Mike Pearson's Adventures on a Pale Blue Dot

These logging machines have been literally put out to pasture. If a person was to go logging in a field, would you then be called a "flogger"? Would the process of logging a field be called "flogging"? I asked...and apparently the answer is no. Identity crisis...is it an International TD-20 with Cat parts...or a Cat with TD-20 parts? It took me a while before I noticed the log stakes on this old timer No logs now, just a canoe I was out standing in that field

This one is mostly for gearheads and drag racing fanatics...but if you want to tag along, please do. My mission today is to make a mid 70's four door Ford Maverick, into an object of desire. Seriously. Let's begin with professional drag drag racing. Bound by rules set up by the NHRA ( National Hot Rod Association )..the race cars are divided into different classes. Different classes have different rules. The rules change as technology changes. Pro Stock is one of those classes. I'm going to gloss over the details in the interest of speed and simplicity,... if you are a Pro Stock afficianado...just sit on your hands for a sec. Pro Stock cars are supposed to look very similar to the street version. This comes from the old Detroit thinking of "Race on Sunday, sell on Monday"  ( win at the racetrack...sell more cars ) Pro Stock cars in reality have nothing in common with the factory built cars, except the shape. The sheet metal is draped over a specially constr...