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That's true with any engine...but hp is hp. At the max rpm you're more likely to break traction. I tried module turned off & higher rpm, all it did was spin tires.

Since it plugs into the fuel rail sensor, goes through module and back then apparently it controls fuel somehow. The tractor has a turbo already and I asked about if I needed to change air intake & they said no. I'm guessing tractors, cars & trucks are detuned from factory maybe EPA or emissions...

I understand that's true with anything. What I'm trying to understand is watching bitcoin live streaming which I did just now and every second the price is fluctuating up and down. 1) what does one coin cost me??? When I buy it...at what "second" is it that I pay??? 2) If it's, say, $82,240,34...

I appreciate all the information, but it's way over my head. I like simplicity which is why my one bitcoin example. Gold for example (I don't own any...just what I looked up) right now is about $3,000/ounce which is what you pay, then if you sell it a month later and it's now $3,100/ounce you...

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Congratulations and all the best for your Dad! [emoji106] Wow...101. My Mother will be 98 Tuesday but my wife & I are bringing her a birthday cake tomorrow afternoon. She recently got back home from the hospital and not able to go out. She has congestive heart problems and on oxygen since...

Okay...I have a bitcoin question: You can search "bitcoin price live stream" and watch the price changing every second. Suppose I want to buy (1) one bitcoin. Explain in simple terms how this works...in other words where and how do I buy? Assume the second I decide it's $84,024.33 for (1) one...

Well...the jury is IN. I mounted module under hood zip tied where it's out of the way in a cool area, near oil dipstick where I can get to control switch, although tech guy I spoke with said leave it on high for better fuel economy. I have a low spot where previous owner dumped posts which I...

Correct, and love to know how they got here? I'm fighting poison ivy, honeysuckle, privet, wild grape, etc. here constantly. If someone were to plant bamboo here they would be drawn and quartered by horses after placed over a ground hornet's nest.[emoji38]

I started to but afraid someone would see me doing it...

Lorena Bobbitt had one I think.

This strange plant is growing all over my home place in S. Central Virginia which is an odd place to grow. Green leaves and light green flowers. I looked it up: Helleborus foetidus, known variously as stinking hellebore dungwort, setterwort and bear's foot, is a species of flowering plant in the...

But Lisa Douglas was built in Hungary.[emoji3059]

As a teenager & early 20s I would drink sweetened condensed milk and sometimes eat an entire cheesecake or cake with frosting. I was 6ft & 125 pounds, 24" waist pants. I exercised a lot. My 2c is the worst thing is sitting and processed food. As Jack LaLanne used to say " if man made it, you...

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The module arrived late this afternoon. Instructions were okay but I had to call tech support. Installation is easy, except a pain because all you do is unplug the controller at end of fuel rail and plug this in. On mine it was buried behind exhaust, radiator hose and lots of cables. They should...

I ordered the module and salesman said that's the same tractor the company owner has. I have a liquid filled pressure gauge & just need to plumb it in. I'm going to boost pressure a bit. Mainly hp is for a rotary tiller I want. I lifted a hay bale last year...or tried to. It almost made it. I...

A few magnolias starting to bloom here.

I was guessing at 40ft. I'm sure they're taller than that.

They're all variety that break which is puzzling though. Today only one break, a healthy end about 1.5" diameter.

She has a Libre 2, using it for a few months. For whatever reason she was on insulin 50 units morning and after dinner. Now 40 units morning only and starts dropping in afternoon, eats dinner (about 35 carbs) and continues to drop (about 70-80). Can't understand why...no pills, no insulin after...

Yes we were only gone 90 minutes. No chew marks. There are bears around but few. Why they'd climb a tree in afternoon is weird. No pine cones, no wind, beautiful day. I have a few cameras.

Blackmail!!! [emoji38]

This is too weird. I have a row I planted along our secondary road. My wife and I left home at 2:30 this afternoon & all was well. Returned at 4:00 and a limb in ditch next to road. Break was on other side facing house and up at least 20-25 feet! Limb is 3" diameter and 17ft. long. I carried it...

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Could you elaborate on "If I didn't have one from the date I was on I'd make one up;)." How is that possible and what's the procedure?

