new 3/20/03 - for those with AOL who never get their mail.
Dispatched to V8SHO list members everywhere, it's The Non-Flammable Digest!
;)
This past week:
- Buford proposed a new career path for all the UN Weapons Inspectors, and
before the week was over they needed all the career advice they could get, as
well as a travel agent...
- Kirk became an honorary Locker-in-absentia, and developed a brief, and
frightening obsession about his pants, *and* Adam Wests proximity to his
pants...
- Cat Women and Women in Cat Suits were a prominent theme on Thursday and
Friday. The ASPCA went on "Orange Alert" status nationwide, and
kitties everywhere were just a little bit edgy...
- Sarah actually made a relevant, non-OT post to the list. List members
everywhere shook their heads in wonderment!
- More about the giant, mutant butterflies, now referred to as
"BBB's": they made Kirk really happy, and next he's gonna get a
"blower", and I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot pole! ;)
- Had another failure reported to the list, but it sounds like Mark from Roanoke
got lucky, and will get his baby back on the road with some help from a local
wrench and a serious application of cash...
- RainX works - and we (corporately, as a group) don't understand why people
apply it and then use their wipers. Clare recommends simply blow drying
the windshield at max speed... ;)
- Don M. puts detail clay on his windshield to clean it. While this does
sound contradictory, apparently it works quite well. NOTE TO PARENTS OF
SMALL CHILDREN: do *NOT* attempt to substitute Play-Doh for the detail
clay!
- Bon Ami is a great old-fashioned cleaner ('specially for bug-infested
windshields like we get here in Oklahoma for about 3/4 of the year) however it
does have that *french* thing going on with the name... If you use it for glass,
make sure you have the "cleaning powder", not the "cleanser"
which is more abrasive.
- Welding vs. pinning: Seems like the consensus here is that unlike a
sorority girl, your cams DON'T want to be "pinned"... there are
a few other correlations we could draw here, but it *is* a family-oriented list!
LOL!
- Totally unrelated to anything posted on the list this week, Sarah
noticed that a great many of '97's on the list have around 107k miles on them...
- We saw pictures this week of *why* Carter was using the stethoscope and big 'ol
screwdriver (as reported last week) over there in his garage, and it wasn't
pretty. "Roasty-Toasty" was a good description of that piston.
:(
- Eric & Larry both found their way back to the list, after discovering that
AOL apparently is snacking on V8SHO posts. We would tell them what they
missed, but it will be a whole lot more fun watching them try to guess
everything that went on...!
- Paul Nimz found high-speed muffler bearings! These, coupled with the
"O" pipe he found at http://www.kalecoauto.com/perf.htm
and the previously popular Gonkolater valves will surely result in *something*
happening with/to your car... (quick real life story: in college,
one of my roomates went to Wal-Mart, and came back with a can of WD-40.
Asked her what it was for - she replied that she was going to spray it on the
brakes of her car, because they were "really squeaky"...
No, I didn't let her do it. : )
- Tranny problems and flushing/filling were a hot topic this week - Readers
Digest Condensed Version: you need a good set of jack stands, big ol'
barrels of tranny fluid, and if you are lucky, a helper. 1000 bonus points if
your helper is mechanically inclined. A big bucket under the car is
another "must have" item. After it is done, you'll need big ol'
barrels of liquid refreshment for the mechanic(s)!
- Someone pretending to be the Nestle Quik Bunny hopped through last week, and
tried to cause mayhem, but failed to. Several people were ready to kick
his fluffy little tail... So, Buford deputized Bob, er "Junior" to
handle "lemon patrol", and then we found out he wasn't a bunny at all,
but a TROLL. However, even though he was told NOT to be a Dumb Bunny
he came back, and became cannon fodder for Buford and several others... And then
Holly stepped forward in defense of all of us 40-something wimmins, and offered
to drop-kick the bunny off the list if need be. (sounded like a good idea
from here... don't mess with the wimmins!) Somebody buy that Bunny Boy a
spell checker and a box of common sense for Christmas, please?
- Kirk announced that he is going to go to Watkins Glen, and then on to Summit
Point in May, and that the whole purpose of these excursions is to get in the
car and go fast. "Go fast" is the favorite speed of many, if not most
of the people here. I speak for all when I say that Kirk is one lucky pup.
Go Kirk, Go!
- For some reason unknown to all, baking soda makes SuperGlue really... super.
Sprinkle it onto the glue after it has been applied.
- Our hearts and our prayers are with all the American and British forces who
serve not only our nations, but also the purpose of defeating terrorism, and
ultimately restoring peace and security to our nations, and to the world.
God Bless America, and God Bless Great Britain.
There ends the digest ;)
Sarah :)
Sarah Locker
'97 Performance White 107k aka "SHO White"
w/ Freshly Welded Cams for my Driving Pleasure ;)
Have you seen a LockerSHO today?
AWA of Chuck Jr, '91 Mocha Frost
DIL of Chuck Sr, '99 Black
SIL of Holly Bailey, '96 Willow Green
SIL of Chris '98 Red