icantdrive55

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by icantdrive55 8y ago
Watch repair: The watch repair manual, by Fried Practical watch repairing, by De Carle The Swiss Watch repairer's manual, by Jendritzki (This book is great, but don't pay more than $75. After Fried's book it pulls in all the
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
You are a good person. A better peson than myself.
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
"For that matter, how many people even change their own brakes (one of the easiest DIY tasks, IMO)?" Most poor people, middle class (what's left). Although rental agreements, and section 8 leases prohibit working on any vechi
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
"Nowadays you can get good robotized gearboxes that have almost none of the disadvantages, except for a slightly higher price." 1. These automatic transmissions are still the weak spot on most vechicles. 2. They still use clutch
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I don't think it matters to those that can afford the service? Amazon captured peoples trust, and those with funds buy their counterfeit, overpriced goods. Along with that Prime scam. (I have kept track of their portable AM radios for
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
For years, I've been wanting a book sorting app. I've wanted a app that I can take a digital picture of my 12' x 8' wall of uncatorgized books, and the program will tell he roughly where the book looking for is physicall
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I really think most Psychiatrists know how addictive Benzodiazepines are, but Americans are very stressed out. In my case, I busted a gasket in my twenties. I went from the most capable person in the room, to the trembling guy who could ba
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
Again with the Prop 13? I'm about to give up, and let history repeat itself. Yes--if an child inherits a house, they can inherit the property tax their parents paid, if they fill out the paperwork within 120 days-- I believe. Multipl
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
Yea--I'm not blaming doctors, nor drug companies. Americans are misserable on so many levels. I believe most people who really liked opiates, are also very depressed. Life in America, since the 80'-90's has been not great f
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
It will be the ultimate Wealthy Boy ride/experience. It's too bad the average scientist, especially astronomers, astrophysicists won't be able to afford to ride the ride? (I'm not suspose to bring up the wealth divide in
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
It's about going too far, and yes--there is a line. I don't find it "interesting" in the slightest. People, even at work, should have some privacy rights. I don't think a Worker's Privacy Bill will get passed i
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
"Only in August 2017 had oBike pulled off one of the largest series B rounds on record in Southeast Asia to raise US$45 million from a venture capital firm linked to a co-founder of Russia’s Mail.Ru Group a mysterious “leading global
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
The unemployment numbers don't mean much. This economy is hanging on by by a few sectors that are barely successful. The 1% won. And when I watch Norma Rae--I realize that movie couldn't be made today. The cotton owners just mo
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
If you have the need to talk to someone, you can find low cost Therapists. They are usually students, but I found they were better than the licensed MFCC, and PhDs. The sessions are recorded, and listened to by a licensed therapist. I beli
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I didn't expect Internet based companies, like Amazon, to fix homelessness. That said, I'm saddened that the town council caved in so quick. Our biggest problem is homlessness. All I know, is it's basically illegial to live
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
Yes--every government employee stereotypes, and profiles. Government employees=federal, state, and local. It's embarrassing, and I'm questioned all those days in grade school I repeated the Pleadge of Allegiance. If I had a do ov
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
It scares me. I think about that what Musk said about Robots. He said, 'In the future, we will need a strobe scope to see robots'. Automation scares me more than my state requiring me to buy insurance for my jalopy? (Insurance t
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I had a teacher in high school tell a student to go home, after a disagreement. The kid didn't show up for two days. On the third day, my teacher went to the kid's house, and asked him to come back. The kid said he dropped out of
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
"Sure, maybe it is just an age thing, and nothing has really changed. But I don't know... I feel like the Internet used to be something special, and now it feels like flipping through TV channels in your office break room." A
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
This has to stop. It's been going on way too long. I think about it every time I see a cop. It's 10x worse than when I was growing up because municipalities realized no one was keeping track of the amounts of the fees/fines
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I just want a fair shake. I don't want Fees, while giving me 0 interest. I don't need a physical location, but would like a place I can sent a check to. Just an ATM? Forget the fancy office no-one goes in anymore? Oh yea, techn
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
Local police departments are using that Broken Window theory to harass the Homeless so they leave, or end up in jail. In my county, we don't have much crime, but Homlessness was inching up there. Hell, I live in Marin County. The encl
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
Just looked up the nonprofits 990's and it looks like a decent nonprofit. I only looked at the three highest paid employees though. I didn't calculate adverting, and company expenses to money sent out to the cause. I never used
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
The trick is getting in a good union, like local 6 in San Francisco. You won't run out of job opportunities if your book 1 union. Yes--construction is not a great job. Out if of all the Trades; Electrical is a bit better than the rest
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
If someone held a gun to my head, and told he to open a restaurant with my meager saving; I always felt it would be a take-out burrito place. I don't think I've ever met anyone who didn't like a burrito, or pizza. My point is
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I'm a former General Contractor. (Actually still a contractor, but inactive status.) This is very possible. Do it when you are young though. Don't wait. Start learning now. If serious, and have the time, land, and funds for mater
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
100 years ago they were made on a hand crank hobbing tool, or wheel engine. I don't know about these days.
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by icantdrive55 8y ago
I hear a lot of you talking about ETA movement. Great movements, but buy them up while you can. Swatch Group will cease selling their movements to just anyone. There's enough movements in the secondary market to keep most home hobbiest
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by icantdrive55 9y ago
"When this case happens, I explain in good term that they should buy a slightly better quality next time;" 1. I guarantee 99% of the comsumers out there don't know quality, from junk. That whole, "You get what you pay f
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by icantdrive55 9y ago
There's a lot of people who weren't invited to the party. The "able bodied, but aren't working number is close to an all time high. I believe it's higher than when women stayed at home while hubby worked? I have ne

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