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Gray market parts are a problem for all folks playing with hardware bits. For Bunnie Huang (leader of the 2009 Geek Tour), it caused problems for Chumby and he does not take these problems lightly.
My wife and I own a forensic toxicology/chemistry company here in Boulder; I'm pretty sure we've got the acid and microscope on hand. (For bonus points, we've also got a fume hood and trained chemists.) If you've got something you're interested in investigating, let me know, and I'll see what we can do.
(feverishly digging through parts bin) Jay! Thank you so much. We will find something interesting for inspection and ask for your assistance.
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The counterfeit parts scam reminds me of another post on the SF website back in 2008. I did a little research and it is very scary how easy it is to get fake chips in almost everything you buy. Just think, those chips are controlling the ABS brakes in your car, in the jets you fly in while going on vacation, maybe even in the computer your reading this on. Find the other post here.
How about talking to pixelqi ?
Their displays like the one in the OLPC are awesome!!!
They are talking about designing a $100 hdtv.
Start selling their screens and sign me up for two please.
Think 10" , readable in full sun , downmode LC , full colour, normal LCD, or a black and white e-ink-like display at the flick of a switch. One of these plus beagle board or gumstix overo would make an awesome portable.
And why don't you guys resell gumstix while your at it ?
When can I get a developer Kit for your 10" screen, or even just see a demo of it?
Developer kits have been shipping since early summer 2009. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.com for more information
If you think it's weird to remove the power from a Kent display and see its full graphic image remain, you should see the Kent "InfoSign" display I got for development of a product back in 1997, and which still sits in my "junk drawer". That year marked the last time the prototype display was powered from any source, and it is still displaying the same image I put on it during development testing 13 years ago!
Oh cool. I've been interested in cholesteric LCDs for a while as a more hobbyist-accessible alternative to e-ink but the only suppliers I could find at the time weren't selling in onesies. (I think I wrote to sparkfun about them a year or so ago :) )
Thanks for the recommendation! We're pretty impressed with the technology but the price is almost a killer. We hope to find additional cool displays in the future. Let us know if you hear of anyone.
Instead of eInk did you try with SiPix (www.sipix.com) ?
They have some very interesting products …
Thanks for the pointer! We've been hoping to find a flexible solution as well. I've pinged SiPix and hope to hear from them soon.
There is also another company called Pixel qi that seems to be offering a new technology (Eink + color+ option to turn lcd on/off). It would be great to get their products on SFE.
(The website does not provide much info, but maybe the sales rep will do some talking)
So I work on a robotics team and we build this underwater vehicle (check us out: http://ram.umd.edu ). One of the things we always joke about is putting an underwater speaker on the robot and having her play music at the competition for the divers, but seeing the speech synthesis chip gives me the desire to make the robot ramble about what she's up to as she navigates around.
I can see it now, there's some terrible error and the diver hits the kill switch "Wait, I was doing such a good job! Put me back! Let me try again!"


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PARIS – Claims that global warming can be braked by dissolving huge quantities of rock in the sea to absorb carbon emissions are laden with flaws, a study argues.
The analysis is the latest scientific appraisal into geo-engineering, or techniques that are being promoted as quick fixes to the growing climate crisis. Scientists in Germany probed the feasibility of "enhanced weathering," using a scenario in which a plentiful magnesium silicate rock called olivine would be crushed and scattered into the oceans.
Doing so would make the waters more alkaline and thus better able to absorb man-made carbon dioxide emissions from the air.
The oceans are a massive carbon "sink," having absorbed roughly half of the fossil-fuel gases humans have emitted, according to researchers. But this spongelike ability is thought to be in worrying decline. As a result, comparatively more heat-trapping gases are entering the atmosphere and the oceans themselves are becoming more acidic, threatening many species.
Writing in the British journal Environment Research Letters, scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the German town of Bremerhaven calculated that if 3 billion tons of olivine were deposited into the oceans every year, it would compensate for only around 9 percent of present carbon dioxide emissions. And nearly a third of those emissions would indirectly return to the atmosphere because of the energy costs of grinding the rock to a diameter of around 1 micrometer — about 10 times finer than a grain of talcum powder — so that it could dissolve.
There might also be a shift in the fundamental marine ecosystem, as one species of phytoplankton benefiting from the chemical change in the sea wins out against another, the study points out.
The findings are based on lab research into the carbon dioxide absorption abilities of olivine, which were then factored into a powerful U.S. model for ocean circulation.
"If this method of geo-engineering was deployed, we would need an industry the size of the present-day coal industry to obtain the necessary amounts of olivine," lead author Peter Koehler said. "To distribute this, we estimate that 100 dedicated large ships with a commitment to distribute 1 gigaton of olivine per year would be needed.
"Taking all our conclusions together — mainly the energy costs of the processing line and the projected potential impact on marine biology — we assess this approach as rather inefficient. It certainly is not a simple solution against the global warming problem," Koehler said.

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I already knew this, but while re-organizing my pin boards, it has been confirmed that I am obsessed with breakfast foods. Which is kind of funny, because we don't have elaborate breakfasts most mornings. Usually it is only toast, cereal or a smoothie. On the weekends, that is different, and we tend to sometimes go a little crazy, but for the most part, breakfasts are the easiest meal of the day.
But there is something about breakfast foods that I just can't get enough of. (Which is why we actually end up having breakfast for dinner quite often.) Eggs, any way, pancakes, waffles, cinnamon rolls – I love them all.
But one strange morning, I woke up, craving to get into the kitchen right away to cook. And when the mood strikes, what can you do but succomb? I was really craving cinnamon rolls, but hadn't planned ahead. I didn't want to have breakfast around lunch time! So cinnamon biscuits it was.
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I honestly think that if I wouldn't have told my husband that these are biscuits and not cinnamon rolls, he wouldn't have known. They really do have a texture similar to cinnamon rolls, but no yeast, no raising, no wait. And before he tried his first biscuit, my husband asked if there was a frosting or anything that went on top. I told him no, that it didn't need one, and he almost didn't believe me. And then he proceeded to eat 3 of these. Yeah, we liked them that much!
