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Check this out! What a neat project! http://magazine-directory.com/Mustang-Monthly.htm Patrick NoOption5L@aol.com wrote in news:1194491851.961937.217060 @o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com: > Check this out! What a neat project! > > http://magazine-directory.com/Mustang-Monthly.htm > > Patrick Sounds familiar. http://www.sn65.com/SN65%20story.htm > NoOptio...@aol.com wrote in news:1194491851.961937.217060 > @o38g2000hse.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sounds familiar.http://www.sn65.com/SN65%20story.htm Bob Julian used to be a regular in this NG. http://tinyurl.com/ynnbm9 He had a blue '65-'66 fastback that was featured in Mustang & Fords. Then he and his brother put that Cobra drivetrain in a '65-'66 fb chassis. More recently I think he was trying to get 10 buyers to commit to a series run of similar SN65 style cars. Don't you miss the good old days of this NG, c. 1998-2002? 180 Out On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, one80...@hotmail.com wrote: > Don't you miss the good old days of this NG, c. 1998-2002? They were good, but not as good as the classic '96 and '97 years. ;-) Patrick > On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, one80...@hotmail.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Patrick Yeah, especially Steve and Michaels music. :oP  SignatureSnakes are the nearly perfect pet, because if they die you can use them for weather stripping! - Watcher "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "A lot of Southeast Oregon appears to be low resolution even when you are physically driving through it! - Uncle Bob > NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > > On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, one80...@hotmail.com wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > -- Hmmmm you don't prefer the days of Anthony and CJ going at it? Are there even usenet spammers anymore? Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 > > NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > > > On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, one80...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > >> Don't you miss the good old days of this NG, c. 1998-2002? > > > > They were good, but not as good as the classic '96 and '97 years. ;-) > > Yeah, especially Steve and Michaels music. :oP > Hmmmm you don't prefer the days of Anthony and CJ going at it? I prefered the days of the White Tornado. > Are there even usenet spammers anymore? Spammers, yes. Trolls, no. How's it going, Steve? Patrick On Nov 9, 6:16 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > > > NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > > > > On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, one80...@hotmail.com wrote: [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Patrick Hey Patrick, It's going pretty well. We're finally getting to take a vacation again - next week we take off for Italy. The Buick runs although it's far from finished (still). I still need to install the inner valve springs after the cam break-in. I fire it up once in a while and the other day I drove it out of the driveway and took it around the end of the cul de sac. It doesn't actually have seats bolted in but I wanted to actually move it instead of just run it. It breaks the tire loose easily, which is part of the many things need done. It's a 2.56 open and needs a lot more. I'm hoping after the beginning of the year that I'll have everything on its way to being strip-ready. We'll see. How 'bout you? Are you staying in FL? It's strange, but you just don't see the trolls like you did in the old usenet days. They don't last on the phpbb's etc... You can't even have fun with them. Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 It's a 2.56 open and needs a lot more. I'm hoping after the > beginning of the year that I'll have everything on its way to being > strip-ready. We'll see. I will expect to see this updated on Youtube :oP SignatureSnakes are the nearly perfect pet, because if they die you can use them for weather stripping! - Watcher "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "A lot of Southeast Oregon appears to be low resolution even when you are physically driving through it! - Uncle Bob > It's a 2.56 open and needs a lot more. I'm hoping after the > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > "A lot of Southeast Oregon appears to be low resolution > even when you are physically driving through it! - Uncle Bob Definitely as there becomes something to update. The image idling is still basically current. I did a little more on the tuning since then and got a kit and recurved my Comp 9000 breakerless distributor - but that's really it. My position is being analyzed and updated. If there's a salary increase, it would be retro to Jan of 2006. So there may be a little slush fund coming my way to make a big leap instead of small steps. Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 > It's going pretty well. We're finally getting to take a vacation again > - next week we take off for Italy. Sounds like fun! > The Buick runs although it's far from finished (still). I still need > to install the inner valve springs after the cam break-in. I fire it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > beginning of the year that I'll have everything on its way to being > strip-ready. We'll see. Mine is still chugging away. Now registering 125K. Paint still looks good, body is straight, rust free and zero doors dings. I replaced the headlight lenses and re-stripped the sunroof. On the agenda: I need a new heater core (fun!) and my computer is acting up, again (I think). Mustang Guy can get me a used A9L for $125. Our Accord was replaced with an Element. > How 'bout you? Are you staying in FL? For now. In another year or so, who knows. Depends on the job market. > It's strange, but you just don't see the trolls like you did in the > old usenet days. They don't last on the phpbb's etc... You can't even > have fun with them. USENET just doesn't get the traffic anymore. We're now in a dusty corner that no ones notices. Patrick On Nov 11, 5:01 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > > It's going pretty well. We're finally getting to take a vacation again > > - next week we take off for Italy. > > Sounds like fun! We sure hope so. I had to wait until last year for my first European vacation. Luckily we only had to wait another year and a half for this one. I hope we don't have to wait that long for the next big vacation! > Mine is still chugging away. Now registering 125K. Paint still looks > good, body is straight, rust free and zero doors dings. I replaced the > headlight lenses and re-stripped the sunroof. On the agenda: I need a > new heater core (fun!) and my computer is acting up, again (I think). > Mustang Guy can get me a used A9L for $125. Have you been in contact with the guy who bought NoOp? I missed out on a nice 92 notch for $2800. I'm still sort of kicking myself for that. It was around 90K miles and was pretty nice looking. But I'm sure it sold within minutes of being posted to Craigslist. For that price, I'd use it for a daily driver and get rid of my crappy Ranger. > Our Accord was replaced with an Element. Meredith's Civic was replaced with a 2006 Solara. But I don't think she'll have that too long. She's just getting used to a car payment for the first time. I'm still enjoying not having one! But my truck is falling apart. > > How 'bout you? Are you staying in FL? > > For now. In another year or so, who knows. Depends on the job > market. Are you in, or working your way into the private sector these days? > USENET just doesn't get the traffic anymore. We're now in a dusty > corner that no ones notices. > > Patrick It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 > > Mine is still chugging away. Now registering 125K. Paint still looks > > good, body is straight, rust free and zero doors dings. I replaced the > > headlight lenses and re-stripped the sunroof. On the agenda: I need a > > new heater core (fun!) and my computer is acting up, again (I think). > > Mustang Guy can get me a used A9L for $125. > Have you been in contact with the guy who bought NoOp? No. He sold it and I don't know who owns it now. I've haven't seen it now for seven years or so. > I missed out on a nice 92 notch for $2800. I'm still sort of kicking > myself for that. It was around 90K miles and was pretty nice looking. > But I'm sure it sold within minutes of being posted to Craigslist. For > that price, I'd use it for a daily driver and get rid of my crappy > Ranger. Get one while you still can. They're starting to get rare. > > Our Accord was replaced with an Element. > Meredith's Civic was replaced with a 2006 Solara. But I don't think > she'll have that too long. She's just getting used to a car payment > for the first time. I'm still enjoying not having one! But my truck is > falling apart. I hate new car payments. I just keep doing preventative maintenance and replacing worn trim items. I'd like to get at least another 100K out of the Cobra. > > > How 'bout you? Are you staying in FL? > > For now. In another year or so, who knows. Depends on the job > > market. > Are you in, or working your way into the private sector these days? Still serving. I'd like to get one more trip to the desert before I hang up my boots. > > USENET just doesn't get the traffic anymore. We're now in a dusty > > corner that no ones notices. > It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. How many do think we have posting? Patrick On Nov 12, 5:43 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > > I missed out on a nice 92 notch for $2800. I'm still sort of kicking > > myself for that. It was around 90K miles and was pretty nice looking. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Get one while you still can. They're starting to get rare. I'm not in a hurry, but they're such a good all-around car. The problem is that so many are trashed. This one didn't appear that it had been in kids hands from the photo. Part of me wants to get an SUV like the new V6 RAV4. But the realistic side of me realizes that I drive 7000 miles/year and it would spend 48 hours/week in a park n ride lot anyhow. That's where something like a decent Mustang would fit in. But it would have to be a 5spd notch, and be in the 75K-100K range. Oh yeah - and be cheap! > I hate new car payments. I just keep doing preventative maintenance > and replacing worn trim items. I'd like to get at least another 100K > out of the Cobra. I haven't had one for the last 7 or 8 months and it's been nice! I was making extra large payments to get rid of it. I like the idea of putting