Today I was attacked, well not me personally, but all online article amateur authors. It appears a Ms. Lawrence some how believes that online article submission sites are no good and that the amateur authors who post their work are making it tough for professional writers to make a living? Well, I cannot believe what I am hearing, professional writers at the top of their game cannot compete with a bunch of G-darn amateurs now? What gives with that hopeless excuse; are you looking for pitty?

You know when I use to race motorcycles street bikes I learned to say "SEE YA!" in nine languages. That is apropos to this conversation indeed and before I ran a 4-minute mile in track during my college years, I use to hear snickers in the crowd too. I remember in little league they use to say to my brother; Hey batter, batter, batter, swing!

You know what I think about Ms. Lawrence’s comments and anyone who adopts that line of poppycock and utter hokum? Well, I think everywhere you go the weak hide behind the shrubbery, afraid to come out and instead shout some BS comment.

She should not start a war with me. A war of words or any other for that matter; call me the Turbo Steamroller, as this train is not stopping for anyone, if you are not on board you are eating crow. Online article submission site trend will continue and if professional writers cannot compete, so be it. Out with old and in with the new. Consider all this in 2006.

Driving around the country constantly touring the Nation often I feel as if I am one with the vehicle. Some people who are into racing, acrobatic flying, motor cycle racing and wind surfing have told me that they too understand this sensation, they feel connected in a sense. In the future perhaps there will be; The Merging of Man and Moving Machine.

Is it really possible? Perhaps it is and maybe human scientists can make this happen. Consider if you will how Americans feel about their SUVs, sports cars and light trucks or how a young man feels about his race bike? Sure, well that makes sense. Kind of like the love of the automobile with most Americans. This topic came up recently with a couple of think tank members when one stated;

“I know that when I drive a lot for several days, by the last day, I feel like I have become part of the vehicle and have some of the senses I always equate with movement that is not typical for humans.”

I use to feel like I was one with the motorcycles during racing and sometimes aircraft too for instance the Genies Tenie open cockpit homebuilt I owned. Once I began feeling that way after I purchased a new motorcycle; then I knew I was ready to take the motor cycle out and race it hard and win, of course I guess that goes without saying as that is the goal; to win I mean.

I can foresee a time when people are hooked up to their hardware, vehicles, aircraft, space ship, whatever. Like with the Apache Attack Helicopters, but to the tenth degree, You know like the Roswell Alien Craft stories and stuff? Consider all this in 2006.

Machine shops undertake general mechanical work that includes fabricating new parts or repairing old ones. The automotive machine shops undertake the repair of cars or vehicles, which may include motorcycles also. Some automotive machine shops are brand-specific. This means that they repair vehicles of one particular brand, which may be Ford, Nissan, Toyota, and so forth. These are usually company-authorized automotive repair shops. The repair work may include engine cleaning and dust removal, the checking of cranks, rods, blocks and heads, as well as suspension parts of race cars, crack repair of blocks and heads, crank shaft grinding, polishing and hardening, block boring, complete engine balancing, and connecting-rod stress relieving.

There are automotive machine shops that take up all types of vehicular repair work irrespective of brand. They also undertake the repair of older vehicles, the so-called ‘yesterday’ machines, whose parts and accessories are not easily available. It goes without saying that the engineers and mechanics in these shops are highly skilled, as they sometimes have to improvise or almost reinvent the rare spare parts. The job of these generalists is also more labor-intensive and time-consuming. It naturally follows that their charges are usually higher than ordinary work of similar nature.

Both brand-specific and general repair shops also supply or fabricate new parts to replace the damaged ones if they are beyond repair.

A point of concern is that these machine shops use hazardous materials for their repair work and release environmentally harmful waste materials. For example, they use methylene chloride to clean the aluminum parts. This solvent is toxic in nature. If it is not properly disposed of it may prove dangerous to the environment. So, apart from repairing and fabricating machine parts, the machine shop owners also need to be responsible for protecting public health and the environment. If they release the pollutants down the sewer, they are likely to be punished heavily with fines and other penalties.