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You have to work for the right people and be in the right union to make good money as a welder. I know a few people who do make a good wage but aren't guaranteed work for very long at a time, basically living from contract to contract. And at least in the fire dept the layout guy, who just measures pipe lengths and draws lines to cut etc., makes way more than the guy who actually puts it all together. CNC could be useful for someone with an automotive niche, I don't think the schooling is very intensive. I know one person that got it a while back, hasn't found a job though...

42. But seriously, when you do ebay, you have to check completed listings only, and even then auctions that didn't hit the reserve are erroneous. Compare to what people are asking for on CL, it might not be what they're actually willing to sell for but it could give you an idea what to ask for to be competitive.

Bonus econoline! Sick. I'd like this music more if my car where in it. Man wouldn't it be freaking rad if a z was featured in a movie like the punisher or something? I mean come on, road warrior could have done better than a falcon. Or perhaps a night rider? This guys z can already turn on its own headlights, that's a start.

So when I say OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE and it's about america, you twist my words into being well maybe it's possible. You sure quote me on saying may a lot considering it is absent from my post. Then put in quotes something you call the undercurrent of what I said to make me sound like what you assume me to be. Then you pin the acts of others on me and imply that we are in the same category for some reason. Perhaps I should quote myself. "I'm still waiting for you to give me some chinese high quality brand names that I can start buying tools from by the way." This was not a trick question, I didn't intend for it to be so hard to answer. I assume there are high quality brands from china, and since you are so internationally aware perhaps you can enlighten me. Why you keep dodging the question and all the while say I'm refusing to consider a chinese brand is beyond me.

No one on earth will ever have tested literally every piece of evidence to make any conclusions on any topic whatsoever. We work with what little experience we have, how is that so difficult to understand? If you can't draw any conclusions unless 100% of the data falls in line then you'll never be able to make heads or tails of anything. The fda wouldn't have ever approved of a single drug, that's for sure. Is putting tylenol on the market saying that it is 100% safe to use? No, it's saying that the odds are in your favor enough to not be too concerned, that's it. I didn't say a usa company tool is not a chinese tool anymore, I said that because the company is in the usa it holds the china factory to usa standards and therefore the chinese tool is made in usa quality. Certainly china is not incapable of making the same quality products we do, it's just that the majority of them choose not to because they can make an insane amount of a cheap product, sell it cheap, and rake in the dough on volume. Obviously there are cheap usa companies too as there are a few exceptions to every rule, and if I knew a crappy usa tool company I wouldn't buy from them either! I'm still waiting for you to give me some chinese high quality brand names that I can start buying tools from by the way. I'm sure there are a variety of reasons not to buy a product from someone besides racism, which you insist on assuming about china. A country is not a race. If I refused to buy from germany for any reason would you bat an eye? Probably not, because like me most germans are white, which apparently is a race these days. So I guess the only people I'm allowed to not buy from are other people that are the same color as me, otherwise it wouldn't be politically correct. Where the hell did that quote even come from??

Score! I am willing to resell it for twice what I paid. Aren't you looking forward to having nothing to do for a change? I'm sure it won't last long though.

I'm discriminating based solely on EVERY EXPERIENCE I'VE EVER HAD. If you have a chinese brand that makes high quality tools at a competitive price then great, I'd like to hear of it. Refusing to buy from a country might be racist, but that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying I have yet to see a tool from a chinese company that meets my standard of quality. Some of the usa companies that outsource to china still keep their standards, so the tools are still made better and are still a little more expensive, but cheaper than usa made tools. That versus a company based in china where the one and only requirement is low price, of course they're going to cut every corner--and they don't care about tarnishing their brand name because either they don't have one or it's meaningless anyway (or apparently they slap a craftsman logo on it).

It helps if you clench your teeth, open your mouth real wide, and push back into the seat real hard as you stomp the throttle. Although it might look pretty funny if your car is actually quite slow in everyone else's opinion.

I was gonna say that, since I have a 20 year old OTC multimeter that has never let me down, but I don't think that's the point. I'm not saying I buy nothing but name brand made in usa stamped tools either but perhaps 310z does, or at least he bought the tool and paid x amount because he was under the impression that it was. False advertising is just that. Although just about every brand name essentially slaps their logo on other companies' products, and I don't blame them. It's up to the smart consumer to find the source (I still haven't figured out what one factory makes every pair of wire twisters I've ever seen). Snap-on has dozens of brands under their wing, usually you discover this when you find that brand at the root and they boast that they are in the Snap-on "family." I know a good tool when I see it, I don't buy brand names. I certainly wouldn't buy air tools from them or matco etc. I don't think I would even buy new tools of the sort. An old dotco or ir scored at the swap meet is what I'm about. I thought it was in fact only hand tools that had lifetime warranty. Didn't realize that companion or evolv crap were sears brands, they stink! Figures a name brand would unload the cheap stuff under a different name so as to not tarnish themselves (ex. Kobalt). I'll take one of your vacuum cleaners though. Vacuums are the perfect example of a tool that pays to buy the best, because even if you think you're saving a bundle getting the cheap stuff, you'll be back to the store in no time. That's a pretty wild accusation. This may be a slippery slope but sometimes it's not racist if it's absolutely true. Besides, race has nothing to do with it here. This is a bunch of people agreeing that in their experience products made in china are generally of inferior quality than those made in the usa. A rating of their metallurgy and nothing more. The coast guard ordered a bunch of "stainless steel" from overseas to repair some old boats and less than six months later it's completely rotted, all the while they have some american made stainless with over twenty years in service, now explain to me how saying that the overseas steel was poorly made makes me racist.

