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Never let any woman say she wants to grow roses. Cause ten years later, YOU are dealing with this thorny F-show of a plant.

The US is a huge place with different soil types. If your soil is sand you can knock over anything. Other places, not so much. :)

Snap, crackle and pop, have an entirely different meaning than the breakfast cereal. :)

I think practice is the best first aid. And I don't how exactly how you do this, but I sometimes, I just practice, in a fake sort of way. On just me to see if I have every thing and if I can do it. It feels silly some times. But I do find that my kit is out dated. So that gets changed out.

"Our class, they pointed out, once you start rendering aid, you Are obligated to continue aid until relieved, or you physically are no longer able to render aid." I got that also in the CPR classes, and for some stupid reason I always volunteered to be the CPR person. Nope... not anymore. :)...

there was an obvious bot in a motorcycle cycle feed that I follow. It was an obvious bot. AI generated photo of a young woman that needed help fixing her FIRST time bike, the bike photo was easily found as a sales photo on google photo search, a full bagger Harley that was sold two years...

There is some talk in my world, about the singularity of the internet. Its when there are more fake bots and AI , then real people. And the bots just talk to each other, and we don't see any difference than real human conversation, but you can't tell the difference. You have to wonder at...

Lahtos Law did a piece on this. And I was somewhat shocked by it. I guess it was later taken down as some states have enacted laws of personal response to offer aid. These are new laws. There are professional qualifications one might have to re-think having. Such as a Captain's 6 pak...

I know of no such laws that requires anyone to render aid. I'm not being snippy here, just say'en my understanding is entirely different. And of course if aid is needed, I'd try my best and damn the lawyers for later. My understanding is that willful non-involvement is protected.

Whats in the kit?

Only had one instance were an epi-pen made sense. And that was someone that was highly allergic to bee stings, but didn't tell me that. She had one in her car, 1/2 mile away. We had walked in to an entire field of wildflowers, full of bees. She didn't tell me she was allergic, till we were...

Tramadol is pretty much the same thing, for a Nuke. And if you have a dog, vets will give it to you $$$...... for the dog... :) dosage is just scaled up from the dog's body weight.

Ning- "I've also got some older (officially expired) tylenol with codeine in there. It may not be 100% as effective as when fresh, but it may be better than nothing..." Yup.... :) We call them "nukes." And you never use a Nuke unless it is absolutely necessary. I carry the O2 Air canisters...

For me there are two questions being presented here. How long should something last, and how long should something be supported. I have rarely had something that didn't last. What I face, on nearly all fronts, are things that have been orphaned. And they are orphaned at a much higher rate...

I had a friend that was an editor for an in industry mag dealing with big pharma. He said something interesting to me. He said the whole world is so concerned about illegal drugs, when the real money is in the restricted, though, legal drugs. And he was right about that. The prescriptive...

She did give the permissions to share info across the various docs. They just don't seem to care or access that info. But it is there, if we insist that they look at it. But like I said, the meds are always being changed up. And those changes are slow to get into the system. Its sometimes...

Yes, my wife has three physicians working with her long covid. I look at her meds and find counter indications. The explanation I got was unsettling. Because docs are cross networked, there isn't coordination between them for legal reasons. Wha? Its up to you to list everything, for...

Its so strange that we have been brain washed to think that doctors can solve anything. All these medical dramas we have seen on TV, are just bull crap. As I get older, I'm finding out just how little the medical establishment really knows. "We don't know what causes this or that. We have a...

Totally done with e-Bay. But that might just be my statistically unusual experiences. :)

Yup, I could have guessed it was zoned ag. It needed the 10 to be build-able on the four the house is on. So it technically fills the legal requirements, for the house built on the other 4. Its a weasel like solution to get over the land use rules. The other bit is basically un-useble, yet...

I have two, very separated forms of clothing. There is the good stuff, and there is the work stuff. The work stuff is all second hand: Nearly free and completely, one off, if need be.. :) I don't think I've ever, even attempted to recover clothing, after working cement. :) And some...

When ever taking a flight home, and the flight is over booked, I'll take the bump, and the free credit for a later flight.

Henry was the strangest dog I ever had. This was doby mix from the pound. With me, this dog cared nothing about fetch, commands, or frisbies and any sort of thing like that. I just figured he didn't do that sort of thing. Then I drove cross county to see my brother, and wife, and two...

