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That’s a possibility, but most of the “tracks” are south of the fault.

What is this U2 doing?

I always wondered about you wearing dresses. Come on, share with us

Breast??? Ive never seen a chicken that old :ROFLMAO:

You know the thing about rattlesnakes. The first person in line wakes it up, the second person pisses it off and the third person gets bit :LOL:

It appears that they had some sort of propulsion failure and the river current carried them backward into the bridge.

I’ve been watching this Alaska Airline jet trying to land at Palm Springs for about 15 or 20 minutes. He did 2 misssed approaches before getting it on the ground on the third try. Wind was favorable from the northwest at 20 so that should not have been an issue. Must have been a...

My dog is the laziest eater.

Convictions!

When I was in college in El Paso, we lived about 2 miles off the end of the main runway at Briggs Field. Nuclear equipped B52’s were stationed there. Every month or 2 they would do an emergency scramble exercise. First the KC135 tankers would take off, spaced about 15 to 30 seconds apart...

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Crazy sunset yesterday

The worst I’ve had is I was tilling out some weeds when I “discovered” a 20’ length on #3 rebar. Completely wrapped it around the shaft. About an hour with an angle grinder to remove.

A solution looking for a problem

Gonna take a while for that Tug operator to pay that off :eek:

Yeah, we see Reapers flying out here regularly, but RA 33303 is a Russian designated aircraft. Reapers are always designated as US and typed ar MQ-9

This is a Russian drone flying over Marine Corp Air Ground Combat Center (29 Palms CA). How did we get it and what are we learning from it?

I have one of those. It’s nickname is pullin’ and pullin’ and pullin’

HAPPY EASTER!

I’ve been with the same auto insurance company for over 50 years. It is Wawanesa out of Canada. They only did CA and the west coast. From time to time I would check their rates and no one ever beat them. In addition, one time in Utah, a deer decided to commit suicide on my truck. It was an...

My dad had a ‘39 Plymouth. In 1963 we loaded up a 8’ home built trailer with essential household stuff and pulled it from PA to TX so that I could attend college. Made it without issue and lasted another 10 years before my mom sold it.

#2 diesel has a flash point of 125 degrees. It will ignite until it reaches that temperature. That’s why you have to crank it for a long time if you don’t use the glow plugs in cold weather. Compression has to raise the combustion temperature to above 125 degrees. While the fuel is...

I hope you know that Prevagen is a scam and a hoax. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which charged Quincy Bioscience with false and deceptive advertising last January, the company study found that Prevagen was no more effective than a placebo at improving any of the nine...

About 15 years ago, I was tearing down and replacing a High School in Indio CA. The electric that ran through the entire site was 4160v. While location was able to locate all of it, we potholed numerous locations using vacuum trucks. No shovels for this kind of project.

Years ago and operator of a scraper told me that he was doing a project with a 637 at the Yuma test range. He looked back to see if he had a full load and saw several munitions sticking out of the top of the load. Stopped, jumped off the scraper and ran as fast as he could. Oops.

I had location done at my house for electric. The locator did the mark out, but then painted this large diatribe on the ground as how chalk paint was used and would quickly disappear. Unfortunately he apparently couldn’t read the label on the can and used standard oil based paint. Took me a...

Many years ago I was doing touch and goes from Montgomery Field in San Diego. Just as I was lifting off from the runway, the tower sez “Cherokee 23Foxtrot, caution the 727 making a low pass to the north of the field. I look to my right and there is a 727, doing about 200 knots, 100’ off the...

I don’t know if what you see on TV is the actual “live” presentation. I believe that many of the things Ken says are post recorded that are then inserted into the “live” show. Gotta make the host look good. Just my $0.02

It’s that time of the year when the buzards/turkey vultures (?) migrate north from Mexico. There can be more than a hundred slowly circling while thy drift north. It sometimes takes an hour before they are out of sight.

Years ago I was building a condo project. The project was near completion but one of my contractors needed to do an additional trench. Back in that day,the General Contractor arranged the location. Gas company came out and marked “all” the underground lines. My sub proceeded to trench and...

I would be concerned that the amount of “beating” the piston took, there could be a crack (future failure) or the wrist pin bosses are damaged and next time you might have a hole in the block. You need to replace the piston.

So all you “warm up” guys start your diesel truck in the garage and warm it up for 10 minutes before hitting the road?

Don’t need a weather site. It’s gonna be hot and dry today, just like yesterday and the day before that, and on and on.