I'm aware of dead lower branches. I'm surprised what could snap a large healthy limb way up high. No wind or snow/ice. Last year it didn't happen. The highway department did cut limbs up to trunk up about 16ft or so which maybe caused stress (?).

Certainly some would fit...but larger tractor means larger bush hog for example. It's not worth all the $ and hassle. I can up the hp and pump pressure a bit & all is well.

A (former) friends wife went on a 3 day vacation with her two lady friends. I threw a 42DDD bra & 3X panties under their bed unbeknown to my (former) friend. Former because he didn't see the humor when his wife made the discovery. [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38][emoji1787][emoji1787]

I'll leave it in a neighbor's mailbox.[emoji2]

We're getting rain. Limbs broken may be anywhere top to bottom. There aren't any cones.

I was thinking of increasing pump pressure some also. If necessary larger cylinders.

That was my OP purpose, asking those who have tried it, how it performed, etc. I have 10 attachments for my tractor and everything is fine...except for example when I frequntly need to unload, say, 1,300# hay bundle from my truck It's close...but with forks added it won't quite make it. To...

In 20 years I'll be 92...so one day!

Sounds like a stupid question, but 43 years ago I planted 100 white pine seedlings. You could hold all in one hand...pencil sized and I planted with a dibble bar. Now they average about 18"-24" across and 40ft tall. The problem is almost every day there are branches that look healthy but snapped...

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I understand...but $600 vs $50K when you just need a little more power?

I found a Trojan in my sock drawer I bought in a vending machine for a quarter. Probably no good after 50++ years. [emoji51]

If the empty trailer has 50 pounds force on the ball, have two people stand over hitch ball that weigh 350#. Personally I never went through that. I just loaded whatever trailer or drove car/tractor forward watching truck squat a bit. Too little weight and it's "squirrelly"...too much is hard on...

I believe this was discussed before, but for $595 AG makes this performance module that's supposed to add 30% HP & improved fuel use. Anyone with experience, is it worth it, increase power, any other modifications needed, etc.? Thanks I have a 2018 JD 3038e.

Here's a thought: You want tongue weight to be 400 pounds. Park truck & empty trailer on flat level area. Unhook trailer from truck & weigh trailer hitch to ground. Bathroom scale + stick same height. Say it's 50 pounds. Measure ground to truck bumper height. Trailer back on truck. Add 350...

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Reason I mentioned cinnamon is wife has had diabetes 25+ years and by experimenting with diet. Redundantly the exact same diet checking blood sugar cinnamon causes hypoglycemia. The herb neem does the same. It's possible everyone's reaction is different.

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About Aerokroil. I had my own repair business 43 years and it does have unique properties. I know it's expensive but I use it sparingly. I wouldn't have a shop without a can. That and dead-blow hammers. When my Deere was brand new I had a time with PTO also. I used some emery cloth even in...

I recently put a winch on front of my Deere 3038e and use it a lot since. It has a remote control. Since Deere battery is in front leads winch to battery are only about 3ft long (guessing). It came with heavy wire, about 2 gauge and I put a 50 amp fuse right at battery + positive. I connect a...

I installed & used my Everything Attachments blade today. I think I remember it's 640# and it really works well. I'm thinking for major leveling I'll probably use a local excavator that has proper equipment. A tiller with that back blade would do all I need. EA is back in business and have...

"I got 8." You sound just like me. We're going to live to be 250yo aren't we? [emoji38]

Diabetic wife likes plain Greek yogurt. No sweetner at all. Add variety of berries and if she wants sweet sometimes adds some honey. Health food stores sell pure Stevia which is a natural plant. She likes Zevia soda. We both like unsweetened tea, although I'm not Diabetic. I used to love sugar...

Thanks for reply. Wouldn't the tiller do well if I mowed the area first, low as I can? I'll certainly get a box blade if that works better.

Tomorrow I'll put a solar charger where I planted 1,000 tulips that are about to come up.

I planted 50 tulips+25 crocus in one area in Fall. They were coming along fine until deer showed up [emoji2959]. So just now put a charger around (I tried & rubber sole shoes shocked like crazy). For whatever reason deer don't bother daffodils.

