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ATT DE exhaust for sale- gave up, reversed all my GM-3 bits back on

Burning oil said:
I'm embarrassed to say: My wife is absolutely freaking out with this Ebola break out. She just knows your going to bring it to Houston :nonod: She is a nurse and a germaphobe. Not a good combo for her, but good for her patient's. The fact that nurse in Dallas came down with Ebola does not help my wife's case at all!!
Seriously we may have to reschedule just so I can keep the piece and my sanity around here.
Lets see how this news plays out over next couple weeks. If it all calms down then we can proceed. If more people start getting Ebola I can say for sure wrenching won't happen soon.
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Ah no! I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. Well, please know this- I don't actually live in Dallas for what it's worth. For anonymizing and security purposes, I always just put that as it's the closest city to where I actually am (I'll send you an E-mail showing the distances). I live with my family and work out in the north suburbs. I'm a healthy IT engineer- no affiliation with any hospital or medical personnel or even any pending doctor's appointments! I keep to myself, as does my family- no mass gatherings lately, or any questionable side jobs as a janitor or waste disposal collection agent. :) I spend my free time with my young boys (not in school yet) and wife, wrenching and working on house projects, and not volunteering at a hospital as a comedian entertainer or anything. :)

But that's just to allay the paranoia permeating around- it's a bunch of hype really. The media is loving it around here, and is all too happy to grab our eyeballs for ratings and commercial viewing however they can. When you really get down to it, Dallas proper (not where I live) has a population of 1.3 million folks. Two have come down with Ebola so far, and another several dozen are 'under watch'. They're all nurses, family thereof, relatives of the patients, and others directly related with the hospital I believe. Regular outbreaks of the flu and pneumonia are magnitudes greater, can be nearly as lethal, but don't get near the coverage. And the flu is airborne! Ebola is not. It is NOT wafting in the air more than a few feet around any one infected person, at best. Notice that hospital (Texas Presbyterian) is actually still open as usual with staff and patients! Nobody has had to evacuate or shut anything down. So, seeing as how I do not come into contact with anyone's bodily fluids but my own (errr), no worries.

Sorry to go further off-topic- I hope it may save my reservation here at least for Mrs. Leroy's sake... I won't object if I have to stay on the driveway while I'm there. :)
 
Lets just keep a watch on it for next few days. I tried to explain everything you said and she is not hearing it.
In her defense though it is very scary to think about how many people we contact in 21 days then how many people those people contact and so on.....ect all the while more flights are allowed here from Africa.
 
Sentinelist said:
Thank you much! I need to source a spare set of bolts for both sides of it... any tips?
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Specialty shop near me provided some grade 8/10.9s that required a few washers but with the two or three varied lengths on these manifolds with the need for studded bolts in a few places makes it a bit of a challenge.

Stealership sold me some 'new' bolts that were reconditioned...meaning they stripped them off another truck and put them, rust crud and all, in a sealed bag. I needed the studded ones and it was a last resort on a time crunch.

Perhaps a pick and pull yard as long as you know the lengths you need.
 
Hey Leroy, let the wife know- back when my wife, kids, and I had the swine flu, remember h1n1? We just ate LOTS of bacon and turned out fine! Maybe the people just need some fruit bat soup? No, really I feel for you, my wife freaks out over these things too. Good luck and don't really tell her about the soup- touchy people don't like jokes for some reason.
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Right now its the first thing I hear about in the morning and first thing when I step back in at end of day. You could say Drama!
 
I got all the various lenghts of bolts at a place called Barnett supply in Kenilworth NJ. Its near where my old engine died from oil starvation. They have every concievable fastener and bits ever made in stock. Bolts were cheaper than studs, so I cut off heads. They also have cutters and just about anything a machinest needs with old equipment. The place was like walking into 1930's with 21st century prices. Still cheaper than stealership.

Leroy, I have an appointment with the same Infectious disease MD that is monitoring a suspected Ebola pation in Boston. If I keep the appointment, my girlfriend who is a doctor, won't let me in her house for 3 months. I can't believe that hospital is even caring for that patient as they gave me Staph along with the metal hardware installed in my back. I've had 2 more surguries from infection and the metal has got to come out. In the meantime, I am on Home IV treatment to keep me kicking. She has been yapping at me constantly, so I feel your pain.
 
hookedup50 said:
I got all the various lenghts of bolts at a place called Barnett supply in Kenilworth NJ. Its near where my old engine died from oil starvation. They have every concievable fastener and bits ever made in stock. Bolts were cheaper than studs, so I cut off heads. They also have cutters and just about anything a machinest needs with old equipment. The place was like walking into 1930's with 21st century prices. Still cheaper than stealership.

Leroy, I have an appointment with the same Infectious disease MD that is monitoring a suspected Ebola pation in Boston. If I keep the appointment, my girlfriend who is a doctor, won't let me in her house for 3 months. I can't believe that hospital is even caring for that patient as they gave me Staph along with the metal hardware installed in my back. I've had 2 more surguries from infection and the metal has got to come out. In the meantime, I am on Home IV treatment to keep me kicking. She has been yapping at me constantly, so I feel your pain.
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I hope you get better, infections are not taken lightly the older I get.
 
Leroy, looks like the ebola fears are a no longer an issue as Texas took care of them by exporting one paitent to Atlanta and the other to my neck of the woods. So you can convince your wife that it safe to let the wrenching party with Sentinelist happen now, right? :D
 
Yeah right! she's worse than ever now. Now two people from the same hospital that we know of, how many people have they infected? will be 21 days or so before we know.
All the while our fearless leader "O" will not lead. We should refuse any flights from Africa and do much more in airport screening also make it a criminal offence to knowingly come into the country knowing your infected or have been exposed and lie to get in the country.
 
Then try mumbling 'Texas recluse', 'fire ants', 'rattlers', 'Africanized honey bees', and 'neighbor's garage' a few times a day and see if it diverts her attention :smilewinkgrin:
 
Damn the media! Kill your televisions! Ok, it's out of my system (almost). Yeah, some news has gotten better, some worse (in reality, it's lessening). We can postpone until next month if it helps, Leroy. It's not urgent, I just want it DONE finally. But I can certainly wait a bit if it eases any concerns. I have to figure out the bolt situation as well if needed, especially now knowing they're all different sizes and any I find will likely be used. Fun.

Big T! I got the manifold today! Thanks.
 
Whats the latest date you will need to know by in order to still make the 25th?

As long as reports aren't any worse than now I'll tell my wife to get real.
 
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