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oh, you don't need CarPlay to have that problem with an iPhone, especially on the first call of the day!

Dye them red? :facepalm:

I've found over the last four decades that the overlap between useful fora and those that wander off topic is about 99% . . . Because if you don't make it that hot, you get a brown liquid that kind of reminds you of coffee but isn't. McDonald's big error was not bringing in an actual...

bah. Nothing new on starting from across town. Roy Rogers was whistling for Tirgger to dash across town and come to him back in the 1930s!

my father put himself though college in the early 60s as a mechanic. He always die practically everything o his own cars (and his kids') until he got an '86 Aerostar, and couldn't figure out which part was which! No, you reckless, new-fangled, techno-geek! Change oil every 1,000 miles, when...

Likely because the "natural" way of thinking about this is in terms of how many times the rear turns, rather than the engine, with higher gears meaning more turns? The ratio used for the "rear" end (whichever end it's really at) being measured backwards is a historical oddity. As an engineer...

The F-150 powerboost is the only truly satisfying turbo I've driven for this reason (and I've driven the Ecoboost maverick). The electric kicks in to cheat while the turbos spin up! [and on that model, it actually has to throttle the electric while doing this, as the ice+electric kicks out...

The F-150 powerboost is the only satisfying

M&M's embedded in peanut butter. Maybe add lettuce & raisins, but they're purely secondary. Professional exterminators bemoan not being able to use peanut butter in their traps in schools.

oh, dear! A sure sign of a deprived childhood! Paddington is a two year old sunbear from Darkest Peru. When his Aunt Lucy had to move to a home for retired bears, she managed to put him on a ship bound for London, with a suitcase and a couple of jars of marmalade for sustenance...

I just can't stop laughing when people use "guaranteed", "reliable", and "engine" in he same sentence! :facepalm: Yeah, but that' 40-someodd batteries between them! :crackup:

One of the things that our brains do is mercifully block memories. I have seen frothy pinkish fluid from the motor. but I have utterly blanked out where it came from! The '02 E-150 after an elbow on a rod failed and thrashed through the block? [most likely, I think] The '93 Fleetwood when...

I figured that (from Granger) the 10/100/0 was about 5% of the price for the trucklet--and well under the cost of a couple of repairs that seem common enough to worry about. And this being the first time in my life I've bought a vehicle thinking that I would sell it, I figured that it would...

ehh, and AI probably made up the whole thing anyway! 😜

Not to mention various monsignors when called to pubs where their parishioners were getting out of hand . . . :crackup:

If Peru has internet, wouldn't Paddington email Aunt Lucy to keep in touch? 🤔 For me, yes. But for poor Aunt Lucy, there in the Home for Retired Bears, with a nephew that never emails? 😭 the IP protocol can actually handle the lag of interplanetary distances. In fact, not only was IP...

Not so much "disappear" but "slowly fades." Soon your hand will start to pass through when you grab it. (I saw this in a documentary years ago!) Well, try harder! :teehee: Yeah, but he skipped chapter 4,172

No it's not! 😜

They do. Since the prorated credit vanished during covid, I figured I'd try the Walmart brand. Apparently, for most sizes, it's great, but not for size 78! (side post for a 90s device). When I brought it in at 9 or 10 months, the guy took a single glance and went back to grab another! He...

Headroom is one thing (plenty! ). Legroom is another story. Bring a pillow or a couple of towels to support your left thigh if you're tall.