I'm thinking with the 7ft backblade I wouldn't need a box blade. I know it doesn't have rippers but it's super heavy duty and adjustable every direction and hydraulic top link. For my purposes wouldn't a tiller be more useful? I could till high spots, then grade it smooth. I tried bucket, then...

$83,272.68 USD +$4,521.21 (5.74%)today Some people made a lot today. I have no idea the buying/selling commission is.

There are places on my land like a pasture that's not all that steep, but an area maybe 300ft long that drops 2ft then continues. So bush hogging I go straight downhill then if I don't lift deck it scalps. I'm thinking about tiller I could work that area then level with rear blade so pasture...

As I was writing I thought about a box blade. I wonder if that would be better than a tiller?

I have a 40hp Deere, FEL & backhoe, lots of attachments but I'm considering a PTO tiller. One area I have, about an acre, is on about a 20 to 25 degree slope. I'd like to get it as level as I can, it's near woods and had lots of waist-high scrub pines and cedars which I used my 5ft bucket &...

Harry Truman was president when I was born and I still have silver certificate bills from the 50s. Show me where cryptocurrency is legal tender as is stamped on our currency. It's not. One could argue ALL goods and services is faith based. US currency ($2.3T from what I looked up) is tangible...

Maybe I heard that differently because I don't own cryptocurrency. What David Sacks is saying is the Federal government already owns 400,000 bitcoin (or $36.4B today) from civil and criminal seizures which has value. That's an extremely important point because what is the government supposed to...

True...but those digital examples all originate from tangible things, not ether. Music made by musicians with instruments.

When Dad had his colonoscopy he said he thought the doctor was bringing in a 50ft garden hose. Dad said "just be sure my hat's on straight".[emoji2]

To me everything in life boils down to the tangible and intangible. Love is intangible but has value. Value but not monetary value. Everything tangible has monetary value. We have a composter that turns vegetable scraps into fertile soil, same with our horse manure. The fallacy to me is...

My last colonoscopy, and all Drs said I was fine, was done by a woman proctologist. The next day I passed about 3 ft. of white string with what looked like about 3/4" pieces of aluminum foil around it every few inches! [emoji2962] I showed it to family doctor who didn't know what it was for! I...

My second proctologist had a twisted sense of humor and this was on my monitor:

My first colonoscopy when I awoke I said I had to use the bathroom. The proctologist said "no you don't...you're empty...let it go". I expelled enough gas to fill two Goodyear blimps.

Winter jasmine and really tiny daffodils.

When your hemorroids have hemorroids.

Today I finished horse stable dutch doors. Only 5 years old but construction company used 2x6s & 3/4" plywood they had here. This is the worst one...but rotten. I used pressure treated everything. Each door weighs 300# (150# each half). Three coats primer, then gloss white & brown. Fun lifting...

Blister packs. I always think I'll cut a finger off or damage what I'm removing. Then fight with all those twisties I end up cutting off hoping not to snip the wire. Twice the amount of packing to throw away compared to what's inside.

Ebay...540 pages

Maybe a 20 or 40 ft shipping container? There's a shed sales place about 5 miles from here that sells new and reposessed ones. Our neighbor bought a reposessed one about 15ftx20ft, a roll-up door one end, window on other and a walk in door. I saw them deliver it and level with blocks. He said...

I still have my deep corduroy purple bell bottom pants. I could be heard walking in them 100 yards away, but don't think they fit anymore with a 24" waist.

We got 2"-3" snow a couple weeks ago and I found this sled sitting in back of barn 50 years...so I rinsed it off enough so I could sit on it, then took it up to a fairly steep pasture for one last ride.[emoji38] It has these levers on each side for steering that don't do anything, so downhill...

"If you save in Bitcoin, over time everything gets less expensive because Bitcoin is appreciating in value."

Here's a YouTube video. We used a section of chain link fence weighted with old tires...but I bet that vacuum would "suck the freckles off of a redhead child" as my farmer neighbor would say. [emoji38]

A reply like this really lowers your credibility.