And if you read the recipe, you might find it weird to pour milk over the finished biscuits. I had read about this method awhile back, and had wanted to try it. I think that might be the secret to the success of these biscuits. Seriously – so good!!
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Police detained a man a short time ago who matched the description of the person who robbed a bank in East Baton Rouge Parish Friday.
News 2 crews witnessed the takedown, which happened while authorities were searching an area near several schools. The suspect was chased and detained on the St. Jude the Apostle School campus.
Authorities responded to the Regions Bank branch at 7777 Jefferson Highway after the robbery was reported at 11:50 a.m. Cpl. L'Jean McKneely with Baton Rouge Police said the man handed the teller a note demanding money, then fled on foot after being given some.
St. Jude, Magnolia Elementary and Wildwood Elementary were all put on lockdown during the search of the area. Magnolia and Wildwood were taken off lockdown after the arrest.
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While the students are away, teachers plan their lessons. Summer vacation is a time when many teachers prepare for the next school year while the memories of the one just finished are still fresh. Just in time for this season, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) released an iTunes U update to help them do that.
Apple got into education via iTunes U in 2012. Getting iPads a nd other Apple technology into classrooms is one of the company's goals. After all, the educational market is an opportunity to make money. Reaching out to teachers is a side step into that market. Apple has a website dedicated to the iPad's educational benefits.
Apple's update includes not only lesson planning support, but also forums for teachers and suggestions for using iPads in the classroom. That goal of getting more iPads into classrooms would result in more iPad sales for Apple, after all. More iPads in the classroom would also benefit the App Store, in which education is its own category. As Apple gets a cut of every financial transaction, this is another potential way for the company to make money.
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Posted Tuesday December 11, 2012 9:40 PM GMT
Checking some items off of her to-do list, Sofia Vergara was sptted running a few errands in Beverly Hills on Monday (December 10).
The "Modern Family" actress sported a monochromatic ensemble with a sheer top and black boots as she strolled the streets with a Tom Ford garment bag.
Meanwhile, Ms. Vergara is busy shooting scenes for her upcoming film "Fading Gigolo."
The movie also stars Woody Allen and Sharon Stone. It is slated to hit theaters in 2013.
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There's a lot happening the world of Glee right now. Not only has the four-city live tour just kicked off, and not only did Fox announce that Glee will be back in the fall on Tuesdays, but the show got a Peabody Award today at a presentation luncheon in New York City.
And, creator Ryan Murphy told USA TODAY's Andrea Mandell at the lunch, "This week we have the Joss Whedon/Neil Patrick Harris extravaganza. We do a really big Aerosmith number that those two boys knock out of the park. After that we have the Lady Gaga episode that comes after the finale of American Idol."
When asked if a Britney Spears episode is going to happen, Murphy said, "We love Britney, we're talking to Britney. I think you have to be very careful on the show not to do too many tribute episodes. but she certainly has a huge body of work to pull from and the kids grew up with her so that is a consideration, they love her. "
Murphy also said that a truce of sorts has been reached with Newsweek author Ramin Sedooteh. Murphy had called for a boycott of the magazine after Sedooteh wrote an article Murphy felt was "homophobic." Then Murphy invited him to come visit the set to discuss the piece and observe the creative process.
"The meeting is probably going to come sometime in July when we're back in production so we can sit and meet the cast and have a lot of other people in Hollywood come and talk to him about opposing points of view," Murphy said. "It will all be nice. It's not going to be cross."
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David Beckham's eight-day-old nephew Jenson James is seriously ill in hospital where he has severe breathing difficulties.
The retired footballer - who spent Christmas in the Maldives with wife Victoria and kids Brooklyn,14, Romeo, 11, Cruz, 8, and two-year-old daughter Harper - has been a great source of support to his sister Lynne whose eight-day-old baby boy Jenson James is in intensive care.
David has been in touch with her regularly and is concerned with how Jenson - who is Lynne's second child with partner Kevin Briggs - is doing since he has severe breathing difficulties and is "fighting for his life".
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SG Wannabe (SG 워너비) (the SG representing Simon and Garfunkel) is a South Korean ballad trio that debuted in 2004. Their first song, "Timeless", quickly propelled the group to popularity[1] and their album topped the charts. Unlike other groups, SG Wannabe decided to abstain from promoting their music initially, declining to appear on music shows or in their own videos; the group has stated that they wish their audience will care more about the music, rather than their appearance.[2]
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|Seoul, South Korea
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|http://www.sgwb.jp (Official Japanese website)
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|Chae Dong-ha
The current members of SG Wannabe are Kim Yong-jun (김용준), Lee Seok-hun (이석훈), and Kim Jin-ho (김진호).
Chae Dong-ha (채동하) left the group in 2008. He died on May 27, 2011.
Musical careerEdit
1st album: SG Wannabe+ (2004)Edit
SG Wannabe debuted in 2004 with their first album, SG Wanna Be+. It was produced by Lee Kyung Sub and Park Keun Tae and famous music producers in Korea. The title track's music video for the album attracted media attention, as it featured top actors such as Sol Kyung-gu and Kim Nam-jin, and actresses Yunjin Kim, Kang Hye-jung, and Seo Sung-min. The production costs were reportedly about 2 billion won. The group gained a reputation for being quite mysterious because they did not show their faces and did not star in any of their music videos. Nevertheless, their vocal abilities attracted many fans, and the album was an instant hit with pre-sales of 90,000 copies. Later in 2004, the group was recognized for their vocal ability with numerous awards, including nominations for Best Newcomer at the Golden Disc Awards and the Seoul Popular Music Awards.[3]
2nd album: Saldaga (살다가) (While You Live) (2005)Edit
On March 29, 2005, SG Wannabe released their second album. It included the two #1 hits "Sin & Punishment (죄와벌)", which received numerous awards both for the music video and for the song itself, and "살다가 (While You Live)". Like its predecessor, "Saldaga" was able to attract media attention for the group's vocal ability, thus SG Wannabe became the only artist in 2005 to sell more than 400,000 copies of their album. On September 14, 2005, the group released the "Classic Odyssey", their 2.5 album. 1 billion Won (₩1,000,000,000) budget went into SG Wannabe's new remake album. It included hits such as "My Heart's Treasure Box" (내 마음의 보석상자). To top off the success of their 2nd album, SG Wannabe was awarded the prestigious Daesang (the "Artist Of The Year") from the Golden Disc award. When 2005 was over, SG Wannabe were ranked at #1, with over 400,000 copies sold of their 2nd album, and 12th, with 147,047 copies sold of their remake album on the year-end chart.[4]
Third album: The 3rd Masterpiece (2006)Edit
On April 11, 2006, the trio released their third album, called The 3rd Masterpiece. Just like what they did in the second album (the music video had two parts; the first part was with the song "Crime and Punishment" (죄와벌), while the second part was with the song "As We Live" (살다가)), their third album also contained two-part music videos. The first part was with their new title song, "Partner for Life" (내 사람) starring Shinhwa's Kim Dong Wan and also featuring Jeong So-Young, and the second part was released with "Slowpoke" (느림보). Once again, the album manage to chart high, reaching #1 on numerous charts.
