For me its too much talk in gallery threads.. Sometimes I just want to watch what people have made.. Most of the posts are just talk.
Replies to posts that verge on trolling.
General bad manners etc.
You know the sort of thing.......
I wouldn't have done it like that!!!!!
Why buy of Ebay when the parts are so cheap!!
Kevin
General bad manners etc.
You know the sort of thing.......
I wouldn't have done it like that!!!!!
Why buy of Ebay when the parts are so cheap!!
I thouht all motors in the States were automatic?
Kevin
The lack of compassion for newbees! Some folks will take time and advise but it seems if one can't afford $200 drivers..
Oh, well.. You asked..
Oh, well.. You asked..
These days about 95% of all cars sold in the US are indeed automatic. I have owned several manual shift cars.
Earlier in life (the 70's) stick shift cars were more common, and usually cheaper than the same car with an auto trans.
Manual transmissions and clutches were rebuildable by the average backyard mechanic, automatics ran on "black magic" and were only fixable by "trained experts".....until mine broke. Then I learned how to fix them.
My first car was a 1949 Plymouth with worn clutch linkage and bad motor mounts. First gear was not synchronized and after a while I broke second. I wound up rebuilding the entire powertrain and keeping the car for 25+ years.
Most of today's younger US drivers have never driven a stick shift, and wouldn't know how. I must admit that I couldn't handle a friends UK spec Mini. My left hand has never operated a stick shift.
My son - who is French - was really nervous the first time he drove a car in the USA.
"But I don't know how to drive an automatic!" 😉
"But I don't know how to drive an automatic!" 😉
I'm on my second car with a 6 speed manual gearbox, and have had numerous vehicles with 3, 4, and 5 speed manuals. No serious driver wants a slush box, even here.. 😛
Sand. Teen-age drivers.
I had a VW Golf/Cabrio when my 3 sons were in high school, the head of the service department at the dealer was from Germany...and said to me : "You only get 3 new transmissions". (I think his grandson went to the same high school.)
They finally bought the car back from us when the shifter became disengaged from the gear-box.
On forums: Rubbishing posts in threads.
IRL: Car drivers...... Every 5th car that passes me when I'm out cycling either leaves a wake of pot fumes or the drivers on their mobile - or both!
IRL: Car drivers...... Every 5th car that passes me when I'm out cycling either leaves a wake of pot fumes or the drivers on their mobile - or both!
The lack of love for Germanium and Selenium rectifiers.
OH and the lack of cotton covered wire use in vintage restorations and indeed in any new builds.
Cotton covered wire for everyone!
The lack of the use of the color Brown.
The over-use of the color black.
OH and the lack of cotton covered wire use in vintage restorations and indeed in any new builds.
Cotton covered wire for everyone!
The lack of the use of the color Brown.
The over-use of the color black.
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Too much dust accumulated on top of my gear. ...Dusting it simply spread it more around, and next week I'll have to it again; grrrrrrrrrr.
Then start campaigning to get rid of trial-by-jury altogether.
If you are in favour of it then you just will have to suck it up or else you are a hypocrite who incidentally grind my gears. ;-)
Done that 4X in Newark NJ -- Essex County -- there were so many complaints that they brought in an outside vendor to run the cafeteria -- a sandwich costs more than the daily stipend of $5. At least the parking is free.
Newark is mostly murder and drug cases. All the malpractice stuff gets settled.
I've been "dis-empanelled" 3 of the 4 times I've shown up.
CD
Been off work for a month and a half due to my mothers death and selling of her home plus work is slow right now.
Went back to work last week
Now I,m off for this without pay just sitting here waiting to be called for a trial..
Excuse me if I have better things to do without affecting my income 😡
Been off work for a month and a half due to my mothers death and selling of her home plus work is slow right now.
Went back to work last week
Now I,m off for this without pay just sitting here waiting to be called for a trial..
Excuse me if I have better things to do without affecting my income 😡
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