Economy (and Power King, same thing, a little bigger) tractors are rad. Bigger
than a normal lawn tractor they're much more capable.
That seems like a pretty good set although I don't see a plow there.
Plow/harrow combo is a lot more work to break ground than a rototiller. Faster
for a large
I think most SSD manufacturers try to disguise the wear out characteristics of
their drives.
I talk about SSD life in class and many of my students are shocked to hear it...
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 10:20:39 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
wrote:
> You get what you pay for here
Seems like a silly system, I see wanting to write but the base configuration
should be on non-volitile storage with the drive relatively easy and
inexpensive to replace...
Curt
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 2:54 PM, Allan Streib via
Mercedes wrote: IIRC they
My general opinion is to get the best/most expensive or the absolute cheapest.
With the later at least you're not out a ton of money...
-Curt
On Monday, April 18, 2022, 02:35:45 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
wrote:
I just bought a Chinese beverage cooler to take the place of a
hich is exactly why EVs are disposable and couple this with the fact that
> the hugely expensive batteries are relatively short lived.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 18, 2022, at 2:04 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>> wrote:
>>
>> Do you have a source for that?
Have somebody hold the key on while you whack the starter/solenoid with a
hammer/mallet.
-Curt
On Monday, April 18, 2022, 02:29:10 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
Got it started, dragged it up to the top of a slope with tow chain and rolled
it down and popped the clutch. It
Do you have a source for that? I see that Tesla has issued a big recall for
screens, they're blaming it on the hard drive that runs the thing.
Sounds a bit like computer guys designing cars didn't consider how long people
keep cars...
-Curt
On Monday, April 18, 2022, 01:26:37 PM EDT, Kaleb
The ultimate beauty of old tractors is that there isn't much to them. One of
the guys in the snowmobile club mows trails for us with an 8n and a 3pt bush
hog. I've been tempted to get one for the farm, the 3pt is danged handy.
Quite a bit smaller than my Farmall Super M but would use a lot less
Boy he gives me bad ideas. Did you see his IH dump truck vids?
I have always liked the look of the Loadstar trucks...
-Curt
On Saturday, April 16, 2022, 11:14:21 AM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
Gratifying vid. I kinda like watching vids from this country boy
playing with
LOL, I'm the other way, small engines are a bit of a specialty. I'm
tantalizingly close to having my garden tractor loader back to working, good
thing too, I want to get a load of topsoil to spread on the yard.
I also volunteered to look at my neighbor's lawn tractor. The starter spins but
Heck they made 3 on the tree well into the '80s...
-Curt
On Friday, April 15, 2022, 08:33:57 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
wrote:
> I was thinking this might be a good deal for when I need a truck until I read
> "starts with pliers"
It looks like a good basic truck. Is it really a
It's only a net negative if the byproduct of the ethanol production can't also
be used as feed. It can...
-Curt
On Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 05:53:04 PM EDT, Allan Streib via Mercedes
wrote:
On Wed, Apr 13, 2022, at 4:37 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
> Why is gasoline still
Stabil sucks. It'll go bad after a couple years and clot right in its own
bottle. Marine Stabil is better but still clots after a couple years.
Put 1oz Seafoam gas additive in every gallon of gas you buy. Put it in the can
before you go to the gas station. I use a Ratio Rite measuring cup:
I had one like that recently "I'll come out Saturday" to which he replied
"Okay".
Friday night I ask for directions "Oh it's sold". I could have come out earlier
if he'd told me other people had interest...
-Curt
On Monday, April 11, 2022, 11:36:28 AM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
Parking brake ?
Curt
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On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 1:29 PM, Allan Streib via
Mercedes wrote: I was wondering about the three shift
levers. So one is the gear selector, one is high/low range, and one is the
transfer case selector for 2WD/4WD?
Every other manual
Carbs are a mystery to most people and they get disassembled and put back
together randomly. Again, if it fires it's probably an easy fix.
Curt
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On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 5:15 PM, Allan Streib wrote: I
suppose one reason it does not run might be that the fuel
Similar to what you've already got, I think that's a K series Kohler engine,
the difference being that it's belt drive instead of the shaft drive on a Cub
Cadet.
