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I have fielded a lot of questions about it, and I have a narrative that is not ghoulish. I didn't film it but I do have some pics of the scene including the EMT's administering aid, that I am not sharing due to identity concerns. Austin and I talked about it in the moment and both agreed showing footage could create problems, imagine logging on to youtube and seeing your kid have a life threatening medical issue out of the blue for starters.

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Many thanks for the complements and also posting the videos here, which I forgot to do. Quick Question for the Group: after y'all watch the day 2 video, do you want the play by play of the woman who almost died next to the car in the Springfield Walmart Parking lot?

Lots of people. Not you because I highly doubt you would be happy with anybody that isn't your "team". From a personal standpoint, I've worked under 4 administrations in the regulatory space, and I have never seen it as much as a clusterfuck as I did under DT. Bush, Obama, Biden - they all appointed competent, knowledgeable, non-partisan people to head up and work in their regulatory and legislative implementation and enforcement agencies. Under Trump, even laws he managed to get passed were fucked from the jump on implementing because the incompetent politically motivated appointments he made didn't know how to manage projects of that scale and caliber. All of my colleagues, regardless of political affiliation, are relieved that in most of the agencies we have to work with the incompetent people are gone and we don't have to deal with examiners writing their own exam manuals while performing the exams and having to file extension upon extension because whomever was in charge of writing the transition period guidelines didn't do it because they didn't know they were supposed to. It's a part of any administration that most lay people don't get to see because most don't work in the compliance arms of heavily regulated industries. Most Americans don't understand that political jobs aren't all posturing and publicity, there are actual administrative and management functions to the job, and let's just face it, DT was fucking terrible at hiring, people management, strategy and organization, and setting policy, and it showed - mostly because his role in the private sector didn't require him to be good at any of those things. I also think Biden happened to do a good job on: - vaccine distribution - getting the department of the interior sorted out - not publicly arguing with the CDC with what mis-information fox news happened to whisper in his ear - systemic racial equality (esp with voting) but something tells me you don't really give a shit about those issues either.

To put this in perspective, At the Fall of Saigon $30 Billion (in 2021 money) in equipment was abandoned in that one day, with estimated 1 trillion abandoned overall (converted to 2021 money). for a war that was fought shy of a decade. WWII surplus left behind was well into the trillions. The amount of Surplus left over after WWII was so large that it literally created the market for the Army/Navy surplus store. Also the cost of military equipment and support has gone up. A P-51 cost the Us government $50,000 in 1944, which is about $762,935 adjusted to 2021. It could be operated out of any level grass field, fixed with a ground crew of two and hand tools in the field, and only required a fuel truck and approx $60,000 (2021) in spare and service parts plus ammo to keep flying. they cost about $300 per hour to operate. A Huey in 1968 cost the government $4,700,000 which is $34,726,500 adjusted. It requires a 3 man service crew with advanced tools, a fuel truck, and could operate out of any field with a fuel truck and a generator. Operating cost is about $835per hour A UH-60L Black Hawk costs the army $21,000,000 and an A29 cost $23,000,000. Both require flightline operations which means they need a fixed base to operate out of, you can't drive a fuel truck out to a grass field and operate out of there long term like a P51 or a Huey. The Blackhawk operational cost is roughly $2500 per hour and the A29 is over $1000 per hour. Overall, the US left 72 aircraft behind in evacuating Afghanistan, less than the several hundred abandoned in WWII or Vietnam. Its not great, but it's not the worst. No high value fighter aircraft were abandoned and most of the assets were rendered inoperable. Most of the assets were available to civilians anyway, so it's not like any really cutting edge tech was lost. When you abandon the aircraft, you abandon the support operations that go with it. The P-51, loses what amounts to a modern day craftsman mechanic's tool set. The UH-60 abandons a several hundred thousand dollar support operation in equipment, that drives up the losses as well. It's not a great look to let that much tech fall into the hands of an enemy combatant, but it's not the hand wringing nightmare that a lot of conservatives make it out to be. Most of the aviation operations for the afgan air force were heavily reliant on us contractors and crews, yeah we trained them to fly the birds but not many learned how to fix them or have access to parts. Maybe they can keep what operational ones they have going off salvage but for how long? enough to be a threat in the region? not likely.

well it took about 6mos to a year for shortages to drive demand up, so figure a year or two to cool down after supply resumes (which has not yet happened). Often in these situations it is possible that the prices go stagnant and wait for inflation to catch up.

