My car’s power steering started groaning the other day, which is the classic sign that the power steering fluid is low. So, I stopped by Napa and picked up a small container of Power Steering Fluid.
BMW, in their infinite wisdom, positioned the E36’s power steering fluid reservoir under the engine. This means that, to [...]
There’s been quite a run on guns and ammo recently. Just this weekend, I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some Winchester whitebox ammo (9mm and .45), and they were completely sold out of all common calibers! Hope and Change!
Apparently, the Hope and Change has even reached the Civilian Marksmanship Program:
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…that to the Cal Poly Band, 820 has a special meaning.
That is all.
From the UNR road trip, 1998:
We don’t blow.
We know how to use our sticks.
It’s good to be right… always.
We don’t lick our wood or tongue our holes.
We have good hands.
It’s all about tempo control.
We like it loud, fast, and hard.
We can perform without lube.
We get head daily.
Our sticks come in pairs.
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Step 1: park your 1993 BMW in a snow bank.
Step 2: allow snowfall to accumulate for approx. 1.5 weeks.
Step 3: when ambient temperature is 15°F, brush snow off car. Observe the quarter-inch coating of ice under the snow.
Step 4: observe how the quarter-inch coating of ice laughs at your ice scraper.
Step 5a: the best way [...]
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I saw this somewhat amusing story today:
ALEXANDRIA, La. – An Alexandria man was recovering after accidentally shooting himself while showing his girlfriend how to handle a pistol on Saturday in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.
Police said the 21-year-old man told investigators he forgot he had just reloaded the gun, and squeezed the trigger [...]
People have called my motorcycle a “killer donorcycle”, but can’t imagine getting seriously hurt on a scooter. Here’s a news flash: A scooter IS a motorcycle. Sure, it’s slower, cuter, and has an automatic transmission with no clutch, but it is a motorcycle. That means that the scooterist has all the same safety considerations and [...]
I stopped by the local BMW dealer to take a look at the new 1 Series yesterday. (Yes, I fit! I don’t think I can bring myself to pay $35k for one though.) I was also curious about any certified pre-owned E46s on the lot (since that’s about the only BMW I’d actually buy at [...]
Rachel Lucas mentions an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that trots out all the typical gun-grabber baloney. This drew a most excellent fisking from one of her regular commentators:
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That 1 firearm owner in 10,000 will commit an act of violence in his or her lifetime, and this is far more frightening [...]
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I recently acquired a used Sigma SD10 and several lenses. This is exciting, as I can now get into “serious” photography with a digital camera. My Sony DSC-W1 is a great little digital camera, but like any point-and-shoot, it doesn’t offer the control that a good SLR does. I do own an SLR, a Minolta [...]