If you haven’t owned a F150 with HDPP, then you don’t know what you don’t know!

WOO HOO! I found one of the old banjo bolts with both copper washers on the ground about 10’ from where they were originally removed.

I turned 78 last week. I’d like another 10 good years…but…

I guess you didn’t read my post. A F150 that weighs 5600 lbs but can carry 2560 lbs is gonna ride LIKE A TRUCK WITH SOLID SUSPENSION. It also gets 14 MPG.

I have an F150 with HDPP. 2560 CCC. It has a heavier frame, heavier shocks, heavier springs and LT tires. Yes, it rides like a truck, but it hauls.

You nailed it! The 3/8 BSPP works perfect. Now tomorrow I’ll find the original bolts :LOL:

Well, I finally get to take my coat off :giggle:

It’s 73 right now and going to 75 tomorrow. Winters are really tough in the desert

Unfortunately both of the closest hydraulic suppliers (60 miles away) did not carry any banjo bolts. I did order a couple of them online to $2.50 as you suggested. If not corrrect no big loss. I’m hoping that the model/serial number with 3/8 shown indicates BSPP

OK, did some measurements. Thread diameter is .646 in. Double checking thread pitch a 20 or 18 aren't an exact match, so I think it's 19 (I don't have that on my thread gauge). Based on that I think etpm nailed it at 3/8 BSPP.

I think you may have the answer. I found a site that shows a DPCV that looks virtually identical to mine

I originally tried the 16mm 1.25 but it wouldn’t thread in after a turn or 2. I’ll do some measurements as instructed and post tomorrow.

Our current rescue who is primarily Great Pyrenees followed by 3 herding dogs has taken the watch dog to the limit. She goes ballistic anytime somebody drives down our 700’ drive and sounds like she is going to rip their throat out if they come in the house. The good news that only an imbecile...

I’ll double check, but I put a thread pitch gauge on them and it indicated 20.

One of the double piloted check valves on my TNT started leaking. I took it apart and went to my “local” hydraulic dealer for seals. He provided two O rings at no cost and sent me on my way. I got back and went to reinstall and can’t find the banjo bolts. I believe I set them somewhere on...

Yeah, sucks doesn’t it?

The biggest difference between UPS and Fedex is that UPS drivers (with some seniority) make $96,000 per year plus sick leave, vacation, health coverage and more. Fedex drivers are independent contractors are paid the least amount they can get away with no benefits. Who do you think will...

Send money (which you seem to have too much). $100,000 should build a nice one

I think investing in a bomb shelter might be the best option. :eek:

About 15 years ago, we were camping in Utah. Went to dinner one night and while returning and rounding a large hill, a deer jumped out in front of me. No time to even hit the brakes. Fortunately it lowered its head just as I hit it at 55 MPH. I drove a mile or 2 to a small store with outside...

Yup

I built my jack scale about 15 years ago. Bought a hydraulic jack at a garage sale for $2 and repurposed the gauge I used to adjust my hydraulic pressure on my loader. Probably spent less than $20.

Just like a car that is in an accident, but fully restored to “as new” condition, this tractor has the same fate with diminished value

I guess I’m lucky. 77 and sleep like a baby all night.

Weenies appear

A modern aircraft can have as many as 25,000 sensors. So you weenies who are afraid of sensors don’t fly?

The Maintenance Dept at the School District where I was a Facilities Manager had to pull “stuff” out of drain lines weekly. Didn’t matter if it was Elementary, Middle or High. Kids like to flush things. The High schoolers particularly liked M80’s. BOOM

Most if not all push button start cars have a built in emergency shutdown. Few are documented in the manual. My wife’s Genesis will shutdown the engine while moving by holding the stop button for 2 seconds or 3 times within 2 seconds. Google your car for procedure. I believe its actually...

There is a commercial on TV for a weight loss drug that has hundreds of people marching somewhere. I wonder if they are looking for relief from all the side effects. LOL

What the big print givith, the fine print taketh away

OK, we always referred to them as MGR’s, but Carousel is correct for the one in my post

This is the one my kids (and sometimes me) used to ride in San Diego. The Dorothea Laub Balboa Park Carousel is an original menagerie carousel built in 1910 by Herschell-Spillman in North Tonawanda, New York. Located adjacent to the San Diego Zoo, the carousel features a variety of animal...

Think round and round 🐎

Come on. If you’re old enough you know what an MGR is

Does anyone still have a MGR where you can grab the brass ring?

