Recent content by Randy WM

I'm not armed because I 'feel' inadequate. If some drug fueled thug who's spent the last five years in prison pumping iron breaks into my house with the intention of stealing everything I own and harming my family in the process, I AM inadequate. He will be met with the business end of Mr...

I haven't seen the unions deliberately stifle the work ethic in the union shops I've worked in, Verizon, Bell Helicopter, and my current employer. Maybe that's a stereotype, or maybe it does go in those states where the workforces are more heavily organized such as in the midwest. I'm not going...

Who's protecting them at non-union companies? I've worked for two major airlines, Delta and the one I work for now. (Hint: They are NOT based in the NORTHEAST part of the country, but in the OPPOSITE direction) Delta mechanics are non-union. Where I am now is unionized. Let me tell you right...

I wonder about shows like Storage Wars, Storage Wars Texas, and Auction Hunters, like how much of it is staged for the cameras. Do the buyers really go at each other like that? I've never been to storage auctions, but I have been to estate auctions, city surplus equipment auctions, seized...

It got scooped up out of a lake and dropped into the tree by a helicopter that was fighting a forest fire! And you always thought that was just an urban legend!

I like that 70 Roadrunner!

I was listening to Charles Stanley the other night and he offered some good advice. Very simply, get busy. Find something for your hands to do. Chop wood, work on the car, fix stuff around the house, but get busy with your hands. Dr. Stanley's advice was directed more towards people with anger...

Will lift you up in prayer. I've been down this road and can say in no uncertain terms that I know what you're feeling.

Shoot me a PM if you need to. I work in ministry and might be able to share some things that could be helpful.

Will do!

Haven't had much luck on CL lately. I did manage a good barter last year. I traded a Marlin 22 mag for a complete disc brake setup for the 71 Demon out in the garage. I've listed some specialty aviation maintenance tools and had no response whatsoever. As I've come to find out, tools of any...

Before I open the link, is it family friendly? I have things I'd rather not recall also and I don't want to add to the list.

I had a 71 Chevelle for a number of years. I came back to Mopar because that's what I owned in high school. It was like returning to my roots. The Chevelle was fun, but full frame cars are much more difficult and expensive to restore. I'm getting too old to be yanking bodies off frames.

Where are you and your biological family from originally if you don't mind my asking? Just curious and if you'd rather not answer, that's okay. But it could be a cultural issue like someone mentioned earlier.

That's really how you need to be. You don't want to harbor any anger or resentment toward them. I've seen that work like poison in people's lives for years. I've seen anger and resentment destroy people. You don't want that. But like I said, leave the door open. As a minister, I have seen...