Take a squirt bottle of 2 stroke gas and a boost pack, shoot a little juice
into the carb, if it fires it's worth that price.
I had
CT used to have a law about bumper height. It was hilarious to see a lifted
pickup with a bumper down a foot or more from the bottom of the grill.
-Curt
On Wednesday, April 6, 2022, 06:09:28 PM EDT, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
wrote:
On 06/04/2022 5:01 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
https://youtu.be/zZo7Rt94GzI
Right about 0:45
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 04:48:35 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel
wrote:
The Coleman Lantern of K Cars?
On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 2:08 PM Curt Raymond wrote:
> A nice reliant automobile.
>
> -Curt
>
>
> On Tuesday, April 5, 2022,
I've read that smelting aluminum cans is difficult at best. IIRC there isn't
enough silicon in cans to cast correctly. A better source of material is broken
aluminum wheels.
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 02:33:56 PM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes
wrote:
> This guy bought a lathe just
Don't forget the TruCoat!
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 02:16:56 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
you need new brakes and rotors too, see that dust on the wheels?
And don't forget the nitrogen fill in the new tires.
--FT
On 4/5/22 2:09 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:
>
If you think you hate it now just wait until you drive it.
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 01:58:05 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
That was a Road Queen Family Truckster
--FT
On 4/5/22 1:53 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
> Some things never change. Reminds me of National
A nice reliant automobile.
-Curt
On Tuesday, April 5, 2022, 01:48:23 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
wrote:
If you must have a representative K car in your private collector car
museum then this is probably the one to own.
:49 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel
wrote:
My problem would be finding a reliable source of good quality oil.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 1:46 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> I don't have any problems with a well done veggie conversion.
>
>
>
> I've only ever seen one good ve
I don't have any problems with a well done veggie conversion.
I've only ever seen one good veggie conversion. I've seen hundreds of crappy
ones.
-Curt
On Monday, April 4, 2022, 01:30:01 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
wrote:
Because anyone with half a brain knows veggie oil
l NAPA had “We’ve got Rotella” on their sign
> yesterday.
>
> -D
>
>> On Apr 4, 2022, at 6:27 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
>> wrote:
>>
>> I've never seen them sell more than pellet guns/ammo. Gun safes though.
>>
>> I'm personally not a TS
a couple times out of I lost
a bearing cap on the trailer. Had to stop by TSC for a replacement which was
$20 for 2. At the local farm store they are around $4
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> On Apr 4, 2022, at 8:27 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I've never seen them sell more
I've never seen them sell more than pellet guns/ammo. Gun safes though.
I'm personally not a TSC fan, it's one of those places that almost never has
what I want. If they normally carry the item it'll inevitably be out of stock
when I'm there.
Their off brand tools are JUNK, I've regretted
I've had poor luck with reman alternators in MBs, my '83 240D ate a bunch of
them, I forget how many, 5 or 6 before I finally got a good one.
-Curt
On Saturday, April 2, 2022, 06:50:08 PM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes
wrote:
The w124 300D 2.5 sat for one week and battery is now dead
wrote:
> >
> > April Fool. BS on making fuel
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 11:07 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> > > I don't normally spam you guys with my videos but
You're just jealous that you don't have one. ;)
-Curt
On Friday, April 1, 2022, 12:25:35 PM EDT, Dwight Giles
wrote:
April Fool. BS on making fuel
On Fri, Apr 1, 2022, 11:07 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> I don't normally spam you guys with my videos but this one is "
I don't normally spam you guys with my videos but this one is "special".
https://youtu.be/rlVRzhJ5d_A
Note the date.
-Curt
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Its not really "caused by a snow squall" it's caused by people driving MUCH
faster than conditions allow.
-Curt
On Thursday, March 31, 2022, 04:20:27 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
wrote:
Caused by a snow squall.
https://youtu.be/wHp35Fyz7qY
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u just drop it and let physics do the work for you.
>
> I had some friction tape on the handle of mine for a while, but I ended up
> taking it off and just getting some good grippy gloves.
