Yep, Merry Christmas to all!! Even the Borg and the ACLU (if there is a difference?)..... I sent them several dozen Christmas cards again this year. I hope they have enough to put up for all their employees to see..... If not, maybe they'll get a fine for littering, or commit suicide because they can't recycle it all..... Maybe they'll send plenty of hate mail to the return address... ...
Borg queen: "destroy 4 of 12. " "everyone back to your alcoves for re-ASSimilation. " "There will be no Christmas here, and that inefficient 4 of 12 is now spare parts for mentioning our new weapon for sighting that Sasquatch. "
... ... . that'll only help 'em see me leaving with my prey. A top of the line genetic predator like myself makes it a point to not be seen... ... Hell, even news buzzards can't find me for an interview..... and they're part of the undead!! How're the Borg gonna get a hand up!??! Biology over technology, yep. I still can't get over how good they taste with that darn cheez whiz. That stuff will make anything taste good!!!!!!
And we won't talk about how Santa likes to threaten the reindeer with me..... he knows I'll leave 'em alone for the kid's sake, but
they don't know that, and they do taste
soooooo good..... "Keep pullin' Blitzen, or I'll let the Sasquatch have you!!!!!" ..... occassional footprints outside the stable help with morale. And add the fact that a close relative gets eaten pretty regular... ... ...
Blumenthal's is based in Oklahoma City, Ok, about 2hrs from my main shop. I usually make it up there 3-4 times a year in person, and they mail me stuff all the time.
The NV4500 record in my shop at the moment is 624k miles, in a '99 4x4 of a customers, which runs with a bale bed more than a trailer. Usually, I'll see a snychro go out or a seal, and I pull it to fix that, and end up with new bearings and synchros all around. Personally, I've only got around 245k on one that's not been touched. Dad and I are the only ones that have driven that truck, but it pulls a lot. It's pretty loose; more loose than the one in the '99, which tells me it doesn't get loaded as much as the one in the '97, which is going to have to come out in the near future, as the shift collars are wore, and it's seeping oil out the front seal. Not enough we have to add any regularly, but enough it gets wet when we run it hard... ...