http://www.chron.com/sports/article/...ns-6115851.php
Got my letter and we couldn't remember what we owned, that needed an inspection, that was so new.
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Got my letter and we couldn't remember what we owned, that needed an inspection, that was so new.
Yep.. Now I have to inspect, by boat trailer, race car trailer and camper.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
I got tired of dealing with the hassle/expense of registering and inspecting the trailer every year, so I sent a copy of the title off to a company in Maine. Got a 5-year registration and plate (or was it 10? can't remember).
https://www.mainetrailerregistrations.com/
Haven't been harrassed by LEOs, no annual inspections/registrations...
I didnt even know trailers were supposed to get inspected until James got busted. What a waste of time and money.
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Originally Posted by Pranav
HA! My MI trailer plates are permanent, one and done. FYI if you guys have friends or relatives there.
You mean ME? Who the hell lives in ME? I thought it was nothing but lobster traps and fishermen up there...
Ran across this and thought of you, Sean...
http://m.seattlepi.com/business/boei...#photo-2079136
Way coolQuote:
Originally Posted by marshall_mosty
Yes, but have you been pulled over with the trailer and had to explain why you have a Maine trailer when everything else is in Texas?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pranav
My kind of freebies...
http://i886.photobucket.com/albums/a...pshxtj5f9y.jpg
Really. Sub-frame connectors.
Sweet. Turn around and sell it back to the scrap yard for some monies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Well yesterday I took the final exam for my last class needed for my AAS degree.
I had a course average of 102.33 going into the final. If I didn't take the final, I would have made an 81 in the class. I would have had to make a -57 on the test to fail the class. Still studied for 2 days and feel I made an A on the final. Grades due by Friday, should be an A.
So glad to be done with this. I started taking classes there in 1998 w/ getting my A&P in mind. Got my A and most of my P. Switched paths in 2009 after taking 9 years off (left the service and got into telecomm - never looked back at the aviation industry). I was laid-off in 2009 and had some free time to go back and switched from Aviation Maint Technology to Aviation Maint & Electronics Technology. It fit my current post military work history better. Pecked away 1 and 2 classes per semester over the last few years. Sometimes taking nothing or dropping for new job reasons. Dropped once because the class was over my head. That alone set me back a year (drop = wasted semester, remedial class to get up to speed = semester that didn't count towards degree or GPA, then retake original class).
So, I finished a AAS that took me 16 years to complete. Not proud of that at all. This will not get me anywhere job wise as I have 10 times the work experience than what an AAS is worth.
Hope to be able to put more time into CMC going forward. Still have 2 kids playing softball all year plus basketball as well. Still have that frickin bathroom shower to finish too.
No real point to my post, just wanted to share.
Awesome that you stuck with it. Great job, regardless of the time it took.Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
Way to go Glenn! I went back and finished my degree in 99 when I was between careers after bouncing back an forth over the years between work and school, I think it only took me 13 years and 11 months. I studied a year in electronics starting out then went to work and learned a lot more along the way in a medical equipment field. I was involved in aviation most of the time and did some avionics installations later on for the cargo airline I was working for because I was tired of flying POS avionics. I wasn't even in the same league as the navy radar techs I was working with in the medical field, but what I learned over the years made the transition to aviation electronics easy. There is a huge backlog for avionics installations right now and ADSB is mandatory in 2020, so if you get in a pinch, I am pretty sure you would get a bite as soon as you dip your hook in the avionics arena. They will take your shoes and chain you to the stove once they figure out what they have in you though....... :-)
Dennis
I did bench level comm/nav repair for almost 10 years in the service.
Avionics backshop? Don't kick yourself, I pursued an ME degree prior to joining the service. I've done some remedial work to get somewhat back up to speed and still tell myself that someday I'll finish. My span will exceed 16 years and I'll be damn glad when I finish.
Awesome job Glenn. Great accomplishment.
Thanks for posting that Glenn, very inspirational. I would love to go back to school and get a degree.
Excellent, that's a lot of work.
There is a real point: you set a personal goal that was important to you and you persevered.Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
The completion of a worthwhile, and difficult journey serves not only as a testament to your convictions but further serves as an example to your friends and family that it's not always a short and easy path.
Well done.
And for each of use, what's next?
My wife is going back this summer to convert her ADN to a BSN and should be done by next spring. Once that's done, I will go back in the Fall (2016) to get my MBA and then I'm going to be done. Then we get a break until 2021 until my oldest heads off to college.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
Congrats Glenn, and we are proud of you.Quote:
Originally Posted by GlennCMC70
did you ever finish that deal with that man about a horse?
