Grumpy Bear

How about his 'tap the inside of the drivers side rear fender' to send a guy to the wall trick? Bump drafting? Tell ya the truth Stan I don't even watch NASCAR any more. Sort of lost interest after Mark Martin retired. Last of a great bunch of racers and a racing style I could relate to. I use to love Talladega before restrictor plates. If there was one race a year I just wouldn't miss it was that one. Now we have segmented races with multiple winners? A points system that seems to reward almost good enough as much as the winner. Don't relate to the cars either. These use to be full size sedans not rear wheel drive versions of front wheel drive compact cars. Best times were when Pontiac, Olds and even Buick were still in the mix. And who let Toyota purpose build a V8 for a Camry no one can actually buy? STOCK CARS BOYS

Me either and he was fearless! I couldn't believe some of the stunts he pulled to make a pass on the last lap. I wonder how many Earnhardt driving rules there are in place.

So what was all the hubbub about over the Hans Device then? Greed meeting opportunity? You can never get a straight story from the media. Glad you brought this up. I don't mind being wrong when I am.

I no longer haver at 61 edition. Since then there has been 3 newer editions. 1981, 1984 & 2014. Start in Appendix A, (2014) page 1717 and read the ENTIRE appendix and you will find your quite incorrect. Highlighted above. Okay. You have free will. But I am evidently being unclear. I AGREE it can not be earned. But it must be SHOWN by our works that repentance is more than a statement of accepting the gift. James shows Faith alone can not save anyone: James 2: My brothers, you are not holding to the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ while showing favoritism, are you? 2 For if a man with gold rings on his fingers and in splendid clothing comes into your meeting, but a poor man in filthy clothing also enters, 3 do you look with favor on the one wearing the splendid clothing and say, “You take this seat here in a fine place,” and do you say to the poor one, “You keep standing” or, “Take that seat there under my footstool”? 4 If so, do you not have class distinctions among yourselves, and have you not become judges rendering wicked decisions? 5 Listen, my beloved brothers. Did not God choose those who are poor from the world’s standpoint to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you before law courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme the fine name by which you were called? 8 If, now, you carry out the royal* law according to the scripture, “You must love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing quite well. 9 But if you continue showing favoritism, you are committing sin, and you are convicted* by the law as transgressors. 10 For if anyone obeys all the Law but makes a false step in one point, he has become an offender against all of it. 11 For the one who said, “You must not commit adultery, ” l also said, “You must not murder.” If, now, you do not commit adultery but you do murder, you have become a transgressor of law. 12 Keep on speaking and behaving in such a way as those do who are going to be judged by the law of a free people. 13 For the one who does not practice mercy will have his judgment without mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. 14 Of what benefit is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but he does not have works? That faith cannot save him, can it? 15 If any brothers or sisters are lacking clothing and enough food for the day, 16 yet one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but you do not give them what they need for their body, of what benefit is it? 17 So, too, faith by itself, without works, is dead. 18 Nevertheless, someone will say: “You have faith, and I have works. Show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.” 19 You believe that there is one God, do you? You are doing quite well. And yet the demons believe and shudder. 20 But do you care to know, O empty man, that faith without works is useless? 21 Was not Abraham our father declared righteous by works after he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? 22 You see that his faith was active along with his works and his faith was perfected by his works, 23 and the scripture was fulfilled that says: “Abraham put faith in Jehovah,* and it was counted to him as righteousness,” and he came to be called Jehovah’s friend. 24 You see that a man is to be declared righteous by works and not by faith alone. 25 In the same manner, was not Rahab the prostitute also declared righteous by works after she received the messengers hospitably and sent them out by another way? 26 Indeed, just as the body without spirit* is dead, so also faith without works is dead It isn't one or the other. It's both. James speaks of it as 'works of activity'. I AGREE man is undeserving of the gift. If he were it wouldn't be a gift....it would be wages. The tripping point for many who reject Gods commandments is the mistaken belief that he expects 'perfection' in their execution. Paul clearly makes the point such is not the case in Romans chapter 5 but that said he also makes it clear than sin is not an excuse to disregard or mock God either. Heb. 10:26-31 26 For if we practice sin willfully after having received the accurate knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins left, 27 but there is a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a burning indignation that is going to consume those in opposition. 28 Anyone who has disregarded the Law of Moses dies without compassion on the testimony of two or three. 29 How much greater punishment do you think a person will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God and who has regarded as of ordinary value the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has outraged the spirit of undeserved kindness with contempt? 30 For we know the One who said: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again: “Jehovah* will judge his people.” 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Well, what is the opposite of 'practicing sin'? Practicing righteousness? Yes! Righteousness. The sacrifice covers our inability to practice perfectly. We sill have to try. Anyway James if you want to continue this let's do it by email or PM's. If not...it's okay....