several hundred dollars/paycheck into savings for a change. That makes it hard to pony up a payment again. > Still serving. I'd like to get one more trip to the desert before I > hang up my boots. We had an examiner just get back from Baghdad. He left the county and became their lab director. He went before their courts (same ones who Sadaam was in front of) and presented how fingerprints are used in criminal trials in the rest of the (world). Another examiner is on a leave and should be heading back in the next few weeks. She'll be back some time around June. They've been working for General Harding, I guess. > > It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. > > How many do think we have posting? Overall I don't know, but I've seen 5 or 6 names that I've recognized in looking at just a few threads. Steve > On Nov 12, 5:43 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: >> > I missed out on a nice 92 notch for $2800. I'm still sort of kicking [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > Steve Time for a roll call, eh? ;) Glad to hear things are going well, Steve. FWIW, I went to the SFIAS (http://www.sfliautoshow.com/) this past weekend and was totally disappointed. Most makers had limited showings, and there were virtually no new concepts. The closest thing to "cool" was Chevy's Transformers Camaro, and it was only a mock-up. Ford had three Mustangs, a V6 fastback and 2 GTs - a convertible and a fastback. Stuff that you see on the street every day. Alas, not even a GT500 was there. I guess the big thing this year was the "green" vehicle (i.e., hybrid, flex-fuel, etc.), but the prices are simply absurd. Chevy did have a cut-away mock-up of the Volt, which was mildly interesting. Interestingly, the vehicles that held my attention the longest were the MiniCoopers. The Cooper-S with the John Cooper Works performance package was outstanding. All in all, I came away wanting to just redo my LX. So now it's time to do some heavy research. Unibody needs a good straightening out, and just about everything needs freshening up. I don't want another car payment either, but I have to do something within the next year or so. >>> > It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. >>> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Time for a roll call, eh? ;) AGE/SEX CHECK!!! :() >>>> > It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >:() Age: Older than most Sex: Yes Check: Please send one. Preferrably with at least 4 zeros to the immediate left of the decimal point and some bigger numbers to the left of those zeros. >>>>> It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. >>>> How many do think we have posting? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > :() Okay, we can see who has been an AOLer in the past.... Signature"I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "A lot of Southeast Oregon appears to be low resolution even when you are physically driving through it! - Uncle Bob > >>>>> It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. > >>>> How many do think we have posting? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > -- Raises hand... From early 1996 - 2002'ish??? Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 >>>>>>> It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. >>>>>> How many do think we have posting? [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Steve > 72 Skylark Custom455 yeah seeverist is still in my aim list but hasn't lit up in as much time as NoOp has. Signature"I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "Don't tell me what to do, 'nozzler!" - Loafy > >>>>>>> It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. > >>>>>> How many do think we have posting? [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > "Don't tell me what to do, 'nozzler!" - Loafy Do you have me as seeverist or seeverist1 ? I had to add the 1 back when I left AOL. I could probably go back, but no reason to. I don't fire it up automatically as most of the people I used spend my late evenings IM'ing are no longer using AOL. Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 > Do you have me as seeverist or seeverist1 ? I had to add the 1 back > when I left AOL. I could probably go back, but no reason to. I don't [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Steve > 72 Skylark Custom455 My AOL days seem like decades ago, but it really hasn't been all that long. Every once in a while, I still miss those long nights-into-mornings spent in the Car Chat Rooms. I joined when there were a mere 3,000,000 members, and it mushroomed up to over 20,000,000 in no time flat. But when the monthly stipend increased by a few bucks, I left for Netzero and have never had quite as much fun online again. Still... I've grown used to being asleep by 1 AM. I'll never get over the fact that, even with "only" 3,000,000 competing members, I couldn't get a TFrog screen name below TFrog52. Imagine that - there were already at least 51 other TFrogs. So I picked up the model year and became TFrog93, and I've been that for almost 15 years, through AOL, Netzero, and Comcast (with a few others along the way). And now the last laugh is mine - I own www.tfrog.com. Without a number. Now I have to figure out a way to install a live Car Chat Room on the site. dwight >> Do you have me as seeverist or seeverist1 ? I had to add the 1 back >> when I left AOL. I could probably go back, but no reason to. I don't [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > dwight That's actually pretty easy. Get v-Bulletin forums and the chat module and your done. A couple of the Titan forums I belong to have it and it works very well. Signature"I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "Don't tell me what to do, 'nozzler!" - Loafy >>>>>>>>> It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. >>>>>>>> How many do think we have posting? [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > Steve > 72 Skylark Custom455 it says they're both in the list. I don't let Trillian start when the system boots, but I almost always have it on. I have the Astra beta and have a login on services I have no contacts on or even heard of :oP Signature"I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "Don't tell me what to do, 'nozzler!" - Loafy > >>> > It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > :() Wow - AOL Flashback!!! > > On Nov 12, 5:43 pm, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > >> > I missed out on a nice 92 notch for $2800. I'm still sort of [quoted text clipped - 71 lines] > just about everything needs freshening up. I don't want another car > payment either, but I have to do something within the next year or so. Hey Joe, I think I still have you on my AIM list (along with a lot of probably defunct RAMFM/AOL'ers...) We just got back from Italy Saturday, so I'm a little behind right now. Steve 72 Skylark Custom455 > I haven't had one for the last 7 or 8 months and it's been nice! I was > making extra large payments to get rid of it. I like the idea of > putting several hundred dollars/paycheck into savings for a change. > That makes it hard to pony up a payment again. Probably best to find a 4-cylinder car you can convert to V8 power. Because it seems all the V8 cars have been abused or "modified" beyond repair. And the few that aren't, their owners don't won't to sell. :-) Patrick >> NoOp wrote: >>> USENET just doesn't get the traffic anymore. We're now in a dusty [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How many do think we have posting? According to Google, about a hundred active at the moment. http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/about July of '99 was the busiest month on record, with over 12,000 articles posted. It's been going downhill ever since. :) It's telling that Bill S. is *still* the #2 (and #10) all-time poster. I don't need to tell you who is numero uno. Signature/ Garth - '83 GL V6stang Hatch <Former MW #7> \ | My V6stang: http://www.v6stang.com/v6stang | | RAMFM Merchandise: http://www.cafeshops.com/ramfm | \ ~~ Ventis secundis, tene cursum ~~ / > >>> USENET just doesn't get the traffic anymore. We're now in a dusty > >>> corner that no ones notices. > >> It's almost amazing how many people are still active in RAMFM. > > How many do think we have posting? > According to Google, about a hundred active at the moment.http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang/about > July of '99 was the busiest month on record, with over 12,000 articles > posted. It's been going downhill ever since. :) > It's telling that Bill S. is *still* the #2 (and #10) all-time poster. I > don't need to tell you who is numero uno. I have to lose this dubious distinction. And I know just how to do it. Future thread titles: Ford's New Philadelphia Eagle Special Edition Mustang Should I Buy Philadelphia Eagle Season Tickets Or Speed Parts For My Mustang? Philadelphia Eagles Who Own Mustangs Personalized License Plates For Philadelphia Eagle Fans Drove My Mustang to a Philadelphia Eagle Game I repainted my Mustang Philadelphia Eagle Green! Ford Should Name One Of Their New Cars The Eagle Can't Decide What I Love More: Eagles or Mustangs Yea, that should close the gap... Patrick >> >>> USENET just doesn't get the traffic anymore. We're now in a dusty >> >>> corner that no ones notices. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Patrick As much as I'd love to weigh in on this, I've decided to forego newsgroups and spend all of my time reading and posting on the moderated, website-based Mustang Eagles discussion forum. I'm trading spam for the constant barrage of banner ads. dwight www.tfrog.com > Around 11/12/2007 5:43 PM, NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > It's telling that Bill S. is *still* the #2 (and #10) all-time poster. I > don't need to tell you who is numero uno. Wow, and I'm still #4!!! And that's my AOL address and none of these old peoplepc.com posts count. >> NoOptio...@aol.com wrote: >>> On Nov 8, 1:33 pm, one80...@hotmail.com wrote: [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Are there even usenet spammers anymore? Plenty, like that cigarette spammer who boasts about spamming Google and says anyone can make money that way. He needs to be beaten with a broom stick and left to rot in a Turkish prison along with telemarketers. Ooo, sorry; did that sound bitter? SignatureSnakes are the nearly perfect pet, because if they die you can use them for weather stripping! - Watcher "I get the impression that Jamie is a papusa or two short of a combination plate." - Kent Wills "A lot of Southeast Oregon appears to be low resolution even when you are physically driving through it! - Uncle Bob
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