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Handing tobacco for 10 or more hrs/day for $3 when i was about 12. It was bending over, picking up several tobacco leaves from a sled and handing them to a woman who looped a string around it on a stick. at the end of the day, the sticks of tobacco were hung up in a barn for curing. When i got older I broke tobacco, stooping over breaking off several leaves that were ripe enough to cure and going to the next stalk. Cold in the morning from getting wet from the dew and hot as blazes midday and covered in tobacco gum. $7/day. I had to spend the money on school clothes. My first regular job at 15 yrs old was working at the local grocery store 13 hours on Saturday for $7, 8:00am to 10:00 pm with an hour for lunch and didn't get off for supper and later also 3 1/2 hrs on Friday afternoon after school for an additional $3. This lasted the last 3 years of high school. i suppose there were no child labor laws back then or at least nobody cared.

Wow! Just Awesome!

I remember reading an article recently about a Walmart that was closed for plumbing issues. there had been protests about wages and the plumbing problem just happened about the same time so the store close for repairs and the workers didn't have a job for a while.

If it is 20 yrs old, it's about had it. That's about the life of a central AC unit. Check the freon pressures and temperatures going in and out. should be about 18 degrees difference as i remember. You might need a new blower motor on the air handling unit. And it contains freon 22 which isn't allowed any more. I think they have a substitute for freon 22 for the old systems but you can't buy a system that uses freon 22 any more. I had both my heat pumps/ac units replaced in 2008 with Goodman units that uses the new refrigerant. They don't advertise and you may not have ever heard of them but when I was doing my research, I found out they were the 3rd most popular units behind Carrier and Trane. I found a business that installed them for 2/3s of what everybody else wanted for a Trane or other brands. Mine have worked without any issues since 2008 which is a big change from my original Rheem units. they were almost constant trouble. Just make sure the units you buy have scroll compressors. The cheaper compressors don't last as long. My information was valid in 2008. Systems may have changed since then. You will notice a difference in your electric bill because the new systems are much more efficient. I think my old units had a SER of 10 and the new ones are 13. I noticed a difference in the elec bill.

Lots of smart people have been predicting a serious crash/recession/depression and advise you to keep a stash of cash and enough food and water to last at least a month. If it does happen you may need some gvns/ammo.

I remember seeing a youtube video of speedo lubing. Do a search.

You're a Good Man, YamahaLarry! I salute You!

http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?107983-Informational-video-on-brake-fluid Watch the video from BikeBandit. It's good info. I believe they say that Dot 3, 4, & 5.1 are compatible.

I think it is free because of all the super spyware it has now. It stores everything you do and your login info for every site you visit from what I understand. Whether it spies on you more than google, I don't know.

there is a significant security update that you need to download on all Windows 7 and up if you haven't done it yet. Just go to settings.

You might want to check the compression just in case.

Are you sure the spark plug is firing? The reason I ask is that on my Kawasaki, it had a dead cylinder. I verified there was spark to the plug cap by using a conductor to tough against the block. But, the spark plug was dead. Swapping two spark plugs showed me the real problem. Have you looked at the manual on this site?

Everywhere you look people are asking for money for never ending reasons. I have been hit up in the Walmart parking lot twice recently. The first guy was a young guy who had a nice looking girl friend in the car, a clean cut couple. They were from out of state and he was looking for a job while they lived in their car. I gave them a twenty just in case their story had any validity which was more than he was expecting. The last one was a young woman who said she came to see her sister who just had a baby in the hospital and her debit card wouldn't work. She was looking for gas money to get back to Raleigh, about 120 miles away. Her story sounded like BS but I gave her a ten to help. She was asking for $30 and told me one guy said he would give her $30 for a sexual favor. I was tempted to say " What a cheap baxturd he was!" But she probably wouldn't have appreciated the humor.

Looks Nice!

Wife or Bike? 42 yrs together? Either way, congratulations!

I think the 92 and 93 1st gens had 4 brush starters too.

Oh NO! Not a mail-in rebate!

partzilla for one

Oil threads are always fun!! Puc is the expert with the miles he puts on his $700+ bikes, anything handy including Walmart oil. If it meets the SAE spec the engine will like it. Maybe not the clutch or gearbox.

Around here (NC) the license plate offices where they issue plate renewals and register titles are not run by guvment employees. They contract that work out. I'm not saying they are extremely efficient but most of the time it's bearable.

The gold color is my favorite color.

http://www.bikebandit.com/community/videos/motorcycle-brake-fluid-crash-course?roi=echo3-28365496950-29579528-e68273ee1637e351791ba8b7baf8717f&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BBNews&utm_source=Fri_080715_BBNews&utm_content=brake_fluid_crash_course

Sanding the tubes longitudinally will cause leaks I think. It needs to be done circumferentially. Or at least that is true for rebuilding auto wheel cylinders.

The procedure states that the fuel level should be 15.5 to 16.5 mm below the center of the diaphragm covers. The engine was running when I checked and I revved it to make sure I knew where the lever was staying. I know the mixture screw jets are not plugged. I just made sure all the parts were there. No, i haven't "shotgunned" the carbs. No, on the last one.

As I posted I checked the float levels in accordance with the procedure in the manual and they are all set correctly.