I live in the Mojave. Exactly what is this thing called rust? I have some rebar that was left over from my house build 20 years ago and it’s laying on the ground. It’s finally showing some light rust. LOL

You seem to consider “average” while the poster discussed “added fuel”. That is not the same thing

But adding more fuel implies higher output for normally aspirated, similar for turbo. Higher output is NOT average.

But adding a turbo requires more fuel (at higher output). Isn’t your statement skewed.

I’m at about 34 Latitude and all the solar farms (very large farms in he Mojave) have single axis control. I think your friend is mistaken. They wouldn’t spend the $$$ if it wasn’t productive

Can I get some of that turkey?

The downside to cataract surgery is that when my wife looked in the mirror after surgery her only comment was “HOW DID I AGE OVERNIGHT!. ALL THOSE WRINKLES!

I got a notice from our local waste hauler (Burrtec) that they have hired a company to go through your trash cans at the street and determine if you are properly sorting your trash, recyclables and compostable into the correct bins. What a waste as everyone knows that it all goes to the same...

Been living in the desert for 25 years and this is the first year when we had 0” of monsoon rain.

I was at my local lumber store yesterday and at the checkout was a display of the balsa gliders. ONLY $7.95 LOL

About 5:30 Friday afternoon, my power goes out. It happens from time to time, but usually never lasts more than an hour or 2 so I ignore it and figure SCE will have it back up shortly. The Generac kicked in and all was well when I went to bed. Generator ran all night (very unusual) and in the...

I got the new 9 control generator wire from Ziller. I should be OK

The price of generators is not the problem, gready installers are. I’m upgrading my 10 year old 8kW Generac to a 22 kW. I got a bid from a “certified” Generac installer at $15,300! Having installed my previous generator and transfer switch, I decided to install this one also. My total cost...

Stupid is as stupid does

Married 35 years tomorrow and have never missed a night together.

Retired 12 years. Still get up at 5

I posted this one before. Same word, spelled similar but pronounced completely different.

I read a story once that a couple of teenagers decided to do some mailbox “relocation”. They took their dad’s pickup that had a camper shell on the back. There was enough room between the shell and cab and they put a 2x6 in extending out about 4’. Dove down the rod knocking down boxes, one...

Our high today will be 98 with single digit humidity. Just as comfortable as Temecula. Hmmm…. Humidity there now is 78% :eek:

Well the wind continues, but it seems to have a secondary effect. It’s almost the end of August and we haven’t had a single drop of rain this month. August typically is our monsoon month, but it seems the monsoons went North thru New Mexico into Colorado.

One time I tried to pull a simple T post with the loader. Had the heavy box blade on the back and it lifted the rear off the ground.

Two or three dogs back, our grandson (age about 4) gave our Golden a rawhide chew he found in the cabinet. The chew had a red coloring and it stained the carpet. I wrote the manufacture about it and there was that there was a warning on the wrapper. I wrote back and told them that neither the...

Paint your wagon!

I’ve lived in the Mojave for over 30 years and this has been the windiest summer ever. Wind is 15 to 20 steady every day with higher gusts. Typically, when the temps go over 100 in July the wind stops. If I had a wind turbine I could be rich. LOL.

No BS, lack of info on your part. You need to do some additional research. The frame is a heavier gauge. LD frame at .87 (6500 GVWR and there abouts) HD frame at .10 (7000 GVWR and there abouts) HP/HDPP frame at .11 (7800 GVWR and there abouts)

But not all 1/2 tons are the same. My ‘13 F150 with HDPP has a heavier frame, heavier suspension, heavier shocks, LT tires and brakes that are almost as big as a 3/4. On top of that it has a CCC of 2592 lbs (more than some older 3/4’s) It tows my 8000 scale weight trailer just as well as a...

Once, a long time ago, the mid west was a large ocean. During the Cretaceous there was a seaway that extended all the way from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. During earlier times, much of the midwest was sea bottom. This image shows the Central US during the Pennsylvanian at about 310...

My dad born 1900 used to tell me how he used to “scrape” and fit babbit bearings. A lost art

My 7800 had the same problem at about 600 hours. This was my remedy. I do not remember how I removed the bearing, but it was relatively simple.

Actually, it does. I don’t use it primarily for stone burying, but it is the best maintainer of my fire breaks. I have 40’ to 50’ wide firebreaks around the perimeter of my 26 acres. This is desert and while there are no trees to speak of, the brush grows every spring after the rainey season...

