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#259,065
dagrev said:
Thanks. I don't know how they stay in business. It's a really weird business model. Unlike UPs, there is not a single FedEx company and everyone works for it. Ground is one company, air is another, drivers are independent and bid on runs and lease or buy their own trucks. I can kind of see why Fedmess would do that, but is seems filled with problems. The lady here told me the various "companies" under the Fedmess head don't even work well to communicate well with each other. I suppose they are cheap and undercut most others. I always ship via the post office and never had a problem that I can think of. UPS here is very efficient (maybe because their main air hub and other support is based here, but they are pricey. An engineer friend who just retired did't even use UPS when he had to send work items because of the cost.
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Didn't know that about FedEx - it explains why there's no central accountability. It's a business model a huge corporation would love.
 
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Since we're posting car pics, here are a few from the Great Canadian VW show on Sunday:
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The first Silver Ghia is almost exactly like
mine(second pic). The light blue 62 Beetle is my nephew's.
 
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Chucky Stiletti said:
yeah had to mention…Spyder 550 doesn't quite cut it unless it's trying to poison your coffee I guess…..
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On a kind of related note - while in high school in San Jose my friends and I would routinely cut class and stop at a local sub shop on our way to Santa Cruz. We'd order a meatball sub or some other hot meat sandwich, wrap it in aluminum foil and place it in the engine compartment near the intake manifold. By the time we got to the beach we had piping hot subs to eat. My Mustang with the 289 hipo heated things up perfectly. As an added benefit, I rerouted the window washer line to discharge at the dashboard near the center console, installed a fresh washer tank and filled it with vodka. With the flip of a switch, you got all you could drink while driving. Seemed brilliant at the time, not so much now.
 
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Engle said:
Since we're posting car pics, here are a few from the Great Canadian VW show on Sunday:View attachment 5166025View attachment 5166026View attachment 5166027View attachment 5166028View attachment 5166029View attachment 5166030View attachment 5166031View attachment 5166032View attachment 5166033
The first Silver Ghia is almost exactly like
mine(second pic). The light blue 62 Beetle is my nephew's.
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VW had so many cool and affordable models. Even today, full concourse level models are attainable without getting into stupid money levels, ….well except for the 23 window vans for some reason.
 
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JJR58 said:
I'm that kid in the back of the classroom raising his hand. :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:
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Never would have guessed.:laugh:

semiprohooker said:
Just setup a cargo account with Southwest Airlines because I didn't trust any of the shipping carriers with that '62 B-15N. Looks pretty promising so far. Cost is looking like ~$85 insured and same day availability.
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Sounds like a great plan! Good thinking.
 
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GBassNorth said:
VW had so many cool and affordable models. Even today, full concourse level models are attainable without getting into stupid money levels, ….well except for the 23 window vans for some reason.
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The vans seem to go for bigger money. But within the car world air cooled VWs are generally a low cost hobby.
For example, I can buy a stock 34pict-3 (well made) replica carb for $160. It's hardly worth my time rebuilding an old one.
 
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semiprohooker said:
The other thing you have to consider with expansion is broad appeal to the largest number of people possible. Much like DIs on TB there are some of us that can pick out a lineup of 10 different DIs spot-on in a live mix. But to the vast majority of us a Radial Pro DI sounds just as good as a REDDI in the mix. Now good coffee, unlike the REDDI, might actually be looked down upon as bad tasting by some folks that aren't as "up to snuff." Cheaper and easier to appeal to the masses with a more "bland" product and let the marketing do its job. I mean, look at 7ender (and I love me a P bass).
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Starbucks is burnt tasting on purpose. They over-roast it like that for the same reason that every McDonald's hamburger you ever encounter will taste exactly like the same grade of Firestone snow tire material. They went for complete consistency over all else. When I'm on the road somewhere for work, I'll go into Starbucks because I know exactly what it will be and how fast I'll get it. Plus wifi. It requires absolutely no thought. Going into a local coffee shop can be a little more hit or miss, with the hits being far better and the misses being a little worse than Starbucks. Starbucks is also easy to find, because there's a brazillion of them.
 
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Engle said:
My wife keeps pushing to have AC installed in the house. I'm sure it will be much more.
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I LOVE having a/c, my house faces west and gets sun all afternoon long, gotta keep the basses happy! What I should be doing now that I have a metal roof is solar panels.

Gaolee said:
Living in Seattle means we don't have A/C. Never have. But it may be a good idea in time.
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We (my ex-wife and I) lasted part of our first summer in my house, the a/c was very welcome when we added it. Have I mentioned that I'm a bit of a delicate flower?
 
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dagrev said:
Your's looks great. You are very talented and did a great job.
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Thanks. Considering I did everything except for paint prep & paint, it turned out pretty well. But the level of detail in car restorations has gone up a lot since the 90s when I did my ghia.
Part of it is availability of body panels. I had to fabricate a lot of parts. If I started 10 years later I could have bought many of them.
 
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Engle said:
Thanks. Considering I did everything except for paint prep & paint, it turned out pretty well. But the level of detail in car restorations has gone up a lot since the 90s when I did my ghia.
Part of it is availability of body panels. I had to fabricate a lot of parts. If I started 10 years later I could have bought many of them.
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great photos and show! the last pic looks like a Corvair…
 
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