I am so very glad that we started traveling 20 years ago. And quickly filled out our must see "Bucket List." Italy, France and England. Its all different now. You need a well ahead established time slot for just about anything, when 20 years ago we use to just show up to the site and...

If you are dropping Century Link for another service, nail it down with a paper trail. Four frustrating hours today on phone, just to get them to admit I HAD disconnected/ended service with them two months ago. Seems the billing just kept going. And they go Oppzie.... We bad.... We...

The weird little costs have crept in. Like the ETA requirement for the UK. Yes, it is only a few bucks or so. But still, its sort of an entrance fee that wasn't there 10 years ago. People visiting the USA are saying there are fees like this also now, applied to them.

Its odd to see how people have changed up what they use. Modern timber harvests are now using what is basically a huge excavator with a cutter/bucker.

I just hope the indie film spells my name correctly. :)

When you meet a new clerk at the store and she is 1/3rd your age, but you feel something any way. Something primal. And yet, that gets controlled, cause you ARE Really an OLD Man. An Old Married man. Still, it feels good sometimes, to sense the little hit of attraction, or remembrance...

Not an issue. Just run till next service drain and replace, and change out the filters.

I don't split at all any more. I cut the fuel logs in to wafers/ rounds that will fit the stove. 4 inch, 6 inch, or so thick. Too wide to fit, and I hit those with the maul to break them. Doing it this way for five years. Its a different style. But for me, Doug Fir mostly, it saves...

"Happy as a clam at high tide." - meaning everything is safe. "More fun than three otters in a bathtub." - Wildly fun. "A dog's breakfast." - A messed up affair. "Well, burn down the church!" - An unexpected encounter with an old friend. "Two fries short of a happy meal."...

I'm one of those "Couldn't care less people." And the whole concept of people thinking that a team is "Their Team," mystifies me. The only professional football team in the USA that is publicly owned is the Green Bay Packers. Here in Eugene Oregon, even the local minor Baseball team, The...

Not sure what to think about this, but my good neighbor for 26 years passed away in 2020. We built our houses at the same time, and I knew how much total he had in to the property. About $250,000. The children could not sort the estate, so they put it on the market in 2022 for...

Yeah..... there is that. I don't run at the recommended engine speed anymore. And tried to figure out what what was its MPG, or gallons per hour, while mowing at the normal PTO speed. I never figured out a number that made sense. Not sure how to frame the question. Some one with a lot of...

Brand name can sometimes be misleading. For example, one would think a HST FORD 1220, made in '87, would have parts available. It does not have any parts for the HST.

"All hat and no cattle," a western phrase for someone that is pretentious. "Its been Ricky-ed," or "Ricky, was here." A new way of saying its been Jerry Rigged, altered, but not done well. "Hi Hon," Short for honey, a standard greeting, but only used addressing men to women or women...

Tell us a little more about your land. Soil Type, Topography, Climate, etc. How much of the 4 acres are you going to mow? How big of a food plot do you want to create and cultivate? Whats the heaviest thing you want to lift with the FEL, or drag? 10K is a bit on the low side, for a...

I was surprised also at the price increases that happened just after 2021. Guess that had to do with the Black and Decker purchase? I recommended a XT2 to my neighbor, a few months later, and then felt kind of stupid, when I re-checked the prices. :)

There is a lot of good info here, the sound quality is bad, and he never links to his spread sheet, but I agree with everything he says and he is pointing out the relevant differences. Though his set of tractors is rather limited. I believe you meant to type ST 242 XT. I can't find a...

CCs are sort of two tiered. The riding mowers, XT1s and 2s are the hardware store line. XT3s, zero turns, and above are the commercial duty lines. Cub Cadet is owned by MTD, which was bought by Black and Decker in 2021. Which also makes, MTD, Troy-bilt, Bolens, Yard Machines and the...

I should have gone there also. I've had to pull the garden tractor out, out of stuck, with the other 4wd Ford 1220 tractor, too many times. If the cadet had lock, I would not have had to do this. :)

What ever you get in your rocky and hilly areas, get something with a Limited Slip Differential, or a Differential Lock. I like my Cub Cadet, XT2 LX42, ... I would like it much better, with a manual locking diff. :) Just say'en......