On November 18, 2006, they released a greatest hits compilation entitled SG Wannabe Best Album - The Precious History. It was a collection of their favorite songs from the past three albums and also included three new songs. They also released a music video for those songs which was called "Song of Love(사랑가) featuring Vibe", "Even If I Could See You (그저 바라볼 수만 있어도)", and "Ordinary People" featuring Hoo Ni-Hoon, Min Kyung-Hoon, Jang Hye-Jin.However, despite having high sales and topping the charts, they did not win another, though the group was nominated daesang.
4th album: The Sentimental Chord (2007)Edit
In January 2007, the group took part in the Hallyu Festival in Osaka which also featured Jun Jin and Lee Min-woo of Shinhwa, Kangta of H.O.T and actor Song Seung-heon at the Osaka Dome.[5]
Their highly anticipated 4th album, "The Sentimental Chord", was released on April 6, 2007, almost a year after their 3rd album. Again, they amazed the audience with their new title song "Arirang" (아리랑), which had the classic instruments of Korea playing as the background music. With the release of their 4th album and their title song, they went as the #1 in the Bugs Chart as well as the Korea monthly chart. The album was also number one on the "Top 20 Album Sales (May 2007)" with 44,618 copies sold in May and 125,450 sold altogether.[6] They also released two special albums, "SG Wanna Be+" and "Story In New York." Both the special album manage to be successful as well, continuing SG Wannabe's popularity and success. Towards the end of the year, SG Wannabe was awarded their second daesang from the Golden Disk Awards, reigning as the top artist of the year. Selling almost 200,000 copies, The Sentimental Chord was the best-selling album of 2007 in Korea.[7] In addition, several changes also occurred within the band, with member Chae Dong Ha leaving the group in order to focus on a solo career.[8][9]
5th album: My Friend (2008)Edit
As of April 23, 2008, SG Wannabe's fifth album had 85,000 pre-orders and counting; it was released with a Japanese version of "I Miss You" (보고싶어). Both versions of that song were recorded with their former member Chae Dong-Ha,[10] and new member Lee Suk Hoon made his debut performance on April 24 on "M!CountDown", singing the first track, "Lalala", on the new album.
6th Album: Gift From SG Wannabe (2009)Edit
In 2009, SG Wannabe released Gift From SG Wannabe. They also released another song that has become a famous OST in many dramas titled "운명을 거슬러" ("Fate Reverse")
Former member Chae Dong-ha's suicide and absence from the music sceneEdit
Former member Chae Dong-ha committed suicide on May 27, 2011 after battling with strong depression since his SG Wannabe days.[11] The members announced their hiatus from the music scene to grieve the loss of their former member and good friend.
Solo careersEdit
Lee Seok-hun released his first single 고백(Confession) back in June 2, 2011 a solo album later October 4, 2012 and was actively participating in OSTs before enlisting earlier this year. Kim Jin-ho released his first solo album 오늘(Today) back in February 14, 2013 and his second album 한강애(Han River Love) few months later on July 18. Kim Yong-jun has only participated in OSTs and sang two duets with his longtime former girlfriend actress Hwang Jung-eum.
Return from hiatusEdit
Kim Yong-jun enlisted in the military on 2012[12] and Lee Seok-hun followed suit in 2013[13] while Kim Jin-ho worked on his solo career. In early 2015, after the two were discharged, SG Wannabe signed a contract with CJ E&M and announced the end of their 4-year hiatus.[14] In August 2015, they announced that a new album will come out on August 19 titled THE VOICE.[15]
- SG Wanna Be+ (2004)
- Saldaga (2005)
- The 3rd Masterpiece (2006)
- The Sentimental Chord (2007)
- My Friend (2008)
- Rainbow (2009)
- Gift From SG Wannabe (2009)
- SG Wannabe by SG Wannabe 7 Part.I (2011)
- SG Wannabe by SG Wannabe 7 Part.II (2011)
- The Voice (2015)
Awards and achievementsEdit
- ^ Kbs World
- ^ Artist Description for SG Wannabe Artist Wiki. Retrieved on June 13, 2007.
- ^ Korean Video of The WeekThe Sejong Society Of Washington D.C. Retrieved on June 13, 2007
- ^ SG Wannabe sells 400,000 copies of its album in 2005 KBS GLOBAL. Retrieved on June 13, 2007.
- ^ Lee Yong-sung "Osaka concert features Korean Wave stars" Korea Herald. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 2012-04-10
- ^ "Top 20 Album Sales (May 2007)". Escaping To Another Realm. 2006-07-18. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
- ^ 1월 가요음반 판매량집계
- ^ '생활의 플러스' - 중앙일보, 당신의 생활이 업그레이드됩니다
- ^ SG Wannabe Heading for a Breakup
- ^ Album Information on Yesaisa
- ^ "Former SGWannabe's Chae Dong Ha Commits Suicide". Soompi. 27 May 2011.
- ^ "SG Wannabe's Kim Yong Joon Enlists in Korean Army". Soompi. 17 February 2012.
