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AUinHsv

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  1. AUinHsv

    Tool Talk

    I'll go retro - proud to have my 40 year old Craftsman sockets and wrenches. Still trying to recover my Dad's 60 year old stuff from brothers garage. No cheap stuff here
  2. Considering how much money is going to come in with new TV contracts and gambling - that contract might turn out to be a little low in 3 years
  3. Actually I guess I should pos rep to balance it out. Not to threadjack but I have run into the same body shape/type wearing Alabama gear who felt compelled to comment to me.
  4. Used one to ship the MGA to Michigan. A few thoughts 1. Covered is much better than non 2. Drivers were fine - scheduler not so much. I know they have to make a profit but every time they confirmed a pickup or dropoff time then the scheduler found another job "nearby" and since those trucks hold multiple vehicles - off they went. Take any confirmed time as an estimate at best and plan accordingly. Delivery early in the morning was after 5 in afternoon.
  5. I am going to throw this out and then duck and cover. I know Texas was number 2 and undefeated but, based on what happened in the Orange Bowl, does anyone have doubts that Texas would have been MNC if they had won. The entire media circus was devoted to pushing Nebraska/Miami as the MNC game and they jumped to number 1 from around 6 after winning. I could see an undefeated Texas suffering the same jump. Not going to say it was absolute but the possibility exists since the NBC media machine spent an entire month convincing writers that the Orange Bowl was it. And I'm still mad about that season. Auburn lost to Texas and played something like 6 teams in top 10 while Miami lost badly to Florida. At number 3 we had a better case for being MNC than anyone else that year after 1 and 2 lost. Nebraska was nothing but hype since they opened with a huge win over Penn State (defending MNC) and played no one else.
  6. Actually found one on ebay. 600 bucks - unfortunately it is in Italy so pass....
  7. well crap.. Just got email from shop working on my 1962 MGA. The head is toast - cracked/repaired and cracked again. Not that I really want matching components but they only made that engine for one year and it had a special head. Otherwise known as unobtainium. Good news is you can modify an early MGB head to replace it but still wanted original.
  8. Back in the 80's my Dad knew someone who had 2-3 boats and 4-5 cars stashed all around Huntsville. Always wonder what happened to all of them
  9. Correct - and I think that was why he rarely wore the Daytona
  10. Actually read an article that made more sense. It was not unworn. He bought it fro scuba diving and never used it for that but did wear it some. Still probably the best example of a slightly used Daytona
  11. fake an injury and take body bag back.. actually I have been in body bag - not as much fun as it looks Edit - never mind. Further reading says lift was going up before down.
  12. Obligatory reposting of first gen SAA. I have posted before on other forum. still haven't had it worked on though
  13. saw a special the other night on making that one. Lot's of interesting stuff - filming all night etc. Plus for part of the chase they needed special permits since the race car is not street legal. still liked BMW's "The Hire" better
  14. Read about that on Rlex forum. Very glad they were honest and no one tried to lowball him out of it. Very odd story though - unworn
  15. Rockford Files and Angel Martin
  16. or give them an old HP calculator with Reverse Polish Notation and watch them fumble away with no "=" key. And before someone yells - RPN is actually what it is called
  17. Eastwood in Pale Rider - at the end where he goes one against the entire posse.
  18. Both my ER trips were at BC. Going down Hill of Life the front wheel stuck and I flew like Superman. Landed groin first on a pointed rock. Had some really interesting colors for a week (no pics).
  19. Crap - he was a tremendous passer in the SEC 3 yards and dust era. Looking at some old video (which is really hard to find since a lot of games were on radio and the teams didn't keep a lot of old video) - he would have been very good in a RPO offense in today's game. No idea on the cause but he battled throat or mouth cancer a few years ago. Loved the old mesh jersies - pretty sure they were banned because they tore away when grabbed
  20. Is this just a tee it up anywhere arrangement ? Sure don't see any tee markers
  21. You can usually find it locally at boat shops.
  22. Kinda surprised no one on TV or radio mentioned this - but it has been 50 years. Juan Marichal hit two Dodgers as a pitcher and then while at bat turned and started hitting the Dodger catcher - John Roseboro over the head with his bat. One of the few things I could think of that was close - using a weapon during a game. Poor quality but there wasn't a lot of video back then
  23. https://www.historynet.com/second-naval-battle-of-guadalcanal-turning-point-in-the-pacific-war.htm Found this link on another football forum. The second naval battle pretty much decided tat the US would win Guadalcanal. It wasn't mentioned but Lee was absolutely the right man to be in charge of gunnery. Before Mark Spitz won 7 Olympic gold medals the record was 5 by Lee - all in shooting. He then specialized in gunnery in the Navy. He viewed the 16 inch guns on a battleship as part of a "gunfight" with other ships. It's a little dramatic - one ship versus a lot of others but still a good read on how the Washington carried the fight. I think Lee's message to the PT boats that couldn't identify him was "This is Lee, stand aside and I am coming thru". The challenge then was what was written in the article.
  24. No sub for grass. Before I moved I used Avery Ranch range. They went to turf mats for about a month for some maintenance. Man could I hit very good iron shots of the mat versus real grass. If you hit a little behind the mat just let you "bounce" into the ball perfectly where grass would just grab the club sole.
  25. No argument that he was faked out. However any US Admiral would have considered the carrier fleet a main target. The issue I have with this is the lack of common sense by both Halsey and Kincaid. As background the battleship force had been attacked the day before. Halsey relied on incorrect reports from his pilots that it was decimated. In reality it made a U turn and looked like it was retiring and then made another U turn and came back. Kincaid was generally responsible for searching since he had responsibility for the landings. His search efforts did not figure out the second U turn. Halsey or probably his staff didn't examine the pilot's reports very well to determine how much was left of the fleet or search themselves. Even Halsey said that a split command where cooperation replaces orders is a disaster. Halsey and Kincaid were trying to figure out what each would do by eavesdropping on their radio messages instead of talking to each other. My personal opinion, again, is that Halsey's staff deserves a lot of scrutiny here. I would love to see the papers of his Chief of Staff (Adm Carney) but searching doesn't find them. I know Carney had them sealed until at least the early 70's for some reason.
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