I had not heard that Stan. I can empathize. Took a steering wheel out with my face in a 65 Ford when I was 17. Literally took the ring off the spokes. These were welded structures with hard plastic overlays. Non-collapsing columns. About like taking a hit in the face with a piece of wrought iron railing. I saw nothing for about 3 weeks. About the time it took for the swelling to subside. Concussed silly. Likely not done paying that one off yet. I forget easy. How did he get it by the rigorous safety inspections I wonder? If NASCAR is anything like the NHRA I raced under there isn't a bolt in that car that isn't covered by some rule and inspected by a full team of expert tech's for each race. Amazing!! Wonder what he thought he could gain from the modification? Weird Science indeed.

I haven't done the postmortem yet but if it follows suit the gasket is what fails. Leak by is bad enough it might as well be open. This time however it is modulating just 10-12 F colder than normal and less controlled. It is a Jet Performance piece and the third and last item I will source from them. They have stood by their warranty but this is silly. If it would have been a Stant it would last longer than the truck. Stant does not make a unit for these Ecotec3 motors but I can fit one and will. I WILL have my way with this thing.

Dale Earnhardt Sr kind of proves that there is no such thing as the perfectly safe car. Scott Kalitta rings that same bell. Human body was just never meant for that sort of deacceleration not matter how well padded you are. It's the degrees in between where tech is a big help. Well...and some adherence to basic laws of physics which the Law attempts to include in consideration.

Partial Quote James wrote: With regards to the NWT, those two guys from Brooklyn, with the help of the Jesuits wrote their bible to conform with their religion, hence the prolific use of the word Jehovah in places were the originals, even the Siniaticus, did not have it. I don't know where your getting you information on this. The NWT was not translated by Jesuits nor with their help. The list of manuscripts were indeed those used in the translation of the NWT. The work books are on display in Patterson NY. So not ALL current Bibles are the result of the Textus Siniaticus. It was a much larger team than 2, 36 if memory serves be correctly. None of which took any credit. Most of the original manuscripts are in London and the Hebrew Tetragrammaton is indeed peppered through out those listed manuscripts. A review by an Indiana University reported it was of exceptional fidelity to the original text. It conforms to no religion. It conforms to the oldest available manuscripts in existence. I have no problem with my KJV other than I don't speak that centuries English. As far as a copywrite it does indeed have one but under another name by exception to English Copywrite Law, Royal Prerogative of the Queens Printer. Which and of itself means little other than all copies are sufficiently similar to the one King James VI commissioned. Your explanation of it's history differs a great deal to secular history it seems. There is no older book on Earth than the Bible and there has been no greater effort by men upon any other writing to destroy it. I am of the opinion, yes opinion, something I try to offer too much...that any creature powerful enough to create a Universe from nothing but himself is certainly capable of preserving his word to that creation well enough for it to have no excuse for saying it was ignorant of his will and laws. Paul makes that argument plainly Romans 1: 18-20.