- ^ "SG Wannabe's Lee Seok Hoon enlists in the army + expects a visit from A Pink". DKpopNews. 23 January 2013.
- ^ "SG Wannabe to Return After Long Hiatus". Seoul Beats. 21 January 2015.
- ^ "SG Wannabe Is Back with 'THE VOICE'". BNTNews. 3 August 2015.
- ^ a b "2006 M.net Korean Music Festival Winners list". MAMA. Retrieved 2014-06-12.
- ^ "Winners from Past Years: 2008". MAMA. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
External linksEdit
- Official Japanese website (in Japanese)


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I am adding a small 1/2 bath in my basement. I am putting 3/4" xps on the block walls then 2x4 frame. I plan on putting batt insulation as well. I am also using dricore pannels as a sub floor.
Question 1. Do I install my XPS first all the way to the slab then put my dricore down (wall built on top of dricore) or do I put my dricore down first then just run the xps to the top of the dricore pannels?
Question 2. I know this type of question gets asked a lot but when I put in batt insulation do I used faced or unfaced? The way I understand it is I would use unfaced because I have xps on the block already.
Thanks for your help.
Can you do more than 3/4" foam? That is almost not worth the time, unless you are seriously crunched for space. No foil, and I'd say no fiberglass. Use Roxul instead, or more foam and less wood framing (unless structurally necessary). Air seal; tape the foam, air seal the inner sheathing. I'd run the foam to the floor, to break the thermal bridge the Dricore would be making. That is my take on the deal, anyway.
Yes I am very tight on space. I need to use 2x4 wall to run plumbing otherwise I would use thicker xps and firr the wall. I was going to use 1/2" but after reading most people using 1+" I thought that 3/4 would be a happy medium.
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Besides the fact that this dress is one of my MOST favorite colors! This dress is to die for! A simple shape perfect for endless ideas of accessories! And shoes! Oh! the shoes that would go with this dress, again the possibilities are endless! A perfectly, simple chic dress is a to-die-for color that will look fabulous on me in the Spring/Summer!


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Martin Sebor wrote: >Travis Vitek wrote: >[...] >>> Right. That could be another wrinkle. Our traits won't >>> work with generic code that takes integral_constant<T, V> >>> by reference. >> >> I don't really see the motivation, but it is obvious that >> the committee thought it was important for the standard >> traits to do so, so we should probably follow suit in our >> internal implementation. Can you think of a reason why this 'feature' would be important? >> >> If we did decide to do this then we would probably want our own write >> __rw_integral_constant and use that internally to avoid namespace >> pollution? Then I'd assume we'd want something like the following >> example for is_const... > >Yes, I think this is close to what we want. The only thing that bugs >me about it is... > >> >> template <class T, T v> >> struct __rw_integral_constant >> { >> static const T value = v; >> typedef T value_type; >> typedef integral_constant<T,v> type; > >...this backward dependency on integral_constant, but I don't see how >to break it without template typedefs. I don't think there's a compiler >out there that supports them yet. Actually, this was originally a typo on my part, but I do see where this is going. I haven't read about template typedefs, but it seems that there would be a serious problem caused by the cyclic dependency. >> }; >>> I hadn't thought too deeply about how the traits could be >>> used, but I have used traits outside of enable_if. I think >>> its should be easy to contrive code that wouldn't work with >>> our approach. Let me try: >>> >>> // transforms T if it satisfies Property<T> >>> // by applying Transformer<T>, otherwise leaves >>> // T unchanged: >>> >>> template <class T, >>> template <class> Property, >>> template <class> Transformer> >>> struct TransformIf; >> >> Yes, if we go with the above approach then this problem just >> disappears for any trait inheriting from __rw_integral_constant. >> For the other types I can just expose the names that the standard >> defines. >> >> I'm okay with that if you think that the motivation is there. > >I'm not sure the contrived example I gave qualifies as a motivating >use case but it is a use case nonetheless. That said, I don't think >consistency with other uglified names is a compelling enough reason >for us to dismiss even this contrived use case. > I'm starting to think that the above example is not motivating at all. There is no reason that any of our library code would ever need to use the public types because those types are just alternate names for the internal implmentation types. If we are writing code to be used in other parts of our implementation, then we would always use the internal _C_ names. >Martin >
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I have an update from Judz Dwedd tonight.
He has an order he's Finishing up tonight that is supposed ot be going to Minnesota.
He also has some of the parts made for two European orders and is hoping to have them finished and shipped before Christmas.
I think these are the last three orders he has.
Hey Jun Garros - Have you heard from Anthrock - He was supposed to be the one to help Judz with the project...pretty bad helper...
I'm glad you were able to help out - if you hadn't, I'm sure Judz would never had come through...
I believe he would have.
Judz Dwedd in the past has had a good selling record here.
His last order and this set have been lackluster because of slow delivery but he has always delivered the product to the customer.
Antrock wasn't supposed to help him in terms of making the parts with JD at his shop. Antrock helped JD out years ago and JD let him make his own molds from JD's originals. Antrock re appeared only to help once again to take up some of extra orders if people wanted more parts. He did not recieve any orders so he closed the list.
That is what i was told by JD and i am sorry for apparently posting wrong about Antrock's involvement as a helper.
Maybe he can take all the bad pulls, put them together and do a charity raffle here.
Stress cracks are fairly easy to fix for most people.
It would spread some good will, and maybe help his reputation.
Maybe put them in the Karma Thread Pool.
Just thinking out loud. Only because if say FP had a stress cracked helmet, that broke his heart, I know I would have taken it to make him feel better
Seriously though, Jun, you really helped him out. If you hadnt kept communication going, people may or may not have received the items, but with no damage control, things still would have spiraled out of control.
Cheers from Kzoo MI,
I've known JD for a few years now and have been to his house many times. I find him to be a honest and upright person from what I know of him and feel that this has just been an unfortunate turn of events.
In working with him with Gelcoat and fiberglass, I know it takes time and patience to get these parts done. and he has a LOT of experience and does quality work.
So I guess all I can say is patience is the key and you'll get quality stuff. I bet he just got swamped with more orders that he thought he'd get.
