So, die (part making metal mass that is pressed over a sheet of metal) sinker (down) riffles (files)
Thursday, October 22, 2026
I had never heard of Die Sinker's Riffles until this weekend, and then, when looking in my garage for a caliper and micrometer to bring to work, discovered that I have a set!
A quick-thinking man came to the rescue of 19 students and the driver of a runaway school bus in Saint Paul, Minnesota
the Battle Creek Middle School bus was rolling down the street at about 10 mph with its doors wide open and its lights flashing.
Ahmed said it caught his attention because the lights of a school bus normally don't flash unless it is at a complete stop.
"When he drove past me, it really shook me," Ahmed told CBS News Wednesday. "I was like, 'What is going on?'"
As captured on nearby security cameras, Ahmed, who works at a nearby store, sprinted from the sidewalk and jumped onto the moving bus.
"I saw the bus driver obviously having a medical emergency," Ahmed said. "All I looked at was the gear control and I was trying to put it into park."
Ahmed, who told CBS News he had never been behind the wheel of a bus before, said he briefly got confused between the reverse and park selections on the gear shift and accidentally put the bus into reverse.
Ahmed said it caught his attention because the lights of a school bus normally don't flash unless it is at a complete stop.
"When he drove past me, it really shook me," Ahmed told CBS News Wednesday. "I was like, 'What is going on?'"
As captured on nearby security cameras, Ahmed, who works at a nearby store, sprinted from the sidewalk and jumped onto the moving bus.
"I saw the bus driver obviously having a medical emergency," Ahmed said. "All I looked at was the gear control and I was trying to put it into park."
Ahmed, who told CBS News he had never been behind the wheel of a bus before, said he briefly got confused between the reverse and park selections on the gear shift and accidentally put the bus into reverse.
a guy with a pair of GNs in his garage, and a 14 yr old son.... posted on facebook that he told his son if he gets one running, he can use it in high school
"hey if you fixed one of those cars in the garage you'd probably have the fastest and coolest car in high school."
Yesterday when I got home from work he's watching tv and says all cool & collective "I got that car running today."
Lol what ? What car ?
"That Grand National Dad"
I about fell over haha what do you say to that? right?
That car hasn't ran since 2004.
I say "wow really?"
" yep I took the spark plugs out cleaned em gapped em put em back in and put the new spark plug wires on, that were in the car."
"No shit?"
" ya I dumped gas in the throttle body and it ran."
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
1963 1/2 Ford Galaxie 500 Lightweight factory racer, 1-of-212, in storge since 1970, with only 2400 miles on it (thank you George!)
The portly front bench seat was ditched in favor of a pair of basic Bostrom bucket seats. These were sourced from Ford’s police package and saved a bunch of weight. The heater, radio, clock, armrests, door pulls, dash padding, dome lights, and even the passenger sun visor were all ditched. Instead of carpeting and sound deadening, the car just got a thin rubber mat. Made with aluminum bumpers, aluminum Borg Warner transmission, bellhousing, and shifter
last of the hardware supply mail order catalog big posts.
I'll start this last installment, with the most fun thing in the 1400 page book
and then fet to the things I find interesting that I've never heard of before
and some pages of the huge variety of things inside that could be ordered
what the hell is a jelly cake?
an asparagus cooker?
there was so MUCH ammo!
and the illustrators were top notch!
and a 44, with birdshot!
even exploded views of rifles to order the individual parts
and before fishing line was made of plastic, it was silk, or Irish linen
that fish holder would be damn useful when trying to get a hook out of a mouth
before it was tarpaulin, it was a Paulin... how strange
and the variety of baseballs!
notice the brand or model in the upper left corner, it's a "Motorbike"
I had no idea those spoke fasteners are called nipples
before they became "clip boards" they were "Board Clips"
and I began this with the most fun, and this ends with the most unreal... anyone could order dynamite. IT works really good for blasting stumps, my grandpa told me, but since he couldn't buy in anymore, in the mid 80s, he had to try using his tractor. It was not successful, but the damn stump was where he wanted to plant a small field for something deer love to eat.