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Old May 5, 2009 | 01:18 PM
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Got my tour schedule for June-July. 6 cities in 7 weeks. Dallas, Atlanta, Toronto, home 4th of July week, then L.A., Atlantic City, Chicago. 5 days in each city, home 2 days a week, Mon-Tues, then back out again. I think I have 1 1/4 hours in each town to sight-see 16 hour day$

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Mark, quite the road-trip. Which band(s) do you work with?
 
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Old May 5, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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i think he works for Britney Spears.
 
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Old May 5, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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Sorry, no rock bands. It's a Corporate gig. Convention center halls, but hey we got haze

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Old May 5, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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From: Always curious ...
Originally Posted by kenchan

.... mine is still using the originals...
i should change it some day.
Have they ever run across your windshield?

Originally Posted by BlimeyCabrio
Bosch Icons. Because it's not about how well they wipe. It's about how good they look.

But they wipe pretty well, also.

And I get about a year out of a set if I treat them with 303.
I'll try these next!

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Ditto on the Bosch Icons

Got my tour schedule for June-July. 6 cities in 7 weeks. Dallas, Atlanta, Toronto, home 4th of July week, then L.A., Atlantic City, Chicago. 5 days in each city, home 2 days a week, Mon-Tues, then back out again. I think I have 1 1/4 hours in each town to sight-see 16 hour day$

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Sounds like a great tour! It is good to keep busy!
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 09:05 AM
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lotsie- so at least you'll be working inside a building then? kinda like a hugegangious version of a
high school craftshow setup.

i did plenty of those long time ago helping my mom. she use to make silk flower arrangements for fun and sell them at local highschool/college craftshows. she made the flowers from individual wide ribbons she cut, shaped with a special iron, and glued together. was quite a piece of art. local hotels and restaurants would buy from her too from time to time... problem was she quickly ran out of manufacturing(?) capacity.

when she retired from that hobby 10-15yrs ago, people were looking at me if i was going to offer it. LOL ummmm... id probably accidentally end up making a CF rose... or how about a MF rose with a touch of Hydro scent?
 
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Old May 6, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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i need to change oil on my MCS, G35C, and FitS this month... i need to get 2 jugs of 5qts 5w30's at walmart soon.

i still have a box of 5w20's from last year for my FitS.

i think i need to do the FitSW's oil change next month....
 
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Old May 7, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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Originally Posted by kenchan
lotsie- so at least you'll be working inside a building then? kinda like a hugegangious version of a
high school craftshow setup.

i did plenty of those long time ago helping my mom. she use to make silk flower arrangements for fun and sell them at local highschool/college craftshows. she made the flowers from individual wide ribbons she cut, shaped with a special iron, and glued together. was quite a piece of art. local hotels and restaurants would buy from her too from time to time... problem was she quickly ran out of manufacturing(?) capacity.

when she retired from that hobby 10-15yrs ago, people were looking at me if i was going to offer it. LOL ummmm... id probably accidentally end up making a CF rose... or how about a MF rose with a touch of Hydro scent?
I have 2, 53 foot trailers, loaded with staging, rigging, trusses, electrics/lighting, audio/video, set dressing, props. We set-up on a 24 foot deep X 72 foot wide X 4 foot high stage. Sorry, but this is not crafts

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Old May 7, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by lotsie
I have 2, 53 foot trailers, loaded with staging, rigging, trusses, electrics/lighting, audio/video, set dressing, props. We set-up on a 24 foot deep X 72 foot wide X 4 foot high stage. Sorry, but this is not crafts

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All that? Hooked up to the MINI ?

 
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Old May 7, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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The Clubman is a S

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Old May 7, 2009 | 06:24 PM
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From: Always curious ...
Originally Posted by lotsie
The Clubman is a S

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Old May 8, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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We got 2 inches of rain over night here, and we are about to get slammed with some big storms any time now. Hatches are batted down, MINIs are under cover. Hope we don't have to go to the basement, the dogs hate going down the stairs, and the cat gets her knickers in a knot because it's her space away from the hounds

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Old May 8, 2009 | 10:59 AM
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woo~! aka free carwash.

i need to clean the interiors of my dd's soon... both of them. but too lazy to do. i guess i will do it in sections.
like next month i'll do like the dash. then next year maybe the door handle or something easy. by that time im sure it's time to buy a new car anyway.

im going to nero the dashes then clarity the inside glass. then i think i might clean the floormats and carpeting next weekend. im thinking about also tinting the FitSW's windows at a local shop maybe this month.
 
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Old May 8, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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Clara is all shined up and ready for the Superdawg meet!

Ken, will I see you there?
 
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Old May 8, 2009 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by MLPearson79
Clara is all shined up and ready for the Superdawg meet!

Ken, will I see you there?
Superdawg meet?
 
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Old May 8, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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oy! i checked over at chicago motoring club just now. did not know!

i have plans already for tonight.

i also saw that there's a mod party meet in june so i'll see if i can attend that. not that i have anything to mod...(?)

... (?)
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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OK - a few car show pics from MOTD have materialized...



 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 08:00 AM
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Paul, Blimey was looking very fine indeed

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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:40 AM
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Charburger and cheese fries time!
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 09:44 AM
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Hey, Paul... it's a good thing I didn't have my toolbox with me at MOTD. You were nowhere to be found during the car show and I was admiring that Strut Tower Bar.
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 10:58 AM
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blimey- lookin' good!

CR&PW&BJ- LOL!

went motoring this am despite the misty weather... had to use my 6yr old
wipers for 25min or so to rid the mist. wow, DIDN'T WORK WORTH CRAP.
im going to order me all 3 OE ones from outmotoring along with their newer
t-shirts.

and my wipers and getting the car damp was the least of my worries. my
MCS got hit in the nose with a huge rock and left a nice nickel sized
dent about 2" southwest of the scoop. paint didn't chip but nice
scratch.

so after i cleaned the car with Griot's SprayOn CarWash followed by an app of
SpeedShine, pulled out my can of PopWow. was perfect temps in my
garage for it too, about 65F and about 70%RH so ideal atmosphere for it
to work.

shook the can real nice, made 4-5 nice passes, worked around the area
for another 5-10min or so and then POP! perfectly back to normal.

this stuff rocks!

 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 03:31 PM
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Popwow rocks.
I need to do a little more work on one of my spots that I rushed through pre-MOTD.
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 07:52 PM
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OK - a few car show pics from MOTD have materialized...



Very nice! I love the color scheme!
 
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Old May 9, 2009 | 08:04 PM
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Thanks! Only took two and a half years to get it right...
 
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Old May 10, 2009 | 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by BlimeyCabrio
Popwow rocks.
I need to do a little more work on one of my spots that I rushed through pre-MOTD.
PopWow FTW!

hey, i think my MCS is now over 29K miles.

i like that splitter you got on there.
 
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Old May 10, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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Yeah, I'm liking the splitter. A guy in our club had them CNC cut out of textured ABS sheet. The turnbuckles cost twice as much as the splitter.
 
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