My question to Eric is the crypto advocacy because he loves us, wanting us to become Billionaires or because convincing more people to buy crypto is what drives the price up? [emoji848]

Now I'm curious since there's nothing tangible to back up cryptocurrency then why is it referenced to $money? That's like me...I know nothing about jet engines, but I charge $500/hour labor to not work on one.

There's a good app I downloaded "plantnet" identifier. These flowers just appeared, cold February, the yellow one is Winter aconite, white is snowdrop. The aconite must prefer shady acidic soil because it's growing under pines.

Animals are more intelligent than people give them credit for. We used to have a variety of owls here, one was the Screech Owl. One day a few years ago I decided to cut down a dead hollow tree in a pasture about 1,000 ft from the house. That night...actually about 2 a.m. we were fast asleep and...

There are lots of youtube videos. People who ordered from alibaba, experience and process.

I'm trying to make the point of: 1970...$35=one ounce gold =$2,949.60 today 2025...$35 invested S&P=$16,971.60 today

$35 invested in the S&P 500 in 1970 reinvesting dividends and interest today would be worth $16,971.60.

Beautiful! My wife & I have some old cars and I like originality. I just read something I never knew: Ferrari's 2-liter V8 engine was used in the 208 GT4, 208 GTB, and 208 GTS. It was the smallest production V8 engine in history. 121 cu. in. V8

I'm far from an amateur when talking computers [emoji849], I took advice from others, as well as lots of reviews factoring in price. I believe it's a good one for the money. The display (for LED) is very clear & good resolution.

This just arrived. The Dell laptop I ordered as well as DVD recorder. Dell Inspiron 3520 15.6" Touchscreen i7 Laptop, 15.6" FHD Touchscreen, Intel Core i7-1255U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Numeric Keypad, Webcam, SD Card Reader, HDMI, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Home

As kids my grandfather drilled through our lake ice and a foot thick said it was ok to skate on. Then he had a skating pond put in on other side of dam about 80ft square. It was just 18" deep. He filled it from lake overflow and pipe. We enjoyed that.

It's the tip of an iceberg. The car wasn't made for the V8...so really you need a tube frame, then suspension, brakes, transmission, rear end...on & on. A friend had a Sunbeam Tiger (Get Smart TV show), Ford 260 (they had one with 289). Nice car!

There are over 2,400,000 cryptocurrencies and over half have failed.

Growing up we actually had to get up speed a little both ways to make the hill. Now he graded it so it's not all that steep. The driveway used to be much longer. They made highway 4 lane in early 60s.

How's the pain now?

What I meant was, was it a fall accident or vertebrae problem like disintegration or disks? I have a friend who had his lower spine "laminated". He said it's like titanium plates for support.

There are four 24" and a 30" concrete culvert. It was over $3K just for the stone. I don't think it would ever go over the road. Like he said all that rip rap slows water down. I want him to make my pond bigger here and clear of a spot for a riding ring I started, but they do a much better job.

He had steel pipe and concrete culvert, and unstopped existing pipes. That Cat 420 and especially loaded tandem Macks really packs it. He just bought the Cat new. His business is 4 miles from here & I have some jobs here for them here. Having banks with many tons of rip rap sloped back no...

I went by this morning and they're working on it. Many loads of rip rap still arriving when I left. It will be nice when through.

Hope you're doing ok. I missed the part about what happened? I saw x-rays & scar...it was a lot to go through.

Years ago Dad worked with a guy who drove a Dodge Dart who went to pick up a 16ft 2"×4". Dad asked how he got it home and he said in the back seat with most of it hanging out the window. He said he made it home OK except for knocking some guy down getting mail out of his mailbox.

There's a place I've used for 45 years that does excavation that's going to fix it tomorrow. They'll make it much wider with a shoulder on each side. They'll do it tomorrow...should be nice. They'll slope banks way back with rip rap also, 57s to finish on top.

Bamboo is a type of grass actually. It is the worse stuff possible. It looks like asparagus when it comes up and I've seen it grow a foot a day.

The creek drops I'd say 3 ft over 20ft span going lake to other side driveway. Driveway has about 6 or 8 pipes under it...12" and assortment of others. Just a real rigged mess. And leaves, limbs and lots of bamboo clogs.

