getting on the road
I knew I forgot something.
#293
01-16-2011 | 11:12 PM
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lol yeah I've got about 1 to 2 foot drifts out front but it's been nice for 3 days! 35 degrees right now it's really weird cause normally we hit the 0's and just stay there till march but it's been nice I'd take these 30's all winter long.
Went over to south dakota yesterday for an anime convention with my girlfriend, first time it's ever been nicer in wyoming then SD when I go, drove through a blizzard on the way over and freezing rain on the way back, I had been out of that and in the clear for about an hour when I hit ice going 75 first time I've ever lost control of my car in the 3 years I've been driving, went for a good spin but I kept it on the road didn't hit any road markers and recovered from the spin to backwards on the side breakdown lane of the left lane. I thought the first time it'd happen I'd be more frantic but I kept my cool Im extremely pleased with how I handled it and now that I've had it happen I think I'm better prepared for next time, it was the most fun I had all day lol.
Hoping it'll be warm tomorrow so I can redo my flywheel and clutch then maybe get the engine back in the maro if I have time.
Went over to south dakota yesterday for an anime convention with my girlfriend, first time it's ever been nicer in wyoming then SD when I go, drove through a blizzard on the way over and freezing rain on the way back, I had been out of that and in the clear for about an hour when I hit ice going 75 first time I've ever lost control of my car in the 3 years I've been driving, went for a good spin but I kept it on the road didn't hit any road markers and recovered from the spin to backwards on the side breakdown lane of the left lane. I thought the first time it'd happen I'd be more frantic but I kept my cool Im extremely pleased with how I handled it and now that I've had it happen I think I'm better prepared for next time, it was the most fun I had all day lol.
Hoping it'll be warm tomorrow so I can redo my flywheel and clutch then maybe get the engine back in the maro if I have time.
#295
01-17-2011 | 12:13 PM
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Basically, Japanese cartoons.
American companys purchase the rights to dub, put on tv, and sell dvd's of them for american audiences. Most animes are for more of an older audience such as teens so they aren't really the same as american cartoons which do we even have cartoons for our kids anymore? now all I see my niece and nephew watching is crap like dora the explorer and ne how pai lan or something like that what hapened to tom and jerry?.
And an anime convention is where I got to waste $25 to get in, sit around a hotel and watch a bunch of basement dwelling nerds dress up in costumes, but my girlfriend enjoyed it so that's all that matters.
I like watching anime just as much as watching NCIS or ax men but conventions are for more of a fanatic I guess, My girlfriend probably thinks the same thing about car shows but I'd never pay to look at cars lol if I'm gonna pay there had better be a test drive somewhere in there, but the other day she asked if she could borrow my chevy magazines so she could learn about cars lol it was so cute she's trying to get involved with my cars now.
American companys purchase the rights to dub, put on tv, and sell dvd's of them for american audiences. Most animes are for more of an older audience such as teens so they aren't really the same as american cartoons which do we even have cartoons for our kids anymore? now all I see my niece and nephew watching is crap like dora the explorer and ne how pai lan or something like that what hapened to tom and jerry?.
And an anime convention is where I got to waste $25 to get in, sit around a hotel and watch a bunch of basement dwelling nerds dress up in costumes, but my girlfriend enjoyed it so that's all that matters.
I like watching anime just as much as watching NCIS or ax men but conventions are for more of a fanatic I guess, My girlfriend probably thinks the same thing about car shows but I'd never pay to look at cars lol if I'm gonna pay there had better be a test drive somewhere in there, but the other day she asked if she could borrow my chevy magazines so she could learn about cars lol it was so cute she's trying to get involved with my cars now.
#298
01-17-2011 | 07:51 PM
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Well I got everything ready to get the engine in, had to swap motor mounts cause someone welded the nut to the 80 mounts, redid the flywheel and clutch, and the rest of random stuff. I got the engine up about 8in. when the eye of my hoist anchor straightened out I got blocks under the engine just before it dropped so just another set back. Tomorrow I'm gonna go get a bigger anchor and get the motor in hopefully.