I really don't miss points or carbs... :)

You only live once. Yet, sometimes that can be shorter than others... :)

Different days we live in. At one time growing up in Maryland, we kids would make our own sarsaparilla tea to drink. Later in life, I was a kid's day camp counselor. And one of the activities I set up was to collect and make sasaprilla tea. So I showed these children what the leaves of...

It is strange that, I can be immune but my brother was not. We walked through some thick woods, not a trail, through the woods, and I was all okay, and he was in complete distress the next day. Rash all over him, and he was having difficulty just breathing. Thought maybe he should go to...

Last time I was at a bar, I ordered a tall glass of Amarillo, mixed with cola, on ice. The Tender looked at me, like I was insane. "Hey buddy, can you make the drink or not?" They did grudgingly. And I poured some off to a shot glass. And said, "Just taste this." Which they...

Got some wheels from HF. For my garden cart. Total waste of time and money for this application. Haulmaster 56181. These are NOT Cart wheels. They are wheel barrel wheels. The only reason I'm not returning them, is that I also have two wheel barrels that need new wheels. :) These are not...

Wish I had done a few things differently. I put in a 1500 gal underground cistern, fed from the garage roof. This is plumbed to a centrifugal pump to all the hose bibs around the house. Its not connected to the domestic well. 1500 wasn't near enough for my climate and all the gardens around...

Stinkbugs. We didn't have any of these in my area of Oregon, 10 years ago. Now they are everywhere. And are a royal pain in the springtime. They hide in houses over winter. And when the temps get up to 75 or so, they all want out, but seem to be too stupid to find where they came in...

Yes, the soil is clay.

So "basically" - pun intended- you're all say'en I need to pull up, scrap the sand, and re-bed the flagstones in 1 inch wet cement. All 80 feet by 3 1/2 feet. Do I then use grout for the gaps, or will poly-sand work? And would annual sealing be recommended? :(

I dug down 7 inches, put in a base of 6 inches 3/4 minus, then 1 inch of sharp sand and then compacted with a vibration compactor. Then laid out the flag stones. And ran the compactor again with cardboard to protect the stone. But these there not very thick. At best, 2 inches thick, but...

I feel lucky to live in Oregon. Almost all rural stations sell, "Clear." $$$ though it is. :)

Though this is certainly doable, as DIY, I'd get a bid anyway for digging the 14 X 40 X 2. That's a whole lot a sand to move around with just an FEL. Its no sweat if the bids come in too high. Just do it your self if it seems high. Get bids for just the digging. But ask about the back fill...

Yes, but it is always a strange conversation afterwards. Cause tire pressures were low, fluids were low, things were off, fasteners were loose or missing, etc. You don't want to be saying to the owner, of the thing you borrowed, that it was in a bad state. And really, if someone in...

I would definitely practice a bit with some scrap drywall and 2 by 4, and get your drill and bit settings all dialed in. As mentioned before, the issue is to avoid a spinner with the finer threading.

Haulover is one of my favorites. Four people in the front of a bow rider? What could go wrong? :)

One thing I never understood, was one place I worked at that had a prohibition against pot use. I think it had to do with working with "Challenged Persons" and that the company got federal funding,... a bit of the two.... Anyway, the turnover there was pretty high. So we were always in...

When you and your partner can have deep conversations about how messed up your parents were, and how you survived it. And you both can respect the decisions to escape that, to make something better.

Have you seen the BYDs? I have not personally, but the videos are showing a superior product. BYD just made the largest Car Transport Ship in the world. BYD is going to own this EV revolution. Testa will be a foot note in history, when it files for bankruptcy and closes shop in three...

Till I was 16 and had to have things in my own name, I relied on my Mom to tell me things... She was wrong about every thing but my Birthday. :) It was good in a way to find out that I had three social security numbers, all under slightly different names....

Till I was 16 and had to have things in my own name, I relied on my Mom to tell me things... She was wrong about every thing but my Birthday. :) It was good in a way to find out that I had three social security numbers, all under slightly different names....

And we've all seen Clint's current wife..... :)

I would see this at auctions. Cause I would always get to the lot very early. You can see who is with whom.

Never inform a seller that what they are trying to sell is most likely a fake or a reproduction. That is a can of worms, that just can't be closed again. Never state an opinion about an item in public. This is mainly with collectables, art works, antiques and high value brand names.

I decline any and all interviews with the press. Because I usually led the private franchise tours, management was always requesting that I prepare some sort of fluff interview. Its was a no win for me, cause they expected me to prepare on my own time. And shut down the whole day...