Below are pics taken of my just arrived JD armor. I find them to be very clean pulls of high quality, inside and out. Although the items took several months to arrive, I am very happy with my purchase. I would caution anyone who is looking for armor pieces quickly, to find a set for sale in the Cargo Hold. If you find that you have the time to wait, feel free to jump in on a "run" as it probably will take some time.
137 days later, my order arrived.
Mucho thanks to Jun Garros Fett, without whom this I am sure would have taken much longer.
As far as the product, I am happy with everything except the chest armor, not such a clean pull, a few large chunks on an otherwise smooth plate. Hopefully these can be sanded down and smoothed out.
Again, thank you Brian for the time you have actually spent dealing with this issue. I hope JD buys you a round or twenty for the work you put in helping him deal with this.
so is there any way to get a set from JD?
Presently he is finishing up the last order and does not plan on making any more for quite a while.
If he does make any armor later on it will be in limited quantities and made before he offers it for sale. If he is still a TDH member after this that is.
I am glad i could be of some help in this matter.
I know what it's like to have to wait months for stuff like this and i hate it too.
Thank you to everybody for having some patientce in this matter.
That comes from me and JD.
I've been gone for a lil while and looky what people without patience are saying about one of the most honest and hard working friends I have had the fortune of knowing for over 15 years now. JD,in my opinion, is the greatest engineer of fiber glass costumes I have ever seen. His work rivals that of studio work. Actors is the biz have worn and seen his work first hand at cons and have all marveled at his craftsmanship. I am extremely grateful for everything that he has ever helped me create...In 15 years that has been a lot of fun stuff...If you only knew...lol
I never stated I was helping JD with the runs he took on...I offered to take more orders of MY OWN to help out with the ones who missed his dead line. I have my own molds of exactly the same armor. I used to make Boba and variant helmets for people a while back. I opened my doors for a month and no one was serious...so I closed shop on that and I gotta say I am glad I did not take any offers with the way some people around here throw out comments and pre judge good folk.
I saw the orders he got...and there were a few...I saw the work he did and know first hand how long it takes. Loren and I are perfectionists and we take pride in our work....so it takes longer than running quick ****...Pardon the language...We also have lives outside of fantasy land here. Loren is married...was between jobs...remodeled his house before winter and is expecting his first born soon...To do all that and fill runs for you is amazing in my eye's. I couldn't have done everything he has this summer...I give the guy credit for ALL that he has done for this forum and I don't blame him if he never sells another piece of his work.
To All the good people who trusted Loren and had patience...I Thank You...All who gave him **** and froze up his Pay Pal account for no reason than lack of patience...Well...be happy cause you got the last run of what is "The Best" Jango armor in the WORLD...lol
Can't wait to get started on the Cyber Man costume next...Star Wars is old news anyways...."The Doctor" is the future of Sci-Fi now...Fantastic!!
Sorry to say, but I believe that you and JD were in the wrong here. What happened to you "taking over" his little armour business? Even if taking over wasnt your intention, why is it you havent heard about this problem before now? I believe that JD does have contact with you, and if you have an extra set of molds, perhaps those could have been used to speed up production.
First I would like to bring up your little comment, people without patience, those impatient people have been waiting more or less four months for their armour and have had absolutely no contact with the maker. As of now, I dont consider JD to be an honest seller and he is blacklisted in my mind from ever purchasing from, if I spend money, I want to know whats going on with it. I also believe it was a great thing that his PayPal account was frozen, did he even dispute with PayPal? PayPal obviously thought he was in the wrong, and so does everyone else here on the board, buyer or not.
I truly understand that we have lives outside of our costuming hobby, but I believe that checking ones e-mail is something that a normal person does several times a day. If one doesnt answer repeated e-mails dealing with this matter, that isnt the problem of the buyer, its the sellers problem. Also, if the one who started the run doesnt have the time or resources to start a run, it should never have been started.
If I were a buyer here and had to deal with the thought that I may not get my product or money back over the course of 3-5 months, and not having any contact with the seller, I wouldnt feel comfortable wearing it.
If JD would have been on the forums communicating with the members, he wouldnt have any problems. People here are understanding, but if one starts to ignore them, there will be a problem with the membership and administration.
Yep, I completly agree, Andy!
All people wanted was communication from Judz...and there was none from him.
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I opened my doors for one month....No One wanted anything....I closed doors. What part of that don't you get?
I NEVER stated I was working with him to complete orders he took...
I relayed messages to Loren about impatience on the board...he forewarned people he got a lot of orders and it might take a while...Nuff said , you'd think...but...NOT. Then all this...I gotta laugh... All I can say is ONE word to the people of this forum..."RESEARCH"
I stand by my friend...and the rest of you....do some research about the quality and reputation of the person you are doing business with. Show me one person who got ripped off by him...show me one person who was unhappy with his work...ask around...ask how many people he helped for nothing but being a friend.
How many of you donated anything to this forum??? Any time...money...or just helped with anything on this forum??? Besides putting your two cents worth in to threads like this...
The day Loren gets banned from the DH is a sad day in deed.
Let it be people...
And don't worry...
I WON'T be doing any runs in the future either.
Has everybody who has paid for armor got their parts yet?
JD is finishing up the last two orders for a couple of European customers then that should be it.
All of JDs orders have now been shipped.
Well, I've got my connection again, and have come here to face the music. I realize that I seriously let some members down by the delays. For that, I am extremely sorry. I won't even bother to explain the reasons, because after reading this thread, I see that people have already reached their own conclusions. For those involved, I'm willing to do whatever is reasonable to make it up to you. Let me know, and I'll do what I can. For the two foriegn members, I covered the airmail shipping costs. Hopefully that is sufficient compensation for your patience in this matter.
Regarding quality issues, there seems to be only one.
Finally, regarding my thoughts on the comments in this thread. Maybe I deserved to be kicked for these unfortunate delays, or maybe not. I will not say. I'm biting my tongue, and keeping all comments to myself.
Almost forgot....A very special thanks to my friend Brian up in the U.P. without his help in communicating, I'm certian this thread would've continued to get more heated, as people waited for theit items.
