Today I Learned (TIL)

ShawneeCreek wrote: TIL that at 6'2" I can fit in, and drive, a stock '93 Miata. But I'd really need one with a foamectomy, the front edge of the seat lifted, and a deeper steering wheel (or steering wheel spacer) to be realistically usable. With my foot on the brake (not depressed) my knee was hitting the bottom of the steering wheel enough that I couldn't turn the steering wheel. This is all good news as I had previously written off The Answer as a possibility due to my height.

I ditched the sun visors too. Driving barefoot helps too. I mean, really floppy shoes, like Puma Speed Cats

53 chevy windshield wipers are cable/pully driven....

Yesterday I learned: The CEO of the company I work for is allergic to Vodka

Madhatr wrote: Yesterday I learned: The CEO of the company I work for is allergic to Vodka

That sounds like an epic story when the statute of limitations runs out!

TIL that I can work retail on Black Friday and not want to throttle some motherberkeleyer.

Today I Learned that, at some point, I broke a rib, though I can't figure out when or how.

Also, I learned that I have pneumonia.

In reply to Woody:

Helpful hint: Keep a pillow handy and hug it tightly any time you need to cough or laugh. At least it's just one.

When the makers of POR-15 tell you not to get this stuff on your skin, they mean it.

In reply to kazoospec:

Amen. You get some really funny looks at the office.

In reply to Wall-e:

Thank you.

Not learned, but remembered...

When it gets colder out, I don't need to slam my hatch so hard to overcome the pneumatic struts.

TIRL = Today I Re-Learned that my house has crappy plastic pipes and every time I touch the plumbing it results in a broken pipe...FML. At least it wasn't too cold today.

In reply to Woody:

You break enough bones and you pick up some tips. And an occasional limp. And some extra aches and pains in the winter....

After tearing all the plumbing out of the bathroom sinks back to the wall I learned that the clog is much further down the pipe.

TIL that the very nice house I completely renovated before being kicked out in the divorce is sitting empty. Somehow the sewer system malfunctioned while it was between tenants and the basement was knee deep in raw sewage. One more bill for the ex and her now unemployed hubby.

TIL the new propane tank gauge reads about 16 points high.

TIL that cleaning my shop makes feel good and ignites my project thoughts.

TIL I can get imence joy watching a slacker at work get chewed out for being a slacker.

TIL that before settling on the Demon name, Dodge was going to name it's fastback version of the Dart the Beaver instead.

Nice Beaver

TIL that the 1-ton Harbor Freight engine hoist needs about a foot more boom extension to be able to lift the engine out of an RX-7.

Fortunately, I learned this BEFORE I made a purchase. Took a tape measure into the store and everything. (If I was thinking more clearly, I'd have borrowed a tape measure from the tape measure aisle instead of using my own)

In reply to fasted58:

Thanks I just had it stuffed.

In reply to fasted58:

Thanks you Dodge for sparing us the ignominy of telling our friends "Hey, I just finished waxing my Beaver"

TIL that with a $7890 down payment, a Hellcat Challenger lease is only $789 a month

TIL to pay attention to where the hanging blue toilet sanitizer is in relation to the seat. Stained blue hootus is not a good look.

In reply to mapper:

When you get home tell your wife you want to play pappa smurf.