We can be taught right from wrong but it is not our right to determine it. Fact is we, the human race, do not universally agree on what is right or wrong, do we? If it were some sense of universal 'rightness' that was imprinted in the heart of men we would have agreement universally. Thus the Law, God's law, was a schoolmaster in the sense it showed the Jews under that law, taught by Law, their inability to perfectly execute the Law thus show them their sin like a mirror shows you your face. God wrote that Law, not men. Those outside the law of Moses did not reflect that law written in "their (Jews) hearts". Those people had no such 'knowing'. Thus knowing isn't part of our nature but a result of Godly education, accepted thus 'written' in the heart as was quoted from Deut. in an earlier post. If I understand our positions on this clearly the difference hinges not in the ability to know right from wrong, but knowing what right and wrong is and whose right it is to determine it. Men in a general sense don't even know what God's laws and stated purposes are. 26% of all people professing to be Christian have never opened a Bible. More than half don't attend services. Fact is most people won't even discuss the Bible. Half the world or better don't even believe in the Bible or it's God. Paul wasn't speaking about a Universal state of knowing good and bad. He was writing to the Roman Christian congregation not the Roman people, people that had already accepted the Gift of Christ death and were taught "The Law of the Christ". Galatians 6:2

Quote: All modern bible versions come from the Textus Siniaticus. Replay: Not true. Leningrad Codex 1008/1009 C.E, Dead Sea Scrolls offer 220 manuscripts and fragments that are quite a bit older. Aleppo Codex. Samaritan Pentateuch. Greek Septuagint. Aramaic Targum’s. Latin Vulgate. Syriac Peshitta. Biblia Hebraica Quinta and Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia. A few of the manuscripts used in translation. Quote: Christ himself quoted from the Masoretic Text. Reply: Indeed he did but he also quoted a good deal more of the Hebrew Scriptures. At Luke 4:17;19 he quotes Isaiah 61:1,2 for example. More importantly he fulfilled hundreds of prophecies found in the Hebrew Scriptures. Quote: The Mythical Septuagint. Reply: That would be in disagreement with Bible Scholars such as William Tyndale & Tischendor and nearly every current University. Quote: God has chosen to preserve his Word in the English with the King James. Reply: Hum...this is an opinion the way it is stated. Quote: It is perfect and inerrant. (Inerrant: incapable of being wrong). Reply: Also an opinion as stated. It is a Bible commissioned in 1604-1611 by King James VI who…(quote WIKIPEDIA) “…gave the translators instructions intended to ensure that the new version would conform to the ecclesiology of, and reflect the episcopal structure of, the Church of England and its belief in an ordained clergy. The translation was done by 47 scholars, all of whom were members of the Church of England” The JKV omits God’s Proper name about 7,000 times inserting titles such as LORD in large print where the Tetragrammaton exists in the manustripts it is translated from. Christ used his father’s name. Insisted on it. Asked we pray for it’s sanctification, Matt 6:9. Asked it be glorified John 12:28 and stated making God’s name Jehovah was in great part his purpose for being here. John 17:25,26. The KJV depending on the exact printer and country of that printings origin may or may not call God by his proper name at Ps. 83:18. Neither perfect nor inerrant.

Jet 170 F Thermostat failed....again....time to try something else. She's going to sit awhile now.

Paul is quoting a prophecy recorded in Jeremiah 31:33. Reading the entire context in Jerimiah God is speaking of his law being written in their hearts at a future time replacing the old law of Moses. Christ did this at his death and Paul is commenting on that. That replaced law was also written in their heart. By what means? Deuteronomy 6:6-9. God gave them the law and it was handed down father to son, Inculcated. It is not of mans personal origin and as Deut 6:12 indicated it can be forgotten, and it has been by many. So what can we say about the Law? It CAN be written on mans heart but it is a choice and not automatic. You have to want it there and be taught it by him who gives it. As with anything we learn our sense of it and precision is it's use depends a great deal on our personal level of effort we put into it.

