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No matter to me. I love both traditional round pies (thin crust) and Sicilian pies (thick crust). I'm more of a stickler for the texture of the crust. It must be crispy, yet not burned. There aren't many pizzerias outside of NYC that can do that.

Nice pics Camino! Shoot, this sounded like a great time. I know I said I was gonna go, but personal stuff got in the way. I'm still game for the Corvette show at the end of August.

Take up biking. Find a cheap road bike on craigslist and stretch those legs.

Thanks guys. I just got an email from the seller telling me it was internally balanced. I will check tonight though, because he already lied to me once.

Last month I picked up a crankshaft for the Corvette. It was advertised as a NOS 396/427 crank and has the correct casting numbers. Late last night, I get an email from someone who bought a crank from the same guy. His had the 396/427 casting number, but had the physical characteristics of a 454 crank (a 4" stroke vs/ a 3.76" stroke, and a dowel pin at the flywheel end). I open my box and, sure enough, same thing. Naturally I'm upset about buying something that's not as advertised, but I'm more concerned with making sure I can still use the 427 balancer and flywheel. The 396/427 crank is internally balanced while the 454 is internally balanced. With all the backgroung out of the way, is there any way to tell by looking at the crank to tell how it's balanced. If it's internally balanced, I'll just suck it up and get the right balancer and flywheel since the 427 and 454 bores are the same, but if it's externally balanced I'm ready to make a federal case about it. I'll provide pics if needed. TIA.

On a semi-related note, you guys are more than welcome to join me here. See my two posts in that thread. I normally don't bother, but I'm not really in the mood to watch misinformation being passed off as fact.

I scrolled through that whole page, and not one reference to John Petrucci or Eddie Van Halen in anyone's sigs. You're better off finding your guitar tabs here.

Hard to tell from the pics, but it might be possible to pop a lot of that out from behind. Crawl into the trunk and see if that's double metal back there. If not, get a hammer and dolly. Have one person hold the dolly and the other hit the dolly from behind. You won't get it perfect but you'll minimize the amount of body filler you need to use. You might be able to do a similar thing with the fenders, but you at least have the luxury of changing them with a better set (assming they're available). EDIT: Thanks for the new pics - they do help. Looks like you'll have to dissemble the interior a bit to get at the rest of that quarter panel damage. Don't just sand the rust, eliminate it, cover it with rust encapsulating paint, and you'll probably have to put a thin wipe of filler there to fill the pitted metal. As for the fenders, yeah that's going to be pretty tough to get out. Try to find a good set of fenders before deciding if it's worth the effort to fix the ones you have.

Deep down, Landis, I think you know there's only one option for your replacement engine:

Do you think it'd turn out something like this?

Just ignore her and she'll go away, folks.

Are you talking new (GMT900) Sivlerados or used ones? I could answer better once I know that.

I've been in a few of these. They're really nice rides. IMO this generation is the best the Maxima has been (sorry 68). The 04-up is an abomination. Lots of luck with it.

I'm mainly a lefty, but I can do a few things right handed, like eat wth a fork, throw, and play guitar.

See if you can find a leftover GTO.

The first "American Revolution" ads were cool: The car carrier ad (which is now been beaten to death) The SSR 'Holy Sh!t" ad The banned Corvette commercial The Cobalt/Corvette "Sibling Rivalry" ads The Cobalts playing ball. They've lost their way. Most Chevy commercials I see now are the typical stock footage/Deal of the Month voiceover ads

Happy Birthday, PCS.

+1 It's amazing how well the '47 has stood up to the test of time. Didn't the first ones start flying in '69 or something?

I just get a glass. They're 2 feet from the fridge. I'm not averse to eating ice cream out of the carton if there's only one serving left.

Julia Roberts = Overrated. Both in looks and acting ability.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Brookville, PA, a 17 year old young man hangs a "For Sale" sign in a green Mazda Millenia.

Is that Ninety-Eight the same one we helped you pick out after your black one was totalled? It looks just like you drove it off the lot. Good job taking care of her. The Toro looks great too. I'm not as big a fan of that bodystyle, but it's always good to see a GM car that has a loving home.

I know quite a few things about her. I'm also in pretty good standing with her friends and family. It's not like we grew up together, but it wouldn't exactly be a blind date either. I met her in the fall '06. We were attending a young adult Bible study together. I was a staff member and she was an attendee. I felt an instant click, and as I got to know her I liked her more and more. I never did anything about it, mainly because I did not want to jeopardize her time at the study. After the study ended I said to myself the next time I see her I will ask her out. Bad timing among other things kept us apart until the beginning of this month when I saw her again. No matter, because when we started talking it was like the gap in time did not occur. I said the same thing again - next time I see her I will ask her out. Haven't seen her since. And the kicker is, from the information I have from her friend, the two of them started dating right around the time I last saw her. I don't have any first hand experience with them together, but the message that I'm getting from her friend is that she likes this guy. I'm not sure. The pickings in my age bracket are definitely slim, and, without sounding conceited, I do not want to compromise what I want in a mate just to get hooked up. This one is a rarity and I should have been a lot more aggressive. I don't belong in the bar scene, my friends are for the most part hooked up and don't know anyone, and I'm not totally sold on online dating just yet. So in reality #3 is just about eliminated from contention, for now if not permanently. You make a very good point, reg.. I see that with my own sister - she's ready to grab the next bus out of the station no matter where it's going, and the guys she's been going out with (either through eHarmony or through hookups via a friend), have been somewhat less than perfect for her. The data I have suggests that the one I want is pretty into this other guy, but women do have a way of fooling themselves and other people into thinking they're truly happy. You know what, now would be a great time for the women of this site to come out of hibernation and speak their minds here.

See that's just the thing. We're both Christians (I don't know about him), so I really am not sure God would feel about me potentially jeopardizing that relationship. Anyway, I'm 28, she's 27, no idea about him. I've felt something click with her since the first time I saw her. She's beautiful, but it's not just that because I see tons of women in the gym with hardly anything on and they all do nothing for me. I love her personality, she's sweet, funny and "spunky", if you will, sort of complements my more low key approach to things.

So, yeah, this is something I'm struggling with right now, and I'm not sure where to go from here. Long story short - I've been crazy about this girl for a long time, but for one reason or another we've been missing each other. I find out from her friend that she started seeing someone about 4-5 weeks ago and they're "official". Unlike any other time I've fallen for someone, I feel this one is worth putting it all on the line for. Countering that emotion, however, is my sense of right and wrong, coupled with the fact that I don't want to piss off her friend, since she in not so many words told me not to bother. So there you have it, the cliff's notes version. I might go into more detail eventually, but now I just don't feel like it. Any advice is appreciated, I have no idea where to go from here.