Random Thoughts.....

[RatLabGuy]

Name a car designed/built in the past 10-15 years that in 30-40 years someone is going to say “Man! I’d love one of those to restore or restomod!”

Jeep TJ... People will need places to put their rubber ducks.

Psssst.... I know this is gonna make you and me and the rest of us feel old... but its been 18 years since the last TJ was made.

Its now what was the CJ-5 when we were kids.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Jeep TJ... People will need places to put their rubber ducks.

Psssst.... I know this is gonna make you and me and the rest of us feel old... but its been 18 years since the last TJ was made.

Its now what was the CJ-5 when we were kids.

So when will TJ values peak? I feel like CJ's peaked a while back and have dropped.

 

[RatLabGuy]

So when will TJ values peak? I feel like CJ's peaked a while back and have dropped.

Around the time all the people that wanted one when they were kids have gotten too old to care or died off. Just like the CJs.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Around the time all the people that wanted one when they were kids have gotten too old to care or died off. Just like the CJs.

So about 40-50 years after the height of production and 30-40 years after the last one rolled off the line. Lines up with CJ values I think. What about YJ values? Was Jurassic park the big moment?

 

[CasterTroy]

What about YJ values? Was Jurassic park the big moment?

I made bank on mine

 

[mbalbritton]

Psssst.... I know this is gonna make you and me and the rest of us feel old... but its been 18 years since the last TJ was made.

Its now what was the CJ-5 when we were kids.

I thought about that the other day when I was comparing the age of my '78 CJ5 when I got it (2001) and now having an '87 YJ. The YJ was older than the CJ at each of my times of purchase! It's just not right!!! Something is wrong with the universe!

 

[drkelly]

Psssst.... I know this is gonna make you and me and the rest of us feel old... but its been 18 years since the last TJ was made.

Its now what was the CJ-5 when we were kids.

It is crazy how time flies.

The last:
CJ5 41 years ago
CJ7 38 years ago
YJ 29 years ago

I feel old

 

[CasterTroy]

Patrick Swayze had been dead since 2009, yet there's still no sequel to Ghost

 

[skyhighZJ]

Patrick Swayze had been dead since 2009, yet there's still no sequel to Ghost

Heard Disney was making a reboot starring:

Came back to see if his dad ever returned with that milk.

 

[skyhighZJ]

Found out I actually held the flash light in the right spot. Dad was just mad he didn’t know how to actually fix the car. Took it out on me…..

 

[JSJJ388]

Found out I actually held the flash light in the right spot. Dad was just mad he didn’t know how to actually fix the car. Took it out on me…..

Find some perspective? Lol

 

[Ron]

I thought about that the other day when I was comparing the age of my '78 CJ5 when I got it (2001) and now having an '87 YJ. The YJ was older than the CJ at each of my times of purchase! It's just not right!!! Something is wrong with the universe!

This got me.
I bought a 65 mustang in 95 jr in hs.
My son had an 87k5 in 17 jr in hs.

The cars were the same age to our comp when we bought them. Seemed wild.
Mine was old and outdated when I bought it. His was EFI and AC and relatively modern.

 

[RatLabGuy]

This got me.
I bought a 65 mustang in 95 jr in hs.
My son had an 87k5 in 17 jr in hs.

The cars were the same age to our comp when we bought them. Seemed wild.
Mine was old and outdated when I bought it. His was EFI and AC and relatively modern.

A buddy of mine has Historic plates on a 2002 Honda CRV.

 

[CasterTroy]

Came back to see if his dad ever returned with that milk.

I heard a comedian the other day say "you look like the type of guy who's dad never returned with a 9v battery for the smoke detector"

 

[RatLabGuy]

Do twins ever realize one of them was unplanned?

 

[jeepinmatt]

Do twins ever realize one of them was unplanned?

Only after the parents figure out which one was the accident.

 

[NCJeeplover]

Do twins ever realize one of them was unplanned?

Only after the parents figure out which one was the accident.

In my case both were unplanned.

 

[Ron]

DON'T ARGUE WITH DONKEYS

The donkey said to the tiger, "The grass is blue."

The tiger replied, "No, the grass is green."

The discussion heated up, and the two decided to submit the matter to arbitration. They went before the lion, the King of the Jungle.

Before reaching the forest clearing where the lion was sitting on his throne, the donkey began to shout, "Your Highness, is it true that the grass is blue?"

The lion replied, "True, the grass is blue."

The donkey hurried and continued, "The tiger disagrees with me and contradicts and annoys me. Please punish him."

The king then declared, "The tiger will be punished with 5 years of silence."

The donkey jumped cheerfully and went on his way, content and repeating, "The grass is blue."

The tiger accepted his punishment but asked the lion, "Your Majesty, why have you punished me? After all, the grass is green."

The lion replied, "In fact, the grass is green."

The tiger asked, "So why are you punishing me?"

The lion replied, "That has nothing to do with the question of whether the grass is blue or green. The punishment is because it is not possible for a brave and intelligent creature like you to waste time arguing with a donkey and then come and bother me with that question."