First off: Glad you are ok. Or at least you aren't in the hospital hooked to machines. Step 1: if you feel any pain, go to the doctor. Don't wait, do it asap. Their insurance will cover the visit, plus time off from work. Step 2: Get the claim rolling for the bike + incidentals (camera, gear, etc) with their insurance company. gather all receipts for items purchased, you'll need them to prove replacement value. Step 3: find a shop that repairs motorcycles under insurance that is friendly to you. I think even iron pony does this if it is a brand they sell and a reasonably new bike. Take the bike there and have the insurance adjuster do the inspection at that place, not at your home. why? most inspection adjusters are just looking to cut corners any way they can, and if the shop gives them a list of what the bike needs, it makes their job easier and while narrowing the ways they can limit the costs. Mostly it's just like the auto insurance process, the hardest part will be finding a shop that repairs bikes in Columbus right now since it's dead in the middle of the season and everyone is booked out several months. Best of luck, and if you need some help, you can pm me.

I always check out Carmax.com. While most of the cars are overpriced, they do get mis-listings and deals from time to time. Also that maxcare warranty is supposed to be fantastic which may make it worth overpaying for the right car.

My wife got her car from a dealer in Dallas, Tx. The dealership gave her a form for an out of state tax exemption and she paid the taxes in ohio. Every state is a little different but most will allow you to defer taxes in the purchasing state if the car is immediately leaving the state. The dealer should be able to help you walk through this.

Honestly, I was trying to get clay to do that for a long time, and now I'm like Holley Sniper or FiTech fuel injection for the thing. It isn't that much more expensive than a new carb, and you get fuel economy and power. Car is looking great. I remember my first ride in that car ages ago. Clay and I were going to Kevan's in New Albany and he turns on the heater and both of us get a face full of the the strong oder of mouse piss. the car has come a long way.

no the volt replaced the suburban. you got it backwards.

Have you sat down and asked her how she feels about the whole situation? not in the context of "what am I going to do about it" but just trying to hear her out. You might not feel like you have to do anything further if you hear her embarrassment or remorse for the whole ordeal. Just from personal experience when my daughter fucks up and she knows it she's usually harder on herself than I could ever be, but everybody's different and she's not a teenager.

it's not, it's overzealous and first gen tech. Think about it like this - how much would it cost you if you put gas in your car every time you drove it? probably much more than if you ran it down and then filled it back up. Also, there was a point where he convinced his work buddies to buy them too, and they were charging at his office when they came by that I am sure played a factor. He would leave it on the charger all night, then drive to work, plug it in, work a 10 hour day, drive it home, plug it in again, repeat next morning. His average commute was 50 miles a day, plus running the A/C and most of the accessories. He also sat in a fair amount of traffic. Every Other weekend he would drive it out to Montauk (80mi) and then leave it on the charger all weekend, using it maybe once or twice to run into town. he didn't compute it using KW/hr, he just looked at his pre-volt bills and his post volt bills for all three properties and that's where he came up with the number. It's not very scientific, but hey it is what it is. By no means is it meant to be discouraging in any way. I will fully admit he was overzealous about his charging habits and would even do things like run the radio in the car while he was working in the yard instead of bringing out a separate radio or listening to his iphone. I know he left it "on" more than once in the driveway for several hours. If you ask him about EV's he is a huge proponent of them - i'd look at his example as a worst case scenario of bad habits, not as the average. I don't even know if you can leave a tesla "running" when you aren't in it like you can with a first year volt.

Not that this is any of the cars we are talking about but when my dad had his volt, his electric bill went up about $200 per month. He also plugged the car in every time he wasn't driving it and didn't use any outside chargers. He also owned the office building where he worked and he factored that in to the cost as well. because his work commute was under the fully electric range he was using it like a full EV. I think he only put gas in the car twice in the years he owned it. Compare this to his Suburban which the volt replaced and was at times between $50 and $100 to fill up (40 gal tank) and would go 300 miles to a tank in city driving that cut his commute cost by half.

I'll offer my '95 jeep and '89 F150 up for subject matter. I was out of town when the original shoot happened, but if there is another one I'm happy to swing by.

Hey all, Anybody know someone local who can stamp a replacement vin tag for a 1950's car? I have the reproduction blank tag, just need someone with metal stamps to put the numbers in. The painter working on the family's 1957 corvette accidently destroyed the old one. Spoke to the DMV in their state and it's ok to replace the vin tag. We've owned the car for 25 years so it's not like anything shady is going on.

hey remember when 6 people lived in columbus and 4 of them were cousins? pepperidge farm remembers. Steve Evans, Brock Yates, and the Diamond P Motorsports Microphone!!!! straight out of my childhood.

this isn't it, is it? :gabe:

nice scores Tom. Love the Pajero.

Not to ruin it for craig, but Nickey, you should put that 4.3 into your next car, turbo it, and troll everyone at car shows.

you should reach out to Nickey427. I know he had a lot of performance 4.3L stuff including an aluminum bow tie block.