There was someone that ran off the easement road, sort of off a cliff, and we were trying figure out who it was. Car was removed, but you could tell some one had a bad day. Looked at my cameras and there was nothing for that time. That day it was so foggy the camera just couldn't trip to...

Yeah, I had an issue like this with HR. They said we have to call a private medical EMT service if someone was injured or under some other serious physical distress. And its like... I'm not a doctor, how do I know what is and isn't a life threatening emergency. I'm calling 911, not your...

If I'm buying from a private party, I spend sometime examining the item..... which of course is normal to do, but I spend an equal amount of time profiling the seller and their surroundings. So, I like going to their place of residence if the item is there and take note of how they...

Was driving into town yesterday, and got behind a vehicle that I couldn't make out. My brain was trying to identify it. This was my internal dialog. "What heck is that? Its really tall and wide. Where are the tail lights? Is this some sort of DIY canopy? Looks like they did an okay...

Its the same in Maryland, which leads to some funky designs especially on water front properties. The original houses were weekend retreats, and the families had their bigger houses in the cities. These weekend "cabins" got encapsulated by new additions, but the original house is still...

How people USE a house has changed overtime. Back when looking for houses, we looked at many, many older houses, but they were designed for a different age, and different life styles then most of us do now. So we started looking at plans, to build our own new house. And we could see that...

Last "auction" I went to had reserves that nearly matched retail new.... Pretty much everyone was as confused as I was, and walked off before bidding opened. What I really didn't like was that you had to be assigned a number before even getting on the lot. And this was a three page form.

Because of the on going bird flu, I stopped using the suspended bird feeders and started just making bi-weekly dumps of bird food on the walk ways around the house. This in hindsight was a terrible mistake. It attracted mice from all over that quickly found ways in to the vehicles for nesting...

The vast majority of people people voted for it, especially on this site.. So the seed was sown. This is the crop. :)

I have a thing, most people call a "garage." :) I park the tractor in there, and the car is outside. :) Cause I care more about the tractor than I do about the car.

Got a 20 inch Hushy Rancher 455, Chainsaw for under 500 dollars. 100 dollars off normal. Needed something a bit bigger than the 18 Paulan Wild Thing that has served me well, but can't do the bigger stuff left from the ice storm which we in this area, are still dealing with.

Look at BYDs expansion program, and you can see Tesla, eating dust and pounding dirt for protectionism.

of course in the 60's and 70's alternative culture adopted the, "****," VW as their go to vehicle. Yet VWs, were not small arms bullet proof. It would be fun to see a Cybertruck with a flower power wrap. :)

I'm usually pulling my hair out screaming... " NO. Thats the common answer Jeopardy writers are thinking is correct. But its not the right answer." :)

Every thing feels like a scam.

There are two classes of farmers. One just does a strategic crop like Soy, that have target prices all set up and a minimum buy level. If you can always be under that minimum buy level, you are good. On scale, these do very well. Everyone else has to always maintain or find a new...

I get four stroke mowers for free. Just a little work and can get them running again. Do not care at all how long one lasts. They will run on total garbage fuel, cause they are so primitive.

I run the old stuff through the four stroke lawn mowers. A little smoky... so what. :)

50 to 1 works with any thing. 3 oz or so to one gallon. I don't have different mixes for the two stroke stuff. Even if they call for 30 or so. Never had an issue burning any thing up. The two strokes fail, always for other reasons.

Shoe horns are kinda funny. Came across many of these doing flea market stuff and saw no use to them. Now I understand.....

When you have to think about generational wealth and how that is going to happen and even if it can happen. Or, if you want it to happen.

I look at listings in the same way I use to look at dating sites. The pics and description mean nothing till you go there and see it for your self. The game is, the real estate rep isn't lying about anything, but just doesn't disclose everything under "willful" ignorance. I've found that...

How does one price themselves out of the market?

Its sort of a Law that small investors just look for the "big return." Like they think they will win the lottery or something. Some do, but this is so uncommon as to be closer to a myth. We only celebrate the very rare winners. We don't look at all the other losers, which are the vast...

Just get an indexed stock Vanguard or Fidelity and don't look at it. The small investor can't "play the market." No matter how smart you think you are, there are smarter people out there just trying to screw you.

