Check it out:

See what an old redneck can put together with a little effort.

Damn fine work there, Gary.

Newlyweds

Golden Gopher Glory! Tubby Smith sees Shadow!

What a Hoot!

Tubby Smith has left the UK Basketball program and you'd think the diversity-centric are poppin' a coronary gasket. How dare UK fans expect to support a program that is above the rest of the nation? UK fans are a joke in their expectations they say. Unrealistic. The mantra goes something like this:

Get real. It's, like, 2008 and everything. There just isn't going to be a dominant program anymore. Parity. Yeah, that's it. There's parity now. Everybody else has gotten really, really good. Anyone can win and we like it that way. Rednecks and hillbillies shouldn't have anything to be proud of, because they aren't as smart as the rest of the country who lives in the East or the North or California. They don't even wear much Abercrombie - how can their colloge basketball team ever be good?

Yeah that's a bit satirical, but it pretty much sums up the fit the local media is throwing. They LIKE to see UK lose. They LOVE mediocrity. I think it's an "I suck. You Suck. We all Suck so I feel better about the fact I was never able to ______" mentality.

Fuck 'em. The expectation and pursuit of excellence is it's own reward, as we shall soon see. Right Coach Donovan?

For the Toolguys:

This is what I have been so busy with of late. Bill, eat your heart out.

This is a Stonewell Body for a farrier shoeing rig and this is how it is done in the horse capital of the world.

Hey Nate,

Do NOT start looking at and reading about camping gear.

The Long Way 'Round

Rent this DVD documentary. Ewan MacGregor (ObiWan Kenobe) and Charlie Boorman (Deliveranve) circumnavigate the globe on a pair of 1200GS BMWs through Siberia, Mongolia, Alaska, Montana, Kazakhstan.

They had to have some help on the "Road of Bones", but other than that they made a hell of a ride.

Beware - this kind of thing is catching.

Bill Beats His Drum

The DC Court of Appeals struck down the DC gun ban!

NO NO NO! It Can't Happen!

Things are supposed to get worse and worse, there is no place in the script for incremental shifts towards sanity! Only whole-sale revolution is allowed!

Besides, the Justice Silberman was appointed by Reagan, and everybody knows that Judicial appointments by Republicans always further a statist agenda.
Bill | Email | Homepage | 03.12.07 - 11:43 am | #

Just when you thought it could never happen

The DC Court of Appeals struck down the DC gun ban!

There will be much freakin' out on the left over this, and we will surely get to see SCOTUS in it's true form as soon as it gets around to reviewing it.

Spring has Sprung Early in Horse Country

Go Away! I'm Busy.

Google: Craig Vetter

Craig is the inventor of the modern touring bike. The original Honda GL1000 was meant to be a sport bike, but Craig thought it needed something.

The "Windjammer" fairing was born and EVERYBODY bought one for their GL1000. Everntually Honda thought they should cash in on this popular accessory and offered it preinstalled on the GL. Thus was the Goldwing born.

Mr. Vetter now rides a........

K L R 650

Can you guess what he is up to?

For you sheltered Nascar Fans:

What man worthy of the title doesn't know of this?

Rigid Tool

If you're not cheatin' you're not tryin'.

"This is not the action of an organization, a manufacturer or a sponsor," Waltrip said in a statement. "This was an independent act done without consent or authorization from me or any of my executive management team." -Mike Waltrip


Somebody tell me how thre's any racin' goin' on when the driver has an "executive management team"? They probably hang motivational posters on the shop wall instead of the Rigid Tool Calendar. Makes me sick.

The more things change...

Back in the early eighties GM decided it wanted to put diesel engines in a few of it's 3/4 ton+ light trucks and even some oldsmobile sedans. Folks were familiar with the rock solid dependability and longevity of BIG truck Cat, Detroit, and Cummins engines along with the ever-present Mercedes 300D that just wouldn't die. Bear in mind this was when diesel fuel was cheaper than gasoline and at 100,000 miles you called the junkyard to come get that worn out car out of the driveway. Were folks ready to buy vehicles for longterm use? GM thought so.

Folks ordered them. And drove them. Back and forth to the dealership. Problems of all kinds. Expensive injector pumps, coolant in the oil, warped heads, leaking head gaskets. They were so bad that a myth was perpetuated that GM had "converted" gasoline engines to diesel and foisted them upon the public.

Years after the introduction of the GM diesel the aftermarket got into the act and started offering stronger replacement head bolts. Viola! Problem solved. Did I hear someone calling "Bullshit!"?? Look it up. For years mechanics circled around the problem replacing all the wrong things and causing many return trips to the dealership for warranty and expensive out of warranty repairs.

Now, just how could a company with the resources of GM spec fasteners that were not up to the job? Didn't they have trained engineers? What gives? Luckily, the corporate idiocy passed when Dodge speced a Cummins (cement truck) diesel for their 3/4 ton+ trucks and the working world beat a path to their door. Ford adapted and old International Harvester diesel and dubbed it the PowerStroke to great success, and GM upgraded the 6.5 liter with a turbo and some redesign, but not many were lookin' to take a chance on it.

