In reply to Stampie :
I had a small anxiety attack while in Minnesota for the past two days. I considered the fact that we could be in a dry county. It was unfounded and completely untrue.
In reply to Stampie :
I had a small anxiety attack while in Minnesota for the past two days. I considered the fact that we could be in a dry county. It was unfounded and completely untrue.
In reply to RossD :
I had similar feelings when I visited a friend in Tennessee and was told to take any road to the county line to find a bar.
Stampie said:TIL that in Wisconsin bars outnumber grocery stores and churches.
That doesn't seem like much of an accomplishment. In the little [suburb] I'm in right now, I can walk to 5 bars, no grocery stores, and 2 churches.
Grand Rapids, the city with a Church on every corner and two bars in between. Also beer city USA for a while until they decided it was unfair and gave someone else a chance.
Stampie said:In reply to RossD :
You have to keep in mind I grew up in areas that had dry counties. Nothing like driving to the country line to get a drink.
Yeah, we even have varying degrees of "dry" depending on county. Some are no alcohol at all, some ar no hard liquor. Of course you can't buy any alcohol anywhere Sunday until 12:30pm...and that only became legal in the last couple years.
When I was in Buffalo I was FLOORED by the number of little bars everywhere. It was awesome.
Oh, wait TIL that Macon will soon have a traditional Irish pub! They're opening next month, and I'm pumped. We've got a few good bars around, but a traditional pub has been missing...
Casual Six said:spitfirebill said:G_Body_Man said:In reply to Daylan C :
I would have if he didn't come out of nowhere just to be a dick.
So what the hell IS wrong with driving a 14 YO Nissan in the winter?
Apparently "there aren't many rust-free 6-speed G35 sedans left" and because mine has low mileage, I should be preserving it. My train of thought is to undercoat, wax, and keep it clean. If my granddad could keep a sixth gen Accord rust-free in Ontario using this method (he got rid of it last year because they no longer needed a car), my fancy Datsun should be fine.
I haven't seen a rusty G35 yet. Nissan somehow managed to figure it out for that one car. I've seen four year old Altimas with the carpet hanging out of where the passenger floor used to be, too.
OTOH, I have never seen one with a manual trans, and only know they exist because there is a swap kit in development to put its transmission into RX-7s. It's apparently a lot stronger yet better shifting than anything Mazda made. (Turbo II and FD transmissons HATE shifting at 9k+)
Stampie said:In reply to RossD :
You have to keep in mind I grew up in areas that had dry counties. Nothing like driving to the country line to get a drink.
I didn't grow up in a dry county, but I have lived in one. Moved as soon as the lease was up...
Til trying to find a suspiciously cheap truck without Craigslist is annoying.
Til that yes a Ca exhaust will not fit a Federal car. Visually the only ( major ) difference is the Fed has what appears to be a resonator in the middle making the Ca mid-pipe too short otherwise front and back appear exactly the same. Now why did I buy the wrong system six months ago? I should've guessed but the 'Butthole Mechanic' that replaced the hood from an off record collision put a Ca hood on a Fed car without changing/deleting the wrong sticker. Yes I should have bought through Nissan and not RockAuto. Oh well I do like these cars so it's not a total loss as I'm sure I will pick up another orphan. 
Today i learned that a stock nb miata dash is shockingly heavy.
Knurled. said:Casual Six said:spitfirebill said:G_Body_Man said:In reply to Daylan C :
I would have if he didn't come out of nowhere just to be a dick.
So what the hell IS wrong with driving a 14 YO Nissan in the winter?
Apparently "there aren't many rust-free 6-speed G35 sedans left" and because mine has low mileage, I should be preserving it. My train of thought is to undercoat, wax, and keep it clean. If my granddad could keep a sixth gen Accord rust-free in Ontario using this method (he got rid of it last year because they no longer needed a car), my fancy Datsun should be fine.
I haven't seen a rusty G35 yet. Nissan somehow managed to figure it out for that one car. I've seen four year old Altimas with the carpet hanging out of where the passenger floor used to be, too.
OTOH, I have never seen one with a manual trans, and only know they exist because there is a swap kit in development to put its transmission into RX-7s. It's apparently a lot stronger yet better shifting than anything Mazda made. (Turbo II and FD transmissons HATE shifting at 9k+)
If you've ever driven an E46 and thought "yeah but I want something more fun" then you'd really enjoy a 6MT G35. Power, handling, style and luxury in that order. Pretty GRM, if you ask me :p
In reply to Casual Six :
But I don't like manual transmissions and I don't like engines that large...
TIL that Motor Trend On Demand now has all seasons of Overhaulin', Street Outlaws, Street Outlaws: New Orleans, Fast N Loud and Wheeler Dealers. Interesting. Must be part of the deal where Roadkill was showing on Velocity.
NickD said:TIL that Motor Trend On Demand now has all seasons of Overhaulin', Street Outlaws, Street Outlaws: New Orleans, Fast N Loud and Wheeler Dealers. Interesting. Must be part of the deal where Roadkill was showing on Velocity.
Basically, Velocity put OverHaulin and Wheeler Dealers at the top of a stack of papers in the briefcase and handed it to the MTOD folks to show they were getting a good deal. Except they slipped the rest of the junk under that just to pad it out. Like putting a couple of hundreds at the top of a stack of fake money to make it seem like there's a lot of money in there.