Here's the other side of driveway, downstream side and it's washing out up under. I have to do something very soon in case of rescue squad or fire truck. I just spoke with weekday caregiver who is there, but "barely made it and frightening". That area is probably 7 ft. wide. I'm really hesitant...

My 98 yo Mother still lives with caregivers at home, there for 85 years. The gravel driveway is 1/4 mile long, one curve, downhill across creek then uphill. We were there Saturday and bottom had about 8" water over it. Upstream about 1000ft is a 2 acre lake. Nothing at the place was ever fixed...

Getting cheated on Valentines Day is my peeve. [emoji2957] I remember when a box of candy was FULL. Now the same box has 11 pieces!

Just some thoughts here because I did the exact same thing here 40+ years ago. Back then I just had a dibble bar. For privacy I did run a string line but used a 10ft conduit pipe to space. Over time, 12ft probably better. I should have run a second row staggered (like a triangle). I didn't...

Our closest neighbor's cat "Sweet Potato"...I call him "Yam" [emoji854]. He's elusive but a great tom. He shows up as a stray at neighbor's a few years ago...the Ms. wanted him, her husband didn't...so I suggested our local no-kill shelter (I knew they wouldn't take him...they don't cover our...

Ouch! I've done that too. There should be a better design. There are "pouches" for food, but squeezing it out leaves some. Maybe I'm the only one that cuts the end off of toothpaste tube when it's supposedly empty but still a lot left inside.

My peeve has been pet cans with a pull tab top. Occasionally the tab snaps off but worse yet is top off leaves a razor sharp 1/4" edge around can. It's very hard getting food out and we had a cat years ago with a bleeding tongue from getting food left in can out. Tongue healed eventually but...

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You have to factor in all the Battery manufacturing, lithium, etc., same with solar and wind turbines and environmental impact. It's not simple, and switching every ice motorized thing to battery is going to lower Earth's temperature by how much? And factor in China, India and other countries...

The EV premise was environmental which it fails in many ways.

I'm not a prophet, but ice sales still far exceed evs. What's next? Antigravity vehicles maybe. When all major roads have imbedded coil induction charge on the go, then evs would only need small battery packs and short range for secondary roads and would make more sense. Ev cars in big cities...

I think EVs are a fad, similar to 78s, LPs, reel to reel, 8 track, CDs, memory stick. "Today's new and improved is tomorrow's junk" is what I've always said...but I'm no prophet.

We got snow (about 6") & ice in S. Virginia. Very noisy sliding off of the new metal roof.

There's a 100yo Sears catalog at my homeplace which has lots of attachments for a model T Ford. One is similar to this:

Local Lowes had galvanized 3" drip edge 10ft pieces for $3.98. They cut it in half so I could carry it home in the car. I got two pieces and overlapped should work fine. I'll use stainless screws.

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We saw out of state visitors recently in a cybertruck towing a travel trailer in our nearby town. The guy had a map & laptop, asked if we knew where..."ain't no chargers anywhere around here" I replied, knowing what he was going to ask. [emoji849] I'm guessing tow trucks have generators on them...

Remember Ronald Reagan's Star Wars initiative 40 years ago? One thing that came out of it was advanced laser technology and flea markets were flooded with internally etched paperweights. Lasers can be designed for distance, power, etc. and like everything it will become more affordable years to...

We're in S. Central Virginia and last light (early a.m.) and and hour ago big thunderstorms which I don't remember having in early February...do you? I'm 72.

That's what I would do. Worse case is if it doesn't work out go the welding route or replace bucket.

The future is here & now. Safe & quiet. It works up to 1,000 ft. away. The price will come down...

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Wife got a CGM and they've fantastic (Libre). I will say check/verify accuracy with test strip. Saturday I bought six sensors from pharmacy ($260 with insurance). First one showed low (50s![emoji2962]) test strip showed 110. Second one high (220!). Third one reads same as test strips. Abbott...

I have lots of 20V DeWalt tools so I bought their pole saw which I love but it leaked out of box first fill, so the store gave me another one which leaks. My Greenworks saws do not. I fabricated a hanger so it doesn't leak in garage...just when I use it. [emoji849]

I was using a quick example. I could parallel two 450 watt bulbs, or combination of bulbs for different currents. That 60A circuit goes lots of places. Unplugging glow plugs may be the key...then again may have one chasing their tail. That's why I'd put an ammeter on that line, turn key with...