Even though I wasn't involved in this, I must say that after having followed this thread, and now reading what you've posted JD I have to say that I admire you for wanting to put an end to things, and to make what ever amends you can.
To me, just the fact that you're here posting, and are not trying to deny that it took so long, redeems you in my eyes.
Anyone who is willing to step up and face the firing squad ( without firing back I might add ), is most decidedly the better man because of it.
In the end, I don't think that it really matters what any of the reasons were, just that you came here and said that you're sorry is a HUGE step in the right direction.
My helmet is off to you JD. Hopefully we've all learned something here, and will all come out the better because of it.
Regarding your status here, I don't think it should be an issue personally. Yes, there was a very large delay but product was finally delivered.
I do think it could have been handled better, like I have stated here before - a simple 'hey things are busy with real life, but I have not forgotten about you' message would have gone a LONG way. Just my .02


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Best way to attach table top to this dresser (w/ pic)
My wife and I recently moved into a new apartment in Boston. Our place, in particular our kitchen, isn't very big. Since we like to cook we have a large assortment of kitchen stuff, but the new kitchen doesn't have enough cabinet space to hold everything. Our solution was to buy a dresser at IKEA, and then take the table top from our old IKEA table and put it ontop. This gives us a bar-height table to eat on with tons of storage to help alleviate our storage problem. You can see our setup in the photo here: http://i45.tinypic.com/4ktoxw.jpg .
Currently that tabletop is not secured to the dresser, although it needs to be. I was curious if anyone had a good solution for how we should attach it. Of course, one could just nail something from the top or the bottom, could attach brackets on the back side where it overhangs, etc. Browsing Home Depot there are SOOO many aisles of ways to attach things that I figured that there probably exists some perfect solution that is better than I could dream up and maybe you have an idea?
We appreciate any suggestions you might give!
Edit: Once attached, we plan on pulling it back from the wall and putting stools on the backside (where the drawers are not) so that people can sit on stools on 3 sides of the table, having a slight overhang where they can put their legs.
That's just 3/4" thick partical board, not a great idea to use it for what you intend. It's going to curl.
A couple of differant ways to do it would be to glue it to a piece of 3/4" plywood and trim out the edges.
Or you could try using some corbels to give it some support.
Really should have used whats called a bar top. It's thicker and has rounded edges.
Some constrution adhesive on the top of the cabinet and some special screws made for partical board screwed in from inside the cabinet will hold it in place.
Thanks Joe. I appreciate the suggestions. Yes, we do realize this is just cheap particle board from IKEA and so this will not last a long time. My wife and I are just doing postdocs in the area and so will probably move again in 2-3 years time so we were more interested in getting something that would work for while we were here and then invest in better, more permanent, solutions once we were going to be relatively settled in where we were going to live.
I didn't even realize there were special particle board screws ( :blush: ), so this is all useful information.
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The Red Sox, in the offseason, signed Stephen Drew to a one-year deal worth $9.5 million, hoping that he would live up to his contract. So far, it does not look good.
Drew has been injured since March 7th due to a concussion, and it's looking less likely that he will be ready to play on Opening Day. When the Sox signed Drew, I was disappointed at the amount of money they signed him for. Since Drew was overpaid, he had to be starting shortstop because of the money the Sox gave him.
But, I was also disappointed because it meant Pedro Ciriaco would not be starting. Given that Drew will not be ready, this is the perfect time for Ciriaco to prove of why he is the best option at shortstop and that there was no need for the Sox to sign Drew.
Playing in 76 games last season for the Sox, Ciriaco finished with a .293 avg with 2 home runs, 19 RBIs and 16 stolen bases. During the 2nd half of the 2012 season, Ciriaco was the best of the worst, without a doubt. Out of 256 at bats last season, he only struck out 16 times. Having a terrific 2nd half of the season, Ciriaco did enough to show he deserves to be the starting shortstop. As for today, Ciriaco has been sidelined with back spasms but should be ready by Opening Day.
Since 2010, Drew's at bats have declined from 151 down to 40 at bats in 2012. Drew has been injury prone and hasn't been able to stay on the field. Drew starting the season on the DL is not surprising. Drew had complications with his ankle, but with a recent concussion being added to the list, the ten million dollars could be going down the drain.
If Ciriaco put up fantastic numbers with only playing 76 games last season, I would be curious of his performance when playing a full season. Ciriaco's average may dip a bit, but I see him still contributing to the lineup and giving the team some versatility on the base paths.
Tags: pedro ciriaco, Stephen Drew
I really agree. I can't believe they talked about sending him to the minors. Maybe he does not have the strongest arm but he works hard and plays with class. I agree that our Cuban friend is really snazzy defensively and has had a better spring with the bat but my bet is that we will see Pedro at short a lot this year.


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Then she used a pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter to dig in the mixture. She said "pumpkin" for the very first time! She pronounced it as "pumpkey," which melted my heart.
We talked about the colors black and orange that were in the bin. We also used the gourds to talk about texture.


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DEBKAfile Special Report June 30, 2012
Aviation Week reports: "Evidence is mounting that the US defense community and the Obama administration view 2013 as the likely window for a bombing attack on Iran's nuclear and missile facilities." The chaos of the Syrian government's fall could be used "to disguise such an attack," the journal suggests. "The tools…are all operational." Friday night, top US and Russian diplomats failed to bridge differences on Syria ahead of a UN-sponsored Action Group parley in Geneva. Military preparations are building up for an attack on Syria.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 28, 2012
debkafile, citing Western intelligence sources, reports Thursday, June 28, that the Republican Guard battalion commander charged with the Syrian president's security has kept Bashar Assad and his family shut away in his palace in what they call "partial siege" since last week. This officer decides whether they can come or go. It is not clear to whom he defers. ""Inside the palace, Assad and his family have become fearful enough to import tasters to check all the food and drink served them," the sources say.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 26, 2012
Unconfirmed first reports from British, French and Turkish sources say British special forces crossed from Turkey into northern Syria Tuesday, May 26, advancing up to 10 kilometers inside the country. Those sources also report heavy fighting around the Republican Guards compound guarding Bashar Assad's palace on Mount Qaisoun overlooking Damascus. This two-pronged assault on the Assad regime, if confirmed, began at the end of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Israel. It challenges his repeated objections to foreign intervention.
