I patched a fist-sized hole in drywall with a six-inch mesh patch meant to let you get away with not having to use a drywall piece. It worked alright aesthetically, but was so flimsy that brushing against it with my shoulder would likely have caved it in.

Less "How To Automate Your Ikea-Hacked Graphic Designer Home Office In A Closet With Raspberry Pi" and more "How To Rewire That Damned Light Switch That Doesn't Do Anything" or "Three Wooden Joints That Don't Require Fasteners."

This. Mid-level sorts of projects.

Double gasket, crossthreaded filters and plugs, overfills, underfills... worked at a lube for two years and saw this all the time. If you told them you knew what you were doing in your interview, that was it. No excuses, but a lot of mistakes happened when it was 90° out and you're in the pit with your arms in a…

Most local circle tracks will have a four-cylinder division.

Jeep Liberty, Harlow Lake Rd (Marquette), mud pit for me. We've all been there.

I dunno. Last time I left a jeep stuck in the woods overnight, some just wrote "HA HA HA" in the dust on the window.

Eighty-five yesterday, and yes, the lake is still full of ice.

How about a screen accurate spelling of "Tyrannosaurus Rex?"

See also: Grand Prix.

I've got to do this come spring. Same car and engine.

I put on my blinkers at sharp corners all the time...

My first thought, too.

Dodge Stealth R/T

Picked my '88 up for $800, same condition as yours (seriously, thin-gauge sheet metal patches and all), and I love the hell out of it. Only 75k on it, so I'm fairly certain a rebody is going to have to happen eventually.

Looks like my truck...

Yup. Trashed a Note 2 trying to get the shattered glass off the screen. Took my time, used copious amounts of heat, but... yeah. Not even close.

I remember when the 5.0calypse went down and took Oppo with it (into the new, awful format). We found out that adding "/oppositelock" to the Jez URL allowed us to enjoy the old style for a bit longer. If I remember correctly, everyone got along surprisingly well, particularly in the "Post a Picture of Yourself" thread.

Flutie.

My Thunderbird was once rendered immobile by three inches of snow in a level parking lot.