Armchair Quarterback Afficionado

August 16, 2010 by tmccar  
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NFL training camp means one thing, fantasy football. It’s time to fire up the old lap top, do some in depth research, rank my players, and prepare for my draft. My brothers, a few friends, and I get together on a Saturday night and go through a five hour frenzy of drafting players. What they call a fantasy turns into a night of stress, arguing, and laughing at the guy who picked a kicker in the third round.

I promise myself every year I won’t get too caught up, I’ll play for fun and spend Sunday afternoons and Monday nights enjoying the games. But it never fails, come game time I switch on the Michigan tv direct, throw on the picture in picture and berate my underperforming team members. I curse, I pray, I eat, and I stress about every hit my quarterback takes.

Come Monday morning it’s time to survey the damage, still in last place… unless my rookie tight end can catch three touchdown passes tonight. Maybe I’ll see if I can work a trade, pull myself from the cellar. I bet mom will give me Peyton Manning for Trent Edwards.

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Truck Grills

June 10, 2010 by tmccar  
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If anything can make a truck look more distinctive, it must be its grill. Wehn you think of big, beautiful trucks, truck grills play a big part in this image. That’s understandable – after all, it’s right out there in front of the truck and it’s like a face or visage that makes each truck instantly recognisable – even more so than with a car.
If you own a truck and you want to do something that will make the truck stand out, why not get a custom grill? A nice-looking grill can do wonders for the appearance of a truck, and make it unique.

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Three to Consider

May 26, 2010 by tmccar  
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The Volvo S40 was introduced in 1995 and is a car that has always been associated with reliability and sturdiness. The shape of the Volvo has not changed a huge amount over the years, unlike other well-known models. It’s just become a bit more rounded, more sleek. It has a nice, stylish appearance as you can see from these Volvo S40 photos. It comes in a 2.4i and 2.5 liter engine size. The overall size is compact and it’s ideal for driving around town.
The Chevy Impala was first introduced in 1958 and has been used over years as a taxi, a police car and a good all-round family car. The smooth, rounded shape is a distinctive feature of the Impala. And it’s certainly not short of power – It comes in 2 engine sizes – 3.5 and 3.9 liter.
A success story in the small car market has been the Toyota Yaris. It comes with a good reputation for fuel economy and of course, Toyota’s reliablilty. It is available as a hatchback or a sedan, both versions having 1.5 liter engines. The Yaris is a relatively recent arrival to the U.S. – it replaced the Echo in 2006. For an economy vehicle, it gives a smooth driving experience.

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Wood Dash Kits

May 5, 2010 by tmccar  
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There’s no doubt about it but wood dash kits can transform the interior of a car. A dash kit of any type makes a great difference, but when it has a wood finish, it can steal the show. When you think of all the classic cars that stand out over the years, (like Rolls Royce, Bentley etc.), one thing that they all seem to have in common is wood (or wood effect) panelling on the dash. There is something about this type of finish that sets a car apart and it can add quite a lot of value to the car.

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Keep Your Aluminum And Steel Cans Out Of Landfill Sites

February 13, 2010 by tmccar  
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Each and every year thousands of tons of trash is thrown into landfills. While we are in no danger of running short on landfill space, this is expensive in terms of time, space, and energy invested, as well as the sheer waste of materials that will not be used again. With that in mind, consider the reasons below for keeping your steel and aluminum cans out of the landfill by recycling them instead.

- Aluminum which has been recycled is back in use again within a couple of months. In contrast, it would take 200-500 years for that metal to break down naturally if were just thrown away.

- Recycling is about more than just material savings, it is also about energy consciousness. Every aluminum can which is recycled saves enough energy to run a television for 3 hours.

- Metal cans can be exchanged for cash at lots of places. Various states offer five cents per can recycled, and some recycling centers pay anywhere between fifty cents and two dollars per pound of cans recycled.

- Recycled steel and aluminum are have exactly the same composition as ‘new’ aluminum and steel. Recycled metals are simply melted down and mixed into lots to make new products.

- On average, Americans recycle around 100,000 aluminum cans per minute. The majority of that figure is a result of certain communities working hard on special projects, and that is something that you should encourage those in your neighborhood to take up, as recycling can really help with bringing a community together.

- The 100,000,000 ‘new’ steel cans produced on a daily basis contain 25% recycled materials. That equates to 25 million reclaimed cans versus 75 million completely new cans. If people recycled more frequently, that number would soon become 50-50 and a huge amount of resources and energy would be saved.

- The United States presently uses steel which is more than 65 percent recycled. That is not too bad, but there is definitely room for improvement. This proportion would go up significantly if more people were aware that they could recycle their steel cans.

- There are multiple can-crushing machines available, and you can even make a home-made one for free. Therefore, it is no excuse to say that recycling cans takes up too much space within your home.

http://www.cancrusher.org.uk is a site offering information about recycling aluminum and steel cans.

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