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What's a Paris Hilton? She needs to get off the airways and give me her money.

Poor Irwin, he was just trying to demonstrate how evolution works to weed out the pea brains. Pea brains? Uh oh. Though I'm afraid I would much rather Irwin's genes stayed in the pool instead of Jackson's if I had to choose. As for TV shows, I prefer to sit back and relax and watch reruns of Pee Wee Herman. Quite stimulating! Victor.

Maybe an artichoke brain, but shrinking fast and becoming extinct, just like my giblets. Nature tries to be merciful as you become old by whipping some dementia on you to dim the memories of how great it felt to be young and healthy and to make you less aware of the tribulations of old age. Fortunately I have enough brain power left to remember to take my meds, eat, and go fishing! Victor.

In Colorado we also have collector car plates but you have to pay for them every year(I forget how much, but more than I was willing to pay). You just kind of rent them, I guess. My wife and kids and the Z have Pioneer plates(family has to have lived in CO more than 100 years to qualify) for their cars. Victor.

I must not be rich enough(understatement). The first cruise I took with my 240 after I rebuilt it was interrupted when I was stopped by the Colorado patrol for not having a front license plate. I actually didn't know one was required, thought the state was just being generous by giving me two plates. Victor.

Now I know why I am an ugly old methusela pea brain! Victor.

Regarding the 71 motor: My 73 supposedly had a 71 motor swapped in and when I rebuilt the 71 I found that the rods had the smaller 8mm bolts. I believe the 73 engine had the preferred 9mm bolts. Not sure any of what I said is correct(I took the previous owner's word that it was a 71), so maybe someone can clarify the 8mm vs 9mm stuff. Victor.

Sounds like my dad used to be. You couldn't pay him to open the hood. He was terrified of being connected with anything involving manual labor. He thought manual labor would rocket him into poverty. Fortunately he was successful in other areas. I, unfortunately or fortunately, was the opposite and made a living doing mainly manual labor and opening my own hood. Poor old dad could never understand why I didn't want to be a corporate lawyer. I understand now that he only wanted me to have an even better life(from his perspective) than he had. Victor.

I wonder if they just add a little of that STP honey to regular oil to make those "high mileage oils"? Probably some promotional scam as mentioned above.

Man, that's an evil trick! Getting a ticket for trying to get out of an intersection rather than ending up skidding to a stop right in the middle. Someone needs to invent a jammer for those sensors or cover the license plates and go on late night hunting trips to see how many lights you can shoot out. There is a limit to how safe the government needs to make the world for us. Talk about "Big Brother". Wouldn't mind them in school zones though to maybe keep the kiddies a bit safer.

I'll bet the heat stripped the plastic coating off the wheels. I was contemplating using a heat gun to try stripping rather than using liquid stripper, but I'm afraid I might crack or warp the rims. Sadly, this guy had the stripping done for free. Victor.

My doors(73 240z) still have to be slammed to shut them after putting in some door weatherstrip I bought from Victoria British. They seal, but what a pain. Zrush is absolutely right. Good luck, Victor.

Heresay says the more convolutions on your brain, the higher the IQ, so the guy with this brain must be a genius. Victor. :cross-eye

I don't love pedals enough to get down there to look for numbers. I'm no pedalphile. Victor.:sick:

My clock was dead after 20 years of no movement while in storage. I used some spray electrical contact cleaner to clean off the gears and pivot points(tested a bit on the plastic first to make sure I wasn't going to dissolve the housing) without complete disassembly, then used some fine machine oil on tip of a pin to oil all pivot points. Keeps quite accurate time now and has worked for over a year so far. I "like" the heater control panel method better than the glove box. Doesn't really take that long , just have to put up with a little contortionist action to get at the cable ends. If this old arthritic bag of bones can do it, anyone can. Victor.

This kind of vandalism really gets a person's fantasies fired up! Like to give the perpetrator an epoxy colonic. Use his severed head as an antenna tip(don't worry, the air in his head would make his skull light enough to not bend the antenna). Tape his mouth to the exhaust pipe of a nitro dragster. The list goes on.... Victor.:devious: :mad:

Poor little dogs. They look so abused and neglected with their comforters and crib. Only things missing are the down pillows. Victor.

Oh man, my dogs would be hurt, Rick. They're actually bitchin frizzies(Bichon Friese), quite a bit different than poodles(very quiet, non aggressive, good for nothing but being friendly). Really my wife's dogs, but they aren't particular about their friends. Victor.

Here's the beauty!

A kick arse joke! Couldn't help it. Victor.

All right, all right. I actually forgot how to upload a picture: hence, pea brain. Here is the Pea Brain and his caretakers Bubba, Spanky, and Lily.

Cute kids. Looks like they're lovin it! Keep it up. Just 4 more and you have half a world series. Victor.:classic:

I have 3 Minilites for sale. The fourth one fell off the z at night and never could find it. Don't have to worry about these not lighting up if you have enough horsepower. Victor.

I bet these state patrol scammers really layed a thick layer of BS on the legislature to get these cars. Probably told the politicians they needed the all wheel drive to pull cars out of ditches in the winter and they needed the rear wing for safety. Victor.

Have to admit I gave my son a 73 z for his 16th birthday(last year), but when the front wheel fell off one night when he was doing 65 on a curve(an effective reality check for both my son and myself), I decided a car with more safety features and a bit newer would be good. Bright red 2001 Tiburon(appeals to his ricer inclinations, safer, lower power, and low cost.) It also is way more unique looking than the generic Hondas, Nissans, and Toyotas and the 5 year 50,000 mile bumper to bumper waranty(not the 10 year, 100,000mile powertrain) transfers to the new owner. Probably more money than they're willing to spend though. Sounds like she has some good taste in cars, so the reliable generics would probably not satisfy her, unfortunately. Good luck, Victor.