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I love to resurrect old things, and here is one of those old things just in time for the snow to fly.
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I just got done putting the new engine on this single stage snow blower, and MAN I am liking the way it picks up and goes. The funnest part of my hobby is, to me, naming my toys. I call this one 'lil Stain', since it peed a little on my driveway (you can see it in the background) while I was working on it wub.gif

Although you can't read the main plate behind the chute tiller, it says 'Moto-Mower' .
It was apparently made in Indiana and is about as old as me, if not older. I'm hoping to get some real snow throwing action out of it come the winter .

Some of the other old wrecks I've rehabbed can be found here http://home.comcast.net/~rdbar814/mi_snowblower.html

The Craftsman listed there was named 'the Beast', and it finally kicked the bucket when its rear axle snapped into so many pieces that all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't have put it back together again. It sure took me by surprise since that thing is REALLY heavy duty.

The two wheel tractor you see there got no name, unfortunately, as its byline states, was stolen shortly after the 2 years I put into rehabbing it which really steamed me up fordaspire/angryfire.gif
It has been gone almost 2 years now, but I still think if I ever find the guy that took it for sure, I'd like to help him out on his way , i.e. fordaspire/blackeyebanana2.gif

So what all hobbies do you have ?

If a little knowledge is dangerous, I'm probably lethal on a GLOBAL scale !

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Nov 2 09 12:04 PM

I am a big time Battlefield 2 player, I love that old game! It really never gets old since its a different game every time you play.

I also like small form factor PCs, I have a HP DC7100 SFF that I use at home. I even have low profile cards for it. I also have a stack of vintage PCs including a Compaq Professional Workstation 6000 that cost 10,000 back in the day. Its not doing much these days, but early on it hosted the image gallary here.

My Thunderbird, family, college and the house keeps me busy.

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Nov 2 09 3:35 PM

Heh, pc's and pc games are also in my hobby list (for the winter months mostly now). I still have the first one I ever reassembled, an IBM pc xt (whoa, the SPEED BABY ) complete with its Hercules graphics card and 2 (thats right, not 1 but TWO baby) 5 1/4" floppy drives ! AND a 900 baud modem (after market, of course) and a real life RGB monitor ! You say you have 32 million colors? Well I have 8 bit graphics BABY oh YEAHHHHHH !

The only pc I didn't assemble for myself I also still have, a 1988 Macintosh Plus, in all its glory with 2 whole megs of ram and full black and white monitor BUILT IN ! YES!! A TRULY portable full desktop pc with graphics glory in 9 whole inches of screen real-estate !! And a truly advanced 3 1/2" floppy drive for more storage than the IBM had on BOTH of its floppy drives PUT TOGETHER !!!

And they still work !! I've had a lot of systems over the years, but those two really are my favorites and have stayed with me despite constant pleas of mercy to get rid of them by my wife so she can claim some of the wall space back. I just look her DEAD IN THE Eye and say " hey, they are good for parts if I ever need em..."

If a little knowledge is dangerous, I'm probably lethal on a GLOBAL scale !

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May 14 10 9:58 PM

Resurrecting an old post that seemed to die out....

My hobbie is collecting toy cars! I love matchbox and hotwheels cars. I have 20+ cases of opened cars. Each case holds 48. I also have the sto-n-go hotwheels car towns and the connecting squares city.

I also have 4 totes of unopened cars layed four across and 3 three.

I've not counted in while, but I'm guessing I'm pushing well over the 2000 peices mark. LOL

I have two '95 Aspires... one is a base with many upgrades and the other is an SE! Check out my car collection at:

http://www.cardomain.com/id/jermnc77

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I'm not against tuner cars, I just prefer to keep my toys OEM!

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Jul 20 10 5:02 AM

what is this free time thing you guys keep talking about???

when I'm not at work or getting my 6 hours of sleep, I usually have a wrench or tool of some sort in my hand, doing car repairs or modifications. That's about to change since I'm moving for real pretty soon here...

"In a perfect world all the geeks get the girls"

1995 Ford Aspire 3 Door Black, (B8 F-series)---> RIP
1997 Ford Aspire 3 Door Teal ---> Sold '08
1996 Ford Aspire 5 door Green ---> Parted wouldn't hold her oil
1994 Ford Aspire 3 door Red ---> Former BP, V6 Swapped... Rusted Out...
1995 Ford Aspire 5 Door Blurple --> Sold '11 No Room...

1989 Ford Festiva L 4 Speed Carby Model --> Soon to be an Abomination!
1990 AWD 5 Speed Mazda Protege Black -->(BP GTX Trans) Daily Driver/Donor Waiting to Happen... Soon to be BP+T


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Jul 20 10 10:01 AM

One of things I jus got into doing is. Building and shooting potato guns. They are fun and relitivly cheap and easy to build

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Jul 20 10 7:20 PM

Nitro RC cars is my hobby, hpi rs4 evo3 1/10th scale on road car all hopped up- all aluminum accessories they make i have them! spent way too much on this car! , will do 68mph with my small gears! bigger gears have never been checked... Ofna hyper7 off road buggy 1/10th scale with minor mods just overall fun! and HPI savage X 1/8th scale monster truck with lots of mods... 3 speed trans,tuned exhaust pipe,header pipe,shocks,roll cage,wheels tires, clutch, gears, brake upgrade etc this is what i do in my 15 minutes of downtime a day need more play time and less work time! My kids have 1/16th scale nitro buggies also.. its a blast! fordaspire/WOOT.gif

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Jul 20 10 9:34 PM

Cars are my hobby for now. Before I got into cars I used to play guitar and before that I was into computer programming. It seems like my hobbies change every once in a while.

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Jul 21 10 9:52 PM

I dabble with the guitar a little bit too... my fingers are just to fat and short to be good at it though...

"In a perfect world all the geeks get the girls"

1995 Ford Aspire 3 Door Black, (B8 F-series)---> RIP
1997 Ford Aspire 3 Door Teal ---> Sold '08
1996 Ford Aspire 5 door Green ---> Parted wouldn't hold her oil
1994 Ford Aspire 3 door Red ---> Former BP, V6 Swapped... Rusted Out...
1995 Ford Aspire 5 Door Blurple --> Sold '11 No Room...

1989 Ford Festiva L 4 Speed Carby Model --> Soon to be an Abomination!
1990 AWD 5 Speed Mazda Protege Black -->(BP GTX Trans) Daily Driver/Donor Waiting to Happen... Soon to be BP+T


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