Stefan said:NickD said:TIL that Motor Trend On Demand now has all seasons of Overhaulin', Street Outlaws, Street Outlaws: New Orleans, Fast N Loud and Wheeler Dealers. Interesting. Must be part of the deal where Roadkill was showing on Velocity.
Basically, Velocity put OverHaulin and Wheeler Dealers at the top of a stack of papers in the briefcase and handed it to the MTOD folks to show they were getting a good deal. Except they slipped the rest of the junk under that just to pad it out. Like putting a couple of hundreds at the top of a stack of fake money to make it seem like there's a lot of money in there.
Yeah, kinda how I felt. It's funny that Fast N Loud is now on the same site as Roadkill after how they screwed them over during the Hellcat challenge.
TIL
Black ice everywhere? Check!
AWD burnout in Sierra Denali? Check!
Doing it with son in truck as we leave making him giggle all the way to school? Priceless!!!!!
TIL yet another little tidbit of information to help stay warm.
I noticed that my gas furnace wasn't coming on and as a result the side of the house fed by said furnace was getting chilly. Power off, power on and it came on.....for about three seconds. Then it repeated this cycle two more times and then powered down. Hmmm, curious.
Talk to HVAC tech at work and he diagnoses the "flame sensor". Sure enough, there is a little wire probe with a single wire sitting in the path of burner flame. Remove sensor and it has the tiniest amount of buildup on it so I burnish it with fine sandpaper, reinstall, and BOOM! I have a perfectly functioning furnace again.
At this rate I hope to learn all the little things I need to know in life before Alzheimers takes it all back away again.
KyAllroad (Jeremy) said:TIL yet another little tidbit of information to help stay warm.
I noticed that my gas furnace wasn't coming on and as a result the side of the house fed by said furnace was getting chilly. Power off, power on and it came on.....for about three seconds. Then it repeated this cycle two more times and then powered down. Hmmm, curious.
Talk to HVAC tech at work and he diagnoses the "flame sensor". Sure enough, there is a little wire probe with a single wire sitting in the path of burner flame. Remove sensor and it has the tiniest amount of buildup on it so I burnish it with fine sandpaper, reinstall, and BOOM! I have a perfectly functioning furnace again.
At this rate I hope to learn all the little things I need to know in life before Alzheimers takes it all back away again.
I have heard you don't want to use sandpaper on that. I heard you should use a dollar bill. Seriously. Something about the sandpaper causing contamination quicker.
In reply to wvumtnbkr :
Hmm, the tech at work had said either scrape it with a knife or use fine sandpaper. I'll probably order one from Amazon just to have on hand for when it inevitably fails. (thereby guaranteeing I sell the house before it fails or I can't find it when it does on a 5 degree night)
My rice cooker has a steaming tray.
TIL that a handful of frozen chicken nuggets in the steam tray, two cups of rice in the cooker, and a generous amount of Baby Ray's, will almost taste like decent food for zero effort.
TIL that the SAS used sun compasses in the desert. Not susceptible to magnetic interference. I want one.
slantvaliant said:TIL that the SAS used sun compasses in the desert. Not susceptible to magnetic interference. I want one.
Edit: I agree that it a great piece of equipment and I too want one.
If you wear an analog wrist watch you have one, it is not as precise but it works. The following is for the northern hemisphere.
Hold the watch horizontally. This trick can be used anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere during the day, when the sun is visible. Lay the watch flat and face-up in your palm so that its face is parallel with the ground
Point the hour hand in the direction of the sun. Turn the watch, your hand, or your entire body so that the hour hand of your watch is pointing directly at the sun. The time on the watch doesn't matter, as long as it's accurate.
Bisect the angle between the hour hand and the 12 o'clock mark to find South. This is the tricky part. Find the middle point of the angle between your hour hand and the 12 o'clock mark on your watch. Before noon, you'll have to measure clockwise from your hour hand to the 12 o'clock marking, while afternoon, you'll have to measure counterclockwise from your hour hand to the 12 o'clock marking. The middle point between the two marks South, while the point directly across from it marks North.
Also your accuracy is better with true local time , not this new fangled time zone bs
I use the watch method often on my Hobie cat
You can also use a stick.
1.
Determine direction using the
shadow-tip method.
a.
Place a stick or branch into
the ground vertically at a fairly
level spot where the sun will cast a
distinct shadow. Mark the shadow with
a stone, twig, or other means (figure
C-40).
Figure C-40.
First shadow-tip mark
b.
Wait 10 or 15 minutes until the
shadow tip moves a few inches. Mark
the new position of the shadow tip as
in step 1a (figure C-41).
Figure C-41.
Second shadow-tip mark
c.
Draw a straight line through
the two marks you made on the shadow
tips. This line is an east-west line
(figure C-42).
Figure C-42.
East-west line
d.
Determine which is the east end
of the line and which is the west end.
(1)
The sun rises in the east and
sets in the west.
(2)
The first shadow tip you mark
is always west and the second mark is
always east.
(3)
The shadow tip moves in the
opposite direction.
e.
Determine north and south. Draw
a line at a right angle to the
east-west line at any point (figure
C-43). This is the north-south line.
Figure C-43.
North-south line
TIL what pilotbraden posted.
Today I learned it is amusing to watch people approach a door they think is automatic, but isn't. At the local Target, the store has 4 sets of doors at the entrance. Two for exiting, two for entering. Only the outer sets are automatic, the inner you have to do yourself. I watched a guy run right into one of the manual doors.
Knurled. said:TIL what pilotbraden posted.
TIL that my ADD is too severe to learn what pilotbraden posted.
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