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Originally Posted by rleng1
LOL I just about fell out of my chair.
JJ
Man that was some funny shit.
Worth telling again for the new guys.
So I'm sitting at the dinner table w/ whole family and in-laws. As I get up, I comment that I need to go talk to a man about a horse. As I return to the table from where I had been (bathroom for you non-country types), my youngest asks when will the horse get here............. I thought my father-in-law was gonna fall over dead laughing.
That reminds me about another one.......
I rush into the house coming home from work. Wife and kids here as well. Wife asks what the big hurry is and I say "Gotta drop the kids off at the pool!"
Couple minutes later my wife is laughing her ass off. I walk out all done w/ my business and see what is so funny. Both my kids in swim suits ready to go swimming.
I'm finally becoming a rental property magnate.
Bought a house in College Station for the boy to live in when he starts up there in the fall. I've known the parents of one of the roommates since 3rd and 9th grade.
Get to try out all the home decorating projects my wife wants done on them.
If its anything like the houses my buddies rented in College station, expect to find car parts embedded in the grass, oil stains in the garage and drive way, tires in the attic, and probably a stripped shell in the backyard after he finishes his undergrad in 6-7 years.
I thought they would close College Station when TWS is gone. I doubt I will ever have a reason to go back.
JJ
Now we do... party at Dave's house...Quote:
Originally Posted by ShadowBolt
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Originally Posted by Fbody383
I think there is a full body kit for something JDM in the attic. Garage and drive are really pretty clean. The LS truck hot-rodders live across the street. One of the guys has already asked about dropping a 230 plug into the garage for a welder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pranav
Have them join the TAMSCC, show them how its done.
Been meaning to run an AX event up there, haven't been back since 2011. Was AX chair in 05-07...
Is this CMC legal?
That is probably the newest Mustang rule set. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Fbody383
If Ford made it and called it a Mustang then that would become the blueprint for the AI rulebook.Quote:
Originally Posted by AllZWay
Glenn-nice job finishing up. Like you say it isn't going to really make a difference at your job now but you never know when that might help you out in the future.
Ever get Brake Cleaner in your ear? Working on my wives SUV cleaning up underneath with some brake cleaner I was moving to the next spot to clean and had a drop of brake cleaner drop perfectly into my ear just like someone was putting in ear drops. Literally the one in a million shot-Doc Frank. It immediately started killing me. Started flushing my ear under the sink for 20 minutes. Got dizzy and thought I might pass out so I sat down. Looking at my kids I was wondering why the room was spinning so I just laid down on the kitchen floor. At least I didn't puke. Wife called poison control and was told to use two drops of baby oil in your ear and lay down for it to stay there for 30 minutes. That seemed to do the trick. So next time you are using brake cleaner use eye and ear protection.
Same with gasoline but I got a lot more than 1 drop in there. Felt like somebody lit a match and threw that in with it. Rinsing with water gave some relief, but as soon as you pulled your head out it was exactly the same. Only time made the pain subside.
Be careful with the chemicals fellas, their effect is cumulative. The hotter the solvent, the easier it absorbs through your skin. Brake cleaner is great, but don't use it unless you need to. Wear glasses always, use the straw tube and put some cardboard down to absorb the excess so it can evaporate. Don't blow dry it, hose the parts down with cleaner and wait for them to dry, soak up excess standing solvent with paper towels. Denatured alcohol gives a good oil free cleaning most of the time too. Keeping the garden hose and a fire extinguisher handy is cheap insurance as well of course.
Cumulative as in die of cancer from the shit? I go through quite a bit of Brakleen and carb cleaner myself. Another fun fact I'd heard was that using brakleen then welding afterwards can give off deadly fumes. I believe non-chlorinated doesn't have this effect?
Glenn or Mitch posted up something along that line a few years back. Maybe one of them can repost.Quote:
Originally Posted by Supercharged111
I googled it. Tetrachloroethylene is the one to watch out for, if it's exposed to argon and the heat from welding it forms phosgene gas which apparently was a chemical weapon used in WWI. 4ppm is enough to fuck you up. Lucky for me, I'm a cheapass who hasn't run out of the 10# roll of flux core wire I bought with my welder years ago. So it sounds then like non-chlorinated would be OK, or maybe just makes you grown another arm instead of dying or something. Apparently this was also published in an AI magazine back in 2009.