September 18, 2001
Freaky Word Trick N' Stuff
Hi everybody! Remember I said that I would have something more interesting today? Well, here we go:
In my random surfing through that ole' Inner-net thang over the past day or two, I found a very disturbing computer "trick". And I'm going to share it with you. So, open up your word processor program of choice (this will be Microsoft Word for many of us). In ALL CAPITALS, type NYC. Now, highlight it and make it larger..like 72-point font. With NYC still highlighted, change the font to "Webdings" from your font menu. Eh? Pretty neat. Now, make sure the text is still highlighted and change the font to Wingdings. Yeh. Pretty disturbing. Please understand that I in no way endorse any message that you may have seen here..this was simply a freaky font "trick" that was passed on to me. Very freaky.
I called a local guy that does custom vehicle work today to get a price quote for c-notching my truck. I had previously talked to a shop up in the valley about doing this for me, and he quoted me at $600. Pretty expensive. The guy I talked to today quoted me at $300. Not too bad, except that I've never seen any of the work that he does. So, I may meet with him and take a look at his work and decide based on that. If he does good quality work, then why pay double for the same work? The guy seemed really nice, so we'll see what happens.
For those of you wondering what the heck a "c-notch" is, here's a quick explanation: When you lower a truck, you're actually just "pushing" the suspension up into the body of the truck..and eventually, it can't go any higher. When it (the suspension) can't go any higher, usually this is because of the frame. So, to solve the problem of the suspension bottoming out on the frame (and allowing the truck to go even lower), the frame of a truck is often notched up higher so that the rear exle can continue to travel higher, thus allowing the truck to go lower. Below is a graphical view:
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