>
> -D
>
> > On Mar 23, 2022, at 10:24 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okie
One of my high school English teachers told the story about how when she got
her first car nobody ever told her she needed to check the oil so she drove it
until it ran out of oil and the engine locked up. Her second car she checked
the oil religiously and added every time it needed but nobody
Good price for that, those became valuable at some point...
-Curt
On Friday, March 25, 2022, 03:32:42 PM EDT, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
Perfect commuter vehicle
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/289679126656474
--
--FT
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and then stop. Cleaned the carb, fresh fuel, check
the spark, etc.
Turned out to be a mud dauber nest in the exhaust, which on that weedeater is
exactly the side they like. Poked that out and it ran like a champ….
> On Mar 24, 2022, at 4:47 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
You could go from ChowdaQ up north, I'd give you the run of my camp/farm for as
long as you like. Beautiful time of year to be up there.
-Curt
On Thursday, March 24, 2022, 06:08:51 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
wrote:
As of 1730 March 18, 2022, my 37 year career of making
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's got old projects hanging around uncompleted.
I don't even remember how long ago I brought dad's Echo chainsaw back from
camp. Before 2016 anyway for sure. I don't remember if I ran some bad gas in it
or it had just sat but either way I brought it home and
ra 0 in price
>
> --FT
>
> On 3/24/22 1:53 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>> https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1558745484512403/
>>
>> No engine, transmission, rear quarter, hood, radiator, rear bumper.
>> $1500...
>>
>>
>> -Cur
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1558745484512403/
No engine, transmission, rear quarter, hood, radiator, rear bumper. $1500...
-Curt
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Pretty common in heavy equipment too. Helps to keep kids from taking equipment
for a joyride. We have shutoffs on all the grooming equipment.
I put one on my Farmall Super M last year, much easier than disconnecting the
battery manually. I think I'll put one on the Ford this year, it doesn't
> On Mar 23, 2022, at 10:24 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> I prefer a wooden handle, I think the fiberglass send more vibrations. I do
> like that that one has a 36" handle, too many of them are too short.
>
> I've got one of these:
> https://www.hardwares
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> On Mar 23, 2022, at 9:20 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
> Which reminds me, my buddy has been fartin
Which reminds me, my buddy has been farting around with his log splitter for
awhile. It won't crank at all. Battery reads 12.xv and doesn't drop at all
under load that he can see. Figures it's locked up, it'd sat outside awhile.
He goes and buys a Harbor Freight 13hp, guess what, that won't
One time when I got tires I got talking to the tire monkey and he forgot to
torque all the tires. It was fine for a couple days but Angie and I were going
somewhere, she was driving and one wheel must have gotten loose. It sounded and
felt to me like somebody was beating one of the wheels with
They're not even Chinese, they're made in South Korea.
While I prefer made in USA stuff I'm really only anti-made in China.
-Curt
On Monday, March 21, 2022, 01:35:55 PM EDT, Michael Esh via Mercedes
wrote:
I bought Khumho tires for the 85 300D and loved them. No issues back and forth
$75 is going to buy you a plastic monstrosity made in China. Why would anyone
who is into fine time pieces want a plastic monstrosity?
I quit wearing a watch full time when my last Timex died and I had a cell
phone. A few years ago Angie bought me a Bulova Marine Star which is really the
only
I got gas for $4.03 today, diesel is running $4.99. Seems the rise has rolled
back some.
-Curt
On Saturday, March 19, 2022, 10:08:45 PM EDT, mitch--- via Mercedes
wrote:
On 2022-03-05 22:21, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes wrote:
> https://linksharing.samsungcloud.com/5KlLBklKTSZv
>
>
"The Nissan" is a pretty broad stroke. Nissan makes many different models. The
little crappy ones probably aren't great in a crash, the big ones are probably
better.
When we were shopping pickup trucks I really liked the Nissan Titan except for
the padded center console/arm rest thing that had
I can't tell if you're sarcastic or not. E85 is good race fuel, it's probably
okay in low humidity environments, it's lousy in most other applications.
-Curt
On Friday, March 18, 2022, 11:17:21 AM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
wrote:
I keep hoping they will just require all cars to
All of which will use substantially more gas than the car she has now...