DEBKAfile Special Report June 21, 2012
Syrian President Bashar Assad Thursday night, June 21, ordered his entire Air Force fleet of fighter bombers grounded to guard against more defections. Syrian officials are sure that the defection of Col. Hasan Merhi al-Hamadeh, who flew to Jordan aboard a MiG-21, was set up by the CIA - with more to come, to show the Syrian people and Arab world that even the Syrian air force, the part of the armed forces most loyal to Assad, was in fact slipping away from him.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 21, 2012
The US has confirmed the supply of weapons to the Syrian rebels and the presence of CIA officers controlling the flow from Turkey. However plans for persuading Bashar Assad to quit run hard up against his gains on the battlefield where the rebels, despite broad backing, are losing ground.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 15, 2012
Russia is not averse to Bashar Assad's exile from Damascus to his retreat in the Alawite Mountains because his army would move west with him and the new coastal enclave would secuire secure Russia's Tartus and Latakia naval and marine bases (see attached map).
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 11, 2012
The US President Barack Obama has ordered the US Navy and Air Force to accelerate preparations for a limited air offensive against the Assad regime and the imposition of no-fly zones over Syria - depending on Moscow's reaction.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 8, 2012
A new contact group, a Syrian military council for provisional rule under the group's orders, and Russian-Iranian moves to make Assad step down – these are the key points of Obama's plan for Syria, part of his grand design that also embraces Iran and its nuclear program.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 3, 2012
As Syrian ruler Bashar Assad stood before parliament in Damascus Sunday, June 3, declaring, "Not even monsters could have carried out the Houla massacre," rebels attacked a Syrian Air Force base east of the southern town of Deraa opposite the Israeli Golan border – their first such attack in the 14-month uprising, debkafile's military sources report. Several rebel teams firing mortars set fire to fighter aircraft and assault helicopters in their hangars at the As Suwayda air base and ripped up runways.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 1, 2012
Obama focuses on obtaining Vladmir Putin's consent to deploying 5,000 largely Russian monitors in Syria in order to gain a partner also for his Iran nuclear diplomacy. HIzballah risks being cut off from its heavy weapons arsenal hidden in Syria.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 30, 2012
US President Obama recently vetoed a detailed Franco-Saudi plan for ending President Bashar Assad's rule by means of a massive air strike against his palace that would wipe him, his family and top leadership circle out, debkafile reports. French warplanes from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier off Syria and Saudi and United Arab Emirates bombers flying in through Jordan would devastate the palace atop Mount Qassioun northeast of Damascus. The US was asked to pitch in by disrupting Syrian air defenses.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 29, 2012
Vladimir Putin, after taking stock of the early days of his third presidency, concludes that Moscow's handling of the al-Houla massacre and Syria's ongoing collapse into civil war will go down as a Russian foreign policy failure. He personally comes out of it as the patron of a bloodthirsty tyrant. He has quietly ordered the Russian arms ship Professor Katsman to leave the Syrian port before unloading its cargo. Putin is now taxed with determining his next steps on Syria.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis May 27, 2012
The Iranian nuclear impasse and the Syrian civil war are more tightly interlinked than ever by President Barack Obama's decision to cooperate with Moscow for solutions of both - a partnership that promises the eventual three-way carving-up of Middle East influence. The six-month break Israel allowed Obama for diplomatic solutions before exercising its military option, gives Tehran the freedom to defy the six powers in nuclear negotiations and ties US hands against Bashar Assad's atrocities. Obama's diplomatic path is already cluttered with obstacles.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 24, 2012
Nasrallah finds his Hizballah is growing increasingly unpopular at home for aiding and supporting Bashar Assad against the Syrian uprising. He is losing allies right and left and up against the choice between defying his masters in Tehran and losing face at home.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 22, 2012
Syrian rebels have received their first "third generation" anti-tank weapons, 9K115-2 Metis-M and Kornet E, debkafile reports. They are supplied by Saudi and Qatari intelligence agencies following a secret message from President Barack Obama upping the military stake in the effort to oust Assad. It is hoped that the sight of blazing tanks will undermine morale in the Syrian army and regime. Ankara was also advised to start providing Syrian rebels with IEDs for roadside bombing of government vehicles.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 18, 2012
US reservists are put on standby for transfer to the Middle East at 36 hours notice as the Obama administration gets set for a potential midsummer war if Iran stalls on a nuclear accord or fails to deliver on its commitments – or Israel goes to war on the Islamic Republic.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 14, 2012
Bashar Assad has stepped in directly to halt the covert war his Western and Arab foes are waging against his regime through Lebanon. debkafile's military sources disclose he is now sending Lebanese army commanders direct orders for cutting arms, money, fighters and medical supplies to the rebels, especially in Homs. Last week, Lebanese Chief of Staff Gen. Jean Kahwagi was given a crude ultimatum: Take care of the Syrian rebels' backers in Tripoli, or else the Syrian army will enter Lebanon and do the job.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 11, 2012
Foreign intervention in Syria is expanding, hemming the Assad regime in with escalating bombing attacks, rebels armed with heavy weapons or a 17-nation special forces "exercise" across the border in Jordan. How will his backers in Tehran and Moscow react?
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 22, 2012
Beijing has distanced itself from the Assad regime, according to a secret exchange of messages with the Obama administration, revealed here exclusively by debkafile. China will no longer be a problem for America in dealing with Assad. That leaves only Russia, said the last message. Washington counts this change as a return on its nuclear appeasement of Tehran. The Chinese decided to accommodate US policy on Syria now that the loosening of the embargo on Iranian oil is in sight. Assad has started selling off gold reserves in Dubai.
