After writing some guildelines and drawing some illustrations for this tool. I have placed the drawings on a PPT slide and on a word document, in hopes of posting them here for reference.

This is one of about 40 images I drew for my power-point slide show about deficit spending to bail out Wall St. ...while the tax payers continue to experience record unemployment.

I just like this character enough to make it my avatar, but the avatar is just a little too small to clearly see his realization that, although Wall st. received many benefits... the pail he was given, (Government issue) is as beneficial as nothing.

These were going around work as part of a 'safety awareness' e-mail. I saved these two because the were relevant to Trucks and DIY ...um, attempts?

After I could find no one to speak to in Detroit, I pressed on... only to find no one to speak here either... except Lil, who had bravely accompanied me on this expedition. I can tell you that we did not mind the absence of conversationalists, sought-for OR accidental

Yes, I bought it that way. The Previous owner installed the engine about 8 years ago. He was the trucks Second owner and is a mechanic of considerable talent and note. (He has written articles for Truck and Car magazines and more credentials than I can list here.)
The trnsmission is the original TH400.
Truck had 75,000 miles on it when I bought it in April. At this time it has 76,250 on it.

like many of us with no garage available... but one day, oh yes, one day... I will have a garage... complete with workshop area, real lighting and climate control!

My truck is like me, Norm & Plain.

I was explaining to the Greater Swiss Mountain dog that Chapstick is "not food" ... evidently she thought I said "good food". She did not spit it out... I have never seen it again, though I expect it is somewhere in the back yard.

Also refered to as 'the Mighty Truck.' I have given it these monikers as my cars are typically econoboxes (or motorcycles) and my last two trucks were a Mitsubishi (optimistically called a Mighty Max) and a Nissan Hardbody. Great little trucks but this Chevy is a monster by comparrison.