All I did for 43 years, and actually still do after 11 years retirement is troubleshoot electronic problems. I had to be creative. I never liked blowing fuses ($). A light inserted does two things: now it's a current limited circuit and a dead short lights the bulb. Of course the available...

I'm curious with glow plugs disconnected how much current does that 60A line draw? It could be not enough to blow fuse but glow plugs added in circuit blows fuse. I have a large container of 12V incandescent bulbs. One is 450 watts so about 35 amps. Instead of blowing fuses I would clip that in...

I used 18" & 20" bars. I bought it from Ace hardware, Stihl dealer, $599.95+tax. Maybe a lemon, counterfeit, who knows...but one problem after another. I'm sure tree guy was happy, maybe fixed everything. What's funny is he had lots of workers here...one grabbed my saw, couple pulls, it started...

I had a Stihl MS291 20" saw that constantly gave trouble, parts breaking, I used Stihl oil mix & careful with it. Finally muffler fell off, bolts stripped out of the jug. Probably 40 hours use max. I gave it to the tree cutter here last spring when I had lots of trees down. Every saw he had was...

I used my 80V Greenworks last two days a lot. Three heaping truckloads of white pine branches and two more yet. I bought a Greenworks 80V weekeater from Walmart because it included battery & charger, less expensive than just a battery. So I have a spare for saw & charge one as I use one.

Hard to beat simple & healthy!

I can't cook, except make coffee & heat soup...but I used this apple peeler/corer, cinnamon, a little sugar, butter in center where core was, heat 2-3 minutes in microwave. Horses like peelings.😃

Do you have this meter? Curious because one review says: "The amp meter part has never worked and didn’t even know it until I needed it for the first time. Everything else is great but I got it for the amp clamp". Maybe he got a defective one. I use both analog and digital. I have this ammeter...

My wife calls it "pink bunkadoo" after Randall, 1981 movie "Time Bandits".[emoji4]

The glow plugs were in parallel. Four 0.8 ohm=0.2 ohms at 12.6V=63 amps. Good troubleshooting advice from winter, simply connect one at a time. An induction ammeter like this is handy because you don't have to disconnect anything. Back of meter has a slot you just put over battery cable or wire...

Glow plug resistance should be 1 to 6 ohms from what I looked up.

Most truck buyers today are purchased as others said here not as a truck but as a status symbol. They're meant to impress others with all the gadgets. My personal truck is a '93 F150 4x4 4spd. 300-six. 206K miles. I have $2,400 in it. It doesn't impress anyone except our farrier who I pulled his...

2x6s, 3/4 plywood, primer, paint, screws to replace horse stall doors. They didn't use pressure treated lumber 4 years ago so the old doors are falling apart. These sure are heavy lifting though, I'll be glad when they're replaced. I couldn't believe paint was $125/gallon, but 30% sale helped.

F750 then!

Then you'd want an F250 or F350 (10K#). [emoji38]

Yes if you look it up. As I said, some were import market. Lots of parts interchange between like motors, just different bore & stroke. I should have mentioned '70 Jeep Gladiator also.

They're all 1970...the pinnacle of American cars & trucks. I've never had trouble lining up hitch ball with a trailer. If it's close I move truck or trailer a bit by hand. We have 3 cars with cameras we never use. I worked at a service station in 1970 and drove the owner's '70 F100 352FE 3 on...

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I'll take one of these with 3 pedals...

I'm making new horse barn 4ftx8ft dutch doors using 3/4" plywood, 2"x6"s all pressure treated. One horse cribs so I thought I'd put aluminum channel on top of bottom door so 2.25"×(2"-3") x 48" with stainless screws. I see 2" but not 2 1/4" wide. Prices all over the place. Any idea where to get...

Long ago I thought the battery vehicle thing was a craze. A flash in the pan. For big cities it may make some sense to divert pollution somewhere else. The cybertruck looks to be designed by some computer geek who never saw or owned a real truck.

One last time... Answers to my questions should help... Could they be answered?

