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Re: Bernie Miklasz: ‘Lot Of Older People Have Hard Time Coming To Grips With It’ « The John Feinstein Show – CBS Sports Radio

Jim Punkrockford — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:55:56 -0000

i don't care about his sexuality. i am comfortable with him. he is not getting signed because he is a distraction.

this is not code.

Re: Hunting the Dread Pirate Roberts: How the FBI caught Ross Ulbricht, alleged creator of criminal marketplace Silk Road

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 11:05:35 -0000

ah yes, free market haters. sure sure easy for you now that collectivism is having it's heyday. all those free market capitalist countries switching over to centrally planed communism... oh wait.. it is the other way around, free markets for emerging economies and massive government oversight for our fictitious "free" market

Re: Hunting the Dread Pirate Roberts: How the FBI caught Ross Ulbricht, alleged creator of criminal marketplace Silk Road

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 04:28:40 -0000

really most of the story is about how the feds are going to try and tie this guy to the pirate dude. and it sounds a bit flimsy imho. i think the guy gets off.

also, does it seem as though libertarians are now criminals?

Re: Is Microsoft Doubling Down On the Exact Wrong Mobile Strategy? - by Matt Asay

Jim Punkrockford — Wed, 18 Sep 2013 00:59:56 -0000

Google stuff is free. Microsoft charges for EVERYTHING. they are out to nickel and dime you. do you really want to pay for xbox live so your phone will do what an android phone does for free? the business model is wrong, this isn't HBO this is over the air network TV. they need to give away the services and charge the "advertisers"

Re: Yamaha RD 400 by The Wrenchmonkees

Jim Punkrockford — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:47:43 -0000

i have a 79 daytona 400 ready for a restoration. for the life of me i can't remember why i parked it, exhaust pipe weld? kept blowing headlight fuses? last time i built it i went for the stock red/white look, i don't know about this time but the flat black look is a little too played out. but i'm keeping my eyes out for some cool rd examples for some custom ideas, if not i'll go stocker again. any ideas/examples anyone?

Re: Groundsurf by 1135Garnet

Jim Punkrockford — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:39:29 -0000

meh, not like hills are so hard to find. i LOVE downhill skateboarding! nothing, i really mean, nothing like it. the fun and exhilaration is undescribable. videos of this thing in action make people look awkward and not flowing and surfy. the promise of motorized skateboarding (or better yet, "back the future" style hover boarding) has yet to be realized. still closest is caver or thruster surf style truck systems

Re: 1985 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Jim Punkrockford — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:42:12 -0000

of course, been missing F1 during the break. so cool how so many teams are so close in performance. competition is tight these days, i love it

Re: 1985 Belgian Formula 1 Grand Prix

Jim Punkrockford — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:32:22 -0000

i love spa

Re: The Lun Class Ekranoplan

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:55:03 -0000

these are neat. seem super sketchy making hard turns though. or when these things "land" on.. well ...land

Re: Vrod Special by Roland Sands Design

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 00:45:08 -0000

i like how every guy i know that has a V-Rod has some "go fast" parts on it. i think they are cool, not my speed but really not much manufactured in the last 35 years is really "me". i do wanna take one out for a spin, poker night guys ride up and i'm afraid to ask in front of everyone cuz then everyone will want a test ride.

Re: Silodrome Tee

Jim Punkrockford — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:38:07 -0000

super fun design! just a heads up if you haven't ordered yours yet, they are euro mens/womens cut. they are super stretch fit, so if you live in a part of the world where straight men don't wear skin tight shirts, order a few sizes big. i ordered an XL and it is 21 1/2" at the armpits.

though they do print them to order and print the sizes too so maybe they just grabbed a small by mistake and printed XL on it.