I’ve had my Blecaviator 130 for about 15 years. Thats just over 5’, so probably the same as yours. While the desert soil tends to be mostly sandy, there are areas where the ancient volcanos near me deposit many small rocks. My experience is that it will handle rocks up to about baseball size...

Ahhh… Cougar man 😝

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Starlink launch over Joshua Tree National Park

W are they going to determine what your income level is?

Before retirement I was a Facilities Manager for a school district. Everything in a school district is the property of the State. Some of it comes back in as total junk. Some is equipment that was never used. Most is somewhere in between. If someone wanted to buy something we would put the...

My new tractor mechanic. She’s adjusting the Thermothockle.

It’s hilarious when in a movie the “hero” outruns the blast from an explosion. Thats somewhere between 5000’ and 25000’ per second. Must be wearing the right shoes.

I watched a number od D Day shows the past couple of days. Those kids (the greatest generation) grew up and had families. They probably passed on the knowledge and responsibility they saw during the war. They probably instilled in their children the ethics and responsibility they learned...

I had a 1970 Dodge Charger. I never had a single dealer required repair in many years. I don’t know if Mary Jane is legal in Canada but it seem like a “trip” dissertation.

Still have a ‘75 H2 750 triple. But my wife won’t let me drive it.

Last time I did that they told me Ethyl doesn’t work here anymore :LOL:

We have rumble strips at centerline and fog line on our rural 2 lane roads. You know immediately when you drift out of the lane. Very useful on foggy nights. Intersection strips not so useful.

In addition every car that passes over will make a Loud noise heard 1/2 mile away. DUMB!

Still got this one. Spartan 111 (1929)

Humans (and a very few other mammals) have white eyes. Most have dark to slightly lighter eyes.

First time I’ve seen this one

Back in the early 70’s, I lived about a mile from Montgomery Field in San Diego’s small aircraft airport. My house was just about where small planes entered the downwind. It was a Saturday and I was outside doing something when I heard one plane go to full throttle and then a bang. I did not...

I don’t understand how someone thinks 10% of the population controls the vote.

It seems that people who don’t live in CA think everyone lives in San Francisco or LA which has the worst reputation. Those cities are less than 10% of CA population and DO NOT reflect the quality of life addressed by most of the population

Strange clouds today

Heck.. a guy like you probably keeps that much in your wall safe at home 😝

CALSTRS is CA teachers retirement system. I belong to CALPERS which is all other CA employees other than teachers. It includes municipal, first responders etc. Currently CALPERS is the largest retirement system in the country with assets od $466 Billion. Last years investment produced 5.66%...

Back in the 60’s,Piggly Wiggly gave out individual pieces of flatware with grocery purchases.My mom collected them and accumulated about a serving of 12 including all the serving pieces and a beautiful solid wood storage box. I inherited the and still use them daily.

Hello…. Jacoby and Meyers’s?

We had the milk and coal deliveries, but about once a week an old stake bed truck would come around and deliver cases of beer and put it in your ice box if you wanted. The beer came in heavy cardboard boxes with a double fold down lid that covered the top. Also, there were a number of Italian...

The advantage my solar has for SCE is that all my production stays local. No cost for the utility to build additional production facilities or expensive long distance transmission costs. 28% of CA electric is from solar. If solar was eliminated how much do you think electric cost would go up...

Apparently you don’t have any investments. When you invest you anticipate getting a return on your investment. People who can’t afford to invest do not make that return, they pay the return to the investors. If you invested in oil or pharmaceuticals then non-investors are providing your return.

California about wiped out the solar market in CA. Both SCE and PGE got the Public Utilities Commission (who they OWN) to basically make solar a minimum of 20 year payback. Thousands of solar installer jobs have been lost in the last year.

This dog likes “hauling” anything https://fb.watch/p-j2WAXWv-/

My daughter is in Toronto and just sent me this. Fact, not fiction. 😝

Installed new blades on my Blecavator. I found out that JD5 blades fit perfectly

You could disable it if you wish, but if you get killed because it didn’t work, don’t come back here and COMPLAIN. :LOL:

Maybe your nuts identify as Chinese :LOL:

There are fewer and fewer but they cast a long shadow

When I as a kid we called the toilet a Hopper!

The early Saabs had 2 stroke engines. Running long times with the throttle closed at higher RPM reduced the amount of lubrication. Thus freewheeling.