The worst waste of time is arguing with fools and fanatics who do not care about truth or reality but only the victory of their beliefs and illusions. Never waste time on arguments that don't make sense. There are people who, no matter how much evidence we present, are incapable of understanding, and others are blinded by ego, hatred, and resentment. All they want is to be right, even if they are not.

When ignorance screams, intelligence is silent. Your peace and quiet are worth more.

Nyamu Jnr Foundation

 

[RatLabGuy]

Today I learned... if you're running low on holy water, you can just top it off with more non-holy water. As long as the mixture is 50% holy water, then it's all good.

Adding to Holy Water

The common custom (though not officially recognized) is that so long as the water added to the holy water does not amount to half the amount of the holy water t...

www.catholic.com

Which raises all kinds of fun question.
Like how many times can you do this? Is there a holification period for it to take effect? Assuming its pretty brief (surely something this powerful is?), then you could start w/ 0.5 liter and add 0.5L, now you have 1L. Wait for the holy magic to take effect, them add 1L more. Then add 2L more. Pretty soon you have a whole bath.

so really as lomg as you keep around a tiny vial and have some patience, you're always covered.

Also - can it be recycled? Is there a time limit?
If some guy were to bless the coean, then in 50 years wouldn't all water in the world be holy?

 

[kaiser715]

Today I learned... if you're running low on holy water, you can just top it off with more non-holy water. As long as the mixture is 50% holy water, then it's all good.

Adding to Holy Water

The common custom (though not officially recognized) is that so long as the water added to the holy water does not amount to half the amount of the holy water t...

www.catholic.com

Which raises all kinds of fun question.
Like how many times can you do this? Is there a holification period for it to take effect? Assuming its pretty brief (surely something this powerful is?), then you could start w/ 0.5 liter and add 0.5L, now you have 1L. Wait for the holy magic to take effect, them add 1L more. Then add 2L more. Pretty soon you have a whole bath.

so really as lomg as you keep around a tiny vial and have some patience, you're always covered.

Also - can it be recycled? Is there a time limit?
If some guy were to bless the coean, then in 50 years wouldn't all water in the world be holy?

You forget #71...

Q. How do you get holy water?
A. Boil the hell out of it.

 

[CasterTroy]

Today I learned... if you're running low on holy water, you can just top it off with more non-holy water. As long as the mixture is 50% holy water, then it's all good.

Adding to Holy Water

The common custom (though not officially recognized) is that so long as the water added to the holy water does not amount to half the amount of the holy water t...

www.catholic.com

Which raises all kinds of fun question.
Like how many times can you do this? Is there a holification period for it to take effect? Assuming its pretty brief (surely something this powerful is?), then you could start w/ 0.5 liter and add 0.5L, now you have 1L. Wait for the holy magic to take effect, them add 1L more. Then add 2L more. Pretty soon you have a whole bath.

so really as lomg as you keep around a tiny vial and have some patience, you're always covered.

Also - can it be recycled? Is there a time limit?
If some guy were to bless the coean, then in 50 years wouldn't all water in the world be holy?

Every atheist I've interacted with or are friends with started as a Catholic
No better way to turn a person away from something than shove a bunch of made up add-ons and requirements, as well as deny direct access to something incredibly simple

 

[trailhugger]

No better way to turn a person away from something than shove a bunch of made up add-ons and requirements, as well as deny direct access to something incredibly simple

You mean like no alcohol? No dancing?

Who is being denied what?

 

[Ron]

Every atheist I've interacted with or are friends with started as a Catholic
No better way to turn a person away from something than shove a bunch of made up add-ons and requirements, as well as deny direct access to something incredibly simple

Add ons is an interesting phrase.

As a matter of historical fact - Christianity started as Catholicism.
Then in the 1500s you have Martin Luther and the Lutheran church splits off as the second Christian denomination - because they thought some rules were unnecessary.
Then you get the Baptists in the early 1600s who essentially said The Lutherans have the right idea, but let’s take away even more requirements and add a few new ones of our own.
Presbyterians are also branch offs from Catholicism…but their branching is much more nuanced. Not formed officially until the 1700s they started small sects within Roman Catholics really pre Lutheran time frame..
Likewise Methodism spun out in the 1700s.

My take away point is no Protestant Christian Religion is more than 500 years old and all derived from Catholicism going back 2000 years.

So to say that Catholic rituals are add-ons….is really a misnomer. Now we can likely agree that certain practices are less relevant today - but to call them add ins wouldn’t be accurate.

 

[mbalbritton]

I have a lot of respect for guys that install screens on screened in porches.

I’ve been slowly… s l o w l y, replacing various panels of screen on my screened porch that blew out in the hurricane. I can do the task, but I know they’d laugh at me fumbling around and can do the same work in 1/4 the time, maybe better.

I just get pissed at it. And I’m only doing the walls right now. Those crazy bastards walk on the aluminum structure like tight rope walkers. F that!

 

[CasterTroy]

So to say that Catholic rituals are add-ons….is really a misnomer. Now we can likely agree that certain practices are less relevant today - but to call them add ins wouldn’t be accurate.

You're wrong. But that's ok. It's not your first time, and won't be your last