to the local transport department and get their approval .XXXX
Once the Application is recieved and approved ,the job can proceed .When finished,the car is inspected and a further fee is charged .XXXXXXXXXXXXXX. :D:D.
This is better than 20 years ago when Zero modifications were allowed on any cars although it went on secretly with all sorts of subterfuge .
Once the inspection is approved ,the car must then be inspected for roadworthyness and a further fee is chasrged for this. Then the car must be registered and for this privilage you pay around $1000 per year.
When i left NZ ,I paid $5 per year for car registration every June at the post office and got a warrent of fitness every six months for a cost of a dozen beer ($4.50) .
Modifications were anything we could do ,mostly V8's into old english cars like Anglias and morris's ,even a Ford thames truck with a studebaker V8 once ...:D
anders nørgaard
I think removing the political statements from you post would be a real good idea... or I'll have to moderate it!
Just a small piece of friendly advice ;)
On Edit: Political content in post above removed!
You guys be sure to take a lot of pics when doing your body swaps and start a thread on your builds.
clayton t
Then the car must be registered and for this privilage you pay around $1000 per year.
Is that for real? It'd sure stop you owning 4 or 5 cars.
We're about 1/4 of that in NZ.
Fees here for modified cars are on a fixed scale. I have a scratch built car part way through, there's inspections for each build stage, $65 a time, I think the total is about $700. A body swap is probably 1/2 that cost but have to look into it further.
I'm sure Oz has the toughest rules in the world, some of them don't make sense. Yes I can see why industry would have a vested interest in keeping it that way.
clayton t
You guys be sure to take a lot of pics when doing your body swaps and start a thread on your builds.
Will do Chris, I wont be starting until later in the year, have a few projects to get done first.
I think removing the political statements from you post would be a real good idea... or I'll have to moderate it!
Just a small piece of friendly advice ;)
Anders,I appreciate your concern,but as I hadn't made a comment about a particular political party ,leader or what ever based on my own opinion that may inflame some people ,I am simply stating a fact. And that fact is ,As any Australian Car enthusiast will endorse, Oz has the most stifling legislation in place bar none for a 'western democracy' and that has prevented a lot of Automobile engineering (as an example) to progress .
Formula 1 fans will recall the recent arrest of lewis Hamilton and the Subsequent comments of his fellow race driver,Mark Webers statement to the press as an example of how hard it is for us to do both our work and follow our hobbies in general.
''It's a great country, but we've got to be responsible for our actions and it's certainly a bloody nanny state when it comes to what we can do. Lewis has found out very quickly," Webber said.
''I think we've got to read an instruction book when we get out of bed - what we can do and what we can't do ... put a yellow vest on and all that sort of stuff.
"It pisses me off coming back here, to be honest."
I don't think you said anything wrong mercmad. I just think by not even getting close to politics it makes it much easier on the moderators.
If they give an inch, eventually someone will take a mile ;)
Joe Andrews
I know I'm like 10 months late on answering this but noone sent me a p.m. asking if I had saved the Build. I thought about copy pasting it back here, but there are so many pictures in the thread it would take a Long time to do.
For those Interested in the Build I started with 2 Cars, a 92' Chevy Lumina Z34 and a 98' WS6.
Here is a Link to the Build on LS1.com http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71662 (http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71662)
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