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81. RE: The News is Out!! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:48:04 -0500
Somewhere between the third and fourth "one more car and I'm leaving" ultimatum, a 33,000 original mile '73 Midget found me (Midgets have a way of finding me, just like stray cats). In greatest secre
/html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00491.html (10,923 bytes)

82. RE: Jack stands or ramps? Surprise me. (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:40:44 -0500
One extra safety precaution I sometimes take (depending on how much "thrashing" I plan on doing beneath the car) is to stack a couple of wheels w/tires under the car. Even if the car somehow falls of
/html/spridgets/2006-12/msg00530.html (10,594 bytes)

83. RE: No LBC---Health Insurance (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:02:12 -0500
GREAT IDEA, Larry! Let's just create yet another expensive, bloated, aloof bureaucracy, funded with.......yep, you guessed it. If the economies of those other "large, industrialized countries" (and t
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00124.html (10,550 bytes)

84. RE: No LBC---Health Insurance (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:31:06 -0500
Exactly. The "industry" is being driven out of the former, "large, industrialized countries" by big government/socialism. Want an on-going, working illustration of this? Look no further than your own
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00129.html (8,979 bytes)

85. RE: first car wishes (returning to LBC) (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:28:24 -0500
First car: '59 Porsche 356A coupe (2nd & 3rd were also 356s) Sixth car: Brand new, '71 BMW 2002 (in 18 months & 30,000 miles I wore out 3 sets of Michelin XASs....WHAHOOO!!!). Traded that in on a new
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00622.html (7,905 bytes)

86. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:06:41 -0500
You seem to be one of the enlightened few (out of the general, driving public) who've been able to grasp the concept that there is a wide range of traction/lack of traction available on snow, depend
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00809.html (11,178 bytes)

87. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 16:44:05 -0500
Can't say that I've seen any Pathfinders in ditches, around here. Usually, the local ditch content consists of Jeep Grand Cherokees, Ford Excursions & Explorers, and that sort of top-heavy stuff. The
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00817.html (9,474 bytes)

88. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:16:20 -0500
Yes, I know what you mean. PA D.O.T. uses magnesium chloride with the salt, to make the salt work at below 20F. Of course, when we get extended cold spells, where the daytime temps remain below 10 to
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00828.html (10,623 bytes)

89. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:44:36 -0500
Yes, I'm somewhat familiar with the process. My former employer had a plant, locally, that offered the service...typically for sheet steel and steel grating panels. Unfortunately, to do a car properl
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00831.html (9,587 bytes)

90. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:52:45 -0500
"Light" is a very relative term, these days. When compared to cars of 30 years ago, ALL of today's cars are morbidly obese. And, when I mentioned smaller, lighter AWD vehicles, I wasn't speaking of S
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00846.html (10,345 bytes)

91. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:01:28 -0500
That's nothing unusual, for my area (Pittsburgh, PA) and I've seen/experienced it on numerous occasions, over the years. Of course, you're right about staying in bed, under those conditions. Even if
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00869.html (10,048 bytes)

92. RE: Bumper cars in Portland Oregon! (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:11:20 -0500
I completely agree with you, except for one thing: I NEVER pump the brakes. Pumping brakes is for those who are incapable of sensing wheel "lock-up" or slide. Often, I need to "modulate" my pressure
/html/spridgets/2007-01/msg00870.html (9,529 bytes)

93. FW: [midgetsprite] Abrasive blast media (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 14:33:10 -0500
Oops! Forgot to edit. Let's see if this one makes it, this time. Temporarily out of "lurk mode", and noticing this thread, I thought I'd ad the following: I've been a TIP customer for close to 20 yea
/html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00138.html (10,308 bytes)

94. RE: Where to go for parts? (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 11:06:36 -0500
Re: TIP. Many times, you will find that what is initially more expensive is cheaper in the long run. Re: your upholstery & electrical parts issues.......Why did you go to VB? No, never mind. Much as
/html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00172.html (9,848 bytes)

95. RE: TIP Tools - no LBC (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 22:58:05 -0500
You are very close to being correct. True, the owner of Truman's retired, but, he sold the business to one or more of his employees, and the business became TIP (somewhere, I've got one of their old
/html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00283.html (7,673 bytes)

96. RE: TIP Tools - no LBC (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 07:57:21 -0500
Yes, like I said, they seem to have a strong need to disconnect their current business from the entity that sold the pressure blasters. Hence, for legal reasons (I strongly suspect) the statement tha
/html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00290.html (8,822 bytes)

97. RE: Dim Bulbs (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:19:18 -0500
I didn't notice any on-list discussion of your post, so, I'll spend my brief time out of "lurk mode" to offer my advice. Like most Brit cars, the Spridget's electrical system is (contrary to popular
/html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00845.html (9,567 bytes)

98. RE: Could just as easily be a car ad.... (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:44:24 -0500
Oh, yeah! BTDT. "I don't care....do what you want". My wife (by all accounts a very tolerant & loving wife) stayed pissed off at me for FOUR YEARS after I bought my current Porsche 356. Incredible de
/html/spridgets/2007-02/msg00847.html (8,112 bytes)

99. RE: Need to rent trailer (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:40:41 -0400
Those U-Haul trailers used to be pretty neat little rigs. If I were you, I'd call my local U-Haul agency and get them to go out and measure the minimum distance between the "tracks". You may get luck
/html/spridgets/2007-04/msg00326.html (8,418 bytes)

100. RE: Erik Carlsson Article (score: 1)
Author: "Bud Osbourne" <abcoz@hky.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2007 14:52:52 -0400
Peter C is right; Hemmings Sports & Exotics is a very nice publication, and I was glad to see ol' Satch back in print. He really wrote some great stuff for AW, up until the time he suddenly disappear
/html/spridgets/2007-04/msg00329.html (8,970 bytes)

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