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    Human Evolution Explained

    RE: transfer case squeal on 93 yj ?? The following was lifted from another I-Net site: "Humans once existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains during the summer & would go to the coast & live on fish & lobster in winter. The 2 most...
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    A Gadget Moment

    Re: RE: Broke a shock mount Went to the marina a few days ago -- despite daylong warnings of severe evening thunderstorms. Gadget is not easily deterred from his appointed rounds. Throwing caution to the winds (little did I know), I fired-up the Bubbacon, full soft-top minus doors and...
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    The Golden Snowball Award

    RE: Jeep Comanche Well...it is done. We have yet again won the “Golden Snowball Award”!!! The quasi-official, semi-accurate snowfall stats for the 2004-2005 winter season have been tabulated. The envelope please... Once again, Syracuse, NY wins the award for "Large Upstate New York City...
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    Childrens' Books That Didn't Make It

    :lol: 1. You Are Different and That's Bad 2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables 3. Dad's New Wife, Robert 4. Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share 5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book 6. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking 7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom...
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    O.T. -- The "Mini" Web Site

    Off-Topic to be sure, but… I happened to check out the “Mini” USA web site today. What an extraordinary piece of web-work! Even if you hate the Mini, you have to admire the web site. It takes some time to browse through the entire web site, but if one has the spare time, go here...
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    Forum Rules and Guidelines -- Why?

    RE: Re: Detroit or ARB in rear DANA 44? OKAY - so why Forum Rules and Guidelines? I hate to throw a stink bomb into the Mutual Admiration Society parade, but someone needs to do just that. I will be the bomb thrower and play Devil's Advocate today. Did something happen to trigger a stampede...
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    Adventures in the Gadget Cave

    RE: Broken rear axle I have lately been rummaging around in the dark corners of my cellar (AKA: the Gadget Cave) and there unearthed a "Hewlett Packard" PC; circa mid-1990s, 233 MHz. processor, 128 Meg of RAM. Cleared totally disorganized workbench for the PC, connected said PC to an equally...
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    Chevy versus Moose

    "Chevy versus Moose" I received the four pictures below via email. This car-moose collision supposedly occurred somewhere in Ontario, Canada. The driver reportedly survived the accident with a broken wrist and desperately needing a bath. I sent a reply to the sender of the email...
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    Super Bowl Commercials -- The Bowlie Awards

    Okay – now that the Super Bowl has ended, it is time to award the “Bowlies": the award for the best Super Bowl commercial. My nominations are: (Envelope, please) “Parrot As Man-Pest Repellant” {{Applause}} 7 on the scale of 10 “Bowlie” meter …and… “Sucking Up to the...
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    Anyone Notice?

    Anyone notice this? At last!!! The truth comes out! HA-HA-HA-HA!!! :mrgreen: Regards, Gadget
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    Riddle Me This?

    “The Mystery of the Migrating Wood-Screw” Two days ago, my four year-old gas fired, forced air furnace began to make a rattling noise whenever the main blower ran. “Oh, No! The last thing I need is for the furnace to fail during this extremely cold weather." thought I. I screwed up my...
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    O.T. -- Belt Sander Drag Racing

    I happened to catch a few minutes of the "Monster Nation" show on TV this afternoon. That part of the show was about belt sander drag racing. I was aware of this pastime, but had not seen anything about it for a while. If nothing else, this proves that guys will race absolutely anything...
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    Serious for a Change - Jobs

    The Lockheed Martin Company recently announced that it will soon hire 500 (Yes, five hundred!) engineers. Those engineers will be employed in the area of Syracuse, NY. Rather than my expounding at length in an attempt to explain all this, if interested, go here...
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    Jeepz Dot Com -- Our New Theme Song

    RE: Re: RE: kumho mud tires I was inspired by spirit of the season and the recent board outages to compose a Jeepz winter theme song. I thought I would share my masterpiece. :wink: Here it is: "JEEPZ DOT COM E-WONDERLAND" (Sung to the tune of "Winter Wonderland")...
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    Midwestern Wimps

    I have been watching the Weather Channel video clips of the havoc caused by the snowstorms in KY, IN and OH. What a bunch of W-I-M-P-S!!!! :lol: That isn’t snow, mate! This is snow!!!!! (My Crocodile Dundee impression.) Picture taken on January 31, 2004 in Fulton, NY. Fulton, NY is...
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    Manifold Destiny

    I have from time to time stumbled upon web pages and web articles about the topic of cooking on a car engine. For some strange reason, I find the topic intriguing. Maybe my interest in under-hood cooking springs from the fact that I am not allowed to express my culinary creativity – yeah...
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    Peace on Earth...

    "...With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name; Now, DASHER! now, DANCER! now, PRANCER and VIXEN! On, COMET! on CUPID! on, DONNER and BLITZEN! To the...
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    Bubbacon and Friends

    I found some pictures taken during a Jeep club ice cream run made earlier during the year. I thought that I would post one picture so that you see a couple of the more interesting club Jeeps. Here are the Bubbacon and two friends at the end of the ice cream run. The Jeep behind and left of...
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    Happy T-Day

    RE: Allen Bolt Wallered Out Happy Thanksgiving to all, Pilgrim Gadget
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    Expensive Lunch

    Well folks, the e-bay auction for the “Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Sandwich” ended at $28,000.00. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19270&item=5535890757&rd=1 Only in America… {{Chuckle}} Regards, Gadget
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