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I had a similar experience when I first started 16 years ago. The choice is totally up to you....you can choose to offer an explanation and give your reasons, or you can simply no-quote and move on. I'm probably 10% cerebral. For me, it's more than "just a job" to do. I have no qualms about...

Nope...the tail gunners. Some of those neighborhoods are pretty rough. JB

If you're not pulling a trailer, this would be my pick. Replacing the top to something different is an easy mod. JB

Just wondering if any of you have any steampunk themes running through your shop. If so, what and where? I find that little things like that make for interesting conversation with clients. But I can see where it would be a two-edge sword and cause a lot of wasted time. JB

♫♫♫♫.....Hey Jude, don't be afraid. ♫♫♫♫.....And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain (these sign dudes have ways of being snarky), na na na nanana, na na na na...♫♫♫♫ (Sorry, I just had to do that) Welcome to S101. JB Probably one of the very best renditions you'll see. There's a...

Hollywood version (Imagine Morgan Freeman's voice) "In a world where top drawers can be little more than empty boxes, there comes a voice of reason...a voice of warning. Never...I repeat...never make a recommendation without having a close and positive association with those you wish to send...

Molest is a rather archaic word. It used to mean to pester, or to harass someone in an aggressive or persistent manner. The word is even used in some church hymns. Blame it on the euphemistic-loving, word-twisting and red-herring propagating media for making it represent the abuse and...

I'd say you're defecatly right...except for the second one. It's the American (not European) variant....bastardized. And as far as pronunciation goes, the Brits call it baaaahstadised. JB

Perhaps his assets were in a trust. That could complicate things. JB

It probably won't be long before mainstream media begins using this...

Perhaps that is the case today, but I grew up with friends whose parents just didn't have access to that kind of learning. The same could be said for literacy, financial management/investing, business savvy, HEALTH/EATING HABITS, etc. A lot of kids (and adults) are handicapped simply because...

I'm sure that's true with automotive. But many factories still have very productive, yet very old equipment. I used to work for one the Midwest's largest candy companies. They make candy canes and those tiny little lollipops that the bank hands out. To this day, they're still running...

I don't believe it's because they're lazy. Many simply don't know how to. JB

I guarantee you. Old school "manual machinists" are in very high demand these days....I had one company beg me to quit one job and go to work for them for $5 more per hour. Mostly, it's in the area of tooling repair and one-offs that make a manual machinist valuable. Along with that...

Good news...the trig problem is really nothing more than a plane geometry problem (solving for an unknown side or angle), so you should be good. Don't let the word "trig" fool you. But yeah...I get you....trig proofs, axioms, postulates, theorems, etc... could get a bit complicated...

Tex, you seem to know all the angles. Perhaps you could share some more info on this bikini chick...perhaps a little more description utilizing French curves and measurements...or as they used to say in drafting class "descriptive geometry". JB

Yep, I suppose so. It all boils down to those damn fractions most of us struggled with as kids. But once I got into shop class in junior high, it all made perfect sense. Over the years, school systems have disemboweled nearly every practical "hands-on" course my generation knew. I surely hope...

I'm one of the resident tool and die makers. Save your money. I believe a universal bevel protractor is overkill, especially since the blade of the protractor will not be as long as your entire project. A one-degree error in the span of one inch equals .017". Compound that out across 36...

Treat it like a wrap by heating the vinyl and pressing it down into the texture. JB