KennyG- "I would always recommend an S&P 500 index fund like the ones from Vanguard or Fidelity." I agree.

It makes a great deal more sense if the cars were designed around a standard form factor battery that was easily exchangeable.

All the extra things my wife wants me to change the house into.

Well didn't that get rough today on the markets? Just imagine if you had known beforehand the announcements... if you can affect markets like this, it isn't even insider trading. Or even illegal.

Lots of Youtubes on how to defeat the "safety " features. A big one to fix for me was removing the fine mesh plastic cup in the fill port.

It is a bit odd to me, because she use to love the variety. We have several huge binders with thousands of sniped out and hand written recipes .... That she and I collected. Its not Orthorexia nervosa. Its something else I can't figure.

Had a wonderful dog for 11 years.... another pound pup. Very sweet around everyone, children, and other dogs, but if it saw someone with a baseball cap, this dog would completely freak out and attack them. I started wearing baseball caps to mitigate this, but it didn't matter. Any one else...

This became big deal when folks up the hill, from us had a pot farm. They had "bud" tenders, and they would flick cigs along the road. I notified the owners and the tenders had a serious sit down and talk.

One dog I had wasn't afraid of anything but gun shoots. We were walking on a remote tail, and then there were distant gun shoots. Dog went to ground. I mean flat out, dog goes to ground. And would not move. I had to carry him out for 1/4 mile. 60 pound dog.

Wow, I never knew chains could last so long if you just never go in to the dirt. Today cut a cord with my little junk chainsaw. But never got in to the dirt. Still tossing big chips and no dust or burn.

It would be a fun exercise to make an investment sheet. And say it starts today. I'm not saying put any money in it. This is just an exercise. Rules are you can't get out or change it in any way for four years. You have 100,000 dollars to start with. Fees are included in that limit. What...

I look back at all the bikes I have had and the experiences they facilitated. Would not change a thing.

I don't think you can train a 1-2 year old from the pound. I get pound dogs, and have a degree in behavioral science. Not bragging, about the behavioral science stuff.. just say'en. I would work with these dogs and they would get the commands and behave in a controlled situation. Out side...

Сборная России по американскому футболу Vs. The Chinese National Football League. :)

I told my Uncle a while back, about arthritic pain I was having, and he said it runs in the family, about my age, and he said he was sorry... I just love the fact that he warned me. And he had friends that went down the nasty road of opioids. So there was nothing to be sorry about. One...

I have several friends that went down that hole of addiction. I have full bottles of Oxy, in the med cabinet, and they are there just for pain emergencies. It would be so easy though to use one or two a day, for moderate pain. I'll do 6 asperins some days, but the "Nukes," are reserved for...

Bird Flu? To a cook, an egg is sort of assumed to be virus free. Albertson/ Safeway is charging over $8 for a dozen. Winco is charging just over 5.50. Its another reason I try best to shop at employee owned companies. There is no reason for this sort of markup from the Corp owned stores.

Tractor parts have become a bit like boat parts. Its just greed and convenience finding a middle ground. :)

Custom Lumber. Like Scootr said, it was there all along.

Some eggs. At 5.75 a dozen, but I don't trust them, so I can only cook the hell out them to the point they are are not really tasty, soft eggs any more.

I'm not going to buy anything for the next four years. :)

I live in an area that has the most perfect, "get the cobwebs out," sort of ride. I just go out Highway 58, turn in at Westfir to access 19, soak a bit at the Cougar Hot Springs, and return on 128. This is exactly the range my bike can do, with a little margin, on one full tank. 13...

Not true. DR DOS had multi tasking.

Its all about the chain and how sharp you can get it. :)

The little Poulan , Wild Thing, 18 inch, made hell of a lot a wood for the stove today. :)

One of my first paid software jobs was for a medical lab in Seattle that worked with medical stuff. They had several Ohio Scientific PCs and a TRS Model II. Access was kind of funny, as one of the owners was working on a Ledger Books program. But he was 9 to 5. I was okay with being...

And we are fully expecting them to come to Oregon.

The end game, I believe is that you will only be able to get insurance from the manufacturer, and their repair shops as some sort of vertical integration strategy.

Between you and your Doc, there is no such thing as an uncomfortable conversation. They have seen it all. And what ever your issue is, it isn't even in their top 100. :)

I like this thread as it makes me pay attention. Today was dedicated to starting and running every ICE, I have and checking fluids: 11 engines. Two push Lawn Mowers One Riding Mower Motorcycle Tractor Generator Chainsaw Weed eater Water pump Two cars. Took all day, but now I know it was...

