Posts by peacefulpete

Diogenesister...That was a incredible barn find. I did a 1931 1/2 Ford tin top narrow bed a couple years ago. Got it to the point of driving it in the parade and sold it to the Volo Museum guys in Illinois.

The year before that I found an old kiddie car ride from Coney Island and made a driving parade car, kid sized, so we had to have my nephew drive it with some friends.

And ROAD TO NOWHERE..I think is was the year before that I did a 1937 American Austin roadster. It was based upon the Austin7 but not a bolt crossed over. Again very rare. Tiny, version of a Ford A .

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Car Projects

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how many of you enjoy car projects?

we do one for the parade most every year.

this year was a bust but the project is done and ready for next july.

peacefulpete

OK, it wasn't really fair. (though name is on the side) It was a German made 1957 Goggomobil T250. I cut 2 feet out of the middle (made it shorter), removed the roof and changed the rear deck. Its teeeny tiny. Like I said 48" wheelbase and about the same wide. They are very rare in US, this one was immersed in a pond for decades so it wasn't a restoration candidate. The motor/tranny was a lump. I put in a simple CVT go-kart setup. Just for the parade.

Doesn't anyone else want to share projects or maybe dream projects?

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Meetings

by pontoon in

so remember how assembling together is a command and no man or government can stop us, even if it means going 'underground', even if means being arrested, jailed, beat....can't stop us from assembling together----until covid.

now it's "false regligion" fighting for their constitutional right to meet together while the jws seem to be perefectly happy zooming their lives away..

peacefulpete

I seriously think they are morphing into a TV/media church. Lett is a natural. KHs and printing are expensive.

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Car Projects

by peacefulpete in

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how many of you enjoy car projects?

we do one for the parade most every year.

this year was a bust but the project is done and ready for next july.

peacefulpete

Please ignore the terribly messy shop. It's kinda gotten out of control.

Show us the projects!

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Car Projects

by peacefulpete in

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how many of you enjoy car projects?

we do one for the parade most every year.

this year was a bust but the project is done and ready for next july.

peacefulpete

How many of you enjoy car projects? We do one for the parade most every year. This year was a bust but the project is done and ready for next July. Anyone who can tell what it was/is wins a prize. 48" wheelbase!

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electric cars

by peacefulpete in

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hey all you tree huggers, .

anyone by chance ever work on similar old ev?

i'm wanting to upgrade its performance while i'm at it.

peacefulpete

I just realized the picture I had meant to load on the end of this old thread never appeared. Kinda neat having a car so rare that your car shows up in a google search.

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electric cars

by peacefulpete in

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hey all you tree huggers, .

anyone by chance ever work on similar old ev?

i'm wanting to upgrade its performance while i'm at it.

peacefulpete

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how do spouse's treat their partners if they leave the cult?

by mickbobcat in

so i was fortunate enough to have a wife that listened and saw what i was saying was true and that the cult is bs.

but i wonder how bad it is in a relationship that one goes out of the cult and the other stays in.

i can see that being a real issue for a marriage.

peacefulpete

Our entire life was the religion. We had given everything up for it. When I finally faced my doubts and stopped altogether I did not force anything on her. It was crushing and confusing to her. We really didn't know how to navigate the new dynamic and separated. Ironically it was in part due to the hostility others had toward me that shook her enough to examine her own feelings. She had also buried doubts. She came to me asked for why I had left, couple hours later she resolved to never go back. The important thing was she was prepared to make the change.

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Should Social Media Silence Conservative Views?

by minimus in

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i find it very disturbing that media outlets as well as facebook, instagram, google and others decide that a point of view is not acceptable simply because they don’t share an opinion.

perhaps it is at least right now but i think it’s very wrong.

what’s your view?

peacefulpete

Privately or corporately owned forums can legally protect their domain from dialog that is deemed harmful to public good or simply to prevent legal liability. They can go further and even impose a value of civility. Its akin to your workplace rules that enable employers to impose standards of appearance and conduct up to a point. The internet has changed from simple information exchange to a largely anonymous ideological megaphone. As the internet has grown people shifted from discussion forums to echo chambers. The crowd has moved to the corners and lob insults and lies at each other. Media outlets are struggling with the reality that they are complicit if they make no effort to remove disinformation that threatens public health, endorses violence, seeks to subvert fair elections or promote racist hate (whoever is saying it), When jihadists post disinformation about Western nations or post slick recruitment videos we all concur they should be removed. When bots spread unfounded harmful slander to subvert national security, when dangerous stunts like poison Tide pod challenge videos are posted, etc. media platforms rightly respond with removal of the posting or closing accounts.

So to answer your question, : Should Social Media Silence Conservative Views?

It depends upon the view being spread by the conservative. If the conservative is discussing the relative importance of free trade as opposed to tariffs or is encouraging celibacy before marriage, or is arguing for the private ownership of guns, it is very unlikely to be silenced. Unfortunately what is sometimes presented as a "conservative view" is actually just plain old political lies, inciting violence or racism being spread by a conservative. I have seen the similar approach by posters identifying as liberal while retweeting or sharing disinformation. They have been flagged as well. One account I know was closed for repeat offenses.