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Over on the Jag-Lovers E-type forum/mailing list (one of my favorite and most useful “places to hang out”!) there has been a discussion about theft risk for old cars, specifically E-types. The consensus opinion is that the risks are fairly minimal and limited to these possibilities: joy riders & opportunity theives professional thieves with a … Continue reading “Anti-theft device? Maybe. Smile maker? Certainly.”
I’m sitting here at home, sucking down the final remnants of a “Top-Shelf” Margarita (made with some of the wife’s Cabo Wabo).. a fitting end to a fine day out. My son Nicholas & I just got back from a trip to the Lower Mainland of British Columbia for a JCNA Slalom event in Vancouver. … Continue reading “Slalom!”
I was out running an errand today and stumbled across this car. It is a psuedo-porsche built from a VW… which in a way is ironic because Porsches are just Psuedo-Volkswagens right? =) Anyway, while I pull on the asbestos pajamas in preparation for the flames from Porschephiles, have a look at this: Sorry for … Continue reading “A fake 356?”
It seems eBay has lost a lot of the “garage sale” bargain nature it had back in the early days. It has gone from the place we went to sell our cast off to basically a cheap e-commerce system for retailers who can’t figure out their own e-commerce system… or just like the easy exposure … Continue reading “eBay bargain”
I posted this as a comment on Chuq von Rospach’s blog, but I enjoyed writing it so much that I figured I’d share it here. I haven’t written enough hockey stuff anyway, so here you go. A discussion of hard shots to the groin started it… In my goaltending days I was an equipment modder. … Continue reading “Hockey story”
In 2002 we bought a company in the Bay Area… they were a Mac-only ISP, that (typical of the days) did a little bit of everything… hosting, colo, access, development, dial-up, DSL, T1s, car washes, prostitution… *anything* to make a buck. Peter Lalor (blog roll) ran this company. One of his friends owned an office … Continue reading “Murphy’s Law.”
Sorry I haven’t written much about hockey this year. I’m on vacation this week, in conjunction with the Winter Olympics so no time like the present to cover the subject. I LOVE tournament hockey. I had to stay off the skis today because my ski boots had not yet arrived, so I’m at my parents … Continue reading “USA vs Latvia”