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Nice stash! You could keep Bubbles (Trailer Park Boys) employed for a couple of years.
Fill them all up and you'd have around 42 billion dollars worth of groceries.
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Been seeing a few here, lately!
The weak.
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Quite a few years ago, a neighbour of mine called to ask if I knew much about Chrysler rear ends. He called the right guy. He was a Chevvy guy, and had a 1966 Nova SS that somebody had put an A-body Mopar 8 3/4" rear end in. He had it up on jack stands and noticed the rear wheel bearings were really sloppy. We pulled the rear brake drums off, and I noticed this clip was missing from the bearing adjuster. Of course, the axle bearing clearance was all out of whack. I went home and got my gauge and magnetic stand, and a spare clip. I went back, and set up the axle clearance, and installed the clip to retain the setting. My Chevvy friend was amazed! He had never seen this before. Tapered bearings vs GM ball bearings.
I knew quite a bit about tapered bearings, having worked Q.C. at Canadian Timken in St. Thomas, Ontario for 11 years. Employees could get free bearing sets for their personal cars. I used to know the Timken #'s for all the bearings used in my Mopars. The factory closed years ago.
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Them ain't cheap.
Even the casters ain't cheap.
Wonder if they're all locked from the anti-theft wire.
Around here shopping carts are hard to get rid of.
Local scrap yards require a letter of release form the store that owns the carts.
Years ago, a stash like this was passed around by several scrappers who thought they could sell them. The grocery store was closed long ago. All of those shopping
carts were like kryptonite. Nobody wanted them.
When we would end up with a cart in the trailer park, we would cut it up and put in the trunk of a scrap car to get rid of it.
Funny you should say that Dave. Back when we were racing on a tight budget, my buddy was building a 69 or 70 Nova for the drag strip. We ended up putting an A body 8 3/4 in it because it was about the right width and we could easily change the gears.
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If your family got here after the American Revolution, you should keep quiet.
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Has nothing to do with it.
My family (dads parents) came here in the 20s for a better life. Worked hard. Banned German in their house. Spoke English. Cooked American food. Adopted American habits and hobbies and fashion. Raised a son who retired from the Navy as a commander. Raised a son who served in the FBI. Flew an AMERICAN flag on the porch.
Didn't game the system.
Didn't collect welfare, or SNAP.
Didn't holler about how much they hate this country.
Didn't fly a German flag.
Didn't sneak in illegally, with their hand out for freebies.
They waited in line at Ellis Island. Came here legally. Got jobs. Paid taxes. Bought a home. Raised patriotic sons. CONTRIBUTED to this nation. Didn't TAKE from it...GAVE TO IT.
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That's an odd statement, at best.
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Your family's great story is the same story as nearly all immigrants that have come to America, including today. There will always be scammers among us and some will even reach high places in government and society. Immigrants escape to America and generally bring a great work ethic, and later great patriotism for this country that gave them so much. But we have to accept the bad with the good. Your family knew what the bad was, wanted nothing to do with it, and rejected it in every facet of their life. The mix of cultures makes us stronger than any other country in the world.
That insipid T-shirt is factually incorrect if you count British subjects before the war as Americans. Many refugees escaped to Canada avoid the fight. Canada has long accepted Americans during war time. Distasteful to you and me, but are we free or not?
My family came here in the early 1600s as indentured servants. It depended on who you contracted with to come here whether or not you were a servant, or a slave, but but they were property. It was better than what they left in Ireland, and when the time came, they chose to fight against the Crown for which the penalty was death. Doesn't make me better than anybody else, they did it not me, but maybe it gives me a different perspective toward all of the people who came here after the Revolution.
To my Native friends, of which there are many, I say thank you for letting my family stay.
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Your first and second paragraphs are demonstrably incorrect. Your statements may have been true in the main before 1965, but not since.
Your last, laughable.
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There are some very odd takes on America...
I am American, nothing more or less. My family's ancient heritage and background, have had little to do with my personal American experience. All people, everywhere...have suffered and
lived varied lives. My ancestors can do NOTHING to change where we are as a people, today. It's the growing, tragic personal pity-parties, and victimhood of each weaker generation
that's created the state of our union. I have always been, and will live a patriot...till I draw my last breath. That doesn't mean I agree with anybody or anything that's currently happening in our Sacred Republic.
I am American, nothing more or less. My family's ancient heritage and background, have had little to do with my personal American experience. All people, everywhere...have suffered and
lived varied lives. My ancestors can do NOTHING to change where we are as a people, today. It's the growing, tragic personal pity-parties, and victimhood of each weaker generation
that's created the state of our union. I have always been, and will live a patriot...till I draw my last breath. That doesn't mean I agree with anybody or anything that's currently happening in our Sacred Republic.
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