No one has God's original stone tablets and the mediums Moses wrote on have long since decayed. The first three books for example that contain early history and the Law given to Moses were written some 3500 years ago. The newest of the Hebrew Scriptures was written about 430 B.C.E. What translators work with are the oldest copies of copies of copies we have available to translate from. The Greek Scriptures fair better in this regard the last books written just before 100 C.E. Those works we copied by 'scribes'. It was a full time job that exacted extreme accuracy of copy to the point of counting individual letters of an entire text. Translators today that compare one copy to another which were completed hundreds of years apart find the integrity of the copies to be, with rare exception, quite identical. Even fragments of texts are consulted. Then there is the matter of language. Both the Hebrew and Greek forms of the language it was originally written in are dead languages as are many others. They come and go as we have experienced in our own lifetimes. Scholars, linguistic experts if you will, exist who translate texts word for word to the best of the current understanding of the language in question. A Greek Interlinear is fine example of a word for word rendering. But like any translation from it's origin to the target language it isn't always so smooth. Grammar, use of verbs and tense literally translated can change the intended meaning of a thought so rendered. The meaning is more important than word for word exactness especially in cases where no word exist in the target language that is a literal exchange. For example the Koine Greek of Scripture has four distinct words for "Love" and each is unique in it's meaning. English has but one. The meaning or idea of a word in English is often found in its context and not in its word. For the Greek to opposite is often true. German has individual words that when translated to English are entire paragraphs. What a world. More later as this is getting long in the tooth and I have some appointments to keep. Sorry to be partial.

Asked and answered but PM'd you anyway. Of choice? I suppose so. I understand 20th century English better than 15th century Kings English. It's both literal and accurate. When I want the word for word I read my Greek Interlinear. I read Byington's Living English version and like it allot. Sometimes my mothers KJV or American Standard versions she taught me with and left me. Gideon's at the doctors office. I have several "of choice'.

You would be in good company as Paul seems to agree with some limitation: Romans 2:14 For when people of the nations, who do not have law, do by nature the things of the law, these people, although not having law, are a law to themselves. Romans 7:21-25 I find, then, this law in my case: When I wish to do what is right, what is bad is present with me. I really delight in the law of God according to the man I am within, but I see in my body another law warring against the law of my mind and leading me captive to sin’s law that is in my body. Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the body undergoing this death? Thanks to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So, then, with my mind I myself am a slave to God’s law, but with my flesh to sin’s law Some thoughts to consider perhaps? Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death. Isaiah 55:8,9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, And your ways are not my ways,” declares Jehovah. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So my ways are higher than your ways And my thoughts than your thoughts. We do indeed have some limited hard wired sensibilities we were created with. After all, we are in 'his image'...but we are cautioned: Proverbs 3: 5,6 Trust in Jehovah with all your heart, And do not rely on your own understanding. In all your ways take notice of him, And he will make your paths straight. I think the point God is making is law, or right and wrong, is his domain. Personally, when I think I know something it's 'my sign' that I'm in deep trouble. Break time.

That's fine Luke, ramble on. I love good information and others feedback. Rather learn from others mistakes then pay for them myself. How about a list of bulbs you tired, their life span and cost. I got a little confused in the verbiage about what blub lasted how long. The difference in ride is unimaginable but still not car like. The main driver of this project was control. On rough surface roads I didn't have any control. Thing would dance sideways on anything resembling a washboard, rail tracks, bridge expansion joints or even closely spaced tar snakes. No brakes, no steering just dance. It was literally painful. Frightened the wife to ride in it. If I drove over a foot square road patch that sat a half inch higher than the road surface it sounded in the cab like you were struck by a large rock. Man Hole cover is a good example. Ridiculous! Toss 1000 pounds in her....different story but I wasn't about to haul rock or twenty bags of softener salt to get a ride that I could live with and tires on the ground. On glass smooth roads it was great but we all can't be driving the same ten feet of road in the country. Took about 20% out of the front and 15% out of the rear in spring rates then gave them a proper damper. The front is about perfect and almost car like but I could remove a few more leaves out back. I can still haul over a thousand pounds. That is a half ton, right? Vastly improved handling was a side benefit. It's hard to get around a curve if your wheels are in the air over half the time. This thing was silly loose and now almost over neutral. Would benefit from a harder front bar bushings and stiffer end link setup. Projects are never done are they?

