HANDS-ON OR CHECK BOOK RESTORATION? WHICH STRATEGY MAKES SENSE...TO YOU AND YOUR WIFE?

The starting line of a vehicle restoration is also the start of many questions. One of the biggest questions is whether or not to take on the job as an active participant- or writer of checks for other people to do the work.

For starters, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel competent?" The answer is just as critical as the punk's answer to Dirty Harry while Harry stuck a gun into the equation.

There is no sin for a prospective car guy to admit that he knows his limitations.

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WE EXPLAIN WHY NICKLEBACK DOES NOT SUCK....IN OUR HUMBLE OPINION

Nickleback has gotten one of the roughest rides in rock music history and frankly, we don't know why they get beaten up so much. So we are here to defend these small town Alberta boys who have taken too many unjustified shots for their music.

The first thing that people have to understand about rock music is that nobody is going to reinvent it.

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WHEN A CLEAR CUT CASE OF BLURRING OUT PROBLEMS BECOMES A PROBLEM

Playboy magazine has made an industry out of airbrush techniques. Softer images of Playboy models have kept the fantasy alive for generations of lonely young males who buy the magazine for the articles and a couple of other reasons.

It all seemed harmless enough to most of us who are familiar with the famous magazine.

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KATE SMITH'S 'GOD BLESS AMERICA'-HOW I LEARNED TO LOVE THIS SONG

This might sound a bit blasphemous on July 4th but back in the mid 70s I really hated Kate Smith-especially when she sang God Bless America.

This had nothing to do with a burning anti-American sentiment or a deeply rooted hatred of popular singers from the 1930s.

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