-Curt
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 06:51:19 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
wrote:
Certified Used VW Tiguans, Subaru Outbacks, 250GLAs
She doesn’t want a huge payment. I’m not sure what huge is right now. Still in
Fix and keep. Car prices are stupid right now. 6th gen cars are pretty nice.
-Curt
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 06:41:15 PM EDT, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes
wrote:
Youngest’s 2014 Jetta, 1.8 T, 121K miles, had the red oil pressure alarm come
in the other day after she had driven it about
Is that our own Mr. Snook in the comments?
-Curt
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 01:41:59 PM EDT, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
wrote:
No words.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1992-cadillac-brougham-21/?utm_source=dm_medium=email_campaign=2022-03-17
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Big red stripe up the passenger side of the windshield isn't distracting at
all...
-Curt
On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 01:27:30 PM EDT, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
wrote:
I don’t know, that headliner is something else, too.
-D
> On Mar 17, 2022, at 1:24 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes
>
USPS here is perfect, I couldn't ask for better. I should ask our postman his
name, I usually refer to him as "The one eyed kid", you can probably guess why.
If there are packages he comes around in the morning with a truck. He walks the
route in the afternoon with the envelopes.
-Curt
On
I had one put a box in my car once. Said they'd "Delivered to the front door" I
called UPS "He hasn't."
The lady says "Oh yes, you just go look at your front door and you'll find the
package."
"Lady, there's four feet of snow covering the path to my front door, you
couldn't open that door with
My first guess would be a bad sensor. I had that happen on my Dodge Dakota some
years ago. Scared the crap out of me on the highway at 75mph...
Do you have a VCDS cable? The software would tell you the actual readout of the
pressure.
What oil? How long since the last change? How hot was
I usually check the oil in all the vehicles every Sunday. Check all the fluids
and tire pressure too. Might as well empty the trash while I'm at it.
It's a good excuse to eyeball the car, I've caught a bunch of things that could
have become issues while doing it.
Curt
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Interesting. My 2010 Dodge RAM takes basically no oil between 8,000-10,000 mile
changes, it uses 5w20 or occasionally when I forget, 0w20.
Angie's 2005 VW Golf TDI consumes 5w30 oil but not 5w40. Makes an easy choice
on which weight to use. My 2015 Jetta TDI requires 5w30 and consumes none
A well done cabin, so many of them just use parts store gauges and the steering
column/shifter out of their donor car. Whoever built that has a good eye.
-Curt
On Saturday, March 12, 2022, 10:37:41 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
wrote:
That’s pretty well done for a fiberglass
The NAPA by our place in Maine has a bunch of mangy looking dudes and one young
(like mid-20s) woman. She is CLEARLY the brains of the operation and somehow
manages to keep an eye on all the mangy dudes while still helping twice as many
customers as the dudes do. Several times I've seen her
Chain autoparts stores are the final haven for people to stupid to work at the
grocery store.
I consider Advance to have the absolute dumbest clerks. Autozone is a minor
step up but the one nearest me has pretty well hit bottom.
I'll never forgive Advance for buying Car Quest. My local Car
The last time I bought bioD at a station it was like $0.10 more expensive than
dino diesel.
Today I saw dino diesel as low as $4.79 and as high as $5.49. In theory BioD
could be much cheaper but if you had a similar product you probably wouldn't
price it way under the competition because you'd
What everybody else said.
I've done close to 100% travel for 3 months at a go.
I remember one year I realized "Oh crap, Christmas is next week, I better buy
presents. I hadn't been home since Thanksgiving.
It was dammed hard on my marriage, at first being away and then being back...
I don't
May has had several series I liked, the Toy ones are pretty neat.
He's had 2 series on Amazon, "Oh Cook!" and "Our Man in Japan" that were pretty
fun too.
Another show I like on the British front is "The Hairy Bikers" which is
basically 50% cooking show and 50% travel show. They've done a ton
022 11:05 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
> > I thought those dogs didn’t have a bark
> >
> > --FT
> > Sent from iFōn
> >
> >> On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:03 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >>
> >&
Mercedes
wrote:
Try to find one that didn't get taken in for the emissions recall.
