Today I Learned (TIL)

TIL: The fuel tank can be dropped off an 08 F150 without removing the driveshaft. 

TI also L: All of YouTube seems to think the driveshaft has to come out to remove the fuel tank....

lotusseven7 (Forum Supporter) said:

Not T.I.L., but L.N.I.L.(Last Night I Learned). Woke up at 6am, played with the puppy and was at the shop by 8am to finish up a rollbar for customers Corvette. Grabbed an Apple fritter and coffee on the way out of the house. I'll call that breakfast. Finished up at the shop and was back home by 2pm. Grabbed a bottle of water and ate 1/2 a slice of cold pizza before heading out to do yard work. Finished up around 8pm and ran over the neighbors house to see his yard landscaping progress. Before leaving I had 2 beers. No big deal as it was hot out and dusty cutting grass. Came back in the house around 8:30pm and rather than cooking, we decided to just eat leftover pizza for dinner. I headed to grab a shower and poured a tall glass of Sangria(12oz). Nothing to quench thirst like a glass of sweet sangria! After getting changed, I came out to get dinner ready and refilled my glass of Sangria. While pizza is heating in the oven, I need to go sit on the couch.
 

Now I will readily admit to not being much of a drinker. A few beers with pizza or wings or one while sitting outside after dinner, but a case of beer will last a month in our house. 

Well, LNIL that I cannot mix beer and Sangria on an empty stomach! I haven't been "drunk" in years. Many, many years as I don't like the feel of not having all of my faculties. It wasn't fun and I will spare all of you the details, but I have very limited memory of the hours of 9:30-m to 2:30am this morning. That crap won't be happening again I can assure you. I had to apologize to Jen this morning for taking care of me in my drunken state last night. I owe her one!

To those of you who enjoy that feeling, WOW, I can't imagine! People do crap like that every weekend for fun? Nope, that's 5 hours of my life I won't get back.

 

Sorry for the long post, but that's my PSA to the group.

 

I like to drink and get just the start of a buzz.  I will also drink NA bourbon and beer because I like the taste.  

I do NOT like being drunk.  Especially to the point of not remembering things.  That is for 20 somethings.

Not today, but the other day I learned:

 5hp Subaru engine

is a real thing.  But I must say I am disappointed it is not horizontally opposed.  

In reply to Noddaz :

The ones I've seen were like an OHC version of the Honda GX200, and would functionaly replace it, right down to the bolt pattern and shaft diameter.

Noddaz said:

Not today, but the other day I learned:

 5hp Subaru engine

is a real thing.  But I must say I am disappointed it is not horizontally opposed.  

 

Usually called Robin or, IIRC, Wisconsin-Robin.  I have only seen them in RV generators.

John Deere utility vehicles have Kawasaki engines!  And if you thought Kawasaki engine parts are expensive, wait til you have to buy them through John Deere.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Same reason I buy all my dealer FR-S  parts...from Subaru instead of Toyota.

Twin cylinder Robin engines were also used in older ezgo golf cars. Club cars had a fuel injected single cylinder Subaru from 2015 till 2018ish. 
 

TIL that That Thread is 79 pages in and still huffing along with virtually zero actual progress.

TIL only female mosquitos bite and feed on blood. 

Duke said:

TIL that That Thread is 79 pages in and still huffing along with virtually zero actual progress.

 

You were better off not knowing it even existed. I know I was.

In reply to Sarah Young :

IIRC it's pregnant female mosquitos. Back when I was a kid and really into electronics kits there were ones you could get that were supposed to repel mosquitos, and they did so (or claimed to) by putting out noise at the frequency of a male mosquito (presumably from its wings) because the already-pregnant mosquitos would avoid the males.

Appleseed said:

Duke said:

TIL that That Thread is 79 pages in and still huffing along with virtually zero actual progress.

 

You were better off not knowing it even existed. I know I was.

TIL that I'm really fortunate to not have ever started reading that thread. 

In reply to Appleseed :

I think I commented on page 3 or 4 and it was a dumpster fire by page 8, I don't read it because it pisses me off every time I check in on it and I don't want to want to slap any of our members. I would also like that member to keep his bull E36 M3 in that thread and not let it leak out into other threads that are even remotely related. Yeah I am talking about the drive home a broken car thread that morphed into more which is cool and then someone started pipping in about, things... Argh now I am ranting and I just came into this to laugh.

CAinCA said:

Appleseed said:

Duke said:

TIL that That Thread is 79 pages in and still huffing along with virtually zero actual progress.

You were better off not knowing it even existed. I know I was.

TIL that I'm really fortunate to not have ever started reading that thread. 

Oh, for once, I don't have any dog in that fight (unlike some of the other bang-head-on-wall "debates") so I just find it an amusing curiosity more than anything else.

TIL that a dog will eat 12 "reusable" water balloons-- I guess you never know if the next one might be food, even if the last one wasn't. 
 

The magnets in the closures made for some pretty spectacular radiographs. 

Edit to add image

In reply to Karacticus :

Best of luck and veterinary science to your pup!

In reply to Duke :

Fortunately, not our dog. One of my wife's surgery clients. 

Although not purchased there, TIL that these are also Harbor Freight scented air fresheners. 
 

They are, however, a bit too large and heavy to hang from your rear view mirror. 

Hey Y'all I'm on page 23 cuZ I'stuck here in B'Ham(where the hell are yu) and this beats Diners' Drive Ins and Dives... iffen I start commenting on this TIL E36M3 uh may I or would y'all prefer I just leave well enough alone?

92dxman said:

Til people still wear socks with sandals

And you are the "weiner" of the resurrection thread on this post as I sit in my hotel room .....watching Drivein's Diner's and Dive's while wearing my FREEKIN' sandals with socks ....SCOREBOARD!!!! (couldn't resist)

TIL that money doesn't buy happiness but it does rent it for a little bit.  

Does buying that car make you happy? 

No, but doing a burnout does bring a smile to my face...

Did a few days work helping a friend build suspension stuff.

TIL that the hot rod crowd want their suspension arms with the same thread (RH) on both ends so they can't be adjusted by loosening the jam nuts and rotating the arm so the unwashed with plumbers wrenches don't wreck the paint / chrome /  powder coat. 

Bonus pic. Watching the world go round and round  - face, drill, chamfer, thread, rinse and repeat 

TIL that it was quick and easy to take care of the jury summons that came for my deceased father.

He has now been declared "permanently disqualified" for service.  

In reply to Karacticus :

But can he still vote? 

Greg Smith (Forum Supporter) said:

In reply to Karacticus :

But can he still vote? 

Yes he can