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Save the avgas for airplanes. It's not a good idea in cars for several reasons.... As stated, it contains lead. It'll mess up any car with emissions equipment. It'll clog up cats and cause sensors to fail. It's illegal for road use. I seriously doubt you'll find an airport that will let you fill up your car, most won't even let you fill up a 5 gal can. If they get caught selling you leaded gas for anything other than airplanes, they'll get fined by the EPA. It doesn't burn efficiently in naturally aspirated or low compression engines. 100LL is harder to ignite and requires higher compression, most cars will make more power on 87 pump gas. The reason it blew a big fireball was build-up of unburned fuel in the exhaust. That said, race gas sure does smell good.

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That's gotta be a bit of an adventure in the cockpit trying to stay straight and level while 50,000 lbs of cargo loaded off center gets dumped out the back.

It's a must see. There's so much there, plan for 2 days if you're the type that likes to read all the placards and just stand and stare for a while. Have some sunscreen for the outside parts of it. Best I recall, you can't carry there but I don't recall any sort of check point or metal detectors (which they do have at Kennedy Space Center).

Saw a headline that said the officers have filed suit against Mosby. http://ktla.com/2016/07/27/officers-in-freddie-gray-case-sue-baltimore-states-attorney-marilyn-mosby/

How do you manage the 5 trigger presses with dry fire in a striker fired gun? Seems like cycling the slide after every shot would be a bad habit to develop.

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The D-21 drone. Technically it's host aircraft was an M-21. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_D-21 So who else had one of these as a kid? http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Night_Raven Who else still has it?

I like that too. Sure looks easier than wrestling the canoe on/off the top of the van.

A file or belt sander will work fine.

School field trips to go rub up against one? How cool is that?! I sure wish I'd been able to see one fly in person.

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If you haven't, you guys should check out Rich Graham's books. http://www.amazon.com/Richard-H.-Graham/e/B001IO9Q8E i was fortunate to attend a talk given by Col. Graham and got autographed books for my Dad. Really neat to hear his stories in person.

I use Milcomm. The syringe make it really easy to put just a little grease exactly where it needs to be without ending up with a BFM. While small, it's probably a lifetime supply unless you're shooting pro type round counts. https://www.amazon.com/Mil-Comm-TW25B-Grease-Reclosable-Syringe/dp/B000UTOVX8

We've mulched with pine straw for several years. I may try bark mulch next year.

Isn't a permit required for a parade on public streets? Isn't jaywalking illegal?

I remember seeing a show years ago where a couple automotive crash test engineers decided it would be fun to do analysis of a variety of professional martial artists. They wired up some dummies and told the fighters to do their worst. The results were staggering.

Dad has a copy of Sled Driver. It's full of great stories, I remember that one.

I saw the first few holes, wish I'd been able to watch the rest. Looked like the two of them were having fun competing with one another.

Indeed. Catch a good sale on meat and buy a bunch. Vacuum seal it in manageable portions and they keep a long time. My parents bought ours for us in the first couple years of marriage. It'll be 15 years Thursday.

I don't care much who wins, I just want it to be interesting. I also hope "idiot Phil" doesn't make an appearance. He's done some of the dumbest things over the years at times like this.

I use the side burner on my grill as the heat source specifically to keep the heat out of the house, and the potential mess should it go horribly wrong, though we've only done water bath canning so far. The only way I know to preserve zucchini is to shred and freeze it. Then it can used for zucchini bread and added to sauces or casseroles as a veggie filler. Seems to work fairly well since it doesn't have much flavor. I've never cared much for yellow squash so we don't grow it. Yes, the "Ball Book" is a must have. We also got a dehydrator a while back but haven't used it much yet. I did one batch of chilie peppers that didn't get as crispy as I wanted. I plan to try the usual fruits but hadn't thought about tomatoes. I'd like to try jerky too, but figured I'd start with easier stuff like fruit.

Me too. I find blacksmithy in general very interesting.

We freeze lots of tomatoes. Blanch and skin them, then put in freezer bags. We've also frozen corn basically the same way. Wife made a batch of strawberry jam from the you-pick strawberry place earlier this year.