Me too. It helps that I oversaw the assembly of my car too (not my particular car, well, its possible). In fact, before I was promoted I assembled the front cradle of my car, did the welding, assembled radiators, etc. Its nice knowing your car inside and out.Originally Posted by N2RJ
"A night sky full of cries. Hearts filled with lies. The contract: is it worth the price?"
WN:
What was the asking for that rx?(I drooled over that near-mint SX-117, but alas, $400 for rear brakes and rear springs takes precedence over a toy) :
And now I gotta take an OF nap....those pix reminded me of how tiring that hamfest can be. Well, no, it's not the hamfest that's tiring it's the loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong drive PLUS all the hassles of getting to Hara once you're there.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
I did my own front brakes, the rear ones caught me by surprise.
Oh well. I do a lot of my own work, but I just can't do everything.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
The one I saw? Over 4 bills. I heard about at least two others as well.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Thanks. At that price, IMHO, it's proper to walk away. Saw one at Deerfield last year in darn good shape, at least very good if not excellent for nowhere near that.
About working on one's own car...
Did that for years and years. And when I add up all the stuff I had to learn by doing it twice....all the busted knuckles...all the time spent bent over at the sink to scrub and scrub and scrub and STILL have grease "under my fingernails" (Thanks, Mr. Chapin!)....it was a happy day when I got to retire form "backyard auto repair." Of course, that only works if you know a shop that does superb work for a decent and fair labor rate, AND, once the relationship is established starts cutting deals on older car repairs.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
Do the K3. And here's why: You can always crank the power down to 10 W or less. Going the other way can be a LOT tougher!
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Let's try this again:
FTdx5000 FTdx5000 s.jpg
FTdx9000FTdx9000 s.jpg
TS-990 TS-990 s.jpg
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Nice to see that TS-990. Anyone guessing the price?
$5,999.95?
Now, that's a funny thing.
Someone was quizzing the Kenwood rep, and all he would say was that THEIR guess (in not so many words) would be more than $5K but less thatn $10K. It won't get priced until it passes FCC certification... and they're convinced it will, since they have a testing lab with identical conditions.
The '990 is supposed to be direct competition for the FTdx9000. Yeah, he actually said that. But if anyone asked about comparing it to an Elecraft K3 or a Ten-Tec, he repeated that it was competition for the '9000, and wouldn't budge from that position. No mention of ICOM in that breath, either. Take that for what you will.
“Nobody is going to feel sorry for us. 90% of the people don’t care, the other 10% are glad it happened.” — Clint Hurdle, 2019
BAN THE DH!
Fudd's First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it WILL fall down.
Teslacle's Deviant to Fudd's Law: It goes in, it must go out.
"The 2020 election wasn't stolen, and speaking the truth is only a crime in countries ruled by tyrants" - Liz Cheney
“Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed.” — Bernie Sanders
Oh, I intend to get a K3. I was just thinking that getting that to sit beside it would be nice as well.
"A night sky full of cries. Hearts filled with lies. The contract: is it worth the price?"
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