Recent content by ka9mnx

Steering wheel appears to be on the left side. Unusual.

Light gray for the siding and dark gray for the trim. Nice contrast. Wife hates green on a house. If you live in a humid area avoid white trim. It attracts mold. How do I know?

Running Valvoline Daily Protection 80w-90 in my 4Runner. No complaints at 300k miles.

Waddamean? That is South Carolina rich black dirt. :)

It's not just Ford. Remember, it's the service department that keeps the lights on at dealerships.

I would guess it's older than you.

In the engine compartment on the right side, near the battery, there is a starter solenoid. They are known to go bad. I went through three in three years until I learned how the carefully drill out the rivets and smear some nolox in the brass contacts.

Your memory is better than mine but you are right. Thinking back I remember Ubuntu coming in around 2004. I don't remember what I was using in the mid 90's. I was using Windows 3.1 then W95, W98 and settled on 2000 which I thought was a great platform. Linux, to me, was a curious toy back then...

Maybe the oil companies don't want to get caught up with GM's engine fiasco.

Way back in my younger years I took my MGB on a Florida road trip, from Illinois, to escape Winter. Ended up changing out the left front wheel bearing in an auto parts parking lot. It was quite an amusement for the store workers. They even loaned me a big socket I didn't have. On the same trip...

I had the same problem with a Delta remote spray nozzle. Tiny little holes kept getting clogged with tiny bits of sand. But, after removing the spray nozzle, flow was still not the best. I ditched the Delta and bought a new kitchen faucet, without the remote spray nozzle. Also went to Amazon...

I started out about 30 years ago with the original Ubuntu. Then Conical sucked it up and I moved to Mint. Built for those who loved Ubuntu but didn't like the change. Then I moved to LMDE. Nice distro but pretty raw at the time. About 2010 I decided to go to the source, Debian. I've been a...

I use my TV in two ways: Watching off air TV or Everything else goes through a NUC computer

wwillson nailed it. My motto to the wife: Women shop. Men buy.

I've had dogs, and some cats, all my life. I've given up on having pets. Their life is too short and I get too attached.