Manche757

Thanks for your past work and your willingness to share with others.

I saw that they sold for $405. Did you place the winning bid?

What are you thinking? Original measurement in thicker metal? Stay with the current slightly smaller drawing?

Airborne Janitor, it's great you have the know how, the tools and the interest to make the handles. Someone ought to clear with Husky410Ohio if he intends to start back up. If not then you are the man on deck.

Midway is a very good current movie based on true events of WWII. An inspiring display of people doing their best when facing the highest costs of freedom. Plenty of WWII extremely poweful weapons with poor control of delivery fully on display. At RedBox if you do not stream. Highly recommended

If defective, would that cause the bucking or just the speedo to malfunction?

Fake news. Based on alternate facts.

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The bid does not close for another 3 days. I have an amount I will bid up to. If I end up winning the bid, the old ones are yours. If it is something you are going to do soon, I could send the NOS to you and you could return it to me after you copy it.

Someone solve this. Curiosity is killing me.

Such a funny guy. Would you rather I send the fresh NOS ones or the 33 year old ones that are in the doors now?

Goats were used here to clear a city park of poison ivy.

Pressure wash it then let it age naturally sans any stain. Keeping rough wood looking freshly stained would be a frequent maintenance issue. Paint the door the same hunter green as the trim.

Killer view from your shed.

Impressive tool box and collection of tools. Is a tool bin or box available similar to the pic above? Is the concrete floor strong enough to support it all?

Does anyone know if they would fit an 87MJ that already has towing mirrors as replacements for ones already there (that have tarnished brackets and mirrors that will not move)?

On a lighter note, thanks to Jeep Driver for the video. Pumpkin Chunkin in Delaware is an interesting way to spend a couple of days. Some very capable pumpkin artillery mechanics, and some not so capable, compete to see how far they can shoot a pumpkin. Air cannons shoot them farther than 11 football fields and so fast, you can not see them. Just a big puff of vapor at the end of the cannon. Others that are more fun to watch are the catapults that are low tech and medieval. They don't throw nearly as far but you can see the contraption fire and watch the pumpkin being launched. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmSyrGsqmg8 Notice Second Amendment written on one of the cannons. Wear boots if you go. It is held in a farmer's field and usually muddy. Motels fill fast but there are places to camp nearby. If you like enthusiastic craziness, this qualifies.

There was a book written in 1954 that comes to mind: "How To Lie With Statistics". The author's point was to look for statistics that support the position that you want. In the 1970's and 1980's, there were many studies done on marijuana that fell along three lines, those that wanted to prove it was bad for you, those that wanted to prove it was good for you and those that wanted to find out what the actual results are. With progression across time, votes and changing public sentiments have brought widespread acceptance that there are positive benefits and negative ones exist at an acceptible level. A bit of trivia is that there was a problem with soldiers smoking it in the American Civil War. They called it"refer". I gleen from the comments here that the level of mass shootings is currently at a tolerable level and the the 2nd amendment should continue as written 231 years ago. That is for society at large to decide. Abortion, school busing and gun laws will always be hot button issues. But regarding firepower big things are yet to come. A two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate could repeal the Second Amendment, not unforeseeable in less partisian times. I hope that does not happen. If the number of deaths of innocent people increases significantly it may happen. A solution to mass shootings would be hugely protective to the second amendment providing us with the right to bear arms.

I think Rokinn's kickass comments are headed in the right direction. Kudos for your comments. You get my vote for spokesman for continuing ownership of firearms.

Not enough people are dying. I live have lived in Virginia most of my life. Lee Boyd Malvo randomly shot up several people in the Washington, DC area. Not enough people died. My undergraduate years were spent at VA Tech. At the time of that shooting, it was largest mass shooting. Not enough people died. My longterm city of residence, Virginia Beach, suffered a mass shooting at a city government building. Not enough people died. I have had only one family member shot (who did not die) Not enough people have died. I have had only one business associate shot (he did not die). Not enough people have died. All innocent victims. Not enough people died. There is a collective problem. No one wants to own the problem. It is NOT the fault of responsible gun owners who will be the likely losers in this particlar pissing contest, if a solution is not reached soon. Stonewalling and denial will only hasten restrictions for those of us that want to own more than our grandfather's shotgun. Good solutions evade us but will only come with cool headed negotiations. But first, many, many more people need to die and then something will be done about it.

First off, Greg, let me say that I found your comments quite eloquent. Secondly, I hit my target with my comment; I intended to make an observational comment rather than express an opinion. There was a tongue-in-check aspect to the comment though. It can be said that China or India would welcome an epidemic which would reduce there over population, but no rational person would want that to happen. Nor do rational people want open hunting season on unworkable politicians, although there would be some downstream advantages. But now that you that have flushed me out, I think most of the serious gun control issues target the right problem in making lethal weapons of any type less convenient for the crazies, disenchanted, chemically impaired or those that just don't give a schit. I recall decades ago, military men returning from Vietnam commenting that we take too much for granted concerning how easily things can change. Governments take away weapons, record who might be armed and then restrict freedom rights to the citizenry. The much more difficult challenge is to find the right solution. What I see is that those that do not have guns, do not want guns and want laws restricting gun rights. Those that have guns don't want to give up those rights. Solutions will take a lot of cool headed thinking. I do not live in a bad neighborhood but if I did, I would want serious defense weapons close at hand. But serious offenses occur anywhere these days. Intellectually, I tend to favor no control on any weapons. Practically, that is nuts. Would you want to live near someone that has a stockpile of mortar rounds? A quote attributed to the late Margaret Mead, an anthropologiist, said: "No group in power ever give up the power willingly". Men did not want to give women the right to vote. Whites did not want to give blacks freedom or the right to vote. Married people did not want singles to fornicate. Heterosexuals did not want homosexuals to have sex. Christians hate Muslims. There is a good chance that whatever side of an issue someone is on, correlates with whether they have a privilege or lack the privilege. Now Greg, aren't you sorry that you asked?

There are too many bullets being wasted on school children and other innocents. The second amendment is the source of gun rights, but that amendment could be voted away with a 2/3 vote. Just as the amendment that repealed alcohol prohibition was, https://www.fastcompany.com/40550252/repeal-the-second-amendment-here's-how-it-would-work-and-why-its-so-hard

oppppsss!!! There is just no keeping up with him.

Good idea. The word is out. ShelbyLuv would be a good choice too. Bo practically volunteered in the 2015 thread. He should have plenty of time with no grass to cut in Alabama in February and the F150 is waiting for Spring weather

Good idea. I just sent a PM as follows: "I saw your thread from 2015 regarding making replacement tailgate handles. It would be great if you saw it through to completion. Did you continue with it?"