I hear they moved to California’s for a better life :ROFLMAO:

My wife is a retired Navy Captain so we get the majority of our health care at the Naval Hospital. Recently she had a hearing issue and we got a consult to the hospital audiologist. I wear custom hearing aids that cost over $4,000 at an outside audiologist. I found out that my cost at the...

Remember when

Lost my last furbaby 3/10/24 she had just turned 12. Just now able to write about her. Farewell to you, my pup, Navy seal. With your sleek black coat and unwavering zeal, You were more than just a dog, you were my partner in crime. Together we conquered, in every mountain we climbed You were...

Our Boy Scout leader was a National Guardsman. In the basement of the armory they had a rifle range. I got good enough that at 100’ I could usually put 9 of 10 in the 1” bull with iron sights. Always got 1 flyer never hit 10.

When I was 13 or 14, I would go up the local grocery store and a buy a box of .22 ammo. Go home, pick up the single shot rifle, walk up the street to the woods and go target practicing. Nobody cared.

Bailey will start eating while standing up but after a few minutes she gets lazy and lays down. I have a raised bowl from my previous rescue and will give it a try.

My dog is a lazy eater.

That can’t be. Everyone is leaving CA according to the experts :ROFLMAO:

I know I’m old as all 4 of my brothers and their wives are dead. I’m the last of my generation. My father would have been 123 last September.

Many times military trucks are fueled with JP-8 (aviation fuel). Different from diesel

When I built my house I was at the end of the pressure zone and due to undersize mains in my area the water company boosted the pressure to 150 PSI.I felt that that was too much pressure for the 2” 700’ long PVC lateral to the house so I added a pressure regulator at the meter set at 80 PSI. 80...

Second time I’ve seen a Gyrocopter with a transponder. And its at 7000 msl and 96 kts. EDIT. We are currently experiencing strong wind from the North. Probably explains air speed.

Vets are double MD’s and DDS. Four times general population. I think it is the stress of constantly putting down animals.

Doctors and Dentists commit suicide at twice the rate of the general population. Hmmm…

Maybe the ones in Wyoming aren’t that smart, just like a lot of people.

It may be over for this year, but it’s not over. Keep guessing.

They get their training from education and experience, not wild ass guessing like some people.

My dad told the story of when he was a steeple jack during the depression (in addition to painter, roofer, mechanic, coal miner, and circus elephant dung cleanup). You did whatever you had to to survive. Him and his brother used to clean the tops of cement plant stacks of accumulated “cement...

My new rescue is a lazy eater!

Unless it’s overcast :ROFLMAO:

My system is a ground mount in a 120 MPH wind zone (desert). Footings would hold up a small building and rail system is heavy. It adds about 25% more cost than roof mount. My cost was all in for everything, design permits etc.

We picked up a new pup today from a Golden Retriever rescue. She’s already velcroed to me. It must be “Dog Day” as on the way to pick her up my wife was on the phone with my niece. My niece told her that her sister also picked up a new dog today and another relative did too! (y) Three the...

As a general contractor, I installed my 7.5 kw system for under $14K. I bought wholesale and that of course did not include my labor or equipment costs. Markup is huge if you’re paying someone else. Being in the desert, my system produces 15.5 Mw per year.

When I was in college in Texas in the 60’s I bought a Nash Metropolitan for $100 as I needed cheap transportation. After college I got a job in San Diego and drove it to CA. Drove that car for a number of years with almost no problems and sold it for $200!

Not a dog picture (just yet) but a story leading up to pictures. We had to put our rescue down in December. We got her from a kill shelter in Downey CA. They had 500 dogs so you know they kill daily. When we saw her we knew she was the one. She was very sick and the shelter vet said she...

My solar went positive for the first day this year. That’s normal for where I live as January and February are cloudy months. It will only get better as May is my peak output month. Peak output was 6.9 kW. Not bad for a 7.5 kW system.

Back in the day, I raced mostly midgets in Texas, but one time I got a ride in a sprint car. With about 2 pounds per HP, they are frightening! Now they are 900 HP with 1400 pounds. On a properly prepared dirt track, you can actually get more traction on dirt than asphalt. Scared the **** out...

Are you talking about one of these Widow Makers? Got it down in a trench and it’ll turn you into mush.

The first time I flew in a commercial plane at a major airport, I walked out the unlocked door of the terminal, through an unlocked chain link gate in a 4’ high fence and climbed up the stairs to the plane. Yeah, that’s old.