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About OSU: What do you think is ailing their secondary? Could it be Kerry Coombs?

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JK.

About OSU: What do you think is ailing their secondary? Could it be Kerry Coombs?

DBs aren't terrible but they have been so very good the last 3 -4 seasons.That QB Ramsey from IU had been threading the needle,specially in the 1st half with 239 yds passing.After watching parts of the game over,Okudah & Sheffield(CBs) were good in press coverage.Arnette appears very shaky to me as the 3rd wheel.Coverage was much better in the 2nd half when Isaiah Pryor was in and Jahsen Wint wasn't at safety.Linebackers surprisingly have looked shaky Urban in his presser heaped praises on Borland and Werner that were prolly just being supportive.I will say the last 2 QB's the Bucks faced have been dialed in accuracy wise.To Schiano's & Grinch's credit the Defense only let up 89 2nd half yards.after getting gored for 317 in the 1st

There's a certain feeling of accomplishment that comes with opening up some mechanical thing, getting your hands greasy, closing it back up, and seeing it working the intended way. Before microchips took over, cars were a great avenue for that--if you were into it and had the time.

But there are still plenty of things you can fix with a little time, a hardware store, and youtube. Just the other day I taught my teenager how to solder while fixing a pair of headphones. She's always liked working with her hands and she was enthusiastic about learning, and even happier when it was all done that she would get the lion's share of the use of those headphones.

My main outlet these days is the bicycles in my garage (mine and my family's). Nice, simple machines. Easy to work on with a little time and patience. Satisfying to get the end result I'm seeking.

Yeah, I tend not to work on things that would disable my jeep, but wound up changing out the starter myself in a parking lot, racing the setting sun a few months ago.  Nothing but a youtube video to guide the way.
Wound up not being the starter, but as the new one I put in worked when everything was right on it.  That felt good.

Yeah, I tend not to work on things that would disable my jeep, but wound up changing out the starter myself in a parking lot, racing the setting sun a few months ago.  Nothing but a youtube video to guide the way.
Wound up not being the starter, but as the new one I put in worked when everything was right on it.  That felt good.

I recently needed to replace the front brakes on my Flex. My viewpoint on brakes has always been that they're easy, and that if I buy the pads/rotors myself I can buy higher quality parts than I get at the brake shop, without the markup, and save money.
Realized after I got the car jacked up and the first wheel off that I didn't have an 18mm wrench to remove the calipers. I had an 18mm socket, in a set of sockets that required 1/2" drive. Didn't have a 1/2" driver, only 3/8" ratchets and torque wrench. Had 17mm and 19mm in 3/8" drive, but neither is 18...
And then I decided I was fed up with it. I'd already bought the parts, so I took it to a brake shop, paid $100, and was done in under an hour. 
I suppose after proving to myself with 3 brake jobs over the last decade that I *can* do it, I'd rather just pay someone now and not get dirty.

I always wondered about who would buy those enormous red tool drawer things on wheels.  As if anyone would need or have that many tools.

But then once you get comfortable working on things, you see how diverse and widespread all the different tools you'll need becomes...it's nuts.  I refuse to believe every modern thing can't be constructed with the same half-dozen screws or bolts, lol.  But they aren't.  You need 20 drill bits and 14 pairs of pliers, because you'll lose 9 of them each year, and you wind up with 5 different boxes of bolts because of different threads, etc.

It's stupid.  And yes, that is definitely something that defeats me into submission.  Having the confidence, knowledge, and willingness to do a job...and then not having that one tool.

yup, easy 30 minute jobs can and usually turn into all afternoon jobs because they require a tool I don't have or can't find.

Or just some other odd uncalled for issue that frustrates me

I just pay the pro to do it.

Or you didn't have the the acquired knowledge ya thought you did or all the problems that exist when you start replacing something and realise or create another problem.Can't tell you how many times i've worked on vehicles trying to keep them on the road another couple of years or just trying to save a few bucks and stumble into a whole other bag of snakes.Good mechanics are under paid.Looking back some of those mechanical miscues are funny at.At the time however - oh the language