Bazza Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 Probably a car reference. (Starter motor) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 It's a dysfunctional car reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 My next vehicle will be electric for this reason. No starter motor. No solenoid. No valves. No timing belt. No oil or oil pan. No alternator. No intake or exhaust sensors. No fuel pump. No plugs, plug wires, or distributor. No clutch or clutch hydraulics. No transmission. No ignition switch. These are all things that I have had to replace on my vehicles over the last decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 What if there is a power failure (blackout)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Old Man said: My next vehicle will be electric for this reason. No starter motor. No solenoid. No valves. No timing belt. No oil or oil pan. No alternator. No intake or exhaust sensors. No fuel pump. No plugs, plug wires, or distributor. No clutch or clutch hydraulics. No transmission. No ignition switch. These are all things that I have had to replace on my vehicles over the last decades. My sister-in-law got an all-electric vehicle about six months back. She's had two incidents where it simply refused to start. Battery was full up. I don't know what the issue was, but it's really awkward when there's nothing you can do AND the dealer/service is 60 road miles plus a 30-minute ferry ride away. You can't jump-start an electric. 1 hour ago, Bazza said: What if there is a power failure (blackout)? Gasoline-powered generators exist and have multiple uses when disaster arrives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 2 hours ago, Bazza said: What if there is a power failure (blackout)? Then I won't have to worry about electrically driven gas station pumps. If I had rooftop solar it'd be even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted January 6, 2023 Report Share Posted January 6, 2023 At this point, I'm ready to go with a horse if I had a place to keep one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I associate horses with nothing but work, which results from my sister getting a horse when she was 8 or 9, and I was 16 or 17. Teenage brothers are nothing but free labor in such a situation. I remember spending my afternoon of July 4 one year bucking bales in 100-degree sun, because we could have them for free if we'd pick 'em up and drive them away. Going away to college was, on top of lots of other things, relief from hated manual labor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 I'm fairly certain horses are more expensive to operate and maintain than any vehicle, electric or ICE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 Though I don't recommend it, it should be possible to eat the horse, which won't be true of the vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 The horse will be happy to see you each time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 So now that I have had them for over a week and a half, what do people think of my new second pair of spectacles ? (I pointed out in the Nice Happy Thread that I had got them) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted February 17, 2023 Report Share Posted February 17, 2023 If they work well for you, then I've been a two-pair-of-glasses guy for several years. The compliance in my eyes has degraded so I use a pair for computer work, and a different (bifocal) pair for everything else. I'm on my 2nd pair of computer glasses, and for this pair I remembered to get easily distinguishable frames for them, so that I can tell much more easily which pair I'm wearing when I am walking around through the house (and, perhaps, preparing to get in the car and drive). When I first started this situation I was frequently getting in the car, starting it, start rolling into the street, and then realize Wrong Glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 31, 2023 Report Share Posted March 31, 2023 What if the norms are abnormal and breaking them is a return to normalcy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 More parsimonious is that the distribution is not normal, and that the normal to the distribution points in a nonphysical direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 This thread even stopped crawling… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 In my continuing quest to do something useful, I have just sent Bolo of Earth the updated Hero and Villain team lists from the Create Hero Team and Create Villain Team. These are in document form and list the now 600 villain team breakdowns and 349 hero team breakdowns (we are working on team 350). I have also recently completed individual write ups of the hero and villain teams. Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 Hurrah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 11, 2023 Report Share Posted November 11, 2023 And if I am really lucky, Psybolt and I will have completed something else for his website which we hope to do by hopefully Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 King Charles is 75 today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 14, 2023 Report Share Posted November 14, 2023 Hurroh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 18, 2023 Report Share Posted November 18, 2023 On 11/11/2023 at 6:23 AM, death tribble said: In my continuing quest to do something useful, .... Since I am officially retired now, I have abandoned my version of that quest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 “I gave up on empathy and moved to compassion” ~ someone not important Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 If you had an ounce of a compassion you would not reply to what other people are saying in the Thread for Random Musings. You would do it in the Musings on Random Musings Thread instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 19, 2023 Report Share Posted November 19, 2023 Your post makes as much sense as India’s performance in today’s World Cup Cricket final — which fittingly, Maxwell hit the wining runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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