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I have a couple questions myself. I know they use pigs to separate the fuels when they switch product through the pipeline. How is the fuel pumped with the pigs coming through? And how far are the pumping stations spaced apart?

Do you have any correlating conditions, such as bubbles in the coolant or unusual pressure in the system?

Once I tried a number of epoxies and found only one that worked. I can't remember which one. I've used plastic milk jug material and a torch, but that is very tricky. I've successfully used a hot glue gun.

Perhaps the container bulges a bit? One way to settle this is to use the old jug next oil change, then pour one of the new jugs into the old jug and see where the level sits. It may just be a container issue.

Bad ground? But eight of the lines do work.

My 2001 Sable has nine random grid lines that don't work on my rear window defroster. I can't see any breaks, and chasing this down with my voltmeter shows voltage all the way down each nonworking line. How can this be?

One colleague of mine (different company) would reply "Why is this necessary, is the patient not going to make it through the weekend?" In my case it was only rare times that they asked. I work in a lab as an engineer. Sometimes our product would have a problem and it was our clients, i.e...

Many of us exempt employees sometimes face the awkward request of working on a weekend. It is often important to our manager or our client, but not important to us. I would like to compile a list of excuses that are plausible and should work. Something that isn't as predictable and lame as "my...

The hydrogen problem can be eliminated by baking the part at 350° for 4 hours. But how many people would have the presence of mind to do this and understand the how and why? So yeah, it's better and simpler to use a wire wheel.

I sold my 1991 seven years ago for $1100. It pained me to do it, but I didn't want a fourth car in my personal stable. It was on the cusp of collectability back then. I never had a better car on cross country trips.

I remember that shortage ten years ago. They said that more rubber trees would be planted to meet the demand. I never heard any followup since then.

My place in Florida needs a new unit every 17 years. 19 years ago it cost $1000. Two years ago it cost $3500. Not all of the increase was inflation.

I believe the firefighters association is keenly interested in these instances. Accidents like these are a learning experience for them. They want to develop training for their firefighters on what to do with EV fires.

When plastic bottles came out, I was surprised with all the plastic waste. I used to incinerate the paper cans. Couldn't do that with plastic, it was too tough on the air.

As I understand it, wax is formulated with fine abrasives, designed to remove a layer of oxidized paint. According to Consumer Reports it is gentle enough that you can wax every week for four years and not remove the paint layer.