Please answer this... If I'm wrong, correct me. 1) tractor was running fine, didn't overheat, all was well. 2) "Head gasket had a small break" was noticed. 3) NOW! IMPORTANT!: Head gasket was replaced and a machine shop checked everything (head & block). 4) after head gasket replacement, that's...

Curious the order of events: was it running fine, temp. ok, replaced head gasket then started running hot?

Personally I prefer mutual funds for many reasons. A conglomeration of stocks and bonds lowers ones risk. John Bogle founded the first balanced fund, Vanguard Wellington just before The Great Depression almost a century ago and original investors lost a lot, except those who followed Vanguard's...

Appalachians are in my back yard...pretty but not the Rockies. In the '60s I saw the Canadian Rockies first before Colorado which was a mistake!

All I know is tying my shoes hurts my stones and cutting my toenails ain't easy anymore.

I assume (???) the new head gasket was correct, didn't block or restrict coolant passages. Years ago I remember cutting a radiator hose in two, then putting a section of clear PVC pipe clamped in so I could see coolant flow. Temporary of course. The radiator staying cool is a puzzle. I assume...

My grandparents had a son with Downs Syndrome. He would sneak out at all hours, sometimes police would bring him home. Grandad got three of these simple sliding locks keyed alike one for each door. On door facing was a small brass plate with hole lock bolt went into.

When we had a couple drag cars each had a restrictor instead of a thermostat. All that is is like a thin washer. People think removing a thermostat makes a motor run cool but isn't true because coolant goes through radiator so fast it can't dissipate heat. One car the new water pump impeller was...

I have no use for one either, but anything I buy especially over $100 or so I look at reviews and YouTube videos people may post about it. That isn't gospel to me but helps me make a decision. I agree with the guy's opinion: for professional use spraying many cars, buy a $10K+++ spray booth...

My 2 cents is check out youtube. Here's one on several videos: Also I see where reviews are pretty high from people who have used one, 4.5☆ or so.

Interesting... My wife early on went to an endocrinologist who said "now you can eat all the meat you want", which she didn't want to hear. We don't eat that much meat, no pork & very little beef. Meat has zero carbs. I talked her into keeping a few sugar sodas close, so if her sugar drops to...

Years ago I spayed a car outside. I picked the "perfect" day, no wind, 70-75°F, car was of course primed day before & wet sanded 600 then 1200, tack ragged. Everything was perfect & it turned out great, very early spring, no bugs. It seems that booth would be nice for the money and apparently...

In South Virginia, right now it's up to 12°F...because of global warming I'm sure...[emoji849]

My Dad fell just 7 feet onto his back in his 60s and never the same. It's very smart having something like that.[emoji106]

I've heard my wife mumble incoherently at 2-3am, checked her level via test strip and it's in the 30s!!! Twice I had to call 911, otherwise if I can get her to take glucose or sugar soda to quickly bring it up that works.

They say as you get older to be more conservative, more into bonds than stocks...but as my late father said if it's worked all these years why change? That has paid off for my soon to be 98 year old Mother. Everything was put in my name many years ago but I've always considered it hers until she...

Radiator not very hot. Strange. If you know someone with a FLIR or similar camera that should tell a lot. Otherwise an IR thermometer, they're inexpensive. So many parts replaced...was this specifically for overheating issue? I'm thinking I'd run until it just starts to overheat...shut...

As a long time investor, I wouldn't change a thing. For over 40 years I've never sold or changed anything, occasionally bought new funds. My guess, because of AI, I'd consider Fidelity Select Semiconductors Portfolio (FSELX) added to my portfolio. In fact...I just did.

My type 2 diabetic wife just got Libra 2 sensor and works with her Samsung S24 well. She wants to know how the alarm works or how to activate it. At times sleeping her glucose level has dropped dangerously low. Thanks.

My Dad sent me to military school when I was 14 and no ac allowed. We could have a fan. I took a tray and laid a towel in it and pinned top of towel up. Filled tray with ice & fan behind it. We had the coolest room on that dormitory.

My garage stairs I built each step has a 12" rise and 12" run. Sometimes I go up & down 2 at a time.[emoji2]

I've driven a manual so many years I don't even think about shifting.