Re: Jimmy Clark in a Ford Model T Sprint Car

Jim Punkrockford — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 01:14:07 -0000

dang, tough question. dude. man... i dunno. they are both period racers (my dream rides). i really got into period model T racers and hop ups, back when ingenuity ruled the race tracks. but man. dude... tough

Re: Knockaround Sunglasses

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:33:07 -0000

ace has a fun photo blog. lots of celebrities caught wearing knockarounds, now i find myself doing it. standing in line at the grocery store looking over the celeb mags, to my wife "look... selena gomez is wearing my knockarounds".

i'm a total goober

Re: 1965 Harley-Davidson XLCH Sportster

Jim Punkrockford — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:02:09 -0000

so sweet. i just sold one of these (in boxes) for a few hundred bucks. i
wanted to do something like this with it, maybe de-stroke it to 750
make it vintage flattrack legal and run it up pikes peak. sadly, too
many projects so this one had to go. painful to look at how cool this
one turned out. so sweet

Re: PainTTless by Thunderbike

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:46:55 -0000

the shinya kimura thing is the first thing i thought when i saw this bike. really not many guys doing the steampunk thing. at least not doing it this well. my guess this will start a little steampunk trend in customs, and for goodness' sake the community needs some fresh ideas

Re: Brixton Hats Brood Newsboy Cap

Jim Punkrockford — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:47:47 -0000

ahhh yes "a little less Castro"... i can't tell you how many times i've uttered those words

Re: Rossmeyer Flyer by Jesse Rooke

Jim Punkrockford — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 02:58:09 -0000

ummm, i know there is no such thing as a stupid question, but, does this have some kind of hidden rear brakes? i don't follow the "concept" bike builders too much. is the rear brake delete look a common thing?

Re: Bentley Barnato Roadster

Jim Punkrockford — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 03:32:46 -0000

i love the use of raised white letter tires. looks faster that way! man, the 3d modeling software is crazy lifelike these days. the realism is scary.

Re: 1965 Iso Rivolta Breadvan

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:33:49 -0000

i must admit i prefer the intermeccanica italia for my "italian design, american power" cars. but prices of these badboys have gotten big quickly. a couple of italias on the bay recently, but too rich for me. as for this car, i love that shot of the SBC. maybe i need to get one of those before they cost an arm and a leg too

Re: Vintage Baja

Jim Punkrockford — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:59:14 -0000

oh man, that is total flashback stuff. remember the honda odyssey? i can't tell you how many hours we spent on those things as kids. now they got those "mini sand rails?" i guess there are called, with the 1000cc bike motor and sequential tranny. i've never seen one but they look crazy fun on the youtube.

when the guy in the video puts on the "sleep cheap" shirt i totally flashed back to the red roof inn porsche 935 that a dad in the neighborhood crewed for when we were kids. we thought, rightly, that it was the coolest car ever.... ahh memory lane

Re: The Icon Alliance Project

Jim Punkrockford — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 04:31:05 -0000

coolness! i really love that first shot

Re: Ingmar Beer Surfboards

Jim Punkrockford — Sat, 09 Jun 2012 22:56:27 -0000

that video of rob machado cutting up a wave on a plank of wood makes me feel like a kook. although i do wantta try that now. how do they laminate those stingers? water and wood glue aren't the best of friends

Re: Lamborghini Miura

Jim Punkrockford — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:21:50 -0000

yea, way cool. but as i like to drive my cars i think a fiberfab jamaican might be more realistic for me. but of course, i won't have that ultra cool interior to sit in...

Re: 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB

Jim Punkrockford — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:15:23 -0000

512 boxters were the underloved ferrari but are now down right expensive IMHO. they have basically doubled in the last 5 years. purely based as an investment, i'd go with the testarossa in the fiat era. i mean 60 large US seems cheap for an iconic design with that many cylinders. 330's - in the enzo era, V12's with better synchros for easier shifting than the 250s. but really any enzo era ferrari will be a good investment as the eastern countries start to build up their car collections.

Re: Old Americans are 47 times richer than young - Nov. 7, 2011

Jim Punkrockford — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:13:38 -0000

your housing payment with a fixed rate 30 year mortgage stays the same but the rent you could charge someone to live there goes up with inflation.

your housing payment with a fixed rate 30 year mortgage stays the same but the $1,000 payment doesn't seem so bad when a loaf of bread is $65.

inflation is the thing to fear, i gave you a few hints above how to win.