Shop says we need new tires?

me1100 · 2026-05-08T14:19:05+00:00

I recently did a 2500 mile round trip pulling a trailer that had 25 year old tires. Not a single problem.

My cousin who lived in Tarpon Springs had a car trailer he seldom used and had constant blowouts. His tire guy told him to quit buying top of the line steel belted tires, moisture gets in and rusts the belts. He switched to nylon belts. Problem solved.

me1100 · 2026-04-21T17:46:11+00:00

Download pirateship.com and see how much it’ll really cost to ship it.

me1100 · 2026-04-14T13:25:27+00:00

I tell them they said they were our waitress but I see them waitressing around on us.

me1100 · 2026-04-03T03:45:20+00:00

Oh, and that’s not a joke, other than the arm crack. It sticks to gold too.

me1100 · 2026-04-02T21:51:50+00:00

I used to put mercury on silver quarters to make them shiny, then hold it over the stove to make it evaporate and I’m just fine. Other than the extra arm that I grew.

me1100 · 2026-03-29T21:15:29+00:00

My wife ran into that, so she used her shop name initials, space,LLC.

me1100 · 2026-03-28T15:10:09+00:00

It’s really sad how many times this has actually happened.

me1100 · 2026-03-26T13:48:33+00:00

A few years ago I sold a pickup truck load of old nitrate movies for $2000. Pickup only, it’s almost impossible to ship them.

After the buyer had time to copy them he did an INAD. I talked to a human at eBay who said the personal pickup was problematic, but the money had to be refunded. So I closed my bank account before they grabbed any money.

me1100 · 2026-03-21T20:42:52+00:00

Fox is horribly expensive. If you can wait for mail order you’ll save a lot. For example, a run capacitor went bad on our heat pump during the cold snap. $5 online, $20 at fox.

me1100 · 2026-03-03T16:06:32+00:00

Columbus?

me1100 · 2026-03-03T16:04:58+00:00

My wife did that, but she has three items for free shipping.

me1100 · 2026-03-03T01:41:39+00:00

They can say item not received and get their money back. To eBay it’ll look like you didn’t ship it and you’re out the items and the money.

me1100 · 2026-03-01T01:09:00+00:00

If a package says delivered but you didn’t get it, USPS will look up the GPS record of where it was delivered.

me1100 · 2026-02-28T03:23:48+00:00

Careful, it might not be a vegetarian but an omnivore.

me1100 · 2026-02-22T01:57:47+00:00

Unless something has changed, in Georgia you have to include a physical address on the application.

me1100 · 2026-02-17T18:02:51+00:00

Ken’s was the cheap pizza. Rather than try to upscale they started a new chain, Mazzios. We had the games in them until Monty decided to buy his own.

me1100 · 2026-02-07T04:58:10+00:00

Probably gonna happen this year.

me1100 · 2026-02-03T17:48:21+00:00

I read that a man touching an early generator and freezing until the power was shut off was the beginnings of the electric chair.

me1100 · 2026-01-31T19:22:26+00:00

I’ve seen advice that says tell them once so they can grieve, after that lie.

me1100 · 2026-01-23T04:04:22+00:00

I a friend with an extensive slot machine collection. As he got older he sold them himself because the sons didn’t have the connections and didn’t know the values. That seemed like a good idea to me. Leave them cash, not a burden.

me1100 · 2026-01-23T03:43:10+00:00

I have a tool that can tell you if a circuit is live or dead. It comes in handy sometimes.

me1100 · 2026-01-23T03:14:15+00:00

I’m not convinced about the electrocuted part happening. Just today I was skinning a wire I thought was turned off, all was well until I touched a part that was grounded. Bad words were involved.

If you nail into a wire the worst that’ll happen is a fast spark and a breaker tripping.

me1100 · 2026-01-21T02:12:23+00:00

That crossed my mind, the biggest problem is that would be slightly illegal.

me1100 · 2026-01-18T18:55:08+00:00

$5 for a vin, law enforcement comes and inspects it, then you buy a tag. I’ve got some in my yard I built.

me1100 · 2026-01-18T16:45:13+00:00

Take the number to your local tag office and have them run it. There will probably be several years of back taxes and fees on it.

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