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- Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:56 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Tennis-ball thrower for dogs...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 406
Re: Tennis-ball thrower for dogs...
You must watch out for pets with plastic bags. They have been known to get inside them and suffocate. Unfortunately most pets can't read the "THIS BAG IS NOT A TOY" warning.
- Sat Feb 18, 2023 8:48 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: What's a throttle body.?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 518
Re: What's a throttle body.?
They make spray cleaners for the throttle body that will clean the throttle butterfly area in the throttle body. I've only needed to clean a couple in my career. They were sticking in the closed position. When the butterfly let go, the car would lurch forward. You don't want to get that cleaner on t...
- Thu Feb 16, 2023 10:05 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Tennis-ball thrower for dogs...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 406
Re: Tennis-ball thrower for dogs...
Mrs Mc was given a tennis ball thrower as a door prize at one of her dog training club gatherings. I said "Oh, it's an atlatl". See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spear-thrower Unfortunately one of her dogs chewed it up before she got a chance to try it out. It has a lack of plastic in its diet, and...
- Mon Dec 26, 2022 7:00 am
- Forum: All our own work
- Topic: Where were you on your 21st birthday?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 523
Re: Where were you on your 21st birthday?
I guess my 21st was not all that memorable. I googled to see what day of the week it was. It was a Sunday. Kansas was pretty much "dry" on Sundays 50 years ago, so I doubt I went out drinking. By then I had given up on my girlfriend of the previous 2-1/2 years, so I had probably spent that weekend p...
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 6:49 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle
- Topic: Retirement - the option that ran away to Steve's house
- Replies: 14
- Views: 620
Re: Retirement - the option that ran away to Steve's house
Mrs Mc grew up on a farm where they raised and butchered chickens for the freezer by the dozens. We now buy boneless chicken breasts at $2.79/lb. They were $1.79 not long ago. She says "I didn't go to college for seven years (off and on) to ever have to kill and pluck another chicken". They also rai...
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 5:56 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle
- Topic: US Level 181
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1160
Re: US Level 181
Since I've been in every state but HI and ME, I was surprised to get only 168. Granted some states were very short visits just so I could say I've been in them. ND and LA come to mind.
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 11:15 pm
- Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
- Topic: I Think I've Become a Fan of Ballet...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 193
Re: I Think I've Become a Fan of Ballet...
For about half a second there, I thought she was having a baby.
- Thu Sep 29, 2022 2:11 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: WWIII? Or just a little fuckery?
- Replies: 322
- Views: 15656
Re: WWIII? Or just a little fuckery?
I think this is something we already know, but it's good to see it in print (if you subscribe AT $1 a week or have a monthly free NYT article available). https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/28/world/europe/russian-soldiers-phone-calls-ukraine.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20220929&instan...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:16 pm
- Forum: Lifestyle
- Topic: Dog Breed opinions/observations?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 847
Re: Dog Breed opinions/observations?
Mrs Mc's research into good natured dogs caused her to get a Rough (Lassie variety) Collie. That was 13 years ago. The next year she got another one. They both competed in agility for many years, until age caused them to have to slow down. Those, of course, are large dogs, so they are not recommende...
- Sat Sep 17, 2022 1:10 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: EGR Vacuum Modulator
- Replies: 329
- Views: 43296
Re: EGR Vacuum Modulator
Consider that you won't be likely to find a RAV 4 that was wrecked 10 years ago that didn't have its doors sold nine years ago. The interior has been sitting in the rain all that time.
- Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:36 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth
- Replies: 98
- Views: 2885
Re: Queen Elizabeth
You guys are thinking of the verb form of consort, which means to habitually hang about with someone usually to the negative opinion of others - like consorting with the enemy, as our orange ‘friend’ did with all his Russian friends. The noun form of consort is wife, husband, companion - in particu...
- Fri Sep 09, 2022 10:40 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth
- Replies: 98
- Views: 2885
- Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:34 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth
- Replies: 98
- Views: 2885
Re: Queen Elizabeth
RIP Queen Elizabeth II LONG LIVE THE KING? Sorry, I don't feel that King Charles III is truly fit to serve, but that's the way the crown tumbles. Of course there have been others on the throne who were not nice guys. Despots, really. Henry VIII comes to mind. What do we know about Prince William, f...
- Tue Sep 06, 2022 2:50 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Abortion Stories
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1171
Re: Abortion Stories
If you haven't already read your allotted NYT freebies for the month, or you subscribe, you might enjoy this: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/03/opinion/kansas-abortion-vote-roe.html Heartland Author Sarah Smarsh (They were very economical in letter usage for her name.) grew up a few miles down the ...
- Mon Sep 05, 2022 8:41 pm
- Forum: Science & Technology
- Topic: Perhaps the largest single native American settlement
- Replies: 0
- Views: 349
Perhaps the largest single native American settlement
This is where Mrs Mc and I spent most of last Saturday. Etzanoa had made the local papers in 2019, but I had forgotten about it until one of my customers mentioned that she was participating in a "dig" there last month. She is a senior majoring in archaeology. I only got past Arch 201, but really e...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:12 pm
- Forum: General stuff & Tabloids
- Topic: Did this happen to you?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 538
Re: Did this happen to you?
My dad always attended his high school class reunions. He graduated in 1927. He said that his class lost more between their 50th and 55th year reunions than they had in the previous 55 years. That would be between ages 68 and 73. Those were also guys who fought the second world war.
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 10:10 pm
- Forum: Laffs!
- Topic: Funniest one liners from this year's Edinburgh festival
- Replies: 7
- Views: 360
Re: Funniest one liners from this year's Edinburgh festival
7. I sent a food parcel to my first wife. FedEx – Richard Pulsford (29%) Well, good. I was trying to figure out why anyone would want to send a food parcel to their ex-wife. Laced with poison? I dunno. Mine's still dead, just like Generalisimo Francisco Franco. No FedEx involved. "Prime examples of ...
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 9:07 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: A Solution In Search of a Problem
- Replies: 8
- Views: 595
Re: A Solution In Search of a Problem
I don't know how many times I've lost 10MM sockets, as well as 8MM and 13MM. I can work on almost anything metric with just those three sizes.
In order to see those glow under UV light, do you need the yellow glasses (sold separately)?
In order to see those glow under UV light, do you need the yellow glasses (sold separately)?
- Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:58 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: I'm no Ford apologist but this is just ridiculous
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1461
Re: I'm no Ford apologist but this is just ridiculous
From the article: If punitive damages are upheld by higher courts, the Hill family and their attorneys will only get 25% of the award amount. Under Georgia law, the state gets 75% of the awards granted by the courts. The only way the plaintiffs would get the full amount of punitive damages is if the...
- Mon Aug 08, 2022 3:00 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: I don't know for sure if I ever saw an MGTA until last week
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2487
Re: I don't know for sure if I ever saw an MGTA until last week
Fuzzy old minds want to know-- When did the fashion develop to put outside rearview mirrors way out on the front of the fenders? snailgate You'll note that they got away from it as the far away mirrors were simply not practical. The driver can't see what they need to see with them. The field of vis...