Driving through Texas a few years ago GPS sent me down a dirt road, beside a mobile home and across a pasture. [emoji38]

A fellow I knew for years was an "evil genius"...(rip). Tires reminds me of one of many, many stories about him. His uncle had an old two ton truck with wooden side racks and one day went to a local tire store after they closed and filled the truck with about 200-300 tires they had piled...

Smart cars, trucks, TVs, phones, computers, clothes washers...etc., etc. "Smart" everything...stupid people [emoji849]

That's why I strap my phone to the dog when he romps all through the woods or take with me for the Saturday night test and tune at the local drag strip.

I wear tennis shoes year round. Amazing what you can find shopping online. Walmart, Avia. $6.30!??? Most shoes are all made in China anyway and color doesn't matter. Free shipping if order was over $35 & received next day.

Cute, albeit microtia.

Exactly. Grandfather next door was a doctor and should have written a book. Him (or woman physician) they've seen it all.

I carry a magic marker, write "refused" on it & put flag up.

Looks like a Packard.

My Grandfather would haul lumber with his '47 Packard underneath by tying it with rope to the bumpers. They had enough ground clearance and it worked well.

Years ago you'd never see junk like that.

Years ago I was going to an older male dermatologist, after freezing a few warts off I said I had a wart I'd like removed that's about an inch from my rectum. As I was starting to drop my britches he looked at his watch and said "It's 12:30 and I'm ready to go to lunch...I'd rather not get into...

One of the many bikes I've had was a Harley "trail bike" like this. It wasn't good really, drum brakes, low power, etc. Going down the highway about 50-55mph this idiot pulls out in a BMW and I T-boned him. Every accident I've ever had was in slow motion, so I watched the handlebars slowly bend...

Well...since this is about power loss, here's my tale of woe...I have to vent. This morning 7:30 our power goes off. I checked with neighbors around and they all had power. Wife & recovering from pneumonia & I'm not fooling with my generator. I have Vermont Castings propane stove center of house...

My guess is It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World had more stars in it than any movie in history.

Doodlebug they called those, at least here in Virginia. My Grandad had a '36 Chevy school bus, the body removed for hauling hay. I remember most anything would be made into a doodlebug.

My wife and I still have our first car ever, and we've been together 53 years this year. Hers was worth way less when we met, but worth a lot more now: Hers...'55 Belair 2dr Sd her Mom bought new. Mine...'66 Rambler American 4dr 220, since '70 She still has her first new car she ordered when we...

"Preeshate-it"

Chocolate mousse with cherry syrup of course

A peeve is a restaurant, nice meal, then next booth or table over people start talking medical talk. "Marge had bloody diarrea. That's when they found colon cancer had spread all over". [emoji1785][emoji2961]

Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar #$%&#&# Isis terrorist Muslims in America

We have a dumpster site about 4 miles from home we use once a week. About a year ago there was a large antique hump back chest below a dumpster with the attendant lady standing there. She said it was too heavy to lift it up and in. She said a middle aged guy left it for trash and it belonged to...

Anyone around cats long enough learn their language. [emoji2]

Who would pay $100,000 for a pickup truck?????

The cat word for birds is "ka-ka-ka-ka-ka". Next time he looks at birds say that and watch his expression.

I use a lot of Rustoleum and have very little trouble. If you look at the nozzle the tip can be removed with a pocket knife (most tips) and a drop of Brake-Kleen and rubber tipped air gun usually cleans it out. I never ever turn can upside down blowing out after use and have 30 yo cans still...

My experience is if I throw a set of jumper cables in my trunk, regardless of quality, gauge or price, it's insurance because they will never ever be used...just something to take up space and get in the way.

Last night Cosmo Topper brought me a mouse...not dead and he played with it like a toy. I finally caught it in my handkerchief and it was disposed of by the outdoor cats. Tonight Cosmo gets another and it's running everywhere. "Get it dammit!" I said as I grabbed a random book off of the shelf...

I knew someone would say that [emoji6], and she was pretty...but I've always tried being a gentleman, imagining what if it was my wife, Mom, etc. How I was brought up I guess.