Fast forward twenty years and look around; Dodge still uses the Cummins, Chevy got smart and bought Isuzu and is using one of there diesels to great success, but old Ford decided they were gonna improve the breed with their very own 6.0 liter all aluminum, variable vane turbo hot shit engine.

Guess what - weak head bolts.

The Shame

I guess every family has a Black sheep...

New Addition to the Family

Meet Pudge. (we didn't name her)

Yeah, I see it too man.....

Looks like a bomb to me. It's got those "bomb batteries" and those "wire thingies" attached to "light thingies". It's the "light thingies" that make the bomb work, see. They light up and light the "fuse thingy". It's the latest. Really. Bomb making chic.

These two are so much fun to have around

David Duke doesn't worry me as much as the more 'mainstream' r's and d's.
JACIII 01.29.07 - 4:51 am | #

Me neither; nor does the good Chief.

Bill has a propensity for finding the most absurd example and casting it as the standard. My example was to demonstrate how ridiculous those aspersions are.

I suppose by Rep Foley's actions, we can deduce that Republican politicians are all gay pedophiles, too.
WaterBoy 01.29.07 - 12:03 pm | #

the Dems and Reps both got to claim this charmer

Get back to me when the Losertarians kick The Chief out of their party.

I suppose by Rep Foley's actions....

And the action of interest is;
Rep. Foley Quits In Page Scandal

Now, where were we... Oh yeah, Waterboy was getting his butt kicked in the wonderful game of "Proof by Example".
Bill 01.30.07 - 12:09 am | #

Whoosh! Right over your head. Shall I get you a ladder, sonny?

Let me spell it out for you:

Bill (implied): Chief Wannadubie is a nut. Chief Wannadubie was a Libertarian candidate. Therefore, all Libertarian candidates are nuts.

WaterBoy: If that is true (it isn't; you are making an association fallacy), then the same holds true for Republican candidates because David Duke is a nut and was a Republican candidate. Regardless of how others in the party felt.

To say nothing about Foley (F is a gay pedophile; F was a R candidate; therefore all R candidates are gay pedophiles). Regardless of the fact that he resigned.

But you keep believing what you want about libertarians; if logic hasn't slowed you down, nothing will.
WaterBoy 01.30.07 - 2:40 pm | #

Wow, look at Waterboy move those goal posts so his straw man can try again!

What I meant was that the Losertarian Party is the natural home for all sorts of nuts. And there's overwhelming evidence of this. Heck, I could list several dozen Losertarian candidates that are WAY, WAY Out There.

Given that nearly half of America is in the Repubican party, it's easy to find the odd nutcase mixed in with their run-of-the-mill folks. The important thing is that when someone is discovered to be smoking dope or fondling children, they either leave (one step ahead of the boot) or are thrown out. Not so with the Libertarian party - these "differences" are not only celebrated, they're the casus belli.
Bill 01.30.07 - 4:22 pm | #

The Dead Live, But Will Barbaro? Evidently not.

UPDATE: Doc was on FOX News today commenting on Barbaro, his treatment, and prognosis (not good). Check it out and bear in mind that this is the worlds foremost expert and practitioner. Link is here - scroll down to the bottom of the page.
While we're at it will somebody explain to me why on God's green earth you waould take a horse like Barbaro to PENNSYLVANIA for treatment when the world of horses revolves around Lexington, Ky?????? The world's foremost practioners in all fields relating to horses are within 50 miles of Lexington. Somebody fell for some yankee know-it-all bullshit I'm thinkin'.

I am in the giant cesspool of Louisville, Ky for four days sequestered in an Executive Suite and going to classes in a Seminar to improve my knowledge and skill as a Farrier. The main focus of the seminar is Laminitis (founder), but I have attended lectures on subjects from Veterinarian/ Farrier/ Client communication to shoeing to prevent long toe - low heel syndrome in thoroughbreds. Big fun!

Not that long ago horses with Laminitis (founder) were all but sentenced to a short life of intense pain followed by euthanasia. This occurred to the tune of 95% fatality to 5% recovery of all cases. About 15 years ago that ratio started swinging the other direction, due primarily to the obsession of one man: Dr. (DVM and Farrier) Rick Redden.

You have all heard about poor Barbaro and his battle with laminitis in the (previously) uninjured hind limb. Here's the fella they shoulda called:


Click the play button. Remember when a horse had to be shot if it broke it's leg?

The Goddess Speaks on Women's Suffrage

From Ann Coulters latest column:

Webb began his rebuttal by complaining that we don't have national health care and aren't spending enough on "education" (teachers unions). In other words, he talked about national issues that only are national issues because of this country's rash experiment with women's suffrage. I guess we should all be relieved that at least Webb's response did not involve putting a young boy's penis into a man's mouth, as characters in his novels are wont to do.

No More Bug Problems!

The 34 Pict-3 was worn plumb out and even though I fitted new throttle shaft bushings, the throttle plate had worn into the barrel due to the throttle shaft play.

A new 30mm carb came with the bug, but wouldn't fit in the 34mm manifold, so...

A little measuring, marking, bandsawing, drilling, milling, and welding later -



Sometimes no amount of work will fix something. That's often hard for me to accept, but I'm not quite as hard headed in my old age and will put something in the round file after only a few days of tinkering.