On Thu, Mar 10, 2022, at 11:57 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote:
> I think I need a diesel Jetta!
>
> Randy
>
>
> On 10/03/2022 9:14 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>> I had to go i
-Curt
On Thursday, March 10, 2022, 11:58:06 AM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
wrote:
I think I need a diesel Jetta!
Randy
On 10/03/2022 9:14 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> I had to go into work yesterday. Took it slow and got 54mpg on the downhill
> to work (its about a 600'
I had to go into work yesterday. Took it slow and got 54mpg on the downhill to
work (its about a 600' difference). It was snowing as I came home so it was a
REALLY slow ride, only managed 46mpg.
Cheapest diesel I saw was $5.09, highest was $5.79.
-Curt
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 10:44:52
I saw a wildcat (probably a bobcat) of some kind a couple years ago while
walking the dog. We had come to a Y in the trail, the dog went to the right and
the cat stepped out into the trail on the left.
I stopped and tried to quietly call to the dog who turned to look at me with a
derpy "What?"
Not from an "It won't start afterward" point of view. My 2015 Jetta TDI and
Angie's 2005 Golf TDI don't even lose radio presets...
-Curt
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 09:39:40 PM EST, OK Don via Mercedes
wrote:
I'm thinking it's time to replace the original battery in our 2013 F150,
dy Bennell via Mercedes
wrote:
On 09/03/2022 12:40 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
>
> The flour goes mostly to pizzas, our bread machine makes good pizza dough.
> This year I've stepped up my biscuit game too, finally realized keeping the
> butter cold really does make a
.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 12:59 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> I was just thinking it's time to buy another 25# bag of flour. Both Russia
> and Ukraine are big wheat producers. If their wheat isn't on the European
> market they'll have to get it somewhere.
>
> I bought my fir
I'm planning on a trip to stock up on canned goods. We've been eating hominy
and artichokes lately. I cooked some into a chicken pot pie last week that was
pretty good. Those are both somewhat specialty and go out of stock on the
regular.
Green beans and niblets are on our regular rotation.
I was just thinking it's time to buy another 25# bag of flour. Both Russia and
Ukraine are big wheat producers. If their wheat isn't on the European market
they'll have to get it somewhere.
I bought my first ever 25# bag in 2020 when flour was hard to find. I figured
it would last forever. I
It's funny how shortages tend to be regional. Did anybody else see a shortage
of gravy mix 2 years ago? Our grocery stores limited to 2 packets. I finally
took the time to learn how to make it myself. I'd never learned to properly use
cornstarch, always made lumps. It's one of those things,
I didn't mean to disparage you that way, I meant the empty shelves were caused
by panic buying. A large subsection of the country has no idea why the cost of
gas is rising.
I'm weaning myself off social media with Pokemon on my old Nintendo Gameboy SP.
I got a Everdrive (made or at least
I suspect the prospect of high prices has people panic buying. I almost did it
myself, probably should have. I need to replace the transmission oil in my
Farmall Super M, it needs 13 gallons of 80w90...
-Curt
On Wednesday, March 9, 2022, 10:53:25 AM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
Marshall always contended that with a turbocharged diesel spirited acceleration
was better for fuel economy since you got into the turbo charger sooner and got
the efficiency benefit of the turbo sooner.
My TDIs are into the turbo at just above idle so which prevents turbo lag and
keeps
The prices of pickup trucks have nosedived pretty quick. I was looking at a
2017 Dodge to replace my 2010 but now I'm thinking I should wait and see if I
can get a 2019 for today's 2017 money...
-Curt
On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 01:00:49 PM EST, dan penoff.com via Mercedes
wrote:
It will
Says the guy with a super short commute.
With the exception of vacation type trips this is a lame excuse, especially if,
as a family you've got more than one vehicle. The EV becomes the around town
car and it's really good for that, immediate cabin heat being one good example.
You charge it
ke them to best use and feed ourselves.
> > Reporter: "Dr. Einstein, what is the difference between genius and
> > ignorance?"
> > Dr. Einstein: "There is no shortage of ignorance."
> >
> >
> >> On Tue, Mar 8, 2022 at 8:24 AM Curt R
US oil traders already don't want to buy Russian oil, sanctioning it from our
side won't effect much here.