Yes, g-force is way more fun. Technically fast would be top speed, and who has the space to be going 180? When I say fast I really mean quick, as in off the line acceleration. My friend's dart would slide past me in the quarter, but being five lengths ahead in the eighth made me smile regardless.

Good think Im a export mathmatitian You could ask me something like what's the square root of nine, and I'd be like bla bla bla, bla bla bla bla, giving you the exact right answer.

LOL We're actually debating this?? http://www.google.com/search?&q=4.5in+in+mm Curse you imperial measurement system! P.S. Where did 1.5mm come from?

Well, some older cars were pretty fast, it's just hard to tell the difference because they looked similar and there were a dozen engine options for each model. Keep in mind they were stock production cars (although a 68 dart with fixed glass and no passenger seat is hardly that). For some reason an auto company can't make a reliable speed demon that's reproducible. Look how much effort they had to put into the veyron (what a pathetic attempt)?? True story. Lower to the ground really makes a difference. When I rode my go kart it felt like I was on a rocket, although 45mph is pretty fast, for a go kart. And on top gear a lot of times they'll talk about a fast car not being fun to drive, like comparing a super exotic with a corvette and saying in the exotic you don't feel fast or in control with all the traction control and smooth suspension etc., versus driving by the seat of your pants. Man I wanna live where you live. It's ridiculous down here, my city cops are usually okay but the majority that come from our neighbor are complete a-holes. Epilogue: I was turning down my street once just a tad fast perhaps (probably looked way faster because of my super fast looking car and also suspension bottoming out in the flood gutter) and a cop stopped me and kept going on like "Are you pregnant?? Have you been shot?? Is someone dying?? Is your house on fire??" and on and on and on. Another time a cop stopped me late at night because I burned a little rubber and thinking I was drunk, turned out he was from my town (although the entire force showed up because they had nothing better to do). Technically I was over the border so they had to call the presiding law and wait. They were all if these guys don't show up in ten minutes we'll just let you go, and sure enough they showed at the last second. Made me call my parents to try to embarrass me, wtf? I'm 23 years old, at what point does my old man stop being my keeper??

Well at least you're good with time management. Five years looks about right

Old Man: I used to have one of those. Me: Yeah they're fun little cars Old Man: I totaled mine. Me: Well, sometimes too fun. Old Man: ... I had a friend who bought a bug and said it was fast. I think that a better way of looking at it is people think a car is fast if it's a stick. When they drive it, somehow being able to control the shift points makes the car fast, and when they see a manual car, they assume it's because it's a race car or something. I also knew a guy that said he wanted to race me before even seeing my car. I asked him how he was so confident when he didn't know what I drove, and he said something like "Well, my car is pretty fast, I mean it's a matrix, so..." At the time I had never even heard of one, and when I saw the car needless to say, it was hard to contain myself.

What do you mean the cf regions are 100%? PS Why is it just now showing that there are new postings on this thread??

Yeah I used to think chrome was overrated but that, is, sexy. And I still can't get over the oval exhaust pipes.

Before the site change, deleted pictures would show up with an x, now they just say "posted image" instead.

Yeah, the suction needed is negligible, probably offset by slight ram effect. A dirty filter would create more back pressure than a tube like that. You can put a vacuum gauge inside the filter and see what it reads in comparison, as well as over time as it gets dirty.

Sick! You don't pay tax on it do you? In fact they probably send you a check! I don't know if I'd want to live there, but I'd definitely take a cruise there sometime, it's on the bucket list. That and Utah have to be like the exact opposite. P.S. Can you see Russia from your house? j/k. But seriously...

"anyone can put the Craftsman name on a tool" HA! Not only will they not prosecute copyright infringement but they'll even go as far as to support it! Well the Snap-On lifetime warranty is hardly legendary... :/ Nothing is built with real quality anymore. We sold our old school metal heavy as hell vacuum years back and have been through a new vacuum about every year since then, biggest mistake ever. All because it's hard to argue with a cheap asian brand that's a fraction of the price. We know it, the USA companies sure know it, so one by one they're selling out. I'm trying to get more Snap-On stuff because the quality really is proving to live up to the hype in most cases, I'm just wary because I know the support isn't there if and when something should need to be replaced. I'm sure if you bring them a broken ratchet they'll try to say you used it wrong or didn't grease it daily and so it's your fault it failed. I brought 4 ratchets back to sears that I had dropped in the ocean, got all new ones with no question--and they haven't even made the ones I returned in years. I try to get snap-on stuff from ebay though because I don't have a guy anyway, plus on their website I've noticed that sometimes the pictures aren't right. I've also bought some decent stuff from ATS and they have pretty good service. One thing wasn't like the picture and they refunded me but just let me keep it anyway.

I think you should go for this instead, they look like they're having a blast.

ALASKA??