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So tonight is the only day I work this week ...

For what it's worth, I learned on MIG welding. Not hard, just takes some practice. I also learned with .030 line on .022 metal... And get a auto-dimmer mask. They rock. Just from the description that seems like it would be more than enough for what you need, and it's always nice to have extra.

Thank you Mr. Powers.

I had two speeding tickets one when I was 16 and one when I was 17. I was up against a reckless ops when I was 18. And I was worried about losing my license, because of my previous history. When we checked my record, I had 0 offenses. My Attorney at the time (I can't remember his name) told me that it's because they were minor violations and was before I was 18, at 18 you're consider an adult and your juvenille record is erased of all minor offenses. I would guess the reckless, is a higher offense (obviously 6 pts and all) but like my accident was never erased, that was 3 years ago (when I was 17). But the speeding tickets just kind of disappeared. So I just took his word on it.

SO this year my accident should drop off my record with the state, and insurance, but if I go get a copy of my MVR from the BMV, it willl still show it on there. Correct?

More importantly, not to high-jack your thread, but does anyone know how much places like H&R charge? Cause I'm just not feeling going through the W-2's and doing taxes this year.

Whatever you do ... try to video tape it. These are some good ideas.

Oh yeah and for fucksake, don't ever roll-over and say 'okay I was wrong' about traffic tickets. I'd say 95% of them that you'll just talk to the prosecutor about and mention you'll plead guilty, pay max fine, but you don't want the points. Will swing that way, they don't care if you have the points I don't think. I'm pretty sure all they want is the tally mark for guilty pleas on their record. So much better to pay max fine now for something then to pay insurance for the next 2,3,5 years... IMO

Yeah there is a bunch of rumors floating around as to how long they stay on your license and on your record. Me personally, I have my only accident which will be coming off this year (3 years later) but I also have a speeding ticket I got back 2 years ago which won't be coming off for another year, as the BMV guy told me. So I'm to assume that all points in Ohio stay on for 3 years. THe only exception to this that I know of is what they cal lyour 'juvenille record' which is points before you're 18. My record when I turned 18 was wiped cleaned because I was then considered an 'adult' (jokes on them. I had many more years of reckless driving ahead of me ...) NOW as far as my insurance goes ... I'm fucked, they won't even give me dates, I pay almost $130 a month for liability on my 93 Toyota Celica. Cool part is for insurance on the monte carlo for full coverage is only $35 a month. (I only have liability on it though as it's only $23 a month and the car doesn't even have a dash right now.) For those that don't know, an insurance company (as I understand it) can only punish you on you primary car, any other cars you insure they have to price you as if you're a 25 year old adult with no violations. Now your primary car is, of course, your newest, most expensive car. I've also heard rumors about people have taken classes and gotten up to 6+ points knocked off their licene and the BMV offers the class and yadda yadda yadda. Go ahead, cal lthe BMV they don't offer a class like that, nor have they ever, and they don't know what you're talking about. The only thing to resemble anything like this, is your 'first incident erase class' where you can have the points erased from your first incident, but it's like a 9 hour class, in the middle of the week, for three days straight. (Jim will be your instructor and he's pretty funny, and has some great stories.) Think that covers most everything ...

12 pts when they take your license in Ohio .... yo can take a class to get your official suspension or whatever knocked up to 14 pts ... but there is no class offered past your first offense to take points off your license. 6 pts is a reckless ops, DUI, and I think OMVI is 6 pts now. And there is a type of like Jr. Reckless ops. you can get that is 4 pts ... but it's more like reckless endangerment?? Double the speed limit is a automatic reckless ops, anything that is destruction to property is reckless ops and you can get a reckless ops if at any point you cause harm to another person (passenger in the car.) speeding is 2 pts per ticket until you go 20 mph over and then you're eligible for a Reckless ops ticket to, though most the time they won't press that issue in Franklin/Fairfield county. ... and for the record ... my knowledge of this is directly related as to why I can't work in the automotive field. I've been (regretfully) in a lot of stupid shit.

yeah, looks good.

Can't miss it, it's right off SR256 in Pickerington across from Grinders and Skyline, there is a Exxon station right next door.

heh so you're for sure going to CiCi's now. But I'm going to be there ... CiCi's is awesome.

Might as well hold up until summer and try and work at Scioto Downs ... that used to be my favorite job. Work as a busboy for a few servers you could make a few hundred on the weekends in tips, and could make about $100 or $200 through the week in tips. And they pay like $7 an hour. You only work for like 3 hours and spend the rest of the night watching races and tearing down stuff as needed.

This probaly won't be much help but there is a guy over in Groveport, I think his name is Bill Hess? (ring a bell?) but he is supposedly top dog when it comes to any kind of machine work and he's a really good guy and really anal about his work... maybe something worth looking more into.

I hope your gene pool becomes chlorinated gearhead.

http://www.rockauto.com Look through the java catalog, kinda nice for pricing out parts. Just found it today, thought I'd share for those who don't know about it.

Is hitting a body thrown from another vehicle, covered in your insurance as 'Act of God' ??

Oh man, I'm so Jealous, beautiful cars though, love to listen to them.

I don't see a lot of Festiva's fixed up in a day either ... doesn't make them cool. Put a LS# in it, at least you can sound neat. I still like the pics though, really cool settings I thought.

way to de-rail a thread... I'm impressed.

Get your money together, and try to use it to convince Sam, and go 'down to the ranch.' From what I've seen, your buddy should enjoy himself there, if it's sluts you need.

+1 for Sam's donation, real, not real. I don't really care, I appreciate the gesture. Good man.

Glad to be part of it ...

Guys still out? I'd call but not sure if you jus tsaid fuck it and went to bed or not. If not I'll still be coming out, I don't feel like dealing with the Hooters crowd tonight, and you were sort of my only plans tonight since Plan A just left ... she's a bitch anyway ...