Europe is crapping it's collective pants...
-Curt
On Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 10:25:50 AM EST, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
wrote:
Current prices have already discounted
People (especially people on Facebook, why do I go on Facebook?) don't seem to
understand globally traded commodities and the idea that the price of oil in
the US is directly affected by the price of oil in Europe.
I don't bet that we import much Russian wheat but if Europe stops importing
They're definitely simpler and easier to live with. Make sure you have an
alternate source of electricity so if/when the power is out you still have heat.
Downside of pellets is they don't store well long term. As far as I know there
is no binder in them, they're just held together with
A wood burner in a living space is a constant mess to keep cleaned up. Having
ours in the basement helps keep the mess away from where we live and makes it
much easier to clean up.
-Curt
On Monday, March 7, 2022, 01:02:05 PM EST, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes
wrote:
We have a wood
Even without a catalyst most (all?) new stoves have secondary burn that will
burn off most of the volitiles. My stove is an older Jotul 118, probably from
the '80s. It's got a big secondary burn chamber which also recovers heat from
that stuff being burnt off. Once it's burning good it rarely
Dunno, the Germans said they won't sanction Russian oil:
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Oil-Prices-Sink-As-Germany-Takes-A-Stance-Against-Ban-On-Russian-Crude.html
It seems to me like if we (the global we) were really serious about this thing
we (again globally) need to
We're fortunate to have a small house with the wood stove in the basement. It
heats up the floors and thus the upstairs.
Our bedroom is the farthest room from the stove and thus the coldest. To heat
that room up I vacuum the bedroom. We've got central vac, the canister for
which is in the
The average pickup truck buyer is all sizzle and no steak.
A friend of my neighbor asked to borrow my truck to move some stuff with. He's
got a couple year old Chevy 2500 in perfect condition. I asked why he didn't
just use his own truck. "I don't want to get mine dirty. Yours is rusty."
What
I've been slowly adding insulation to our attic. This week I plan to go get the
rest, I've got a bunch of Home Depot gift cards...
I've been using unfaced fiberglass laid perpendicular to the existing
fiberglass. The rafters are 2x6 so like R19, I'm adding R30. Even having done
only half the
Gas jumped to $3.99 just about everywhere here. Diesel at $4.69 still. I'm
thinking I ought to grab an extra 15 gallons of diesel before the price goes up.
Curt
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On Sun, Mar 6, 2022 at 5:15 PM, dan penoff.com via
Mercedes wrote: Not a surprise, since Gorda
I fueled up my TDI at $4.59/gal last night, Angie scored $4.29. I'm tempted to
fill a couple 5 gallon jugs at that price. The stations in the "big city" just
east of us are asking $4.99...
On a related note, used pickup truck prices seem to be coming down. I'm seeing
5 year old, 70k mile trucks
This. You don't want to be his mechanic for the rest of your life...
-Curt
On Friday, March 4, 2022, 03:42:08 PM EST, Rick Knoble via Mercedes
wrote:
Since you are nearing retirement, and may not be around to do necessary
maintenance and repairs, I would stick to popular and easy to work
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> What was the SP of the whale oi?
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> On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 12:46 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
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>> There was a time when people thought it was crazy to pull oil up out of the
>> ground and try to refine it, after all you could get all t
SP?
On Friday, March 4, 2022, 12:48:53 PM EST, Andrew Strasfogel
wrote
What was the SP of the whale oi?
On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 12:46 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes
wrote:
> There was a time when people thought it was crazy to pull oil up out of the
> ground and try to refine it,
people from funding alchemists to keep trying.
"Making fuel" from something always involves vast expenditure of time and
energy which quickly equates to using more energy than you make.
I think it qualifies for a special Darwin Award for futile endeavors.
On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 7:58 AM Cu
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/345057714034186/
That'll buff right out.
-Curt
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I agree that crops as fuel doesn't make any sense but the future of
ethanol/biodiesel is algae based. They grow the algae in tanks fed on the
carbon dioxide output of power plants. Its a win-win, capture the carbon (and
presumably excess heat) coming out of the power plants and create a usable
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