Interesting. I seen many of these, and was always told they were used to heat water.

If some one is thinking they can protect against a major solar flare, like what happened in 1859, you are confused as to how it works.

In electronic recycling, everyone started locking their phones and not unlocking them prior to donation. It was such a hassle and time sink to find the owners or crack the phones that we just stopped selling or looking at them all together. They just go straight to the downline, third party...

Do you have a water softener system?

One of my nephews, cause they are the only ones that know how to use the damn thing.

"I just find it interesting in my and my wife's family how some are afraid to talk about death when it's going to happen sooner or later..." Yup. My wife, still, will not fill out and register a Will or a DNR. Its irresponsible on her part. I still love her though.

Maybe they got it wrong, but OPB is reporting the New Orleans truck to be a rented F-350.

The creepy part is that they are not found in one area, they are scattered. And as far as I can tell there were no prior houses near these areas.

Very old porcelain fired dolls heads. I've found a few in the middle of no where. They always creep me out.

All these tech issues are well addressed. But what is missing from this conversation is that older people do not know how Vicious and sneaky spammers are. So the first thing isn't a tech solution. Is is that you have to have a long conversion, of how scams work. I didn't have this...

Just got back from a bit of a highway road trip. I use cruise control alot, bad knees. And it happens all the time that the car being overtaken will realize they are just under the posted speed, so they speed up while you are attempting on overtake. And will follow you side by side till I...

Had a 12/24 volt solar water powered well for 13 years. Pump was a rotary diagram type that pushed water up from 130 feet to an above ground tank with a float switch. Get a black storage tank. Mine was clear and needed cleaning once and a while. At 24 volts, the pump would actually...

I have to say, day trading, in the late 90's was like free money. I got out, before it crashed, but for a while, it was good times.

Is this a Farm vehicle, or is it a licensed road worthy vehicle? When I sell my '93 Festiva, it will be to a farm as a farm only vehicle. It has 52 cubic feet of space. With the provision that it is not to be made into anything like a regular Car, may be a race car... I've done too much...

When I know there is an upcoming on ramp, I look to the left, and see if there is a hole. I drive slower, mostly in the speed limit, and that's why I'm in the slow lane Often that hole is not there as people are near tail gating, at 15 over, in the fast lane. So, I try to be in the slow...

I've never heard, or seen a youtube of anyone painting one. They seem to be all wraps. :)

Really, people are retested on a 6-pack Captains rating?

Working for PSC, a bar code scanner company in Oregon, they had a big electronics recovery/recycle dumpster. We asked if we could look though it and recover stuff. Management said Okay. This was a fantastic dream come true, for a electronics nerd like me at the time. The stuff they were...

Silly question, but how do you secure the zinc strips?

I have a friend that installs and maintains large PV solar systems. The really big ones from four to 20 acres. He works all over the USA. Once you are installing below 40 degrees Lat, adjusting for seasonal sun angle doesn't matter, according to him.

You can only get zipper to work if people give the space to zip into. They do not: Not in the USA. Even if I open up an area for a Semi, that I know has to zip, some clown will jump in, pass and mess it up. Then I have to slow more to reopen that space for the Semi. ;(

There never seems to be a tariff for selling natural resources to another country. Its always on the import side. In the PNW we export a huge number of raw trees to Asian markets. I don't know exactly how it works. But lets say, a log freighter goes to Asia. But this isn't a buyer of the...

Would this not solve the housing shortage?

I get to the left as soon as I see the sign. Don't care what DOT advises. I really don't like the decision point one has to make with the other driver. Do they slow, do I slow? Do I speed up, open the gap in back , or do they speed up for gap in front of me? 90% of the time both...

6 Miles per gallon?

I'm very skeptical that GM's entry into F1 will give any technical advances to their production vehicles. Maybe in Formula E?

That is a very good insight! I think western adoption of Toyota Production Systems and JIT may have also been a factor.

Supermodel brides from Slovenia? Trump didn't think this entirely through. :)

Lately I've been losing faith in brick and mortar stores. I 'll have a list of little parts I need. And when in town, I look for these in what should be the usual places. Lately I've been batting zero. And these are not, to my mind, unusual items. Yet no one has any in stock. A recent...