I'll give it a good home.

Whew! I'm dizzy.

Sorry, I'm not seeing how this quote is making a case for self determination. I'm puzzled by the idea. Maybe I'm just being dense. What I read is: Starting with the underlined Paul is telling us that there is no excuse for believing anything or anyone other than God himself created all things because creation itself bears true witness to that effect. By his creation God showed us simply he is supreme sovereign and only he as the right to determine good and bad. Wrath therefore is against "all ungodliness", that is, those who in essence believe, behave as or promote otherwise. Then he makes the statement that such men are both unthankful and foolish when they act with such blatant disregard for his Sovereignty. Personal vanity men have placed above truth placing their will over Gods. 'Foolish heart was darkened' is interesting. You can't see in a dark room. There hearts were no longer able to see even that which was made "clearly seen". If anything this scripture is saying just the opposite of self determination. God is saying it is inexcusable that you don't know your place in his order of things. Perhaps I should have said 'right' and not 'ability'...but given that I did...I'll work with that. I might offer that even as a pretty fair Chess player I have the ability to play, just not at a level that has ever given me the right to compete with a Grand Master of the game. Right and ability are two different things and I spoke poorly. Sorry to confuse anyone. “I well know, O Jehovah, that to earthling man his way does not belong. It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step.”—Jer. 10:23. (NWT) Jerimiah makes this statement under divine inspiration. Jer. 1:1,2 These are the words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. The word of Jehovah came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, the king of Judah, in the 13th year of his reign. Job 40:2 (KJV) Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? He that reproveth God, let him answer it. What man can counsel God? Correct him? Instruct him? Fact check him? Knows more than? Who would know better than your creator what was good or bad for you? That said God also made us creatures of 'free will'. He forces no one to take his counsel. To obey his commands. To accept his Sovereignty. To accept his gift of life and everything that makes it possible. Adam and Eve are perfect examples of persons that rejected Gods right to determine right and wrong and that isn't working out well for anyone. Romans 5:12 reads (REF) That is why, just as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men because they had all sinned (read chapter five for complete context) Consider this in their case. They were created perfect so getting it wrong took willful determination to do a thing we do blindly in sin. Anyway.... That’s one paradigm, and the another would be…….

While I appreciate the sentiment the thoughts all belong to Jehovah. The quotes are from his book the Bible, not mine. I'm not even close to being that wise. I read and write what a flawed mind can make of a perfect work.

The better you do the harder it is to do better. Although one tank short of my data collection goal I'm going to call the 0W20 a solid 3% gain in efficiency. (About 1 mpg for almost 1500 miles) I have no idea what that means for the long term life time average but in the shorter summer run....I'm loving it.

Your 86 is begging for a stock make over with at touch of resto rod. Sweet truck.

I’m posting this in the thread no one reads as it’s a topic no one says they care about to be found by the few who do care about what no one else does. ************************************************************************ “If fuel mileage matters, don’t buy a truck”. Ever hear that? Sure you do. You hear it from those that are getting that National average 17 mpg. (Fuelly.com) You don’t hear it from those getting the EPA sticker or above. Miles per gallon or gallons per hundred miles, they reciprocate in multiples of 100. That is; if you get 25 mpg your fuel usage can also be expressed as 100 / 25 = 4 gallons per hundred miles. The national average for K2XX trucks is just under 17 mpg or 100 / 17 = 5.88 gallons per hundred miles. Let see if that matters and I’m not going to opine. I’m not going to tell you what I think the physics supports. I’m going to tell you what has already been done. 26.64 mpg or 100 / 26.64 = 3.75 gallons per hundred. Peppers ‘to date’ life time average. Based on a 500 mile range or five cycles of 100 miles and $3 a gallon gas the cash out of pocket difference is: $31.93...PER TANK!!

