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Some of their hand tools are now being made in China, just a heads up. They had a promo last week, 10 piece pliers set for around $100. Too good to be true? Yes it was, flip the box over and made in China. Vice-Grips are now made in China as well. If you can find any NOS made in America...

Snap-On, Matco, etc tools are made for the professional using them every day. They are for the most part a good deal better than comparable Craftsman tools. Craftsman is great for the shade tree. Not great for the professional mechanic like myself. And please don't show up at the Snap-On guy's...

As tasty as I know the prime steaks probably are, I can't eat em. I oppose corn fed beef on ethical grounds, and only eat grass fed beef when possible. I've been cutting down on meat consumption lately. Why? Because we as Americans eat way too much meat. Cheap factory farm meat is highly...

Yep, motor mounts are a common problem on those cars Does it also make a clunk/jerk when heavily accelerating from a stop? Good way to check for broken mounts is to have an assistant do a few quick brake torques with the hood open while you inspect the motor. There should be very little, if...

I saw a whole boatload of em' at the local grocery meat counter today. Sirloin, New York Strip, etc. Some fine looking steaks indeed, but I only eat grass fed beef these days. If you're a corn fed beef lover, go get em! They're around, and at a steep discount as compared to the local steakhouse.

A dog reflects it's owner. Even pitbulls, if well trained and socialized, can be a family dog. But then you have people like this who keep 2 large dogs in a small kennel all day. It's similar to what happens with some people in prison - they just lose it. Glad your wife is OK, hopefully the...

Sometimes I wonder what life is like outside of the rust belt. Must be nice! Then again, I really don't care to deal with crushing heat and humidity and poisonous biting critters.

Halloween pretty much sucks these days if you're a kid. It's way too sanitized. Most parents take their kids somewhere like the mall, where the stores all give out candy. And the trick or treating starts at like 3:30. All the kids are done by the time it gets dark out. Then again, I'm getting...

Nothing's really built to last anymore. Plus the fact that people want all the bells and whistles built in ("oooooh, 900 choices for washer cycles, steam dry with the dryer, etc") just more stuff to break. Traditional washers/dryers are OK with me.

Originally Posted By: brianl703 Originally Posted By: AcuraTech Most leases are also stuffed with some pretty sweet clauses such as: "If a dispute arises requiring legal action, tenant will be responsible for all legal fees accrued by the leasing company" Wow. So if I take em' to court, I have...

Not much left of Detroit proper. Population has been shrinking since the 50's. Many areas of the city are now urban prairie. It's almost surreal. Lot's of the skyscrapers downtown are actually empty. There was a brief renaissance a few years ago, but since the economy crashed it's back to...

Super traditional, but vampires are big again this year with the 'Twilight' series being so popular. Don't feel as though you have to get super creative and go all out. Just head to the costume store and pick something up. If all else fails, go as "The Crow" (90's movie)(easy costume - some face...

Let's be realistic here. I've lived in quite a few rental units in my day, and getting the landlord to perform repairs always takes some arm twisting. Every landlord I've ever dealt with will only do the *BARE MINIMUM* to get past the legal letter of the law. Nothing has changed since the...

Just read in the paper yesterday that Electrolux Corp (owns a number of brands including Maytag, Frigidaire, etc) is closing another washing machine plant in Iowa and moving it to Mexico. Sad state of affairs when our country is on the road to manufacturing absolutely NOTHING! Sorry for the...

I've heard that the reason the early Japanese stereo receivers (Pioneer, Panasonic, etc) were so good was because they copied the high end American companies like McIntosh Labs. Now everybody wants everything cheap and cheaper, so you get what you pay for. Believing a cheap stereo's wattage...

Originally Posted By: Primus Citigroup's "Hail Mary Pass": How To Know Citigroup Is In Serious Trouble All big banks are insolvent and stayed afloat thanks to Fed pumped money only, so they are like vessels trying to get rid off dangerous cargo before coming deadly hurricane. And seems...

Sounds kinda hokey to me, I would just get OEM, which is plug and play.

Originally Posted By: FusilliJerry82 I kind of think you'd be naive to think a dealer would use anything but the cheapest acceptable stuff they could. That being said though, it doesn't mean they're using bacon grease in the crankcase and a rag in place of the filter. Any bulk lube of the...

What a cool game to watch (visually, that is) with the snow and the retro uniforms. Strange to see it looking like late December in Mid-October though. Too bad the game itself was as big of a snoozer as you could get. NFL parity is down this year, there are quite a few teams that are real duds.

Originally Posted By: benjamming Acura, Dry aged steaks? I've heard the term, but I'm not super familiar with it. I know that wet aging is much more common these days.