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report April 15, 2012
Announcing he is not responsible for the UN observers, President Bashar Assad has set in motion steps for prolonging his war on the Syrian people. For essential funding, debkafile discloses, he has offered Moscow and Beijing $30 billion worth of government bonds to replenish his depleted war chest. And at the UN Security Council, while Russia's Vitaly Churkin voted for a UN observer team to secure the erratic Syrian ceasefire, Moscow quietly sent warships to Syrian shores to secure the Assad regime.


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For more than thirty years, Patience Gray—author of the celebrated cookbook Honey from a Weed—lived in a remote area of Puglia in southernmost Italy. She lived without electricity, modern plumbing, or a telephone, grew much of her own food, and gathered and ate wild plants alongside her neighbors in this economically impoverished region. She was fond of saying that she wrote only for herself and her friends, yet her growing reputation brought a steady stream of international visitors to her door. This simple and isolated life she chose for herself may help explain her relative obscurity when compared to the other great food writers of her time: M. F. K. Fisher, Elizabeth David, and Julia Child.
So it is not surprising that when Gray died in 2005, the BBC described her as an "almost forgotten culinary star." Yet her influence, particularly among chefs and other food writers, has had a lasting and profound effect on the way we view and celebrate good food and regional cuisines. Gray's prescience was unrivaled: She wrote about what today we would call the Slow Food movement—from foraging to eating locally—long before it became part of the cultural mainstream. Imagine if Michael Pollan or Barbara Kingsolver had spent several decades living among Italian, Greek, and Catalan peasants, recording their recipes and the significance of food and food gathering to their way of life.
In Fasting and Feasting, biographer Adam Federman tells the remarkable—and until now untold—life story of Patience Gray: from her privileged and intellectual upbringing in England, to her trials as a single mother during World War II, to her career working as a designer, editor, translator, and author, and describing her travels and culinary adventures in later years. A fascinating and spirited woman, Patience Gray was very much a part of her times but very clearly ahead of them.
"[There are] food people whom you tend to 'believe' rather than simply admire. In this . . . noble lineage is Patience Gray, a wandering Bruce Chatwin of food."—Jim Harrison, author
"Patience was a woman of strong emotions and opinions, her prose muscular and full of character. So, too, was her cookery."—Tom Jaine, The Guardian
"Like M.F.K. Fisher, Patience Gray was one of the earliest writers to realize that you could write as well about cooking as you could about art and music . . . . [A] remarkable woman."—William Boyd, author
"[She] gives you that nice sense of being present and alongside her, visiting these places like Tuscany and Catalonia, and cooking with her."—April Bloomfield, chef, on Honey From a Weed
"Remarkably ahead of its time, Honey From a Weed is scrupulous in its knowledge of local and seasonal cooking. . . . A book that encourages taking the time to read quietly, passages that inspire and inform equally of a life and foods quite unique, far removed from the urgencies and furies of modern life."—Jeremy Lee, The Guardian
"(Patience Gray) emerges from this life as an utterly original spirit who was one of the few to rebel against the change in direction that eating had taken in modern times."—Bee Wilson, The Sunday Times
'Honey from a Weed has been a constant companion for many years. It is a brilliant work, ahead of its time in so many ways. To now read the story of this fine book's author and her remarkable life is a great joy.'—Jeremy Lee, chef patron, Quo Vadis
'Patience Gray was a cultural outrider. Her life encompassed many thoughts and actions that preoccupy us today: single motherhood, passion gratified, an appreciation of the wider European scene, simplicity and self-sufficiency, food and cookery as an expression of place and identity, existence infused by art and taste. Yet she never quite banished the bourgeois within her. These contradictions, and her distinctive and distinguished contributions to the modern scene, are gracefully described in this sensitive and revealing biography.'—Tom Jaine, editor, Petits Propos Culinaires
'A revelatory book about an extraordinary woman, writer, and cook. Patience Gray's rackety life seems to conform perfectly with her visionary and revolutionary views about food, cooking, and eating. She should become a totemic culinary figure for our times.'—William Boyd, author of Sweet Caress and Any Human Heart
'Patience Gray's Honey from a Weed is an anomaly in the world of cookbooks—an inimitable, passionate, and reader-challenging account of her off-the-grid life in poverty-stricken rural areas of Catalonia, Tuscany, the Cyclades, and, most importantly, Apulia.
'Part acerbic diarist, part gifted ethnobotanist, part fervent environmentalist, part food writer whose recipes still spoke their rustic dialect, Patience Gray wove her life, thoughts, and experiences into an indisputable masterpiece. Now, in Adam Federman, she has found her biographer—astute, empathetic, indefatigable in pursuit of the painterly details that he then deftly works into a portrait of an amazing original—and the remarkable company she kept.'—John Thorne, author of Outlaw Cook and Serious Pig
'Fans of Honey from a Weed are sure to devour this highly readable biography of Patience Gray, which reveals not only the inspirations and experiences behind that cult book but also the life and times of the fiercely independent woman who wrote it. Adam Federman's carefully researched book lucidly describes the intellectual and emotional development of a woman who made her own rules both in work and love.'—Jojo Tulloh, author of East End Paradise and The Modern Peasant
'I felt I almost met Patience Gray amongst the pages of Honey from a Weed and was consumed by a desire to gain her acquaintance. I never did but somehow fancy I came to know her in Fasting and Feasting and love her all the better for it."—Jacob Kenedy, chef-owner, Bocca di Lupo


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Had my first wounding the other day. I won't say I killed the guy because I'm sympathetic for him that his parents must have been cousins before they married.
I'm sitting at a stoplight and this biga$$ Ford truck with a V10 pulls up next to me. I look in my driver's side mirror and notice he is pulling a 12ish foot trailer with some riding lawn mowers on it.
The light turns green and this bozo takes off like a raped ape. I mean he had to have his foot to the floor. I'm sure if I had been looking over at before the light changed Billy Bob and Jim Bob would have been pointing at my hood scoop and laughing and making disparaging marks about the ethnicity of my vehicle.
Anyway....back to the story. Needless to say I tromped on it and had him by a car length by the time I spazzed out and hit the rev limiter in 1st. Shifted into second and then slowed down to let him pass me so I could give him my "wtf" look while I laughed histerically.
The clowns in this town crack me up!