2015 Silverado 1500 WT2 RCSB 2WD in Victory Red. King piggy back OEM coil overs up front refit with 600 # springs. Bell Tech 2" drop spindles. Lower ball joints modified to work with 17" OEM wheels. Deaver custom multi leaf 2" drop with spacer blocks removed sitting in Sulastic hangers. King piggy back OEM shocks MOOG Camber Kits Trans thermostat delete (modified OEM) Jet 170 F thermostat K&N drop in air filter. Line-X bed and rear wheel wells plus undercoating. GM box corner protectors. Rail Caps stake pocket covers. Weather Tech no drill mud flaps Weather Tech window channel mount shades. 3M ceramic UVA/UVB/Infrared tint. Lemo 5% back and visor. 95% windshield and 15% side glass. 3M Clear bra, hood, fender fronts, door recesses and door sills. Dee-Zee gate assist. Linear Logic Scan Gauge II. Custom X-Gauge programing. Rhino Stainless Step Bars Lund soft roll up bed cover. GM bed matt. WIX filters,. Red Line lubricants. Motor, Transmission and Diff. Sylvania Silverstar low beams. Above list complete, lower list on the to do list: Improved Racing trans stats and Setrab or Mocal aux cooler with dedicated fan and controler, AN6 trans lines with aux filter. PML alloy trans pan Gleason Torsen 8.625" limited slip. Grizzly 3.42 gear set. B&M diff cover with cap support. Continental Cross Contact LX-20 245/70R17 The wish list: Mosser prop shaft Tweak some minor PCM/TCM settings. Bullet Proofed PATC 6L80. Minor interior tweaks like carpet maybe, some trim. Sound proofing More rust protection. Before Top and after bottom suspension work. 1/2 drop front 3-1/2 drop rear.

Having recently upgraded my low beams and now having the aim all dialed in we went for night drive on I-39 and then 50 miles or so of back roads and something caught my attention. I cannot believe how fast people drive under new moon or heavy overcast conditions after dark with lights that are so dim and so yellow you would run over whatever was in your way from any speed over 50 mph before you saw it. Literally driving blind as a bat. Then there are those with ‘blue’ lights that have the range of a AA battery flashlight. Bright as can be….for 25 feet. So you can’t really see anything but you can blind everyone you meet. This made me wonder what other absolutely ridiculous behaviors I might observe if a little attention I paid. I was not disappointed it what I observed. Just a few: (Just the Interstate observations) Large travel trailers pulled by 1500’s whose tongue weight is so high the front is lifted enough to give a visible positive camber and a hideous squat bouncing and swaying and doing 10 to 15 over the speed limit sometimes in packs of three or four following so close if the front one were to sneeze the last one could hold the tissue. Trucks lifted so high I could drive under them and with off road tires, not all terrain mind you but full blown stadium tires bouncing down the road at the same 10+ over the limit with a tire howl you would swear was the Burlington Northern or a herd of wounded buffalo and roll’n coal. If running at night a full complement of behind the grill and roll bar mounted lamps that would light Candlestick park. Trucks with tires so bald and tie rods so bad the wheels never recover their mystic dance from one tar strip to the next pulling a flat bed with a backhoe. Here’s a favorite. The mini spare on the front wheel of a Mitsubishi Mirage doing 80 mph on a 100 degree day and bungie cord holding the hood on. I didn’t even know they could do 80. Some of the fastest cars on the Interstate have but one headlamp and its candles are not all lite nor bright. Every one of these will honk their horn, flash what lights they have and in general act like an arse for your compliance with a 45 mph work zone restriction. Less I forget the Interstate “Gators”. Semi drivers do know that you’re supposed to thump the tires before takeoff and refuse to pull a pick with bad tires, right? Oh that’s right, bikers and smaller vehicles are expendable…silly me…I forgot. I could go on and on…..and on but what’s the point. These morons are not the problem. Problem is a late model perfectly maintained vehicle driven between the legal limits of speed with good tires, brakes, lights and a clear headed properly rested driver not under the influence of anything but sound judgment whose phone in on blue tooth and in the glove box. That guy needs to be tarred and feathered. He’s a public safety menace. That’s one paradigm, and the another would be…….