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” ..... rather creepy these days...

Vehicles are such a pain to work on now, that I don't even want to ever get a new one. My 1974, Ford Econoline Van was a joy to work on. A home mechanic could fix anything on it. It was designed to be survivable/serviceable as a fleet vehicle. Put 500,000 miles on it and drove cross...

I have this device called a "Cool Living." Its obviously an LG product. Got it for the upstairs, as a cooling and heating system. Is one of those single vent out side types of A/C. Costed me $375 dollars. Worked well for four years. Then it didn't stop with high water, and flooded...

If you think Trump can make one phone call and end the Ukraine/Russian war in one day, you are retarded. And you should not have been allowed to vote.

Yes. Or there will be near misses. We are back in to the Cold War again. Tuck and Duck. Wished my nephews and their children never had to deal with this, But it is what it is. Its a cycle we can't get out of.

I'm thinking the other way. Do we have the stones to not escalate? Wrong as as that might be. Its like the ethical question of turning the run-away train one way or the other. We have one way to pull that switch on the table. And that switch is MAD. It kills the switcher, everyone on...

No one wants to introduce the idea that we would just Take the first bomb, millions killed and then do nothing but a conventional war in retaliation. Its off the table, in thinking by SAC. Its a very strange ethical question. If a nuke hits the east coast from N. Korea, do we send 82...

Modern White Goods; frig, stove, washer/dryers all seem to have wifi features. Who in their right mind would want to tie these in to their home network?

Yelp does make a diff. Gave a bad review for a junk yard car part store. Some how they found my land line phone, called me and wanted some sort of retraction, if they could make it Okay with me. I was already okay, since I'd got the part from some place else. And they were saying we will...

I have an 840+ score also. Online bank portal lets me check it for free. I have never carried a loan of any kind, aside from using and always paying off the C-Cards.

Avast! is giving me warnings that HTTS://rdmc.homedepot com has an invalid SSL certification. Its been doing this for two weeks or so. I'm not filling in the complete address. Cause to look at it, may be an issue unless you sand box it, to see if it has a payload.

TI-99s are very rare. I'm assuming you meant TI-99a. If you had a true TI-99, you should have kept it. :)

When I started my own computer refurbishing business, in 2003, I started getting requests for CP/M, Z80 and DOS based 8086 type floppy only machines. These were getting hard to find as working models. I had to rebuild them, and reseat all the chips, and re-aline the drives. The CRTs...

Romper Room started in Baltimore, MD. It was already in its 6th season by the time I was old enough to watch it. Another of my favorites was Diver Dan. Basically an puppet show with fish, one of which, chain smoked. It's hilarious to see some of the old episodes and how cheesy it was.

"Romper, bomper, stomper boo. Tell me, tell me, tell me, do. Magic Mirror, tell me today, did all my friends have fun at play?" :)

The jackets are often worth more than the vinyl if in good shape. People say they can tell, an analog from a well sampled digital. This has been dis-proven many times in blind testing when using the same playback amps/speakers. People could not tell the difference.

I had a stack of flooring underpayment left over that was a special order. A friend said, "What does it hurt, if you try to return it?" So I did, and got the return price on my account. Trying, makes sense. It was 700 dollars or so. :)

My Dell laptop blew something out on its on switch. Went to Goodwill and on sale, they had an equivalent Toshiba for 35 dollars. Put in my old SSD from the Dell. Its missing a little plastic cover for the DVD burner, but who cares?

Finding a decent working turn table, will cost you more than a conversion service. The Mp3 conversion tables I've seen are all junk, from big box stores. I'm sure there are higher end tables with the encoders built in which you can set the sampling rate. Depends on if this is a one...

If you remember using Travelers Checks. Wonder if anyone takes these anymore.

Its up today. And don't know if a microbust will happen. Everything is put away and secured. Get getting for the power to go out and get the wood stove up.

Last full game played was Assassins Creed II. On a Play Station 3. It was odd that I had never been afraid of heights before. Now I am. :(

We have about three in the Eugene Oregon area. Two of them are wrapped. The naked one just looks frugly, like there is a thin coating of slime/discoloration on it all the time. It doesn't look at all like the ones on Youtube. I think everyone seen on Youtube was polished just before...

Rent the Black Ecalade.... you'll be fine...

Look at Zorin or Mint. I like these because they allow prop codes. So you can get a driver, even if its against FOSS rules. There are two schools here, one wants to be pure open code. The others don't care. I think to make it work, you can't be so pure and clean about it. Technically...

For three weeks, I tried to make best Native American meals I could. Followed the old recipes. And this took a bit of doing, research, had an elder cook pamphlet and collected stuff from the Oregon Coast and Forests. I invited guests over for what I thought would be a unique historical...

I can't believe the good fortune of a local mill that gives their cast offs for free to pick up. Free heating this winter with the woodstove.

I'm always on time, or early, for a doctor's appointment. They make you sign a release that if you are 25 minutes late they'll charge you $75. It should work both ways as I have spent many combined hours in waiting rooms well past 25 minutes of my appointment.

Depends on your partner. I use to love cooking when my wife was still adventurous about food. And I would find recipes from all over the world. And mix it up so we were not eating the same cultural fare two days in a row. She began to dislike this and culled our extensive collection of...

It makes sense to me that there could be a world time. In that it is the exact same time everywhere on the planet. There is no offset, + or -, from GMT. Swatch tried this but it didn't sell too well. Now that practically everyone uses cellphones, it might be ready for a re-introduction.

I get mail all the time addressed to neighbors that have been dead for over 7 years. Seems you live forever in a data base somewhere.

My biggest peev now is how the media frames things. We have a huge homeless issue in Oregon. Most came here from out of state, because we had a failed experiment of compassion to look the other way regarding addictions. And the media and politicians frame this as a housing shortage. So the...

Definitely look at 220v. I have a DeVILLbiss Pro 4000, 3.5hp, 20 gal, on 110v. And it trips the GFIs on the start draw unless its bleed down first, and has burned out at least three plugs and receptacles.

After seeing pics of the property, I'll double down that you don't need a tractor. From what I can assess, you want a tractor. And this is a tractor site, so of course, we are going to encourage you to get one. I'm seeing some tricky areas, of slope and open rock, that someone with...

As Roadworthy said, find a local radiator shop, and have it looked at, and/or recored. A good radiator shop can do amazing things, and can rebuild just about anything. Looking for a used or New Old Stock replacement will take you a lot time and effort. You wouldn't know if a used one...

I would go with the culvert ideas if you get 3' over in the entire flood plane. You will lose some of the road/gravel, but that's far easier to repair than making a new free span bridge every time.

Opening a can of Spam this way.

Eddiewalker -"I've gotten to know the guys at the Parts Counter, and they have been very helpful in suggesting other sources to buy parts from because of how bad their pricing has become." Yup. Parts prices from the dealerships are insane. And 5 minutes of online reach will find the same...

I bit more info would be nice to know. Does it do nothing but light up instruments on the key turn? Me thinks a safety switch has failed. They all have to work properly before power is sent to the starter.

Meadow with rocks. Meadow with drop zones of old tree depression stumps. You can work this work this for 1/4 of your life as DIY. Or just have it done, in one messy manner, using the expertise of other people.

Everyone, new building, around my location, transitioned to Mini-excavators instead of general purpose tractors. Don't know what that means for your needs. I've never used one. Its just a thing I've seen happen and they work for them. And these made quick work of all the tree falls in the...

Hiring out, doesn't mean you will not have a discovery of a new place to utilize. I have to say, it was fun, fulfilling, and interesting to reclaim areas that are now, finally, defensible with the lawn tractor,... it was just too much work to DIY it with the tractor. I could have been...

Consider a different tactic. And believe me, I'm not making a sexist remark here. I live on very similar terrain and bought raw land, 35 years ago. Built a house and then set out to reclaim what I thought I could surrounding the house. If I was to do a do over, I would work with a...

Bubble type dispensing machines you had to turn the handle on to get your prize. There was always a mini-spy camera on top of the pile. I suspect now, this was never something you could ever win, as the re-stocker would re-set it on top of the pile. Really wanted one of those cameras...

You can't figure out the combo to your gun safe.

My Grand Father had a habit of buying distressed property's. As a Country Doctor he had first knowledge and familiarity with his patients and situations. I still question his ethics, as his typical method was to offer a lump sum to the widows, for house AND contents. It was the...

Just take the primary coil wire off. I would do this if someone was too plastered to drive and insisted after the offer of staying over night. It works 95% of the time. If they can figure it out, well, then I guess they could after all drive.